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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
a WAR ON MOSQUITOES.
BaItimorenns Likely to Try the
Kerosene Treatment.

BALTIMORE, May 2S.-The first move
in what it is hoped may become a syste-
matte war upon the mosquito in BaIti-
more was made yesterday by Stewart
Brown, city councilman, who held a con-
ference with DR.. Bosley, Health Commits
sioner, regarding the means OF extermi-
mating the insects.
The result viii be the introduction in
the First Branch City Council Monday
night by Mr.. Brown of a resolution call
ing upon Dr.. BosIey to furnish the branch
with all information in his POSSESSION re-
gaTding the methods of destroying mos
quitoes, and, If possible, to lay before the
council some feasible and practical plan
Mr.. Browns idea OF dealing with mos
quitoes is to kerosene them" and he be-
heves If the city viii take the matter up
and go at it in earnest Baltimore will be
entirely freed from the pest.
From experiments that have been
made said Mr. Brown, the pouring of
kerosene into the cesspools and stagnant
water about the city, which are the favor
tie breeding places of mosquitoes, viii
I destroy the newly Matched mosquito In
Winchester. Va which Is quite a sum
mer resort. the kerosene plan of fighting
these insects was tried successfully under
municipal regulation, and mosquitoes are
almost things Of the past there now.
The plan has never been tried in a
large city, but I think it worth while to
attempt it here It is bound to be benef-
ciaI, as. even If the city does nothing
with the plan, the agitation may lead in
dividuaI citizens to pour kerosene into
breeding spots so as to lessen the annoy
ance they undergo in the summer.
There is no doubt that the kerosene is
deadly to the young mosquito and VIII
prevent its increase, but the uncertain
part of the plan is that there have not
been sufficient experiments to show how
often the kerosene should be. used Ny
idea is that the kerosene should be poured
into the pools about once in every two
weeks"
Dr. Bosley fully agreed with Mr.. Brown
as to the value Of kerosene in extermfnat-
ing mosquitoes and told him he thought
the plan a good one. He viii investigate
the subject and in response to the resoIu-
| ton lay before the council all the facts he
can obtain along this line.
Should his report show that the kero-
Sene plan could be worked in a practical
manner in Baltimore 1t rs likely Mr.
Brown viii follow up his resolution with
an ordinance placing the task of extermi-
mating the mosquito in the hands Of the
city and appropriating money for that
purpose.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
THOUGHT A REVOLVER EMPTY.
4 Man Accidentally Kills Himself in
His Syveetheart,s Presence.

VINELAND, \. J, May 28.-In an ef-
fort to show his sweetheart his lack Of
fear of firearms Ward Nelson COpp shot
himself dead in her presence late Sunday
night. Copp was well known here. He
had been calling upon Miss Josephine
Very, daughter of 4 welI-known resi-
dent of Iona, just above here. 1t was re-
ported that they were soon to be married
and that preparations for the event We're
under way. COpp was making his usual
Sunday evening call and was alone with
his sweetheart in the parIor when the 9TH
CT members Of the household were sud
denly startled by the loud report Of a
pistol coming from the room The pa
rents of Miss Very rushed in and found
the couple lying on the floor. They were
sure that a double tragedy had been en-
acted, but on closer examination discov-
cred that their daughter was alive. They
hurriedIy called a physician Young CCpp
was dead. CHASTITY hole in the side Of his
head telling the mute story of his end
Miss Very had swooned and the phys
ician soon had her restored to conscious
ness Then she told the story Of the trag-
edy-
we were sitting on the sofa together
when Wards revolver dropped from his
pocket" said the young woman He
took it up and after extracting some
cartridges held the weapon to his right
ear and said. Don't be afraid, it is
empty. just listen, and then he pulled
the trigger again and again 1 begged
him to stop, but he only laughed and said
there was no danger, as the pistol was
now empty. Suddenly as he held it to
his ear the revolver was discharged and
Ward fell back upon the sofa, staring at
me all the while I Chided him for his
careiessness not for an instant thinking
that he had been hurt, and looked about
the room to see where the bullet went
But. oh, Ward stared at me so queer1y
that l hurried 10 him, put my hands on
his face. and turning his head over, dis
covered blood trickIing from q bullet
wound on the side Of his head. He must
have died instantly. He gaSped but
twice" When she had finished speaking
Miss Very wruns her hands and wept-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
JOIo A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
Information Contained in n Report
to the War Department


