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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27
HOUSE RECEIVES
MANY RESOLUTIONS

1t was a busy day in the House yes
terday in so far as the sending in of
resolutions Is concerned There were
received from almost every member
statements OF the needs of the various
districts as to the new roads and i'm
provements, and under the rules these
went to the standing committees or
to the table to be brought up on the
appropriation bills. Several bills were
introduced, as well, and notice of many
measures which have wide scope and
will be full of interest when they get
into print
The first business of the day in the
House was the reading of a COMMUNE
cation from Secretary Carter setting
forth that there We're in his Office
sufficient number of the Civil and Penal
Laws in Hawaiian for the use of the
members of the House, and that they
We're at the disposition of the House.
The Sergeant at Arms was directed by
the Speaker to apply to the Secretary
of the Territory for the necessary vol
umes.
The Senate sent to the House it's BILL
No. g. providing for the appropriation
of s25. 900 for the expenses of the Senate
during the session, and under suspen-
sion of the rules the bill was read the
first time. The statehood resolution of
Achi was taken up under suspension OF
the rules and passed by unanimous
vote which prompted the Speaker to
remark that the House was working
tremendously
II laA al that ka laI
committee on Board OF Health had Wis
ited the office OF the Board and had
furnished to each member OF the House
copy OF its rules and regulations. On
his motion the House approved the
| report.
Aylett presented a resolution provid-
! ing for Improvement OF city streets as
follows: Lunalilo street 5000: Manoa
Road, main, $500; East. $1,000: West,
N,OOO; Piikoi street. from Lunaliio to
King street, $500; Metcalf street.
/ SooOi Queen street. $4,000, Young
| street, sl5, 900
keliinoi had the following list OF APP
/ proprati0ns for school purposes on
Maui Wailuku, si2,5OO; spreckelsville,
/ 1000 kihei, $4,000; Puunene. $500;
/ hhkena, $500.
LOWS proposed this list Of approprl-
/ atoms for schools on Hawaii; Onomea
lsiooi lionomu, s. 400, Laupahoshoe
v 2ooi Pahakupuku, $500; Hilo, 1900
hapoho, $500 Pah0a, $1,000
Furdy presented resolution callinp
Tor an appropriation ~ $40 900 for q
| l'Ah from the Pan ~ kahuhine q
iuaahuku, Waipio valley
Nlia gave notice that he would intro,
duro q bill proYidlng regulations fol
lhr placing ~ the wires ~ ibe Oahl
l'r ana Electric Companies la "a,
sllr'ls ~ Honolulu ana throughout ih,
lsland ana for apprppris lions fol
Hptrn street ~ 90 0o0 ana foT kuku
Rlfr'i a. iAliha, 90 o0o
'hllllnfNorlh gave notice ihai h,
would Introduce hlllH 30 rrmli rlaiml
! lNl special iaf nn Walt ligunrs, ana 4,
h'rnsr blfNflleF
halll presented hlt lsi ~ rad needs
a1 ialeNf Prom hralnkaiule io Kali
Wnh nfN lisnslH .lo Dsl,hla .
in bAlalau il0Gla
lulAa atkpi ~ lsoo fpT a iallsyl
, N''Ns - h9lla hohalp snl ~ ~ ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27
THE PATTY CONTEST CASE
MAY COME Up AGAIN
t1iIo Claimant for a Seat in the House Dis.
cussed..-Other Proceedings in
the Legislature.


Ny Pa is Legislator an Ma says he passes bills
than he brings Home Ma says he likes to hear himself Talk;
but he talks in the Legislature than he does when hes
Home Ma says there's only thing regret bout him bein
in the Legislature an that ist keep him there only sixty
days think Ma thinks have life sentence. Let
all strive be Politicians and git elected and off somewhere
and give the Folks Home oldayAtlanta Constitution.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

The Russian note to Turkey insisted the establish
ent OF Turkish financial control collection
the Nyets the European frontier of
payment OF troops Belgian Dutch Swiss officials control the
gendarmes and high independent of the Yd
Kiosk exercise general control of the Macedonian
Turkish pride the idea of foreign officials commanding
troops in the Balkans The finances Of Macedonia
controlled by the local officials
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 24.-The bark Mauna Ala which
rived here today sprunk leak when
The damaged
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

Mr. BrOdrck's scheme of military organization has been
roughly described the halfway cOnscrpton
wolves the development of the existing
auxiliary
able of When experiment
and the results found unsatisfactory way opened
for compulsory service. The Office will position
assert that everything done under the voluntary
provide for the defense the
forthcoming that elaborate
proved failure The only alternative from the official and mill
tary point of view, will be compulsory service
The reOrganzed will of three
with headquarters Adershot, Salisbury Plain and Dublin
auxiliary Colchester
battaons of militia and volunteers consd
cradle body of imperial and wentone volunteer field
artillery batteries.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

