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The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
THE CHINESE FUND.

The bill converting the Chinese fund
into private snap for the benefit of
a yet unnamed bank, has passed third
reading in the Senate. BY the terms of
this bill the entire fund, amounting to
sl55,000 is to be paid over to a bank
to be by it paid out to the various
claimants as they return to China.
AS most of the claimants do not want
to return to China, only small driblets
will be paid out from time to time,
leaving the bulk of the money on de-
post in the bank, without interest. AS
there is nothing to prevent the bank
from loaning the money out, and the
current bank rate of interest is eight
per cent. there is net profit in sight
for the bank of $4,000 a year. If the
money is retained in the Treasury the
public will get the benefit of whatever
profit there is.
Here is a chance for the House to
go the Senate one better in the protec-
ton OF public interests. The Senate hill
is one that ought to be buried without
any funeral ceremonies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
A REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT.

The success in the cultivation OF
Sumatra tobacco under tents is one of
the extraordinary events in the agricul-
tural history of the country. The old
fashioned farmer prostrates himself in
the dust before the scientific farmer.
AS the results of the brain work of men
in the Federal Agricultural Depart
ment, Sumatra tobacco wrappers, equal
and even superior to the imported ar
ticle, are now sold in the market, so as
to realize in some cases q net profit
of s1,022.52 per acre The industry is
hardly three years old. In old CRANKY,
Conn, there are now 400 acres of land,
under tents made of cloth, loosely WOW
en-, and ribbed" which exclude high
winds, hail, insects and excessive heat.
The crops have been raised under the
special direction of the experts of the
Agricultural Department. The price OF
the tobacco, which is for the common
product, less than fifty cents pound,
has risen to sl.6O, and is still rising.
The first experiments failed for lack
of suitable cloth for covering the tents.
But ingenuity supplied the need, and
the proper cloth was secured. The
value of the imported Sumatra is, an
nually, about s6,00O0O0.
The new industry is a fiat triumph OF
the trained brain. 1t was not stumbled
upon, but carefully thought out. There
was no constant succession, for years,
of stupid and costly experiments, no
haphaZard trials of new methods; no
tedious cropping in the dark by the
rule of thumb" men, but there was
well ordered and direct brain work.
The results confirm the belief that
agriculture and horticulture will in
time cease to be the least remunera-
tive of occupations, but will furnish
such fair profits that the populations
of the cities will find their way to the
rural districts and take up wholesome
Industries. Out of this will come a
change in our methods of living, which
is sorely needed.
Whether valuable kinds of tobacco
can be produced in these Islands has
not been tried. If one of the experts
of the department will examine our
soil and make an estimate of its quail
ity, and his report should be favorable,
another industry may be added to our
present scanty list. Until such exam
ination is made, we cannot count on
this industry. The opinions of men on
the subject, who are making a few
haphazard experiments, are of little
moment.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
LOCAL BREvlTIEs.
(From Saturdays Dally)

A. l.. Lungren has been appointed
commissary sergeant in the First Regi.
| ment.
The trustees of Oahu College are con.
sidering the advisability of adding a
manual training department to the
school curriculum.
Judge Gear yesterday appointed L. j.
| Aylett to temporarily perform the du-
ties of district magistrate at Koolau-
! loa during the illness Of Judge ]. Ka-
luhi.
News was received by the Mauna Loa
yesterday of the death Of ]. w. Smith
at Kaawaloa. Hawaii, at the age of SO
years. The deceased was the father Of
Hack Inspector Sidney Smith.
E. c. Peters, Deputy Attorney Gen.
eral. returned yesterday from Lahaina
where he appeared in the Chinese gam
bling cases. Judge Kalua dismissed
the cases against the three Chinese
bankers who were fined $500 apiece in
the lower court. He found two gam
biers guilty and fined them 500 apiece.
Nothing further was heard of the al
legged bribery of Judge Kalua.
Auditor Fisher has declined to pay
out the fire claims expense appropria-
ton owing to the manner in which the
$1,000 was withdrawn from the Riggs
National Bank at Washington by AS
sistant Secretary Taylor. The bill re-
quires vouchers but the money has all
been drawn already and presumably
without vouchers. Secretary Carter has
made arrangements so there will be
no trouble on this score and will pay
the drafts as fast as they arrive.
Considerable criticism has been heard
this week Of the detachment from duty
as the Presidents physician of Surg.
George A. Lung. U. s. N, and his as
signment to duty in the Naval Hospital
In Philadelphia. DR.. Lung has been the
Presidents physician since DR.. Presley
M. Rixey was appointed Surgeon Gen.
eral of the Navy and has made himself
popular at the White
House. 1t is known that DR.. Lung did
not ask to be detached from his duty
in Washington, and that the order was
not issued by direction of the Presi-
in duty so soon after his assignment
are not given at the Navy Department
Surgeon General Rixey will act as the
Presidents physician again, and will
accompany him on his long
western trip.-Army and Navy Jour-
lal.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
TWO DANGER POINTS.