to the War Department
The following extracts from a report
just received at the War Department
from the commanding officer at JoIo. ISL
and of Jolo, Sulu Archipelago. contain
some interesting information regarding
that remote section CT the United States
new possessions never before compiled or
published. Iolo, which with the excep-
ton Of Tawi Tawi, is the most remote isl
and belong TO the United States, lies in
the Sea Of JoIo, in longitude III degrees
east Of Greenwich, and on the sixth par
alIel north from the equator, about 100
miles due east from the easternmOst point
Of BorneO, IS miles south southeast from
Manila, S,6S1 miles from San Francisco,
and 1928 from Washington. The island
was first occupied on the 18th Of May,
1899, when companies 3, c. D, E. F, G. H.
and l. Twenty-third Infantry, under the
command Of Capt. e. 3. Pratt, relieved
the Spanish general, Huertas, who had
with him a garrison Of twenty-four Off
GERS and 500 men. The village Of JoIo is
thus described by Major Sweet:
1t is hardly more than a good-sized
military post, beautifully laid out, with
broad, clean streets, lined with towering
trees and gardens, and surrounded by a
Io0p-hoIed wall about eight feet high and
enc and one-haIf feet thick The popuIa-
ton is estimated at 400, mostly Cinnamon,
one German, no other Europeans Four
male MOros live within the walls The
public buildings are in q diIapidated con-
dition- The Governors residence and Of
fee is one small buiIdTng-- There is one
group Of babrracks -four buildings which
viii accommodate one battalion. The
| theatre viii accommodate one company,
and outlying bIocEhoases' two compa-
MES a cOmmissa-y, pOsto11ce, school
/ house. a hospital for about 10 beds. a
market, and some few small structures
/ compose the remainder Of the public
/ buildings
The Commanding officer Of the United
States troops, the day after his arrival,
wrote about JOlO as follows:
The situation, in so FAR as determined
/ from our limited experience. IS as fol-
lows: Spain possesses the small walled
town known as Jolo.- The Governor has
/ complete control within the walls. There
ere no civil courts, no civil officers. Out
side the walls the Sultan Of JOlO and BOT-
neO is the ruler Spain pays him 500,
/ Mexican. per month At present he is not
! on the island, but is visiting one Of the
! neighbOring islands about thirty miles
! south He has recently returned from
! Mecca, and now dresses in European cos
tune Spanish soldiers seldom go beyond
the range of the outlying blockhouses-
/ The relation between the natives MO
ros1 and Spain is not altogether harmO-
Tfg
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
a TRAIN BLOCKED BY LIZARDS
Experience OF n Freight Crew Dur
ing n Rninstorm.

NEW LONDON, Conn, May ga
freight train, running from Stonington TO
Boston, a few nights ago. had its progress
blocked by lizards Members Of the crew
make the following statement Of the in
cident-
we were travelling through the
swampy meadows near Bolton, when the
train came 10 a fun stop IN a thunder
storm The rain was driving in sheets,
and we thought the water was causing
the wheels to slip The engineer opened
the sandbox with no effect.
Then the crew went ahead with Ian
terms We found the track covered with
bushels Of green-and-black lizards. Get
ting shoVeIs from the cabOose. we worked
for half an hour sEoveIing the squirting
creatures from the track. Then the train
started again and we arrived in Boston
half an hour late
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
Old Wines Recome stnrred.


In the famous cellars Of the Hotel de Vile
at Bremen, there are q dozen cases Of wine which
have been preserved for go years. \ mcrchan;
figures out that If the cost Of maintaining the
cellars payment of rent. interest upon the origi-
nal value OF the VINE, and other inciden a
charges are considered, bottle of this choice
Madeira has cost no less than 100000 each
glassful $4,000 and a single drop could rot
be sold without loss under 500 1t IS probable
that this very old vine is worthless on account
OF starvation - Charles Bellows, ablcst
authority on Gadeiras says il becomes starved
after feeding upon its own lees for thirty or forty
years
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
Operated Floating Barroom.

CAMBRIDGE, Nd. May 2S.-Charfes
Hatfield has been arrested in Cambridge
on the charge of violating the local op-
ton law of Dorchester county He opera
ated in a boat which he did not anchor.
but as soon as anyone went aboard would
move from the<spot. so that all liquor was
sold in transit. He claims to have q
United States liquor license and a license
to carry passengers He acknowledged
selling en- both sides of the channel He
waived a hearing and was remanded to
Jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
WOMAN KILLS A WILDCAT
She Saves Her Husband and Dog
From a Vicious Feline.


