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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-17

Secretary Root has prepared a bill
providing for the voluntary retirement
OF veteran army officers who have
served in three wars-the Rebellion.
Indian and Spanish wars-with an ad-
ditional grade.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-17
Auction Sale
or
Delinquent Stock
IL THE
Kihei Plantation Co.,
LIMITED.
ON TUESDAY. DEC. 81, 1901,
At 20 ,,cY nT1, >-an~,
AT IL O'CLOCK NOON,

At my salesroom. e5 Queen street,
Honolulu, | will sell at public auction.
by order Of the Treasurer, Mr.. j. i.
Cooke, the following certificates OF
stock in the Kihei Plantation Co, Ltd.
unless the twelfth and thirteenth as
sessments, now delinquent, with inter
est and advertising expenses, is paid
on or,before the day and hour of sale.
at the offices OF Alexander & Baldwin,
Ltd, Stangenwald building. Honolulu:
3. 3lo C. Winan . 1,O
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-17
JAS. F. MORGAN.
AUCTIONEER
VIM. G. Irwin & Co.,
LIMITED.
Fire and Marine Insurance ACTS.

Fire and Marine Insurance Apts.
AGENTS FOR THE
Royal Insurance Company Of Liverpool
Alliance Assurance Company Of Lon
don,
Alliance. Marine and General Assurance
Co., Ltd, Of London.
Scottish Union National Insurance
Company Of Edinburgh,
Wilhelma Of Aadgeburg General lnsur-
ance Company,
Associated Assurance Co., Ltd, Of Mo-
mich and Berlin.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-17

j. p. COOKE, Treasurer
Honolulu, Dec. 10, 1901.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-17
DEATH BY POISON.

Lewis majority over Ewaliko ........ e.
'ls ballots rejected. ''29 ballots rejected
s.sl2 ballots rejected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
The CRYSTAL Scenfre.

Literary Life declares that this book,
written by Philip Verrill Mighels and pub
lished by r. f. Fenno & Co., New York.
should be classified with She The Jun
gle Book" and Robinson Crusoe." If
Mighels, who is described as lone Of the
successful American authors residing in
London" is a follower of Haggard, Kipling
and Defoe, then, like Peter, he follows
afar off," she" if wholly impossible.
gives the reader a locality shrouded to this
day in mystery as an appropriate setting;
THE Jungle Book" il fabulous and fan
tastic, is filled with lessons for its readers;
of DefOe's classic it is not necessary TO
speak, for the youth of nearly two cen
turtles have set the stamp Of their approval
upon it. '"The Crystal Sceptre" is impOssi-
BILE, IL has no setting of locality or legend.
its diction is poor, its subject trash. 1t is
not even interesting, and its slang is the
slang of twenty years ago, rarely rising
above the dignity of Gee Whit The
story opens in a balloon, from which the
hero soon loses his comrades. Later he is
deposited on an unknown shore, among a
red people, evidently a cross between
balloons and chimpanZees. lie regards
them as living links and calls them the
Link people. He becomes their king, wages
successful war on a tribe Of black links, 4"
RECEIVERS a beauteous white maiden, gains
a golden treasure and sails away, presuma-
bly, 10 be happy ever after. The Crystal
Sceptre," from the Fenno press, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
AND TAET.

