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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-05
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CORONER'S JURY BRINGS IN
ITS WOOD ALCOHOL VERDICT

The corouer's inquest over Holopii, the
native who died from the effects OF
drinking wood alcohol, was held last
night at 7:SO p. m. The jury had to go
to the Queens Hospital, where the only
witness examined, George Apihi' also a
wood-alcohol victim, lay seriously H.
Apihi was very sick man when he was
taken TO the hospital, and was totally
blind. Yesterday he was better, how
ever. ana though he was not able to DIS
tlnguish things. he could tell the DIFF
ference between light and shade he
testified that on Thursday OF last week
he was at work outside Of Berieiman' ;
house while the deceased. Holopii, and
native called O'Shea We're working IN
side. OShea called Apihi and gave him
a drink of wh,skey, whereupon he snow
ed him a demijohn OF wood alcohol and
asked him if he knew how to mix II 50
as TO make it fit TO drink A2ihi sald
that he did. and took bottle into which
he mixed one-fourth wood alcohol and
t1ree-fourths Of water. OF this mixture
he himself drank first three-fourthS or
a glass and later half a glass. Q'SAea
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-05
Lsprosy Not Due t. Mosquitoes.

There is not the slightest evidence
that any species Of mosquito existing
in the Hawaiian Islands is capable of
propagating any infectious disease.
TheaCulex Anopheles, which transmits
malarial fever. is not found here Nor
is the other species which Is proved TO
communicate yellow fever.
Leprosy IS but slightly contagious,
although a terrible and incurable
disease. 1t is well established that its
chief means of infection is by the Sc
cretions of the mouth, transmitted By
kissing, by smoking pipes together,
and by eating with the fingers from
the same dish, TO which practices the
Hawaiians are greatly addicted and
therefore have been terrible sufferers
from leprosy. Other races very rarely
contract the disease.-The Friend. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-05

drank half glass and Holopii drank
what was left in the bottle, which was
quite quantity. After this OShea took
an empty demitohn and one containing
wood alcohol, and all three went off as
far as Spreckels' bank, where Apihi ask
ed O'Shea TO give him some of the wood
alcohol. O'Shea filled his lunch pail with
the stuff, giving him about one gallon.
with which Apihi went home. TIE next
day Ap hi fell sick and was blind, so
thinking that salts would be a good
thing for his case, he took good sized
dose of them. Later on, however. when
he heard of Holopi"s death. he got
frightened and was taken To the Queen ;
Hospital. where he now is.
The jury returned 10 the office of Depu-
~ Sheriff Chillingworth, where the med
icai evidence was heard. The following
verdict was returned:
That the said HoIOpii. male Hawai- an
came to his death in Honolulu Island Of
Oahu. on the I'd day of November. a. d.
1901, from drinking wood alcohol. said
wood alcohol having been taken by said
Holopn voluntarily and without intent to
commit suicide.
And this jury would recommend that
persons dealing in or having in their
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proposed p hearty "banZai' for Mad
anne Saito. The consul thanked the
guests on behalf of his wife, saying
that she desired TO thank the people
for attending, as il was for their kind
ness in responding to the invitation
that she derived pleasure on such an
auspicious occasion. Mr.. Iminishi fol-
lowed with a toast for Vice Consul
Okabe and his wife, and the consulate
staff
The consul announced that an enter
tainment would follow, and nominated
Mr.. Shioda as general in chief of the
same. Mr.. Shioda made a humorous
speech in reply. saying that he had
been elected a general, but he did not
have a single soldier to command. and
therefore the honor seemed an empty
one He. however. elected an army Of
one man i'm the person Of DR.. Haida,
whom he designated to attend a con-
cert phonograph which was placed
near the hrysanthemum display. The
cylinders used were OF Japanese music
and songs recently sent from home
The first cylinder was a piece entitled
''Teuchosetsu" the Emperor's birth
day. which elected tumultuouS ap-
plausc This was followed by n funny
story. told by Mr.. Ochi. the central
figure in the same being Mr.. Ishigawa.
The "kimigayo." or national anthem,
was then rendered on the phOnograph-
the 80 guests singing in accompani-
naut Mr.. Susumajo wearing pecu-
liar shoulder cape followed with a
poem which he chanted. Mr.. kinenl-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-05

