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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14

n o country has more splen-
nj did system of lighthouses
than the United States, and
here, where so few profess
sions or callings are barred to woman.
the position of light-keeper is open to
her; provided, of course, she can stand
the examination that Is necessary be-
fore she can be placed upon the roll Of
eligibles for appointment. The posi-
ton Is both congenial and remunera-
tive. and for great many years wom-
en- from time to time have found their
way into the profession, until now
there are few States with coast line
that do not number at least one among
their light-keepers, and frequently a
greater number.
The accommodations Of lighthouse
station are, Of course, varied. Some
times they are simple, but in the case
of the new structures they are very
elaborate. In the ordinary building
there are usually a serviceroom, liv-
ing-room, bedroom, oil-room and q
oIOlC-1OOlhs
The duties Of the lighthouse-keeper
are many and important. The top OF
the tower is usually a tiny room, all
glass windows. The lantern is in the
centre Of the room; it is great prism
of glass in shape like beehive. The
lamp is set into this. and the lenses
magnify the comparatively small light
Of the lamp and make it great beacon
seen far off over the waters. Should
the luminant be fash-light, there is
machinery to be wound up every few
hours to cause it to revolve. At sunset
the keeper climbs the steep steps in the
high tower, takes down the curtains
that darken it throughout the day, and
sets the lamp inside the lantern. AS
she makes out the last dim sail upon
the horizon and feels a thrill Of isola-
ton, and that the sun has left 1.-THE
world to darkness and to me-" she may
have q serene sense of consolation in
remembering that hundreds Of other
keepers are climbing upward In the
night, and her souls cry for compan-
tonship is answered. At midnight the
lamp is changed; freshly filled one
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14

| Louisiana. At his death Mrs. Norvell
succeeded him as keeper of the light.
in 1891, and she brought up her two
children in the sunshine and storm OF
q sea-life.
Another Of these heroines Is Mrs.
Martha A. Keeler, who has spent
twenty-four years in various light
houses along the North Carolina coast.
Nine years Of this time she was
fourteen miles from postof1ce end
ten miles from land, but she bad her
birds and flowers and books, and be-
tween them and the performance Of
her household duties the time passed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14

For Vermont the enumerators report
33,1oo farms; in 1880 there were 35,522,
and in 1890, 32,s73. The number OF
farms in 1900 is s63 in excess of that
of 1890, and z,4I3 less than in 1880.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14
Giant Hands For q New Clock,

What are probably the biggest clock
hands in the world have recently been
completed in France, where they are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14
To Make 1bO Miles an Hour.

An electric engine has been invented
which is expected to attain a speed of
one hundred and fifty miles an hour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14

The romantic. brilliant and versatile
girl married a young man OF fortune.
who suffered financial reverses, and
was appointed keeper of the light at
the Head Of the Passes. Por: Eads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14

A society, lately formed. comprising
the leaders of the most noted machine
works, has for its sole object the at
tainment of phenomenal speed on rail-
roads. The new locomotive was con-
structed by Slemans & Halske, and the
preliminary tests, which, by special
order of Emperor William, were made
Herewith on the military railroad
Berlin-Zossen, are reported to have
given brilliant results.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14

tion of all supplies furnished yearly in
large quantities by the Government.
The accounts are piled up In pamphlets
FULL of figuring. and the minutest ac'
curacy is absolutely necessary. Trust
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14
s. .. .eG -

"Prominent workers In social SCI
ence, addressing the international
Vegetarian Congress in London, testi'
fy that a vegetarian diet Is a certain
cure for the liquor habit"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-14
f.ki' oANltL WllllAns An
! SlAHLok vussS. 's~iereAh\ y

II 70 country has more splen-
M did system Of lighthouses
" than the United States, and
= hora rulnnro 90 few DrAfpG-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12
COAST SHIPPERS
MUST HEED LAW
Commissioner of Agriculture
May Destroy all Blight
Covered Products.

