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The times., 1901-03-26
PLACED ON WAITING ORDERS.
Prof. Stimson j. Brown Detached
From the Naval Observatory

The Secretary of the Navy has decided
not to order the trial by court-martial of
Prof, Stimson j. Brown, U. S. N, Direct
or of the Nautical Almanac" against
whom charges were filed by Capt Charles
II. Davis, L. S. N, Superintendent of the
Naval Observatory. but has detached
Prof Brown from duty at the observa-
tory and placed him on waiting orders
Prof. Brown will be detailed for duty
elsewhere here as soon as an assignment
can be found.
Captain Davis charged Prof Brown
with neglect of duty and made other ac-
cusatiOns growing out of the effort of
scientific men in the navy and out of it
TO prevent the retention of a line officer
as superintendent of the observatory
Captain Davis recommended that Prof
Brown be tried by court-martial. Con-
gress at its last session enacted pro-
vision restricting the selection of super
intendent Of the observatory to the line
The times., 1901-03-26
NOT AFRAID OF THE TRUST.
British steel Men See N Blessing In
the Combine.

LONDON. March 25.-In an interview
Andrew Law. NJ. P. a leading steel mer-
chant of Glasgow, said he believed the
American Steel Trust would not injure
British trade TO the extent some persons
imagined.
The head of another leading Scotch firm
who has just returned from Pittsburg.
while admitting that the trust is un-
doubtedly menace, is inclined TO think
it will prove a blessing in disguise by
stimulating the British. Moreover, ne Is
convinced that the trust will not export
on a large scale until it has a surplus,
which is now nonresident.
Sir William DOxford, NJ. P, addressing
the shareholders of his firm, Doxford &
Sons, Limited, of Sunderland, declared
that so long as the United States main
tanned their present heavy import duties
the trust would benefit British shipbuiId-
erS.
The times., 1901-03-26
SIr. Cleveland.

To THE EDITOR OF THE TpiCs: As subscriber to
The Commoner'' the writer had already seen
the dissection OF the late Grover Cleveland by
Mr. Bryan, quoted in The Times this morning.
but it viii bear a reperusal, and The Times has
in few feIictous lines skillfully completed the
good work.
The thanks OF all good Democrats are due 10
Mr.. Bryan and TO The Times for telling the
,lefunct Just what the party he betrayed and
good citizens generally. think OF him.
1t is to he hoped, though scarcely to be cx-
pected that he will now subside into his nermag
condition OF innocuous pinguitude.
The character Ia the drama next 20 Falstatf
which he most resembles is Joseph surface Who
after his treachery and villainy had been made
clear to everybody. continued % roll OF high-
sounding platitudes about the moral virtues and
was YOU will remember finally silcnesd BY an
honest and impatient listener with 20, damn
your seatiments!" L. VI. ).
Washington, March %.
The times., 1901-03-26
CITY WATER CONTRACTS.
An Illinois Decision Upheld. by the
Supreme Court.

The decisions of the Supreme Court of
Illinois in three cases involving the power
of municipalities to fix water rates were
affirmed by the Supreme Court of the
United States yesterday. The cities OF
Freeport, DanvilIe, and Rogers Park, Ill.
under acts of the Legislature, made con-
tracts with water companies TO supply
water at a specified rate. Subsequently
the councils of these cities passed Ordi-
nances reducing these rates some 30 per
cent and the water companies brought
suit to compel the carrying out of the
original contracts on the ground that the
impairment was in violation of their
rights under the Constitution.
The act of the Illinois Legislature au-
thoroizing the making Of the contracts
specified that the cities might make con-
tracts for period not exceeding thirty
years, but the Supreme Court of the State
held that the power to fix rates for public
water supply was a governmental func-
tion and the power of the municipal as
sembly to bind the city did not extend
beyond the life of the body itself
Justice McKcnna, announcing the opiu-
ion of the court, said the question pre-
sented was as TO the power of the muni-
cipaHties to make contracts. whether it
could fix rates by ordinance which should
be binding for given period or whether
it could. by subsequent ordinance from
time to time. as circumstances changed.
regulate those rates accordingly. The IIIi-
nois Supreme Court had held to the latter
view. and this court, as was usual in
cases which might involve any unseemiy
jurisdiction over State courts, leaned TO
the Supreme Court of the State, the decis-
ion OF that court being also most favor
able to the public. Justices White.
Brewer Brown, and Peckham, dissentad.
holding the terms of the contract We're
unequivocal and explicit. and that under
the creative acts the power to contract
included also the power to contract at
fixed rate
The times., 1901-03-26
TO THE LONDON EMBASSY.
william COrcOran Eustis Made Third
Assistant Secretary

