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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
NEWS OF THE DAY
rpOM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
comurehensive Review Of the Important
Happenings Of the Past Week Presented
in a Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove Of Interest to Our Many
Readers

disastrous floods are again threatened
IN the eastern states, and also in Tennes.
see.
Ieavenworth convicts planned another
escape, which was headed off by Warden
McClaughey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Thebaud, of Madi.
son avenue, New York, have been robbed
Of iewelry worth $4,000. A newly en-.
ooCed valet is said to have committed
the robbery.
NJ. Hanard, the French sculptor, has
inst completed the model of q statue oi
the French Marshal Rochambeau, to be
presented to Washington, D. c., as a
companion to the statue OF Lafayette. ]
The warship Missouri has been
launched at Newport News.
Major Hugh S. Belknap was buried at
Arlington cemetery, Washington, Friday.
According to a report from Manila,
Dec. q, seven men of Company E, Ninth
infantry, were killed by bolomen on the
Island Of Samar.
It is said the czar has accepted an in
vitation to attend the coronation of King
Edward, provided the czarina is in good
health at the time of the ceremony.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is seriously i'll at
Roosevelt hospital, New York.
The Schaffer dock, at Portland, Ore,
was,destroyed by fire Monday night.
Maud Miller, the actress daughter OF
joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the Sierras''
died Tuesday morning at Oakland, CAL,
OF heart disease.
Masked men entered the Office of the
Alternately Furniture Co., at Leaven-
WORTH Kan, and held up the Office
force for the weekly pay roll, amounting
to about $500.
1t is said that Western Traffic Manager
BIabon will succeed Darius Miller as
vice president of the Great Northern and
that J. C. Eden will come to Seattle ~
western traffic manager in place of Mr..
plshop
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
PHILIPPINE REPORT.



Washington, d. c., Dee. 2s.--Follov-
ing is synopsis Of the principal recon-
mendations made by the" Philippine
commission in is annual report: ~.
Garrisons to be taken out Of towns.
Permanent form Of government 70 b
instituted January 4, 1904, with Filipino
representation before congress.
Issuance Of bonds TO buy the property
Of the friars, and granting the right Of
appeal from the supreme court Of the
islands to United States supreme court
in ell cases arising between the insular
government and tho Catholic church In
respect TO ownership Of property.
Confirmation of the new tarih act and
and reduction by 1t least 80 per cent. Of
the United States duty ON tobacco,
hemp, and other merchandise coming
from tho Philippines into the United
States. -asi.ss.
Granting the commission power 10
give strict railway, electric light, tele-
phone, and other municipal franchises,
and granting the commission special
authority to issue charters 70 railroads,
with power TO make donations of lands.
Enactment Of . general coinage law,
providing for gold standard with local
silver currency.
Establishment Of national hanks and
an appropriation Of the Spanish and
insurrecti0nary seised funds, for school
PUIPODs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
Now 5000 Routes
ROUTED BY De WET.
General Ktehener Reports . Very Bed Aissl'
With Bosr Coma ander.

WIN OOSD OOu8 SD0Sbs
London, Dec. 27.@Tho following dis
patch has been received from Lord Ktch-
-ener, dated Johannesbere:
"Gen. Rundle reports that on the night
of December "A Col. Firman's camp at
Zeefontsin, consisting of three compa-
nies Of yeomanry and two guns, was
successfully rushed by . strong COM
mando udder DeWet. It ID feared that
the casualties are heavy. Two regi-
msnts of light horse are pursuing the
B0ers."
Boer resistance has always been very
strong in that part of the Orange River
colony, which was the scene of Gen. De
Vets Christmas coup. A great quad
rangle of block khouses il being built there,
the points Of which are Vreinignen,
|.Volksrust, Harrismith and Kroonstsdt.
At the southeast corner of this quadran-
/ gle is an open space from Bethlehem tc
Lindl6y, where the square OF block
houses is still incomplete, and here De
Wet made his attack. Col. Firman'a
force probably amounted to 400 men,
and the disaster, especially the loss ol
the guns, the possession of which may
enable DeWet successfully to attack the
blockh0uses, creates disturbing Inn
preston.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
WASHINGTON NEWS.
what Being Done by the People q On,
Growing and Prospesous xate.

