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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
CURIosITIEs OF SUICIDE.
Some True Stories Concerning Its Epi-
demic Quality.


At the conclusion of a recent inquest
on John Brooks, an engineer of Upton
Park Manor, who flung himself off the
Royal Sovereign while the vessel was
nearing Southend on her return journey
from Margate, Mr. Wood, the deputy
coroner, made some remarks calculated
to surprise the uninitiated, but only the
uninitiated He said that apparently the
case was one of those which make up
the terrible epidemic of suicide in and
near London recently. This is what
students of psychology call suicide
through imitation" or, as Mr.. Wood
correctly termed it, 'epidemical sui
eide" AS a rule, though, civil commun-
tiles are less prone to it than military
ones. 1t has happened several times
before now that soldier having hang
ed himself in a barrack room, or hav-
ing put a bullet through his brain in a
sentry box, the drama was repeated for
many days under similar conditions
without the authorities being able to
put a stop to the recurrence otherwise
than by changing the regiments quar-
ters. The most notable case on record
occurred in 1906 in the camp at Bou-
logne, when Napoleon was preparing, or
pretending to prepare a descent upon
England. The regiment was sent IN
land, and it was on that occasion the
emperor enunciated the famous axiom
in a general order, 1.-THE soldier who
kills himself is practically a deserter."
More than a quarter of a century later
a half dozen veterans hanged them
selves in as many days from nail in
one of the corridors of the Hotel des
InValides in Paris. The nail was re-
moved and the epidemic ceased.-Lon-
don telegraph.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
is SUICIDE DISCRETION?
A Colonel of French Marines Says
1t is


PARIS, Sept. A curious order of
the day has been issued by Colonel
Clamorgan of the Second Regiment of
Marines. 1t runs as follows:
"A soldier of the regiment committed
suicide some days ago at Kerhuon. A
sergeant committed suicide this morn
ing in the barracks. 1t is better that
their names should not be mentioned.
Those two deaths are a source of as pro-
found regret as would be the desertion
or crime of a comrade. Suicide for a
soldier is desertion. 1t is flight toward
a country from which nobody returns.
Suicide is a crime. 1t is the abandon
ment of ones post and flight before
the enemy. For this reason it is pain
full but a just custom that no military
honors are rendered to suicides. A
soldier who believes in God and who
loves his country would have no temp
tation to committee suicide. Let us,
therefore, be true believers and patri-
OTIS in order that a noble hope may sus-
tain us during life, and that all of us,
sons of France and soldiers first of all,
may know how to keep our blood for
the defense of the fatherland"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
INDICTMENT QUAsHED.

Judge Humphreys yesterday after
noon dismissed the indictment against
Benson, Smith & Company, selling
liquor without license, on the ground
that the parties to whom sales were
alleged to have been made we're
not named in the indictment. The drug
firm was charged with selling methy-
lated spirits to other than physicians.
There was no dental of the allegation,
but the firm claimed that under United
States laws it had a right to sell wood
alcohol to anybody. 1t was this point
that was being contested by the gov
eminent. a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
oRIENTALs STILL LEAVING.

The exodus of orientals from Homo
lulu still continues. The steamship
China, whose sailing was postponed
from last night till II o'clock this
morning, went away with crowded
steerage, having all the Japanese and
Chinese she could take. There were
1872 Chinese from here on board, and 105
Jananese. homeMard bound.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14

Fine Job Printing. Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
ARE THEY IMPROVING IT?

1t is to be hoped that this lull in Ken
lucky is something more than a sus-
pension of proceedings to give the
mountainers time to clean up their
Misunderstanding Washington Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co
and Togo Kisen Kaisha.


the dates ed
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
PASSENGERS.
Departed.