William Corcoran Eustis has been ap-
pointed Third Assistant Secretary to the
United States Embassy in London to sue
ceed Joseph II. Choate, jr., whose voIun-
tary resignation has been accepted by the
President Mr.. Choate retires from the
office to complete his studies at Harvard.
Mr.. Eustis is a son-in-law of ex-Vice
President Morton. a nephew of the late
Ambassador Eustis, who represented the
United States at Paris during the last
Cleveland Administration, and a grand
son of the late William w. Corcoran.
The times., 1901-03-26

AS the probable effects of the new
Maryland election law become more ap-
parent to practical politicians. it is not
strange that there should be almost a
panic in the Republican camp. Maryland
may find imitators even among the North
ern and Western States, and the prospects
of the trust and monopoly organization
would be dark indeed were illiteracy to
be generally disfranchised. AS a rule it
is only the ignorant who can be regularly
bought or used as colonists and repeat
ers. To cut off such a supply of votes
would be to dam the river of Republican
success at its fountain head. So, the par
ty leaders are alarmed, and are thinking
up devices to coerce or scare disfranchis-
ing States into further tolerance of an
illterate electorate. The movement how
ever, is so well under way that we do not
believe it can be checked. Our trust
friends would much better furnish their
adherents with schoOlmasters and prim-
ers than to try to make trouble over the
enactment of laws which are merely of
self-preservation to the communities
adopting them.
The times., 1901-03-26

Press exponents of economic and indus
trial and commercial interests through
out Europe are simply crying out with
alarm against what they begin to view
as hopeless competition in their own
markets with the invading products Of
the American trusts Ia Austria the
agitation is so strong that the Govern
ment is being pressed to organize a tariff
bund against the United States and
check its extension of trade into the Old
World by prohibitory duties The fear Of
US is steadily spreading, and we shall
begin to realize its consequences when
we are next Obliged to renew our com
mercial treaties with the leading States
Of Europe.
The times., 1901-03-26
UNABLE TO RESUME BUSINESS.
Niles Bank Stockholders to BE As
sessed 100 Per Cent

The Comptroller of the Currency has
decided to assess the stockholders of the
insolvent First National Bank of Niles,
Mich. 100 per cent on their holdings
The preliminary statement of the tenn
porary receiver was received a few days
ago and estimated the cashiers defaIca-
ton at approximately $1500OO The full
report of the receiver was received yes
terday, but will not be made public at
present
Any idea that the bank would lie able
to resume business was abandoned sew
eraI days ago.
The times., 1901-03-26
RAN OFF WITH A TUG.
4 Small Norfolk, Va, Boy Has N
PiraticaI Adventure.

NORFOLK, Va, March 25.-Johnnie
Bondureane. eleven years old, the son of
reputable parents, yesterday ran away
with the small steaA tug Fannie.
The Fannie came up from Lambert S
Point coal pier. She was moored to the
Merchants and Miners pier by the crew
and all hands except the engineer went
ashore.
Johnnie came along, went aboard cast
off the lines. took the wheel, turned the
tugs nose down the harbor, and was al
most out of sight when the crew re-
turned.
The big tug E. V. McCauley put out,
headed Johnnie off, and captured him.
Johnnie, deeply penitent and badly
scared. begged hard and so the captain
preferred no charges against him.
The times., 1901-03-26
A UTICA RAILWAY SOLD.
Property valued ut 100000 Ac
uuired by Syndicate

UTICA, y. Y, March 25.-A half million
dollar deal was consummated in this city
today when the Utica Belt Line Street
Railroad Company was sold to a CIeve-
land, Ohio. syndicate represented by
Horace T. Andrews and Paul T. Brady.
The syndicate is the same that has re-
Gently been acquiring street railroad prop
erty in various sections of the country.
The Standard oil Company and Senator
Hanna are among those behind the deal
The new owners of the local property
viii parallel the New York Central tracks
from Little Falls twenty-five miles east
of Utica, 10 Sylvan Beach, thirty miles
improvements
The times., 1901-03-26
CAPTAINS CHANGE PLACES.
Thomas to Bring the Oregon Back
to This Country

Capt. F. w. Dickins has been detached
from the battleship Oregon and directed
to assume command OF the armored
cruiser Brooklyn, Rear Admiral Remeys
flagship.
The Oregon viii be brought back to the
United States under command of Capt
c. NJ. Thomas, who has been detached
from command of the Brooklyn.
The times., 1901-03-26
The Presidents Junket.
lErom the Kansas Citr starN

