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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-09
SCIENTIFIC" MISTAKES

Above is found an account of the re.
cent ventilation agitation, which at
tempts to prove that bad air is heal.
thy, says the American Inventor. This
Is but one of many OF childhood's
teachings which the scientific men of
the present day aim to upset.
Twenty years ago oatmeal was
healthy food-brain and Drawn throve
on 1t, and the Scotch porridge was
much in evidence in maternal and pa.
ternal Illustrations OF the good of un.
sugared mush.
Today oatmeal every morning pro.
duces an acid stomach.
The last decade has seen more argu.
ments against the corset than were ey.
err raised against slavery. The corset
was an engine OF death and destruc.
ton, an enemy of the human race, an
inhuman torture cage for unborn gen.
erations. and-etc., etc!
Today an eminent French scientist
says corsets are healthy. necessary,
hygienic, everything that is beneficial.
Who has not been taught that to
read in bed was bad habit, lazy,
shftless"; and as a browning argu.
menl so bad for the eyes?"
Now German oculist says that to
read lying down about half the time
rests the eyes as nothing else will do.
and adduces whole string, of Latin
names for proofs.
"Never mind the bad taste of the
rain water, child; it's healthy" So
said uran'ma when you took a drink
from the cistern. Now rain water is
the worst thing to drink, because,
first, 1t is so pure 1t does not contain
the necessary acknowledgements
teria-killing organisms, and, secondly,
because 1t has washed out of the air so
many disease germs!
Alcohol used TO be poison; now it's
a food. Flies used to be scavengers;
now they are death.dealing vendors of
deadly microbes. Mosquitoes but
why multiply details! Science" is
continually contradictlng herself about
health and disease, and the text books
of yesterday are the lies of today; the
truths OF today the absurdities of to.
morrow.
With all of which no one has any
quarrel, except the man who knows
what words mean and where they
come from. He will say that as "sci
ence" means truth, knowledge facts,
etc, such assertions, which are liable
to change at any time and which are
founded on the most ephemeral of EN-.
piricism, have no right to the proud IT,
tie of scientific" facts, by wtch they
are heralded in press and text book.
But he is but one among the million
And the million is faithful to the press
and to science. So no one will be sur.
prised to be told that 1t is unwise to
dress warmly in winter, that draughts
are healthy that indigestion aids
brain development, and that opium
smoking is good tonic for invaded
old ladies'. Sic!
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-09
DIST RIBuToRS

take the check and place 1t in his
waistcoat pocket.
"A reporter tried to bring the mind
reader to the Tribune office yesterday.
Mr. tombstone looked as healthy as a
farmers boy. When told of the test
proposed his health began to fail. First
he wouldn't come for money.
Hundreds have offered me $1,000
bills II could tell the number Of the
bills he said. I always gave the mum
Der and refused the money
Where were these offers made?'
80. | don't remember exactly they
were so frequent
"'Can you name one town of the
hundred!
Let me see. think one place was
Appleton, Wisconsin. No, I'm not sure
of that, either
when II was suggested that the
matter of money be waived he pleaded
the absence from town of his mana.
ger, Gooding, and when that obstacle
was battered down with argument he
said he was too sick to work. While
he talked he grew worse, and when the
interview ended he looked as II he
needed doctors care. He said Good
ing had his hood and his bandages.
tombstone has made a good deal Of
money by his performances. He was
patronized by the Press Club and he
was taken up by the Union Club and
advantage. His last show was before
the Union Club. and the wealthy young
men of that organization were spell.
bound by his phenomenal feats OF
mind reading.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-09

