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The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13

Various Business TrAnsectsd az
Yesterday hssung.

Several unanHef were made YESTERDAYS
~ the ncafd ~ iiehlth 600 tHp prraannt
~ the fotte % district physicians about
the Islands.
~ Puma plantation ON Hawaii Dr
Cooper, who aRs acted ~ the district
physician. has expressed b mfvHf as un-
| willing tu live M the plantation, and the
appointment will be Eiyen to De, Cou-
dert. Or ~. T.. Wnslow was appointed
d physician for tho district 81 koolnuo and
| Eahuku. n. W. Filler was appointed
agent for the Board az Kahuku. shcr n
Andrews received "a similar uppoln me /
| for Hawaii.
The applications for the position ~
physician at Kona, which had been 70
ccivcd from Drs Allen and Lindsay. were
laid upon the table and the place was
left vacant and vii. probably be filled Ivy
DR.. y. $. Goodhue. who Is on n wa to
the Islands. a change will probably take
place on Kauai. as DR.. Greenfield OF ko-
loa has expressed his UNIV l.ilgncss to
visit the Waimea school and Dr. Bond
has had the work to do for some time
and is unable to do II and do justice to
his own district.
The Board decided to take its regular
trip to the Molokai settlement as soon
as arrangements can be made with tie
steamer companies TO furnish vessel.
Superintendent Reynolds reported the
settlement In good condition and the
harhor much better than has been here
tofore.
The matter OF an air space between
hui dings was discussed at some length
and a new rule prepared by Attorney
General Dole was incorporated in the
rules of the Board OF Hea tn on that
subject. This rule provides that no
building not flush with the street shall
be erected within five feet OF any other
boundary line of the lot upon which II
,h.a~ ,,.l
do not require that a vacant space he
left for the preservation of public health.
A new rule on the subject of cessDools
was also passed. providing that where
such a method OF disposing OF waste is
necessary no new building shall be built |
until cesspool has been completed.
The financial report showed that the |
Board Is running ahead of its income. For |
general expenses the allotment was s4l6.- |
66 and the expenses during the month |
amounted to s1.2514, while for salaries |
the amount allotted was 1880 and the |
salary list reached $l,6G0.6 THIS excess
of expenditures over income was report ]
ed by DR.. Garvin to be due to the large |
amount of work eSsary in clearing up
the relief camps and other matters Incl
dent on closing up the plague business.
Or. Garvin was appointed committee OF
one to go over the accounts and zee
where the AXE could be welded with
good effect" as DIR. Wood expressed it.
DR.. Garvin reported that In closing UP
The plague matters on Maui the Govern
ment was ahead $4,000; that is, that
amount of goods and supplies had been
requisitioned and turned hack TO the
owners, so tai the Government would
not have to pay for 1t.
1t was reported that DR.. williamson
had passed the examinations necessary
or the granting of license and his APP
)lication was recommended to lie Sccre-
airy of the Territory.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
THE BOARDS or REGISTRATION.

osEl'No DOLE has appointed the Boards Of Registration
~ h OF them consisting
Maui Mooa and Lanai for Kauai the
Registrars for the Islands
Of the
ID l.. md M
Districts mo and
r. samuel W
man scarf and kehnot Kauai NhauW
The
10
o siS hours day
TerTtor esignedb
or ard
hrnosnE srffs trust and confidence ability
n AnaFfp o The
for tho Island four yearsN ''Fs''N'NH
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
CENSUS RETURNS
NEARLY COMPLETE
Those of Honolulu Go to
Washington Next
Week.

On the America Maru next week the
census returns of Honolulu Will be sent
to Washington, and as Director Merriam
on them Immediately, 1t is likely that II
will not be long before the results of the
city census are known.
OF the 40 enumerators on the Islands
all but eighteen have made returns of
their books and the delinuuents are eX-
pected TO have their returns ready within
the next few days, so II will not be long
before the census bureau completes it's
work here. But G. L. Bigelow who has
had immediate charge of the work, will
have considerable work on his hands for
some time to come. as he has still the
task of making complete returns of the
sugar and manufacturing Industries for
the Islands and this will occupy him for
a long period, for he expects to have to
make a tour of the entire group in the
progress of the work
The city canvass has been done with
unusual thoroughness, as was demon
strated by an incident that occurred yes
terday. report came to Mr.. Bigelow
that man was circulating the state
ment about official circles that a district
on the Eva side of Kamehameha road
had been very imperfectly canyassed and
that there Were couple of hundred peo-
pie whose names had not been secured.
Mr.. Bigelow did not believe the state.
mcnt, but in order that there might be
no doubt of the matter, he sent man
who has been one of his best enumerators
10 cover the district This man went over
the entire district and found but seven
people who had not been on the lists of
The enumeration who covered the district
m June. and these were mostly people
Who had moved in since that time
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
UNCLE SAM
TOO STRICT
PoStmasters That Won't
Serve.
COMM SSIONS RETURNED
Rural Free Delivery Necesstated in
Some Districts Where No
Offices.

