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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25

OF $4,000 foreign tourists who Wis
tied Italy during the year ended Juns
-, 0S,oo0 we're English. tits estimated
that the visitors spent so 1900 dur
ing their stay In the country.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
January Sale Of UndGrmuSIinS.

This FIRST GREAT MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
words a we eo US" would be S o4 in af"s sp
believe very the world good goods And these good
buyer become permanent customer the house
WHTNE6 nS SALE i. sale in fact as %e as in name They know
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insertion embroees and ribbons The night usually have low
neo and short sleeves with trimming of ribbon and lace embroidery
and are especially suitable to this climate.
tons Of few numbers telling in their mute but eloquent the
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
NEW ADYnMTIsEMENTs
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
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News Of the bay.

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
WALL, NICHOLS co., LTD,
Start the
New Year
Right

The care of the teeth is of the utmost
Importance. The man or woman with
poor teeth is handicapped both in APP
pearanCe and health. Impaired diges-
ton and lack of nourishment follow in
the wake of neglected teeth. This
not only applies to you, but to the chill
dren as well. See to it that the new
year finds you well prepared with the
proper materials for the care of the
teeth. Go at once to headquarters, or
to be more explicit, to the Hebron
Drug Co.. Ltd, Fort and King streets,
and get a supply of TOOTH BRUSH
ES, with a bottle of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
Aloha Tooth Paste.

That is all you need for the perfect
care of the teeth. Get the right equip
ment and you can easily spare the few
minutes necessary morning and even
ing for the care of your teeth. Our
preparations for the teeth are free
from injurious substances and keep the
teeth white and the gums healthy and
firm. Try the ALOHA preparations.
You will then use no other.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
FOR HEALANI TROPHIES.

AT the instance Of Guy Gere, the Hea-
lani Boat Club has ordered a mahogany
and plate glass case in which to display
the various trophies won by the Hea-
lani crews i'm days gone by, also leav-
ing sufficient space for trophies yet to
come Hitherto the club has had no
satisfactory place TO show off their
prizes which have been only brought
out upon state occasions to augment
present prizes or show what the MEM
hers did 'once upon a time.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
metropolitan Meat Go,
LIMITED

Just received ex-Elihu Thompson
from Seattle a shipment of Choice beef,
Veal, Mutton, Lamb, and Pork, also
Poultry, Salmon and Halibut.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
DIED

PRATT-In Honolulu, January ., 1902
Catharine Dickson Pratt wife of Dr..
J. S. B. Pratt. Funeral from residence
at p. m. January 6. Interment in
Nuuanu Cemetery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
FOR SALE AT

Fur SALE AT
Metropolitan Market Co., King
Street, Telephone As.
The Booth, Fishmarket, TOIe-
phone 379.
Central Market, Nuuanu Street,
Telephone l4O.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
AUCTION SALE
OF
Tailor Goods.
ON FRIDAY, JAN 10,
At 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ.

AT my saIesrooms, 65 Queen street, 1
will sell at public auction, a large as
sortment of
Choice Tailor Goods,
Suitings, Trouserings, etc.
All new goods and in good order.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
PUNAHoU PREPARATORY.
The New Building, at Punahou is
Nearing Completion

Ihe New Building, at PunahOu is
Nearing Completion.
Work on the new building for the pre-
paratory department of Oahu College
has progressed so far as to give a good
idea of what the building will be Ike
when completed. The building is Of
concrete, and is being constructed by
the Concrete Construction Company 1t
is located Waikiki of the college build
ings facing Wilder avenue near the pre-
sent terminus of the Rapid Transit
road. 1t win cost about $4,000 and is
expected to be finished about April 1,
When this building is completed the
preparatory school will be moved from
its present location Beretania near
Miller street and that property will
be sold
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-07
JUDGE KALuA HERE

Judge John w Kalua of the second
circuit court of Maui is in Honolulu on
a visit
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

and there were also present Doctor Frank
Billings. Air. ArmouT's family physician:
Doctor John +. Ridlaud. Doctor Miller and
Mr. Dexter Ashley Of New York. the latter
4 former pupil Of Professor Lorenz. Ex-
traoydinary precautions were taken 70 IN
sure the suecess % Tire operation. and after
its performance. which occupied two hours.
Professor Loreuz declared that the little
girls hip. which has been disIocated from
6irth. would soon grow into a thoroughly
normal coalition
RESULTS FORMERLY ACHIEVED
BY Use OF KNIFE.
The operation" he said. in describing
the matter. consisted simply OF drawing
the limb down so that the head Of the
femur. or hip bone. came below the socket
OF the hip. into. which IL ought normally 20
ht. Then II IS pressed IN until the femur
rests In the socket as Il should. Formerly.
and indeed until quite recently. IL was nee
essary TO accomplish this result by cutting
into the flesh and by removing enough bone
from the socket 10 insure the femur fitting
into H.. After more than 30 such opera
ftIons. which 7 performed. I conceived the
plan OF accomplishing the same results
without any l~nc!sion. and Of relying on na-
tire 70 accomplish results which had for
merly been achieved by means OF the knife
alone.
Il now use weights and pressure 70 force
the projection frmur into line with its
socket. II the socket Is not properly shape
To- receive the femur5 I rely on its growing
into shape by means Of my especially con-
tived appliances
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

