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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
How Three Boy.r Stole
 Old ThraSher'C Carriage
BY SANDY HIGGINS.

1 building a close pen around the donkey
 and the sapling he was tied to- we | had built it twelve or fifteen feet hlgh
 when Bob made blupder and fell inside the pen. From what followed l judged | that he fell on the donkey, for that ani- nal gave a surprised grunt and then there were lively times for few min utes. Help me out. fellers!' yelled Bob. as soon as he could get some breath. What did you go after?" asked Tom, | "did you think he needed company? 'fConfound you!' called Bob. tear down | the fence and let me out before he kicks
 all the breath out O me-" Crawl under" suggested Tom. Jump out" said I,
 | "Climb the sapling," continued Tom,
 and that seemed to strike Bob as a good
 plan, for he went at it like cat and
 was soon outside the pen.
 "I reckon you think that was funnyi
 he growled in disgust as he sat down | on a stump to get his breath back. [, What did you go down after?' I asked. Did you think he was lonesoms?" Tom inquired.
 "oh. go ahead, If you think it's funny" "
 was the reply. but you wouldn't think | it much fun to be penned up with another durned jackasse'
 you ldih Wilit ItliI oHih I" q can talk with two of 'em out here v
 was the reply, "and I've good will to go right home"
 But we protested that he must not spoil our main lark just because he and a donkey had disagreed, so he finally gave in and started on with us, but l noticed that he occasionally swore to him self as if he was in a bad humor It was nearly midnight when we got to I ,tV7- Iura gffl | The carirage-hosue was some distance from the dwelling. and we soon had it out It was a very heavy affair, and 1t seemed to us as we pulled it out Into the | road that it was harder to pull than it | ought to be, but We decided that the own
 CT was too stingy to grease it. "Wonder what the devil makes 1t so , hard to pull" said Tom, IS We started off
 Maybe old Thrasher's in it." suggested
 Bob, whose good humor was still ab- 1 sent.
 "If he is he'll get a free ride" said,
 ''but you bet he's in bed asleep" We had level ground for about one hundred yards. and then there there was a gradual descent for about the same distance, ending in a deep sand bed. Our plan was to go beyond the sand and then turn into the open woods and hide l the carriage in a pine thicket. I and Tom took hold of the tongue and Bob pushed, and though it was pretty hard work we got it to the brow of the hill, and then the fun began. We hadn't calculated how
 fast a heavy carriage would go down | grade and we soon had more than we ! had bargalned for At times [ and Tom
 would be jumping up in the air like the ground was hot, and at others we would
 be hopping from tne side of the road to tine other like turkeys. Then. again. our heels would be blowing the ground in a
 vain attempt to keep from being run away with.
 Hold back. Bct!' yelled Tom, as well
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
$15,ooo, ,ooo IN TEN YEARS.
Is said to Be the Earnings of John
 Dowie.

0OWAVs
 Brooklyn Eagle.
 Most remarkable of all the faith heal ers prophets, Messiahs who have rush ed to the rescue of a sinful world in the last half century Is Rev. John Alexander Dowie of Zion City, H., general over seer of Zion, as he calls himself. or Eli jah the Restorer; for he claims to be the reincarnatlon of Elijah the prophet; or, to be more exact, the third reincar- nation, for the first Elijah was caught up to Heaven in a whirlwlnd, ana the second John the Baptist, was beheaded.
 He is remarkable first for the size of his fortune, for he has accumulated as sets estimated by outsiders at &50O0, ,OOO in ten years on capital of nothing.
 He is remarkable for the number Of ms followers and for his hold upon them. No fewer than 10O,O GOO persons scattered throughout the world profess faith in him.
 He is remarkable for having succeeded in founding a model city of 5000 souls. inha bited solely by his followers.
 He is remark able for the perfection of the organza ton he has formed. It not only prosecutes missionary work all over the world, but 1t also conducts great variety of business enterprises.
 He is remarkable for the fact that eV- erything is founded on his own person ality. All property is in his name, ev- erythng is done oy his direct orders and everything depends for it's existence on him.
 But most remarkable of all is the meth cd by which he has accomplished this. Starting in as an obscure. penniless faith healer in q little cottage on the South S!de in Chicago ten years ago, he began preaching to little band in cheap hall, Soon he had enough of a following and enough contributions to be able to hire the Auditorium, Chcago's largest and handsomest theater. for his Sunday ser vices He has been holding meetings there ever since, haranguing crowds of 5,0O0 people at every meeting. His har- angues are made up chiefly of wild rav- ings against the Roman Catholic Church, the Freemasons, doctors and druggists and especially against newspapers. It seems incredible that a frenzied tirade against newspa pers-'the viper press" the Rev. John Alexander Dowie calls them-should make a man want to give up his last dollar to the Rev. John Alex ander, but it does.
 Yes, 1t Is a most remarkable tale from the beginning to the present, and it is still developing in an extraordinary man ner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
CAN A MAN ROB HIMsELFe