Commissioner of Agriculture Wray
Taylor says that the purple blight which
has appeared on oranges Of recent inn
portation from California is a serious
menace to the country and that the
sooner such fruit is headed off the bet
ter.
He says the oranges In question were
shipped here by one Of the leading firms
of San Francisco to a firm of white mer-
chants In this City, The latter sold
them to Chinese. Professor Koebele
heard of the purple blight and after
searching In every store in town found
three shops where the oranges-naveis--
were for sale. The blight was very much
in evidence.
The Commissioner states that the
oranges were shipped to Honolulu be-
cause they could not be offered for sale
In San Francisco under the law prevail
ing there. Oranges to be offered for sale
in San Francisco must be clean, and
were certainly much to the contrary. The
blight is known by the technical term
mytilaspis, or purple scale.
According to the law, the Commission
er has the right to destroy anything or
this kind, and there Is a heavy penalty
reserved for any infringements thereof.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12
AMALGAMATION OF
STEAM LAUNDRIES
New Concern Buys out Old
One and VIII Remove
Its Plant.

The Honolulu Steam Laundry is
thing of the past! 1t has been absorbed
by the more recent Honolulu Sanitary
Steam Laundry and the deal will be
contaminated at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. The Sanitary Laundry COM
pany has purchased the goodwill, plant,
wagons and general paraphernalia of
the old company and there will be but
one company in Honolulu.
I. r. Burns, one of the stockholders
of the Sanitary Laundry stated yester-
day that ABSORPTION had been on the
tapis for sometime and only in the last
day or two had the companies reached
an agreement. The plant of the old
company will be removed from Iwilei
and erected on the premises of the
Sanitary company on South street be-
low the Honolulu Stock Yards.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12
Alvarez Says There Was No Bubonic Plague in Hawaii
Last Year and is Asked Some Very
Pertinent Questions.
DR. LF ALVAREZ statement that the epidemic
ngopene

seemed to have some doubt, and that
you in reply stated that you had a
family depending upon you and did not
care to handle such dangerous material
as that which was causing the deaths
in Honolulu at that time, and in ex-
planation of your wholesome fear of
such intimate association with the
dangerous material. mentioned to DR..
Raymond the death of DR.. Pestana,
who became infected by the plague
because of his temerity in doing that
which you preferred to leave to others
with more courage, or less discretion
Are you not just a little ashamed OF
expressing or having an opinion in the
matter at all, Doctor, under the cir
cumstances?
For reasons which are sufficiently
evident from what has been stated
above, 1t is not worth while 10 argue
with you upon the question of whether
the sickness of last year was plague
or something else. Your knowledge
upon the ssubject is too limited to en-
title You to an opinion.
However, you have made some state
ments which require correcting, and l
shall devote the remainder Of this
friendly epistle to that purpose.
You did NOT keep alive plague
germs In the Kalihi laboratory for
over three years. Your cultures were
as dead as julius Caesar when your
successor assumed charge.
The cultures were NOT sent 20 you
from Hongkong. I got those cultures
in Hongkong myself, in 1885, and sent
them to DR.. Day, through Dr. Beach,
of the steamer China.
1t was NOT the opinion of the ma
jority of the physicians connected with
the Board of Health, at a meeting held
at the Pacific Club, that there never
had been any plague here.
This meeting was held at the very
| beginning of the epidemic, only five
days after the first case, and every
physician present who had seen a post
mortenn, or examined a slide tand they
only were entitled to an opinion) ex-
pressed the belief that the illness un-
| der discussion was plague.
| DR.. Raymond stated that he did not
consider the diagnosis yet proven. YOU
| yourself, my dear Doctor, were tbs
! only physician present who stated tha'
| he did not believe the disease to be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12

