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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28
DEN(UE FEVER

Breakbone or dengue fever which
has made 1t appearance in Honolulu IL
still spreading in the city and yester.
days crop of cases seems to give prom
Use that there will be many more vic
time before this uncomfortable malady
abates.
DR.. Wood was taken III Monday and
yesterday was sick in bed. Or
Peterson. who has been In attendance
on a number of cases of the fever, Is
also confined to his room.
At o'clock this morning. c. II. W.
Norton was taken to the hospital with
II well-deyeloped case of the fever. He
was on the streets yesterday afternoon
and the fever did not attack him unit!
during the evening As soon as II did
come, 1t did so with a rush and at the
hour mentioned he was ready for tn
hospital. However, he is better this
morning.
Both French Consul Vizzavona and
a l.. G. Atkinson. who went to
the hospital the other day. are getting
along very well and will he able to get
about In few days.
+, w, Klebahn who was taken sick
yesterday is described by his friends
who saw him in the forenoon as look
ing very much as II someone had done
him tp."
DIR. A. L. Sinclair says that the dem
gue or breakbone fever that is prevail
ing about town probably came from the
Orient, where 1t has been in evidence
for some months. The quarantine SER
vice reports from the Orient have re-
corded cases of this fever and cases
have occurred among steamer passen-
gers in transit The fever is very ur'
pleasant while II lasts but is not nee
ossarily fatal.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28
SantOS-DumOnt Named
AS a Correspondent

Boston, Mass. Jan. Santos-Du-
mont. the aeronaut. was named as CO.
respondent in the divorce case OF l..
+. p. Smith. New England agent OF
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, against his wife, AIDE
laide, who was his housekeeper before
marriage, today. Parker Smith, the
thirteen-year-old son of the libelant,
was called to the stand to testify how
his stepmother made the acquaintance
of the balloon man" at the Cafe de
Paris and went automobiling with him.
The boy said he identified the balloon
man by seeing his picture in the pa
pers. She sent her little stepson home
alone and did not herself appear till
10 a. m. the next day. The boys story
was not broken in a severe cross exam
ination. Mrs. Smith denied the Incl
dent. She said It was the boy who
went to ride with Santos-Dumont-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

Louisville. Ky, Jan. IA letter re-
eeived here today from Mrs. Joseph
Armstrong, who is yat present in Switz-
erland. says the engagement is report
ed there of Mrs. Alice Carr Chauncey.
formerly OF Louisville, but now resid-
Ing in Cannes, France. and Lord Rose
berry. the former Prime Minister OF
England.
Mrs. Chauncey before her marriage
to the late Samuel Sloan Chauncey of
New York was Miss Alice Carr and was
known as one of the most beautiful
women in Louisville, where she spent
the greater portion OF her girihood. Her
younger sister, Grace, also a noted
beauty, married Lord Marlborough of
England. whom she met while on 4
cruise with Mrs. Chauncey in the Med
lterranean sea.
After the death Of Mr.. Chauneey his
wife went abroad and purchased n mag
nificent villa at Cannes. where she en-
tertained with lavish hospitality Last
winter Mrs. Chauncey was presented at
the English court while visiting lady
Marlborough. Both Mrs. Chauncey and
Lady Marlborough were born in n small
town in Southern Indiana
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

Berlin, Jan. lS-Among the cur
ious exhibits that the Prussian Min
istry Of Public Instruction will include
in its educational display at the St
Louis Exposition is an apparatus for
measuring mental fatigue. which Is
widely employed. II Is called an aes-
thesiometer and measures the sensi-
tiveness of the skin, which corresponds
direct to brain fatigue, the sensitive.
ness diminishing as the mind wearies.
DR.. Schrader, professor at the Kaiser
Wilhelm Gymnasium at Hanover, has
perfected an instrument that measures
the time elapsing in the reaction of the
sensorium after mental exertion. The
principle upon which It is based Is that
mental work produces fatigue Of tho
nerve centers. The measurement OF
fatigue during classroom work gener-
ally shows that history makes but a
slight call on the mental power. Geo
metry and Latin are far more exhaust
ing. During the study OF Latin the
nerve power is reduced quarter and
memory appears to suffer greatly.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28
TO Combine Stables

The Club Stables case Is being heard
Il day by Judge DE Bolt Paul Il. isen.
berg, &. Bolte and j. J. Sullivan
brought a petition In equity against
the payment Of what they allege to be
excessive salaries to G. II. Bellina as
manager and William Bellina aud vii.
liam Perry as assistants. also to pro.
hibit the payment Of $1,000 attorney S
lee to T. McCants Stewart. A. q. NJ.
Robertson appears for the plaintiffs.
and 7. McCants Stewart and Franz L.
Thompson for the respondents.
Manager Bellina made an interest.
ing statement relative to the stables
Industry In general, in the course OF
lis examination. He said no divi.
dends had been paid by the corpora.
ton, yet that the business showed
Profits. What was credited to profit
and loss, however, had to be written
OF to balance depreciation in value.
This depreciation the witness held
should not be charged to inefficiency
OF management. It was part of gen.
eral depreciation in the industry which
was especially marked for the past
year as compared With the two prev.
icus years. The advent of the electric
cars was given as leading cause OF
the falling of in livery and boarding
stables business. There was not only
Q lessened demand for driving rigs for
hire. but many customers for board
had sold their horses. People had TAX.
Ell to riding in the cars instead of driv.
ing their own conveyances.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

