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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07
LAUNCH DESTROYED
When the Engineer Struck Match He
Was Blown Overheard.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

BEAUFORT, n. c.. September 6,-Nap.
tina launch Kitty Watts. owned and oper.
ated by the Beaufort. Morehead City and
;,coke Steamboat Company. was burned
and sunk at her dock at Ocracoks at :
o. clock Friday night. The boat Is a total
loss. The crew had all left her for an
hour. The engineer returned first. and on
opening the saloon door struck match.
There being a gasoline tank. It Is sup
posed an explosion occurred. blowing the
engineer overheard. He was rescued but
slightly injured
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07
IS Confident
OF CONVICTION

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07
Property Transfers.

Richmond: James Bahen and wife to
William D. Turner. II feet on north side
OF Hill Street. s6l5.
"A. st. Clax Butler and wife to Satler
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07

stated that while the cases are on trial
the hearing will be continued from early
morning until late at night. with just a
few recesSes as possible
While it is not generally known, 1t is
nevertheless a fact, that Mr.. Richardson
will appear against the six alleged
gamblers. at the request of Justice
Crutchfeld. his official duties not requir-
ing his presence in the Police Court
AS Commonwealth's Attorney it is the
duty of Mr.. Richardson to hold him
self in readiness to respond to any call
of the presiding judge of the Police
Court, but under ordinary circumstances
he does not practice in this court. and
1t is at the request of Justice John thak
he is manifesting such a lively interest
in the trials which come up next Thurs
day morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07
LAST WEEK OF CONCERTS
Programme of Music, and Where the
the Band VIII Play.


This Will be the last week Of the park
concerts by Iardella's band. The pro-
Era1nme will be as follows:
l. March-"Criterion'' Noelker
Q. Overture-.'Der Tambour der Garde'
Till.
8. CharacteristiQue Hale
4. Paraphrase- me, If all those
endea,ing young chaIms"-arr. by
John Baseler.
8. southern Plantation Songs
-Conterno
6. selection-''The Black Hussar''
Miiloeker
I. waltz-."The Serenade" ....... Herbert
S. "A Hunting .Bucalossi
9. "a Night in Berlin. .-...... Hartman
10. Gems from King Dodo'
Pixley and Luders
II. March-'"The Union Forever Scouton
Star Spangled Banner" and Dixie. .
The band will play at the following
Monday-chimborazo Park, $50 to 1880
Tuesday-Jererson Park $50 to 1880
wednesday-Gamble's Hill. $50 to 1880
P. NJ.
Thursday-Monroe Park, $50 to 1o:so
p. NJ
F'riday-Libby Hill, $50 to 1880 P. NJ.
Saturday-New Reservoir Park. 1880 to
$50 T. NJ,
There will be a final concert at Reser-
voir Park Monday. September 18th, from
4:3o TO $50 p. NJ.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-14

-
The many visitors who thronged The
Naval wharves yesterday to see the
record breaker, the Korea, had an un-
usual opportunity for observing Diff
ferent types of vessels. The giant Pa
giic Mail liner filled the wharf and
extended far beyond the outer end in
to the harbor, but the cruiser New
York, one of the smartest of her class
of war vessel, had ample room to berth
herself in the big wharf, and also to
permit the old style appearing French
bark Vincennes to berth alongside of
her and discharge COAL
"The Frenchman.' said naval
man, lis an old style appearing vessel,
but is thoroughly up-to-date as far as
facilities for handling cargo quickly
are concerned, yet the owners of that
& vessel have stuck to the old style OF
painting. At distance she looks,
with her painted ports, like an old sea
fighter of century back converted
into training ship, but close in
spection shows that the big black
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-14
sunk Condemns the aorimn IS. ,

hope no one will imagine for a
minute that l am associated with the
gang of "crimps" that have formed the
sailors trust" said Frank Turk, the
shipping master, yesterday, for I am
not / carry on legitimate business.
and captains recognize it as such. NV
business is an agent to secure men for
a captain. | ask a Reasonable fee. and
get the men. do not have any board
ing house, and do not NEEDLE with adj
vance money paid to the men / secure.
My financial relations are with the
shippers only" Turk has taken a
strong stand against the crimps. He
thinks they should go by the board
and that legitimate shipping masters
should be allowed to conduct their bus.
mess without the interference OF the
DULLES who represent the boarding
house gang. Turks ideas are those o.
most captains who desire to get COCO
sailors, and not drunks who have beer
fed on swipes for a month or more be
fore being taken aboard ship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-14
IF WAR SHOULD OCCUR
KOREA WOULD BE HANDY
But Painted Ports of French Bark Hide no
Guns and She Is Useless as
Fighter.
THE KOREA.