the brow, up went the bandage and
the twinkling eyes peerlng out under
the gloves saw everything in the
room.
Now he said, look at this hood.
With a quick motion of his hands he
yanked the hood apart and drew the
outer cover over the reporters head.
The cloth was mohair and as transpar.
ent as the street wells women wear.
The committeeman took OFF the mohair
and tried on the outer hood. It was
thick broadcloth and as difficult to see
through as board.
All There Was to It.
wait cried the doctor. He pull.
ed the strings that secured the hood
around the neck, and To- the front
seam opened wide. That was all there
was of it. The apparently supernat.
ural feat of mind reading became as
simple as the commonest parlor trick.
There was nothing occult about It,
Anybody can be a p. Alexander John.
stone so long as the sideshow draws
crowds and green goods are for sale.
"I have been led to expose this
rhis man 4, unsoatino tho fo,,h 81 ,ha
neo,Io pisbon was as bod I'M, M
,yors, ,hon Joh,,,o, ~, .,,,,,,,o
cd ,bot tho i,,o,Iioon, ,,,nIbo, MO-, .,
the world who saw him drive through
the strets and pick out the name In
tho reoister were talon 4, eo oosiI,
eyamined tbis hood ot Central Nus,c
Han and found n was do;,hIe aid
not have an onnor,unitv m loci, for tho
anerture hu, I am conf,den, have ra.
nroduced tho garment be wore wbon
saw him. when he tested the An.
ditorium committees be made ono of
rbe members trace the route before be
left,
so did that, said Dr Rut,or and
I want IN toll vou something In sop.
nection with n Wben We drove over
tho route arst We went IN Noproo
street made n mistake whom I trac.
cd and draw "two and one.ba,r hlool,s
north " instead of three and one.balf
That throw him off and although I
kent NV mind 6rmIv 6ved on Monroe
street and no claimed IN read NV
thouqbts he turned on Adams street
That was what drst made me susni.
cious,
".He watched the tracing tbroupb
Tho anerture in the inner hood, Dr
GatcbeII continued .Tben ba made
me suspicious.'
|
tho anerture in tho inner hood, mr.
lGatcbeI, continued oTbep be made
the committee trace the mama and
date chosen in tho Grand Pacific uo.
tel and he was ready. Did Won notice
how he droye9 He stoou with his hack
bent and his bead thrust forward He
could SEQ In tho broad light os the aft.
ernoon every bit as well as Won can
and. Won could have driven az he did
When he reached the hotel he asked
In he sent IN n room He remained
there alone for five minutes and when
He said he needed fresh air. Maybe
ne did, but the coincidence is strange
that the office of the Grand Pacific
Hotel Is so dark that one cannot read
in II through a mohair mask. When
he had turned the leaves to the date
August 25, with his eyes close to the
book as ! held mine, he found the
name y. G. Butler Jr., which had been
selected for the test, and wrote it on
a piece OF paper
| In In min at
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-09

September IL will be the two hun
dred and nineteenth anniversary of the
Introduction Of coffee to civilization by
John Sobieski, who found large guam
titles of the berry in the camp of the
Turks when he and his 10000 Poles
drove them away from Vienna in 1858.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-09

The latest Richmond in the field" OF
mind reading is Paul Alexander John.
stone, formerly of Chicago, but lately
a resident OF st. Paul. He shows self
possession by attempting feats tried
only by those who have had consider
able experience. His most notable per
formances have thus far been given in
Chicago. First, he successfully &C.
complished as he claims, the feat of
driving, blindfolded so as to be wholly
unable to see through the streets from
one hotel to another: then, still blind
folded he found in a register page
thought Of by a committee, finishing
the test" by writing the name, After
wards, he gave an entertainment in
Central Music Hall in that city where
he opened a combination safe which
had been loaned by the proprietors OF
a prominent hotel, Only two persons,
it Is declared, knew the combination OF
the safe, one of them being Johnstone's
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
Andy Carnegie's Dream Of a Merger Of Nations

was the greatest event of the nineteenth
century. 1t is by that conference that
the nineteenth century will live in history,
but In the twentieth century what is more
natural, rational and obviously necessa
than for two alliances to shake hands in
peace league. which, beginning with a
standstill of ornaments and a guara nte e
of status quo, would proceed to organize
the European continent. 80
If the federation were on the lines OF
the American; constitut ion each state
would keep its language, laws and consti-
ton, and each develop it's national pat
riotism to the; utmost without any fear
that such love for the fatherland would
lead to war, fer all Europe would have But
one fleet, one army, and the whole
strength of the mighty federation woull
be a guarantee Of the rights of the small
est and weakest of the federated states.
'And in those days Britain, like a dear
old mother, would seek the shelter and
protection Of the arms Of her mighty
sons, the United States. " s.,.
washington stands midway between
San Francisco and London, marked by
providence as the coming head and cen
Tor of raco
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
The Situation in Tammany Seems to Be Mixed

