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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31

! 1866. At such rates of decrease how
many members will our churches con-
tain forty years hence?
In 1863, the year of the settlement
of your present pastor, Rev. H. H.
Parker, the membership of Kawaiahao
church was 2516; in 1873 it was 957; in
1888 ii was $50; in 1898 it was 632. in
1903 ii is 476. The average annual de-
crease for the last 80 years has been
16 At this rate the church would be-
come extinct in less than forty years.
You are we'll aware that the death
rate among Hawaiians is very much
greater than among any other nation
alities here: that the deaths among
them exceed the births. that the drink
ing and other evil habits of many Of
the Hawaiian youth are such as to
make the prospect for the future in
crease or even the future permanence
of the Hawaiian race look very dark.
You know how great multitudes of
Hawaiians are not in the habit of
church attendance anywhere. How
many Of them seem to be seeking. not
the things which are above. where
Christ sitteth at the right hand of
God, but are setting their affection on
the things on the earth. Multitudes are
Indifferent to the kingdom of God. I'm
belief IS coming on like flood. and
the things which remain do indeed
seem ready to perish.
In 1892 the Hawaiian churches con-
tributed to the treasury of the Ha-
waiian Board S2465. In 1908. Si227.19;
or less than one-half as much as they
did OF y eleven years ago
Shall we now fold our hands and sit
down in despair? or shall we Tot
rather be watchful and seek to
strengthen the things which remain?
Are not these Hawaiian churc'es TOO
precious in the sight of the great
Head OF the church. too much p-cof
of the power of the Gospel to redeem
a heather race. too dear as memorials
of the faithful labors OF the early mis-
sionaries. and OF the liberal gifts of
the American churches. amounting TO
81 ,57S. 900. TO be allowed to perish with
out an intense struggle on our part 10
strengthen them2
Do you now ask what YOU can do?
I am DESTROYS OF helping YOU in an
swering this question. What then can
I personally say and do in this short
hour that shall be the most helpful 20
you? Perhaps in no better way can
improve this opportunity than by tell
ing YOU the reasons and the story of
my love for the Hawaiian churches,
and in particular of my great love for
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Thompson was judge advocate, having
found Sergeant James H. Miller of
Company &C." First Regiment. Ma
tionai Guard of Hawaii guilty of
breaking furlough or leave, in violation
of Section 2S of the Special Session
Laws of 1895, and sentenced the said
Sergeant James H. Miller to pay a
fine of ten dollars and be dishonorably
discharged from the service; and
thereafter. to wit. on the 18th day of
August, 1903. the said sentence hav-
ing been approved by General Orders
No. SO Headquarters, First Regiment,
National Guard of Hawaii,
2. And the said Sergeant James H
Miller having thereafter, to wit, on
the goth day of August, 1903. filed his
petition for a. rehearing of his said
case, and thereafter. to wit, on the 26th
day of August, 1903. filed affidavits in
support of his said petition, and the
said petition and affidavits having been
duly considered,
8. 1t is ordered that said Sergeant
James Fl. Miller have a rehearing of
mis- said case, and
4. A Regimental Court Martial is
appointed to meet at the headquarters
OF the First Regiment, National Guard
of Hawaii. at Honolulu, at 1880 O'Clock
y. m, of Wednesday, the End day of
September, 1908, or as soon thereafter
as practicable, for the rehearing of
the charge and specification of the
charge preferred against said Sergeant
James H. Miller upon which he was
found guilty as aforesaid.
Detail for the Court:
l. CAPTAIN John w. Short, First
Regiment.
2 CAPTAIN James D. German, First
Regiment.
3. First Lieutenant A. D. Wise,
First Regiment.
First Lieutenant Merle NJ. Johnson,
First Regiment, Judge Advocate.
BY command Of Colonel Jones.
JNO. SCHAEFER,
Captain and Adjutant.
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SERGEANT MILLER WILL Be
COURT MARTIALEO AGAIN.
Letter Carrier Found That DishonorabIy Dis
charged Guardsmen Couldn't Work for
Uncle Sam So Tie Asked for a New Trial.

