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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-17
A GROWING EVIL.

Shooting craps is becoming a matter
which calls for the attention of all
those Interested in the rising genera
ton of this city, 1t is by no means
confined to this city for it has spread
throughout the group, while the steam
ers plying between the Islands have
crap shooters galore, and the sums of
money put up seem incredible were
they not vouched for by a reputable
eye witness. , ...
Gambling Is a terrible vice. There
may be other vices which are serious.
and which do great harm, but gambling
probably does more to wreck lives and
leads to more crime than any other, and
here we have it being taught to the
growing children, almost at every
door step. One may say that the vice
is creeping like poison through the
youth of the town. This is no alarmist
statement, it is no exaggerated state
ment, it is a fact, and is based upon
observation.
Crap shooting is such an easy method
of gambling. 1t requires no painted
cloth like Russian War, once the favor
lite gambling scheme of Hawaiians on
the waterfront 1t requires no packs of
cards, or. boxes of dominoes. There are
only two tiny dice, which can be Sc
GREETED in a moment, should danger be
nigh Any fiat surface is suitable to
roll the dice upon, and the road is con-
sidered just as good as a floor or a
table. The game runs SO quickly, that
money changes hands with lightning
rapidity.
The small boy who began by rolling
dice for the fun of it, is now investing
his five cent pieces upon his amuse-
for the came of chance, one of the most
fatal moral diseases which attack man
kind. But it is not only the small boy
who is starting out gambling on a
small scale though large one for him.
Among Hawaiians and others of ma
turer age it is eagerly followed. A gen.
tleman who visited one of the other
Islands recently stated that crap
shooters were to be seen all over the
decks of the steamer that he was on,
and that considerable sums were lost
and won the game going as high as
ten dollars a throw, and there being
sometimes one hundred to one hundred
and fifty dollars in the pool. He de-
scribed it as the very madness of gam
bling.
There are distinctly two evils here.
One among adults, and one among the
young. What the adults now are young
will be. There are problems very diff
cult of solution. OF course the law is
there, and 1.-the adult it may be well
TO invoke the law if he can be caught,
but this is no easy task. OF course
where gamblin" is carried on openly as
in the case cited above, 1t would be
easy to catch the offenders, but police
are not at hand in the Oahu or the
Alanuihaha Channels. But what are
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-17

The probability is that there are two
besieged households in Koolau. DR..
Carter is holding his fort, armed to the
teeth and wants a Gordon of police Ex-
Judge Rathburn has probably called
his retainers around him and is sitting
armed, waiting for an attack from the
belligerent Carter. 1t sounds some
thing like a southern feud, but there
will be no killing. Dear, dear, from the
days of Troy, how many a fair Helen
has caused trouble, ill blood and war
fare?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-17

We used to make our starch some
years ago. If memory serves it was
made from arrow root. There was
quite a plantation and mandatory at
Koloa, Kauai. The product was known
as ''pia" and came into the market in
globes as big as ones two fists. Thirty
years ago the Hawaiian did most of the
washing and they would use nothing
but "pia" the starch of American and
European manufacture, they would
have nothing to do with. "Pia" has
apparently gone entirely out of use. The
Koloa industry in this direction has
been given up long ago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-17

That a small Portuguese boy was sent
to the Reformatory school the other day
for stealing money from his father only
emphasizes the arguments made in an
article in these columns. The gambling
mania leads to theft and we shall have
many thefts.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-17

Perhaps the effect of a damage suit
tram car drivers more careful There
is some very reckless driving among
them. But what can be expected when
the company puts boys in charge of
its teams
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-17

The work upon the outfall is to be
completed, and the sewer system
brought into as good order as it can be
until it Is extended
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
Lansburgh&BrO.,
42o to 426 Seventh street,
WASHINGTON. DC.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Tomorrow ST. Louis will elect it's
Worlds Fair Mayor. Both Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Altgeld will oppose Rolla
Wells, the regular democratic nominee,
because he was q gold democrat 6urirg
the past two campaigns. There are
six mayoralty candidates.
Que of the fercest of the municral
fights Of the decade closes at Cleveland,
o., today with the voting for msyor.
Tom l.. Johnson, democrat, Is pitted
against w. ]. Akers, republican. Re-
publicaus predict that Akers will win
by 1900 but johnson men are very con-
fident that their man will win.
Mrs. Rose Flegner is dying in st. Gather
inc. Hospital, New York, today. She s'ys
that ner son Louis, 1S years DID, assaulted
her With hammer early this morning. Her
skull Is fractured in several places. The ION
is missing, as Is also 800, the mothers's saw
iuRs for months.
Robbers blew open the safe of the ST. Elmo
Hotel, at Reading Pa, early this morning
and secured $50 and lot of valusbles The
force Of the explosion threw the bosrdcrs from
their beds. There is TO clue.
Alfredo Zsyss. leader of the nstionslists
was to-day elected mayor OF Havana, in place
OF Gen. Rodriguez, resigned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