= u ~
Growing and Prospssow state.
Two free delivery routes will be est.h.
llshed out OF Vancouver, Washington. in
February. -
The Bell-Nelson mill at Everett has
been sold to the Weyerhauser syndicate
Conventions of teachers and dairymen
In session at Everett, the past week.
have adjourned.
The Northwest Horticultural Associa-
ton will hold three or four DAYS session
at Walla Walla, beginning January 2l.
The new building Of !. the Free
Methodist church at Pine and Terry
avenue, Seattle, was formally dedicated
by Bishop Edward T. Hart, Of San Fran
cisco, Sunday. /
West Seattle will soon vote on the
question OF incorporation.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of
machinery has been ordered for the new
brick yard 1T Renton.
The Seattle city council during 1901
passed !, 158 ordinances. The previous
year 10 were passed.
The Seattle Poultry Association will
hold it's annual exhibition at Germania
hall January to IL. Already prepara-
tions are being made, and the officers of
the association announce that it will be
the largest show ever held in the state. /
Colfax is to have an opera house with
good stage, good seating capscity and all
modern conveniences.
Willis Kinder, of Waitsburp, while
trying to get on wild horse, suffered .
severe accident. The horse broke away
and Willis was caught by . rope and
dragged several hundred feet before he
was free. His face was badly cut.
An experimental auxiliary fish hatch
cry is being built on Phinney creek,
about three miles from Birdsview,
Skagit county, which will be devoted to
the spawning and Matching of 'stsel-
heads"
Lincoln county has probably the best
record in the matter OF paying taxes.
The total amount of her taxes for 1900
was $132, 00.9l, and on November 80,
the last day on which they might be
paid without penalty, the amount re-
ceived by County Treasurer Minnick
was $128, 1892, 80 that only 1856 80
went delinquent. 8
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
RATES ARE TO Be REDUCED:


st. Paul, Dec. 28.-The Northern
Pacific will soon announce . revision OF
its present freight tariffs covering tho
territory between st. Paul and the
Pacific coast, and establishing lower
through rates. Similar tariffs will be
announced at the same time BY the
Great Northern. Northern Pacific rate
clerks have been at work on tho revinon
for more than two months. It is stated
semi-oficially that the important
featnre of the new tariffs viii be the
removal of discrimiuations that have
gradually grown for several years. and
radical changes, especially IN local rates,
that viii adjust many subjects Of com.
nIsints from shippers. The now Great
Ewthern tariffs will Be constructed on
similar lines. Both roads, il il assorted,
vin make voluntary reductions in rates,
hassd on the increased earning capacity
81 their lines and the growth Of revenue.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE.
Governor Mcbride Now Chief Executive q
= the Nafe.

Seattle, Dec. 28.-Governor Mcbride
is in Seattle on his way to Olympia,
whore, upon his arrival this afternoon
he viii take the oath Of Office. Speaking
Of his policy he said that he had deter
mined upon nothing - yet, except that
he would endeavor to act In the best
interest of the state.
s.My first action, after taking the oath
of Office, will be to become thoroughly
familiar With Ill matters Of which am
to be nut in control. Until have done
this there will be no change in the
present administration.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
Chauncey Depew Married.

