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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
FILIPINO CURRENCY.
Utter Demo ra 1ixatiOn of the spanish
System, which Was Veri-
table Nightmare.


The issue of the peso Filipinas, as
the new coin intended for use in the
Philippines is styled, promises to i'm
prove financial matters in those is
lands, but at the same time it may,
unless remedial legislation is enacted,
increase the extraordinary confusion
which has prevailed there for 30 years.
The story of the currency under Spar
ish rule is nightmare. Under Span
ish rule the only principle seems to
have been the exploitation of the is
lands and their people. This was done
with an ingenuity and thoroughness
which would make Tammany con-
tractor hold up his hands in admira-
ton. The result was drain of treas
ure which at times became positive
currency famine, says a Washington
report.
So strong has been the demand for
money at Manila that the rates of ex-
change between that city and Hong
Kong, Annoy, Foo Chow and Singapore,
the four ports with which it did the
largest business, have frequently been
1870, 1875 and 140. This enormous price
for cash has enabled cautious Euro
pean and Chinese merchants to sell
Manila cigars for less in the cities
named than what they cost upon pa
per at the factory. The continual flow
of treasure from the Philippines to
Spain brought the Spanish peso or dol
lar in to disuse, so that while the none
tary unit of the Filipinos is the peso
or Spanish dollar, 1t may be questioned
If one of the coins is in circulation in
the far east.
In order to protect their coinage the
Manila cabinet passed law prohibit
ing the use of other coins and the i'm
porta ton of all Mexican dollars Of
modern make. This increased the face
value of the Spanish dollar, drove it
still further out of circulation, and
started an industry in the conversion
of new into old Mexican dollars.
From 1885 until the present time the
money drawers in Manila stores have
been more like numismatic cabinets
than receptacles for currency. The
most popular forms of money were
English bank notes and gold notes Of
the Hong-Kong and Shanghai corpor-
alton, Mexican dollars, American trade
dollars, chop dollars, which are Euro
pean or American coin that have been
chopped or hammered by Chinese
tradesmen into unwieldy silver coins,
Hong Kong and Singapore dollars, and
then the minor coinage of Mexico. Eng
land, the United States and France.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
CHINESE DUPLICITY.
NJ o ng Olians as n Rule Have But Little
Regard for the Keeping of
Their Word

A South Sea islander said of his ia ce,
"As soon as we open our mouths a
lie is born" The Chinese acknowl-
edge without shame the same of them
selves 1t may be true among west
ern nations that 1.-The affairs OF life
hinge upon confidence" but in the
east, especially in China. they hinge
upon suspicion. There are few Chi
nese who attach any importance to
keeping an engagement. Most of them
are like the man who, being accus ed
of breaking his promise. replied that
it was of no consequence, as he'could
make another just as good The Chi
nese say that one should never re-
fuse request in an abrupt manner;
on the contrary, he should grant
in form although with no intention
to do so in substance. put him off
till tomorrow and then until another
tomorrow. Thus you comfort his
heart" they say.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
TRUSTS IN FORMER DAYS.
, Ancient Times MonopoIists Cor
nered Food StufYs and Other
Products.

The cornering of foodstuffs by mon
rchs and their agents is said to have
cen the earliest form of trust that
yer existed aud as they had the power
% prevent any bear movement in OPP
POSITION their deals could not help be-
hg successful ones. accounts of such
transactions are to be found in Assyr-
hn records dating back 1000 or 5000
Fears; and the Bible describes a very
arge operation of this kind carried out
y Joseph, when, out of the wealth of
he seven fat years, he provided for tn
|overty of the seven lean ones. The
Romans did the same thing through
heir tax farmers, who laid embargoes
pm the food supplies of the provinces
against arrears of taxes, and the prob
bility is that similar operations were
llso conducted with regard to manu-
lecturers.
Another form of monopolies, known
S trade guilds, has existed from very
early times, and these, in the middle
lges, amounted practically to the cor
herring of certain arts and industries
s well as means of distribution. The
greatest of them was the famous
eague of the Hanse towns. So close
combine" was this that it possessed
! is own fleets Of armed merchantmen
|hnd even armies of mercenaries in or
Ter to guard its monopoly-a length to
which not even American capitalists
have yet ventured to proceed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
STARVED TO GET ANTIQUES.
That Was What an Aged Fren IN m
Did, Who Gave His Valued
Treasures to Paris.