WINSTED, Conn. May 2S--I never
want 10 see another wildcat. said Mrs
John Green yesterday. Mrs Green had
saved the life Of her husband. but is not
boasting OF her prowess. Mr.. Green had
fired at the wildcat with a shotgun but
missed Before he had discharged the
second barrel the animal had sprang from
the limb OF a tree and fastened teeth and
claws in the mans shoulder.
The family dog attacHed The wildcat,
but would have been killed had not Mrs.
Green taken part in The battle. She seized
the shotgun from her husbands hands,
and struck the cat 4 blow o. the heed.
That ended the animals life and the bat
tie.
Green is a sawyer. living on Canaan
Mountain. He and his vic were aroused
last night by the barkins Of me deg
Going outside the man discovered a
large wildcat and a Young one crouched
in q tree near the house After he had
fired and missed, his wife came to his
rescue The cat had been driven to at
tack the man by hunger. It weighed
twenty-five pounds Mr. Greens wounds
are DaiufuI
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
KILLS WIFE FOR A BURGLAR.
a Woman SOmnambuIist Meets Death
at Her husbands Hands.

a ~ oman so N n n IN DuIIst VI cts DcuS n
at Her Husbands Hands
LOUISVILLE, May B--In her sleep
Mrs. Kitty Richardson walked to her
death. Five shots rang out at 53S East
Market Street early Sunday morning, and
the neighbors rushing IN found F. H.
Richardson holding his dying wife in his
arms. He had shot her, as he says, for
a burglar. She died in twenty minutes
without making Il statement
Mrs Richardson was an habituaI sleep
walker and of late she was troubled with
fears Of burglars. She and her husband
slept II adjoining rooms About $3.50 a N.
he awOke- There was a shadow of what
he took to be a man beside the door. He
turned TO reach for his pistol, and then
his wife's voice came to him. apparently
from the next room, as though she was
frightened
It's a burglar, Frank. Get away or
I'll shoot"
At her cry Richardson sprang for the
door with his pistol Five times he fired
and then there was a scream of genuine
agony oh Frank, you've shot me- She
was shot through the lungs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
THE OPAL SUPERSTITION.
Mistaken Ideas Concerning n Beauti-
fuI Precious Gem.

From the New Lippincott)
There is one superstition Of wide range
and influence that IS directed against one
of the most beautiful objects in nature.
the opal a man in my town failed in
business, and what do you think he did2
Took his opal ring into the yard and
smashed it to pieces with a hammer He
aSCribed his bankruptcy to that opal, and
he intended neither to suffer such mis-
fortune again nor to allow any other one
to do so by fnheTiting OF buying that i'll
starred property.
one of the most amusing instances of
:. trust in wrong things is reported from
New York, where man took an opal to
n jeweIer and asked him to sell it, as he
had had nothing but bad luck since he
owned it, his business ventures having
failed. his children having suffered illness.
and the cid scratch having been to pay
generally The jeweler found the gem to
have been an imitation It's faIsity must
have been obvious to everybody except
the victim, because the opal is the stone
that has never been even passabIy imi-
rated.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
A BOGUS MONEY PLANT FOUND.
Four Men Arrested in Brooklyn for
CounterfeitinE.


CounterfeitinE.
NEW YORK, May 28-Four men who
were charged with making and passing
counterfeit coins were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Shields by
William J. Flynn, agent in charge of the
Secret Service Bureau, yesterday morn
ing The prisoners gave their names as
John Speciaie and Herbert Hubbard, both
of whom live in Iodginghouses on the
Bowery, and Frank Green and Paul Sand
ers, who occupy furnished rooms in a
house on Bergen Street and Third Avenue,
Brooklyn All Of the men waived exami-
nation except Sanders, who demanded a
hearing, which was set for today.
IN the room occupied by Green Flynn
found six molds for counterfeit dollars
and dimes, ffty-fve counterfeit dimes and
a lot OF metal used by counterfeiters in
making bogus coin
The prisoners were turned over to the
custody of United States Marshal HenkeI
and were taken to Ludlow Street jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
IeCtriC Belt


