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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

savage man, but less so than those OF
the ape, while the size OF his teeth' INC
gaps between them and the ridges "s.n
hold the law muscles to the skull woula
likewise be less than in the ape anu
greater than in man. His nose Woula
be bridgeless and would lie fiat on MS
face. His eyes would roll in large o..
bits. Over each eye he would prooaop
have a prominence from which MS ~"
forehead would shape suddenly back
ward to form the beginning of shaiO'
semicircle." ,....
DO you anticipate that these pilne'
canthropus hunters in Java Will DE SUI
cessfui?'' ..y
IF there could be found in Java le"
remains such as Dubois seems to nav
found there should be more in the heien,
borhood. The difficulty is that IN 'n y.
tropical regions animal remains sooll US
appear, and 1t is only under excepliO ua,
conditions that they are preserved an.
there are in existence fossil skeiesS -.
millions of years old. 1t is quite pOs
sible that we may yet find remains -.
resenting all of the conditions lhtein.
date between ape and man. inns , .aay
result from systematic search. IL Wv" :,
be found that man lived in the uN ,.vr
the ancient ape whose remains ar.
been found IN INDIA IL Huse w = 70.
, bered that the chimpanZee, SO mean an Nv.
lated to our ape ancestors Is sun
;, ing" A.. r..
ITO be convinced that any Oh NV ,,ts.
mains found are those Of genuine ~ "a
ecanthropus, what bones do you w .nn
!, see brought back by the searcners' ,rs.
= Especially a good skull-a %hoi. az,
mum, il possible. I would IKE nv het
: the pelvis also. The more PONIES '. ~. 70.
: ter. of course. The trouble with .ne ar
mains found by Dubois is that .ii'' onin.
:. too few to guide one to DEFINITE
. ion. irs there
"Other than the Dubois remains .d =;
have been none seriously consluei ybict
representing pithecanthropus-hoonr with
scientific men could so consiael touad
much reason. However, remains IL III M
i'm the Neander valley Of Prussia loE
: represented a creature with Ee,s bssr
u brain capacity. Yet it might hs' II
either a savage or a phllosop,. raac
u other words, there is no DENIM Se,plOy
!, between mere size of brain ana uT you'd
ment of intellect OF course, y you II
'e Mt find great intellectual aeVeiCp ID IDIOT
n the microcephalic or small-heau oSs 40.
n Rut normal men with small heaus sni
= brains often have very accui"
= uoyerful intellects.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

as indicated by the other remains The
teeth have been pronounced as similar to
those of man in that they are hollow ct
the crown yet like those of the ape in
that they diverge at the roots. The thign
bone indicates that the creature walked
in an upright position-in the posture OF
a man. The name "pithecanthropus
which from its Greek derivation, means
.ape-man," was first used in 1858 by Prof.
Haeckel. The full technical name now Is
"pithecanthropus erectus," in other
words, IAN ape-man standing erect
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
YEARS OLD.
dubois found the pIthecanthropus
bones in earth deposits representing the
tertiary age or geologic period. This fact
indicates that the animal lived and died
during that time, which was hundreds
of thousands-perhaps less than a million
years ago"
How long was probably required for
the complete change from ape to man Y
"a couple of hundred thousand years
was sufficient time, should think. 1t is
not probable that the civilization OF
which we learn from the earliest records
could have been attained until after man
had been on earth over 100000 years. The
historic period goes back probably 5,0G
or 5000 years from the present"
4 Was this change from ape TO mar
probably taking place at various parts O
the earth at the same time?"
TT probably occurred in one limited
area 1t was SO gradual that it wouit
have been impossible for one living dur
ing this time to have determined which
creature was ape and which was man
1t was simply the result OF an innate
tendency to vary in particular direc
ton. a tendency which manifested itsel
in this single area. Conditions were IA
vorable to the development. Advantage
were furnished to the being with new
: attributes Then there was the result
that the race thus propagated rapid.
spread over the neighboring lands, in
comparatively short time. geological.
: speaking.
5 1--WE will suppose that back in thes
, age. there was an ape, like the presen
: chimpanzee, which exhibited superior In
e telligence and learned to fight with stick
/. or clubs rather than with tooth an
e nail. This new faculty he transmitte
( TO his descendants, who developed snort
e er arms. more efficient for the new moo
e of warfare Those having the shorte
r arms. therefore, survived and muitlpne
e in the struggle for life The canin
9 teeth were less used and on TINS accoun
n became smaller and reduced to ieve
d with the others. The gaps between tn
t teeth gradually closed as the Jaws, use
Y less for fighting, grew smaller. Inc Hiu'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

