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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01
rHINESE TROUBLES.

The courts will be asked to take a
hand in the fight between the cooks
union and the Chinese restaurants at
Minneapolis. Through his attorney
Wong Guy, proprietor of restaurant
applied for an injunction in the unlteo
states circuit court against the cooks
union. recurring the union to show
cause why it should not be restrained
from interfering with Wong Guy
business.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01

The Globe-W Elias
tic" Book Case is a system of
Units It is always complete
but never fuiahel-small enough
fog ten OF large enough for ten
Thousand booEs-uever too large
OF TOO small, but always just
right It can be enlarged or re-
duaed, moved and rearrauged
to suit an almost endless variety
OF books, spaces, tastes ana con-
ditions
Eacb Unit has a dust-proof
glass door, edged with felt, In
operation it swings upwards and
retires into a space over the
books where It is out of the way.
These doors act on roller bear
ings. and contain our celebrated
non binding and noiseless cush-
ion closing features, making a
door simple and easy to operate.
Il is the only one that does not
weaken the Unit or encroach up
on The book space. A strong and
most desir de point of advan-
tage 10 be considered by pur-
chasers is the ease with which
the door can be removed and re-
placed for the purpose of clean
ing. without requiring delicate
and intricate mechanical read
tuslmeAts or necessitating the
use Of tools.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01

EDWARD MAY FOR MAKAWELI.
The bark Edward May sailed last
evening for MakaweH to discharge sew
eral tons of freight for that port and
to get load of sugar for San Fran
cisco.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01
ON HAND
THE
FOLLOWING PLANTATION SHARES.

HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURAL CO.,
EVA, OAHU, WAIALUA, KAHUKU,
PIONEER MILL HAIKU, PAIA, KO-
LOA, McBRYDE, HAWAIIAN ST.
GAR, KEKAHA.
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uyADES TO RETURN

The s s. Hyades of the American
Hawaiian line will sail from San Fran
cisco for Honolulu May II, with gen
eral cargo of freight
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01
For Rent

Cottage on Emma Square, bedrooms,
parlor, dining room, pantry, kitchen and
bath Rent $40 per month. Apply to
Jas. f. Morgan, IS Queen street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01
ONE DAY COLD CURE.

Probably there are few remedies
that give better satisfaction than
our well-known A n IT, G ri p p e
T a b ! is. In cases of colds,
when you feel that you have it all
over your body" these tablets take
right hold and expel the cold germs,
and nip at the start an illness that
might be long protracted.
People would not send 5000 miles for
A n til grippe 7 a b lie t s
unless they had found them better than
anything else they had used But this
is just what they do. Here's the proof.
1716 n. Penn St., Indianapolis,
Indiana, October 10.
Hebron Drug Co.
Dear Sirs:
While in Honolulu last February /
purchased a bottle of your A n t / =
Grippe T. b lets and find
them the very best thing 1 ever tried
for a cold and grippe. Would like you
to send me two bottles for which en-
close stamps COCO and greatly oblige
MRS. H. F. WOOD.
If you are subject to colds you cannot
afford to be without them. They cure
cold in one day. Insist on having
ours because just the same" ism
Anti Grippe Ia b e is
PRICE 25c.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01
ARRIVING.

Friday, Mary ?.
Stmr. Mauna Loa, Simerson, for La
hama. Maalaea KOna and Kau ports,
due early in morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-01
JAS. F. MORGAN,
For Rent

Two story house in the Mccarthy
tract, Beretania street, between Piikoi
and Keeaumoku streets.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-04

