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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-07-24

Financial Tommy: Ma-"Tom-
my, you seem to love pa better than
you do me-" Tommy-"Oh, ma,
don't mean to; but y see, pa allus
has his pockets full O. nickels." -
Indianapolis Journal.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-07-24
LOCOYOBILE FOR SALE.

One New Locomobile, No. 377,
Style 2, made by The LOGON oble
Co. Of America, of Newton. Mass,
.. S. A., patented Nov. IA, 1899,
Very little used, the property OF the
late Joseph Heleluhe, and run by
gasoline.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-07-24

They offer Shoes at Price Fids corner Fort ~,
Hotel Streets We purchased the combined the
% at i and now propose them the Public this is the t time
known
sthe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-14

Ting labor disputes was rapidly gatning
favor ii, his state. IN rome trAder arbi-s
tration he snid almoet slpplanted5
strikes and In many branches Of indus
try contracts between employers and
employees prescribe that In care of difn-l
Guilty, arbitration shall be reeorted to
without cessation Of work, the result be-
ing constantly increasing good feeling
between employer and employe. He
urged the necessity and wisdom Of ems
forced arbitration In extreme cases.
where the interests OF the public are
concerned and where a long strike Will
bring disaster to the people atlarge. Mr..
Mccormack said that most Of the labor
troubles were with unorganized labor or
new organizations. the older organiza-
itions being the most conservative.
Professor Brooke testimony was de-
voted to the question of work In the
sweatshops, in the investigation OF
which he has been engaged for many
years He eaid that in Massa chusetts the
law works fairly we'll. but in New York
and New Jersey the conditions were
most deplorable. In those states 1t was
impossible to secure adequate inspection
because Of the fact that the work Is done
In private apartments. The wages
were the lowest possible and often were
pieced out with charity, making the
competition with higher labor very
tense People thus employed work from
fourteen to sixteen hours per day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-14
NE INDIANA g|R|K[|||
Seven Thousand Men Made Idle as
Result Of the Engineers'
Strike.
Operators Agree to Demands But
Want to Limit the Term Of
Agreement
Indiana Labor Commissioners Says
He Favors Arbitration Of All
Labor Disputes.

Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 14.-Over u
900 Indiana miners were idle yesterday
owing to strike inaugurated by the
engineers, who number lesss
than 800 in this state. They met the In
diana coal operators here Monday night,
presented scale agreed to at DanVllle,
Ill, Nov. 3. and demanded that the In
diana operators sign the scale. The OPP
orators offered to pay the scale until
the miners annual convention in Janu-
airy, and then leave the whole subject
open for settlement, claiming that the
engineers had no right to impose arbi-
trary conditions.
The engineers demanded that their
proposed scale be effective from Nov. 10
1900, to Nov 10, 1901. The operators OBJ
jected TO this feature and the engineers
quit President Mitchell. at Indianapolis
saya the engineers have charter Of
their own and that he is powerless e
interfere. The trouble with the engineers
Is to be followed with similar demands
by the blacksmitha and firemen.
While the apparent issue in the strike
is the rate OF wages for 300 hosting en-
gineers the truth ia the operators are
more interested In ascertaining Whether
their contract with the United Mine
Workers. running until April next
Will be effective should other engineers
be put to work i'll place of the 800 who
struck. The operators say the CONTRACT
lis worthless if the United Mine Workers
should II, ss}s,f On s,lnpoltjnp the. striking
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-14

