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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14
SUICIDE AND TERROR
IN |W|LEI DISTRICT
Drunken Soldiers Indulge in Free
Fight and Then Wreck
a Saloon.

the police that a man with whom she
had been living had driven her 20 des-
peration by his aboninable and inhu-
man treatment 81 her. The police are
Investigating the matter thoroughly.
the case being placed in the hands 80
Chester Doyle. ON account % his Ia
miliartty with the lauEuag. and habits
Of the japanese people.
\ corpn@r's jury was cmpanelled last
night and after viewing tn. remains
where they las. adjourned until noon
today. when am Inquest viii be- held.
Hardly an hour after ItO's death 4
biz r0W was in progress i'm the fwiiei
saloon. almost next door to the house
in which the suicide took place. \
number % soldiers entered the saloon
and after while commenced fighting
among themselves. Soon glasses and
bottles were dying in all directions and
the fixtures Of the saloon were wrecked.
even the doors being smashed. There
were over thirty soldiers fighting al
one time amid the widest confusion.
black eyes and bloody noses being dis
tributcd pirutifuiiy among the crowd.
Several mounted patrolmen arrived
on the scene and after considerable
trouble succeeded in dispensing the mob
Of soldiers. two of whom. however.
were placed under arrest and sent -
the police station on the patrol wagon. |
From seven Co ten o'clock last night
bands 0f drunken soldiers assiduOusiy /
sought trouble Ia the purIieus OF IWi-
lei. They had money. and wanted To-
get rid OF "a. After consuming nearly
all the beer In the district they Wis
tied many shacks In the ne!ghbOrhOod.
\ soldier rushed out Of a house and
yelled out that n Japanese had robbed
him. Instantly a number OF his COM
rades started in To- avenge the alleged
wrong and the inhabitants OF the house
we're forced 20 barricadc the doors and
windows To save themselves from the
drunken fury Of the soldiers. The po-
Ice charged down on the crowd and "a
couple OF the offenders were trans
ported to headquarters
Similar scenes were enacted all along
he line and many Japanese. both men
md women. fed from the place in ter
ror and proceeded TO town. All the
AVAILABLE policemen were stationed at
iwileI and Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth
himself. who was called TO the district
p investigate the case OF suicide. was
~ impressed by the serious aspect OF
Affairs that he remained at the scene
n the disorder until after midnight.
Many soldiers, Win clothing torn tOI
,ieces. and stupefied with liquor. slept
~ night In the alleys. on the verandas
II the houses. and wherever they
,hanced to staKger and fall down.
Last night l. G. Ables notified the
'Olice that his horse and buggy had
'een stolen by two sailors. The ami
nal was valued at $500. and up to an
arly hour this morning had not been {
ecovered- Shortly before midnight in +:
ormation was received at the police
tatiOn that another horse and buggy ,
iad been stolen. this time from I'm front
Z the Hawaiian Hotel
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

Information was received that Coles
Filipino friend had about 200 rifles con-
ccalcd In his house. Cole. with others.
we're ordered TO locate them. The Fill
lpiu0 denied that there were any arms
concealed on his premises. and the
searchers found nothing. While Cole
was going through one Of the rooms he
turned about. upon hearing n sound In
the adjoining room. just in time TO
observe his amigo In the act OF max
ing toward him with q kecn-edged bOlO.
The alarm was given. the Filipino Sc
cured and the bOio taken from him.
and the weapon Is now on Its way TO
the mainland in the possession OF Cole.
we had 20 give the Filipino the
water cure" said the ex-soidler. That
ala the work and caused him TO tell
a. where the rifles could be found. They
were taken from their hiding place and
carried 20 headquarters"
Cole originally went with his battal-
lon directly 90 Taku. China. from San
Francisco. and accompanied an expedi-
ton IN which was the Fifteenth In
fantry. n battalion % the Fourteenth
Infantry and "A squadron OF the Sixth
Cavalry. The expedition went only a
''-ti@ beyond Tlen-Tsin. the gates %
seEla having beer forced several days
5-srr- their arrival Next TO the ar
.grry command vas the French reEi-
rent On which DTeyfus was once an
,fficcr.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14
ROTH IS TENNIS
CHAMP|O
Az T.. ROTH OF the Pacific Ten
" mis- club is the tennis chan