Former postmasters Of the country dis.
triots on each Of the Islands of the grouI
do not take kindly to the ironclad regu.
latlons of Uncle Sans Postotlice Depart
ment. This has been clearly demo istrat.
ed since M. II. Flint, Spec al Agent OF
the United States Postal Department
has taken charge of the affairs here. sun.
dry packages of blanks. papers and small
books such as are used in every postof-
from the postmastors who served under
the Republic.
According to the special agent, the reg
ulations, strict agreements aud general
red tape of the new Government has scar
ed off great many of the rural postmas-
ters, and these districts are practically
without any kind of mail service.
This means the establishment of rur-
al free delivery SYSTEM" said Mr.. Flint
u an Advertiser reporter yesterday, at
the same time pointing to a number of
returned packages. by rural free de-
livery l mean that a system of delivery
from house to house in the sparsely set
tied portions of the Islands will be insti-
tuted. Maui seems to be one of the ISL
ands which has been struck by this gen
eral refusal TO take up with the United
States postal system. There are a great
many foreigners there, Scotch and Eng
.sh, who do not desire to become Amer
can citizens, and that cuts us off from
getting good postmasters.
II have already sent TO Washington hf-
ty-four postmaster's bonds and will send
six more shortly. There are between
eiFhty-fve and ninety offices. all told, so
Tor the present there are about thirty of
Ices whose postmasters have not quail
fed"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
Two Ejectment Suits.

E1ectment proceedings were regun yes
terday by the Kapiolani Estate against
w. H. Castle ct al, to secure clear title
to land on the corner of South street and
kawaiahao lane, i'm Honolulu. Another
suit was begun by the same company
against l.. a. 1hurston to clear title 10
land at Pal kea, described as Roval Pat
ent 1910, l.. c. a. 2OS02, to PaulSunui.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13

Daily spectators ~ the Police Court
are Wutu,iihG nt the cause ~ the in.
titasihH number Ut insane persons who
have been examined Ut late some sur
tpFt mat the warm weather has a rood
deal 90 do with H. Others feel certain
That the epidemic Of grippe has had its
usual fesults Some OF the cases have
been sudden. and no animation of their
hilinent was discernible until shortly
before unmistakablc evidences OF In
sanity brought them TO court.
antoine Pirris case was rather sud-
den. kaonn. the Kakaako Messiah.
mas been eccentric Tor some time past
hut only lately developed n mania
which could be considered dangerous.
Another nntive was brought In yester-
my ana thus the list is lonEthening.
Whatever may be the cause. however.
i"Tnuity seems to be cur.ously lncreas.
ing.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
ATTACKED WHILE ASLEEP.
Native Man Wounded Severely bv
an Unknown Assailant.

I --1.T TTT77T II 7FFHITNHT.
Palekai, a native woman who reside,
IN kakaako with her husband. ana ar
rested last night for investigation and
occupied cell at the station. Last
evening while the husband was lying
asleep on the floor In the house he was
attacked by some one and severely
wounded ON the back of the head by a
weapon which has not been found.
Blows were delivered on all parts of
his head and deep cash was made
over the left eye. The man does not
Know who his nssaiant was. but from
statements which he made the police
determined that his wife should be ar
rested until thorough investigation
could be had. The husband was taken
to the Queens hospital where his
wounds We're dressed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
Territory Demurs

me Territory OF Hawaii has Ned a
,anI xs 70 tne complaint OF the Kap'o,
last week 20 elect the Goyernmsnt , sa,'
certain property In Pauoa valley 'N''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
ADMIRAL PHILIP
HAS PASSED AWAY
Heart ID sease Carries Off One
of the Heroes of
Santiago.