livered 20 the Bank of Commerce on
Saturday morning. 1t contained moth
Ing but brown paper cut to the z, OF
bills.
A $50, 900. 900 syndicate deal il pend
ing in San Francisco, and with its sue
ceesiul consum nation the entire fishing
and packing industry on the Pacific
Coast will be controlled by one big
corporation. The principal sharehold-
era in the syndicate, should the deal be
closed, include the well-known New
York iuanciers, J. Pierpont Morgan,
August Belmont, w. Seligman, J. selie-
man and the presidents OF several large
banking houses 10 New York city.
The telegraph recall of Frank
LOOMS, u. s. minister to Venezuela, o.
tensibly for the purpose OF personal
consultation Of the diplomatic difieren'
ces between the two nations, Is 10 effect
a notice to that country that the Presi-
dent is ready to sever diplomatic re-
lations. The Venezuelan minister has
announced that he has been granted q
leave-of- absence, which means that he,
TOO, is ready TO take his departure.
When two countries withdraw their re-
spective ministers Ii Is q sign that the
diplomatic relations are strained to the
very utmost, but 4, does not mean war.
Aguiualdo. though closely guarded,
Is courteously treated by the American
officers. He speaks Of the skill and
strategy Of Gen. Funston 10 effectirg
his capture. He confers with his gen.
erals who have surrendered. but ' is
! ropgly adverse to revertiDg from his
former attitude. General Macarthur,
1t IL thought. will make no bargain
with Aguinaldo giving him freedom 10
return for aid 10 establishing recogni-
ton OF American sovereignty. He will
inform Aguinaido, 1t is understood.
| that the Government is disposed to
deal leniently with him. and be will be
held for the present as prisoner OF
war.
Col. John 8. Mosby, 10 magazine
article, says the South will become the
dominant section, richer and more
powerful than the North, and the
| negroes status Is bound to improve.
He says that without the war of seces-
sion the South could never have hoped
to attain the future that it Is now Ger
TAIN" The negroes are producing
more as freemen than they did as
slaves. Socially as we'll as industrial
ly the abolition OF slavery was highly
beneficial in it's results to the masses"
Richmond" he says, sis the city mos
likely to become 10 time the banking
centre and commercial headquarters OF
J this country aud therefore oil the
I world.n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

MANY INDIVIDUAL soldiers have
bsen betrayed and captured before, and
their bstrsyers have been paid for their
treachery-iu money; but never have
their csptors been recompensed with a
high commission 10 an srmY that at
least processes to be conducted accord
inc TO the rules of honorable warfare.
The rich people Of this country have
plenty of money, to be sure, but an
alleged world power" requires some
thing else than mere money to sustain
its prestige.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
Riot Over The Sunday Question.

London, April IA number OF
fishermen from Suffolk attempted yes
terday to land a catch of fish at st.
Ives, Cornwall. The Cornishmen are
strict observers OF the Sabbath and they
will neither work themselves nor per.
nit others to work on that day. They
forcibly prevented the Suffolk men
from landing their fish and de6ed the
local constabulary when the latter in.
terfered to protect the Suffolk people.
There was a good deal of fighting,
without any serious injury to the COM
batants, but a renewal Is feared of the
riots between the Suffolk and Cornish.
men over the Sunday question.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

GENERAL FITzHUGH LEE made q
spsech at Omaha last Saturday night,
in which, abiding to the betrayal OF
General Agulnsldo by some OF his
bribed soldiers, be said, 1t was "but an
other striking instance OF the daring
bravery OF the American soldiers"
Well, the capture referred to may be al
instance Of bravery, but. II so, most
right-thinkiug Americans, having prop
er regard for the good name OF their
country, hope there may never be an
other one like it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