Sergeant James II. Miller. who was
dishonorably discharged from the Ma
tional Guard few weeks ago and
fined ten dollars by a court martial,
for absenting himself from camp with
out leave. has been granted a new
trial. Miller who is a letter carrier,
discovered that Uncle Sam wouldn't
have dishonorably discharged guards
men in his service, and at the first in
timation of this he was quick to ask
for a rehearing of the charges upon
which he was previously found guilty.
Miller did not take the court martial
very seriously when he was first given
a hearing, and showed no inclination to
pay the fine which had been assessed
against him. When he learned that the
postoffice authorities intended to take
the matter up. he took a more serious
view of his infraction of military laws
and asked for a rehearing. SERGEANT
Miller filed affidavits in support of his
request and now Colonel Jones has
granted it. and a new court martial
has been ordered to pass upon the
merits of the case. 1t will sit next
Wednesday evening.
The following is the order issued in
the matter:
First Regiment National
Guard of Hawaii. 4
Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 81, 1908.
Special Orders No. 81.
l. A Regimental Court Martial
which convened at Honolulu pursuant
to Special Orders No. 2, Headquarters
First Regiment, National Guard of
July 18th, 1903, and July goth,
1903, and of which Lt.-Col. c. w.
ziegler, First Regiment, n. G. H., was
president, and Captain James A.
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this Kawaiahao church, and of what
would do for it.
AS many of you know, five years aft
and their associates in Honolulu this
church was organized by my father
seventy-eight years ago. in 1925, when
its first members, Kaahumanu Kala-
nimoku, Namahana Kapiolani and
others Were received into this church
by baptism by him, and for fifteen
years more he watched over his flock.
In the mean time under its shadow
as it were I was born 72 years ago
today, August 16. 1881, and cared for
in my early days. My memory goes
back with great distinctoess to the
wonderful revival of 1S37-1S40. I re-
member the large number of 'Inquir-
ers" who thronged our premises in the
early morning, coming to ask what
they must do to be saved. or to tell
their purpose of believing in and serv-
ing the Lord Christ. I remember see
ing hundreds of adults from among
the heather baptized in the old grass
church which stood a little malEai of
this stone church, where congregations
of 5000, and even 1000, were wont to
assemble on the Sabbath. / can re-
member how the communicates were
so numerous that at the quarterly
seasons ii was necessary
to have a demijohn of wine beneath
or near the communion table from
which to replenish the tankards from
tinre to time as they became empty.
4 4 n \ 4 d
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Dear Brethren of Kawaiahao Church:
In Revelation 3:2 you may find the fol-
lowing words, BE watchful and
strengthen the things which remain,
that are ready TO die. They con-
stitute a part of the message which
our Lord Jesus directed the Apostle
John some sixty-five years after His
resurrection to communicate to the
tchurch in Sardis. How long the mem
Eesys of the church continued to watch,
Nd TO try to strengthen the things
which remained, that were ready to
die. do not know. Jesus warned them
that if they did not watch. He would
come upon them as thief. and that
Sthey would not know what hour He
t-sould come upon them. 1t must be
fhat at last they did not watch. and
that Jesus did indeed come upon them
|as a thief; for the church in Sardis is
extinct. and Sardis is today a ruin.
From this sad fate OF that church
We should learn q lesson. 1 am not
a prophet. or the son of a prophet. but
think am safe in saying that IL the
Hawaiian churches do not watch and
|seek 10 strengthen the things which
remain there are those now living that
will see the Hawaiian Protestant
churches as such extinct. So I come
20 this church in Kawaiahao this MORN
ing with an earnest desire TO speak
word 20 IL which shall help IL to watch
more faithfully anG to strive more
earnestly than ever before to strength
en- the things which remain, that are
ready 10 perish. 1 say. the things that
are ready TO perish. In the issue OF
July 24th OF the Commercial Adver-
User there appeared an article with
the following heading in large letters.
hawaii Is now a Roman Catholic
|Stronghold- The church has about a.
VI communicates in these Islands, and
l4 churches and chapels.' The arti-
Gle stated that Father Valertin esti-
mates that One-half Of the Native Ha-
Naiians are members OF the Roman
catholic church. the remainder belong
inS either 10 the PrOstestant or Mormon
hurch- There are twenty-five Catho-
- priests none OF them Hawaiians.
~ E1elve Catholic schools with an
ateHEnce Of 21s1 pupils.
he Annual Report OF the Hawaiian
ih-vangelicaI Association for 1858. pub
t.sheri forty years ago. shows that
~ were then 1874 members con-
Eeeted with % Protestant Hawaiian /.
snurches- The Report for 1873 gives .
Ene number as 12.2S5: that Of 1883 as
tsll; that OF 1898 as 1856. and the Re /
port for this year. OF 5s churches, as
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-31
Hiram Bingham Asks to Assist the
= Good Work Which Was Started
By Ills Father.
The dwelling of the Kaahumanu Tablet Oc-
cason for Address by Man Who Tells Per-
sonaI History of Famous Church..