isdictions and Secretary Kennedy Of the
Indiana miners eSye the strike Will
bring about this result Secretary Ken-s
NEEDY says that none Of the labor organs
Eation can enforce Its demands With
contracts being different dates. The ems
gineers want to Sign from Nov. and
it issnot known what dates the other ore
ganizations have selected. National
President Mitchell of the United Nine
Workers telegraphed to- ask II the 1ndi-3
ana officials had been consulted, and
Secretary Kennedy answered that they
had not.
The engineers brotherhood was or
ganixed In Illinois year ago and signed
Ia scale with the Illinois operators. About
that time, when a coal famine scare was
on and the prices were booming, the un-
organized Indiana miners struck here
and there and secured an advance OF 40
per cent in wages. to 375 a month. Then
they joined the brotherhood. After the
miners had signed the interstate scale
they pledged their support to the en-
gineeM, and the question is how far that
support is to extend.
Today nearly 1000 bituminous miners
In the state were at work. On the Van.
dalia road the engineers said they. had
no cause to go on etrike. At Clinton the
operators or some of the salaried em-
ployes were running the engines. All the
miners in the block coal field. which 10
confined to Clay county, We're idle.
The operators contend that as 80 per
cent of the bituminous output is cold on
yearly contracts, and IS per cent Of the
block, the industry could not be stable
with wage scales to be settled several
times year. Aside from that, they gay
the advance given the engineers a year
ago this month brought the wages to az
high a figure as can be paid; that the
scale recently signed by Illinois operat-
org IL too high for Indiana for the rea-
son that the Illinois minea have a}larger
average tonnage to mine, and that
1 therefore the cost of production Is lese
per ton than at the Indiana mines.
The total output OF Indiana 10 100000
tons a year. and two-thirds5 Of 1t goes
out of the state, mostly to Chicago and
the northwest. 1t can be replaced by
/ Illinois and Ohio coal and the only suf-
ferers by a shortage in the Indiana
i product Will be the people Of this state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-14
HE FAvoRs ARBITRATION.
indiana Labor Commission er Before
the industrial Commission.

commission heard the testimony OF L. r..
Mccormick, labor commissioner OF the
state of Indiana. and Of Prof. John Ora
ham Brooks, of Cambridge, Mass, pres
ident of the National Consumers
Lea que. Mr.. McCormick's testimony
was devoted largely to the subject of.
arbitration. He said that mode OF set
The evening times., 1900-03-05
Dict md Health

a meeting of the Vegetarian SO1iety,
held in New York last wednesday evening,
was enliyened by the advent Of a visitor
whose experiences overtopped anything
that the most Jealous friends of the cult
could offer in behalf Of their theory Of sus-
tenance. At the conclusion OF MIR. George
Donaldsons lecture on Food and ..utri-
tion," a certain DIT. Thomas arose, and. in
the course OF his remarks, declared that as
the result Of living on a vegetable diet he
had attained such strength that he cou d
run for an indefinite period Of time, and
had lifted fourteen hundr ID and fifty
pounds. He neither wears al ovucoat nor
underclothing, and on one occasion had
walked without socks, wearing loosely
laced shoes. through streets 60 cred with
snow, without suffering in any degree from
cold feet He fortified the plausibility of
his statements by admitting that he was
not immune against catching cold. but
claimed not to suffer any Of the debilitating
effects which usually follow.
1t was not alone in the benefits derived
from a vegetable diet that he outclassed
the members themselves. but he carried
his regimen 10 the extent of eating only
uncooked food. The economy which he
was able to practice makes the sum OF
money on which Mr.. Edward Atkinson esti-
mated that a man could live appear prodi-
gal in its extravaganza. the New York die
tician claiming to have subsisted three
months on raw wheat. at a total cost Of
one dollar. No wonder that the omni-
present Citizen Train arose and said. Il
don't wear underclothes. but 1 take of my
hat to Thomas"
Almost simultaneously with the delivery
OF Or. Thomas testimony, one OF the
periodical fanatics who attempt TO emulate
DR.. Tanner broke fast Of thirty-nve days
by yielding &c the seductive aroma of an
orange. II awakened an appetite which
according to the claim Of the experinne ntal-
ist, had entirely passed away He had
undertaken TO abstain from food entirely
for forty days, Will view to reducing his
corpuleney and building up his general
health. That he had succeeded in reduc
ing his weight was obvious enough, but
The evening times., 1900-03-05
The south African situation,