q .# !. .
Richard Croker is not now, and never
will be again, the leader Of Tammany
Hail." So said an insider in the Tammany
Organization. 1.-THE idea that Croker is
still in control of Tammany, and that he
will return in few, months to resume his
old position as active head Of the organ
ization," he continued, "is being cults
waited in the newspapers by the agents OF
three political interests, namely: the re-
publican party, the Sheehan democracy
and the Tammany faction headed by John
F. Carroll. These interests assert, day
after day, that Croker Is the seat of au-
thority, and that the committee OF three
is simply acting under his authority I'M
til he shall choose to return to- take open
command Their motives are obvious. BY
pretending that Crokerism is re- estab-
lished Carroll hopes that he can grasp the
reins sof leadership, and the republicans
and sheehan hope that the decentralization
in Tammany will be Increased. I tell
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
Here's Where They'd Like Much to Eat You

The Bishop Of British New Guiana has
authorized the publication in the London
press Of a statement showing that the
worst element with which he has to con-
tend in his African diocese Is cannibalism.
He declares that even the children in the
mission schools during the intervals be-
tween lessons play at being participants
In a cannibal feast and perform the
dances which, accompany that awful prac-
, tice. In February, 1901, two white dig
gers were killed and eaten, and two
months later the missionary named James
Chalmers, q. white assistant and twelve
natives met a similar fate. Later in the
year great raid occurred on the Waria
river, when twenty persons were MUIR
dered and devoured. Similar cases on
smaller scale are constantly occurring.
The area is SO large and the government
stan so small that it is impossible to mete
out punishment to the guilty parties. The
natives, however, says that Bishop, are
Intelligent, and often thoroughly ashamed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31

Of themselves when their fatal outbursts
are over. y E@
The statement continues: The Church OF
England mission las European staff Of
twenty-six, and four trained hospital
nurses on the ground. Over $4,000 natives
come under their immediate control, and
1000 children attend the fifteen schools.
Unfortunately there are cases of lapses
back into cannibalism Considerable
trouble Is caused" by a tribe in the Dutch
territory, which is constantly making
raids The Dutch administration does not
seem to trouble itself much about the
matter. One district, twenty miles east
Of the boundary, has been depopulated
In British New Guiana the returns have
been getting smaller every year. Prob
ably the output of gold has shown an in
crease, for there~are now quite 200 seat
tered diggers living in tents on the fields
British New Guiana is ready for settlers
If the federal government would give ad-
yantageOus terms. - -, .s,sss.r ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
German Movement Against ConventionaIism

with all his heart and soul that it is a
happy semblance of the old ard new
which defines form, creed or the usual
conventionalities. Window decorators
vie with each other to create secessionist
effects New buildings are erected not IN
the old Norman. the Grecian or modern
architectural, but in the ''secessionist,' .
style. Coachmen sit upon their boxes In
secessiorist costumes. The hookstalls5 are
filled to oyer!owing with ''Ueberbrettl''
poems and other literary products.
Secessionism is no passing fad or whin
1t has its roots in the reaction against
the royal iniunctionsl and voices the pro-
tests of a certain school against the So
called sycoohants who are pictured as
willing to follow every beck and sugges-
ton Of the kaiser. stif1e their Individual
ity and create 'Siegesallees," memorial
monuments dedicated to the great rulers
of the Prussian dynasty and the German
empire, and In every way bend the mod
ern currents Of art to the sovereign will.
For 1t Is well known that Kaiser William
is at heart hitter against the secessionist
craze and will not give his patronage or
approval to anything that bears the traces
Of this so-called disease. ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
800 sefssN4
vaal would mean anew rebellion in Cape
l.QlOQy.
Cape Colony. as n Grown Colony.