painted square ports are not ports at
all, but simply put on there for effect.
The Frenchman dearly loved the old
style of sea fighter, and to this day
wishes his sailing vessels to look like
them. 1t is very seldom, however, that
one of these vessels can be seen. In
the old days those craft were the bull
warks of nation as far as war at
sea was concerned. Today they are
useless in war times.
Everyone knows the fighting capa-
bilitfes of the New York. She has
proved herself, and is good for many
smart naval fights yet. but she con-
trasts strangely with the giant mail
liner. The cruiser is three hundred
and eighty-four feet in length on the
water line, while the mail steamer Is
572 feet in length Then the steamer
also has much larger bulk above the
water line than the cruiser.
People overlook the fact that such
monsters as the Korea, staunch, speedy
and sailing under the American flag
mean a great deal to the United
States. Suppose a great war, more
enormous than the world has ever
seen, should break out with the yellow
races. If the United States wished to
hurl few thousand men across the
Pacific in the quickest possible time
coming Siberia would be of an i'm
mense advantage to us. Then owing tt
her speed, the vessel would make q
good dispatch boat Capable of carry.
ing more than 1000 tons of cargo, how
many rounds of ammunition do yor
think could be slowed away in the hold
of that vessel? Why, enough ammuni
ton would go in there to supply &
whole army for several campaigns
One item concerning the Korea wa.
noticeable to all. Although the vesse
| carried over thousand people, Will
the exception of the money spent by
cabin passengers, very little will bt
left in Honolulu. Inc warship along
side of her will leave some Sic, 0Ol
here. but the Chinese crew and pas
sengers of the Korea have no oppor
tunity to come ashore here to spen,
money. Their wages are too insight
ieant, anyway, to amount to much.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-14
KOREA A FLOATING CITY
ON THE BOUNDLESS PACIFIC
A Census Would Show 1900 People Under
Dictatorship of Mayor Seabury
and Other Officers.

town, or in other words, they cared
nothing for you.
I wandered around in the city many
hours. l found the mayors office on
the cosy upper portion of the sky
scraper. He treated me kindly and
made references to records" At the
time l thought that he referred to the
ancient records of this peculiar city,
but later found that he meant some
thing very different. In fact 1 half
suspected that he had moved the town
from place to place rapidly to escape
turning over his taxes to the county
government
I visited the bakeries, the cold
storage plant, the immense power
plant in the lower portion of the town,
and l even saw men shoveling coal
right out of an entrance to a mine and
piling it in red hot furnaces. All OF
the workers seemed to be Asiatics, and
l found that no One among the white
population, except the officials, worked
In the town. 1 found little place
labelled "Purser," and inside a cosy
Office there was a man who had rec
ord of all the vast amount of provis-
ions used in the town, of all its towns
people, and of all the workmen. He
had in addition to their names q
/ ages a complete description of every
! body. / left it, thinking that | had
wandered into the police station of the
town by mistake.
1 wandered into the saloon, or bar,
| and found men drinking, just the same
, as in most any other town, and,
| strange to say, they were not talking
politics. The men I noticed seemed to
| be wealthy enough to afford to drink.
| l had seen a great deal / thought
I had learned of model city. Then
tried to make my way out of the town.
1t was long walk, but 1 finally found
myself brushing past United States
customs officer.
| Fine town." said /.
You're FULL he promptly respond
ed. that's a modern ocean liner. It's
the record-breaking Korea"
I went back to the end of the wharf
and sat down on a capstan. Finally
/ [ figured it out that the world must be
changing fast.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-14
(The Creamery