that wealth can bring. Their baby girl. 6
years OF age. has never known the childish
delight OF a romp through the spacious
rooms OF the Armour mansion.
PCOST NOT CONSIDERED
.BY WEALTHY PACKER
Whether 1t costs $1,000 or half a million
It matters not-the wealthy packer will en-
ploy TO the imi the best surgical skin OF
the age 10 heal his child. He fondIy hopes
that she may not always look from the win
dow with wistful eyes upon the laughing
children playing 81 the streets.
Baby Armour is a beautiful child. beauu-
ful in face. beautiful in disposition. Crippled
from birth, she did not realize during the
first three years of her life the greatness
OF her misfortune. She has come TO know II
now. In the words OF the poet. she wants
to run and play" and cannot.
Il was a far tenderer mission than mere
busines that took Mr.. Armour to Europe
during the summer. He had tested Amerf-
can medical skill in vain, so he went abroad
TO Vienna and consulted Professor Adolph
Lorenz and Decor Friedrich Mueller Of the
university there. He described LoTta's af-
Fiction. told them to name their price for q
visit to this country and treatment for his
child. The fee agreed upon Is said TO be one
OF the highest on record In the profession.
The parents naturally dislike TO discuss
their daughters misfortune. but friends OF
the family have increasing hopes. and the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

=, LIS famous father. JvOEIeu was the only
remaiUirr child 81 the great packer. The
eldest son. however. lift two sens and half
OF the senior A~r-u1rr's estate. valued AZ
100000. viii probably go 60 them. 2
Little Lolita has cot her father a gerer.
Gus part Of his imucrse fortune IN her i've
years Of existence. The incubator incident
AZ the very dawn Of her nfc Is estimated
To- have caused an expenditure o. not less
than $1,000
All through the first years ~ the haby's
life It bad constant medical attendance OF
the best that could b. secured Ia America
In those anxious two years not lesI than
another $1,000 must have been spent In
fees and nursing.
Then came the first operation. with its
months of constant attendance. and med
ical men say that so critical and delicate
an undertaking could not have cost less
than SSooo.
ut IS all over, Il * quito finished. and I
Think know. inteed-that Il is entirely
Successful"
In this way Professor Adolf Lorenz or
Vienna last Sunday announced that the
second Operation on Lolita had been per
formed. and that he was convinced the III
tie girl would. IN a lew weeks enjoy the
free use OF her leg and he as other children
are.
The operation was clrriei out nj the Ar
mour home in Chicago "a 10 o'clock in the
morning. Professor LorenZ was assisted
hy Doctor Friedrich Mueller. who accom-
panied him from Vienna for the purpose
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
NP&J 06DEN APhOuR' p

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
An the world OF science and humanity
Is wstching with deep solieitude the case OF
little Lonta Armour, granddaughter OF the
late Mz. Philip Armour. and heiress to mil
iions- She was born II 1896. with a disio-
Gated hip. Besides. she was a wee little
Thing Of feeble vitality and had TO be kept
alive by artificial means. nourished In an
incubator heated by a lamp. Skillfui sur
Geona by using the x rays. found that the
sockets Of the babes hip joint were saucer
SHAPED. instead Of Ike cups working per
1ectly and Painlessly one within the other:
aod % be renedied nature must be aided by
surgical appliances and skill.
Every device was employed by distin-
guished American specialists. Among other
Ghtnga the plaster cure was tried. The little
limbs were drawn straight down-placed in
natural p~oeition-then imbedded In plaster
+. and for q long time the sufferer lay helpless
as n IN q block q granite the surgeons
awaiting FOR nature 10 begin the work OF
restoration Alas. It was found tina little
progress was made in healing the girl. Re-
Gently hmous European surgeons We're con-
suited q now the question is. VIII scierce
triumph over nature and give Lolita Ar
mour the power to walk?
II Is q question that comes nearer TO the
hearts Of Ar. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour.
the pSrentA than ali the material Injuries
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
SURVIVED AFTER
%CRUCIFIXl0N.
East Indian Sage Declares Holy
SepuIcher Is IN Cashmere,
Not Palestine.

