The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-18
THE DEADLY
MONGOOSE
How One Alarmed
the Citrus
Belt.
ANIMAL SHIPPED
TO ARIZONA TY.
Now the Cactus Country Has
Troubles of Its Own and
Calls for Help.
Especial to the Advertiser.)


- AN FRANCISCO. Apr. 5.-The dead
ly mongoose has stirred up South
A-y ern California to a tremendous
pitch of excitement in the past few
days. The mongoose was once welcome
in this State, but now he is Stunned as
a bitter enemy, and is threatened with
death at sight. The example of Ha-
wall has warned California that mon
their presence does not. accrue to the
interests of any community.
Some weeks ago surgeon in the
United States Army sought to bring a
pnongoose from the Philippines into San
Francisco, but the entrance of the
.critter'' was barred by Uncle Sam, and
a death sentence was pronounced
against him at the Custsm-house.
Il will be recalled by the read
ers of the Advertiser that the animal
ate. up several pounds of costly opium
while immured in secret room in the
United States Appraisers department,
but that finally the law was avenged.
Surgeon Hallwood was so affected by
the execution of his pet that he wept.
and had the skin stuffed as perpetual
memento of the cruelty Of the United
States laws which do not permit mon
gooses to land on American SOIL
1t was not suspected that Southern
California had a mongoose in it until
one was found at the ChuteS in Los
Angeles. The ChuteS is place OF
amusement, where those who like that
sort of thing descend from giddy
height in a boat which runs on wheels
~, al n nv
which affords the sensation Of seasick-
ness. A number of animals are kept
at the Chutes, and among them was a
mongoose.
A former resident of Hawaii, whose
chickens had been carried off by one
of this tribe, recognized the "varmint
and informed the authorities. His own
er. Wild Bill, refused to kill him or
give him up to the police. A warrant
was sworn out for the arrest of the
mongoose, and he was about to be tax
en- into custody. when Wild Bill hid him
in box marked oranges" and ship
ped him into Arizona, and out of the
Jurisdiction of the court which issued
the warrant. All that Wild Bill did
was to send him to the nearest place,
where California and Arizona met. and
have the mongoose turned loose.
troubles are begun. 1t is suggested that
an energetic lawyer could>make himself
famous by rounding up the mongoose
in Arizona, and having the law enforc-
ed. A lawyer from Hawaii especially
would have the knowledge of mongeese
requisite to prosecute the case proper
ly, and the friends of Judge Abram ).
Humphreys, who formerly lived in Ari-
iona, have invited him to return at once
and begin the mongoose feud. AS Hum
phreys killed off the Goat effectually,
and is understood to have lost his most
active occupation in Hawaii, and also
his money q great chance awaits him
in his former stamping grounds, where
the cactus grows tall and the mon
goose is loose.
From out the land where once his gun
Barked death to man and critter.
From where the hot and angry sun
Makes cen the mule gutter.
There came a Shrek for help from
joss,
A jell, a wall moan,
Message for the tiny boss
To save poor Arizona.