A realistic dream!
20, this is not a bad little town.
am the mayor. Suppose you know
that. We have about 1900 people re-
siding here at present. OF course, VIC
don't have any people in the town who
have a grudge against their chief
magistrate, because our population
changes every week or so and if there
are any dissatisfied ones they disap-
pear as soon as this town is .moored'
alongside another town.
If Captain Seabury, of the Korea,
as mayor, had made this statement
he would have been speaking the truth,
and if the skipper had taken his Wis
itor around the town there would be
many sights for him to see, and it
would require long time for the CITY
of Korea" has many homes crowded
into her.
A visitor finds the Weather class of
people of the ''City of Korea installed
! in magnificent little homes in the main
portion of the vessel, residences con-
shutting one great sky-scraper that
extends from a depth of about 80 feet
below the sea level to heighth of
about forty feet above water The
| modern sky-scraper idea of the big
cities has been closely adopted by
! the townspeople of Korea and
lists for their town is a social settle
ment. Everything in the matter of
! food is the same for all-of the
Weather class-as they pool their
money in the hands of the big company
that owns Korea and that concern
feeds them and cares for them for a
certain stipulated time, even providing
servants, a band, and many other lit
tie luxuries.
But half hours walk away from
| the Weather section takes one along
little narrow streets, across long, broad
promenades, down over steel terraces,
and finally to the section of the city
where hundreds of Japs and Chinese
have temporarily taken up their abode
AS one walks through the streets here
he sees no gardens. Everywhere all
| available room is covered with mats,
and Asiatics of high and low degree,
OF wealth and of poverty, are encamp-
ed. They told me that it was a healthy
eases have broken out within its con-
fines. / went through this Chinatown
of the city at a late hour at night
and l can assure you that the sights
were many. To be true there were nc
dives, but those who were not sleepins
on their mats gathered around gam
bling, for the Chinatown of Korea
is yeritable Monte Carlo You could
bet money up to any amount you wish
ed, and three little dice, after a merr!
canter around the interior Of a little
cup and saucer arrangement, would
; show you that Inc Chinaman had won
You Won occasionally, but these win
, nings could not possibly offset wha
you lost.
f The Chinese children, especially tn
| little girls, seemed as much fnterestet
| in you as they did in the steel funnel
: that rose from the great furnaces tha
provide heat, power and light for ii,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27
.CRUZAN AND
HIS ORTHODOXY
FORMER HILO MINISTER ACCUSED
OF TOO LIBERAL VIEWS YEARS
AGO, HAS NOW ADMITTED THEM

The Rev. j. A. Cruzan, former pastor
of a Hilo church, who is reported to
have left the Congregational church to
become a Unitarian was said some
years ago to have drifted beyond the
orthodoxy of the church of which he
was a pastor, and in 1897 his resignation
as a Congregational minister was de-
manded. The Rev. Cruzan was then
in Berkeley and was about to be in
stalled as pastor of the North Berkeley
Congregational church. Charges of
unorthodoXy were made against him
and a board of ministers was appoint
ed to try him
The Rev. Cruzan was examined at
great length in the Berkeley church, as
to his belief in God, in Jesus Christ, in
the Trinity and the Resurrection, but
after listening to his REPLIES the three
ministers appointed 60 conduct the eX-
animation decided that his views We're
consistent with the doctrines of Con-
gregationalism, and he was duly in
stalled as pastor of the church. Short
ly afterwards he was called to Hilo
The minister has now written to the
Bay Association of Congregational
Ministers, of San Francisco. Oakland,
Alameda and Berkeley, asking that his
name be stricken from the roll of the
association. This has been done, and
| it is reported that he is about to en-
: roll himself as IA minister of the Unita-
rian church.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27
HAWAIIAN
FORESTRY
HEAD OF BUREAU PINCHOTT
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER HOMO
LULU-WILL RETCRN.