pion OF the Hawaiian Islaads
earning that coveted distinction yes
I terday By vanquishinG F. c. Atherton.
who has held the title and trophy of
championship for the last two years.
\ great crowd saw the game played
on the Pacific courts and the fences
We're lined with spectators while nu-
m,rous carriages were drawn up out
side the club enclosure. The score was
s-1. 2-6. Sc. IS. 6-1 The first set
was all Roth's. but IN the next two
sets Atherton outplayed this years fl
naiiist. The fourth set was the best
Of all and practically decided the re-
suit OF the match. In the fifth and
final set Roth started out very conf
IDENTIFY and was soon serving his best
and swiftest balls. which came a little
too fast for Atherton. who was clearly
nonplussed by his opponents magnih-
cent service.
When Roth could get the play at the
net ne won and the same is true Of
AthertOn. In the last set. however.
Atherton could not get TO the net once
TO his antagonists three times. and this
told the tale. After the match the
handsome silver cup was presented to
the winner by f. A. Ross. president OF
the Hawaiian Tennis Association.
Entries for the mems doubles closed
yesterday afternoon and the draw took
place last night. resulting as follows:
DR. II. Bickner CBD and {. G. Bockus
CB) ~. J. waterhouse P) and d.
Howard Hitchcock P); a. II. Cunha
(BD and 4. NJ. NOVEL; CB) W. 8. G.
Wilder D'D and I. :. Dillingham; (P); |
=. II. Harrion CB.) and c. l. Girvin
tRJ ~. NJ. \. Cheek tB) and d. w. |
Anderson OBJ. F. W. GrimwOod and |
". Macfarlane rs. W. =. Roth and w !
F. Dillingham; PD: +. \. Motifs /
OED and Il. l. Marx CsD ". c. \. Els
ton CB) and l.. &. King OBJ: q. II. |
Cooke G'.J and W. II. Babbitt (P.) vs.. |
II. c. Carter CBD and o. Lansing OBJ. !
The preliminary and first rounds OF
the doubles VIII be played this after
noon. the time and place OF the games
being as follows:
Pacific Courts: At p. m.-Blcknen
and Bockus vs. Waterhouse and Hitch
,ock. Cunha and NOVEL; vs. Wilder
md Dillingham;.
beretanla courts AT ! p u--Harfi J.
'ou and Girvin -. Cheek and Ander-
ION: Grimwood and MaCfarlane vs..
Roth and Dillingham;.
The above are all preliminary round
;ames and at p. III. the first round
will Toe played. the draw being as foI-
ows:
Pacific Courts: The winners Of the
waterhouse- Hitchcock
-ame - the winners of the Cunha-
lowell Wilder Dillingham; game.
E-retauia Courts. The winners OF
~ Harrison-Girviu Cheek-Aadersoo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

REIGN OF terror prevailed iH
~ the Gwilei district last night
~ due to the presence of.a large
number Of soldiers from the
transport Buford. who descended upon
the suburb and struck fear and dis
may into the hearts OF the Oriental
I~nissns.
= About $50 p. IN. the patrol wagon
I~xAa TO ply between the police sta
tion and the notorious district and be-
fore ~ o'clock the accommodations at
the Jail were strained to the utmost.
The earlier arrests were mostly for
drunkenness. but about T:s0 p. IN. word
was teIephoned Co Deputy sheriff Chill
iinrvorth that a japanese woman
named Ito had been found dead in a
two-story shack. with a bullet wound
in her breast
The Deputy Sheriff at once proceed
~a 10 the house. which IL situated on
the wslkiki side % the read leading 10
the CID stockade. and opposite the rice
mill Upstairs he found the body OF a
woman lying on The matted floor. In
her right breast was a bullet wound
and close by her side lay a revolver.
in the chamber Of which Vas an empty
cartridge
Near the body was found an empty
bottle which. from. the odor which pro-
cceded from II. had contained carbOiIc
acid- A blanket lying on the floor vas
also partly saturated with acid and the
wOsas's hands and lips were Scared /
with great burns. showing conciuslveIy
that In taking her life she had used
two powerful agents.
From the position OF the body the
woman had probably committed the
act while In a sitting posture and had
fred the shot prior to taking the poi
son. for the bullet wound could hardly
have caused death so quickly. The re-
vOlver. which was 3e-caiiber. was
new weapon
lite was well known to the frequent
~ and considerably taller than the av-
erase of her countrywomen. Since May
she has been aiIins and for a time
lived In Honolulu. Recently. however.
she has occupied the room where last
night she was found dead. She was al
most the sole occupant OF the upper
story of the house. the rooms ON either
side OF hers being vacant.
The japanese In the neighborh00d
appeared To be- surprised that Ito had
killed herself and professed 10 be un-
abIe to give a reason for her action.
One Of her friends. however. informed
B . . . o = 3 . o q - D.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