Nice, Dec. 27.-The civil ceremony OF
the marriage of Senator Chauncey M.
Depew and Miss May Palmer took place
at o'clock this afternoon in tho United
States consulate. The brides witnesses
were Baron Won Andre and Baron de
Cantalause. The bridegroom's witnesses
were James Gordon Bennett and Count
Sers
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH.
Adnlaishstioa Sod 20 Have Plaas fes lais'
ductioa Of Such Measure.

duetioa of Such Measure.
Washington, Dec. SO.-The admins
tration il beginning TO show its intention
to induce congress to authorize tho pur-
chase Of telegraph lines. In accordance
with views which have at various times
been expressed by individuals, . light
viii be made in congress to accomplish
not only government control, but actual
ovnorship Of every wire in the country.
II is understood that President Rooee'
velt has been advising with Senator
Macon for several days on the subject,
eoine over the latest data that has been
compiled and submitted, and familiar.
ixine himself with al important detaile:
This has led TO the belief that Mason VIII
champion the canse in congress. :.
Senator Mason in An interview sdmft'
ted that he contemplated the introduc'
lion Of bill providing for the purcnase
81 III telegraph lines in the country
Int vould not ny that be was doing .
st the instieation Of The president.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.



Olympia, WASH, Dec. 29.-Arrange-
ments for thefuneral of thelate Governor
Rogers have been practically completed.
On Tuesday the remains will lie in state
at the family residence in Olympia.
On Wednesday there will be services
for the family before the special funeral
train, with guard of honor and stste
officials leave for Puyallup, where the
interment will take place.
At Tacoma . military escort of two
companies will meet the train. The
remains will lie in state at the Pierce
county court house uutil p. M, when
the train will leave for Puyallup, where
the military escort will be augmented by
Companies B and D of Seattle, with first
regiment band.
The services at Puyallup win be con-
Quoted by Rev. Spencer 5. Sulliger.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
Gov. Shaw win Accent.

Dubuque, Ia, Dec. Ex-senator Will
liam H. Allison was seen last night and
authorized the Associated Press to say
that in his opinion there was no doubt
Gov. Shaw would accept the secretary
ship of the treasury when the formal
tender is made to him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
Gen. Alser Improving. .

Detroit, Dec. 2s.-Gen. r. A. Agcr is
reported by his physicians to be in ?
very satisfactory condition after ar
excellent night.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
COWS AND POULTRY.
Western Washington Has Made Great Strides
in Both Industries.

Seattle, Dec. There has been q
remarkable growth in the dairy business
of Washington during the past year, es-
pecially in the increase in the number
and the output of the creameries. The
following table, obtained from the rec.
ords of E. A. Mcdonald, state food and
dairy commissioner, shows the number
of creameries in the state for the past
three years, together with the output of
butter in 1899 and 1900 and an estimate
Of the output for 1901:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02
Mr.. Peavev', Condition Critical.

Chicago, Dec. 28.-Frank ii. Peavey,
the Minneapolis grain man, who is i'll OF
pneumonia here, is reported by his
physicians as being in serious condition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02

The services at Puyallup win be con
Quoted by Rev. Spencer B. Sulliger.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
Ovefworked Nerves

and wasting vitality make their pres.
ence known through headaches,
dizziness, inability TO sleep, less OF
appetite and general rundown con-
dition Of the system. These signs
are sometimes accompanied by neu-
ralgia, hysteria, rheumatism or nerv-
Gus pTostration in some other form.
To remove these troubles, cure the
nerves. They need feeding, strength
ening and building up, and nothing
will do this so quickly and SO surely
as DR.. Miles NeTvine. This truly
remarkable medicine is gaining hun
dreds of new friends every day. Here
is a surveyor from Decatur, Ind,
Mr.. G. Il, Mexican, who writes;
"a chronic stomach trouble, which
my physician wac unable to over
come, so wore on my nervous system
that l broke down with nervous pros
tration. l could not sleep day or
night except in fltful maps; could
scarcely eat any kind Of food and
wasted away to a mere shadow.
After spending over $4,000 in a vain
search for relief, 1 was prevailed
upon to try DR.. Miles Nervine. Re-
lief came Immediately. / took six
bottles and today am well man."
DIR. Miles Nervine is sold at all
druggists on a positive guarantee.
Write for free advice and booklet TO
DR.. Miles Medical Co., ElkhdrL, Ind.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
Olaa Sugar Co, Ltd,
ASSESSMENTS.