The current number Of the outlook con-
tains a significant article written by Theo-
core Roosevelt, now President OF the
United States, and having for its theme
Gov. William II. Taft and his work in the
Philippines. 1t was written In August last,
while he was still Vice President. and is.
of course, not an official utterance, but an
expression Of his personal opinion. 1t may
be taken. however, as setting at rest all
question as to his Philippine policy. He
shows himself to be in entire accord with
the policy pursued by President Mckinley
in the management of the islands and to
AVE a sympathetic appreciation OF the
work being accomplished by Governor Taft.
after a brief eulogy of the character of
Ju0ge Taft-he was Judge before he be-
came Governor-Mr. Roosevelt outlines the
work given into his hands and the great
difficulties in his way. and says of his
achievements II the effect of the system
in force:
For the last few months the Filipinos
have known a degree of peace, justice and
prosperity TO which they have never at
tanned in their whole previous history, and
TO which they could not have approximated
in the remoteSt degree had II not been for
the American stay IN the Islands. Under
Judge Taft they are gradually learning
what il means to keep faith, what il means
90 have public officials Of unbending recti-
tude. Under him the islands have seen the
beSlnnlnSs OF a system OF soO3 IoauS, eOOu
schools, upright judges and honest public
servants. His administration throughout
has been designed primarily for the benefit
of the Islander themselves, and has there
fore in the truest and most effective way
been in the interest also OF the American
Republic. Under him the islanders are now
taking the nrSt steps along the nara path
which ultimately leads TO self~-respect and
| self-government. That they will travel this
road with success TO the ultimate goal there
can be but little doubt, II only our people
viii make it absolutely. certain that the
policies -inaugurated under President Nc
| kinley by Governor Taft shall be continued
in the future by just such men as Governor
Tart.
No anxious citizen who has been led to
believe that Mr.. Roosevelt prefers to rule
by forcible methods need fear a change in
the Philippine policy after reading this.
This concluding paragraph, too, has it's
significance. in that it unconsciously be-
trays a ruling ambition OF the writer-that
Of serving mankind as opportunity offers:
Governor Taft left a high office of honor
and of comparative ease TO undertake his
present work. AS soon as he became con-
! WINGED where his duty lay he did not hest
tate a moment. though he clearly fOresaw
the infinite labor. the crushing responsible
ity. the certainty OF recurring ~disappoint-
ments and all the grinding wear and tear
which such a task implies. But he gladly
undertook il, and he is to be considered
thrice f~ortunatei For in this world the one
thing supremely worth having is the op-
portunity, coupled with the capacity, TO do
we'll and worthily a piece of work the doing
of which is of vital consequence 10 the
welfare of mankind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
LEST WE

The American people. after a week Of sin
cere mourning and somber thoughtfulness.
will return TO their ordinary employments.
Naturally. their thoughts and conversation
will turn TO other matters as they must and
should; nevertheless. ii would be a great
misfortune If the Impressions and the les
sons OF last week should so pass out Of
mind that they will not influence their fu-
ture conduct. William McKinley's place in
the history OF his country is secure. there
fore he does not need continuous eulogy.
but IL the people would honor him and
make his sacrifice as useful as IL should
be they must not forget the sources Of his
usefulness and his greatness. There always
viii be an abundance OF patriotic talk, but
what all need is the patriotic and pure
purpose OF William Mckinley. 1t is well
10 recall hourly that n%obleness Of character
the dead President displayed. and which is
the need OF the world. II is not sufficient
that Presidents possess that nobleness. be-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
A FALSE CLAIM.

Mr.. Mcguire. in his letter of acceptance.
claimed that the growth and prosperity Of
indianapolis are due largely to the admins
tration of Mayor Taggart. The same claim
has been made by other admirers of the
mayor. They tell US that he has made
Indianapolis a modern city with improved
t-horoughfares and drainage. Feople have
short memories, but they are not so short
that they cannot remember that all the
principal streets were paved when ne be-
came mayor, and that the main system OF
sewerage had been provided for and begun.
If some other man had been mayor il is
probable hi many cross streets. which
Mr.. Taggart's boards have paved. would
not have been improved, and, an conse-
quence, a large number of home-builders
would not have been burdened with & tax
equal TO half or two-thirds the value Of
their properties. This sort of Improvement
became so oppressive that finally a Repub-
Iican Legislature limited the assessment to
25 per cent. of the property's value. This
imposition Of burdens upon property hold
ers in the newer residence portions Of the
city has not brought prosperity, except to
the Improvement companies. What great
industry has come to indianapolis because
Mr.. Taggart was mayor? Who will name
the company that has extended it's works
simply because Mr.. Taggart is mayor? 1t
would be interesting if. by a house-to-house
canvass, it could be ascertained how many
families have come to indianapolis simply
and solely because they yearned to live in
a city whose ruler is Thomas Taggart.
1t was the general prosperity which
came with the confidence inspired by the
election of William Mckinley which caused
the gratifying growth Of Indianapolis the
past four years, in population. business
and industry. While the general impress
sion prevails that Mr.. Taggart did not en-
terrain the financial heresies Of Mr..
Bryan's party, he was compelled. during
his campaign four years ago, to declare
his devotion to them and TO give his pledge
to work for the free coinage of silver until
it should be adopted. 1t can be said that
Mr.. Taggart's influence and effort were
to prevent the prosperity which came from
the assurance which the election of Will
liam Mckinley brought to the American
people. Lest injustice may be done to Mr..
Eaggart's Board of Works, Of which Can
didate Mcguire is a member, it should have
whatever credit is due for giving a fran
chise to a ompany which enabled it TO
place the now unsightly advertising boxes
on the most prominent street corners in the
/ city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
Riley Farm Rhymes.