less that every member of the COM
pany was summoned on Friday evening
10 the company room in the Drill Shed.
where BARRIERS We're in attendance.
Every man was subjected to hair
cut. the result being that the back of
every mans head was well trimmed,
and presented on parade the next day
a regularity which was noticed by the
Artillery officers who were the judges
of the competition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14
THE excellence Of drill displayed b.

THE excellence OF drill displayed by
r Company at ;he prize compe-
titlon drill last Saturday has given
rise to some discussion as to the ad-
visibility OF sending the company TO
the ST Louis Exposition. II being un-
derstOod that a mobilization OF militia
cOmpanies-one from each state and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

lions. Captain Johnson is of the opin-
ion that hill has been introduced in
Congress providing for such a mobili-
zation of troops, and that the success
which F Company has attained will
cause that company to be selected as
the one to represent Hawaii.
Captain Johnson bad an eye trained
to the smallest details in Saturdays
drill. and he was so anxious that the
inspection of the men should be flaw
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

1200-Miss NJ. Hart.
1S01-Mrs. G. A. Elston nee Hart.
Ladies' Doubles:
1Ss9-Miss G. Scott and Miss A. Hoff-
mar.
Mixed Doubles:
lSS9-Miss A. Hoffman and c. H. w.
Norton
l90I-Mr. and Mrs. Elston.
Mems Doubles:
1S95-W. F. Dillingham; and DIR. H
Howard.
IS96-w. F. Dillingham; and w. H.
Coney.
1S91-H. Waterhouse and w. II. Co
ney
1S9S-W. p. Roth and w Wight.
lS99-E. r. Adams and A. 4. Brock.
1900-E. X. Adams and A. Il. Brock.
19O1-E. r. Adams and A. T. Brock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

a. Lucas. charged with assault and
battery on J. Namann. car-driver.
was discharged in the District Court
yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

Captain Olsson has assumed charge |
of the tug Fearless.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-14

Read the Daily Advertiser: 7k cents
per month
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pIon OF the Hawailan IslandA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
7ENNESSELANS EIGHT HHISkEY.
A Strug gle tina Threatens the Political
EI,tnre Of Some Big Wen.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Feb. l4.-Develop-
ments have come thick and fast In tho
Tennessee political situation within the
past three or four days. and the politicians
are wondering where the anti-whiskey
fight will end. 1t is evident that the war
now being waged by the Tennessee anti
saloon league means the political doom
of at least half a dozen men who have been
leading In tennessee politics for several
years past.
The arti-saloon people have ooncentrated
their fight upon state Senator James j.
Bean OF Moore County. in he Fifth Con-
gress district. who Is a candle tie for Speaker
Of the lext Senate. If Mr.. Bean is elected
the ant'-saloon people feel that he will
appoiut committees which will result IN
the defeat Of measures that might WORK
to the detriment Of the whisHey traiio
In this State because he helped to Kill an
arti-liouor measure during the last Gem
eral Assembly. This is why they have gone
out aft, r his scalp.
Within the past week a dozen petitions
have been circulated in Mr.. Beams district
Senatorial and literally signed by persons
who say they will rot support him. He
is a Democrat, popular, and vet member
Of his party, under the pressure OF tle
opposirg il. Influence, have declared uey
will work against him. IT they carry out
their promise it his defeat. Ana
thai NGlll DIttth TIC pt'tDblf' VI ~ ~
semi-fricndly to the whiskey n.teresls'
Some time ago Mr.. Bean signed a pledge
To suppor the anti-liquor measures In the
next Legislature, but this does not sult
the auti-w hiskcy league.
More than ordinary interest attacfes
TO the result of the fight on Bean, because
he is the prospective successor TO CongresS-
man James u. Richardson OF the ruin
dist riot, leader of the Democratic mirorlty
in the lower house Of Congress. There has
been talk Of Mr.. Richardson succeeding
Senator William b. Bate, in which event
Mr.. Bean would be the strongest aVallaois
man for Congress.
The anti-saluon people are pushing the
work of organization and nave. succeeoeo
In forming leagues with a possible MEMBER
shin Of 10000. Wherever the c~andldhtetior
General Assembly are not outspoken agaihst
the liquor traffic the anti-crowd waE"s
fight, SO M the matter now stands many o.
tie politicians are falling in line and IL
is agreed bv the whiskey interests OF len
nessee that they have a hard proposition 20
face. There Is already a stringent Tour
mile law. which prohibits the sale OF nqC2r,
within four miles of a school house. Smah
Incorporated towns are excluded. The anti.
saloon people wish to secure the passage 81
q law granting the people OF the dhertnt
towns the right to vote out whlskey' i,s
has already been secured, however lor
towns with certain populations, but theJ
wish to extend II to the entire state.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16