Pithecant hropus hunting is quite the
latest and rarest sport to excite the en-
thusiasm of the rich. The Vanderbilt
millions are being drawn upon to equip
an American expedition for it's pursu-
ance. A German party will also enter
the chase at an early date.
But who or what is pithecanthropus?
In the vulgar jargon of the laity he is
better known as the plain, common, ev-
ery-day missing link" He is that half
man, half-ape creature long sought to
fill the lamented gap in the Darwinian
chain. He is to be seriously sought in
the far-of jungles of Java, which sci
ence suspects to be the most promising
field for his apprehension. George Van
derbilt is to defray the expenses OF the
American hunters, who will be led to the
field by David J. Walters Of new Haven,
Conn. The German party is being or
ganized by Prof. Ernest Haeckel, the
eminent naturalist Of Jena.
Now, a pithecanthropus hunt would at
the very first blush appear to be perilous
sport The public will soon be eager 70
learn whether the much-prized ape-man
is to be bagged, trapped, lassoed or shot
whether he is to be captured dead or
alive. The very idea of his importation
z
gests the advent of a second Franken.
stein monster such as might, by dint OF
semi-brute force and semi-human genius
break its confines and play havoc with
our wives and babies.
Perhaps it was with these qualms thai
the writer yesterday FASTENED to- DR.
Theodore N. Gill, the celebrated natural
list and evolutionist, and found that gen
ial gentleman in his uncovered towel
room in the much-bepinnacled Smithso
MAN.
! "Of course these expeditions hope e
find only the fossil remains OF pithecan
thropus,' said the doctor. They are go
ing to make their researches in Java be
! cause it was there that DR.. Eugene Du
t bois. Dutch army surgeon and paleon
0 tologist, recently found partial remain
OF what many naturalists believe Z
!, have been a creature intermediate be
tween ape and man. Dubois made tn
Y discovery on the bank of the Bangawav
It near Trinil, in the central part of tn
: island. The remains lay in a bed O
rock thirteen or fifteen yards below tn
: vegetable soil They consisted of tn
: upper portion of a skull, two mola
e teeth and thigh bone. From the siz
It of the skull 1t has been judged that til
Is brain of the creature must have bee
greater than that of any ape yet foun
and too small for any human being-ths
is, in proportion to the size of the bod
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

All night long the storm ragged, while
the lighthouse keepers kept their
lamps trimmed and burning, in the
hope of guiding bewildered ships Alright.
The circle of bell-buoys about the har-
Dor tossed high with the waves and
kept up dismal changing. OF these
latter, when the morning came and the
storm was gone, there was one less. 1t
had been torn from it's mornings by the
force of the storm and had been carried
out by the tide.
Nearly year afterwards the natives
of Kauai Island were startled one
dark night by strange sound coming
| from the sea. Down at the beach they
heard 1t, and they held their breaths
looking at each other in fear. A disma
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

heavier anchor and extra weights, lest
it resume its travels.
This 1T has not done. That one long
Journey, probably over three thousand
miles, and by a route no one will ever
know, may have satisfied the wander
ing proclivities of the old bell-buoy. 1t
was many months in making the jour
ney and there is ne record of its travels
nor anything whereby to judge of it's
experiences except that some sailors on
wandering sailing vessel told some
queer tales of strange sounds at sea
during the time the buoy was unac-
counted for. Out in the middle of the
ocean one dark night, when the waves
were tossing high, while they struggled
with the ropes, there came to them
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15
ONLY A BELL BUOY But IT CAUSED THE
WONDERING NAVlES ANXIOUS HOURS

tone was borne IN ON the wind. followed
now and then by another--louely, rnys-
FERROUS sounds that caused the natives
on the shore to huddle together and
shiver at the dread powers of the Ka-
huna
The next day they saw peculiar
wooden thing hobbing about upon the
water, not far from shore. ana the dis
nal sound seemed to come from it.
Some white men from Oahu Island
heard of 1t and went out TO it in a boat.
1t was towed to shore ard later the
Board of Public Works brought it TO
/, Honolulu, where it was repainted and
stationed out beyond the reefs. with a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15

HONOLULU port has only one bell
AZ buoy, and in the possession OF
81 this there is a strange story.
For over seven years the doleful
tones of the changing bell at the top of
the swaying wooden structure has
rung out it's warning from it's station
at the end of the dangerous coral reefs.
Previous to that its story is a story OF
travel.
About eight years ago a terrific storm
swept the northland and dashed the
waters of Puget Sound into furious
foam. Lucky the vessels that were
safely anchored that night. and uncer-
certain the fate of those on the deep.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15
NOTED FOREIGN MURDER
EXECUTED.