NEW YORK, June 30.-Rear-Admlrai
John w. Philip, commandant of the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, died at the yard
at 3:l5 this afternoon. An organic af-
lection OF the heart was the cause of
death. He was taken i'll about II o'clock
Thursday night. By to-day his condi-
sultation of physicians was held. Moth
ing could be done for the sufferer. His
wife was at his bedside when the end
came.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13

Rear-Admiral John w. Philip was
one of the ablest officers of the United
| states Navy, and probably there is
none more popular or whose death will
cause more sincere regret among off,
GERS and men alike. Admiral Philips
handling of the battle-ship Texas at
the naval battle off Santiago won him
unst.nted praise, and his words, when
he asked his crew to refrain from
cheering when the enemy were perish
ing on all sides, have become historical.
Admlral Philip was native New
Yorker, born at Undertook in 1910, of
sturdy Dutch ancestry, of which he
bore the unmistakable marks in his
face. He was appointed to the Naval
Academy from New York in 1856, and
graduated in 1860, and served through
out the Civil War. first on the sloop
Marion and subsequently on the steam
Sunboat Pawnee. He was present at
the siege of Charleston In 1868. and was
~ounoed in the leg by splinter At
Annapolis he was a llow-student of
watson. Schley and Sampson. all of
whom entered the academy a year
later. Philip was subsequently attach
ed to the Asiatic and European squad
rons. and for two years. by permiss ion,
commanded one of the ships of the Pa
cine Mail Steamship Company. Later,
on leave of absence granted by the
Navy Department, he commanded the
Woodruff scientific expedition around
the world. Then he vas engaged in Il
survey of the west coast of Mexico ana
Central America. He was the first
of the armored cruiser Nau,
York.
tnlllp always maintained high rep
utalloh Tor discipline and seamanship.
PREVIOUS to his assignment TO the COM
mand OF the Texas that ship had met
WIN succession OF mishaps that had
given her the worst reputation of any |
snip n our Navy. Under Philips COM
mand the Texas redeemed her char |
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13

The big pump thai came 10 the Isl
ards on The Australia, destined for tha
Mcbryde plantation, is being loaded on
he steamer Maui, ara u Is expected
thai u VIII be sent % Eleeis todaN The
pump has a capacity 0f 10 600 900 gallons
. day ard VIII he used al tbs new
we'll of the plantation,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04
MoRMoNs AND DoW1EITEs.
Great Activity in Securing
FOOthold ut Des MOines.

Des Moines is the scene of unusual
activity just now on the part of the
proselytes of two strange religious
sects. -Four Mormon missionaries,
just arrived from Salt Lake City, are
conducting evening sidewalk services
with great zeal and regularity, while
Rev. G. l.. Mason. of the Christian
Catholic or Zionistic faith, is preach
ing and exhorting with much fervor
in behalf of the creed that John Alex
ander Dowie has made famous.
The Mormon missionaries are Will
liam II. Bateman. John III. Hawkes.
wood, Lorenzo Day and Joseph Ross.
They have been engaged in quiet
way for nearly two weeks, and claim
to be making satisfactory progress.
They have 10 converts in Des Moines,
and expect to organize church in
short time There are now churches
established by the Mormons in five
cities in Iowa, Red Oak, Winterset,
Council Bluffs, Ottumwa and Webster
City.
The PROSECUTING in behalf of the
zionistic cause is being conducted in
a sensational manner. Rev. Mr.. Ma
son breaches daily sermons at the
street and Grand avenue. Divine
Healing" is one of his favorite themes.
He intends to establish permanently
branch of the Zionistic church in
Des MoineS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Scene of story Is in New
York city. Time, early evening. last day
throwing to ground cabman and passen-
ger also seated outside. Latter disappears
then, !, inside side, the cab body Of man shot
amines cab and surroundings.
CHAPTER II-Later that evening. at
stag dinner party. sturgis. IL impromptu
cumstantial evidence. DR.. Murdoch, e.
nous chemist, wagers in reply 5000 to 500
that from any daily paper he can select an
u cMAPTER f-case Selected is Of two
mysterious shots fired that afternoon IN
or near Knickerbocker bank. Man had
6ad sad 1a e ,oe vas
from bank steps and was shot at. Vaiise
contained nothing Of interest.
CHAPTER Iv,stursis secure: appoint-
nent with Dunlap, president Of bank, to
then then s induces 'h his friend b. Thurston 4
come to his rooms while he arrangos data
Of the two strange cases.
Ct, CHAPTER X,Trcm observations made
reporter has. concluded, ~ dead man In
cab was bookkeeper about 70 years old re-
sstYag cge good sals, e wound cSSsed ~
have shot himself: q shooting lad not
heavy Instrument; and (s) cabman was
volved In some way in crime. CAB myR-
terry also noted as possible sequel to bank
mystery.
artist friend. to get his company during In
vestigation at bank, but artist has appoint
mont with somo fair sitter whose portrait
he Is making.
CHAPTER VII = Agnes Murdoch I'm
| charge of her fathers household since her
mothers death) finds her father in his
Ing attentions Of a Thomas Chatham.
shows her dislike Of the persistent sutton.
Her father iptimates she shall not be fur
ta~~ hatharHd
CHAPTER yIIT-NIiss Murdock's final
sitting for portrait induces artist to ask
privilege OF calling at her home. which she
Agnes. This Is read with evident tan annoy o
ance, and she drops It. 1t remains forgot
ten when she leaves studio.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04
WINTER WHEAT.
Report on the Tests Made Mt the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton for the Fall of 1890.