With the passage of the county bill
islation is reached which will call fol-
the greatest degree of caution and the
most painstaking effort. The bill. with
out doubt, will be refused in it's amend
ed form by the Senate, and the House
will be asked to agree to conference
upon it. Then will follow the naming
of a committee, which will consist OF
seven members from each house, upon
which will rest the labor of agreeing
to a compromise form of measure
The magnitude of the work before
such committee is apparent when
one realizes that there are many
amendments, and radical ones, too, on
which the members Of each house have
decided opinions. There are at least
two points of difference where the
bodies are Numerically opposed, ana
the committee will find that it's work
will not be finished with one sitting, or
perhaps even with one report These
are the provisions calling for the plac-
ing of the schools of the Territory in
the Jurisdiction of the counties, and
doing away with the Board of Health
as a ltTTlloIldl anu pe'N''o
its functions ir the hands of series
of boards, one for each county.
The damage which can result from
either of these changes is incalculable.
1t is known to those who have studied
the matter, even specifically, that,
existing on the outskirts of the nation,
with points of infection in the Orient
from which ships come weekly, the
NOV az OF
Board of Health gives to the national
service the greatest confidence in the
handling of health matters, and the
good feeling existing between the Fed
eral officer and the local board at the
present time is assurance that the safe
guards now put up against disease are
of the best and most satisfactory to
the national office. Divide the respon-
sibility and the result must be the
of the service.
AS to the schools, too much cannot |
be said as to the advantages which
have come from control in strong
central body. Those who claim that the
American system is for local boards do !
not remember, perhaps, that in the old
err states there is always strong state
board which lays out the courses of
study and keeps up the standard of
the schools, setting out the books even,
In the work of maintaining the high
place of the common school. Here,
with divided boards, the members COM
ing from the ranks of the electorate OF
the counties, there would be perforce
a decline in the standard which has
made the Islands remarked, and the
result would be to reduce the grade and
materially
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
Wants Property Divided.

Maggie Fisher has brought suit in
the Circuit Court against Keukahi
Wailehua (w) and j. Alfred Magoon
to have certain lands situated at Kala-
heo, Koolaupoko, Oahu, partitioned and
sold. There are four apanas, contain
ing respectively 1877 acres, O2S acres,
So acres. lOl acres. The petitioner
claims to be owner in fee simple OF fifty
acres, the defendant being owner in fee
of all the rest, but which she mortgage
COON. The petitioner is twenty-one
years of age.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
SAFETY FRoM STEAM.

With petitions on both sides the
House will have to decide the fate OF
the Harris bill providing for inspection
Of boilers and engines and the licensing
of engineers, knowing that some con-
stituents will be displeased whichever
way the action goes.
Taken as who's, the measure means
simply the application to Hawaii of a
safeguard to the public which obtains
elsewhere in the United States, the bill
being In the main that of California.
Its object is two fold, and in conse-
quence of its operation there would be
felt a sense Of security among all who
must come in contact with establish
ments where steam is employed.
There have been few, very few, ac-
cidents with steam in Hawaii The
exception, results in loss of life and
destruction Of property. AS inspection
has been carried into the merchant ma
rine with remarkable success, so it has
peeh dppiieu W STATIONARY anu ioCo-
motive boilers and the result has been
always to secure higher efficiency
and to prevent accidents.
Hand in hand with inspection has
gone licensing Of the men responsible
for the boilers and engines. The theorr
is not that there must be master
mechanic or first grade engineer at
every post, but that the man in whose
hands are the lives of others shall be
to control the power which !
is drawn from water by heat. AS to
the capability of men to receive licenses |
the bill says they shall be examined
upon "the construction and operation
Of steam boilers, steam engines and |
steam pumps, and also hydraulics I'M
der such rules and regulations as may
be adopted by the chief Inspector"
Too much care cannot be taken to
protect the persons of citizens, and the
highest efficiency in operatives will be
l material assurance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
Sugar on Hawaii.