Per S. S. China, for China and Japan
Mrs. II. M. Walker, Miss A. NJ Walk
er, Mrs c. f. Macadan.
Per stmr. Mauna Loa, for Lahaina
Kona and Kau-Annie Fadden, Mary
Tons X. r.. G.. Wallace, Chang Chow,
ID. Center, wife and family, H. w. Ka-
al T. McCants Stewart Frank GouVia
Ako, F. r. L. Waterhouse, Mrs. l..
Cowan, c. Cowan, Mrs. w. j. Smith,
Mrs. H. Bertelmann, Miss Stenleck,
Mrs. Stenleck, Mrs. ]. S. Walker. Ala
PAL, Kahelipoli Fadden, Y. Su Young
W. Fernandez, Miss V. Cowan, Miss
NJ. Cowan, Mrs. John Amasin and two
children, Mrs. Kunaala, Mrs. Cockett,
l.. Vas Gonsalves.
Booked.
Per S. S. City of Rio de Janeiro, for
San Francisco, September 15-P. c.
Jones, Mrs. Gustav Simon and child,
Mrs. j. Moritz, George II. Mead, wife
and son, c. b. Wells, Miss Calhoun, w.
d. Baldwin, j. X. Brown, Colonel
George Ruhlen and wife, W. H. Baugh,
Miss Laughlin, Miss d. Kerr, f. II.
Botsford, George Hood, Southland Hoff
man, Jr., George Rodiek, j. G.. Serrao,
]. R. Wilson and wife, Miss H. L. Myh-
re, Miss Pierce, W. Heinemann, Mrs.
Hatch and child, Miss Macfarlane, II.
H. Williams, H. F. Wichman, j. G.
King, wife and son, j. N, Wright and
wife, w. Peterson, Jaw Tam H. Myhre,
George Kidd, b. e. Steigmann, j. w.
Lennard, ]. T. Weldon, William Dean,
L. Lopez, Mrs. L. Dollinger, Henry
Burrows, John G. Campbell, f. l..
Strous, Mrs. Henningsen, James Arm
strong and wife, F. Lorenzo, Alexander
Wheeling, L. Bosnell, G. Marquis, j. G..
Taylor, j. Ferreira, r. T. Kick, G. H.
Rhentan, ]. j. Ryan, b. Harmon, G.
Lehman, Mrs. e. HargraVe, d. d. Bow
man, c. C. Campbell Thomas Murphy
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
SHIPPING INIELLIGENGE.
ARRIVING

Friday, September Il.
L. S. Army transport Frederica,
1vanches, from San Francisco. Sep
TENDER 4, en- route to Manila with
horses and mules.
S. S. Moana Carey, from the Colo
MES
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
DEPARTING.

Friday, September IA.
S. S. China, Seabury, for China and
Japan, IL a. m.
S. S. Moana, Carey. for San Francis
co, D. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-14
A GOOD THING.

There's one good thing when they feel
dry.
That business men cannot pass by,
For far and wide it's fame you hear,
They stop to drink of Rainier" beer.
On draught or in bottle at Criterion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
BRYAN on the Philippines.

Letter TO Knoxville frenn.) scnti-
mol: believe that the rights of the
Filipinos and the rights of The Cubans
are identical. The recognition of the
rights of the Cubans by resolution
did not create those rights. They eN-
listed before.
If the Ifilipinos have a right to their
independence the fact that they
fought for it does not justify us in
carrying on Il war of conquest.
1t is no more humiliating for ma
tion to recognize the rights of an OPP
poncni than for an individual to do
So We. would have had the same
trouble in Cuba if we had treated the
Cubans the same as we have the Fill
pinos. We would have had no trouble
in the Philippine islands if we had
treated the Filipinos as we have treat
cd the Cubans. If we are going to
give the Filipinos their independence
we ought to say so at once and thus
avoid further bloodsled.
How can we Justify the sacrifice OF
American soldiers and the killing OF
l7'lil,inos merely TO show that we can
whip them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19

never permanently reformed by chang
ing its politics. The government OF
states and cities in this country That
has been most expensive, corrupt and
debasing has been government that
openly violates no statute law.
The old system of stealing from the
public treasury has passed away ;in,!
the safer and more profitable plan of
bartering political influence for cash
or stock in corporations has sac
ceeded. The people are beginning to
understand that the government UNI
der which they live, in city or state,
is going to he all the time pretty
much what they make it. If good citi-
zens neglect their civic duties the pol
iticians will take the offices and every
thing else that is not chained down.
In the cities of the country there is
spreading with gratifying rapidity IL
better understanding of public ques-
lions. The great principle of mun-
cipal ownership of franchises and
control of public utilities has been
firmly established in our system OF
city government. We are not rush
ing blindly into rash experiments of
buying and operating everything from
gas plants to automobiles, but the
growth of intelligent citizenship has
reached that stage where ii will not
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
ROOSEVELT The REFoRMER.
Canstic Comment ON His Career h
Archibald lIowes OF Cambridge.


