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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-18

lof the grave, Our signs were breathed
almost in silence and our tears were
shed in vain!
1t may be observed here that it is
not their custom to deposit the bodies
of any of their dead in the earth, ex-
cept young children. The bodies of
grown people, after death are laid in a
canoe and committed to the ocean.
1t was soon our lot to part with an
other of our companions, Peter An
drews. He was accused by the natives
of some trifling offence and put to
death. The savages knocked him down
with their clubs and then despatched
him in the most cruel and shocking
manner. I was at this time at a dis
tance from the place where he was
killed. My master was absent and up
on my hearing a noise in the direction
of the place where the foul business
was transacted, and suspecting that all
was not right, I started to see what
was going ON. 1 was near the beach
when / saw number of the savages
coming towards the spot where l stood,
dragging along the lifeless and man
gled body of our contradict One of them
approached me behind and knocked me
down with his club. The body of An
drews was thrown into the sea and it
seemed to be their determination to de-
stroy the whole of US. / warded off the
blows aimed at me as well as / could
and, recovering myself, ran towards
the hut of my master. He had not yet
returned. but, fortunately, an old man
who had previously shown some regard
for me and who was the particular
friend of my master, happened at that
moment to be passing, and, selling the
man who had pursued me, held him
fast. I escaped and ran into the hut
and crawled up through an aperture in
the floor into the chamber under the
roof / seized an old box and covered
up the hole through which I had as
cended; but this was not sufficient TO
detain, for any great length of time,
the wretches who were thirsting for my
blood. They soon succeeded in displac-
} ing the box and one of them seized me,
but just as he was pulling me from my
: place of refuge my master returned
with several of his friends and rescued
} me from the clutches of my enemies.
In the meantime Mute and the rest of
our companions were at the Taboo -
!, a place of public resort, where. for the
only time, the females rendered our peo-
pie any assistance. They concealed the
men under some mats and kept them
; there till the fury of the natives had
in a measure subsidized.
We were next called upon to part
; with one of the Pelew chiefs who had
: come with US. He died of absolute
: starvation and, according to custom
J was committed to the waves in an old
, canoe. In a short time after this the
Pelew private (who had also come with
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sci of food until about noon and some
times were left without anything
to eat till night. At best we could get
10 more than a small piece of cocoa
nut, hardly a common sized mouthful,
at a time, and if, either from exhaus-
ton or any other cause we neglected
to perform the required amount of Ia
Dor our pittance of food was withheld
altogether.
From this plain and unexaggerated
account it viii be seen that our con-
dition at best was bad enough; but
misfortune befell us which rendered it
still worse About four months from
the time of our landing on that dreary
spot there was violent storm which
came very near sweeping away the
whole of the means of support VIII CHI
remained for the miserable inhabitants.
The wind blew down many of the best
cocoa trees and materially injured the
fruit on such as We're left standing.
Besides this, the low Places in which
they raised the root, by them called
"korei'' were mostly filed with sand,
and famine stared us all in the face.
They attributed this misfortune to the
anger of their god and did not fail to
calculated to appease him, and the ca
lamity greatly added to our sufferings.
Besides subjecting US to still more Sc
we're deprivations, we were compelled
Though hardly able to drag our limbs
from place to place. to labor in repair
ing the damage done by the storm. We
were employed for months in carrying
in our arms and on our shoulders pieces
of the coral rock in order to form a sort
of sea wall to prevent the waves from
washing away the trees, and this
drudgery, considering that we were
naked, under a burning sun and reduc-
ed to nothing but skin and bones, was
too severe to admit of anything like an
adequate description. Our flesh, or, to
speak more properly, our skin-for
flesh we had none-was frequently so
torn by the corners of the rock and
scorched by the sun as to resemble
more that of the rhinoceros than of
human beings.
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of their worship was Of like pass
with themselves, caprieious and
vengeful. During the time we "
with them they attributed to his
pleasure their want of success in tai
fish as they had done in former tir
and the unfruitfulness of their bre
fruit and cocoa trees.
Their religious ceremonies are sin
lar. In the commencement the pr
walks round the altar and takes Il
it a mat, devoted to the purpose, WI
is laid upon the ground. He then Sc
himself upon 1t and begins to boot
the meantime throwing himself int
variety of attitudes for the purpose
calling down the divinity into the al
at intervals the congregation sings,
Immediately stops when the pr
breaks out in his devotions. By
side of the altar is always place
large bowl and six cocoanuts. After
incarnation is gone through and the
vinity is supposed to be present,
bowl is turned up and four of the
are broken and put in 1t, two being
served for the exclusive use of pr
by them called also ''yarris." AS s
as the nuts are broken one Of the CT
pany begins to shout, and, rushing
the center, seizes the bowl and dri
of the milk of the nut, generally 81
ing considerable part of it upon
ground After this few pieces
thrown to the images and the RENT
der are eaten by the priests. 2
closes the ceremony, after which
indulge in any recreations that cha
to please them best
CONTINUED on Page Sd
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us) was detected in the crime of TAX
ing a few cocoanuts without leave, for
which offence he had his hands tied be-
hind him and was put into a canoe and
sent adrift, which was their usual
method of punishment for offences Of
different kinds.
About year and seven months from
the commencement of our captivity
Milton Hewitt died and. like the others,
was. according to the custom of the ma
tives, committed to the ocean. A short
time afterwards Charles c. Bouket,
having become SO reduced by his suf-
ferings as to be unable to help him
self, was (horrible to relate) placed In
canoe while still alive and commit
ted TO the ocean. Thus did one after
another of our companions sink under
the weight of their sufferings and per-
ish without any alienation of their
wretchedness. Mute and myself, with
our friend Kobac, the other Pelew
chief, were all that remained, and we
were constantly expecting that the
next hour would end our existence.
Their religion is such as might be ex-
pecteu among people IN their cOnul-
ton Their place of worship is rude
" constructed building. or hut, about
fifty feet long and thirty wide. In the
center, suspended from the roof, is q
sort of altar. into which they suppose
their deity comes to hold converse with
the priest. Rudely carved images are
placed in different parts Of the building
and are supposed to personate their di-
vinity. As nearly as could be ascertafn-
ed by US, they supposed that the object
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-18
Married Women
Get After Your Husbands