,
Presidential tours have been so infreduent that
course outlined for MIR. Mckinley will take him
into territory never before honorcd by such
visit The support given him by the South in
the crisis of the Spanish American war makes it
particularly appropriate that he should include
the Southern States in his travels. The distant
Pacific Coast will also experience much salts
faction in entertaining the President. Made at
time when il will not be regarded as having
any special political significance Mr. McKinley's
trip across the continent should be an event tor
patriotic demonstration
The times., 1901-03-26

If Mr.. Andrew Carnegie's library dona-
tions should all be accepted there will
be an unmistakable boom in the book
trade, and, no doubt. enhanced prices
People who cannot resort to the Carne-
gle library and have to buy their own
books will have to pay more for them or
go without. But it would be useless and
indelicate to complain. The same thing
would happen in the leather and shoe in
dustries if some Millionaire were to order
a new pair of shoes for every man, wo-
man, and child in the country, on contli-
tion that each beneficiary furnished
strings, a button hook, a brush, and
box OF blacking
The times., 1901-03-26
uIs Deeoming the style.

ttrom the fullauSiP''d hecoTu-)
No Federal official high or low, travels in
greater state than does Governor Allen, of Porto
Rico who is coming soon 10 discuss insuIar al
fairs with the authorities at Washington. He has
a s5OO.0OO naval yacht with a crew OF 100 men
and fittings and fxngs 10 match. 1t impresses
the natives. makes life in the Tropics worth liv-
ing. and is altogether handy thing to have. in
the gubernatorial equipment. The future Governor
OF the Philippines may sail about more luxurious
w. but only at the risk al turning mere extraya-
gance into arrogant and sostentatious display.
The times., 1901-03-26

Human liberty and free institutions
grew and fourished in the nineteenth
century from the sturdy seed planted in
the latter part of the eighteenth. Are
these same plants of the higher civiIiza-
tion in state of decadence at the opening
of the twentieth century? That is a fair
question when we are compelled to OBJ
serve the democratic United States con-
sciously leaving its old constitutional
landmarks and embarking on the dan
gerous sea of Imperialism; and when
constitutional Germany, by a large ma
jority in its Reichstag, refuses to make
free the offspring of slaves in German
colonies, thereby declaring to the world
that it considers colonial slavery an
economic necessity. Perhaps this coun-
try may come TO take the same view.
Who knows? Already we have slavery
in our Sulu Islands. Perhaps the system
might be thought advantageous as well
for Haiti and Porto Rico Temporal
mutantur!
The times., 1901-03-26
A RECESS OVER EASTER.
The Supreme Court Takes the Gus
tomary Adjournment

The Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday took the customary recess of
two weeks over Easter and will again
meet on April 3.
Attorney General Griggs, who is to re-
tire from office soon. was present, and
after the adjournment of the court took
leave of the Justices
The times., 1901-03-26
Used the other side.

(From the Catholic Standard and Times.)
Poet-I LETT a poem here the other day. Do
you think you can use 1t?
Editor-I have already. Ii came in so handy,
simply had to.
Poet (gasping joyfully)-Ah!
Rditor-Whle 1 writing my last editorial
ran out OF copy paper; your poem being written
one side Of the paper only, just helped me
out.
The times., 1901-03-26
Cuhn md America-

Ffom The LOUISVILLE COuricr-Journai)
The interests OF the United States and Cuba
are inseparable. The island must prosper as we
prosper and we must suffer with il through
nEsladministration and neglect. The Cubans are
realizing this, and it is not surprising that the
minds among them look upon annexation
the perfection OF their government In the
mean time, they being helped on their feet
with a wise solicitude until such time as they
can stand alone separate nation. Ii then they
desire complete independence, they shall have it.
The times., 1901-03-26
ono Privilege Left.