Roosevelt's father was a sane man,
quiet ways. His son, when here, was a
bumptious boy, bound to help him
self. In 1884, after he had been one
year an assemblyman, he chose to sup
port James G. Blaine, and to attempt
to dcnounce Grover Cleveland, who
had helped him Qioosevelt) in legis-
lative matters when Mr.. Cleveland, as
governor, had a grasp of affairs which
Roosevelt never can acquire. Roose-
velt's supporter i'll his assembly can
vass was one of our active indepen-
dents in New York, but he was cha
grined at Roosevelt's base ingrati-
tude, and told me that he is ashamed
of his conduct, but believed it to be
his youthful ambition that cloudcd
his judgment. Later President Cleve-
land retained Roosevelt as civil-serv-
ice commissioner i'll Washington, in
spite of Roosevelt's arrant miscon-
duct, and then / came to know Roose-
velts actual doings. He never was
able to risk his political career.
San Juan gave him a chance to run
physical risks, and he boldly told the
truth to his men when he said: "lf
you do not go forward. thousands are
ready to face the foe" How short is
the sequel. He rides into the COVER
nor's office by aid of military trump
cry and bombast, and now what a
pitiablc fall! He yields, as did Hora-
tito Seymour, to the clamor of party
delegates, and accepts the nomina-
ton, but not for the presidency, as
did Seymour. Truly whatever he
may write about reformers, his Sun
day school words, s.Be good. but be
practical" have a curious application.
Is he good? In some things, yes. Is
he practical? In what things practi-
cal when he shifts from place to
place? In what things impractical 2
Twas last February that he declared
that he would not accept nominal
tion for vice president because he
must help New York state to good
legislation. Reformers are so insistent
that some of them say what they
mean.
But Roosevelt has done so much.
good, it Is said. How much evil? Is
it not better for him to change his
Sunday school statements to "be as
good as the party which runs you
will let you be. and as practical as
Platt deems wise?" Think of Platt.
formerly Roscoe Conkling's ''me too, .
making "me too of Roosevelt SC
that the chocolate eclair" from Han
mas state is to have for his me too
the hero of San Juan. What next?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
TOM REED.
Keeping Imperialis.tc Republicans
Awake ~ Nights

Awake % Mig hts.
Tom Reed always sized UP NlcKin-
ley for what he Was worth. ION knew
that Mckinley was AN uncertain
quantity, and never counted un him
Tor anything in which stamina must
needs be displayed. And since Tom
has retired from politics he has never
ceased to express am honest opinion
whenever the spirit moved him re-
gaulless OF where the silver night
land. Speaking OF this :; Writer from
New York says:
Much comment has been caused
among republican leaders 10y The ;.tti-
tudc ;issunlcd by eN-apeliier Thomas
u. i,ccd, Who is dow /, resident of this
city. toward the Mckinley a.ld Hoo:c-
Nci. ticket and the plA.iorim adopted
by them ii tni.;l',.lpiii:,.
Not only l;ls MIR. Reed rct'raincd
from cNN., S'>,'ls approval oi the ac-
ton OF ~ convention. bat reports
have gained currency thu, his caust:..
criticisms OF ii, i'm COMPENSATION with
friends, have had the effect oil turning
against the ticll..t men who lnighl
Otherwise have been enthusiastic i'm it's
support.
I'm one instance. at least, a man
who gave $4,000 to the republican
campaign fund -four years ago has
told his friends that he will give moth
ing this year, attributng his change
OF heart 10 Mir. Reeds influence.
MIR Reeds keen Wit and biting
sarcasm became famous while he oc-
cupitd the Speakers chair, and the
Mckinley republicans who are now
finding fault with him assert that he
is turning these powers in private
with chilling effect upon the admins
tration enthusiasts.
when thcs ercjiorts wcr brought TO
Mr.. Reeds attention tonight he de-
cline to make any comment upon
them except To say hat no person
had the right to attribute to him amy
opinions upon political matters which
had not received the definite sanction
of his authority. When he had amy
statement to make public. he said, he
would prepare it in his own way and
in his own language.
THAT Mr.. Reed is no more in SYM
pathy now with the eNpansionst pol
icy of the administration than he vas
during his last term as speaker is a
matter OF common gossip in the tinan-
cial district wher he has his office.
II is the opinion of tho supporters of
this policy, however, that he should
follow the example of Senator Hoar,
who holds similar views, and declare
his allegiance to the ticket. They
take the ground that the honors be-
slowed upon Mr.. Reed by his party
entitle i, to such support as he can
give.
MIR. Reed, on the contrary, takes
the position that he has retired from
politics and that he has the same
right that amy other private citizen
has to express his opinions without
giving rise to adverse comment. He
shrinlls from being drawn into politi-
can controversy, prcferring to devote
himself to the practice of law
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
"A S,,ntliin. President.