Two murderers, whose in Ea
tracted considerable attention. aen be
rone last year, have Just 5e Ncrd
headed. One was the SWeus' on tbi
lund. who killed seven persoSIroov III
steamer Prinz Karl in M; NJ ricf
other was Gonczi, who kille u Beril
widow and her daughter ~ Innnyicts!
three years ago and was as, Argsa
after being extradited from of,,ge. b
tina where he had taken re aaa5t al
protested that he was lnh lSnot as Z
left unsolved the legal k us kille
whether mother or daughteir, r." victim
first The distribution OF 'he se,ers
property, which amounts - the de'i
rniIiion marks, depends Oh
sion of that question.
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they heard it their rugged faces blaneh-
ed and they were silent in supersttious
fear.
Next morning there was nothing to be
seen, though they scanned the sea with
curious eyes, grown holder for the light
of day.
Where the buoy went. and just how 1t
happened to find it's way to the little
Islands in the middle of the great ocean
are things that no man will answer
1t may have roamed the ocean aimless.
lily, following the will of the winds ana
currents, from one continent to another
OF it may have made directly for tropl-
cal chimes. At any rate it had never
tipped, and it travelled the deep upright
and changing all the way 1t was IN
perfect order when it came to Kauai
only requiring to be freshly painted be-
fore taking up its duties of guarding
the coral harbor of Honolulu
1t is still dismally ringing and will con.
tinue to give forth its doleful cry Oh
warning for many years to cone
against wreck and destruction.
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Predicts some More Deaths.

Ketchum said that Frank Herring
ton, the conductor who shot him. caus-
ing him to lose his right arm: l.. C..
Fort. the Wells Fargo attorney. and
w. III. Reno, the Colorado and South
ern railway detective who effected his
capture. will he killed within a year.
Il struggled a letter out of the prison
at Santa Fe.'' said he. and those
three men are Marked
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-27
SHOCKING SIGHT
At THUGS HANGING
Fall Was so Great That Victims
Head Was Jerked Clear
+, off.
"BLAoK JACK" PAYS THE PEN Atty
Spends His Last Hours CnrsinS Those
Who Had a Hand in Bringing
Him to Justice.

Clayton. n n, April 2T.-Thomas
L.. Ketchum. alias BLACK Jack the
notorious outlaw who had terroriZed
the people of the southwest for the
past fifteen years. was hanged here
yesterday afternoon for train robbery,
and his head was severed from the
body by the rope as if by guillotine.
The headless trunk pitched forward
toward the spectators, and blood spat-
tered upon those nearest the sCaffold.
The execution took place inside Il
stockade built for the occasion. The
enclosure was crowded, 100 witnesses
having been admitted. When Ketch-
UNI mounted the scaffold. at IL p. m.
his face was pale, but he showed no
fear. \ priest stood at his side as
the rope was being put around his
neck. The condemned man had con-
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Lnat Words of the Thug.
Ketchum declined to make speech.
He muttered Goodbye" then said:
PLEASE dig my grave very deep and
as the cap was drawn over his face
shouted: Let her go!' His legs
trembled but his nerve did not fail
At 1:2f p. m. the drop was sprung,
the body shot through the trap. and
the head was torn from the trunk by
the tremendous jerk. The head re
manned in the sack and fell into the
pit The body dropped to the ground
quivering and bleeding. Some men
groaned and others turned away UNI
able to endure the sight. For few
seconds the body was allowed to lie
there. with the blood issuin" in an in
termittent stream from the several ar
ferries. Then the officers rushed down
the scaffold and lifted it from the
ground.
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Ketchum spent the greater part of
the morning in reviewing his past life.
frequently referring to his momeutari-
~ expected death. He cursed the rail
road and express companies and the
officers who were instrumental in his
conviction, and the people of New
Mexico in general and their laws. He
acknowledged that he planned and led
his gaItE in many rohberies accredited
10 him. Kctchum declared that he
was not the original BLACK Jack" and
said that outlaw was still alive and
enjoying his liberty. But he was the
cause of my becoming an. outlaw" said
Ketchum. Lee Dow. the officer. saw
Black Jack at the Deer creek tank
affair and in 1891 told me that if /
was ever tried for Black Jacks
crimes l would never get free for
if L was going TO be hanged for an
other mans crimes l might as well
have some of my own
Predicts Some More Deaths.
Ketchum said that Frank Herring
ton, the conductor who shot him. CauS-
ing him to lose his right arm: l.. c.
Fort the Wells-FargO attorney. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-27
What He Was Hanged For.

Ketchum was hanged for holding mp.
single-handed. a train near Folsom. y.
NJ. Aug. rs. 1899. He was shot in the
right arm, but with his left hand
wounded the conductor and mail
agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-27


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