(trom Tie lndlanapoils NeNS)
Ii European Powers allowed TO go forward
aud virtually dismember China, what chance has
our commerceg And so, in asking this perfectly
legitimate question, might also help the
much-wTonged heathen by continuing 10 throw
our weight in the scale for fair play
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
CHAMPION oF vAssAR-

Margaret Calhoun of Springfield
Mass, has had bestowed upon her the
distinction of being the champion wo-
man athlete of the United States. Miss
Calhoun, who is a senior at Vassar,
makes all her rivals from Wellesley
Radcliffe, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Bryn
Mawr and other female colleges look
small and puny indeed. Miss Calhoun
is champion of champions. She is
blonde, 20 years old, five feet seven in
ches tall, weighing 140 pounds. Her
eyes are azure and her complexion is
very fair. There is not a superffuous
ounce of flesh on her. She is all bone
and sinew.
II guess I'm a good athlete" she said
recently, because when / was a mere
toddler | used to climb trees in my
fathers orchard and steal-no, not steal
but pick fruit Father always en-
couraged me in athletic exercises and
I'm mighty glad he did"
Here is a partial list of Miss Cal
houn's accomplishments Standing
broad jump feet 6 inches; holds the
record for the Vassar golf links, leav-
ing Colonel Bogey beaten to a stand
still; putting the 1S-pound shot 23 feet;
running broad jump, ~ feet 10 inches
holds the all-round championship of the
girls colleges; champion Vassar base
ball player and captain of the 1901 team
Vassar's best dancer. best swimmer,
best skater and strongest girl student.
over 600 girls competed with Miss Cal
houn for the title of champion of Vas
sar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
WHY w. YOUNG ATTACKED A.
GONSALVES.
Hackdriver Alleged to Have Been Too
Friendly With Mrs. Young Some
Interesting Testimony Given.

The trial of the case of w. Young
charged with assault and battery on A.
j. Gonsalves "a hack driver occupied
practically all of Judge Wilcoxs time
this morning. The row between the
men is the result of the domestic trou-
bles between Young and his wife i'm
which Gonsalves is alleged to have
taken a leading part.
Gonsalves certainly shows evidences
of having run against the real thing"
There were several places on his scalp
plastered over He claimed that these
injuries were sustained at the hands
of Young. According to the story of
Gonsalves he received a call for his
hack last Monday night to go to Dow
sett Lane. When he arrived there he
met Mrs Young, the wife of the de-
fendant. The pair engaged in
conversation when suddenly their re-
marks were rudely cut short by a duh
stckening thud upon the head of Con
salves. Twice did the blows descend
upon him. He claims that he was
Knocked down by them and then he
discovered the identity of his assailant.
lie says that Young threatened to kill
him and by way of emphasis struck him
another blow in the head with a blunt
instrument.
The cross-examination of Gonsalves
which was conducted by Lorrin An
drews for the defence, disclosed quite
a troubled state of affections Con
salves showed himself a worthy dis
ciple on the witness stand Of Albert
Edward. The hackdriver was every
inch prince when defending the repu-
tation Of a married woman. He denied
that he had ever taken Mrs. Young
out riding but when pressed by the
cross-eXaminer, admitted that when
ever Mrs. Young sent for his hack he
atstsrr h. frrssf l. l.
any other person. Affection did
rot enter into the use of his hack Mr.
Andrews was unkind enough to ask
Gonsalves regarding his affection tow
ard Mrs. Young. Gonsalves protested
they were of the most Platonic charac-
ter but had to admit that he liked Mrs.
Young a little bit before she married
the linotype man who was alleged to
have attacked the hackdriver.
One Frank Correa gave some inter-
citing testimony. He swore that he was
a good friend of both the men concern
ed in the case and one night recently
Mrs Young had met him when he was
waiting for car at the end Of the line
and offered to take him home in hack
Gonsalves drove up and Mrs. Young
and Correa got into the rear seat
Nothing out of the way occurred be-
tween the driver or Mrs. Young, never
thelesS COrrea stated that GonsalVes
had handed him SO and told him not to
tell Young about Mrs. Young having
ridden in the hack.
During the course of the trial Mr..
Andrews stated that the cause of the
attack upon Gonsalves was because the
hackdriver had been unlawfully on the
premises of Young talking to Mrs.
Young and that her husband had there
attacked the hackdriver. ]. NJ. Vivas
is prosecuting the case.
Young was discharged by Judge Will
cox. The court delivered quite a
lengthy opinion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
OLAA MILL.