The prominence of the cxquisit Of
the United States senate, Ed yard
Wnroit, in the Philadelphia conven-
zion. sti'ikingly rrHaindS us all that
I've I!anna- Mckinley administration
began its discrcGit,lble career with
The miserable plrten,e that it was
heartily and ferven1'v in favor of IN
ternatonal bimct,iliisn.
There WAS Il time when William Me-
Ninlcy in speech, both public and pri-
yn1e. ON he stump ;,'id upon the floor
OF congress, advocated the free and
unlimited coinas" OF gold and silver
at the ratio of l6 to / and without
dallNing for the advice or the consent
of any nation on Gods earth.
He voted for tha: proposition in the
house OF representatives along with
silver Dick" Bland. lie also voted
that the bonds % ;'r United States
we're payable al lbe option OF the gov
eminent i'm SILVER cellars of the pres
emit weight and i,nnrss.
He even dictated u semi-silvcr plat
The time he WAS the financially bank
rupt governor OF Ohio. Since his NOM
nation for The presidency in 1896 Mr..
Mckinley has Deen content to he any
thing the gold mfn wanted him to- be
on al least 10 acc@inmodate them bv
his indifference Wits the services of
the secretary of the treasury.
OF coarse the gold bill has become
y law, but ii is our duty. if not our
pleasure. to thus preserve the record
81 Mekinley''s Inconsistencies
The president likewise s.swtchcd
he tariff question FIRST TO free
trade and then back To fine most gall
ing protection.
In his last annual message 10 com
gross he was for free trade will Porto
Rico MS . plain duty. He aftcIwar,l
tried 10 get congress TO force Il Porto
Rico tariff bill ON him. bal there were
Il iew republican leaders with enough
Independence left 10 compel him TO
say what he wanted. and SHARE The re-
sp#nsDili;y for an nipmity That win
throw Il CHASTITY shadow over every
move of the republican campaign for
president and Vice president in this
year 1900.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
Beers WON'T SETTLE HERE.
Sturdy Dutchmen Fear the Dom
nance. t,f' Mark Mamma

sturdy Dutchmen Fear the Domi.
nance at Mark Hanna.
New York Journal: Late news from
the Beers indicates that they will not
accept the invitation of the United
States to come here and settle.
1T the Boers We're the men that
American newspaper writer's love to
! think them it is Il good thing they
have decided not to come.
They might start a revolution or
something in this country in behalf
Of that liberty they love so much. 1t
t hard to believe they would stand
the sort of administration Americans
put up with.
We should have been perched on
kopJes, outspannlng and inspanning
and raising trouble generally to Sc
cure the liberty thai is dearer than
life to the buryher.
The might round up and hang
Hanna and his outstanding tribe,
jalnbok the senate, Jail Il few Judges
and kick some of our fungous institute
tions into the middle of next week.
They would certainly fight millions
aire worship, the growing curse of
the country, and mayhap teach us TO
resent the kicks of the rich and DOW
erful.
They would wrest the reins of rule
from the paws of the golden pigs
Perhaps it was the Boer ENJOYS who
told their fellows not to come. May
be they wrote to them they had
searched the country and found lew
corners where the common homespun
man has very much to say about how
laws Shall be administered.
The men who run things now want
people who Wear store clothes and
nave the minds that go with them.
They don't want an influx of Beers.
Store clothes folk are more easily
driven. They feel comfortable in the
livery of mammon. They find million
aire worship conducted in such pleas
amt temples.
Men who fight for what they think
is liberty are such bad FORM 1t
is so much more gentel to have sup
per classes and to do as they say.
These Beers are such common,
rugged, ho4est folk. They have not
forgotten the difference between poll
itical right and wrong. They don't
bend the knee to the powerful.
We could never assimilate them.
They would assimilate us and put the
country on the basis intended by
those who established it. Then what
would become of the country's own
crs?
We don't want to rumple our nicely
pressed store clothes in any scutfie
about liberty, such as the Boer ma
ton might start if it came here. We
have got to the point where we dread
the sneer of Fifth avenue at the un.
conventional, and it is not conven-
tional to resent roughly the things
that are.
1t is SO much simpler to do what
some trust says, pay the price some
trust asks, and take the starvation
wages some trust pays than to pick
up a club and go on the warpath to
fight against this country being trans.
formed from Il republic into an unliln..
tied despotism.
Yes it is well for the Beers to stay
whore they are if they are the sturdy
liberty lovers some of the dreamers
who have never met them assert.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
Public <>piuion.