Fully important the history of Kawaiaao the unveing
Kaauanu yesterday the offer by
Hiram Bingham of which
founder The unveng in the handsome edfe epoch
history the congregation but an Mr. Bingham
good the church. which take the form
O. a Kawaiahaos pastor.
noteworthy The congregation
among the Governor and Mrs Dole Ex
Queen Luoaan Delegate Kalananaole and Mrs Kalananaoe
many descendants of prominent missionaries.
unvng memorial tablet after the
Binghams address wherein he rendered the congregation
building parsonage The the important
his address Mr. Bingham history of the Christian
which his father leader He also out
lined hopes the Hawaiian the
opened with song by the choir Rev. H H.
this followed by the singing Of hymn
by The ofertory was large
MR. BINGHAMS ADDRESS.
Rev introduced Mr. Bingham though introduction
Mr. Bingham read his ad
dress English prefacing with the remark that he hoped would
reach Hawaiian He said that the address intended to be de
of his birthday but
the illness Mrs Bingham and of himself had made this impossible
reading Mr. Bingham seemed have
lost him successful
he ddressw
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Mr.. COLBURN DEFENDS THE
HONOR OF MURDERED NIECE
Insinuations Are Resented by the Uncle of Mrs.
TOMBSTONE Was to Have Married Tier.
"BIood Money" Will Be PAID.

, tice can bemeted out to him, think It
desirable that the character of Mrs.
Jones should be vindicated at the trial
or before, so the villain will be tried
by impartial men.
Mrs. Jones secured her divorce from
Jones on the ground Of brutal treat
ment, non-support and habitual drunk
enness. He never responded at the
trial to be heard and we have a right
to believe that the woman was erl-
titled 70 the cecree of divorce sne
obtained.
Soon after Ire divorce. I am in
formed by the members Of my sister
household, a man in the employ of
the Rapid Transit Co, Stone by name.
offered her his hand in marriage She
accepted it and they became engaged
to be married at a date to be fixed
later. He paid her visits as any Encfi
had a right 10 a fiancee. I never met
the man but saw him a the house aft
er the tragedy. He paid his fancee
visit while lying at she undertaking
parfoT and went to her funeral.
Should you not secure statement
from him? I believe Mr.. Ballentyne,
Of the Rapid Transit Co. has done
this man an injustice in dismissing
him on account of street gossip"
Attorney General Andrews in reply
said.
7 certainly agree with you in all
the matters contained in the letter"
He thought the discharge Of the
motoruan unjust and hoped TO get
a statement from him in connection
with the crime. Mr.. Andrews further
said in his letter that If any such de-
tense as is being insinuated is tried
fl will be met by the evidence in the
divorce case, in the numerous arrests
OF Jones for assault and his general
character and disposition.
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Captain and Adiutant.
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A Chicago t1oId-Up.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3I-Three robbers held the re
railway barn during the ngha killed and secured $4,000
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Alaskan Boundary Commission.

LONDON, Aug 3IThe members of the Alaskan Boundary
The session will begin Thursday
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Austrian Gunboat Lost.

CADlZ, Aug. 3The Austrian gunboat Siberia
here All hands saved.
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Outrages Continue, Battles Are
Fought, Dynamite is Used and
Famine is Feared.
The American Squadron Arrives at Beirout.
Alaskan Commission Will Meet
Thursday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS oAsLEeRAMs.,

ASSOCIATED PRESS oABLEaRAMsA
WASHINGTON, Aug 3I.-There mo- new developments in
squadron Beirou Friday
BELGRADE, Aug 3I-There massm meeting
which thousands
SOFIA Aug 3I-New risngs reported parts
Macedonia.
SAIONICA Aug 3IReports continue of outrages
committed by the insurgents
ADRIANOPLE, Aug 3I-The insurgents blown the
barracks a Ghioktipe, killing sixty soldiers.
LONDON, Aug 3e Macedonian situation grave Anarchy
prevails throughout country The
of insurgents is increasing
SALONICA Aug 3One Bugarians killed
in battle at Smiovo. The Turkish loss is Insignificant
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-01-02