v WAS sitting in my once busily
 engaged in writing one night,
 when MT. -, a jeweler well A known to me, rushed in, appar-
 entlyS very much excited, and with bated breath, tremulousy told me that he had been sand-bagged, knocked senseless and robbed of a tin box con- taining some very valuable jewelry and watches that had been left with him for repair; he also stated that the reason why he haa the box with him was that he did not own a safe and carried the jewelry and watches home each night for safe keeping. The assault and robbery was alleged to have been committed at the intersection of - streets, on the direct route to his house and not very far from it.
 While making this statement, two or three times he became very much ex- hausted and near fainting from pain, (seemingly) I examined him as we'll as I could to ascertain the extent of his injuries and it was very apparent even to my non-profesional eye that he was not hurt much. There was a slight dis coloration on his forehead as if mustard plaster had been placed there for few moments.
 told him that I did not think he was hurt much and was surprised that the external evidence Of the assault nnaOe on him was so slight. He quickly spoke and said that he had gone home and applied well known patent medicine to his wounds, and with certainly magical ef- feet.
 MT. Chief let me tell you," he said with enthusiasm, that should you ever get wounded or hurt in discharge eff your duty, do not fail to try that remedy. Its healing and curative powers are mar vellous to reduce swellings, alleviate pain. | it has no equal. I firmly believe that it will heal up and hair over any wounds made on the scalp, cure corns, hair lip | and whooping coughs; make bark grow | on a tree when eaten off by hungry | mule and keep your COW from going | dry"
 The extolling of the marvellous healing virtues of this famous medicine, could | have not been equalled by the blower to i a side show telling the gaping gillies at l a circus of the wonderful sights to be seen within his tent.
 l I had the ground where the robbery was said to have been committed care 1 fully examined and the neighbors inves- 1 tiKated as to any disturbance heard at l the time. My agents reported no evidence of any struggle at the spot and none of the neighbors heard any noise Or outcry | on that night.
 After making thorough investigation | and considering the facts in the case, 1 | came to the conclusion that - had robbed himself. I ascsrta1ned that he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
The Lost Wedding Present :;;: ss: S: 1.;s


had. the day before the robbery was sl- legged to have been committed, shipped to Philadelphia. a package addressed to a well-known firm. whose business was re- fining and buying old gold and silver.
 beat the package to Philadelphia with a telegram. and had 1t returned. On opening it, I found every article report ed to be lost; among them the cases of a very fine watch, the property of a well known attorney of this city.
 I now had the real thief, who had taken the works cut of the watches, broken up the other pieces of jewelry and shipped it to the refiner to be sold as old geld. I had him arrested. indict- ed. tried and convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary Ger four years, from which place he made his escape. was re- captured and served out his time.
 This ease solves the oft-mooted ques- ton, Can a Man Rob Himself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