Purser Birmingham of the Kinau re-
ports the following sugar on Hawaii
ready for shipment: Olaa, 36,775 bags;
Waiakea, 1000; Hawaii Mill, $500;
Wainaku, $4,000; Onomea, 1920; Pepee-
keo, $500; Honomu, 10,4OO; Hakalau,
1900; Laupahoehoe, $780, Maui takes
all: Ookala, $500; Kukaiau, 1000, MAUI"
will take ALL Hamakua, 5000; Paauhau,
$500, Helene" takes all; Honokaa, 5000;
Kukuihaele, $500; Punaluu. nil; Honu-
apo, 200.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
CITIZENS OR ALlENs-WnlcH2

NilILLTNS YIN ALILiNS- WIuSu1
uoIuM ssoul sIB uonssnb W spueI suL
'spuBlsI puB loIIlsIp
| eul IoJ seIllIIqlssod ulIM 5lq os smu.
9mus sul ~ pup 'lu5noul ioJ pooJ 10
mn os ueeq SOU prog slul SunuojJ
-uoo uieIqoId on sduuLsd 1tBMBH 10
| eldoed eul o. ls5JeluI lsslBeL5 5ul 10 90
OF s5sImoJd elBlsH dousIa eul "a pa
-MoUoy 90 OF esIuoo sul 'sIsnles lu5SlT
-l5luI o. sIBsodoId eul pu5uuIoo pInous
UoluM s5LnlpsJ 3uIuIquoo sssB9I no sJe
-suu3Jnd ol p7usdo 90 OF 6pB5I BuoY
| VI puBl ls9q eul 10 s5LoB OOOc ulIM
! have been for many years unDroduc-
| tive. Coffee trees cover large por-
| ton of the area, but there Is no SEM
| blance of cultivation in most instances
and the trees are simply growing wild,
their unpicked product falling to the
ground and new trees springing up to
add to the thicket which exists. 1t
would be a matter of little exertion for
any one who could content himself to
live simply, to literally pick up a living
until any crops he might choose to
plant are brought to bearing.
Applicants for the land there are in
numbers and right there hobs up the
grave problem as to what to do. The
Hawaiians who have the land now
neither improve 1t nor pay any rental,
and Trusts must have revenues. They
do not want to purchase the lands
which they now occupy gratis, and
consequently the buyers must be
sought elsewhere. Orientals that want
the land there are In plenty, but the
proposition of opening such valuable
tracts, that they may be Orientalized,
is one which has caused the members
of the Board to pause.
The first question arising Is that of
the policy of offering these lands for
sale. II there was no question but the
realization upon holdings of realty 1t
can be imagined that the sales might
be made without any question. But
there is a duty to the land which is
recognized Would 1t be wisdom to
pass into the control OF aliens section
of the best agricultural land on the ISL !
ands? Would the result not return to !
vex within few years? Would 1t not |
result in the taking over of the ten or
twenty acre tracts by Orientals VINO,
within five or ten years, would have |
earned the competence necessary for
them to go home, which they could do
all the better since their realty hold
ings would certainly return them suf-
fcient revenue, to keep them in affiu-
Then again the tracts in question are
the very best arabic land: the cream
IF the district perhaps, but not all the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

The display of the Philippine archi-
pelago at the st. Louis Exposition
dition to the quarter million first APP
propriated another $3.50, 900 is now being
discussed, the exposition to add 100000.
Development is the watchword in the
entire East, and the American possess
sions will not lose step with advance
ment, however it comes.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

CHAMBERLAIN COUGH RENE
DY cures the cold and does not produce
any bad effects. 1t strengthens the
lungs and leaves the system in a
healthy condition. 1t always cures and
cures quickly. All Dealers and Drug
gists sell IT, Benson. Smith & Co., Ltd,
agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Hawaiians are winning distinction as
vaudevillians in the East, as witness
two sailor boys who left ship for stage
If they can be as humorous intention
ally as they are unconsciously there
are at least two Legislators who would
make a big hit in a brother act.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

The Advertiser has no intention of
Kamehameha Schools with the chap
lain who is not a reverend. Nor was
there any utilization. 1t was the ut
terance, dignified by the position of the
writer which was commented upon,
and the statements made stand.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