tax for which the clerk would issue a
license to be signed by the mayor and
city treasurer. Not many merchants
came to the clerk and paid without
being urged and under directions of
the city council, / as city marshal
collected most of the tax for such bus
mess. During the last two or three
months before went out of office l
collected most of the tax due for that
year, and not being able to keep ac-
counts, being wholly uneducated, L
got mixed and confused in the bust
ness and sometimes did not turn over
the money to the city treasurer for
sometime after making the collection.
When / collected money | would go
to Mr.. Wheatley get the license and
deliver the same to the party and gen.
orally turn the money had collected
over to the treasurer, but sometimes
l neglected to do so. Once or twice
Mr.. Wheatley handed me money that
had been paid to him together with
the license. The license to be deliv-
cred by me to the tax payer and the
money to the treasurer.
After my term of office had expired
and Mr.. Wheatley had resigned and
moved to Galena, the mayor and coun-
Gil fOund that some of the money had
not been paid to the city treasurer,
and Mr.. Wheatley was called upon to
make the same good.
He came to me and called my atten-
tion to the matter and we both re-
membered that l had received the
different amounts of money in queS-
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responsible for all sums col
lected upon any matters bear
ing his receipts until the same
was in the hands of the treas
urer. Mr.. Wheatley thereupon
paid all the money he had on
hand at the time over to the
city, and afterwards paid the
balance. He then went to Mr..
G. G. Lees, who was the city
marshal, and who made these
collections, explaining to Mr..
Lees the situation, and Mr.. Lees
informed him that he had got
his accounts considerably mix
ed up, and had failed, no doubt,
to turn over to the city these
amounts, acknowledging that
he had made the collections
and delivered Mr.. Wheatley's
receipts. Mr.. Lees then gave
his note to Mr.. Wheatley for
$40, which note was dated Oct.
5, 1893 and reads as follows:
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which did not belong to him.
When presented the matter
to him, he did not at any time
attempt to deny having re-
ceived the money and failed to
pay it over to the treasurer,
but gave me all the collateral
in his power to reimburse me
for the amount of the shortage.
In conclusion, l beg leave to
say that neither the city of Co
lumbus nor myself have suffer
ed by any action of Bob Lees,
and furthermore, 1 have the
consciousness of never having
for one moment willfully mis-
appropriated to my personal
use the money of the city of
Columbus, or of any individual
living or dead.
Looking back upon the mat
ter in the light of the present,
1 confess that 1 should have
used more care than 1 did.
However, I followed the usual
custom and the custom which
I think is general in smaller
towns. / should have more
carefully checked up the Ii
censes and receipts with the
treasurer's books, but as 1 was
at that time very busy rushing
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ley's own statement of this af-
fair, we addressed him a letter
requesting that he give us a
personal statement. His reply
is as follows:
Galena, Kan, Mar. 26, 1902.
EDITOR COLUMBUS ADVOCATE,
Columbus, Kan.
DEAR SIR:
Replying to your favor of re-
cent date, which came during
my absence in another part of
the district, l beg leave to give
you the following statement:
Titled the office of city clerk
of the city of Columbus from
January to July, 1893, taking
the unexpired term of Mr.. E.
L. Burton, then my law part
ner, when he moved to Scam
mon. L kept the Office about
six months and then moved
to Galena. My salary was $40
per month. This amount not
being sufficient for even the
limited necessities of those
days, was at all times active
ly occupied in rustling collec-
tons and attending to the bus
mess of clients. The then city
marshal, c. G. Lees, was acting
as a sort of public collector
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for a very meager livelihood, l
feel that my generous fellow
citizens will find some excuse
for this neglect.
Thanking you for your kind
ly personal interestin this mat
ter, | rem ain,
Yours truly,
G. w. WHEATLEY.
The above letter from Mr..
Wheatley is frank and fair, but
it seems to us that he voluntar-
lily takes upon himself more
criticism than is due him in
this transaction. The records
of the city council meetings of
Columbus at that time have
various references to instruct
ing the city marshal to make
collections of delinquent occu-
patton taxes, and look carefully
thatnopersons liable for license
under the ordinance, be allow
ed to escape, thus by implica-
ton making the marshal the
official collector for these mat
tiers. 1t was natural that Mr..
Wheatley, coming fresh into
the office, and being present
when the honorable council
discussed these matters as be-
ing in the province of the mar
shal's duties, that he should
look upon the marshal as the
proper and legal instrument to
make such collection; that he
had full confidence in Mr. Lees,
and still has confidence in his
honest intentions, is shown by
the above letter.
But these statements of Mr..
Wheatley need not be left to
stand by themselves. When
these charges were made two
years ago, Mr.. Wheatley's
friends hunted up Mr.. Lees
and he made an affidavit. This
affidavit was generally circula-
ted throughout Cherokee coun-
ty, but does not seem to have
reached other, parts of the dis
trict. The affidavit is as fol-
lows:
Having been informed that certain
persons are charging G. w. Wheatley
with having Incorporated funds be-
longing to the City of Columbus, Kan
sas, while he was city clerk Of said
city desire to make the following
statement: / was City Marshal Of
that city from 1891 to 1898 and during
a short period Of said time G.. w.
wheatley was city clerk. 1t was the
duty of the merchants and Others
wanting to do business to 60 to the
city clerk and pay him the occupation