The bark Mauna Ala Captain Smith wooden
sell She sailed from Honolulu full cargo sugar
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

OLYMPIA, Feb "a sensation sprung the lower
House Of the Legislature today when Representative Levy
charged with bribery IN connection with the printing
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb 2i.-As of relieving dis
ress in Finland the Gar has ordered the railroad
that province upon which thousands starving people
will be employed
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

CONSTANTINOPLE Feb 24-The cabinet objects to
some OF the proposals of Austria and Russia connection with
reforms in Macedonia
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

CITY or MEXICO Feb, 2i-An eruption Of the volcano
'olma Was accompanied by earthquake Tukpan
pail of smoke now hangs The vicinity
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

TIiE HAGUE, Feb 2iThe Court Of Arbitration will beg
bearing the Nenelea D September and decision
expected in sK months,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

WASHINGTON, Feb 2It is believed that Statehood bill
will pass at this session of Congress-
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

HAGUE Feb pa bill has been passed by the States
General granting universal suffrage
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27
DRASTIC PLANS TO
REORGANIZE THE
BRITISH ARMY
Hawaiian Bark Mauna Ala Springs
a Leak But Cargo Is
Not Damaged.
ASSOCIATED PRESS oAsLEoRAMs.)

LONDON, Feb 24-Brodricks army scheme has been
tanned in the House of Commons by of 261 to 145.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

bhlpGEPobr Conn Feb ga 6p which broke oui tod
NJ gID0OOO
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-27

bthlJk, fnb 2.,~ Osipp 20 ihe Amrriesn demsp
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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22
RULERS WHO WOULD HAVE
UNDERTAKEN OTHER CAREERS.

Almost everybody Of mature age believes
he would have been more successful II he
had pursued some other calling or II he
had been born to some other position In life
than that which he holds.
King Leopold OF Belgium thinks the ideal
not been born to . throne he would have
distinguished himself as q naval COM
maEder.
Leopold has shown great business ability
and were he not King would undoubtedly
be known as one OF the captains OF indus
try
President Roosevelt believes his fleld Is
literature.
When he was Governor Of New York he
once wrote concerning some act Of his
which a friend thought would tn5ure his
political advancement that 1t did not mat
ter. for he should. in all probability. drop
out of politics altogether. as his calling and
his future lay In literature.
The President has written some creditable
books. but It il hardly through them that
future generations will hear Of him.
Queen Alexandra believes she would have
made one of the greatest actresses on the
English stage.
The Queen Of Portugal believes It Is only
her position which prevents her from be-
ing recognized as one Of the greatest ply
sicians of the time
90 confident Is she OF her medical ability
that she has taken course In medicine and
regularly practices on all the members Of
the royal family who will submit and on
any loving subject who happens to come
along.
Lord Salisbury regrets he had to spend
30 much time running the British Empire
that he had not time to make himself tho
great chemist for which nature intended
him.
! Now that he has time in his retirement
sadly that 1t y too late TO aehisvs fame
IN Il
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