An aged Frenchman in threadbare
clothes not only of the fashion but of
the actual production of the year
1860 dodgedIall his countrymen through
many years in Rome. A few of these
knew that his name was Auguste-Du-
TUT, and he was known to be so des-
perately stingy that the opinion
gained currency that he was rich.
Through an old woman servant some
prying people also ascertained that
the old man was starving himself to
death for the want of decent food but
that he could well afford to buy But
il took him long time to complete
the process; he was 90 years old when
at last he gave up the ghost-and he
had lived in Rome very much in this
way, seeing generations of his curl
Gus countrymen come and go, for 60
years. When at last he did die the fact
came out that he was multi-million-
aire-in francs-and had bequeathed
to the city of Paris, his native city, a
collection of pictures, medals, prints,
manuscripts, bibleors, books and other
JHIISS DIT O,UUU,OOU Vi lEdHtS,
says Harper's Weekly. And he
had given not only these things, but
money enough to install them, and
property enough to take care of them
and provide them with a curator and
custodian; and also large requests to
the city of Rouen, where his parents
came from, and to Marseilles, where
he had made most of his money. All
these unsuspecting years he had been
spending, spending at Rome, to amass
his collections, and saving, saving in
ordr that he might spend more largely.
He provides in his will that the mu-
scum which he bestows ON Paris shall
be freely accessible to all the people.
Therefore all Paris rings now with
the name of Auguste Dutiut of whom
it never heard before. But Paris won
ders at a temperament which led
man to live thus scorned, dies pissed, as
a miserable, self-torturing fool, for the
60 years that he spent in gathering
things together to add to its instruc,
ton and pleasure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
FIGHT AT CAPE HAYTI.
Experience OF the Crew of tie Bark
Alfalfa naa I'm June, as Related
by the Mate.

The mate of the bark ATLANTA views
with a large tolerance the caprices and
political whims of the people of the
queer ports in the Caribbean sea,
where he goes a-trading for dye-woods
and other products of the islands of
that sea. His knowledge of practical
politics as the game is played in Hayti
Is intimate and extensive, and he pro-
fesses to be one of the few living white
authorities on conditions in that black
peopled spot, says the New York Post
of recent date.
The Atalanta is lying at the pier on
the East river, where the cocoanut
schooners discharge, taking in cargo
for Porto Rican ports. Her dull-green
sides have been painted, but the bullet
marks can be seen, and the decks are
SCARED. She was in the harbor of
Cape Hayti on June 20, when there was
fighting in the town, and The Haytian
man-of-war bombarded the place. The
native soldiery ashore came down as
near the waters edge as they dared,
and let fly with their rifles to show
they weren't afraid. The warship had
taken strategic position outside the
bark, and some of the shots found
an unexpected billet. The mate sat
on the pier in the sun the other day
and told the story of his wrongs with
out passion or heat:
eve came from Port au Prince to
Cape Hayti on June 16. and lay in the
harbor for 16 days. There was trou-
bic in the town all the time. You could
hear 'em shootin' away at night, and
yellin', but Sunday was the great day
for 'em. Most of 'em would go to
church early in the morning, then
come out and fight or hold meetings
in the plaza the rest of the day.
Here's the way they would fight:
One gang would get around a corner
behind some building, and hold pow
WOW until they heard one of the gangs
they was against comm down the
street. Then they would rush out and
shoot, and YELL and scoot hellbent for
cover to get out of the way.
"There wasn't any laws, and every
body was soldier. One day there was
60 dead bodies lying in the streets. and
nobody would bury 'em. Somebody
threw some of the bodies in well that
was near by.
"On the last Sunday that we was
there, June 90. think it was, the war
ship bombarded the town. The cap
tain, the chief engineer and most of
the officers are young English fellows,
but the crew is niggers. We had 90
tons of dye wood on deck, and when
the bullets began TO fly we lay low un-
til it was all over. Afterwe got Loaded
the old man had to wait two days be-
fore he could get his clearance papers.
The custom house was closed, but all
the consuls got together and made the
big niger in command open up and
let us get away. Then we sneaked
away early in the morning"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
VALUE OF IRRIGATION.
Report of the agricultural Dephrt-
ment shows Its Importance
to Ea rming.