possession poison known as wood alcohol
should take precautions that none other
than responsible persons have access to
it. CHAS. T. CHILLINGWORTH,
Coroner
Signed A e MURPHY.
ALLEN DUNN,
E K. DUVAUCHELLE,
c. B. LEMON,
CHESTER SMITH,
J. H MDONOUGH.
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SAFETY IN
CUT WIRES
Use the Axe on a
Burning Cop
per End.
LIVE CONDUCTOR
A GREAT MENACE
Superintendent Corcoran Discusses
Quickest Plan TO do Away With
a Sputtering Telephone.
TVyHAT is to be done by house

y holder when a telephone dis
charges electricity from a cross
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20
Had spent the $1,000.

A New York lawyer, speaking Of the
recent death of William M. Evarts,
tells how, in order to insure success, it
was thought best to secure the serv-
ices Of the distinguished lawyer as as
sociate counsel. On securing the IN
sent Of Mr.. Evarts, the question of a
retainer was mentioned. "Oh," said
Mr.. EYarts, Il guess $1,000 will sur
fee" and the amount was paid over.
Tie suit was settled satisfactorily in
a short time, and the lawyer called on
1T. Evarts to make the final payment
for the latter's services in the case.
How much do we owe you?" was
asked. "Call it $4,000" he responded,
without a moments hesitation. This
caused a mild protest. you know,
Mr.. Evarts, that you've had $1,000"
yes" he said, with a dry smile, but
I've spent that The $4,000 was paid.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

hours struggle in the storm and before
l knew it, l was drifting into dreams.
The wind came from the northeast,
the exposure from the canon side was
from the south, thes exposure from the
large peep-hole was from the west,
therefore l vas well protected. NY
berth was more than ten feet wide
and sloped inward, away from the
canon, so that there was comparatively
little danger Of rolling off in the night
I slept as soundly in that queer rock
bunk as 1 had ever slept in all my life
before.
When at last l woke It was morning
and the world had changed and 1 had
changed with it. All the universe was
made of snoW-my head was heavy
with snow. my limbs, my clothes. the
rocks on which l lay, were all changed
TO snow-there was nothing left but
w~hiteness and stiffness and coldness-
snow! snowl snow!
My soul came back to me with a
throb OF terror, for I suddenly realized
that the peep-hole, my egress into the
world. was filled up by this maddening
snow.
My first feeling was one o. perplexity
-on that side of the rock last night
there had been but twelve inches of
snow; now there must be over dix feet
Of it. On the northeast sides of the
rock the wind had banked up great
drifts but here-it was preposterousl
Six feet in one night in so sheltered a
place!
Like a flash It came to me that the
wind had changed in the night-it had
swept around from northeast to north
west, sending vagrant flakes to, cover
me in my stone bed. and shutting my
little door with an immense drift. o.
My next feeling came quickly-de-
spairi / had no pick, no shovel, only
half-frczen hands. / took my pistol
and fred but the ball made not the
slightest impression on the round
white target-it was merely lost in its
soft depths. / emptied my pockets in
a kind Of senseless hope that / might
find something there which might helI
me-a matchsafe with four matches
three cigars, some quinlne capsules
and, most useless and exasperating Of
all, 1 thought number OF small
sticks Of dynamite. Dynamitel Why
I held in my hand the power TO blow
the great rock into atoms and l was
Gagged by a snow-driftl
/ sat down to smoke and to think
I thought Of the boys in camp. viii
books. food and fuel all ready for win.
ter; ] thought Of my claim iona threI
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