I rough fortifcation and destroy or carry
| away the 10000 buffalo hides.
GREEDY ENGLISH
ENCROACH UPON THE FRENCH.
The English, filled with p thirst Of con-
Quest-the Anglo-Saxon spirit-encroach up
on the French west of the Aleghaniss. They
build a trading post not far from Fort Du
Quesne. which IS burned by the French in
175s. Then follows the war of 1855. The
school book -heralded defeat of Braddock
gives temporary luster to the French armA
but elsewhere The French are beaten.
The French Western notilla retreats down
the Ohio until they reach our old fort. The
name at this date is Fort Assumption. It
has been rebuilt on a small scale after the
massacre. But now 1t Is enlarged into a re-
spectacle fortress with cannon and block
house. It. IL given stronger stockade ana
bastiona The French are to rally here and
hold to their claim Of all the territory in
the Mississippi Valley. A christening Is held
and Fort Assumption. because Of the slaush-
ter Of 1871, becomes Fort Massacre. or Fort
Massac. l--.l..s
But the French were not to maintain soy-
ereignty. The treaty Of 1853 was admission
of defeat and among the forts ceded 70
Great Britain is enumerated the following:
Thirteen leagues from the Mississippi
on the left banl, of the Ohio, is Fort Mas
sac or Assumption, built In 1751 or 175S
little below the mouth Of the Cherokee (the
Tennes5ee). 1t is of consequence for the
English to preserve 1t, as 1t secures the
communication between the Illinois and
Fort Pitt
But the English do not think 1t Of conse-
quence to preserve 1t. which fact worked
well for General George Rogers Clark. who
was to come this way later. An English
officer, a Captain Gordon. was sent down
the Ohio and accepted the surrender OF the
post but made no effort to garrison 1t. or
continue It as a frontier stronghold.
General Clark comes with his indonita-
BILE l51 The War OF the Revolution is more
than half over and he conceives plans to
secure the Northwest to the Union. He I'M.
furls the Stars and Stripes upon Illinois
ground for the first time at Fort Maseac.
Thence to Kaskaskia. Cahokia and Vim
eennes, where he scores his three memora-
BILE victories. The Middle West IL won. Had
the British manned Fort Massac. the tale
probably had been different.
AT EVERY MILE
A TREE IS BLAZED.
From Massac to Kaskaslkia IL an old
trail. At every mile a tree is blaxed. and
this mark of the ak Is the only token OF the
roadway But The Isl are accustomed to
such travelling. and their way ID made and
their deeds accomplished They paved the
future for the Louisiana Purchase.
Washington is President, and the thirteen
States are free and under the banner of the
free. Intrigue stirs the capitalize French
, Minister. Genet, plans two expeditions to
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT. %.
Metropolis. III. Feb. 2o-Shall Illinois
preserve. as q reminder of It's storied days
that are gone, the tree-grown intrench-
ments upon the banks Of the Ohio which
mark the site Of historic Fort Massac?
Legislature, and II II probable that $10,0o0
will be Appropriated for the purpose.
The moldered ramparts of this frontier
fortress are all that remain OF three one
time Western strongholds. The onward
rush OF civilization has buried Fort Dear
born under the city Of Chicago. The Mis-
sissippi has obliterated Kaskaskia, washed
II out Of existence.
And Massac-Mass&c was forgotten. It's
blockhouse rotted and fell to the ground:
It's stockade disappeared. and Its soldiers
and their descendants dispersed. Trees
sprouted and grew within its circunlfer-
ence. Its wells became filed with brush,
its terraces uneven and ragged. 1t became
like the uneven summit OF any other hum
mock along the Ohio's course, so that
knowledge OF the fort is necessary to rec
ognize, In the quadrangle of rough and
overgrowp earth ridges, a spot historical
and important to the winning OF tho West.
Civilization marched In upon and smoth-
cred Fort Dearborn, but quietly ebbed
away from Fort Massac, As a location for
a town, the more level field a mile distant
better suited modern exigencies. So 1t was
there that the small city of Metropolis
gradually and imperceptibly. by some
sixty years OF effort. accumulated its $500
population.
INTEREST REVIVED BY
DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
But from this forgotten site-forgotten un-
til the Daughters of the Revolution inaugu-
rated the present revival-is to be seen as
beautiful a bit of riverscape as the traveller
could wish to behold.
To the south. along the Ohio, the view Is
unobstructed for a full eighteen miles, and
to the north the eye can almost discern Pa
ducah, twelve miles away. The river Is all
shades of yellow and red. bright and glow
ing in its middle. where the current ripples
simmer back the suns rays and dark un-
der the shadow of the foresight banks
where quiet eddies reflect the trees
The view called to mind many tradition
and story that are indissclubly linked to
this hight Of country. 1t seemed that
Daniel Boone or Simon Kenton, or some
less-famous carly-eay Adventures. would is
sue from that Kentucky woods and essay to
swim the miie-wida river, rife and cloth
ing secured to a white-oak log. Or that
Tecumseh. the Indian Chief. or another such
red warrior chieftain with his braves
treadins single-fie through the leaf-paved
forest, would push through the brake to the
water side. draw forth q craftiiy concealed
canoe. and proceed under the sheltering
shadow OF the shore upon some war expe-
dition or buffalo hunt
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