Godfrey Pinchott, head of the fOres-
try bureau, now on his way back to
Washington fro mthe Philippines, pre-
diets a splendid future for Hawaiian
forestry. promises to himself to make
lengthy stay here next summer and
thinks that there will be little trouble
about getting a forester regularly ap-
pointed for this territory.
Mr.. Pinchott left Paris for the Phil
ippines last October and is now re-
turning in haste to Washington to look
after the congressional appropriations
for his department. Yesterday even
ing, after landing from the Maru, he
surprised George r. Carter, a close per-
sonal friend and college mate of his, by
his arrival. Early this morning Mr..
Carter took the forestry expert up Nu-
uanu valley and Tantdlus, later calling
for Commissioner of Forestry Wray
Taylor with whom the tour of the city
was continued, including a visit to the
Bishop Museum.
Mr.. Pinchotts friend and fellow pas
senger Mr.. Seymour was ciceroned
over the same route by Albert f. Judd.
Both Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Judd, both
Yale men, with A. l.. G. Atkinson, ac-
companied the visitors down to the
boat and left at the last moment.
Mr.. Pinchott is enthusiastic about
hawaii. over IN the HnlllpplneS, ne
| says with cholera and disease, the
conditions are at present anything but
hopeful, but here in Honolulu you are
entirely up to date, with the latest of
your requirements, the cable, just ar
rived. Honolulu is a magnificent city,
far beyond my expectations, and l am
confident there is a great future before
her.
81 have got to get back to look after
my appropriation now, but next sum-
mer will see me down here with the
| determination to make a lengthy trip
over all the islands. Forestry develop
ments here should be attended with
great success. My glances this morn
! ing have been the most cursory, but
! they have opened many avenues of in
terest which l hope to follow up. 1 dc
not think there should be much trouble
in getting a permanent forester here
Mr. Pinchott asked for lot of data
which will be supplied by Commission
er Wray Taylor as soon as they can be
|arranged. The expert asked many
questions which Will be answered more
fully by Wray Taylor through the
| mail,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27
SUMNER ON
THE STAND
TELLS OF THE $4S,OOO HE HAD
LEFT AFTER HE PAID THE
CHILDREN"

The trial of the John X Sumner case
was on before Judge De Bolt this
morning, and Sumner himself took the
stand as the first witness. The mo-
tions which stood in the way were dis
posed of yesterday that of Magoon &
Peters to have Humphreys, Thompson
and watson stricken from the record
as counsel being withdrawn. with a
promise that the question will be rails
ed again. There was a lot more acri-
moniOus discussion, and counsel were
reprimanded by the judge. The law
yers showed up in more ceremoniOus
and polite mood this morning, but they
were none the less aggressive and con
slant objections made the taking of
testimony slow.
Sumner was called to the stand by T.
McCants Stewart, attorney for Bishop
Gulstan, whose petition to resign as
trustee for Sumner brought the case to
an issue. Stewart wanted to prove by
Sumner simply that the bishop had ac-
, cepted the trust and carried it on, but
| when MagoOu began cross examining
the old man a wide field of inquiry was
developed, and it appeared that Sumner
was in for long period on the stand
AS before, he appeared to have a fair
memory of what had taken place re-
garding his estate.
What was turned over to you?" ask
ed Magoon, after Sumner had testified
that his property had been turned over
to him by Bishop Gulstan, on the au-
thority of the court
Money" said the witness.
How much?"
'Forty-eight thousand dollars"
Just $4S, ,000?'
mo, there was $4S 025"
Sumner said that he went to Bishops
bank with the money, with Magoon,
and that the 900 was what was left
after he had paid "the children" money.
He said that the check was handed by
| Bishop Gulstan to Magoon. Magoon
asked what Sumner did with the check
when it was handed to him.
| I'VE object to the question:" said
Humphreys. ''The testimony of the
witness is that the check was not hand
ed to him but to Mr.. MagOon."
The objection was sustained and af-
| ter further questioning Sumner said
I'VE went to Bishops bank and stay
ed there till Mr.. Damon came, and 1
passed the check to him to have it kept
| for me-" This is the check the pay
ment of which was promptly stopped
by the Ellis heirs and was refused be-
fore they stopped it, it is alleged, be-
| cause it was deposited to be withdrawn
only with the approval of Magoon.
Sumner said that in the interview
with the bishop Magoon told the later
that he had better send for one of his
own attorneys, so that matters might
I be Strengthened out properly. The
bishop said it was only an unnecessary
expense. He asked Magoon to draw up
a deed conveying all the trust property
to Sumner and Magoon did so. When
the deed was presented, however the
bishop said he didn't want to sign it.
| The testimony was only brought out
after much argument over objections, In
which Stewart, Humphreys, Magoon
and Thompson took part. Davis and
Peters We're also present, but did not
| do much talking.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27