Mrs. Seve. of Guerrsev. who is per.
haps the Oldest Of the Li-r's subjects,
has entered upon her cr. Igrrr,I and
eleventh year. In tie .Un.ft arawjng.
roam Of her residence. round which
flowers bloom richly r.arlv oil the
year. TIE ,flyrr-haircG r.,.y ravr her
me..ar- # good will d, Irr frf.,Ts
and N,m. surrounded Iy Ter t,,,f,G
relatives. she read in 4 clear voice the
three verses If Bow!y's hylnu: An
NJ Is Well" says a recent London re-
port.
Mrs. Ncvc wore glasses while r.nd-
Ing. hui often she G~i,pcnsc, with them
She vale across the room uuaircG.
a!:hov.' lately she ha. been us;uy 4
st.rl " lie -aIIiur about tie lau,e
and guiGg up anal down. ALTHOUGH +,
was G,er,G tr.ira',r that til, YEAR
her usual iiril g., reception Of
friend. .'rrlt br E"rrc.ur. Nrs. Ne,c
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rns urnrxuous L1rE.

Those who hunger for a strenuous
life need notgo to war to obtain it,
Let thee enter the railroad business n
conductors, engineers, brakeman, OF
dispatchers. and they will get all the
nervous thrill responsibility and per.
petual game OF tag with death and de-
structiou that siege, battle, and ambush
can possibly afford.
Take the case OF the crows c: the
Stockton flyer and the Owl, the two
trains which so disastrouely collided at
Byron Springs last Saturday evening.
abied by leaking boiler tubes which ex-
tinguished the fire. The train came Ia
a staudstill on the main line track, with
the Stockton flyer ten OF a dozen miles
behind laundering forward at the speed
of a mile a minute. With Il terrible
trap thus set for precious human lives,
some one bluAdered. Either tine rear
BRAKEMAN of the Onl waited tco long
before he started Pack to flag the Stock.
ton train or the engineer Of the Stock
ton train was dilatcr! III oUeyIng the
signal tn stop, |. WAS only "a little
blunder anyway. The Stockton train
came toward the Owl with
brakes set ltd engine reversed. and cn
gIne reversed, and III thirty seconds
it would have been stopped entirely.
But the failure 70 set the brakes i'll time
though only thirty seconds was lost
caused the terrible collision 10 the two
trains, and more than Il score of lives
were crushed out instantly and another
score OF human beings were NAMED and
sca!ded.
1t LIS like the rhyme II the horse-shoc
nail and the Kingdom. For the want of
perfect attention and service on the
part OF some man Who occupies but Il
minor and obscure place in societ!
thirty seconds were lost; and for the
want Of thirty seconds, The Christmas
lights 20 out in forty homes and the
whole State is sadieued.
II IS related of a Southern Pacific
engineer who runs out OF Los Angeles
to the eastward. that at tho end Of a
long RUIZ recently he was ordered to
immediately take his train back to Los
Angeles. Orders are orders, III rail
roadmg rs il war, No other engineer
was to be had, and the train must 20,
eveu though weary Nature we're pro.
testing aud demanding her tribute OF
rest. The engineer fought drowisncss
successfully for many miles. but on
coming into Pomona he was horitied Ia
find that six miles of the road had been
u blank to him. He hal been nslccy.
The engineer refused to - any farther
unless il man Were placed at his elbow
to ste that he was constantly awake and
vigiIant. This was duEe an,l the train
moved m.
The lesson OF all this is tliat peace has
its dangers, its opportunities its re.
sp%onsibilities for high rndeavor and
great daring ard fidelity such rs war
cannot furnish.
The engineer in his greasy clothes is
generally Il real hero, and he gazes
death ont of countenance fr '~o!tener
than any soldiers. T.. Star.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.
Ask for Mcsserly cigars.