King Oscar Of Sweden and Norway Sf.inAz,
with Leopold OF Belgium. the Meal life d
that Of a sailor.
The King Of italy thinks he shoa,id b
known to the world as q learned numis-
mattst. He has written largely upon the
subject OF old coins. and has probably the
finest private collection in the world. It
IS matter OF regret to him that he should
only be known as King of Italy.
Tho Shah OF Persia says he could mako
MS mark a. an artist in London. Paris or
New York.
The Shah's studio b q room IN the PAL
ace the walls OF which arc covered with
white psper, says the New York Press. On
tnese paper-covered walls he draws his
pictures ana designs. and when no has Gov
cred them the paper 10 torn on ana fresh
coating put on that he may eentinus his
work.
The surese way Do tina heart Of .ths eua.
ing. r~s
When he hears Of Paderewski he sixhs
and says he. too. could snthrai an audience
did his position permit.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

consequence Of my tumble from a dream
castle into thorny bed OF mere data.
this mass begins to shape itself, take life.
and the phantasmasofia OF the past reap
pear. marching in and out of the gates OF
Fort Massac.
Spanish soldier Jesuit priest. French SOL
der. chevalier. coureur de bois, Indian
chief, and then last but not The least, the
: American, our trappers and hunters, the
pioneers. and. after them. the soldiers OF
the Revolution, they who bought freedom
with their blood
Famous names are not laeking-Generai
George Rogers Clark. Mad" Anthony
Wayne, General James Wilkinson. Aaron
Burr Ind Blennerhassett
DE SOTO IS IN THE
sHADowY PROCESSION.
Even old De Soto 10 In the shadowy pro-
cession. Tradition has It THAT his men first
recognized the military advantages of the
site. and that having ascended the Ohio
from the Mississippi some thirteen
leagues" they built . rude structure, as q
temporary protection against Indians. But
II they came. they found nothing OF what
they sought-gold-and. after a short period
of resting and hunting the buffalo. their
adventurous spirit led them far aneld In
other wanderings.
First comes the spaniard; then the
Frenchman. the latter more OF a colonizer
and aiming at establishing another link in
the line Of forts. beginning with Fort
Niagara and including Fort Du Quesne,
which were to restrict the English colonies
to their holdings along the coast. 1t is in
iTo2 or 17oS that It becomes a post, and it
10 founded by Q Monsieur Juchereau de st.
Denis, whose train included some thirty
four Capadians and q priest-Fathsr Mer-
met. who was the flrst BLACK Gown"-thus
the Indians termed priests-to preach Chris
tianity upon the Lower Ohio.
BY 11sl the fort Is fully established and Is
9 trading point Of Importance. Ten thousand
hunalo hides are stared within Its walls
awaiting transportation. Two-seore coureur
dc bois. free sptritD learned In the mysteries
OF the wilderness, are lounging within its
walls Two-score French soldiers are there,
and their cominandant, . cavalier lacking
not for blue blood, IN heir OF name but no
estates. who In the Kings name fsrsd into
ths Western expanae.
II II winter, cold, hard winter, and tho
Ohio Is frozen over. From tho Kentucky
shore appear on the ice ten or dozen shag-
~ bodies-bears sporting upon ths ice. For
once the coureur de bois are not Suspicious.
They and some Of the soldiers leave the
fort to stalk the game. and their compan-
ions descend to the shore to watch.
Then . full hundred Of savages who had
waited In the rear, sheltered behind trees
and brush. rush to the attack. But ona man
escaped. He conceals himself in q nearby
cave and witches the Indians burn the
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

invade the Spanish dominion IN Louisiana
and Florida, and issues commissions to
Americans who secretly recruit troops. The
one expedition must proceed down the
Ohio. Governor Shelby of Kentucky re-
fuses to interfere; he is in sympathy. Cen
eral Washington takes action, the fruition
OF which is the rehabilitation of Fort
Massac.
General Wayne Is ordered to send de-
tachment from Fort Washington (Cincfn-
natD to Fort Massao which shall intercept
any unlicensed foray. Major Thomas Doyle
is selected for the task. Later. General
Wayne himself appears at the fort, and the
foreign Vaccinations are defeated.
Indian warfare followA and q repetition Of
the original massacre II many q time
threatened. This Il the day Of Boone and
Fenton, and the record OF the long conflict
between Indian and white claimant Of the
soil again is page red with blood. But the
backbone Of Indian strength is broken at
the battle Of Fallen Timbers in 1895. The IL
linois prairie Is gone forever from tho tawny
race. ''Hawkeye'' sought solitude out in
this prairie. but the woodsmen and tho
plainsmen soon can fnd no home here; this
is destined to be the stats of Illinois. farm
land worth, 500 an acre.
The genius OF Aaron Burr is tottering to
its fall, and part of this tragedy centers at
Fort Massac Thence II the famous Burr
expedition to tho Southwest and Mexico to
nave It's nucleus. Here he Will meet Bien-
nerhassett and the /; scheme to seize the
throne of. the Montezumas will be evolved.
General Wilkinson and Kentuckians. up to
Governor Shelby himself. are PARTIES to the
plan. Burr arrives In 1905. He departs, only
to be arrested at Fort Stoddard, subsequent
ly to face trial for treason.
STRENGTHENED AND
GARRIsONED IN 1879.
The War Of 1s12 sees the fort strength
ened and garrisoned. but II. played minor
part. Its day by this time was practically
gone, Its purposes served. Its stocknde is
allowed to dixntegrate. its blockhouse has
no tenants. In 1S41 It springs for the mo-
ment into prominence. board Of army
officers recommends II as the most suitable
site for a Western armory But the Gov
ernment is dilatory in acting. and the arm
ory eventually goes to Rock Island.
The Civil War breaks out. and the old
fort almost as deserted ~ 1t is to-day. No
sound Of conflict reaches its seQuestered
orn.nence. Yet on the open plot OF ground
Immediately back OF the intrenchments
Union soldiers are drilling. These fighters
for the preservation of the United States
march. wheel. halt. form IN fours. in twos.
in single Ale, advance, retreat. kneei. aim and
dre-all in miinicry, but In preparation for
their small part in the great struggle And
where they drilled Revolutionary soldiers
had drilled, and, before that, the spaniard
and the Frencnusan.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22
Bismarck,s Wife.