Every year the Iowa Agricultural
experiment station conducts test
of the different kinds of grains
adapted to the latitude and longi-
tude and temperature of central
Iowa. The director of the station has
just isued report on the tests for
the fall of 1899 with special reference
to winter wheat. This shows that
winter wheat has been grown for the
last ten years on the station grounds
at Ames and has twice failed. When
there was Il yield it was never less
than 25 bushels to the acre, and the
usual yield was 80 to 40. 1t has been
found that winter wheat is much
more profitable for Iowa farmers
than spring wheat, giving decidedly
higher yield and being much better
nurse crop for tame grasses and
clover. In addition, winter wheat
gives better distribution of labor
during the year and can be sown di-
rectly after corn with the minimum
of labor
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04
NOT RETROACTIVE.
heritance Tax Law That Will
Affect Property in Iowa.

Judge Smith, on the district court
bench in Council Bluffs, handed down
decision that will have considerable
interest to heirs and others inter
ested in the collateral Inheritance tax
law The effect of his decision is to de-
clare the law not to be retroactive asto
requests of realty property, and that
all requests made prior to the amend
ment by the Legislature are exempt
from the operations of the law. There
is no dispute as to personal property.
Other district judges in the state have
held the same way as Judge Smith,
and if the supreme court should sus-
tain them good many thousand dol
lars will be kept out of the state
treasury.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04
IOWA STATE NEWS.
GENEROSITY REWARDED.
Sioux City Man Receives $4,000
from an Investment of $25
in Dawson City.

Without shaking cradleful of ore,
without enduring any of the severe
hardships of the Klondike or at Cape
Nome, Joseph Dryfuss, q travelling
man, who is now taking things easy
at Mount Clemens, Mich, and who
makes Sioux City his headquarters on
his travels through Iowa and Mime
sofa, is now spending the $4,000
which came to him from an invest
ment of S25 in gold hunting Dryfuss
was sent by his house to Dawson City
to sell goods, and while on his way
he fell in with a young fellow from
southern California. The latter gam
bled his money away before he
reached Chillsat pass. and was up
against it. Drytuss liked him,
thought well of his. shrewdness, and
gave him s25 to hold him up tenn
porarily. He found the young man
grateful, but never thought second
time of the promise of the latter that
if he managed to strike it rich Dry
fuss should be counted in on his win
nings.
The other day Dryfuss received a
draft from a California bank without
further explanation. Later letter
came from the young Californian, say
ing that he had had hard time at
Dawson and on the Yukon. but that
when he reached Nome he had struck
it rich. and as he would have starved
but for the S25 which Dryfuss gave
him, he had counted Dryfuss his part
ner in all his undertakings, and there
fore split even on the profits of the
Nome gold find Twenty-Five thou
sand, he hoped, would be satisfactory,
one thousand to one.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04
CHAPTER X.
p1Ec1Na THE EVIDENCE.