1t is yours for tn asking without one cent
of cost, This is no deposit schem6s no So
days trial schemet no scheme OF any E!no 20 ges
money ont of YOU. You simply send Us your oa1l1o
and address and ve send you the Belt It is yours to
keep forever and We under circumstances ask Iec
or 9cCept any money for It either nov or In the
fure This is plain simple POSITIVE slsI51igIlt o
facts We guarantee it THE BEST klkGIhl 6El
made Five minutes trial VIII prove % You -
lower; weeks wearing of il Will restore 70 you az
lost yigor giving to you the strength and MANHOOD
which is your birthright- An forms OF
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28

II went to see the new burIesque, Mandy
Pain last night and the author was in the next
box laughing heartily at all the jokes
s'Oh, I suppose ne hadn't heard them before.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28

SCOTS EMULSION will ease the cough, heal
the Inflammation, and prolong the life Of the
consumptive, and in the early stage IS likely to
make permanent ctlfe-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28

Large Sums Cleared by the Govern
uacnt and Corresponding Amounts
saved by Those Who Use the Leaf
Iet-The Man at the window Talks
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application
eran or by Ieter-WARSERs Rochester Y
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

on Tuesday, September 24th, 1901 at
u o'clock noon, at the front entrance Of
the Judiciary building, will be sold Il,
Public Auction lot Of Government
land. containing an area of 3.2l acres,
situate on the Kona siue Of the Govern
ment road leading from Waiohinu viii
lage to Naalehu, in the District of Kau,
Island of Hawaii, being the same prem
ises formerly occupied by the Anglican
Church Mission.
Upset price, $3.50
Terms, cash; payable in United States
gold coin.
Cost of surveying above lot at ex-
pense Of purchaser, $40.
For plan and further particulars APP
ply at the Public Lands Office, Homo
lulu. EDWARD s. BOYD,
Commissioner of Public Lands.
August 18th, 1901. 23O9
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27
FRANCIS MURPhY'S WORK.

Francis Murphy who is expected
from the colonies today or tomorrow,
will find bountiful harvest from the
seed he sowed His work in this city
some months ago was not Of long dura-
ton but it was of germinative quality.
1t is represented today by hourishinE
clubs and by an organizing zeal which
may be depended upon to make the
area of gospel temperance in Hawaii
coeXtensive with the area of the ISL
ands themselves In Mr., Austin, who
assumed the work when Mr.. Murphy
left. the great leader has lieutenant
who understands what the cause needs
and has pursued. with interchangeable
zeal the objects to be sought
The reason why the Murphy move
II cnt progresses so we'll here as else
where is that II offends no ones sense
of individual liberty and is constructive
rather than destructive In its methods.
This town got realizing sense of the
difference, at the time Mr.. Murphy was
here. OF the gospel of force and the Cos
pei of persuasion. There We're other
workers in the temperance field among
them the rantinG Mrs. Cougar, who
abused Mr.. Murphy even more strident-
ly than she did the saloon keepers. but
neither she nor other visiting women
who resembled her made the slightest
breach in the walls of the rum power.
Nor did the gentleman who was
brought here at large expense to begin
a movement for closing the saloons by
force. The work of these people arose
like an exhalation In the night and then
passed away at sunrise. But the work
of Mr.. Murphy took root in the soil and
grew and fourished and put forth
leaves for the healing of the people.
Il don't threaten the saloon keeper"
said Mr.. Murphy when he was here
last spring. II don't try TO close any
other drinking saloon than that which
man carries between his nose and his
chin. We may control that by inducing
the saloon keeper 10 close 1t for his own
sake; and when this is done the use of
liquor is diminished, a bad example is
ended and a man is saved"
Scores of such saloons have been clos
ed in Honolulu since Francis Murphy
came; many by his own followers; 9TH
ers by the Salvation Army and the Pc
/ MEL Mission, In respect to drinking
the community is visibly better on than
II was before the Murphy movement be-
| gan. There Is a healthier sentiment
than there was or late no one has
been estranged from temperance by the
spectacle of the appraised club of a po-
liceman; nobody's self-respect has been
affronted by threats; nobody's disap-
prevail of sumptuary laws has been
challenged by long haired men or
] ( h "a rod l.
been quiet, rational and very effect
i've appeal to men to save themselves
from their appetites. They have done
so and they thank Francis Murphy
for 1t.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27
BY AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

on Tuesday, September Gath, 1901, at
IL o'clock noon. at the front entrance
Of the Judiciary building, will be sold
at public auction the lease of the land
known as the land of Manuka, situate
in the District of Kau, Island of Ha-
wall.
Term. 10 years.
Upset rental SIS per annum.
Conditions of lease are as follows:
The Government reserves the right
to take up any portion or portions Of
above land for bona fide settlement and
other public purposes. and further that
the lessee is to keep the land clear and
free from lantana during the continu7
ance of the term of said lease. ..
EDWARD $. BOYD.
Commissioner of Public Lands.
August GOTH 1901. 23O9-3t
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27