L. A. Thurston says the Olaa Mill will
be ready to grind cane by September
l. If this is true the mill will be finished
about thirty days before the time speci-
fed in the contract The men in charge
of construction gave ii as their opinion
that the first of August will see all the
machinery running. They base their
opinion upon the work done at WaiaIua
where it took six months to complete
the job and they believe they can dis
count that time by one month The
first cane to be ground is that nearest
to the mill and it is estimated that 1t
will produce from seven to eight tons
of sugar to the acre. About 900 acres
of Puma Sugar Co.'S cane will be ground
and then the crop on Peter Lees $50
acre tract at IL miles. When this is
finished the mill will be put in order for
the 30,000-ton crop of next season.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
CONFERENCE WITH DOLE
HOUSE COMMITTEES MEETING
WITH GOVERNOR.
He Tells the Committee Men All About
Land Agent Browns Recent Visit to
Washington,

In response to a request from the
House that time be fixed by Governor
Dole for a conference on the subject
of the visit of Land Agent Brown to
Washington, Saturday morning was
named and on Saturday the Governor
fully answered all the questions put to
him regarding the trip of the land COM
missioner.
This afternoon Chairman Makainai of
the committee that conferred with the
Governor made his report to the House,
giving a full statement of what took
place at the conference.
The report is a full account of the
conversation that passed between the
Governor and the members of the COM
mittee. 1t makes interesting reading.
The Governor was frank i'm his state
ments and so were some of the MEM
bers of the committee.
The Governor informed the represen-
tatives that Brown went to Washington
as an agent of the government of Ha-
wall, to secure ruling on some legal
problems in connection with the land
laws, especially relating to some large
grants TO corporations Browns ex-
penses were paid by the government,
said Governor Dole.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
ALLEGED STOW AWAY FREE
JUDGE HUMPHREYS LIBERATES
THE JAP.
Ito Tokijiro Proves Himself to Have
Been Passenger on the America Maru.
Decision This Morning.

Ito Takijiro, the Japanese taken from
the steamer America Maru here on a
writ of habeaS corpus last Friday, was
liberated by Judge Humphreys shortly
before IL o'clock this morning and
walked out of the court a free man. F.
NJ. Brooks presented the case for his
client. In the matter he showed a
knowledge of the case and of the laws
on the subject that impressed the court
and the audience in the court room.
United States Distract Attorney Baird
appeared for the Collector of Customs.
He entered the case with the idea that
a Federal question was involved, but
such did not appear.
The case was shown to be as follows:
Ito was born in Japan, lived seven
years in San Francisco and eight years
here. For five years he was cook for
]. S. Walker and lately mas kept a
store on Kinau street. Last May he
returned to Japan. He lived 200 miles
in the country. 1t took him eighteen
hours to reach Yokohama by rail and
when he got there it was to find that
the America Maru would sail in fifteen
minutes. He had not time to get a
ticket. The steward told him that a
former passport would answer all pur-
poses and assigned him to a bunk. 1t
was impossible to see the purser at
the time to get a ticket. The Jap had
S6S on his person, and the fare was $25.
Five hours later when he could get an
audience with the purser he was declar-
ed to be a stowaway and treated ac-
cordingly.
At and near Honolulu he was put in
irons for two days and locked in a
room. At San Francisco he was in
irons and locked up for eight days.
When the steamer returned here he was
again put in irons and locked up. A
brother, hearing of his condition, secur-
ed the writ of habeas corpus and got
him before the court.
The petitioner occupied the stand
most of the time and told a very
straightforward story. Collector Stack
able went on the stand, but only knew
of the report of Captain Going of the
America Maru, in regard to the man.
Mr. Brooks moved to dismiss on the
ground that there was no evidence to
show that his client was a stowaway.
Mr. Baird argued contra, also pointed
out that the burden of proof was on the
petitioner Judge Humphreys sustain
ed the motion to dismiss.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
COMMITTED FOR TR1Ar.

WAILUKU, March23.-Sam Yick,
Chinese merchant in Kahului, was tried
last Tuesday on a charge of selling
Spirituous liquor without a license.
Fred Wood, the negro caught in the
lumber yard at Kahului with a basket
full of money the supposed proceeds of
the Spreckelsville burglary, was COM
mitted to the jury by the Wailuku Dis
trict Magistrate. Wood goes to Homo
lulu by the Claudine for safe keeping
The lads who stole several watches
from Morris store in Kahului some time
ago, were committed for trial by Judge
Mckay. The children also go to Homo
lulu for safe-keeping
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-25
CAsTELLANE's DUEL.

PARIS, March 16.-4:52 p. m.-In the
duel fought today between Count Boni
de Castellane and M. Rodays the latter
was wounded in the thigh.
La Liberte" says M. De Rodays was
hit in the right thigh at the first ex-
change of shots. Count De Castellane
was not injured. The duel was then
stopped.
Sis p. m.-The meeting occurred at
p. m. o'clock this afternoon in the
Pare des Princes, where many cycling
events occurred last summer. The Count
De Dion directed the duel. M. de Ro-
days, whose wound was in the lower
fieshy part of the thigh, bled abundant
ly, but is not seriously wounded.