Christmas isn't what it used to be, I don't think. Perhaps I have changed. but things ares not like they were, say fifty years ago. Possibly the country people still enjoy themselves in the old way, but doubt it ever so much. When I was a boy there was always some thing doing at Christmas, and occasion ally things were lively, not to say exclt- ing Boys on Christmas Eve didn't mind being out the greater part of the night, and a walk of several miles was noth- ing if there was any fun in it.
 I have a special recollection of one Christmas Eve. because 1 had right lively time in the course of the proceed ings. 1 and Tom Stanton and Bob Walker had planned a joke on a rich old fellow named Thrasher, who lived about a mile from my house He was the kind of man who never had any sympathy or feeling for boys. or had any idea of what fun meant l used to wonder If he had ever been a boy, or If he ever enjoyed himself any when he was young. He looked like a man who was born old, and whose face would crack if he tried to laugh out loud.
 We had learned that Thrasher and his wife had planned to start very early on Christmas morning to visit a son, and were going in their old-fashioned family carriage out and hide in the woods so and looked more like a stage coach than anything else. Our plan was to steal his carriage out and hide it in the woods. so that he couldn't make his trip next day. It doesn't look now as if that was much of a joke, or as if 1t was a nice thing to do, but Thrasher was so ill-natured, and was always so ready to find fault with the boys, that we didn't care how much trouble we caused him.
 It was 10 o'clock when we started out, as we wanted to be sure that our friend Thrasher was asleep before venturing into his yard. On the way we had to mass another neighbor's, and in a little patch was a donkey that I always thought had more ears and voice than ought to be apportioned to any one anil nal. He was tied to little sapling, and seemed to be rehecting on what was coming next day. though I have never learned that donkeys, especially four legged ones, take any interest in Christ mas holidays. But the sight of him start ed Bob off.
 say, boys" said he. 'I've got an idea"
 Better have it salted down, so that it will keep" suggested Tom.
 Don't get to smart" restorted Bob. "AlI your ideas are too old to spoil"
 well, what is it?" I asked
 Let's take all the rails about here and build a pen about thirty feet high around that jackass" he replied.
 Where Is the fun?' asked Tom
 'Itll take two much work" re- marked. not having any taste for build ing fences.
 'No. 1t won't" replied Bob. eagerly. "We can do 1t in half-an-hour. and you know how old Johnson treated us, about his apples. ] 1T he has to tear dow and rails in the morning ay out.
 I couldn't Tom agreed with Bob. 2. He and l brought the laid them,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

against any damages you have incurred.
 "I am satisfied that you thought you were doing your duty and from the tel egram and circumstances you are excus- able.''
 l cheerfully acceded to- his proposition and was very glad to get out of an awk- ward position. In all of my criminal ex- perence this was the most amiable man that I ever met with, and l am still thankful to him for the philosophical manner in which he submitted to this most annoying mistake of mine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

Young Mir. Rockefeller, in his latest Bible class evordium. told the scholars that they must have their lights always ready. This :. 2 splendid advertisement for Standard ,.a next to pure religious matter.-IAs '1phis Commercial-Appeal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
A Curiosity.

Jaggles-I suppose he's very independ- ent. now that he came into all that money.
 Waggles-Yes, that is what Is so sur- prising about him, He doesn't sail steam yacht or ride in an auto, and hs eats and drinks only the things he likes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

Belle-And she married for love? Lena-Yes: it was the best she eoul& do.-Smart Set.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26
SHETLAND PONIES
IN A BAD RUNAWAY

II. r. Macfarlane met with an acct.
dent this morning that might have re.
suited very seriously, Mr.. Macfarlan,
is a great lover of Shetland ponies and
mas quite a number OF the fine little
animals.
This morning, he and Mr.. Lewis, the
trainer of the Shetlands, came into
town from Waikiki an dlater on start.
ed out to the beach again. They had
arrived near Hopkins switch when
something went wrong with the har.
ness. A Portuguese boy was asked to
remedy the trouble and as he started
to do so the ponies became very much
frightened and ran away
Upon arriving near the John Ena
road, both Mr.. Macfarlane and the
trainer We're thrown out. the latter es.
Gaping with a few bruises but the for.
mer spraining his ankle.
The ponies kept on going and fetch,
ed up against fence in the neighbor.
hood OF the Chinese store that is at the
head of the road mentioned The car
rage was badly smashed and the har'
ness broken to pieces. The ponies DO
coming entangled In the smash.up, wera
stopped, but not before they had been
quite badly cut.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26
ATTACKS UPON
COURTS OF JUSTICE.