y
Cape Colony as nsGrown e:Dlony.95.
Downing street istgreatly rerturbed and
on the authority Of a&cabtnet M mister 1t
is asserted that the government win in
all probabilitv administer Cape Colony as
crown colony under he most rigid mill.
SO, the. safeguarding sof the colony from
possible fresh5out break from Irreconcila-
BILE Beers. This, aessi sfS -it,is feared, will
rouse intplacable 4 hnstitItv at the cape,
but is regarded as the last resort.
The plans of the goyeEnment>as outlined
by this cabinet minister show that the
governnent%ls considering the advisability
Of following the policy laid down by Cecil
Rhodes when he urged that the whole
of the British Possessions in South Africa
should be controlled from the seat of i'm
perial government at London, and that all
form of, colonial government should be
even In minor matters, to
the dictates of the leaderssin England.
Cecil Rhodes was a strong advocate. of an
system he was allowed to- carry out in
Rhodesia will now be used in Cape Col
ony. ,, 3s.s - s3 a. ..g.
: The real dif1cultysaof the situation lies
in the fact that the Beers, who have often
been forced out Of their country by the
advancing hosts Of Europeans, had here
tofore been able to trek northward and
still keep their independence. This they
cannot now do, and they must either hold
their Independence or else become a sub
jugated people, @hat ted by the Uitlanders,
who have dispossessed them and receiv-
Ing an equal measure Sof hate. r.
In DIR. smart's Resignation.
y Furthermore In connection with the
resignation Of Dr.. J.sW. Smart, commits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
Hungarians Want independence and
Some Austrians Would Take the
Whole Country to Germany.
The Two Governments CHARGE Bad
Faith and Commercial Interests
Urge Separation. +.

The emperor king, exercising his re-
served rights in Austria, has prolonged
the agreement by an imperial fiat from
year to year,it being understood, in def
erence to Hungarian wishes, that the
sanction of the Vienna reichsrath would
ultimately be secured. - E ". {
Bound up with the ausgleich dispute is
a sharp difference growing out of the
negotiations for autonomous customs, and
here the answer is made by Austria that
Hungary is trying to "hold up her part
ner by a policy of procrastination.
All this is perhaps not more alarming
than what happened before when the aus
gleich had been renewed But now for
the first time do the two governments
gravely charge one another with bad faith.
Now for the first time do the leading
journals and the principal commercial or
CARNATIONS of both countries boldly as
sert that no further concessions can be
made and that commercial separation is
preferable to the existing distraction and
uncertainty. ..' - ~ n - .>'%-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31

London, May 31.-Andrew Carnegie
says: -.,
The anticipation of my most sanguine
moments are being more than realized.
No imagination can picture the progress
of the United: States. We shall ere $long
equal the whole population of Europe
and the empire of business is Com
pared with that empire, what is the i'm
perial realm which England Is vainly
attempting to strengthen by conquest?
The empire of business pays its way
and blesses both friend and foe, whereas
there never was a war yet that paid it's
expenses. What about the Philippines?
That's coming all right. We shall get
out of that coil of trouble" ~ zE-'ti. -
Then, entering upon a forecast of Eu-
ropes future, he said: --.... .. :,
THE time Is not distant when men at
the head of the two great alliances which
divide and dominate Europe will realize
the fact that they thrive and gain more
by combination than by competition.
Think what merger that will be when,
let's say, the kaiser, acting for the drei-
bund, negotiates a great union with the
ear and the French republic.
The Hague conference in my thinking,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31

Vienna May 31.-In both Austria and
Hungary there are strong parties anxious
to destroy the dual monarchy.
In Hungary there is the party that seeks
independence on the Kossuth model. In
Austria Is the party that would make the
whole country part Of the German en-
pire. -, *s
Many sober minded observers believe
that only the popularity of the emperor
king prevents a great collapse of the
Austro- Hungarian system. Be this as it
may, the present strained relations be-
tween Vienna and Budapest do not bode
we'll for the partnership after the hand
OF Francis Joseph will have been with
drawn. '. 49,.
In consequence of the long block OF
Austrian parliamentary business due to
the interminable quarrel as to what shall
be the official language of Bohemia, the
renewal Of the ausgleich between Aus
tria and Hungary has been suspended for
several years. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31