OVER A PRECIPICE.-At Cold Spring,
n. Y, Mrs. Daniel Patterson and her
12-year. old-daughter Jennie and Mary
Chase, sged IA year,, fell from Table
Rock, distance of 100 feet. The
mother was killed, her daughter is
BADLY hurt while the other girl escaped
injury. While they were watching
forest fires Jennie walked too close to
the edge OF the rock and tumbled head
long into space. The mother uttered
piercing scream and dashed forwa' to
catch her, but before she could restrain
herself, she, too, followed her little girl
over the edge of rock. Mary Chase
yelled with excitement, and while peer
ing over the precipice, she too fell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There are renewed rumors that Lord
Salisbury, who has been Frustrated by
the grip, will resign as British Premier
Peter Ksrpovitch, the student who
recently shot and killed M Bogolyepof
Minister of Public Instruction. has been
sentenced to twenty years at hard labor
Daniel Willard has been appointed
general manager OF the Baltimore and
OHIO railroad, the vacancy being caused
by the resignation Of Frederick d. Ur.
derwood. Mr.. Willard has been assist
ant general manager.
Mr.. Benjamin Franklin Newcomer,
president of the Safe Deposit aud Trust
Company, died at his home. In Balti-
more, Saturday afternoon. from an sp-
opleptic stroke received Friday night
while playing cards with members Of
his family.
An investigation is revealing big
frauds 10 the Commissary Department
at Manila. Capt Frederick ]. Bsrrows,
quartermsster of the department OF
southern Luzon, together with seven
commissary sergeants, several civilian
clerks, prominent government con.
tractor and others, have been arrested.
An Austrian newspaper says that
England, Germany and Japan have
presented identical notes to Russia and
China warning them that the signing
OF the Manchurian agreement will In
volve the partition of China. France
has intimated that she would regard
the conclusion OF the treaty as an un-
friendly act.
A diary OF Major Andre, after lying
hidden for oyer a hundred years, has
been found in London by Lord Grey
among a lot Of old family papers. II
ceases too early to throw new light up
on the motives which prompted the
tragic n1ing OF Andres career. but it
gives interesting glimpses OF bis person.
plity.
Cardinal Gibbons has decided to
leave for his visit to the Pope during
the second week OF May. 1t has been
decided That tqe comforting Of the red
hat on Archbishop ,M.sartinelli shall take
place on Sunday. May 5. 1t will be
done 10 the Cathedral in Baltimore and
the ceremony attending 1t will be grand
and impressive.
A fire at Manila yesterday 10 the for.
ward hold OF the gunboat Petrol re-
suited In the death OF Lieutenant
Commander J. M. Roper. The crew
fought the FIRE for three hours. At one
time four officers and thirty-three men
were rendered unconscious by asphyxi-
alton. Commander Roper died from
trying to rescue some Of the men who
were Frustrated.
Five thousand dollars in bills sent
from the Bank of Columbia, of Cclum-
bia, 8. c., to the National Bank OF
Commerce 10 New York by the South.
ern Express Company was stolen some-
where on the way. The package sup
posed to contain the money was de-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.