little The Bargain Booming at the PAcc
High surrender and economical buyers will
till the Honolulu
Marvellous aches powerful abundance through
everYde
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-07
THEY ALL LOVE IT.
Malt Breakfast Food
The Favorate Dish of the Children.

Once tried, Malt Breakfast Food
quickly becomes the favorite grain
food with children; they all love it and
ask for more.
Tests and experiments carefully con-
Quoted by physicians, prove that Malt
Breakfast Food will keep the growing
child in perfect health and strength
fully nourished, and stomach and
bowels in perfect condition. For
breakfast and supper. no other food
can compare with it for children. Malt
Breakfast Food is especially recon-
mended for young children after wean-
ing; mothers have found it of great
value at this stage of the child's life.
Malt Breakfast Food partially cooked
and predigested is the true food for
weak stomachs of young and old: ii is
retained and absorbed when other
foods are rejected. Do not fail to give
it n trial: one package will make from
twenty-five to thirty meals for an Ordi-
nary person. You can buy it of your
grocer.
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LINCOLN COUNTY COURT.
King VS.. Keanehcc light and Heat Co. foI
Injuries IS Now on Trial.

WiccasStt. Me, May Elm the Lin
coln county supreme court, today. the
case Of King VS.. the Kenncboc Electric
Heat and Light Co. came up. The ac-
ton is for damages sustained by the
plaintiff while at work on the Evans
house in Gardiner. The plaintiff sues
in the sum of 10000. lie claims to
have sustained injuries and lost one
hand. This ease will occupy three or
fuIr days. Twenty-Five witnesses Were
sworn in for the plaintiff. Monday
morning. The attorneys are: George
w. Hesclton and w. {. Atkins for the
plaintiff, and A. NJ. Spear of Gardiner.
for the defence.
The first witness called was John ".
Berry, ex-mayor of Gardiner. He testi-
fled To the plans which he made for the
hotel, and the model of the landslide
roof where the plaintiff claims to have
received the injury. He also testified
as To the location of the hotel and as
to the charts. His testimony occupied
the court until the noon hour.
II. Gerry of Bar Harbor, accused Of
breaking. entering and robbing an
EigcOmb house. after pleading mot
guilty" was remanded to Jail. having
no counsel
Saturday afternoon, in the case of
Hodgdon against DR.. J. NJ. King of
Damariscotta, for malpractice, the
jury reported a verdict of S6Si for the
lplaintiff. Plaintiff sued for 100000
damages.
In the WaldoborO search and sell
lszures made last November, the two
leases appealed from Trial Justice H.
F. Webster against w. A. Davis and j.
a. Trowbridge, We're mol pressed on
motion of the county attorney, owing
to defective warrants.
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MRS. HANNAH GORDON
Passes Away at Her Dexter Home. 1t the Ripe
Old Age o! 81 Years.