Ask for Mcsserly cigars.
rf.ub.,. ,,i,,. ,u,. .
Englcr's.
iI..1 r,,,,.-. r- u.Ei.. c..t. OIL,
E,,,L.r,
r''4"Hr '' "#'iE J c'''s ana h"it'
robes ca" oe i""hl ~ r"""i"r'@'
The Englcr store. rrrresrn,s q rrruInr
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IN OUR OWN

The first of The states 10 hold nm
election in 1902 will he Oregon.
The locust or grasshoppcr plaques Of
Kansas, Nebraska aud Minnesota DC.
CURED In the years 1873. 1874 and 1915.
The lirstun journal roports.itg dis
covcry OF SIS couples in New England
still enjoying married life after 80
years or more ofit
The city Of Spokane, Wash. has paid
in recent years thousands Of dollars
for damage suits resulting in Injuries
received on defective sidewalks.
The rush Of farmers from the middle
west to the Pacific northwest cnutin.
ucs on a large scale. This emigration
is partly due T." the dying gu Of the
Timber industry 10 Michigan and wis.
coDsin. The impetus to settlement In
the state OF Washington has made Tint
state q thriving center.
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A nu.ines. Man on pi,l-payinr.

When | started in business ! made it
a cardinal rule to pay bills ch%certully,
md though I am now grayheaded l never
why shouldn't l be pleased when a bill
is presented? am the party who has
been accommodated-not the man who
presents the bill; yet there are men, |
am sorry to notice, who always act
grouchy when a bill is presented. AS a
matter Of policy it is better to assume
a cheerful air when a bill collector
around. Collecting is not a
pleasant task, rs ! kruw from expert
ence, a collector has enough to contend
feeling thai Re Wis just rs welcome as
IL he had conIe to pay Inc money l have
made him more comfortable, and l
know that ! am. Sometime the bills
come IN just when | an short Of money.
but il | pay the bill at all. | do it like "a
lord il it takes the last dollar /! have.
II doesn't make the bill smaller to pay
it grudginGly, but il makes me look
smaller TO other people. ! have in mind
n business man whom Others have said
vas an unpleasant man to collect a bill
from. but he always PAID my bills with
n smile and think a great deal more Of
him for It, and it increases his credit
with me. No, il Fun feeling ugly and
ont Of sorts the bill collector ueve,
knows it. II the bill is right l put on
my best smile, tell the collector he's en-
tirely welcome and tell him to come
again. I'll bet he goes out thinking /
am a gentleman and before the day is
over he tells everybody else that | am a
good man to do business with. The
man who is all Smiles and gr.ciou mess
when yun buy goods .oi him and surly
when you collect a bill is making a big
mistake and driving away trade EN-.
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METEOR'S MAST STEPPED.
aihin sphr az Emperor WiIIin ms New
Yacht Is BcinE Happily COM
picted.

The main mast "f Meteor H.. which
is being hu"i for tho German emperor.
was stcpUel @. e utheranrrlcrn. The
mast Is go .... long and g.. inches in
diameter. '~...,u,t~ II feet irfr,v the
deck, ana .a made Of Oregon pine.
shortly after the main mast wa,
stepped the bowsprit was placed in
position. 1t is - feet in length and
Is inches in diameter. Tn" men will
commence work on the rigging. and in
the course of a few days the sally will
b" bent on. 1t was said that If neccs.
saTy the yacht would he ready for sail
ing in about ten days. There have
been no hurry orders for the Yacht.
and il Is expected it will not leave for
two or three woke
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Shovel HIS CONTEMPT.
Unique Method Of n Naval once of
Showing His Distaste for n
Mental Assignment.

4 short time & ii portrait OF Cap
tain PcrCival, n former officer of the
navy, was presented TO the department.
The captain, who died in 1852, was an
odd character. lie was known us
Mad Jack" Percival. because of cccen-
tricitics which on many occasions
brought him in contact with TIE naval
authorities, says a Washington report.
The portrait was sent by Mrs. William
Nicholson. but who she is the depart
ment Is unable to discover. Captain
Percival was sent to Morocco with his
'frigatc 10 bring back a cargo of jack
asses for the government. and in order
to show his contempt for the employ
mcnt OF n war vessel for such "A mis-
sion. on entering New York harbor he
ran in all his guns and placed the head
Of 4 iackass through each port rs the
ship sailed in. The sight Of II double
row of jackasseS' heads protruding
ron the places where guns were
looked for created n sensation ut the
time and "Mnd Jack" narrowly es-
capped n rcprimand.
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Throat aud Lung troubles. One Min
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