London, April 1.-Chih Chen Lo
Feng Luh, Chinese minister to Eng
land, has stated that he does not know
that China hes refused to siga the
Russo-C Chinese convention relating to
Mapchuris.
Glasgow, April 1.-The steamer Ar
rsnmore colIided on Saturday with a
Dutch trawler The trawler sank and
seven persons on board were drowned.
Glasgow, April 1.-The smallpox
epidemic in this city is diminishing. OF
the cases admitted to the hospital. the
large majority have recovered. Yester-
day ten new cases were admitted, forty
nine were discharged cured, and two
died.
Nottingham. England, April l.
Johnny Reif, the American jockey, has
scored another success. He rode Queen
Bonby today 10 the race for the Upper
stone Plate, OF 100 pounds. and won.
London, April 1.-Sir John Stainer.
the noted musical composer, is dead.
he wrote many we'll known pieces Of
church music, and We associate author
of dictionary OF musical terms ard of
"The Cathedral Prayer Book"
Rome, April Pope Leo yesterday
celebrated Palm Sunday by saying
mass and distributing palms. The
Pope afterward gave an audience to
about 100 foreigners, to whom he ex-
pressed his grief over the condition OF
the church in Latin countries. The
Pope's health Is excellent.
Berlin. April 1.-The Kaiser, 10 re-
ceiviug a deputation from the Prussian
Chamber of Lords, said: 81 protest
against the assertion that my actions
are Influenced by the occurrence at
Bremen. / am in the hands OF God
and shall always do what / recognize to
be my duty" The Kaiser appeared
deeply indignant over the assertions
which have In eff1cs alleged that the
blow inflicted by Weiland had caused
him to have mental decisions.
Barcelona, Spain. April 1.-About
5000 persons attended meeting in the
bull ring in this city yesterday, called
to denounce the clergy. The speakers
demanded the separation Of church and
state, and the abolition OF the religious
orders. The crowd 10 returning from
the meeting stoned a Jesuit monss-
terry.
Madrid, April disorders continue
among the working Glasses, notwith'
standing General Weyler's policy Of
repression. Five thousand workiDRmen
broke out in riot, sacked the agricul-
tural club, and the sugar factory at
Santa Maria Cstoz,, throwing 1000
persons out OF employment. The au-
thorities have sent for troops to put
down the outbreak.
London. April Fire engines were
summoned from all parts OF London to-
day to fight copAagraiion which de-
stroyed the Sulphur Works and other
buildings at Wandsworth. The fire
was most difficult one, owing to the
suffoca ing fumes from the sulphur and
the other ingredients in its preparation.
One man persisted and many 6rem Cd
and others were nearly overcome by
the deadly vapors. For come time the
gas works were in danger OF destruc-
lion.
Berlin, April 1.-The Lokal Auzaiger
publishes St. Petersburg despatch to
the effect that aD error has been dis
covered In the Russian government
accounts between 1898 and 1898. show
ing that there ia deficiency OF forty
four million roubles in the cash 10 hand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

A NORTHERN newspaper suggests
Roosevelt and Funston as the names
that ought to be on the next national
republican ticket. Viewed in the light
ON which the country Is now cavorting
in its lingo way, no other ticket would
be more appropriate. The heroes OF
San Juan and the nameless river 10
Luzon would doubtless sweep every
thing before them. and the rough
riders and jsyhswkers would 60 tearing
through the world, defying the whole
human race.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
The Markets
Georgetown. April Wheat 73s77.

ST. LOUIS COMMISSION NAMED.-The
following appointments by the Presi-
dent were announced late Saturday
afternoon.
To be delegates to the international
conference of American States Cyrus
Northrop, of Minnesots; Henry G..
Davie. OF West Virainip; William 1.
Buchanan. OF lowe; Charles NJ. Pepper,
OF the District Of Columbus; Volney w.
Foster, of Illinois.
To be members of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition commission John M.
rhurston, OF NEBRASKA, Thomas H..
Carter, of MoDians; William Lind
say. OF Kentucky; George w. Mcbride,
of Oregon; Frederick A. Belts, of Con-
necticut; John NJ. Allen OF Mississippi;
Martin II. GlynD, of New York; John
F. Miller, ofIndians; Philip d. Scott.
OF Arkansas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

Asa SAMPLE of the profits made by
army contractors during the Spanish
war, it may be stated that a vessel ior
which the government paid sl5O,OOo
during that war, and which is in better
condition now than 1t was then, has
been offered for sale by the Navy De-
partment for $4,000, but there are no
bidders. Rascals always profit during
wars. Possibly that is the reason why
the republican administration is now
promenadiDg among the weaker ma
tions, with chip on lite shoulder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 1, 1901.

GREAT ss the frauds In the conquered
nrovlnce of Cuba-for that Is as much
of one. as the Philippine Islauds-msy
have been, the frauds committed oy
government officials in the latter 1t
has been discovered, greatly exceed
them in numbers and 10 amount. But
such has always been the case with the
government Of conquered PROVINCES 10
sll periods OF the world, aud conspieu-
ously so 10 those Of the Roman, and 10
Iudia, in the British empire. But The
Roman satraps and Lord Give aud
Warren Hastings would have been
Ashamed of such mean and low rob-
berries as those committed by American
officers in Cuba and Luzon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
Favored Sunday Closing.