PIECING THE EVIDENCE.
Sturgis was still busy with his dia-
gram. He spoke without looking up
from his work.
"Who besides yourself has key to
the drawer in which this revolver is
kept?"
1.-THE cashier has one and the head
bookkeeper has another"
you mean the bookkeeper who sits
at the desk at the extreme right in the
bookkeepers' department.
YES" replied Dunlap, that is Mr.,
Arbogast's desk. Do you know him2"
mo. What did you say the gentle
mans name is2" The reporter looked
up and prepared to make note oft.
John w. Arbogast."
IA man something over 80 years Of
age, quite bald, with fringe of gray
hair; wears q heavy mustache and side
whiskers; and had on yesterday after
noon, when you last saw him, pepper
and-salt business suit" said Sturgis,
writing down the name in his note
book.
Dunlap stared at the reporter In
amazement. Sturgis smiled slightly.
II met the gentleman yesterday aft
ernoon," he explained.
"Oh, that accounts for It'll" exclaimed
the banker. II see-but-but, then,
how comes 1t that you did not know his
name?"
"He did not tell me his NAME" said
Sturgis, gravely, "and I did not know
until just now that he was employed in
the Knickerbocker bank. How long
has he been with you7"
Nearly 20 years; but only for the
last five years Us head bookkeeper."
Il suppose you have every confidence
in his honestly" asked the reporter,
looking critically at the diagram be-
fore him.
"Of course. Such position is not
given to man unless his record is ex-
cellent."
"And yet" observed the reporter, re-
flectively, opportunity sometimes
makes the thief"
"True; but the duty Of bank presi-
dent is to reduce such opportunities
to minimum" said Dunlap, somewhat
po1npously.
"Quite So" assented Sturgis, land
this you accomplish by"
by having the books examined Pc
riodically," answered the banker, rub
bling his hands together with calm sat
isfaction.
Il see" said the reporter, who had
now finished his sketch. do the EN-.
| ployes of the bank know when an exam
nation Of this kind is to be made"
They do not even know that such
examinations are made. No one but
the accountant and myself are in the
secret; for the overhauling Of the books
is done entirely at night, after the bank
Is closed"
"Have the books been recently ex-
amined?' asked sturgis, carelessly.
Yes; only last week"
"Well?"
"They were found to be all right, as
usual"
MAY l ask by whom?"
"By Murray & Scott, the expert ac-
countants."
"Was the examination conducted by
Mr.. Murray or by Mr.. Scott?"
ITO be continued
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04

this"
IT need one more witness at least"
replied the reporter, land l am afraid
I shall have to ask you to help me OBJ
tain 1t.
"But," he quickly added, as he noted
Dunlap's impatient gesture, II think 1
can promise you that the time you are
regretting has not been wasted"
The financier did not seem convinced
by this assertion; but he nevertheless
consented with an unwilling grace to
assist the reporter to the best of his
ability.
"Well. them" said sturgis. tell me,
first of all, whether you keep firearms
in the bank"
Eyes," replied Dunlap; "the cashier
has small revolver which he keeps in
his desk as means of defense in case
Of sudden attack by bank thief"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-04
CHAPTER TX,
THE KN1cKERBocKEn BANK,


Richard Dunlap was man who had
never missed train nor been late In
keeping an appointment. On the
morning following sprague's dinner
party, he walked brtskly down Broad.
way from City Hall. 1t was New
Years day; the great thoroughtare
was deserted. AS he turned into
Wall street, the hands Of the clock
in Trinity steeple pointed to three
minutes Of nine. The fnancier pulled
out his chronometer, found that the
clock in tn Q old belfry was right,
and quickened his pace,
Wall street slumbered peacefully
and silently, like battlefield after
the roar Of the cannon has been
hushed, after the victors and the van
a,iahed- have disappeared, leaving be-
hind them only the ghosts OF the
slain. The deathlike stiffness was op-
pressive.
At last, as Dunlap reached the
Knickerbocker bank, the clock in the
belfry struck the hour. The reporter
was not there. The banker uttered
an ejaculation of annoyance. he
looked up and down the street. There
was no one in sight. He resolved to
give Sturgis five minutes grace, and
began to pace back and forth before
the entrance to the bank. Then q
thought struck him. There was an
other entrance on Exchange place
that generally used by the employees
and officers. Perhaps the reporter
was waiting there. Dunlap walked
around to Exchange place and glanced
up the street. He saw man stand
ing in the gutter and bending low
over the curb. Dunlap advanced to
obtain front view Of hin, and rec
ognized Sturgis. The reporter had
not noticed his approach; he held q
magnifying glass in his hand and
seemed deeply interested in minute
examination of the smooth-worn curb.
Good morning, Mr.. sturgis," said
the banker, "have you lost some
thing?"
The reporter looked up quietly.
mo, Mr.. Dunlap; have found some
thing-something which may possibly
prove to be hyphen."
"a whatP" asked tho banker, per-
picked.
IA hyphen connecting two parts Of
a very pretty puzzle"
Dunlap stared curiously at the curb.
II can see nothing there" said he.
SturCis hapded him tho ,,,orp}f1,ipu
glass.
Now look again."
He pointed out particular portion
of the curb. Dunlap looked in the d.
rection Indicated.
II see what looks like dried mud,
dust particles, and little dark spot
or STAIN"
"Yes," said sturgis, that dark spot
is the hyphen. There were probably