PAID

The Equitable Life Assurance Asso-
citation has paid over to Cecil Brown.
administrator of the estate of the late
d. .B. Smith, the sum OF $29 609.SS, being
the amount of a life insurance policy
held by the deceased, with costs of
court and interest since an action waA
begun here to recover the sum. This
is the satisfaction of judgment in
case which was appealed from the Su-
preme Court of Hawaii 10 the Supreme
Court of the United States, the Terri
tOrial court being sustained.
The payment of Smiths policy mere
was contested because a demanl On
the company had been made at New
York by relatives of the deceased, dld
the company feared that it might have
to pay twice. The local claimant was
a daughter of the deceased. The judS-
ment of the court was for $26,S24.9S.
with $719.10 costs of court and $2,O65.S0
interest, which money has now ali been
paid over and satisfaction of Judgment
was filed today.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27
IS SENT TO THE
APOSTOLIC
DELEGATE DEL
May Result in a Delegate Being
Sent Here as TO the
Philippines, and Cuba, Other
Changes,

Another memorial has been sent
away by local Catholics, having to do
with the changes expected as a result
of the retirement of Bishop Gulstan.
The matter of changing the status OF
the local church to meet the new con-
ditions of Americansm, which has
been discussed here before, forms the
subject of communication addressed
TO Archbishop Falconi, the Papil Dele
gate to the United States, whose head
quarters are at Washington, ID. G.
The petition may result, it is sta ted,
in the sending of delegate to Hawai-.
as was done in the case of both the
Philippines and cuba, to investigate
the conditions and make recommen1d-
tiOns for the future. Archbishop Cha
pelle was sent to the Philippines
The change from a missionary jIriS-
diCtiOn to that of a regular Catholic
diocese is a possibility of the future
and mag be a subject Of investigation
by the expected delegate
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-27
A NEW QUESTION
IN INSURANCE
SUPREME COURT DECIDES A DE-
LICATE PROBLEM AS TO VALUE
OF A CONDEMNED BUILDING.

An important and interesting decision
was rendered yesterday by the Su
preme court in one of the many cases
growing out of the losses of insured
property in the great Chinatown fire of
January 20, 1900. The case was that of
d. L. Akwai VS.. the Royal Insurance
Company, in which the defendant re-
fused to pay a policy of $1,000 on "a
Chinatown policy, because, as was
claimed, the building destroyed was
valueless, having been condemned by
the Board of Health as an infected
building.
THE question is so novel;" says the
court in AN opinion by Chief Justice
Frear, that naturally no cases have
been found by counsel on either side
directly in point, and so the arguments
have been those of principle and ana
lOgy." The resolutions of the Board
of Health were passed just before the
building was unintentionally destroyed
and few people knew of such resolu-
tions, hence, it is argued, the building
had a sale value anyhow, aside from
its value in view of the consideration
that the condemnation might have been
legally opposed.
The court says: These resolutions
were made without giving the plaintiff
an opportunity to be heard and he was
never notified by the board of their ac-
ton. No order was given for carrying
out the resolution. Meanwhile the fire
already in progress got beyond the con-
troll of the fire department which had IT
in charge, and spread to plaintiffs
building, which was burned at about
two o'clock in the afternoon"
The owner was not bound anyhow
says the decision by the resolution of
the Board of Health declaring the
building infected, as he still had a right
to be heard AN incendiary or a mob
might have resolved the same thing,
but, however probable it might be that
the resolution would be carried out it
could not affect the right to recover on
the policy.
"The case Is likened to that of horse
with the glanders, which, it is contend
ed, can have no value in the eye of the
law. This comparison does not hold.
BY hypothesis in the case of the horse,
| it had the ganders, while in the pre-
sent case, the question as to whether
the building was infected, or how much
| II was infected, is one of the questions
at issue" The resolution declaring the
building TO be infected and nuisance
might have been contested and the
boards decision opposed successfully.
| Again, If the horse had the glanders it
would surely die, but if the building
was infected might it not be disinfect-
ed? Need it be destroyed? And even
! if the Board of Health had resolved
after inspection that the horse had
CCnntinued An ma pe five