If Berger welcomes McLennan at the
wharf there might be significance in
IF You Hain's Got no Money, You
Needn't Come Around" I'D Leave my
Happy Home for YOU" and "a Hot
Time"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
THE DAY IN
CIRCUIT COURT

Charges of fraud are made by Chi
nese in a suit for $353425 which l..
Chez Sun, Ching Muhg, Lee Chu and
Lee Yau claim has been fraudulently
and falsely converted by C. Wal Tong
to his own USE The defendant was
arrested on writ of no exeat but yes
terday was released upon the order of
Judge De Bolt who also dismissed the
temporary injunction. He claims to
have been taken from his sick bed and
alleges that he was unconscious while
under arrest at the station.
The plaintiffs claim to have formed
with the defendant the firm of Sing
Lung Company a dry goods corpora
ton on Nuuanu street, of which Wal
Tong was the manager and that his
management was irregular.
The order was dismissed on show
ing that C. Wal Tong was seriously
i'll in bed. He denies the charges or
that he intends to go to China and
says that Lee Chu caused the writ to
issue for the purpose of injuring him.
DICKEY REVERSED.
" Judge Robinson yesterday reversed
decision by Judge Dickey in favor of
plaintiff in the case of A. w. Judd VS..
TIL.
insurance obtained by plaintiff on the
property of defendant for him and
Judge Robinson holds, that Judd is not
entitled to recover" sJruoa itvtg ,o :,
NEW SUITS.
Manena Casino has sued Joseph
Casino for divorce, charging desertion.
Louis Marks has brought suit against
f. w. Mckinney on $3.50 note.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

There will be all kinds cf war with
medans in Eastern Turkey, and the
in tervention of the powers will mean
readjustmen. of the map.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Zeal for the small farmer is COM
mendable but there is no reason why
an attempt should be made to form a
close corporation and keep control OF
the industry right here. The man who
makes crop where the land is waste
. should be welcomed whatever his ma
tionaiity and wherever his former
home.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Cox still has his grip on Cincinnati,
despite ingalls, great pull aided by the
anti-machine Republicans. 1t would
appear to be the belief that any Re-
publican will suit better than Dem
ocrat.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Democrats would really like to know
just who Mr.. Bryan would approve as
leader, and it has about come to
point of belief that he might endorse
William Jennings Bryan.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

President Roosevelt is having the
last of the city for few weeks and
his trip into wild nature will do him as
much good as it will the rest of the
country.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

kansans still fight verbally over
christening their battleship with cham
payne, but If the builder will furnish
the bottles and Carrie Nation Is out of
Jail and has car fare there prom
ises to be plenty of smashing.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

-. M If|N.I'I NIW sfa-1'ft -
st. Louis begins to swell UP with
pride because Chicago's exposition will
be eclipsed by the Louisiana Purchase
Fair.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Tom Johnson's election as mayor of
Cleveland should qualify him for am
other automobile-circu tent campaign
of Ohio.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

1t is up to the Sultan to make the
stand of a generation or the partition
of his European empire will be but the
question Of a very short time.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Public office has been regarded as n
private snap before this, and the Chi
nese funds seems to be regarded as n
personal snaplet.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

One vote against the County bill was
because of the Organic Act but the
other was closer home, to please con-
stituents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Happily any differences over vouch-
ers in the matter of Fire Claims ex-
penses arose after McLennan and the
million We're on the way.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
MACKINTOSH
FUNERAL AT MANA
Especial to Advertiser by Wireless
telegraph

WAIMEA, Hawaii, April s.-The flu
neral of Alexander st. Martin idackin-
tosh, who died here yesterday, will take
place tomorrow at Mana.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

The Sultan seems to be proceeding
TO make good Macedonians on the same
lines follo"ed by early Indian fighters
In the regeneration of the red men.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

Cookers $4,000 bull dog has departed
Out the Tammany man still has his
personal grip unimpaired.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

The congressional pork barrel items
win be entirely overshadowed by the
payment OF s250.00O for hole in the
ground.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
Pains in the Back

Are symptoms Of a weak, torpid or
stagnant condition of the kidneys
or liver, and are warning it is ex.
sremely hazardous to neglect, so
important is a healthy action Of
these organs.
they are commonly attended by
loss OF energy, lack of courage, and
sometimes by gloomy foreboding
and dependency.
II had pains in my back, could not sleep
and when I got up In the morning felt
worse than the night before. I began tax.
Ing Hoods sarsaparllla and now I can
sleep and get up feeling rested and able to
DO my work. I attribute my cure entirely
TO Hoods Sarsaparilla." MRs. J. N. PERRY.
care h. 8. Copeland. Pike Road, Ala.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
TIDES. SUN AND MOON.