Interesting facts are set forth i'll the
third annual report of the irrigation
Investigations of the agricultural de-
partment experiment station. 1t is
shown that during the season an aver
age of 45-100 feet of water was turned
upon every irrigated acre, but large
part of this water was lost in transit
through seepage, especially in sandy
soil.
One of the most interesting features
of the report shows the value of the
crops grown for each acre foot of wa
ter used. They vary from $1.32 an
acre foot to SIZE an acre foot, water
| bringing the least return when used
on alfalfa and the largest return when
used in irrigating nursery stock. 1t
also was shown that crops which re-
| quire irrigation in the last half of the
| irrigation season have far greater
| value than those which require irriga-
| ton during the first half. the average
| value per acre of crops which have to
| be irrigated in the last half of the
season being $49.39 an acre, while crops
| which require irrigation only in the
| first half of the season have an aver
age value of only $17.S3 an acre, diff
ference of $31.56 an acre in favor Of
late crops.
Arid land crop conditions in central
Montana heretofore unknown to the
| department of agriculture were dis
covered in tour of inspection which
Elwood Mead, in charge of the irriga-
! tion work of the department, has just
completed. Mr.. Mead says that he
| found much larger areas of arid land
there with crops in successful growth
| on them than he had ever supposed
were possible. In a majority of the
| seasons, he says, crops can grow on
these tracts without any irrigation and
with very little water. The area in
volved is along the mountain slopes
| south and east of Great Falls, Mont.
The department of agriculture regards
the discovery Of these arid land condi-
tions as important, and cooperative
work will be undertaken by the gov
| eminent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
FATE OF BURR'S DAUGHTER
Facts Discovered which Show That
Woman Was Forced to Walk
the Plank by Pirates.

Mrs. s. r. p. Drake, of CO Beacon
street, Boston, tells story that sheds
some light on the mystery surrounding
the fate of Thodsia Burr, daughter of
Aaron Burr. Mrs. Drake is distantly
related to Burr on his mothers side,
and she says a story descended to her
from her grandmother to the effect
plank by pirates who captured the pi-
lot boat Patriot soon after its depar-
ture from Charleston, s. c., for New
York on December 30, 1912.
Mrs. Drake says her grandmothe r
was told by Mrs. Parks, the wife of a
Methodist minister, that an old sailor,
an inmate of the Cass county poor
house, Cassopolis, Mich, in 1850 had
said he helped tilt the plank that al
lowed Mrs. Aston miss Burr) to drop
into the ocean. The old pirate said
he was a sailor on the vessel that cap
tured the Patriot. Mrs. Drake says
that she went to Elizabeth City, N. C.,
to identify picture purporting TO be
Of Mrs. Aston. The portrait was In
the house of DR.. W. G. Pool and Mrs.
Drake says 1t was actually one OF
Aaron Burr's daughter.
According to DR.. POOLS daughter, the
picture was found in the cabin of the
abandoned pilot-boat that drifted
ashore at Nays Head, near Elizabeth
City, and was given to her father by a
woman patient. Mrs. Drake says the
picture is now owned by a Mrs. Over
man, of Elizabeth City.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
PUppY's RAPID GROWTH.
'vourH Mrs. Newly-Wed'G Bread
Dough and Becomes n BlOated
Mons r0sity.

A few months ago young man
40 is employed in one of the rail
ad Offices of this city bought very
hall pointer pup. The dog grew
eadily, but mainly in the head and
gs, having no body to speak of,
lates the Portland Oregonian. The
dy Of the household, like many
WHY married women, was making a
borough test of her husbands di-
Estive powers by baking bread for
e family. The pointer pup was now
king on the appearance of a genu-
e dog, and put in most of his time
oking for something to eat. He
|und just what he was looking for.
Mrs. NewlyWed had placed pan
pntaining three loaves in the state
dough under the kitchen stove
I'D had gone upstairs for a few min
tes. Like many new bread-makers,
ie was generous in the use of yeast,
nd her bread was usually lighter
ian j sponge. When she returned
be dough had been transferred from
be pan to The interior of the point
+, who was already showing signs
distress. The yeast was getting
it's deadly work, and gradually
be dogs body began to swell. The
bad, which had formerly been the
lost prominent feature of his make
p, was quite eclipsed beside the
|ursting body. The legs looked like
bothpicks supporting beer keg.
he poor pointer was now writhing
agony, and after several neighbors
|hd proposed various strenuous
beasures, an application of saleratus
Fater brought relief.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16