The -wenty-first assessment of 1910
or two dollars $4,000 per share has
been called to be due and payable June
20, 1902.
The twenty-second assessment of
1919 or two dollars $4,000 per share has
been called to be due and payable Aug
ust 81, 1902.
The twenty-t third assessment of 1919
or two dollars $4,000 per share has
been called to be due and payable Oc-
tober 81, 1902.
The twenty-fourth and final assess
ment of 1870 or two dollars ($2.00 per
share has been called to be due and
payable December 20, 1902.
Interest will be charged on assess
ments unpaid ten days after the same
are due at the rate of one per cent
Q@6) per month from the date upon
which such assessments are due.
The above assessments will be pay
able at the office of The B. F. Dilling-
ham Co., Ltd, Stangenwald building.
(Signed) ELMER E. PAXTON,
Treasurer Olaa Sugar Co.
May -, 1902.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit Territory of Hawaii
At Chambers.-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of H. F.
Glade.
The Last Will and Testament of said
deceased, having been presented to said
Court, and a Petition for the Probate
thereof, and for the Issuance of Let
tiers Testamentary to Paul Isenberg
and j. f. Hackfeld having been filed,
Notice is hereby given that Monday
the 20 day of September, A. d. 1902, at
10 o'clock a. m, of said day, at the
Court Room of said Court, at Homo
lulu, Oahu, be and the same hereby is
appointed the time and place for PROV
ing said viii and hearing said applca-
ton.
Honolulu, August 4th, 1902.
By the Court:
GEORGE LUCAS,
Clerk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
NECESSITY OF SLLEP

If sleep in some cases may cause
death lack of sleep is sure to. do so. A
person absolutely without sleep Tor
nine days will die. Sufferers from IN
somnia sometimes maintain that they
have gone for weeks without sleeping
but it has been proved that they DO
sleep without being aware of it. At a
certain point sleep is inevitable, no
matter what the bodily condition, the
alternative being death, writes Meth
Boyce in Ainslee's. Prisoners have
slept on the rack of the Inquisiuon.
And the Chinese found that only the
greatest ingenuity and vigilance could
carry out a sentence of death by sleep
lessness. This mode of capital punish
ment was long in favor in China and
is said to be so today, while as FORM
of torture deprivation of sleep Is con-
sldered one of the most etticacious
weapons in the Chinese Judicial arse
nal. In some cases the prisoner is kept
| i'm a cage too small to stand up or lie
down in and constantly prodded with
a shary rod. Death by starvation, al
+ so a Chinese punitive method, is a
! slower process, and therefore, one
would think, more calculated to appeal
| to the Oriental mind If 1t were not
! that death by sleeplessness is thought
so much more painful. In the latter
| case the brain is the first affected of all
! the organs of the body, while in case
of starvation the brain longest retains
its normal weight and character
| A corresponding mode Of tanning wild
! elephants is said to be depriving the
animals of sleep when first caught. In
| a few days they become comparative
ly spiritless and harmless. The brain
of the elephant Is held to be more
highly developed than that of any 9TH
er wild animal, but, of course, as com
pared with the human brain, can be
easily fatigued by new impressions
and so made very dependent on sleep
The wild elephant in his native jun
gle, however, is said to sleep very lit
| tea further point for the theory OF
the universal ratio of sleep to intel
ligence. man taken out of his hab-
itat and placed in conditions which he
never could have imagined-if trans
ported TO Mars, say-would doubtless
need an extraordinary amount of sleeI
at first. There Is the almost parable
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit, Territory of Hawaii
At Chamberlain Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ethel
Pauline N. Gay, late of Honolulu
Oahu, Deceased.
Petition having been filed by Alice
Gay Harris, sister of said intestate'
praying that Letters of Administration
upon said estate be issued to William
o. Smith, notice is hereby given that
Monday, the LIST day of September, A.
D. 1902, at 10 o'clock a. M, be and here
by is appointed for hearing said Petit
ton in the Court Room of this Court
at Honolulu, Oahu, at which time and
place all persons concerned may APP
pear and show cause, If any they have,
why said Petition should not be grant
ed.
Honolulu, July Goth, 1902.
By the Court:
GEORGE LUCAS,
Clerk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit Territory of Hawaii.
At Chambers-In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of John S.
Smithies late of Honolulu, Oahu, de-
ceased.
Petition having been filed by George
E. Smithies son of said intestate pray
ing that letters of administration upon
said estate be issued TO George e.
Smithies, notice is hereby given that
Monday, the 10, day of September A. d.
1902, at 10 o'clock a. m. be and hereby
is appointed for hearing said petition in
the Court room of this court at Homo
lulu, Oahu, at which time and place all
persons concerned may appear and
show cause, if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted.
Honolulu, August 6, 1902.
By the Court:
GEORGE LUCAS,
Clerk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
THE EARLIEST BOOKS
FROM THE TIMES OF PAPYRUs TO
PAPER.
The Grecian Novel Reader Used to
Purchase His Stories by The
Yard.