II Is fair 10 presume that movements OF
Importance are imminent in SOuth Africa.
although the little news we get today is
quite vague as 20 the details OF current
operations. But both combatants are con-
centrating and while a general engngc-
ment may be postponed for some days.
il is certain to occur at last and. as mat
ters lCok, most probably between Paarde-
berg and Boemfontein. II is now evi-
dent that the forces employed against La
dysmith retreated in two directions. the
Free Staters moving by Van Reeneu's
Pass and the Transvaal Beers retiring Ia
the direction Of Laing's Mex. Or the first
Of March RnoXs Brigade started after the
latter. with what result is not reported
What Buffers next movement nay be is
rot hinted- II is possible that be may
proceed to the Neck OF Natal and force
Joubert 10 give battle there Or surrender
control OF the passes into the TransvaaL
In the former case JCubert might inficJ
great damage on the attacking force. but
the operation would ertsiI his preocc cupa-
ton while Roberts was attacking the
BloemfonJein or the Wynberg line.
However we must admit, in the
light Of past observation. that Laing' S
Mex could probably be held for a
considerable time against any hostile
force by small number Of defenders ade-
quately entrenched and supplied with artu-
Iery and rapid-fre guns.
This consideration might make it good
policy for Butler. in the event that he can
not cut OF Joubert's retreat-and that
hardly seems possible-to feint against the
Neck Of Natal. and move with his main
body by the lower Drakeusberg passes. 10
a junction with Roberts in the Free State
il looks as if the Boer military authorities
expected such a movement for their CON-
mandos in Northern Cane Colony seem to
he making strenuous efforts to get to the
east Of the British advance. doubtless fear
ing that they may be caught in the open
between Roberts and Butler The Boer
force reported within FIVE miles Of Roberts
headquarters az Osfontein. and 20 number
six thousacd. is probably there 10 impede
his progress until the berg and Storm
berg columns can get beyond the Orange
River and escape northeast. 4 few days
ago Clements appears to have thought il
possible to seize the NorvaI's Pont Bridge
and so cut of retreat but t,e latest des-
patches indicate that it wa, still open 10
the Roers and il is no sta,ed that the
conditions are any different II BethuIie
Bridge. At StOrmberg he Beers were in
some. but greatly diminished force On Sat
urday. and at la BuschagnT's Mex. be-
tween Dordrecht and jamestown General
Brabant, yesterday defeated POer com
mando and occupied its entrenchnIents.
So the phenomena Of the coming few
days may be those Of a foot race rather
than a fight. although the Beers near Os-
fontein doubtless will be engaged. and. as
Roberts is being daily re-ens5~ceG he may
be able to surround them as ha did Cronje.
He must now have fifty tho Iaand troops
under his immediate commard, a-d pos
sibly more.
The evening times., 1900-03-05
ASSISTED BY THE PONCE.
The Bark Nellie VI. sIade short q
PrcNfEIOns nt Sea.

The Bark Nellie VI. sIade short Of
PrcNiSIOns nt Sen.
NEW YORK. March captain Dyer. Of
the Ponce, which arrived this morning
from San Juan, Porto Rico, reports that
on March 4. in latitude 80 degrees % min
utes. longitude IS degrees - minutes. he
spoke to the bark Nellie NJ. Slade. from
Rosario for Philadelphia, ninety days out.
short OF water and provisions. Captain
Montgomery reported that he passed Hat
teras on february Il. and was blown OF
shore fou. times by heavy gales. He
sighted the Five FathOm lightship twice.
but was driven of shore owing to heavy
weather.
During this time Captain Montgomery
and his chief officers were injured by
heavy seas breaking on board their YES
sell The cabin was also flooded sails
blown away and other damage received
about decks The supply Of provisions on
board the bark was well-nigh exhausted
and Captain Dyer. OF the Ponce. supplied
her with quantity sufficient 10 enable her
to reach her destination. No further as
sistance was needed by the vessel
Col. c. c. G. Carr, OF the Fifth United
States Cavalry. was a passenger on the
Ponce. Colonel Carr has been ordered to
Manila
The evening times., 1900-03-05

amounts merely TO this. that no eonstitu-
tionaI rights extend to the psople OF terri
tory outside OF the component States OF
the Union, except as the same may have
been or may be conferred by Congress
with the approval OF the President The
opinion carefully lodges the basic decision
Of the Supreme Court in the Loughborough
case that the Constitution. ex prOprio
vigOre. extends wherever the sovereignty
Of the United States extends decision
which has been reafhrmed in every perth
nent case since. In short. the argument is
nothing better than the special plea it l.
intended to be- and is carefully constructed
to satisfy the OIL sugar, tobacco. and
rum trusts. that the Administration not
only intends to stand by them. in spite OF
constitutional prohibitions. but that il
may have a law leg to stand on. with
some hope that the Supreme Bench might
reverse its glorious record Of nearly a cen
tury for their benefit
If the Magoon opinion. and ether dev. .ce5
Of eognate character, should chance 10 be
sufficient to quiet the fears Ct the trusts.
and loosen their purse suinga, for cam
qalgn purposes. all that the Adm nistratiOn
expects will be accomplished. 1t may be
possible to keep test case from reaching
the Supreme Court before the Presidential
election. but one viii get there faally. and
Mr.. Mckinley. Mr.. Poot and Mr.. Hanua
know thoroughly wCI that when that &C.
ours the whole Republican pan OF insu ar
loot and oppression in the interests of the
trusts and mOnOpolies will be defeated asd
denO1nced There is one institution in t1is
country with authority to warn the Presi-
dent and Congress that they are not great
er than the fundamental law. from which
alone their powers are derived; that
they have none not expressly conferred by
the Constitution, and that the CT, 4tuTe is
not Independent OF and superior to the
creator
The evening times., 1900-03-05