plague, and you forgot to give it a
name. "Haemorrhagic Septicaemia"
had not yet been coined. AS there were
fifteen or twenty other physicians
present, you could hardly be called a
majority.
l beg to respectfully deny your state
nent that there was no high mortal
ity among the rats. The rat popula-
ton in the infected localities was prac-
tically wiped out; for instance, In Iwi-
lei. You must admit that know more
went into all of the infected localities
and you stayed out of them.
The disease DID spread in China
town in an increasing ratio until the
population was removed.
You state that there were no cases
recorded here which would prove that
the sickness was dangerous TO attend
not contagious, and yet you, yourself,
admitted to DR.. Raymond that you
were afraid to handle it-and later
before many witnesses, stated in an
swer to direct question that you
would not take your family and move
into a house In which case had oc-
CURED, even after the most thorough
disinfection conducted under your own
I direction.
Have you forgotten the fate of Ma
chida the young assistant of Dr. Ko-
, bayashi. who died Of plague on Janu-
ary 10th with a bubo under his arm
from an infection of the thumb, con-
| tracted while assisting DR.. Kobayashi
at post-mortem upon a plague vic
tim? And how about the two victims
from the small force of men working
upon the odorless excavators-and the
four guards, who also died OF the
plague?
| Is your memory playing tricks upor
you again, Doctor?
You state that the epidemic OF las
! year was not plague. but Haemorrha
gle Septieaemia. I presume, of course
| you carried out in full all of the ex
periments which you enumerate a
ecessary-including animal expert
ments, before making your diagnosis
BY the way; do you not think tha
'fHaemorrhagie Septicaemia" is pret
4 ty terse and comprehensive definition
of back plague, Doctor? Yours yer,
respectfully, c. b. WOOD.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12
the following open letter :
AN OPEN LETTER TO DIR. L. F.
ALVAREZ

ALVAREZ.
DR.. l.. F. Alvarez: Dear Sir-You
state in an article appearing over your
signature In the Republican, OF April
18th, that I'VE have never had plague
here" lin Honolulu.
Because of the publicity of this state
ment and some others, equally bald,
which you have permitted yourself to
make-rather than because your opin-
ion is of any weight upon this particu
lar subject have taken the liberty of
addressing you in public manner.
OF course, Doctor, you will admit
that as you took no trouble to inform
yourself Of the nature or the sickness
of last year during the time OF Its
prevalence, your opinion upon the
matter is of very little Importance
among physicians, as you are not in
a position to discuss in,elligently an
illness of which you did not see and
examine a single case, although the
epidemic lasted three months; and for
the further reasons that you were
present at only one post-mortem ex-
animation, and that one on the 2Stn OF
March, at the very end of the epidemic,
and by special invitation of the presi-
dent of the Board of Health, and that
during the post-mortem at which you
were present, together with fifteen or
sixteen other physicians. and at which
discussion was free, you never express
! ed the slightest doubt as to the nature
| of the sickness from which the patient
! had died. Further, you never, as Tar
as any one knows, made Il single mi
croscopical slide, or culture, OF in
oculated a single animal during the
prevalence of the sickness. although
material was abundant, and you could
have had 1t for the asking.
AS this letter is written in friendly
spirit. I hope you will not take offense
If I recall to your apparently somewha,
tickle memory statement which you
made to DR.. Raymond last year In
answer to a question of his. Perhaps
by thinking hard, Doctor. you will re.
member that DR.. Raymond asked you
why you did not get some material
from the Board of Health, or go into
the boards laboratory and make your
own experiments, carry on your own
cultures. and satisfy yourself as to the
nature of the illness about which you
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12
wanderer Is Safe.

The British bark Wanderer, which
sailed from Tacoma October 18th, and
concerning which there has been con-
siderable speculation OF late. resulting
from a London cablegram, is reported
safely arrived at Bristol, her destina-
ton.
The cablegram announcing her arriv-
cha rterers- Balfour, Guthrie & Co, to
have been correct They believed that
the wanderer, after being spoken In
side of ST. AIMS Head, had again been
blown out to sea, She arrived at Brts-
tol In safety Saturday, March ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12