Mr.. James Whitcomb Riley's publishers.
the Bowen-Merrill Company. have selected
a number OF the authors poems OF rural
flavor and have given them an especially
artistic setting in a separate volume. SO
many of Mr.. Riley's productions have 10 do
with country scenes and incidents that 10
choose even the most popular ones must
have been a matter requiring careful con-
been made judiciously. In the collection
are TO be found The Brook Song" The
Clover "A Country Pathway" 'Griggs-
byS Station" How John Quit the Farm
Knee Deep in June" "Old-fashioned
Roses" "A Song OF Long Ago." When the
Frost is on the Punkin' and others-all old
favorites and all poems that those who
love them Will be glad TO have in this form.
The volume, which is handsomely printed
and bound. is profdsely and beautifully IL
Illustrated by Will Nawter. who. better than
any other artist, seems to catch the spirit
of Mr.. Riley's verse. His drawings are de-
hghtful pOrtrayals of rural life, and are
admirably reproduced. The volume is likely
to be in demand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
when the Land Was Young.

This story suggests, in some respects,
&c Have and to Hold" Like that, it is
a first story. it Is written by a young lady,
it deals with early colonial times. abounds
with exciting incident. and is likely to be
very popular. The scene of the story is
laid in South Carolina, or. as It was nrst
called, Carolina, in the early beginnings Of
the colony. Capt. Jack Middleton, a young
Englishman and one of the colonists, after
a daring escape from the Indians, who had
captured him. attempts to rescue his neigh
Dor, Colonel Huguenin, a French Protest
ant. from the Spaniards of St. Augustine.
to whom the Yemasees had delivered him
c%aptive. While on this search the coloners
daughter, Antoinette Huguenin, IS also
capture by Spaniards and taken prisoner
to ST. Augustine. Middleton, with the helm
taws. releases AntOinette and her father,
but Is himself OverpOwered, captured and
hung In the death cage on the sea wall.
Antoinette saves him. and he is carried off
by A buccaneer captain CT Sir Henry Nor
gan's fleet. on the snip he finds a young
French count who seems the double Of An
toinette, but who i as reckless a young
blood as any inthe vessel. After many ad-
ventures and sea fights they reach the
pirate stronghold on Hispaniola. and
through many strang happenings n
many startling developments, including the
storming and capture OF Chagres and the
favor OF SIR Henry Morgan. the romance
ends i'm Versailles in the palac OF King
Louis the Great. This brief outline of the
story conveys no adequate idea Of its ex-
citing action, which shifts from and to
water and from the new TO the old world
i'm a manner that keeps the interest Of the
reader constantly alert. The story Is pic
turesque in location, environment and ac-
ton. charming in detail and motive. dra-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
The story OF King Alfred.

The approaching celebration OF the one-
thousandth anniversary of the death Of
King Alfred led Sir Walter Besant, not
long before his death. TO prepare a brief
biography OF this early English ruler. or,
as he calls him. 'the greatest Of an En-
glishmen." Sir Walter wished his coun-
trymen to know why the celebration is to
be held in Winchester. to understand what
manner of man Alfred was. what kind OF
a world he lived in. what he did. how he
saved England, and made 'the record Of
enterprise and success OF freedom. o. con-
quest, of wealth and prosperity. OF strength
and honor, possible and easy OF accom-
plshment." To achieve this task the au-
thor evidently delved deeply into the early
histories and all the works casting light
upon the subject. As a result he Produced
a little volume which gives-in clear narra-
i've form and without needless detail-all
the essential facts OF Alfred's reign. II is
a story worth reading anew even by those
VINO feel that they know what Is 20 be
Known OF the history Of that time The
Appletons have published il in their LII
DTary OF Useful Stories'-a very fitting
place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
when n witch Is Young.