CONFIDENT with Brother Emneluth
visit to San Francisco appears the
charge. in the paper that interviewed
him that Governor Dole calmly ignored
washington's birthday. If memory
holds a seat in this distracted siope'
Statesman Emmeluth also ignored 1T by
keeping his plumbing shop open ana re
framing from the elevation of his nag
Thus 1t is that patriotism dies Tht
first we know Hawaii will be burd"ned
with some unpatriotic citizen VINO
won't carry a torch in campaign pa
rade or who refuses to eat the national
delicacy of pie.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

on and after the 2lst of September,
1901, at the office of W. q. Aiken, Paia,
Maui. may be applied for under condi-
tons of the Land Act of 1895. for Right
of Purchase Leases:
Lot No. I. in kaupo, Maui. contain
ing an area of $3.50 acres Appraised
value $40.
Lot in kupau, Wailuanui, Maui, con-
tanning an area of 92.46 acres. Apprais-
ed value s924.60.
For further particulars apply at the
Office OF w. o. Aiken, Paia, Maui, or at
the Public Lands Office, Honolulu.
EDWARD S. BOYD,
Commissioner of Public Lands.
August 18th, 1901. 2309
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27
|: DIET AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH.

The stevedores and longshoremen
who struck awhile ago and were sup
planted by japanese have raised an in
tnresting question of racial capacity to
do hard Ncrk AS will be seen IN our
waterfront columns, these men claim
that japanese must fail as stevedores
L"cause their food does not give them
staying power. The Oriental. they
claim. relies on a pail OF rice and a
chunk of fish and cannot, therefore
stand as much work as the white man.
who cats beef and potato and other sta
rios OF Caucasian diet.
The argument is not one that will I'M
press plantation managers who daily
monthly and yearly see the rice-fed
japanese coolie doing work which the
white man, In his selected tasks does
not exceed in the rough aggregate OF
toll. Shall We say. Does not equal" NO
one needs 10 know the Orientals very
long without getting over the idea that
a meat diet Is essential to the conscrva-
ton Of human strength in manual labor
and the repair of waste. Chinese and
Japanese coolies work harder at home
than do American or European field
laborers. Chinese and Japanese soldiers
endure the fatigue of marching and
fighting better than do American or Eu-
ropean troops. fact which has been
attested in two wars. In Japan two
rice-fed coolies. drawing a rickshaw
loaded with a 200-pound tourist. have
been known TO trot thirty miles, only
resting once on the way. Tremendous
burdens are carried on the backs of
] 4. -
more the most enduring monuments OF
human energy on earth, the Egyptian
pyramids and obelsks, were built by
men who ate millet and rice. The
armies of Genghis Khan We're fed on
rice and tea; the Moors made their
campaigns on dates. People whose
principal food comes from the sea are
among the hardest on earth. and the
combined diet of food and rice
ough, to make a man 1T for any man
ual task.
/ We believe in a diversified diet, in
Guiding some meat, but 1t Is significant
that. among four-footed animals, stay
ing power by no means implies meat
ration. The horse performs feats of
endurance that would appal the meat
eating lion; the OK and the elephant
embody strength which the carnlvorous
family has never been able to reach.
Meat imparts an indubitable strength
to the lion but not a staying strength.
i The bear has diversified diet from
which even berries and fish are not ex-
cluded and he is indeed "A powerful
beast: but If his strength could be APP
piled to the hauling of burdens an OK,
&C a .i,.l, would tire him
/ Returning to the Japanese We feel
that we may Justly warn the striking
stevedores that they might as well Sit
down and wait for a river to run by
and dry as FOR Japanese navvi"s 10
play out, If the latter want to hold
their jobs they will not fail of doing SO
from any lack of the physical qualities
requisite for the work Of loading ships