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were found, raising the total to
$3.50, which Mr.. Wheatley
paid to the city. He then
went to Mr.. Lees in company
with c. A. Mcneil, and Mr..
Lees gave him a new note for
the last amount, secured by a
chattel mortgage on his house
hold goods and cow. This sec
ond note was given in lieu of
the first note above quoted, but
the first note was not destroyed
and was recently found among
some old papers of Mr.. Wheat
ley's. It's discovery was mere
ly accidental, and it's existence
had passed from the mind of
Mr.. Wheatley. Mr.. Lees paid
the last note in installments,
one of which amounted to $50
and resulted from the sale of
the cow which was included in
the chattel mortgage. When
the last installment of the prin-
cipal, amounting to So was
paid, Mr.. Wheatley delivered
the note and mortgage to Mr..
Lees and gave him the interest
which the face of the note call
ed for. This ended the transac-
ton. Mr.. Lees had had the
use of the money originally, he
had paid Mr.. Wheatley, and
Mr.. Wheatley had repaid the
city of Columbus. Thus no
one had lost a penny, and the
incident should, and, but for
the animosity of politics, for
the injustice of human nature
and the ingenuity and small
mindedness of envious and
jealous persons, would have
been closed. This is the true
and complete record of all
these transactions, and shows
upon what a flimsy and un-
stable pretense this violent and
long continued attack upon the
character of just and honor
able citizen stands.
We present herewith a fac
sinile of the note which Mr..
Lees gave in settlement of the
first determined sum of the
shortage. The note an mort
gage for the finally determined
sum was, we regret to say,
destroyed by Mr.. Lees after
its surrender by Mr.. Wheatley.
But fortunately, for the vindi-
cation of right and justice, the
first note was not destroyed.
Desiring to have Mr.. Wheat
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IOT CIlc ClCI N OlICC. dSSCPI-
ed the situation as | found it,
and was very glad to have the
marshal relieve me to the ex-
tent of punching up the delin-
quents on occupation taxes,
watching the streets for viola
tons of the license ordinance,
and in all instances when he
reported that delinquent was
ready to pay, or that someone
was ready to pay license for
some purpose, l issued nay re-
ceipt in the name which he
gave, delivered the receipt to
him, supposing of course that
he would collect the money
and turn it over to the treasur-
er. My recollection also is, al
though ten years is a good
while to remember definitely
all the little occurrences of
every day life, that l turned
to him also certain small sums
which had been paid to me in
my office for him to deliver to
the city treasurer. 1 thought
nothing of this, and supposed
that all of the city's money had
been properly accounted for
until sometime after my re-
moval to Galena, when 1 was
informed that certain of my re-
ceipts were outstanding and
that the money therefor had
never been received by the
treasurer. L found upon in
vestigation that this was true,
and being personally liable for
these collections, 1 Immediately
arranged to pay the sums as
certained to be due over to the
city, and did so. 1 then saw
Mr.. Lees, and he did not dis
pute having collected this
money. He gave me a note
and a mortgage for the amount
1 had paid to the city, and af-
forwards paid the note in small
installments until it was final
ly discharged. The amount of
the discrepancy was about
500. Mr.. Lees was a poor
man with a large family. L
did not believe then and do not
believe now that he inten-
tionally Incorporated this
money. but / think he got this
money mixed up with the fees
and other matters of his own,
and did not keep proper mem
orandum of the collections
and in this way did not realize
that he was using money
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have, by an overwhelming ma
jority, honored Geo. w. Wheat
ley by endorsing him as ltheil
choice for Congressman. Prior
to this, the people of his repre-
sentative district had sent him
to represent them in the state
legislature, which position ne
filled with honor to himself and
credit to his constituency. Two
years ago, the republicans OF
the Third Congressional dis
trict nominated Mr.. Wheatley
for Congress. Immediately at
ter his nomination, a bitter and
vindictive fight was inaugural
ed against him by citizens OF
Cherokee county. What the
animus of these personal at
tacks were, does not concern
the public. Suffice it to say that
the attacks were made and
embodied in charges rejecting
upon the personal integrity OF
Mr.. Wheatley, and calculated
to inspire the belief that he had
violated public trust in ap-
propriating money belonging
to the city of Columbus to his
own use, while acting for a
short term as city clerk OF the
city of Columbus. The friends
of Mr.. Wheatley in Cherokee
county Immediately disproved
these statements to the entire
satisfaction of the republicans
Of this county, but they failed
to realize that such charges
have much more effect away
from home than at home, where
the real life and every day walk
of the accused is known; that
while here at home, his friends
might be in touch with each
other, and could readily dispel
charges founded in untruth, at
a distance this condition did
not prevail. Character is a very
sensitive thing, and the person
who assails the reputation OF
another is usually sure OF a
much more wide and general
audience than he who defends.
Detraction flys on rapid wings.
Defense travels at a snaips pace.
Suffice it to say that the people
of Cherokee county Investigate
ed these charges, found that
they were utterly false and UNI
true, and let the matter drop,
supposing that their conclu-
sions would be the general SEN
timent of the district.
Mr.. Wheatley was defeated.
Two years have passed by, and
again Cherokee county in con-
vention assembled, upon a vote
of 1913 against 81 Endorsed and
exonerated Mr.. Wheatley, al
lowing him the unusual privi-