The title of this story suggests witch
craft in the early days Of Massachusetts.
The scene of the story is laid in that period,
but it deals more with the witchery of love
than il does with witchcraft OF the other
kind, though the latter does figure to some
extent. The story deals mainly with the
adventures on land and sea and the love
affair of Adam Rust, a white boy reared
among Indians, captured by the Puritans
at King Phillips downfall. and afterwards
adopted by a Boston shipbuilder. The boy
becomes a sailor and has many strange ad-
ventures. especially in the quest OF "A treas
ure ship. which brings him and his adopted
father wealth galore. Adams wOoing OF
Garde Merrill. a beautiful Puritan maid
whom ne finally wins and marries. is the
main theme OF the story. The only witch
besides the pretty heroine is old GOody
Dune. a faithful friend OF Garde's, who Is
accused OF witchcraft and imprisoned. and
whom Garde heroically tries TO hoerate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
The Beleaguered Forest.

Mrs. Ella W. Peattie, the author OF this
story. is a woman who has had much news
paper experience, having been connected
with Omaha and Chicago papers. She is
also known as the writer OF clever short
stories, but this is her first novel. Mrs.
Peattie had the misfortune two or three
years ago to lose the manuscript of this
and another book on which she was at
work in a fire that also destroyed note
books and other literary accumulations of
years. "A Beleaguered Forest" then, has
the record Of being twice written. 1t is the
story of an elf-like girl who, at the time the
tale opens, has not yet found herself"
She fancies that she is an artist and estab-
fishes a studio, only to learn after q time
that she is a failure in this line. Her
guardian loses her small estate and while
she is neutrality-suspicious. much anxiety,
however, and a good deal like a butterfly
she meets a man who, after a short ac-
quaintance, asks her TO marry him.. She is
young, she has no love for any other man,
the marriage offers her a home and a
refuge, and though she cares nothing Tor
this sutton she marrieS him against the ad-
vice of her friends. He is a lumberman in
northern Wisconsin and takes her at once
10 live in a lumber camp, with no society
but his own and that Of the wood-choppers.
She learns presently that the man she has
married is a victim Of drugs, is moody, feels
that he is haunted by a gray shape seen
fitting in the woods-is. in short, verging
on insanity. The remainder Of the tale,
which is told i'm the first person by the girl
herself, is a study of the development Of
this gay, visionary creature whom no one
understood, into a woman of fine qualities
and noble character. She accepts with
out complaint the unpleasant situation in
which she finds herself, and does her whole
duty by the unhappy man she has married.
The descriptions of the primitive forest and
the work of the loggers in destroying it are
graphic and ~forceful and add much to the
interest of the book. Evidently the author
writes of what she has seen. The story is
quite original in theme and handling and
gives an insight into the soul of a woman.
j. Appleton q Co, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23

tragedy at Buffalo thousands Of men had
reversed their impressions regarding him.
They looked over his record in Congress
TO find evidences Of the corrupt boss he
proclaimed to be. They found that his
name has not been connected with any
public measure or scheme by which he
could obtain financial advantage, or that he
used his influence to put inefficient men in
public place. Years ago he became strange
y interested in Major McKiDley-strangely,
because. without a personal interest, he
supported him when others hesitated. He
would not have thought Of being senator
IL his friend had not been elected President.
Now that his dearest friend is dead no
man is so nearly heartbroken as the much
maligned Senator Hanna.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
The Golden Tooth.