Dexter. Me. May G.-Mrs. Hannah w.
Gordon died. Sunday. after an illness
covering a periur of two weeks. and fail
ing health OF six months. at her home on
Main street At her bedside were two of
her daughters. Miss Mar l.. Of this place.
Mrs. John curtis, Auburn. ana a son,
WinSlow j. Gordon. Newport Mrs. Cor
don left two other children. James Cor
don. Riverside, cal. formerly of Sanger
vile. an 4 MIS-. Agnes Mclaughlin Peters
burg. West Virginia. The funeral viii BE-
held from the residence OF the family,
Wednc day. at = o'clock. Rev. ". II.
Could pastor Of the CniverSliist church
officiating.
Mrs. Gordon had lived in this town for
about 80 years. She came here from
Readficld where her husband. Luther
Gordon. died about a. years ago. ana
from the town where she was born. Her
maiden Iame was Hannah w. Lyons ana
her age 81 years. Dee. a
She was woman Of more than oruinar J
attainmeniS in many respects. rev oi.i
ueopi.. posS.Ss u greater degree of inter
est In passing events and those OF i'm
uurtanco in the nation $ history than was
hers through life She could sit down
and discuss with any Of the visitors to
her home the current topics OF The day
IN a thoroughly comprehensive manner.
and throughout her long life she was al
ways a great reader.
A sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Gray. and {:
brother James w. Lyons. both Of Hast
ings, Mimi. and three grandchildren sur
viVe her Mrs. Gordon was an aVowed
spiritlalist and a medium of much abil-
itN
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NEUTRALITY ADVISED
By Treaty on Nicaragua Canal Received BY
Paunceiote from HAY.

London. May 1.-THE associated Press
has been notified that Lord Pauncefote
has received from Secretary Hay the
draft of a Nicaragua canal treaty. 1t Is
understood that il advises neutrality.
Washington. May Cit is learned from
an authoritative source that before Sec
rotary Hay left here for the West he had
several conferences with Lord Paunce-
fote relative to the basis for another
iSthmian canal treaty and that an unOfn-
cial, written memorandum also was sub
mitted to Lord Pauncefote on the suo-
ject. The ambassador has made known
the general results of these conversations
and of the memorandum 10 the authori-
ties in London and il Is doubtless to this
that allusion is made in the London dis
patches.
. 1t is said. however. that the negotia--
tons are SO tentative and informal thar
they are not regarded as an official ex-
change or proposition. What they EN-
body is not made known here. although IL
is understood they are chiefly an expo
sition of the views held by United States
senators as to the essential features
which should be included in a treaty.
While this is not a proffer of a treaty,
1t conveys to the British authorities what
is considered essential by the senators
who control the ratification of any treaty
which will be made. 1t also is learned
CONTINUED on page 81
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RIVAL CREWS FIGHT.
Nate Of Portland Vessel Fatally Stabbed a
Macurras. W. l.

Portland, Me-. May G.-News was re-
caived here by cable, today. from
Macurras, in the West Indies. of a
fight between members of the crews OF
two Portland barkentines. the James
H. Hamlin and the Jesse McGregor.
which may result in the death OF one
of the participants. The man seriously
wounded is NJ. Goth of Boston, mate
of the McGregor. The two barkentines
we're in port near Macurras when the
fight occurred.
Just what the nature of the trouble
was is not known, as nearly all the
men of both crews participated anu
the fight was long and severe. Al the
close several men We're found more or
less injured, but no one was seriously
hurt with the exception of Mate Goth.
He had been slashed with knl1e III
the throat and was otherwise padiy
wounded He will probably DE the
report says.
No further details of the trouble nave
been received.
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MEXICO'S WELCOME
To Pres. Mckinley at the Bor-
der is Very Cordial.
Pres. Diaz Sends Gen. Hernandez and
the Governor Of Chihuahua,
Who Extend Greetings Mexicans De.
lighted With Presidents Speech.