you tell me u ye nave a dacent man locked
up here named Mr.. John Rooney? I'm
his neighbor. captain
I'm not the captain explained Dillon,
I'm only a sergeant. But we have such
a mar and you're the hundred and tenth
person who las called TO il quire about him.
well, Ell, is tn capt'in inf'
NO, ma'am: is there anything ] can do
for yoH.'
That's all, but / represent the captain
IN his absence
Sure and it's a captain yer ought to BE-
an that's no lie
well, what can | do for you
If We can let John out I'd be obliged
Cant do 1t, unless you get a bondsman,''
replied the sergeant. He was arrested
for intoxication,'
For whatf'
Getting drunk. I know he was tenn
perate for a year and all that, but he took
too much and low les locked up. Aiy
man who can be good for a year deserves
to be licked up q he goes to the bad
man has been good for a whole year, don't
yer think he's a right ter tip his hat ter tn
divil II he don't name ter stop an talk TO
ould Bee2lebub, as poor John dld?'
He stopped too long replied Dillon,
HE might have run away after saying
NhNNft my a'NS We"
him there"
Deed and It was, for ell cops arc divilsl'
retorted the woman as she made Tor the
door.
A man with a long beard was the next to
inquire for Rooney.
IF you are a relative Of Rooney's II
talk 10 you," said the sergeant. but II you
are not | have no time TO answer foolish
questions. Are you related TO him?'
We'll, " said the stranger, Il am a sort OF
relationship. You see the woman | mar
ried was a widow. She had a grown-up
daughter, and my father often visited my
house so he fell in love with my stepdaugh-
ter and that made my father my son-in-
law and my stepdaughter my mother and
they had a child who became my uncle and
my fathers brother-in-law, Tor he was tho
brother of my stepdaughter who was nus
mother and OF course also my ~grandchld
for he was the son of my daughter, and
Sec here" interrupted the sergeant,
.where does Rooney come in?'
That's what | was going to explain,
said the man with the beard. mir. Rooney
was the godfather of my grandson.
At this juncture a score Of men and
women appeared in single file and each
volunteered to furnish bail for Mr.. Rooney.
The sergeant selected Rooney's employer.
When The bone was made out the doorman
brought Rooney from his cell,
'Oh. Mr. Rooney exclaimed the crowd
as they hurried forward 10 shake hands
with him. how did il happen2'
well" said Rooney, I'm afeerd / emit
tell yez how it happened for It's worse than
asking a man why does a rope walk or a
horse fy. II was jist loike n Dootchman.
intinding TO write a book on painless suicide,
and loading n shotgun wild cocaine ter Kill
himself widout suffering amy pain. I'm
too much scattered now 70 concentrate
me attintion upon the subject
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
NEW rEILOW STONE GEYSER.
Freak In the Norris nasfn
-Cucumbers All Winter In the Park.