Buffalo, N. j., April 1.-Advocates Of
a closed Sunday exposition numbering
700, assembled in mass meeting yester.
day afternoon to adopt resolutions pro-
testing against opening the gates on
the first day Of the week. The w. G.
T. u, submitted petitions from half a
million men and women from different
parts of the country, asking for Sunday
closing. However, the general inclina-
ton Is for an open Sunday at the Pan
American, and $1,000 people paid a
quarter each yesterday to lock at the
buildings now rapidly nearing compile
tiOn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

10 Washington on Saturday President
Orcutt, of the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Drydock Company, signed the
contract to build the cruiser Charleston.
Major Robert 8. Archer, super n!en'
teDdent of the Tredegar Works 10
Richmond, died Saturday night. He
was known all over the South among
the iron trade.
Melburne, the large and handsome
family residence of the late Mrs. Eliza
Marsteller, near Hsymarket, was des
troyed by fire Friday night between s
and 8 o'clock. The fire was caused by
40 imperfect fiue.
1t is possible that the burning Of the
Jefferson in Richmond may have some
effect upon the place of the meeting Of
the State democratic convention. Nor
folk has q much finer hotel than Rich
mond and that city, it is said, wants the
convention. Norfolk may possibly
get 1t.
Abner Lloyd and Miss Annie Hum
mer, Of Gaylord, eloped to Winchester
on Saturday, where they to * the train
for Hagerstown, Md, and were mar.
ried. The groom is an elderly widow
er, with eight children, and the bride
Ia a sixteen-year-old girl, daughter oil
Alex. Hummer, weli-known farmer.
The Commonwealth Clubhouse, To-
Gated at the corner OF Franklin and
Monroe streets, Richmond, was
damaged by fire and water yesterday
afternoon. The fire caught between
the ceiling and roof from hue con.
nected with the kitchen range. Tee
damage amounted to several hundred
dollars.
The Rev. John Jasper, the aged
negro Baptist preacher who held the
theory which he expressed as 1.-THE sun
do move" died in Richmond on Sat-
urda, at the age Of eighty-nine. He
had for many years been pastor Of the
Sixth Mount ZION Church, and was
held in high esteem by the people oil
bis race. He once made a tour OF the
North, delivering his "sun do move"
lecture or sermon.
Chairman Martin A. Knapp, OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission, gave
out in Washington on Saturday the To-
form alton that the commission has al
ready ordered the institution OF suit
against the Southern Railway Company
to enforce Its order in the case Of the
city of Danville against that company.
The com mission will be the prosecutor
and proceeding will begin In the United
States Court for the Western District O.
Virginia.
The Jefferson Hotel building in Rich.
mond Is not total loss by any means.
Architects and contractors say it Can be
rebuilt for practically the amount Of the
insurance which is about 5000 900. This
estimate, however, does not include the
valuable furniture that was either to.
tally destroyed or seriously damaged.
Sculptor Valentine ssys his statue OF
Jefferson can be restored. The board
OF directors of the Chamber OF Com.
merce met on Saturday to talk over the
great calamity that has befallen the
city. Resolutions we're adopted to
chow that it is the sense of the business
community that the hotel ought to be
rebuilt but was thought to be too early
to take any practical steps toward the
encouraging or the promotion Of this
movement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

VICE PRESIDENT Roosevelt, one OF
the several alleged heroes OF San Juan,
Jaws the man who believes that there is
auy dividing race line in America is
an enemy to the development of the
oeople of the country. Bad as Mr..
Mckinley is, all who have any interest
in the welfare Of the country should
pray that his life may be spared until
the expiration of his term of Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

A GREAT change has come over the
spirit OF General Fitzhugh Lees dreams
in respect of the ability of the Cubans to
govern themselves since he was U. S.
Consul at Havana. Then be thought
they were fully able to do 30; but now
he says, if they be, they should be
allowed their liberty and independ-
ence. But few years make IS notice.
able changes in mems minds as they do
in their personal appearance. And be-
sides, circumstances always alter cases.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-01

Now THAT Ex-Governor Altgeld oil
Illinois has declared in favor OF the re-
publican candidate for Mayor OF CHI
cspo, and against the democratic nomi-
nee for that office, it is observed that
the republican newspapers Of the North
do not denounce and abuse him for be-
ing an anarchist. as they used to do
when he supported the democratic
ticket. But the opinions of republican
noliticisns are as amenable to their In
forests az the aspen leaves are to tho
passing breezes.