FL Paso, Texas. May G.-Ame.ican
and Mexican tags Were intertwined in
the decorations of the plaza for the
official greeting to President Mckinley
and cabinet. which took place, this
morning. The presence on the stand of
Cen. Hernandez. the personal represen-
tative of President Diaz, and the gov
ernor of the state of Chihuahua gave
al international significance to the
event.
There were thousands of Mexicans in
the vast concourse of people to whom
the President spoke and their enthu-
siasm was almost as wild as that OF
the Americans.
Gen. Hernandez addressed the Presi-
dent on behalf of the President. ex-
tending the latter's congratulations
and President Mckinley. in his re-
Spouse paid high tribute to the Presi-
dent of the Mexican republic and
charged his emissary to convey to his
chief his warm regard and personal
esteem. together with his best wishes
for the continued prosperity OF our
sister republic.
The Presidents speech was very
happy and was especially notable on
account OF his injunction to the people
not to be alarmed about imperialism.
There was, he said. no imperialism ex-
cept the imperial power Of the SOW
ereigr people. of the United States
The governor of chihuahua alSt
warmly welcomed the President to tht
border.
The exercises in the plaza We're pre-
coded by a military parade. The ladies
of the cabinet crossed the Rio Grandt
to Juararez where they were rendered
a breakfast by Juan Ochoa 4 prominen
Mexican banker. Mrs. Mckinley did
not attend the breakfast but enjoyed
n short driv" during the morning.
At noon the Presidential party re,
sumed its Journey westward.
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The COAL TAX
Passed by English House Of
Commons, 1913 to 227.
Nicaragua Canal Treaty Reaches Lord
Pauncefote from Sec. Hay.
Said 10 Advise Neutrality. Though Its Details
Are As Yet Unknown.

London, May 6.-There was unusual
animation and attendance in the House
OF Commons. today. when the last in
stallment of the coal tax resolution de-
bate was opened by Sir Edward Grey,
Liberal, who defined the measure as
harsh and oppressive.
Mr.. Brodrick, the war secretary. in
reply to n question, said that among
the prisoners captured in South Afri-
ca Were &c Americans, besides 13
claiming to be burghers. There was
no intention of releasing any of the
prisoners until the war was over.
Lord Cranborne, the under foreign
secretary. informed MIR. Dillon, Nation
alist that the withdrawal Of a portion
| of the troops in the province of Pe-Chi-
Ii was in contemplation. and that so
soon as China complied with the more
| important demands of the powers a
| larger reduction would occur.
| The House adopted the coal tax by
vote of 800 to 227.
Consequently the tax of shilling a
ton on export coal was adopted by
majority of LOG. These figures, APP
parently. do not represent the feeling
of the members of the House but the
government made the issue strictly
party one and secured the record at
| tendance for this Parliament and by
vigorous efforts polled within score
of the normal majority.
| What the Miners Federation will do
now remains to be seen. Judging from
the speeches of the labor members dur
| ing the last stages of the debate the
Federation is quite likely to declare
general strike. thus precipitating
struggle between organized labor and
Parliament. Such a collision as was
sail frequently during the discussion.
| might prove ruinous to the coal indus
| try and highly injurious to the country.
! Mr.. Balfour announced, Monday,
| that the government would present its
| long delayed education bill in the Com
| mons. Tuesday.
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STRIKE At PORTLAND.
Situation Practically Unchanged. Bo'n s'de'
Holding Out.

Portland, Me-, May G.-The secoho
,,a.k of the strike of union men en-
ployed in the building trades ope"o''
today. with very little apparent chahse
in the situation. The strikers sun ii'
ouent their headquarters and eXPre''
themselves as determined as ever ~
stand out for what thy have asked
thorough canvas of the contra' ".
showed them to be still firm III tie Po
sition they took when the delna"us -,
their employees We're made ana se'e
of the more prominent builders s'a''"'
TODAY. that they never would give
tbat they would suspend business ~
definitely before they would grant al
S-hour day. .,.o &c
The number of men on SUM
about the same as was reporteu
week,
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THEY WILL FIGHT.
Portland RumscIIers Will Wig
orously Defend All Indictments.
Alleged That They Will Make Pros
ecution Expensive as Possible.
Attorneys Representing Members Of Alleged
| Combine Deny knowledge Of il.