Sidney Whitman's new boob on bismarck
contains chapter on his wife. which repre-
sents hcr Is one Of thoss von,., mo i've
etirely for their husbands. ahs nevsr trfsa
70 WELD any political influence of her ow..
one showed much tact in the treatment Of
vls'tors and her husbands gastronomic prr-
pensities inclined her to CONSULT the tastes
oL famous guests. II one Of them. in course
ei conversation. alluded to some favorits
u.sis "H MS 1t was sure to be on the table
the next time he wac invited.
She was particularly proud of her tea,
snd spoke scornfully Of the modern English,
Wno. unlike their ancestors. are satisdsd
Mtn the stu2 they can st for Saly shll-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22

Then, again. the Chief might be 'Chins-
gashnook," father Of Uncas-the latter The
Last of the Mohicans''-who. with Hawk
eye" the best piopeer Of fiction, set their
faces toward the unknown West, driven
from their former haunts in the Adiron-
dacks and Mohawk Valley by the encroach-
ments of settlers.
These creations of Fenimore Cooper's
novels start from the ground. ChingRash-
kook. a towering frame. grim face. a lined
map of adventure and exposure, of almost
a century's experience among scenes Wild
and free; Hawkeye, the typical frontisrs-
man. to whom Is known every secret Of the
forest and plain-both thoughts In the past,
are pushing further into solitude, there to
die surrounded iby nature, undisturbee by
the invaders who sought new lands, not
for love Of them. but for what was in II. -
The booming whistle of river steamboat
sounds. 1t is the Dick Fowler the Cairo
Paducah packet. announcing herself before
Metropolis, not before Old Fort Massac.
The imagery summoned up when standing
upon these old terraces dissolvea. Then
another whistles. octaves higher. The
Illinois Central. from st. Louis These sig-
malls scatter away these chimer;cal iliu-
s.ons, ghosts. If you WILL and transform the
Fort Massac quadrangle into q queerly
formed grassy eminence, a bit Of river pas
turage garrisoned by cows.
MAssAC COUNTY NAMED
AFTER OLD FORT.
Such idle. conjured. sentimental images
put TO night, you 60 back to MetropoliA
where. Notwithstanding the fact that every
body is at least striving to be Up to date.
you will have much thrust upon you con-
corning Fort Massac. Massac County
takes its name from the fort and necessa-
rily this offered cue for searching In
quiry as to the strongholRs history. BY
the conjunction Of this and that mans per-
sonal recollection. and the testimony of
Government documents, this history has
been piled UP. fact upon fact, detail upon
detail The good people Of Metropolis soon
hand you 30 much itemfzed information
that the romantic is squelched under the
burden and the load seems dry as dust
Judge Ben o. Jones Of Metropolis Is most
learned OF his townsmen on the subject.
Reed Green Of Cairo. owner Of the prop
erty, naturally 10 interested In the theme.
]. T. Browne Of Metropolis. now in his
seventy-fourth year. is the only one who
con speak as one whose eyes haye seen.
He remembers when the stockade was
standing, and he tells that his mother, the
daughter of Captain Wilcox-a United
States; Army officer. then in command
was married within Its wallis. Two hie-
tories of the fort have been written. and
recently Mrs NJ, T. Brown OF bloomington,
State secretary Of the D. A. R., collected
the information into q paper, which was
read before the State Historical Society.
A little time after the hrst dull thud. thu