Nothing has better eXemplified the
criminal character of the Advertiser
attacks upon the First Circuit Court
than the article published IN its issue
of March 20 puTporting to show the
number OF criminals released by
Judges Humphreys and Gear and
framed with the obvious intent OF at
tempting to prove that these judges
were Indifferent to crime, II not in
practical league with criminal ele-
ments. Judge Gear is charged in this
instance with having been the worst
offender and with a view to making
READERS believe this to be fact the pa
per owned by L. A.. Thurston and the
accepted organ OF the Governor OF the
Territory publishes list of sixty-nine
cases that have come before Judge
Gear.
The charges against the men brought
up before Judge Gear are displayed in
large letters starting of with man
slaughter. rape and murder in order to
impress upon the reader by display
OF type and the statement OF half
truths, which is the most despicable
form of Misrepresentation, that Judge
Gear has been responsible for turning
loose upon the community the lowest
and foulest criminals known to the
law. In order to increase this criminal
display the Advertiser has individual
lied cases where several offenders
have been tried as one. This
is done for no other reason than
to force home the impression to the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26
KILLING The RATS

Rat-killing should soon become
profitable occupation. The city an.
thorities, in view of the plague in sgd.
ney, have advanced the price of rats
to Sd a head, and suburban local all-
thorities are being asked to take the
same step. At conference of repre-.
sentatives of local authorities held yes
terday, DR., Valentine, of the Health
Department, urged the necessity for
joint action, and made the suggestion
that the suburban local bodies might
join together and appoint a qualified
sanitary inspector each body contrib
uting TO his salary on the basis of pop
ulation. The Epson Road Board has
decided to distribute poison free for
the destruction of rats.-New Zealand
Herald.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26
ADVERTISER OFF Again

Deputy Sheriff McGurn took posses.
sion of the Waialua Beach Hotel yes
terday to satisfy a claim of $40 wages
made by the cook, Pang Kee. The ex
ecution was issued by Judge Dickey
at the instance of Wade Thayer. and
MeGurn carried off all the furniture
OF the hotel and placed II in the Waia.
lua lookup for safe-keeping.-Advcr'
user.
The following letter was received
from Manager Wenner Of the Waialua
Beach Hotel this morning and shows
up another Advertiser inaccuracy or
malicious untruth.
Waialua, March %, 1902.
II. r. Hitchcock Esq, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping
from today's Advertiser was pointed
out to me this very moment. 1t is in.
furious, malicious and untrue. The
furniture is not in the lookup, but
where 1t belongs-in the hotel The
cooks name Is All Kim and do not
owe him nickel. Anyone reading this
statement in the paper might, OF
course, be led to believe II and no one
wants to come to an empty house
This shows that there has been a di.
rect attempt by malicious lying, to
ruin the business here. II the Adver.
tiser people care anything for the truth
they will retract. Yours respectfully
A. WENNER.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

How the idea 'got abroad that Act
ing Governor Cooper will call special
session of the Legislature, has yet to be
explained II is safe to say, however,
that Mr.. Cooper would find It possible
to deal with the Legislature should he
have occasion to do so. He did not
make a marked success at the last ses-
sion. Few men can when they are put
at work carrying out a policy which
they don't believe in.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

anarchy itself than this form Of at
tempted newspaper government" And
Jerome voiced the sentiments of tho
honest citizens of Hawaii when he said
OF this method of newspaper abuse, 81
say II is time for thoughtful and INTEL
ligent men to stop and consider be-
fore they permit themselves to join in
this public clamor."
Honest and intelligent citizens OF
Hawaii do not and have not Joined In
the Advertiser clamor against the First
Circuit Court of this Territory. They
have for it only words of condemna-
ton,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