miles below and wondered whS would
work IT.; l thought OF the woman l
loved and OF how the sun shone bright
" on her in my old Kentucky home.
The day passed and night came
again. The storm had ceased, the wind
had lulled. 1 slept hoping that l would
not wake to the horrors Of another day.
/ dreamed such a dream as might have
come to me in my bunk at camp-of
blasting rocks in the mine with the
powder in my pocket.
Morning dawned and a dazzling sun
with it. A fierce determination to live
came to me-to get beck to camp, to
work again at that rich lode OF silver.
Certainly it was in obedience to the
laws Of association that my dream OF
last night came back to me and with
it, a thought which made my weak
heart throb.
II people blew away rocks with dyna-
mite, why not blow away snow? The
risk of it would be great-but-
With poor stiff hands l dug into the
blockade and finally by dint OF press
ing and moulding, 1 made an excava-
ton of about an arms length, tunnel
shaped and with an arched roof. l
folded my handkerchief and placed one
stick Of dynamite OF it, so that the
fuse might not touch the snow. l
opened my matchbox to find
/ clutched my hands in misery at
finding myself so balked-not a match
was there! l, poor fool, had wasted
them on cigars yesterday! Then de-
cided, in my desperation, to do one Oh
two things. l could risk death from
the explosion without a tremor, but ]
felt that l could not die that slow
death Of starvation-it must be either
a leap into the canon or a bullet
through my brain.
But again something put a saving
thought into my head. Why not tire
my mine with a pistol shot; certainly
a she'll tearing into the magazine OF a
vessel had such an effect as l desired.
For the sweetness of living, for the
woman 1 loved, for all of work and
achievement that might lie before me-
1 steadied myself and took aim care
fully at the long gray stick.
Heavens! the shock Of it! l fell
prone on the rock, my head wounded
by a fragment of stone, but when
looked up, there where the white snow
had been, was the blessed blue sky
shining through my peep-hole.
Some five hours later l fell on the
Threshold of our rough house at the
foot Of the mountain. How good the
food was! How warm the FIRE! How
soft the bed!
Lost Mountain is now, and always
will be, my happy hunting ground; but
though I've spent many night of late
years Oh It's bosom, 1 have never had
the desire to sleep again in that queer
stone bunk on the edge of the canon.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20
On Lost Mountain.
BY ENFIELD JOINER.

Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Lost Mountain is the most treacher-
Gus hill in the West. l have V
seen elsewhere on a single mountain
peak so many ravines, so many
gulches. so many boulders of almost
the same shape and size, as there are
there; and besides all these, there Is
the great Canon Of Lost Souls, six
hundred feet deep, winding its sinu-
Gus way on the southern side OF the
mountain. AS to the trail, 1t eve
knows itself where it means to 60
In summer 1t hides under rauls, grasses
and tangling vines, and, in winter II
disappears in the first snow, like foam
in the wake of the vessel.
The boys at camp-we were three
had plead with me not to go to Cam
den. But how could 1 settle down for
the long months, shut away from the
world and letters by the great white
hills, without the one letter l had been
so eagerly awaiting? l went to Cam
den and / waited until the letter came
and the very morning on which l set
out for our camp the SHOWS, when
had held off so long, were upon LIE.
In spite of the ind~istinctness Of the
trail and the snares which Nature has
set for the unwary on Lost Mountain,
l don't see how it happened. The boys
said that 1 was asleep. Heaven knows!
/ only know that l was dreaming OF
what the letter said which lay close
to my heart when
Haitian sprang back so violently
that he almost threw me from the sad
die and my heart stood still within
me, for we were hanging on the very
brink of the great Canon of Lost Souls
For one moment we looked into the
dizzying wilderness, then some instinct
told me to dismount. My hand was
out to catch the rein, when Haitian
mad with terror, began to rear Sud
denly in a frantic backward plunge, he
slipped and
l shudder to think Of it. Tit
thought of even a horse-a horse o.
the camp for whom one cares nothing
going down into that abyss, is sick
ening; and, the Indians say that thu
bottom of the canon is strewn witt
the bones of men who have persisted 81
and that the manufactured winds
which sweep through che canon are tn,
d~eath-cFies Of the lost.
shivered with dread as I stoot
there and realized that l was lost OF
the mountain. without horse, food o.
drink and night coming on.
But my heart grew lighter as / saw
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20
e As
chicago River is Now a Paragon Of Pa