HELENA, Mon, Feb. i2.-Major John
Pitcher. U. S. A., superintendent OF the
Yellowstone National Park, reports that
last month the ice crew Of the Yellowstone
Park Association. in going from the Lower
Geyser basin 20 the new hotel as Norris
Geyser basin. discovered an entirely new
exhibition Of volcanic action on the Porce-
lain basin, and that 1t had been named
the Twentieth Century Gcyser.
II is situated $50 feet east Of the Constant
Geyser. Its crater Is 2s1l inches wide and
Al inches In length.
Its eruptions are similar 20 those OF the
Constant, and about six times greater In
volume. The length Of the eruptions vary
from eight TO eleven minutes ard are at
intervals Of from an hour and fifteen min
utes TO an hour and three-quarters.
The Norris Geyser basin has in tho last
twenty-five years presented a succession
Of annual surprises, the Twentieth Century
being one, In 1880 p. u. Norris gives an
account in one OF his reports Of a new
geyser, which he named the New Crater.
1t began in a mild form on the ridge
north OF the main road and steadily in
creased in activity until it was able TO blow
out all the soft material that had lodged
between vertical masses Of basalt and be-
zane a powerful double action geyser.
In 1880 a small steam vent began to at
tract attention, and for a year or two was
known as the Tea Kettle. Before there
Was a hotel at Norris, camping parties
cooked their food over this vent ard Warmed
their feet during cold weather on the hot
surface for a distance Of thirty feet around
this convenient out door kitchen.
In the course OF time. the Tea Kettle
became more noisy and was known as the
steam whistle; il became 80 powerful as
10 blow pots and kettles int the air and
with such violence that their owners had
70 hunt for them among the bushes north
OF the road and some we're never found.
One night the Tea Kettle n Steam
Whistle vanished and a seething caldron
Of white a-abastine paint occupied their
place This great paint pot il on the south
side OF the wagon road and may be seen
by every tourist passing through Norris
Geyser basin.
Some thirty or forty yards north Of this
paint pot and very near the Porcelain valley
there broke out an Insignificant sizzler-so
named because OF its action. For two
years IL made a noise resembling that OF a
frying pan. but during the winter OF 1885,
II became ono OF the most powerful geysen
in the Norris basin.
II vas then renamed the Hurricane. II
discharged an enormous amount Of muddy
water In great horizontal waves over sixty
feet from It's crater.
The weather In the park this winter has
been extremely cold at times, going as far
at 80 degrees below zero and remaining
Al that for sixteen days at n time. Yet
MIR: Henderson says, the cucumber vines
In his greenhouse. which Ia built over one
] OF the steam oossrs never ceased 70 bear,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
SHORTENING TIE WORK HOURS.
A Tendency Noticeable Even In the Husulns
business District

Il see, said a downtown bu siness man.
that many leading Wholesale silk and
ribbon houses are now to close at 3P. NJ.
on Saturdays. II is curious the extent
TO which the abridgement Of our working
hours on Saturday has spread. II is not
so many years ago since we had no Satur-
day half holiday. or any shortening Of
working time on Saturday at all. We used
20 think, in this country, that We couldn't
spare a minute; that we must keep plugging
away, and tina any hours hat were not
devoted to work were wasted. But we are
coming TO think a little d n rently now
We began with a cat tpus tapping of
Of an hour or two on Saturday afternoon,
soon extending this, however, to the Sat
urday half holiday, the Observance OF
which has now in this city come to be COM
mon, at least in ~ miner In the retail
districts II ceases with the beginning Of
fall. but the tendency there Is 70 begin IL
earlier in the season and stop Il later; while
In the wholesale districts that half holiday,
or at least n shortening Of the hours of work
on Saturday, now prevails TO a greater or
less extent. around the whole year.
-This il a fact quite familiar to those
doing busine rs down town, eid OF which
those whose business keeps them engaged
until fixed hours daily without regard to
the day have striking proof when they
come to 20 home on Saturday afternoons,
Five days In the week they IND crowded
cars: on Saturdays at the same hour even
M this season, they find a seat. And these
conditions are steadily growing more
marked: the cars are becoming more end
more crowded on five days in the week.
and there is more and more room In them
on Saturdays,
1T seems, TO be sure, as though a man
could do more work IN sixty hours than
in ffty-hve, and so he could II he worked
always at the same rate Of speed; but we
don't do that in this country. Here we not
only hustle, but we like 20 hustle. At the
same time we are rapidly getting richer.
and getting to take things a little more
comfortable: We don't feel as we used to
feel. as though everything would fall down
and 90 10 ruin on the spot il We stopped
work for a minute. In fact we are getting
10 tnke things. rs ! said, easier, and / look
10 see those shorter hours on saturday creep
In ali trades, round the year
sBut | have no fear that this little more
Of leisure will breed in US slackness OF idle
ness for il nav be said of the Americans
in general, as We often hear il said OF some
one of him in particular, that he hasn't
Got a law bone in his body and | believe
t6a, the time will never come when we
shall loaf at our work. In fact. | think
a little more recreation yet would be a
good thing for all OF us,and make US still
more effective than We are.'