By a queer and clrcuitous route OF ques-
tionable scientific reasoning Mira Quad
iani. a native OF India. has arrived at the
conclusion that Christ was not cru
cited on the cross, but was taken Town IN
a swoon and in DE time emigrated TO
Cashmere where his solitary tomb still
stands. The unOrthodOx assertion has
aroused considerable interest among a c-r-
tain sect OF enthusiastic religious followers
IN OuadiauFs native country and they have
shown an inclination to accept his reason
ings as establishing "A fact beyond qpes-
ton
II Is the contention OF these peculiar he
lIeyers that there Is IN the north Of India
an old tomb called the tomb OF the prince
and prophet. They assert that It has ex-
lsted since the days OF Christ. having been
erected about So years ago. when q
prophet calling himself prince and prophet
entered the country from the west. They
say. too. that he called himself by the
name Of Issa Sahib and Use Asuf. The
theory that some disciple q Christ may
have come into Cashmere and breathed his
last is denied BY these people. who assert
that no one sav the Lord himself ever
bore the title Of prince and prophet.
A thing pOiated out as OF peculiar impor-
lance Is that there are a number OF towns
In Cashmere which bear the names - the
old towns In Palestine. the sacred abode OF
Christ Tho mysterious tomb referred TO.
Il Is contended. 10 surely In existence, anu
X is held that the only thing necessary 10
establish the fact that Il Is the burial place
Of Christ Is tina q be excavsted and ex-
pIored. 1t r. pointed out that immigration
did take place from Palestine into Cash
mere. and significance - attached 10 the
Use Of the title Use Asuf. which Is literally
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

construed as meaning a collector Of sheep
This IN turn Is held TO be Important, Tor
the reason that the main mission or Cnr.st
VAS to gather the ten lost and scattered
tribes OF Israeljtes. who were driven over
various Eastern countries by SarSon, KIN
Of Assyrla. and Nebuchsdnezzar. King OF
Babylon. in al and 5S Il. c., respectively
The use OF the words Use Asuf. II Is
claimed, Is nothing but another name Tor
Jesus Christ. and these are pointed out as
facts which no one can AFFORD TO ignore
ut will he remembered" says one writ
ing for This sect. that Jesus Christ said
in Luke that no sign but that OF Jonah
would be shown to the wicked race OF the
day. So. as Jonah narrowly escaped death
from The mouth Of the whale. Christ must
necessarily have escaped his death. which
he did. and FULFILLED a prophecy by working
q miracle like that OF Jonah. II Christ did
not do 50. we are compelled TO admit that
the Iord's prophecy turned out false. When
Christ's bones were broken. like those OF
the thieves and blood gushed from BIS
sides were not these signs Of hfet
When he. after working numerous MIRA
cleS. got out on the frontier OF Galllee MS
followers could not recognize him Tor ne
was much exteuuated in his body and mad
grown lean and pale from the tortures OF
the cross. Christ showed the wounds or
the cross. but they. being rough ana super
~stitious fishermen. were not convinced OF
the Identity Of the Savior until ne allowed
them to put their fingers into the prints OF
the nails IN his hands. This shows that
the Lord was not In 4 spiritual but a
corporal state in the truest sense OF the
word. This fact falsihes the doctrine Of
htonsment-
prom what has been mentioned It II
easily proved historically. medically and
enthusiastically that Christ did not expire on
Calvary cross. but was taken down in a
state OF swoon and In due time immigrated
into Cashmere. where IS his solitary tomb.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

little one Is chesred. though she must suffer
untold pain and mental distress before Il
cure can be effected.
Iolta's misfortune was discovered shortly
after her birth. Her hip joints were not ar
tculated. Local surgeons who examined
her advised against any attempt 20 correct
the deformity before the little one had
grown older and stronger.
Until Lolita was l year old she was kept
in a rosewood and glass Incubator 10
strengthen the fran form. Two years ago
Doctor John Riiion or Evanston. tie mead
professor of urthoPedy OF the Northwestern
University Medical School. a prominent sur
Feon. performed an operation uroE the 1T
tie heiress. hoping to set her hips IN place.
He had spent half a year studying the case.
and after several months Of his treatment
II was believed the displacement had been
corrected. Doctor Riiloa is said 10 have fol-
loved closely the method practiced by Pro-
fessor Lorenz in similar cases.
TREATMENT INTENDED To
REMEDY SOCKET DEFORMITY.
He had discovered through the aid Of
skiagraphs that the sockets in the pelsic
bones. into which the hall Y the femur fits
snugly in normal cases. were too shallow 10
retain the heads Of the feunurs- In other
words, the sockets were more Xix saucers
than cups. AID II was this deformity the
treatment was intended 10 remedy
Doctor Ridltn first returned the displaced
bones to their proper relations and main
taired them thus for months by means OF
plaster Of paris bandages. The sockets grew
somewhat deeper by this process. but on
removing the plaster casts il was found
that the little sufferer was still unable 10
use her limbs.
Then 1t was decided TO give Lolita the
greatest possible chance OF a cure by calling
on the acknowledged master OF this par
ticular kind OF treatment. Professor Lorenz-
He IS famed FOR his SUCCESS in orthopedie
treatment In Europe. practical cases demon
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