When the public stops to consider
Mr.. Nicely ct al, OF Cuban notoriety,
they do not at the same time ,remem-
Der the Maine" with amy great degree
OF patriotic enthusiastically annapolis
journal, rep.
The sugar trust is taking it out"
of the people now, so hat when the
iryers of Campaign fat" shall call up
ON it to yield some of its accumulated
richness it will be enabled to meet the
demand without risk of attenuation.
The trust is Il liberal contributor of
the peoples money to campaig funds.
Philadelphia Record, dem.
The trusts, the postal thieves in
Cuba, the dragging war in the Philip
pines, the extravaganza OF congress,
the growth OF miitarism, the Anglo
American alliance, the Nicaragua
canal treachery, the abandonment of
American principles in Porto Rico and
the subserviency OF the government to
concentrated wealth are all helping to
Watt the democratic candidate toward
the white house.-Ncw York Journal,
dem.
In twenty-siN years the number of
Germhny's merchant steamships has
increased nearly 600 per cent When
n n,inor no,+ ,yi+l, l,ss +b,,, l,If tho
,.o,,,n,nrrn ~ \ ;,,ornnnl .rmd.,, & o,+-
ranks T;vernool In .,ln,o.t .va,.,. ,,,,+
Of tln ,vo,l, 1.nr,,.,n ..l,i,,. 49,. ,,.,;,1;,,,,
m, inc,e.s;n,,s sh,,a Of t,a ,.7rr,.;,,sp
trade and nre maxim" inro,ds nnon
I,;t;sh co,nmrr cn--Nsw Ynrl. Tim
une. rep
ne people OF the limited States are
PAYING huge bounty to their IRON
and steel manufacturers. The recent
fcvciatlons IN the iilck-larnegle law
suit show Just What that bounty
means Tor the concern winch has q
virtual control over the IRON and steel
manufacturing industry OF this conn-
try. They show the origin OF Mr.. Car
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
A Costly Pence.

Philadelphia Record: For war that
is "over." as General Otis says, the
Philippine npleasantness is mighty
costly affair. The sum allotted by
congress for continuing Philippine
pacitication during the next fiscal
year is S131,247,155.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
THE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
a London papcr Says 1t Was Con
coctcl for Niillionnrrs.

coctc'I for Nlillionnirrs.
London. June 24.-1ihc Anti-Impe-
rails, Speaker, referring to the work
of fine republican convention mt Phil
adclpl,ia. and especially to the plat
form. says That il is vague and COM
monpla,n. thoroughly protcctionist,
dishonest. 700. and manifestly CON
coc;cd in the interests of the great
nlil'ionaires
"l'rcm Lincoln and Seward to Me-
lIinley and Hanna. what faciiis
dcscensus. We will not conclude 1hc
Guo,ation. for we have faith in the
power of the American republic to
rimllt itself.'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price Is cents.

Advices from the Columbia river
salmon packing industries Indicate the
probability of a deficiency in the total
pack The scarcity of fish now in the
river is pronounced abnormal by all
engaged in the spring and summer
season. The one redeeming feature
IS the fine quality and size of tho
catch
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19

Arizona Gazette: IL is useless to
move further at tii.s time for state
hood; congress will let arizona into
the union after the presidential cleo
ton. and not before. So, let us wait
and watch and push when the proper
time arrives.
Under the present construction of
the United States constitution by the
republican administiat ion. hero is 10
reason why Arizoua should not for
ever remain a colony subject to taxa
tion without representation.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19

permit the great charter rights Of
tn. people OF American cities 10 be
sold for individual gain or bartcrcd
ior political power.
\ majority of The voters in this
country are honest and we'll meaning
men. They want honest. intelligent.
and progressive government. and whom
they learn how, they are going to OBJ
tain it.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
His Part in the Quarrel

Green Bag: Magistrate Ito witness)
II understand that you overheard the
quarrel between this defendant and
Witness-Yes, sor.
"Tell the court, if you can, what he
seemed to be doing.''
tenin''
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-19
----s~--
l.nlncnr 49,.

Kansas City Times: The repub!i-
can carpet baggers caught stealing in
Cuba Will doubtless be willing To con
tribute part OF their ,hicvine to Han
na slush fund, believing that. if the
boss wins out in the election. they
may keep out OF the penitentiary.