.sss That Tramway States
nDont Know What They
Az Taking About.
aTsrtyne, superintendent OF
d. transit Company was in
ii a;t night about the attack
| on the franchise of
E..ri to the charges made by
zzses Of the Legislature, I"
fti: very evident that they
u nach in opposition to the
ut Company as they are In
EIble, to influence the Leg
.IEur Of the Tramways Com
t;keryant person the object
sigy clear indeed. This Is
lriE which concerns the Leg
~ bat body has absolutely
zsis with the method of con-
aaspssi by the Rapid Transit
~ sta rssponsibility resting
n Eh he superintendent of
EEn
70 Ftitlg o. causing a forfeit
or f1Etsa by legislative ac-
= Is ihs Vaiest bosh, and is
2 iFsptlg nth many other ef-
"a during the present session.
ts'aise Of the Rapid Transit
Eaa vested interest and con-
y NltFact between the Gov
u! the company, which the
AiH has no more right to vio-
F'uli have to violate any
F=tact
ls he matter plain to the
i'a outline the situation.
aai our franchise does not,
ito' ignOrantly stated, ex-
=! aad that We have not, by
'a'fsIted our rights or bro
|s@tact.
'alse Of the Rapid Transit
'l' approved on the 7th of
obstruction to begin within
obstruction actually did
4. ''' l lS''. We were requir-
[ a' franchise to have ten
f. ,''las'sd and in operation
[ [~'''a'' from the date of COM
f., aud ten miles additional
md IN operation by July
F.. ''ll'a time any streets speci-
h'a'Aise ard not then occu-
F. = be forfeited by US, but
: 10 forfeiture previous to
. q July 1868.
[,.e4' ..4'a'ss required that we
'aa e',l. bond with the superin-
,,.s S'ol'' Works in the sum of
- =. may be forfeited In case
Il - 'Aall not have been com.
sss,,,.s . 1901 but should we
u Il. - ''n completing either
sss.,.- .'iss or the second ten
i. .~. avn Of iniunetions or sults,
sa,'~. ~s.sa within the control of
/ ...'aa the time during which
|ass =, IN our construction by
ka ''e'' shall not operate
! m , ..sinOeFed .' that in Sep
Is d. sss Proclamation vas pub
sa,.1s..,''ss resident of the United
ss,.,..s -s'lns ali land sales made
h i 'asn' ,sl and all franchises
|ea,s,.4 = Government between
s as.,j,s Sung =, Of the joint res
|asjs,ps The Islands, on the
|a,a >, is'' and the date Of
|sa IL. ! oa' NJ franchise by The
|<t,. ., slf ~ Republic of Hawai-, al,
b lss Islands n. "a '''e SOW
"a S,a,a. ,as Attorney Gsnar,, Gsa5.a upon
=: iss.ss.a saa While si1shal 1t dia Dot Of
y ,, TIE be. President p55sas',ss of qR, IN
,p5sosilsg d .ss 18th day Of f. June nne
Epsaal..s' Wherein al 1+,ed tba by the
= sasi5s1s ss1sn5sd between g 's4d tsas. sals.
!. iae prs.i5,.sa Subject to tbe
ssct Of ~ ssslaent 'ne
H. t,ssas.v ,sso'ivsssi sssi't,a355io9 oi 35s o was
;s.s 3. To-. 1i's from septemSaanr. s1Tan.
ias Viii, q Period =, ., 9sE
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Continued on Page 3D.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
FEARS UNITED STATES.

DR.. Paache of Germany Warns Reich
stag Against American PERIL
Berlin, Dec. 6.-During the course of
the tariff debate in the reichstag today
DR.. Paache of Halle university sounded
the strongest warning concerning the
American peril which has yet been
uttered. DR.. Paache visited the United
States in 1899 to study the social and
industrial conditions there. During
his address the speaker laid before the
house masses of figures which set forth
the expansion of American manufac-
lures and Of American foreign COM
merce in recent years and the enor-
nous accumulation of wealth In the
United States. He accompanied his
statistics by philosophical analysis
supporting the idea that Germany's
most dangerous and most immediate
trade enemy was 4 United States.
DR.. Paache said M"Pecuiarly grave
dangers threaten us from America;
against these we must put ourselves in
a state Of defense"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
A CIerg, IN ms Discovery.

fredericksburg, Ind, Dec. 2.-Ac-
cording to the positive declaration OF
Rev. f. p. Stevens OF this place, that
gentleman has found remedy for all
diseases Of the kidneys and urinary
organs. For years he suffered severely
with these complaints, incontinence of
the urine, making life burden to him.
but he never ceased experimenting In
the hope that some day he would dis
cover remedy. After many failures
he has at last succeeded and is today
perfectly cured and q we'll man. and
explains that his recovery is due to the
use Of Dodd's Kidney Pills. This rem
edy has been successfully applied to-
many cases OF Lame Back, Rheuma-
tism, Bright's Disease, Diabetes and
other Kidney Diseases and there seems
to be. no case Of the kind that Dodds
Kidney Pills will not cure. This is the
only remedy that has ever cured
Brights Disease. -a-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
CAGES ANNUAL REPORT.