cause the law under which they were
held was unconstitutional. Not even
the Advertiser claims that this law is |
constitution. Presumably 1t would
have had Judge Gear hold the prison
ers on general principles.
Three Japanese sentenced to ten
days imprisonment by the District or
Police Court are represented as ere
leased by Circuit Judge" Does the
Advertiser state that these men were
necessarily released by reason of the
defective complaint? It does not, but
such was the fact.
Three vagrancy cases and six gamb-
ling cases we're discharged by the
Circuit Court" Does the Advertiser
publish the important part played by
the Attorney Generals department in
these dismissals? 1t does not. Simply
because its only object is to misrepre-
sent the Judge of the Circuit Court.
All Chong. charged with forgery,
convicted in the lower court and dis
missed in the Circuit Court. why was
the case dismissed? Because the prose-
cution could not produce evidence to
prove the charge on which the man
was held.
Seven defendants charged with as
sault and each fined 500 and costs in
the Police Court we're dismissed by
the Circuit Court" Why was this case
dismissed? Because the Attorney Gen
erals department was not ready and
did not ask for continuance. 1t being
stated in the court that the witnesses
were scattered and 1t was practically
impossible to successfully prosecute
the case The Advertiser holds Judge
Gear responsible.
In but one case does the Advertiser
come anywhere near stating the facts,
That case is as follows:
MALICIOUS INJURY-Feb. 25.-R.
Manualu-lndcted for malicious in
jury; Davis for defendant. Judge Gear
directed verdict of not guilty on the
ground that II must be shown that the
malice was directed towards prose-
cutting witness. Defendant destroyed
$500 worth of furniture, but the court
held that he did not know the owner
and could not have been maliciously
inclined toward him.
This man could have been held on
another charge. The prosecution did
not see fit to bring It.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

MAYHEM-March WIN. McCar-
thy-Indicted by grand jury for may
hem; found guilty by a jury; dis
charged by court on motion of Davis,
on ground that mayhem is not a crime
in Hawaii. Humphreys in former case
had taken opposite view.
This is the famous case in which the
Advertiser played a prominent part by
publishing a cartoon, while the case
was on trial. This cartoon was judged
TO be contempt of court by the three
Circuit Judges and the editor of the
Advertiser sentenced to thirty days In
Jail. Judge Robinson sat with Judge
Gear and concurred in the ruling that
mayhem was not a crime under the
laws of Hawaii. Mccarthy was tried
and convicted for assault. The Ad-
vertiser does not state this though. tho
facts of the whole case are well knokn
to the community and the Advertiser
proprietors and managers.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

The condition of the streets
throughout the city is the cause Of
widespread justifiable complaint, but
Superintendent Boyd's hands are tied.
When visitors call upon him he can
only promise to do the best he can and
invite them in to view the thirty-seven
cents in the Territorial Treasury
which bears mute testimony to the fact
that the Territory of Hawaii is to all
intents and purposes busted"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

When Governor Dole was asked why
he did not keep his promise to consult
the Republican organization on ap-
pointments, he expressed wonder and
surprise that he should have forgotten.
The organization would have been sur
prised had he remembered.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26
E. Brewer { Co., Ltd.
Queen Street, Honolulu, T. II.
Agents for

Hawaiian Agricultural Co., ookala
Sugar Plant. Co., onomea Sugar Co.,
Honomu Sugar Co., Waikiki Sugar Co..
Makee Sugar Co., Haleakala Ranch Co..
The Planters Line of San Francisco
Packets, Chas. Brewer & Co.'S Line of
Boston Packets.
LIST OF OFFICERS:
c. M. Cooke, President; George
Robertson, Manager; L. F. Bishop.
Treasurer and Secretary; Col W. F..
Allen, Auditor; p. G. Jones, H. Wa
terhouse and Geo. r. Carter, Directors.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

Among other things the Advertiser
fails to state is that l.. A. Thurston,
the owner of the paper. escaped a sem
tence for contempt Of court on TECH
nlcality discovered by Chief Justica
Frear
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

The men who arrogate to themselves
all the good government force to be
found in this Territory were easily ac-
commodated in seven by nine space
on the channel wharf.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26

II the Republican party does not
come forward with a candidate in the
special election OF the Fourth District
the sole responsibility for inaction will
rest with the faction posing as support
ers OF Governor Dole and his policy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-26
Pioneer Building and Loan
Association.
ASSETS, JUNE sO. 1901, sso.o4s.s7.

Money loaned on approved security.
A Saving Bank for monthly deposits.
Houses built on the monthly install
ment plan.
Twenty-third Series Of Stock is now
opened.
OFFICERS-J. L. Mclean, Presi.
dent; A. A. Wilder. Vice President;
Q. b. Gray, Treasurer; A. v. Gear,
Secretary.
DIRECTORS - ]. L. Mclean, A.
A. Wilder, A. v. Gear, G. b. Gray,
]. d. Holt, A. W. Keech, ]. A. Lyle,
Jr. ]. M. Little, Il. s. Boyd.
A. v. GEAR,
Secretary.
once Hours: I2:30-1:3O D. m.