lege of selecting the delegates
to represent this county in both
state and congressional con-
ventions, and by their resolu-
tions declaring him innocent
of any wrong doing, and an
nouncing their confidence in
him.
At the primaries held in
Cherokee county, over 1000
republicans attended andvoted.
The response was emphatic
and even his most virulent en-
emies should have accepted it
as final. But, notwith stand
ing this, we find a newspaper
printed at Arkansas City in
the western end of the district,
printing pages of matter, reit-
Grating these old and exploded
charges, sending thousands of
copies into Cherokee and adj
joining counties, the only pur-
pose of this being to defeat Mr..
Wheatley for denomination be-
fore the Congressional con-
vention. The vindictiveness
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ty, to the further end that JUS
tice may be done to Mr.. Wheat
lev, and that all persons may
have the facts as they are
known to those who have ex-
iamined the records and aft
davits which we herewith pre-
sent.
These charges. summed up,
are that Mr.. Wheatley, while
city clerk of the city of Column
bus, from January to July, 1893,
having been appointed to fill
out the unexpired term of his
law partner, E. L.. Burton, who
removed to Scammon, Kansas,
collected certain occupation
and license taxes, and certain
sums for the sale of cemetery
lots, and appropriated the same
to his own use, these sums
amounting in all to the neigh
! borhood of 500, and running
in amounts of from 80 cents to
$3.50. These in brief, were the
charges made.
These are the facts
When Mr.. Wheatley took the
office of city clerk after the
resignation of his law part
ner, he was a young lawyer,
his practice consisting princi-
pally of collections through
out the country, and such
small litigations as a young
lawyer usually has. The sal
airy of the city clerk was $40
per month. Mr.. Wheatley
found that the usual custom
had been for the city marshal
to collect the various sums due
for occupation tax and Ii
censes, procure the receipts
and deposit the money with
the city treasurer. Every
one knows that this is the
usual custom in all small
towns. The marshal being
the highest salaried officer,and
being upon the streets at all
times, is naturally the collect
or for the city, hence, Mr..
Wheatley being busy much of
the time with matters pertain
taing to his law practice, and
giving but little attention or
thought to more than the cler-
ical part of the clerks duties,
issued licenses and receipts at
the request of the marshal, de-
livered the same to him for col
lection, and dismissed the mat
ter from his mind supposing
of course that the marshal had
made the collections, deliver
ed the license or receipts and
turned the money into the
treasury. Sometimes, as it
appears by the statement of
the then marshal, Mr.: Wheat
ley also delivered to him sums
which had been paid to him
directly in the city clerks
office, to be deposited by him,
the city marshal, with the city
treasurer. At the end of the
six months, during which time
the marshal had collected up
wards of 81 900 in the manner
above specified, Mr.. Wheatley
removed to Galena. Some
time after his removal, he was
advised that certain licenses
and receipts which were issued
over his signature as city clerk,
were in the hands of mer-
chants, but the treasurer's re-
cord did not show that he had
received the money for which
the licenses were given. Mr..
Wheatley at once went to Co
lumbus and made investiga-
ton of the matter. He found
that this was true and ascer-
tanned that the probable sum
of these shortages were about
$40. He also upon investiga-
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UlOIl dllu MI. w Ilcdulcy WdlluCu UliuO
should settle with him for the short
age caused by neglect. did not have
the money to settle with him and so
told him would do so just as soon
and as fast as | was able. He then
paid all for which license or receipts
had been issued to the city for me and
| gave him chattle mortgage on all
my personal property to secure him
and also gave note therefor. The
amount of which was somewhere be-
tween ninety and hundred dollars.
Mr.. Wheatley and Mr.. Mcneil then
came to Weir City where | was and
were both present when l signed both
the note and mortgage. Mr.. Mcneil
was then police judge of Columbus,
and lived at Weir City working at
one of the smelters. The note l gave
Mr.. Wheatley finally paid, mostly
out of my pension. In fairness to Mr..
Wheatley who treated me right in
this matter, l desire to say that he
never in any way misappropriated one
cent of the city'S fund, and the fault
and blame should rest on me. L am
and was poor man with large fam
lily to support, and unintentionally
got into this trouble, but do not want
good friend and an innocent man
to suffer. The money form the sale
of two or three cemetery lots was in
cluded in the above amount which L
paid back to Mr.. Wheatley. This
statement is the same as the one here
tofore made by me but which was not
sworn to.
make this statement with full
knowledge of what it contains and for
no pay or reward and with no hope
or promise of pay or reward, but that
an innocent man may not be held to
blame.
now live on a farm in Dallas coun-
ty, Missouri.
@. G.. LEES.
STATE OF MISSOURI
Jasper County
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3Oth day of March, 1900.
J. Rinehart, Justice of the Peace
for Joplin Township, Jasper County,
Missouri.
Witness to signature of
]. RINEHART, J. P. and c. G.. LEES.
G. A. MCNEIL,
Z. j. KELLEY.
The affidavit was particular
ly destructive of the charges
made against Mr.. Wheatley, so
his enemies procured another
affidavit in which they sought
to show that Mr.. Lees made
this affidavit while he was un-
der the influence of liquor. To
show the falsity of this state
ment, the Justice of the Peace
before whom the affidavit was
made, made the following GER
tificate:
Webb City, Mo-, April Is, 1900.
I hereby certify that as justice OF
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| A Plain, Honest Statement. !