The title of this story might be that OF
an inn or something of that kind, but it
refers TO an artificial golden tooth. the
loss of which afforded an amateur detoc-
tive an opportunity 10 exercise his powers.
The same detective figures in various other
incidents and situations throughout the
story as a sort of good angel for the pro-
lection of those deserving il and the pun
ishment of those meriting that treatment.
The story is one of plots. Villainies and
Embarrassing incidents. With these and
plenty of rapid action IL is a story which
any person beginning will be pretty sure
TO read TO the end. 1t is written by j.
Maclaren Cobban, author Of several pop
ular novels. and is published by L. NJ.
Buckles & CO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23

Now that Mayor Tom Johnson has pre-
scented his showing of the inadequate taxa
ton of railroad property in Ohio to the
State Equalization Board, the railroad
companies have appeared with statistics
which make it appear that Mr.. Johnson's
figures are misleading. What Ohio should
do is to adopt the Indiana system for APP
praising railroad properties for taxation.
1t is sincerely hoped that the grand jury
Will indict the man who is accused of illegal
voting at a primary if the evidence IS as
conclusive as has been asserted. 1t is of
the utmost Importance in securing a better
public service that the primary election
shall be made as secure by the punishment
of violators of the primary election law as
Is the general election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
Cinderella.

The structure Of this book Cby S. r.
Crockett, published by Dodd, Mead & Co,
New York;. when all is said and done.
makes a diverting monument. n dozen
familiar, overwOrked characters, quite tired
with their last marching through a new
book" put 10 rest a while in their dozen
pigeon-holes; arrange the boxes neatly
taking care not TO disturb the earned rest
of the %occupants), three on three, then
atop the pile put Miss Vic" She's fresh
and young and won't learn her lines Dless
her. She'd smother in a pigeon-hole, and
she'll give you slang and good heart in her
own way, hitting the handles to the boxes
with her heels, mercileSSly. Because OF ner,
one reads to the very sweet end OF the
DOCK. And by her side. for want or an
other place, put the astonishing steel bag
with its red stripe. be burglar-alarmed
lock and Stuting of rare rubieS all the way
from Burmahi Vic is the only person in the
book they'd be quite safe with. She doesn't
care a fig for rubies. An interesting cur
tain" truly.
In the boxes are the hero. Carnes by
name, perfectly safe and OF warranted viz
tues; the old Scotch nurse, who refuses the
Ola Scotch man in the next box every day
for forty years, each time with a ringing
slap and a trite Scotch Jest: the scholarly
minister who wanted TO get married, but
to hold a home in a pigeon-hole might do
no such happy thing the rich old lady of
adjustable title, possessed of an eecentricity
and endless money bags: the aunt, uncle
and two fashionable daughters-al eager to
rob, rowbea and humiliate the poor
creature;' and Miss Cinderella herself. a
nice girl, who wants to be happy. knows
everything in books. eats and lives with
beautiful serenity in the school room with
the children, and even lets her hair down
in a becoming glare of sunshine just before
the hero comes Unexpectedly on the scene.
All these and several others line up, take
cues and ''go to sleep" with professional
Obedience.
The make-ups are a bit strong. If there
were footlights between and one sat far
back, all very we'll; but one takes a book
at close range. Plays should be plays, and
books, books. The heart of the book heats
in the telling by Megsy Of the story of TT
First Hestor." Mr.. Crockett wrote tina to
please himself. Isn't that the surest way
of pleasing? ALICE WOODS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23

The author Of this book. Charles A. Whit
tier, has written several which nave been
popular among young readers. Although a
business man, he has found time to person.
ally conduct several parties Of boys through
interesting parts of our own and other
countries, OF which he has written life
like narratives. This volume contains an
account of such a tour through the Michi-
gan lumber camps, and besides being a
genuinely good story OF boy life it con-
NeyS instruction regarding the lumber in
dustry i'm the great northern forests and
other features of camp life. 1t is published
in the Boys Vacation series. New York.
+. ennyS Neely < Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23

matte in method. and absorbing in plot and
surprises. 1t easily ranks among the most
notable and entertaining of the romances
based upon the early colonial days OF Amer
lean history. The style Is so clear and
almost faultless that one Is surprised TO
encounter a grammatical error I'm a SEN
tence which says: THE chief Of our cap
tors. whom we knew belonged TO that war
like nation whose hunting grounds are from
the borders of Carolina westward. rose TO
his feet and began TO speak Perhaps,
however. it was an error in proof reading
that placed whom for who. This error,
however. does not affect the merits of one
Of the best stories of the season. 1t is
written by Miss Lafayette McLaws and
published by the Lothrop Company, Boston.