Portland. Me. Nay C.-rhe Express,
tonight. says:
IT is stated upon apparently rclia-
be authority that meeting of the
men interested in the liquor business
here was held at Il local hotel, Sunday.
and an agreement entered into for a
vigorous defence of ell liCaor indict-
nlents reported at the May superior
term. prclcnginG the session and max
ing prose oution as expensive as posi-
tie for the county.
Attorneys representing members of
the alleged combine deny any knowl-
edge Df such IN arrangement"
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IN NEW MEXICO.
Presidential Party Stops at Dem.ng. New
Mexic0's Claims for Statehood.

Deming. n. NJ, May G-Shortly af-
ter leaving FL Paso the train crossed
the line into New Mexico and ran
through the grazing section of the ter
ritory. The first stop in the territory
was made at Deming. where the Presi-
dent was welcomed by Gov. Otero and
his staff. There was a big crowd and
a band al the station and the President
was given a warm greeting.
w. NJ. Berger. president of the New
Mexico Press Association. had met the
party at FL Paso and accompanied the
train across the territory. The address
of welcome at Deming was largely de-
voted to New Mexicos claim for state
hood. A broad banner above the train
read: New Mexico Demands State
hood" The President spoke briefly.
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ONE IN THREE.
Every Third Person Poisoned BY Coffee.

n is difficult to make people believe
that coffee is an absolute poison to at
Ia,st one person out of every three.
but people are slowly finding it out. al
though thousands of them suffer terri
h,v before they discover the fact.
A New York hotel man says. Each
.;n,o after drinking coffee ] became
rncti,ss nervous and excited. so that
,,,s unable to sit five minutes in one
nlace was also inclined to vomit and
suffered from loss OF sleep winch go,
worse and worse.
A lady said that perhaps coffee was
tho cause of my trouble, and suggested
,hot try Postum Food Coffee. I
LAUGHED at the thought that coffee hurt
,na hut she insisted so hard that 1
6na,Iv had some Postum made. | have
heeu using it in place of coffee ever
.ince for noticed that all my former
narvo,,sness and irritation disappeared.
7 hapan to sleep perfectly, and the
noet,,m tasted as good or better than
no old coffee. 50 what was the use of
sticking to leverage inst was iGin-
ing me?
ono d,y on an excucai IN up the cDun
trv I remarked to a young lady friend
~ nor greatly improved appearance.
Che expla ined that some time before
che hid quit using coffee and taken
pns+um She had gained number of
a,,nds and her former palpitation of
.hc hoart. humming in the ears. trem-
Hing Of the hands and legs and other
d;sagreeable feelings had disappeared.
Che recommended me to quit coffee and
- Postum and was very much sur
..r;c.a TO find that l had already made
the change.
Che said her brother had also re-
Tod great benefits from leaving off
oaffee and taking on Postum Food
Caaaa Henry A. Nader, 81 w. 33rd
St. New York.
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the SHIPBUILDING COMBINE.
The Official Announcement Of It's Formation Is
Expected. Wednesday.

New York. May 6.-The official state
menr prompted in connection with me
fedora ton of the Union Iron Works, San
Francisco. the Bath Iron Works Of Bath;
Me, the Newport News Shipbuildins AMI
Dry Dock Co of Newport News. ana
Lewis Nixon of EliZabe;hport. was not
made Monday.
At the office of III. w. Poor & Co. who
ace financing the combination in connec-
ton with a group OF bankers and brokers.
II was said that the statement would be
given out. Wednesday. 1t was denied That
there was any hitch in the consolidation
and that the statement was witnheid uh-
m certain details We're perfected.
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A UNIQUE REQUEST.
Late Count Pierre Court Wants the Human
Species Regenerated.

Parih, May 6.-Count st. Ouen De
Pierre Court, whose family dated back
to William, the Conqueror. and who
died recently, has requeathed to the
city Of Rouen his fortune Of 10000, 5000
francs on the condition that the city
annually gives a marriage gift of 10O,-
900 francs to a couple of giants, in or
der to regenerate the human species.
The candidates are to be medically eX-
amined and the healthiest couple will
be chosen.