Chicago River Is Now a Paragon of Punt
The arrest Of a ship steward for "de-
filing" the waters of the Chicago rlv-
er with soapsuds and potato parings re-
moves all doubt concerning the COM
plete rehabilitation and renovation Of
this much-maligned stream. In one
short year the most o%doriferous stream
on earth, whose f%oulness was of world
wide notOriety and Ia whose bed re.
posed the accumulated and decompos-
ing refuse Of a great city, has been
transformed into such a paragon of
purity that soapsuds actually dehle it.
Time was when copious and frequent
doses Of soapsuds in the Chicago river
were encouraged IN the theory that 1t
neutralized its foulness and tended to
arrest decomposition. But all the soap
suds that could be poured into it could
not cleanse IT, so hopeless was its con-
dition Of sOlidiied filth.
But the Chicago river no longer Of
tends the sensitive olfactories of the
strangers within gates. That which
was the butt of merry ridicule and
Jest, whose variegated smells were en-
balmed in rhymes of satire and deri-
sion, is a thing of the past.
The arrest Of the ship steward on
Tuesday was intended as a timely
warning by the sanitary board to all
who have been in the habit of acting
carelessly in the vicinity of the Chi
cage river. Stevedores who manicure
their finger nails while on the river
viii be arrested. Water that is emp
tied into the river must be pasteurized
or boiled, and nothing in the way of
refuse will be tolerated. Lake cap
tains who are in the habit of indulg.
ing in seaworthy profanity must have
their speech disinfected before they
pass Rush street bridge.
The Chicago river is being washed
and cleaned by the blue waters of Lake
Michigan. The drainage board is going
to keep it clean if it has to arrest ev.
cry stevedOre, steward and sailor or
the great lakes.-Chicago Record.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

1t would be difficult to name any
achievement of medical science which
contains more of the picturesque or ap-
peals more powerfully to the magma
ton than the discovery that two of the
commonest species of mosquitoes are
responsible, the one for the spread of
malaria, the other for the dissemina-
ton Of yellow fever. Here are two
members Of a family long known to be
somewhat troublesome and disagree
able, but usually regarded as nothing
more than a common nuisance, I'M
worthy of n very serious attention.
Meantime, however, mysterious and ter
rible crimes occur. Here a man is
bound and tortured, there a whole fam
lily is murdered, an entire community
wiped out; and the assassins always
succeed in %concealing their identity
and making good their escape. But
the patient detectives at work on the
case pick up one clue here and another
there, until at last the eyes of the COM
munity are opened, and it sees that the
two insignificant and despised crea-
lures who have been coming and going
almost unnotlced are in reality the
great criminals for whom the whole
world has been searching. When such a
case is made out against human Of
tenders, justice is prompt. Sanitary
science is proceeding with equal ener-
gy against the two guilty members Of
the mosquito family.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

and a great ledge hangs above the lit
tie cavern, as if it would protect the
space which it once held. So insidious
has been the work of wind and rain
and frost, that on one side there is
no entrance to the cavern, but on the
other a small round hole has been
worn in the rock shell about three feet
above the ground, so that a man may
easily climb through. On one side was
the awful canon, everywhere else save
where the round peep-hole looked out
on the sloping m~ountain-side, was the
unyielding, solid rock, but l climbed
into the nest-like cavern and laid
myself down with ain at-home kind
of feeling. i did not mean to fall
asleep, but I was worn with my seven
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

The silk industry expands" to ht
the nation. In his annual report to the
SILK Association of America, the secre-
tary points out that more than five
times as much capital is invested as
in 1870, and there are more than five
times as many operatives in our mills.
We import almost six times as much
raw silk as VI did then, but our inn
ports Of manufactured silk have fallen
from nearly a dollar per capita In 1870
10 about forty cents per capita In 1900.
The fact that we import less Is credit
able to our common sense.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20
RESULTS OF SHOOTING WELL.
Fully 400 Feet of Pipe Crashes Through
Derrlck's Top.