A Greek book of the age Of Pericles, or
a Latin book of the age of Caesar, was
very unlike the books to which we are
aCcus stoned nowadays. The material on
which it was written was papyrus, a
fabric made out of the pith of the Egyp-
tian water plant of that name. This
gave a smooth and pleasant surface for
writing on with the soft reeds which
were then in use; but unfortunately 1t
was not tough enough to withstand the
disintegrating influences of time. In
every country but one the ordinary
trials of boOks-use, neglect, damp, in
seCts and the like-have caused its COM
plete destruction. 1t is only in the Won
derfully dry climate of Egypt that 1t
has been able to resist these agencies.
During the last century, and increasing
ly during the last % years, researches
in the buried cities and cemeteries of
Egypt have yielded great quantities of
manuscripts upon papyrus-mostlyfrag
ments it is true, but yet sufficient to
restore to us several works of ancient
literature which had been supposed TO
be hopelessly lost and to show us by
actual examples, dating as far back as
the beginning of the third century b. c.
what an ancient book was like,
In another and more noticeable res
pect than material, ancient books diff
leleu from UlOueIus Inc DdDyIuS w Dc
not cut up into leaves and bound into
volumes, like a modern book, but was
manufactured in long rolls, which the
reader unrolled as he progressed
through the work he was reading. The
length of these rolls might be anything
up to thirty feet, but rarely exceeded
this limit; the height would normally
be about 8 or ten inches. A roll of these
dimensions would contain in moderate
sized writing an ordinary Greek play
or two books of the Ilaids; but cOllec-
ed editions of an authors work were
impossible except in the form of a
| great quantity of separate rolls. This
fact goes far to explain why so many
works by writer's of the highest 1epu-
tation have failed to come down to us.
The writing on a papyrus roll was di-
vided into columns, the width of which
was regulated by the length of the
versus, if the work transcribed was II
poetry, but in the case of prose works
it rarely exceeded three inches. Papy'
rus continued to be the principal ma
terial in use for books of the best quail
ity until the fourth century of our era
but about that time vellum, which hat
previously been employed mainly fol
inferior purposes, began to supersede II
and thencefOrward the best copies Of
books were written upon this mucr
more durable material.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-19
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
B co.
BANKERS
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.


Transact business in all departments
of Banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
Commercial and Travellers Letters
of Credit issued on The Bank OF Call.
fOrnia and n. M. ROthschild & Sons,
London.
Correspondents: The Bank of Cali
fOrnia, Commercial Banking Co. Of
Sydney, Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong q
Shanghai Ban. ing Corporation and
Chartered Bank Of India, Australia
and China.
Interest allowed on term deposits at
the following rates per annum, Wiz
Seven days notice, at per cent.
Three month at per 'ent.
Six months. at Sh per cent.
Twelve months, at 4 per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT..
Act as Trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates (real and personally.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable Papers, Wills, Bonds, Etc,
received for safe-keeping.
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Auditors for Corporations and Prl-
vate Firms.
Books examined and reported on.
Statements of Affairs prepared.
Trustees On Bankrupt or Insolvent
Estates.
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ance with Rules and Regulations,
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