whether fasting. as he maintained. had
''streng hened his heart. Frightened his
brain. quiekened his circulation. and ac-
tualiy improved his eyesight" is. to say
the least, open to conjecture. The fact
which he was seeking to establish by this
long period OF abstinence was that We eat
too much
The experiences of such men as these are
by no means without value The scien-
tiiic world bears abundant testimony to
the fact. But the hypothesis Of neither
can be carried very far without reductio
ad absurdum. Fealth by starvation is a
contradiction in terms. The deIeterious
effects OF gluttony are beyond all doubt
or discussion, but there is an equal intem-
perance in abstaining from food for any
considerable time, since the stomach. de-
prived Of aliment, must feed upon itself
SO far as vegetarianism is concerned, no
more can be conceded than that there are
certain systems which do not crave, nor,
perhaps. require a meat diet but the entire
physiological development Of man must be
altered before vegetable food can become
the exclusive pabulum OF people. Our
assimllative structure is that of a
carniyorous animal. The fact that it's
functions are seriously disturb d
when it is supplied with food differ
ing materially from that to which it has
been accustomed is demonstrated by the
unsuccessful attempts to administer nu-
tTiment in a highly condensed form for any
great length Of time. Although every es-
sential element of sustenance is present
tho process Of extracting such elements
for itself has become so indispensable to
the digestive organs that the concentrated
food produces nausea and if persisted in
sometimes proves fatal
The human race as whole Is not yet
organized for an exclusively vegetarian
diet, and il IS In all probability only
through Z. long period OF evolution and
adaptation that such an end can be at
tanned.
The evening times., 1900-03-05
ENadins ResponsibIIIty.

In order to bolster up the Unteuable po-
sition o. the Administration. that Congress
is a supreme and irresponsible power, su-
perior TO and independent of its creator.
the Constitution Of the United States. in its
treatment OF American territory not organ
lied into States, Mr.. Charles E. Magoon.
law oficer OF the Division Of Insular AZ
fairs. has submitted a written opinion. on
the legal status OF the territory and in
habItants OF the former Spanish islands ac-
Quired by the United States"
As an authority on constitutional law
great enough to reverse the decisions of
chief Justice Marshall and the Supreme
Court from 1920 TO the present day. Mr.
Magoon bursts upon a startled world with
the revorberation Of parlor match which
is stepped on. Just why a really great
lawyer like the Hon. Elihu Root should re-
quire the wisdom OF his subordinate in this
connection Is perhaps a question likely to
be answered according 10 the taste of the
answerer. OF one thing we may be sure.
The astute Secretary of War may possibly
need such opinions in his political business.
but he has too much respect for his repu-
tation as a lawyer to write them himself.
The MagOon antic is only another "Toots"
letter OF the kind some time ago addressed
TO dear Mr.. Dick" Il may seem neces-
sary 10 Mr.. Root to lend his countenance
and influence to a scheme Of aggression up
on suffering American humanity, and in
open and defiant violation Of the Constitu-
ton. but II he does this, it viii be as the
paid advocate, as in the case when
he defended William NJ. Tweed and did not
stop at much in the interests of his client;
and not as a man who knows the Constitu-
tiOn and law, and in his personal capacity
retains some respect for them both from
legal and a moral point OF view.
Mr. Magoon's argument is not new. II
The evening times., 1900-03-05
SAN JOSE SCALE IN GERMANY.
Efficient Scientists Carefully Exam
inc American Exported Fruit.