Dsrrlck's TOP.
A remarkable accident ccurred dur
ing the shooting" Of an oil well five
miles west of this city, on the Rem
ringer farm. says a Findlay, o., CORE
spondent of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. A>2OO-quart shot of nitroglyc-
crime had been put into the well and
Contractor Craig himself dropped the
"go-devil." The effects of the shot
were most startling. The column of
oil as usual mounted to the top of the
derrick and several of feet in the
air. But there was a long black line
that extended still farther into the
ether and continued to project after
the flow Of oil had subsidized. 1t was
what is known as the casing OF the
we'll, several hundred feet of iron pipe
about five inches in diameter that is
sunk into the well, while being drilled
to keep out the surface fluids. Fully
200 feet of the pipe had been shot
into the air, crashing through the top
of the derrick. AS the men surged
forward around the well the sections
of pipe began to break off and fell
crashing down on the derrick, smash
ing oak timbers and falling into the
crowd. All fed for their lives. Eight
or ten sections broke off and then an
other unexpected event happened, the
balance of the pipe slid back into the
well. The men are at present at work
trying to fish the pipe out Of the well,
as the flow is partly obstructed. The
derrick is a total wreck.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

Government trials Of pl&As for the
destruction Of mosquito pests have
led to the recommendation of certain
measures which have proved most eff
icient. They are the draining, where
ever possible, of marshes and pools
Of stagnant water; the spreading Of
kerosene on all such bodies of water
as cannot be drained, and the intro
duction Of sticklebacks, minnows and
other small fish.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

In a modest little gray house near
Tunbridge Wells, England, lives Sar-
ah Grand, author of THE Heavenly
Twins" Her work is done in the sun
ny bay window of a cozy den. The
room is handsomely and tastefully
furnished with easy window seats,
bookcases, rugs, and fine paintings.
On her mahogany desk stands an en-
craving CT Dudley Hardy's picture OF
the destitute poor of London; this
that she may never forget the suf-
ferinR in the world.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

An interesting discussion has been
begun as to the loss of heat which re-
suits from taking a cold bath. An
elaborate series of tests undertaken in
London showed that a very decided
rise of temperature occurred in the wa
ter Of the bath, but that the tempera-
ture did not continue to rise. The av-
erage time of experimentation was,
say, two minutes. In n trial the ex-
perimenter found that his body heated
the water from so degrees Fahrenheit
TO Sc degrees in two minutes. The av-
erage result of the observations is that
n gallon of water would be heated
through 9.6 degrees in n minute, and
that this corresponds to no less than
two and a half horse power. The OBJ
servers determined that the normally
healthy man gives off to the surround
ing air heat equivalent to the raising
of eight pounds of water 1 degree per
minute.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

OastelIane Would Absorb the Surplus
A partnership between MI. Carnegie
and Count Boni de Castellane would
enable the former to die much poorer
and to anticipate the date a few years.
st Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

The chemist, who, it is said, first
manufactured sugar-coated pills, died
in Philadelphia the other day, and his
princi Rl achievement is now respect
fully commended to the attention of
debating societies. 1t is rather a large
question, when one looks at all sides Of
it, whether the mar who made it easier
for people to take pills wal or was not
a public benefactor.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

The latest convenience in the New
York apartment is a private safe, built
into the wall, and so arranged that
only the tenant is acquainted with the
combination. This makes it possible
for the fiat dweller possessing val
liable silver, jewels, and papers TO
keep them in his apartment instead of
in the vaults of the safe deposit Of the
bank.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

Minister WI is not accredited to the
United States government as a philoso-
pher, but, uncommissioned, he fulhls
the office of a sage. China and Jon
cord are nearer each other than they
were.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

The London Saturday Review is
taking comfort in the belief that war
Is bound to come between the United
States and Germany Over the Monroe
Doctrine. 1t thinks that our unreas-
enable conduct in refusing either to
steal South America ourselves or to
allow anybody else to steal it would
Justify Europe in suppressing us as
a common nuisance. And, really.
when you look at it from that point
of view, our course must seem incom-
prehensible and exasperating.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

A white object car be seen at a dis
lance Of 1880 times its own diameter
in strong sunlight-that is to say, a
white disc a foot across can be seen
1880 feet away.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-06-20

some three hundred yards away In tho
blurred landscape. the great rock
called the Giants Foot-stool." the
huge boulder, which by some strange
caprice OF Nature, has been left for
ages to hang over the wall of the
canoh. It appears to be. almost cubieal
IN shape but wind and rain and frost
aave been at work there and on the
side next to the ano have followed
out a small semi-circular cavern, ex-
tending TO the very heart of the
boulder. The upper part Of the rock
has dehed this undermining process
which has been going on at its base.