One of the chief industries of Swift
zerland is the care of pleasure seek
ers. There are 1,271 hotels exclusively
devoted to strangers, with 1888 beds
Twenty of these hotels have more
than 300 beds; $50 have between so and
100; $40 from 90 to so. Lucerne has
4,675 beds, Interlachen 4,149, Geneva
3,439, Davos 1916, Rigi 2,034, Zermatt
1883, etc. Counting the smaller pen
sions and more modest hotels, there
are 1896 places for strangers in add.
ton to the 1871 larger hotels, with
104, S76 beds. The capital invested is
over $110,000,000. The hotels employ
$1,000 persons. In 1889, the year of the
latest report, there were 2,559,000 ar
rivals registered at these hotels, which
correspondent to betweene 100000 and
100000 tourists. Tt is estimated that
"a per cent. were Germans, 20 per cent
Swiss, II per cent. English, II per cent
French and IS per cent of various 9th
er nations.--London Mail
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16

In the great crowd that gathered
to hear the presidents address was
one woman who plainly did not APP
preciate his homily on work as the
great American privilege and duty.
"Gosh!" she said with much en-
phasis, guess | didn't need t. come
here and stand around to know I
we've got to work. Got up an did
my washin', got to go home an get
supper. / know all ! need to about
work."-Springfeld (Mass.) Republi.
can.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
The German WIFE. Vacation

1t is common practice in Berlin for
the wife to stay at home when the bus-
band and family go TO the seaside. In
this way the wife enjoys her own Holt
day. For there is no housekeeping to
be done; she foregathers with friends
grass widows" like herself and
they take their meals at restaurants
and spend their afternoons and even
ings at popular places OF entertain
ment and thoroughly enjoy themselves.
London Express.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
Safe Railroad for Travellers.

On the Mexican National narrow
gauge railroad, from Corpus Christi
through Laredo to the City of Mexico
with its branches amounting to more
than 1000 miles of operated road, For
more than 20 years no passenger has
been killed. Yet this road climbs more
any road in the United States.-Chi
cago Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16

People are freezing TO death In
Samoa. After having seen picturs OF
some Of the Samoans, in full dress,
says the Chicago Record-Herald, we
are not surprised at their inability to
stand cold weather.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
Advice 10 king AIfon.o

King Alfonso wants to rebuild the
Spanish navy. All right, Alfey; re-
build it if you want to, hut, says the
Chicago Record-Her raid, when you have
ii rebuilt be careful that it shall never
get into a fight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
A MnteriaIIstic Age.

A pure white whale has been cap
tured near Barbados, but, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean, the news is ac-
companied by the brutally Materials
tic announcement that it yielded 100
barrels OF oil.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
pumpkIn pie, ANYWAY.

There may be slight shortage in
turkeys this year, but, says the Chica-
go Tribune, the pumpkin pie crop.
thanks to gracious providence, prom
Uses to be large and luscious.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16
A Clear Definition.
pa, what is "inertia p,

Papa, what is inertia?"
well, if have it, it is pure lazi-
ness, but if your mother has it, it is
nervous prostration."-Chieago Jour
nal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-16

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
WISCONSIN AT SAN DIEGO.

SAN DIEGO, March 2j-The battle
ship Wisconsin, George G.. Reiter COM
mander, arrived here this morning hay
ing steamed 10000 miles since leaving
Puget sound October IA. The ship is
anchored two miles off the Hotel del
Coronado. outside the harbOr. Captain
Reiter reports nothing of special inter-
est during the trip. The epidemic Of
measels which afflicted the men when
the ship left the sound continued two
or three months, preventing a landing
at several places. The Wisconsin left
Honolulu, December 18th and arrived
at Acapulco, Mexico on the 25th From
there she sailed to Callao, Valparaiso
and other places along the coast, stop
ping at Magdalena bay for target prac-
tice from the 18th to the 22d coming di-
rect from there to this place, AT Val
paraiso the ship received a visit from
the President of Chile and at Callao
from the President of Peru. Banquets
We're given on shore i'm honor of the Of
ficers at both places and the health Of
President Roosevelt was drunk. Captain
Reiter says that he has no idea how
long the ship will remain here, but it
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
NEW TRANSFORM MASTER