Berlin. May 31.-Berlin is afflicted with
new malady known as Secession" 1t
As encountered in all the newly opened
spring art exhibitions, in the private
kunst salons, in the very latest musings
Of the German spring poet and in fact in
all branches of the fine arts. There are
scores Of fantastic theaters known as
''UeberbrettI', and Secession" theaters.
Brilliant playwrights and dramatists dip
their pens in the virus and abandon old
standards. Every artist. dramatist, poet,
literary man or woman who has grudge
Joins the ranks of the "Secessionists'' and
joins in the clamor against convention
atty, against so called sycophancy
against the classic, and couvinces him
self that Secession" Is a synonym for a
new renaissance in German art, literature
and the drama
But the n1alady does not confne itself
to the fine arts. Il Is met on the boule-
wards, where pale Young men with long
hair and overdressed women parade in
the unnistakable secession garb. Dress
makers. tailors, jewelers., the halter and
indeed all tradesmen are afflicted with it.
For the simon pure secessionist believes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31

you, however, that even if he attempts
to return to his old leadership he win be
opposed and prevented. Even many Of
those who have been his most loyal
friends realize that his restoration to his
old place is impossible. Croker has lost
control of the powerful Irish vote. The
Irish will not follow man who makes his
home in England and lives like an English
lord Of the manor. The committee Of
three, it is true, is a temporary affair.
and will last only until a true leader is
developed. Tammany can be we'll ruled
only by one man To put three at the
head of its affairs is opposed to all Of it,
traditions. But the man to develop az
leader will not be Croker. He will still
possess influence, of course, but will never
again rule the organization as OF DID, -
These words possess large interest as rep.
resenting an inside view of the Tammany
situation that has received no expressions
in the local newspapers,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
stoner of public works. from the Cans Col

i . -
sioner of public works, from the CaAe Col
|ony cabinet, which was announced from
Cape Town yesterday, an interesting side
light%on the difficulties likely to confront
the British administrators Of South At
RIGA after the conclusion of peace is fur
fnishea by an article which WHY be pub
lished in to-day''s Empire Review the
editor Of which claims to have exceptional
sources of information. "a ,E. E.gE
The writer Of the article. points out that
Cape Colony: will present most serious
problem after the close Of hostilities:
The province. which is nominally self
governing is now deprived OF eonstitu-
tlon,; is under military law and is honey
conlbed with disloyalty from end to end
The writer declares, further, that II an
attempt is made to restore the constitu-
tion the Afrikander bund surely will
dominate the political situation and cam
paign speeches will fan the existing race
hatred to worse state than before or
during the war: II s3E.,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31

Special: to The Journal
New York. May 81. - Rich men, or
women, who 'choo-choo through the
streets at a death rate speed have leaped
into sudden popular hatred that has gone
from mind to mind like a contagion.
The result is that there is bitter out
break OF war between automobiles and
non automobiles. which includes every
thing from a tally-ho to a pedestrian.
There have been too many Killings by the
machines for New York to bear quietly.
-Four persons were killed last week and
the more or less serious lnjuring Of more
than ten was reported in the same; time.
The newspapers printed letter from one
excited citizen who suggested seriously
that pedestrians should arm themselves
with Winchester rifles and fire on reck-
less chaffeurs. In one of the prettiest
suburbs of New York the inha bit ants met
the other night and agreed to drive out,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
LIES Realities as They Appear to Rich and Poor

New York May 31.-The other day the
churning of a tugs propeller brought to
view the body Of popular little Kathleen
Flanagan who, it was feared, had been
kidnapped. 49, ! -. 80 + 50.
+ 3 Within five minutes, more than 5000
ieople had rushed down the streets lead
ing to the river front and almost, that
many formed silent procession behind
the patrol wagon that took the body to
the police station house. ;s::
s$, On the sane day there was funeral
from Fifth avenue and Fifty first street
Herman Oelrich' IS. house +. The body of a
pet parrot was taken sol nnly to- the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-31
The Last of the Descendants Of powhattan Gone

New York.. May 31.-Evans Bradby, last
of the line in direct descent frome-th
mighty king Of the Seneca Indians, Pow
haitian. received Christian burial vest err
day. Several of his. race witnessed the
burial services Of the Baptist church, to
which he had been converted and Of which
he was "a devout member The service
was performed by Aiga Tahament, medi-
cine man of the Seneca tribe: Just be-
fore the beginning Of the service the In
dams filed in, and as they passed the cas-
ket they said one after the other:
Friend and fellow IS
With the Indians was Mrs. Harriet Max