Full moon on the 18th, 1:4S p. m; sun
on meridian. 1912.
Times vi the tide are taken from the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey tables.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Honolulu.
Hawaiian standard time is 10 hours 30
minutes slower than Greenwich time. be-
ing that Of the meridian OF 157 degrees 80
minutes The time whistle blows at 1880
p. m. which Is the same as Greenwich. .
hours minutes. Sun and moon are for
local time for the whole group.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

F. A. sCHAEFER & Co.-Importer>
and Commission Merchants, Honoiu.
lu, Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

IRON WORKS co.-Ms.
chinery Of every descrition made to
order.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07

LEVERS & CoOKE.-(Robert Lewers.
2. j. Lowrey, G. NJ. Cooke.)-Import-
ers and dealers in lumber and build.
Ing materials. ONCE, IA Fort st.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
BUSINESS CARDS.

II. HACKFELD & CO., LTD.-General
Commission Agents, Queen ST., Homo
lulu, H. ].
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
Hoods Jarsapdrilla
and pills

Cure kidney and liver troubles, re-
lieve the back, and build up the
whole system.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-07
NEW SUITS.

Manena Casino has sued Joseph
Casino for divorce, charging desertion.
Louis Marks has brought suit against
f. w. Mckinney on a $3.50 note.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
BE MADE A sNIpE-TRAP.
The Successful COntrivaKce of N
Illinois Farmer for CaptaF-
ing the Birds.

Nope, snipe, huntin' amt what it
used to be-" said an Illinois farmer
while in the city with a train load
of live stock the other day, relates
a Chicago exchange. Fer real
lively Nimrod the Illinois prairies is
uigh onto the slimmest pickin' in the
land. used to be as poor as Jobs
turkey--didn't have q blamed cent
but / had more fun shootin' snipes
than / now get out of figurin' up
my bank deposits. When the snipes
disappeared l sold my ole blunder-
buss and went to work. and. by
George, 1 own a section of black
land, and there amt snipe been
On it in five years.
"There wasn't anything few years
ago that afforded more genuine sport
than snipe huntin'. I've killed q
hushel sack full of little sandpipers,
Iong-legged mudders and jacksnipe
In q day. used to hunt while the
burrs was a-chokin' the daylights out
IF my corn crop and my horses were
20 ALFRED poor they had TO stand
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25

in the same place twice to make 9
shadder. l didn't have no time fel
burrs and horses while the snipe
were snucl1in' around them prairie
ponds and bitches.
But the mos fun was not in
slaughterin' the birds with a gun. It
was in trappin' them. Hairst you
never hearn of snipe trap? Oh,
well, then, that's different. Well.
sir, a snipe trap was the simplest
thing you ever saw. It was moth
ing but an enlarged mouse trap
with modern ideas put into use.
Now, you know, snipe runs along
the edge Of pond where the mud
is sort O. soft.
"Well, 1 rugged up fat box and
took the murderin' devices out of a
lot of mouse traps. / fastened 'eln
in the box. Then / bored a lot OF
holes in the top of the box just over
the little traps inside. I covered the
box over with mud and took a dead
snipe and stuck it's head in one Of
the holes in the box. It would take
a purity smart bird to see anything
under the mud, and there was moth.
ing there but dozen little holes in
the ground.
"a snipe is like monkey. What
one does they will all do. If one
sticks it's head under a board anC
pulls out a worm every other one
will stick it's head undeE Well, as
/ said, I set a dead bird at the trap
Before long a drove of the birds set
tied around the pond. When they
saw the dead bird with it's head stucl
down hole in the ground they
thought he was holdin' a banquet
They hustled over there and fought
to stick their heads into the othcl
holes. l was hid in the tall gras:
and l heard the wires clickin' anc
saw the birds foppin' their wing.
as they were choked. In two minute
every trap had snipe. I Wake.
out, dug up the box and took out m.
game. There's no limit to huntin
like that if you can find the snipes
but they amt any in my section o
the state no more"