prrcncy Reform Is Recommended to
the Attention of Congress.
Washington, Dec. 5.-Secretary Ly-
an j. Gage of the treasury depart
ent has submitted to congress his
hnual report
The revenues of the government
ON all sources (by warrants) for the
zeal year ended June 80, 1901, were
99,3l6, 1902.
The expenditures for the same
eriod were $621, sos, 546.54, showing a
lrplus Of $77,717,9S4.3S.
Compared with 1900 the receipts in
eased $29.721 ,099.74, and the expendi-
Tres but 22,253,561.44.
Inc revenues for the current fiscal
ear are estimated as follows, on the
Rsls OF existing laws: Customs, $780,
Vo,OOO; Internal revenue, 1882 ZOO, OOO;5
llscellaneous sources, $4,000, 900;
ostal service, s116,633 ,042; total esti-
pated revenues, $6S8, $685. 42.
The expenditures are estimated at
DSs,653, 042, which will leave an addi-
onal surplus Of 800 100000. For 1903
ne estimated receipts are s712,O2O, 900.
Pc expenditures $6ss,s4s.31s.47, leav-
eg5 a still further surplus OF s23,172,-
SO.
The treasury is shown to have had
g available cash balance Of $171,017.-
lo.S9 Nov.15, 1901.
Relative to the circulation per capita
ne report says: While the circulation
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06

per capita was S26.5 ON July 1, 1900.
and $2S.52 on Oct. 4. 1901. gold certifi-
Gates more and more entered into the
field Of large denominations and were
used almost exclusively In the payment
OF customs duties and In the settle
sments at the clearing house IN New
York. The United States notes are UNI
dergoing change into the denomina-
ton of $10,as larger ones are redeemed.
while the silver certificates are taking
the place OF 81. 81 and IS notes.
Two features are marked in the cur
rency-first, the growing use Of gold,
and, second. the constant addition to
the small denominations of paper. The
gold, including certificates, in circula-
ton. which was 1873 per cent of the
total circulation on July /, 1897, was
39.5 per cent on July 1, 1900, 40.2 per
cent on July l, 1901, and 4OS per cent
on Oct. I, 1901. The average denomi-
nation Of notes and certificates issued
by the treasury, which was 1894 in
the fiscal year 1900, fell to $4.46 in
1901"
/ Relative to the mint service the re-
port says:
The coinage of the minis during
the fiscal year amounted to 1898, 1872
pieces, of q value of $136,34O, 7S1.58. OF
this, $99,065,715 was gold, $24.29S, $50
was silver dollars. $1O,s66, 64S.50 was
subsidiary silver, and $4,000. 56S.Os
minor coin.s There were also coined at
the Philadelphia mint 225,OO0 gold
pieces, of the value of $349,014.42, for
the government of Costa Rica"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
Warship in Collision.

Harwich. Dec. 6.-The Great Eastern
railways continental steamship Cam
bridge collided with the torpedo-boat
destroyer Salmon. The Cambridge,
which was on her way to Holland, ran
into fleet of destroyers, of which the
Salmon was the last. Before the Sal
mon could avoid the steamship the
bows of the Cambridge crashed into
her. The crew of the destroyer
clambered on board the Cambridge.
The roll was called, and it was found
that four of the crew Of the destroyer
were missing. Two Of these, however
were subsequently discovered. The
Salmon was towed into the harbor.
Her side was stove in. her decks ripped
up, and her guns scattered
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
Admits He Robbed Bank.

New York, Dec. George collin
hotter, the Williamsburg Savings bank
teller, withdrew his plea of not guilty
and pleaded guilty to grand larceny
in the second degree before Judge AS
pinwall in Brooklyn. The indictment
in this case charged him with stealing
$500. He was remanded for sentence
The extreme penalty is five years i'm
prisonment. Zollinhoffer has confessed
that he and an employee of the bank,
who died several months ago, robbed
the institution OF more than $6O,0OO
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
Killed While Making Peace.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. Sit was devel-
oped at the coroner's investigation of
the death Of Najeeb Sadly during a riot
in the Syrian colony Saturday, that
Sadly was killed while acting the role
of peacemaker. He had been in this
country but two weeks, and was trying
to make peace between two factions
who were fighting over who should
have certain young Syrian girl for
wife. Bardaweel, whom several wit
nesses say did the stabbing, is still
at large