Simon W. HaEauer. Vice Consul General
to FRANKFORT. has written the state De-
Partment respecting the san Jose scale in
Germany as follows:
Nothing has been said of this insect
for months in German papers. It has not
yet made its debut in a live condition in
the Fatheriand, thus confirming the opin-
ion Of experts that the climatic conditions
Of Germany are not suited to its perpet1s-
ton; but. while the false alarm concern
.ng the Introduction and ravages OF the
San Jose scale has vanished. its III effects
IN the nature OF notwithstanding measures
against the import Of American fruit have
Continued. and the hardship Of these pro-
scriptive ordinances are making them
selves so acutely felt that German trade
circles and consumers are beginning TO
protest. The Chamber Of Comm. zee OF
hamburg. one Of the most inportant trade
bodies Of Germany. In its lately published
annual report, says on this subject:
The station which last year was .oDeD-
ed in this city for the purpose OF iRvesti-
eating the presence Of the san Jose scale
on American fruit has a laboratory vyhare
two scientifically trained experts. with
fourteen assistants. have steadily pursued
these Investigations in the NEST circum-
spect manner. While there may not be
any objection to examining raw fruit o
the continuation OF investigations IN re-
gard to dried fruits must be considered
an utterly unnecessary hi. drance TO trade.
The sanitary experts. whom the Imperial
Government Department of Health. as
we'll as the Belgian Government. sent last
year to California. have fully confirmed
the statements made by German fruit i'm
porters that the drying methods in use in
the United States efeCtually kill the in
sects. Therefore, the scales found on
dried fruit from America were dead. The
trade suffers great damage from the ex-
animation, stricter here than elsewhere,
and this chamber Of commerce regrets that
this unnecessary annoyance and harmful
practice was not at once discontinued
when the facts become known. We have
sent an urgent petition 20 the authorities
praying for immediate action
The evening times., 1900-03-05
"a WEST VIRGINIA WRECK.
Brakeman Falls BeneRth the
wheels md Is Killed


ELKINS. W. We. March 5.-A disastrous
wreck occurred Saturday night at 10
O'Clock on the West yirginif. Central and
PittsDurg Railway at Maple Run. w. Va.
George W. MeCreary. Of Cumberland, a
brakeman on the wrecked train. lost his
life at waldman. four miles south of Ma
pie Run. He was not missed until after
the wreck and IL was thought he was
buried under the debris. Later his body,
horribly mutilated from a number OF cars.
two engines. and the riggers' train passing
over IL, was found. The train IS said to
have run away and eleven cars loaded with
coal and coke, jumped the track, three Of
them being immense pressed steel hoppers.
The crash was terrific after the Eight down
the grade. and the track was so badly torn
that IL required nearly twenty-four hours
10 open IL The trouble was started by a
loose wheel under one OF the steel ears
Il is not known how McCreary came to
fall, but probably from a sudden jerk while
he was drawing a brake. The car with the
loose wheel was one OF the first to pass
over him. Four miles north Of the point
where he fell his watch was picked of a
beam Of one OF the steel cars and was still
running. The fearful jam and he jarring
incident to restoring the cars to the track
had not disIodged II. The only damage 10
the watch was a broken crystal.
McCreaTy was a son Of Baggagemaster
Francis McCreary, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. residing at Ellerslie. Allegauy
county He was twenty y-one years OF age
and on December 70 last was married TO
Miss Louise Knight. daughter OF Oliver
Knight. Of Westernport. He belonged TO
the Order Of Railway TTainmen. His body
was taken to Ellerslie this evening. He
resided In Cumberland
The evening times., 1900-03-05
IN DANGER OF YELLOW JACK.
Naval Operations in the Dry Tortu
gas Likely to Cease.

- IL AhN ASEg AOEA IA
gas Likely tn Cease.
The Navy Department has under advise
ment the question OF stopping all opera
tiOns in the Dry TOrtugas, on the western
coast Of Florida, on account Of the posi-
bilty Of the workmen contracting the yell
low fever.
The rlatter was brought TO the attention
of the Secretary of the Navy by the Treas
ury Department. which had been notified
by Surgeon General Wynman that the Dry
Tortugas should not be used as a nava!
STATEN rom April l to November /. whea
close quarantine should be maintained
The Navy Department has been expead-
ing a great deal of money in building
wharVes ard coal sheds in the Dry Tortu-
gas and the suggestion that the work be
abandoned does not meet with favOE
Il has been suggested that instead OF
ships supposed 10 be infected With plague
putting in at Dry Tortugas they be quar-
antined at some other point on the Florida
coast where the Navy has no station. Il
is probable that Surgeon General Wy
mans suggestion will be adopted for this
season. il now being too late tc establish
a place for plague ships to put in. BY rex
year a plague station may be established
at another point and the Dry Tortugss
used only for big eoaling station.