The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-10

No, News. that oGr seIIoE to<nsnAa
the Hon J. G. johnson. Is 10 be made
Postmaster General unsier Bvyan's I'D.
mInistration- Il vii De remembered
that Mr.. johnson Vas Secretary O:
State under Brya1's other adninsstra-
ton
/ In q Western court recently q man
/ asked for divocce On the ground tina:
his wife would not get up early enough
to get his breakfas. In Ter counter
petition the wife alleged that her hus-
band snoree so ioaf that in the early
part Of the night she could me- 90 TO
sleep. The court granted the divorce
on general psiaeip.es. witacul prejudice
to either side
tits now supposed" says q London
weekly, that Lord Kitchener may be
appointed military governor Of the con-
quered (Afrioan) provinces. as his
stern sense OF duty has alarmed So
ciety. which fears that, we're he in
strusted with the task o. recognizing
the army at home,he wouli ignore tie
claims of the well-conn 20 live AT
the expense OF the community
The Board of County Commissioners
of Wichita county, Kansas, has jus;
aboIivhad tho ,,o1-ro,,-a fba-a bairp M
more paupers in the county One old
soldier is the only dependent person IN
the county, and he is being cared for
by popular subscription ZEN years
ago there were over 800 paupers in WI
chita county. but the crops have heen
so large since then that everybody has
made plenty OF morey. No tramps are
allowed in the county They must work
or leave.
The Women's Hotel Company OF New
York, having raised $3.50, 200 by private
subscription to its stock, proposes TO
offer the remaining $50, 900 to the pub
lie, in order that work on the projec.
may begin at once. The proposal to
reserve a portion of the hotel for trans
lent lady guests reaching The city with
out an escort, meets with widening ap-
probation as supplying great want.
In recognition of the establishing ar
Oxford of Ruskin Hall. the gift of
Americans for the higher education of
British workingmen, the trade union
started British subscription for the
establishment of similar institution
in America. Two representatives of
organized labor sailed for America,
June 16, bringing with them $4,000 to
be used toward the erection OF Ruskin
hall in st. Louis, Mo.
The first session of the national con-
ference of Jewish charities in the Unit
ed States opened at Chicago June Ii,
with the address of The president, Max
Senior of Cincinnati, and the reports of
the variousu committees. At the after
noon session Professor Morris Loeb OF
New York delivered an address On
Federation versus Constellation of
Jewish Charities in City," and Dr.. n.
Reitzenstein of New York spoke on
Relations of Bad Housing and Power.
ty."
The Squirrel Inn, says the Church
man, has at last become a reality, not
precisely as an inn, but as model eat
ing house, where good food viii be Civ
en- without the accessories thar increase
its cost many times over. This restau-
rant has been for long time fay orite
project of the Bishop of New York and
of the church temperance society. 1t
was opened on Decoration. Day. The
building, 131 Bowery, has been given,
rent free, for five years. The funds ne
cessary for the first years running ex-
penses-S1S ,0O0-have bens subscribed.
A bill which goes into effect in Mass
achusetts, January 1, 1904, provides for
the purchase of from 1900 to $500 acres
in some tract, at cost Of NOT over $685.
900, and the expenditure CT not over
$50. 600 is permitted for the erection of
buildings for the dwellings of the in
sane. Thus there will be State colony
OF the insane, living in small numbers
in separate cottages Il is expected
that the able bodied insane will be set
to work on land. as they are able to
do, and this will be better for them
than being kept in comparative idle
ness.
Brunswick, Maine, q town of about
1000 inhabitants. is thought 20 be the
first municipality in the ULited States
to undertake forest planting on large
scale, or what is practically the old
world institution of towa forest The
town owns a tract Of about / 900 acres
and at q recent meeting @: the council
s100 was appropriated 70 Improve this
land by planting it in white Zine. Town
forests are common a Europe and Of
ten furnish large part Of The muni-
cipal revenue. The division of forestry
OF the United States Department Of
Agriculture will assist in the work n
Brunswick.