SSS9SSS 9SSS 49, SS8S Is Is
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-10
THE HINDoo TWINS.
They Were Separated by Surgeon in
Paris

They We're Separated by Surgeon in
Paris,
For7, February o.. The uindoo Twins,
Radica aud pordina, who were united
10 manner similar to tho samose
twins who were exhibited throughout tdY
world, were separated this Afternoon by
Or poyon, The operation las,ed twenty
minutes and was entirely spccesslu' Bu,
owing to the weak condition az the ps.
tlents. due 20 the illness OF one Of the
twins, who has been suffering from thrush.
the FINAL result Of the operation IS sull
doubtful,
The membrane connecting the twins con.
tanned three arteries and the patients lost
between one ans two ounces Of blood Chc
only complaint they. made was tlcy fet
pain 10 tse membrane, They were very
weak and had some fever IT was reported
ot 20 O'Clock tbst both were sleeping
quietly II is reported thar cenematograp pa
pictures OF various stages Of the operation
were taken
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A SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
1oday's Weather:
Partly cloudy
DOMESTIC.
Partly cloudy


sio0oo,00o IRE occurred at Paterson.
N. j. The humber OF dwellings and apart.
ment houses destroyed was 800, This does
not include business blocks.
Eiberton, en-, suffered loss estimated
at 100000 by FIRE.
The Empire hotel Mt st. Louis was de-
stroyed by Gre. Twelve persons were burn
ed and several injured.
The Cook county democracy en- route 70
Charleston, s. c., was entertained at Char
iotte. n. c.
At blind tiger nenr Ducktown, Tenn,
in a difficulty Joe Weaver killed Vest Stapp
and fatally wounded man by the name
OF Wilson.
Young Theodore Rooseyelts condition Is
not regarded as alarming.
4 hre that destroyed property TO the
amount of $4,000 ana burned the county
records occurred At scottsyille Ky.
Fourteen lo'pita patients we're the 20.
suit Of n $4,000 IRE "a Brooklyn.
File destroyed the piur and docks at the
Lehigh Valley Rolnoud company. entatt
Ing loss. Il Guiding the damage to ship
ping. OF 100000.