FtratiuE that his method gave better results
than the operations with the knife.
II is said that Doctor L1rtnz hopes 10
deepen the sockets ant shape them 90 the
femur ball and also 20 bu!id up ard
strengthen the ngaments enough TO irevsuc
further displacement
The prominence u the Armour family am
The nature OF the afliction have eiYan the
case wide fame. Il Is being watched with
profound attention by scientific men ~ tie
world. The girls health - coed. barring
her bodily fralty caused by lack OF phys
zeal exercise.
II Doctor Torery s1tceodz in his treat
meut. II IS SAID th4SSaent will become a
strong and vigorous woman. Her GRANDPA
Their. Philip Armour. whose wealth was e.
timated at 100000. st aside a fortune Tor
each Of his grandchildren and millions de
PEND upon the success Of the great surgeons
In ~prolousing her NE
Mrs. Armour. mother Of little Lolita. was
Miss Lolita Sheldon. a native OF Suiheii-
Conn. but nt the time Of NJ. Armour
courtshlp a resident OF New York She Il
OF old Spanish stock and IS = beautiful
brunette of the Cnstiian type. with jei-
black hair. dark eyes and regular. almpt
classical. features. The Nttlc Lolita prom
lses TO be %strikingly Ike her beautiful
mother. for she has her dark hair ana
eyes.
MARRIAGE WAS CLIMAX
OF \ PRETTY ROMANCE
Tire marriage Of JcEathan ogden Armour
and the lovely Connecticut girl was the
climax OF a very pretty romance. Miss snc-
don was but IS at the time, and had been
but n short time out OF school. She met Mr-
Armour Wink on a visit 10 friends In chi
cago. II was a case Of love at first sight
and three weeks after the meeting the en-
ragrment was announced. In but n Jew
s~@,,bs they we're married quietly at the
phf,n n Armour Ir. having died before
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPubLif-
Not for a good while has a book nfade
such a sensation as Is now being carscd
bv a work entitled The Catastrophe NJ
Martinique which has just been published
In France, and the author Of which II VI
Jean He's. a weIl-known journalist.
The author makes the strange charge
that the Government was directly resPon-
sIble for the disaster. and claims that most
II not all, Of the 5000 victims would now
be alive II the authorities. Tor thelr own
purposes. had not persuaded them 10 remain
10 their homes. and had not wheedled them
into believing fba there was really no dan
ger. In brief. II. Hes maintains that The
victims OF Martinique were driven TO their
death for political purpose by u Decrlis'
who was then Minister OF Naval Aualri
n Hess went TO Martinique a iortnFht
after the tragedy and spent some weeks
making a thorough Investigation as TO its
causes and also as 20 the political eonaifion
OF the island before Il took place lie vas
not there many days before a horrible ra-
NOR reached him. He was told by more
than one person that the Government was
solely 70 blame, not for the catastrophe it
self. but for the loss Of life which resuGed
from II. and that. II he searched diligently.
he could obtain ample evidence OF the truth
OF this statement. He did search diligently.
and he tells In his book what he claims 10
have discovered
INSTRUCTIONS TO GOVERNOR.
The inhabitants Of ST. Pierre. he says. be-
came frightened several days before the
catastrophe. as a stream Of lava had al
ready destroyed a large sugar factory; still.
no one supposed that on May 5 the volcano
on Mont Pelee would discharge volumes OF
deadly gas instead OF. as previously, lava
hot water and ashes. Some OF the negroes,
however. were afraid that an earthquake
vas about 10 take place and were prepar-
ing to leave the city.
There was. In a word. a general feeling OF
unrest rather than Of terror. There was
no certainty. however. that the people
would not become panic-siricken At any ITO
ment and fee from the doomed city: and as
this was precisely what the Government
wanted TO avoid. immediate steps, says
N Hess. were taken TO convince them that
their lives were in no peril
N. Decrais. he maintains. after learning
OF the popular uneasiness. sent positive In
structicns 10 Governor M0uttet TO keep
the people at their homes. In order that
they might be able to vote In a body at
the elections which were 20 be held on
Sunday, May II.
The Government needed the votes In order
20 strengthen It's position In 81. Pierre. and
81 knew well that II the people ~abandohed
their homes success at the polls was I'M
possible. Moreoves. II relied FOR success on
the votes OF the negroes and muiattpes.
and from previous experience IL knew how
easily these persons were frightened AID
how necessary It was therefore TO keep