SAN FRANCISCO. March 2g.-The
new chief of the transport service be-
tween this city and Manila, Major @.
a. Devul. will not assume charge of the
Office until the list of next month. on
which day General Long win turn the
command over to him. Since his ar
rival here several days ago, Major De-
vol has been having a busy time Gem
eral Long is taking great pains to ac-
quaint his successor with all the de-
tails of the Office and also t0 show him
all the advantages which San Francisco
possesses for the proper handling of the
great fleet of white transports whose
sailings and arrivals have been a regu-
lar thing since the first fleet bearing the
volunteers cleared away I'm May 1898.
Yesterday General Long, Major Devol
and General Miller spent the afternoon
at the Union and Risdon Iron Works.
where many of the transports are re-
paired
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
DAVENPORT SEES DERELICT.

PORT TOWNSEND. March 21.-Cap-
tain Rosendall of the bark Kate Daven-
port, which arrived this morning from
Honolulu, reports that a dangerous
dereict is floating bottom up about
ninety miles west by south from Cape
Flattery, The unfortunate vessel is APP
parently a schooner about ninety feet
in length ana the bottom is copper
painted From the description Of the
derelict given by Captain Rosendall the
identity Of the vessel cannot be estab-
lished. Shipping men, however, think
that it is probably some sealer or per-
haps the little brig Blakeley. which left
Victoria January 18th, bound for Cocos
Island in search for the Peruvian treas
ure. She put to sea during a strong
southwest gale.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
TU0M TINE CONDOR

SAN FRANCISCO March Word
from Victoria o.. g., announces chat a
h0uy marked ~. NJ. 81. Condor" has
been found off Dead Tree Point. six
miles north of SkIdgato. There was
also white painted board with the
nHme "Altoyel8" in black letters. also
two cases of salmon, unmarked % white
ships boat. marked NAMES" and some
small wrnckaga. a bottle was also dis
covered at the same spot with "a hydro
graphic undated blank from the ship
LLL.Iunm.LiL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
ANDREW WEIGH LIRELED

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-H. C.
Lund, J. f. Clark, NJ /, Sullivan, c..
j. Hooper and Howard s. ByXbee, own
ers Of the American barkentine North
west, have libeled the bark Andrew
WEIGH to recover $1,000. The bin alleges
that on March 4th, while both vessels
were tied up at Oakland Long wharf
the Andrew WEIGH broke loose and
damaged the Northwest to the extent of
$1,000. The balance is for loss of freight
money which could have been earned
had the accident not happened.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
MOVEMENTS OLE SAILING VESSELS

on March y. the bark Kate Daven-
port reached Port Blakeley from Homo
lulu. The old brigantine Tanner made
quick passage from Honolulu to Port
Townsend. She arrived at the latter
port March p, 10 days from this port.
The ship Charles E. Moody, Captain
Rasmussen, sailed from Chemainus b.
c., for Adelaide via Port Townsend,
March %. The schooner Metha Nelson
arrived at Port Townsend March %
from MahukOna. The bark Antiope,
sailed from Oyster Bay for Honolulu,
March "A.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
TAKES THE PEKING.

Captain Robinson has been appoint
ed to the command of the Pacific Mail
steamship Picking. He succeeds Cap
tain Tremaine Smith, who goes East to
bring out the Siberia, of which he will
be commander
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
READY TO TEST THE METEOR.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-At the office
of the builders of the German Emper-
Ors yacht Meteor it was announced to-
day that the yacht will be ready to
leave her anchorage tomorrow. She
probably win be taken out by her cap
tain and designer for a ten-mile thrash
into the wind for the purpose of test
ing her sailing qualities
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05
HELENE WAS DELAYED.

Owing to heavy shipments of lumber,
the steamer Helene did not get away
for Maui and Hawaii ports, until 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05

Per S. 5. city of Picking, April 5, for
the Orent-Mrs. II. y. Greene, r. r..
PTenties and wife, Mrs. Weesener and
Miss Tall, q. Spencer NJ. Skate, G. II.
Thiki, X. Hiroyama Miss f. A. Parry.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-05

Departing, April ., Am. schr. Rosa
mond, Johnson, for san Francisco with
Is, S94 sacks sugar.