New York, Jan. lS-A cable dispatch
to the Herald from London. says:
When the South African war offered
opportunities for men from the ranks
and from the auxiliary and Colonial
forces to obtain commissions as re-
ward for distinguished services, the
British nation applauded Today one
hears strangs stories of how the,e men,
who served their country we'll, are be-
ing snubbed and blackbaiied because
they lack the social hallmark obtained
BY entering the army through Sand
hurst. II occurs among the officers.
who are, in the main, drawn from the
middle classes and who entered the
army merely TO obtain the, social status
which the Kings commission bestows
Many Of the men who complain are OF
the class known as born soldiers. ct
with whom II was hoped to stiffen th1
somewhat fiabby ranks OF some OF tho
corps. But the fact that they have
won their commissions from the ranks
by distinction in war is proving a hay
&c their advancement
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

The memoirs of the late Queen Of
the Belgians will, II is believed, be
published in Leipzig next December
Ia both French and German, The lone.
ly Queen is said to have spent much
time over her diary during the last
years of her life.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

Princess Charles of Denmark. King
Edwards second daughter. has iust
produced her first book, which is cir
culating in manuscript form amous
the members of the Danish cnurt cir.
CleS
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Gear desire TO
thank their many friends for their
thoughtful assistance and sympathy
during their recent bereavement.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

J. A. Kennedy has started work for
the erection of a dwelling on his large
lot at the junction of Victoria. Thurs
ton and Green streets. 1t will be a
rNo-story house on plans furnished by
c. W. Dickey, architect. and no doubt
will be an ornament upon the COM
nand site.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-28

There will be a meeting of the Board
Of Education at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08
THEY ASK FOR AID
ROOSEVELT AND ROOT WANT PHIL
IPPINES HELPED.
APPEAL MADE TO CONGRESS
FOR A SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
OF $3,OOO,OOO.

Report of the Philippine Commits
sion is Submitted to Congress.
With IL Go Letters of Roosevelt
and Root Asking That the Condi-
tiOns i'm the Islands be Relieved
by the ApprOpriatiOn-Caus for
the Adv erse Conditions are Re-
cited i'm the Letters.
Washington, Jan. The President
to-day submitted to Congress the third
annual report of the Philippine Com
mission, with extensive appendices.
Accompanying the Presidents letter of
transmittal, was a letter from Seere-
tary Root, making a strong plea for
immediate help by Congress for the in
habitants of the archipelago.
In his letter transmitting the report
and endorsing Secretary Roots plea,
the President says:
Il call your special attention to the
recommendations contained in this
letter of the Secretary of War. l most
earnestly feel that the enactment of
the measures already pending in your
pine Islands is imperatively demanded
by the situation in these islands, and
serious calamity may come from fail
ure to enact them. Furthermore,
with equal earnestness ask your atten-
ton TO the recommendation of the Sec
rotary of War, in the accompanying
letter, and urge it's adoption so that
the sum of money therein specified may
be appropriated for the uses and in the
manner likewise specified, in order that
the present distress in the islands may
be remedied."
Secretary Root in his letter to the
President says:
1T seems to me that the conditions
resulting in the destruction by rinder-
pest of 80 per cent. of the Carabaos.
the draft animals of the islands, and
the consequent failure of the rice crop,
followed by an epidemic of cholera, are
so serious and distressing as to call
for action by Congress beyond that for
which the commission specifically ask.
The removal under the laws of Con-
gress of export duties on goods ship
ped from the Philippines to the Unit
ed States has materially reduced the
revenues Of the island, while the du-
ties collected in the United States upon
importations from the Philippines,
which under the same laws were to be
turned over to the Philippine treasury
and were expected to make good the
deficit, have amounted to practically
nothing. At the same time the decline
in the price of silver, the evils of a
tiuctuating currency, and the impov-
erishment of the people have reduced
the government revenues when they
are most needed for relief of the peo-
pie"
The Secretary recommends an APP
| preparation of $3,O0O00O for expendi-
ture in distribution of supplies and
upon relief work
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08

comes the facing of the dam. Here
and there, under broad sun helmets,
like tall mushrooms, may be found
willy Greek or excitable Italian acting
as useful lieutenant to. and directing
the work being executed by, the soli-
tary Englishman perched yonder on an
elevation of masonry, apparently an
idle spectator, and yet seeing all and
occasionally acting as judge in the
many disputes arising between the diff
ferent factions.
Ceaselessly the work goes forward,
drowned by the equally ceaseless chant
till IL noon, when up goes the
Egyptian flag to the top of the flag
pole, and work ceases until / p. m.
Away fly the Europeans on trolleys,
the ''reis" and "sheikhs" on donkeys,
to their homes, for dinner and the long
wished for drink" poor Stevens so
well describes. The trolleys. propelled
by gayly-clad runners, shouting "Oh,
ah rigiak!" C"Mind your feet!') at the
top of their lungs, till one wonders
where the breath Is corning from for
the next call; a company of red and
white turbans move off to one spot, an
other of close-fitting brown skull-caps,
representing the fellaheen, tear off,
scampering like children, to another
locality. and the rear of this motley
crowd is generally brought up by the
more dignified company or inky-black
Sudanese, who at one seek the encamp-
ment where their wives are without
whom they never travel any distance)
The Midday Meal.
Amid ceaseless chatterlng ana ges-
ticulating a hearty meal Is made-off
wheat, we British workmen? Simply
a few cucumbers or turnip-tops, two
or three lettuces, perhaps; and this,
with a bowl of lentils and the puffed-
out fat cakes of the East, washed
down with muddy Nile water, consti-
tutes for them an excellent meal. Pos
sibly, IL in season, a piece of sugar.
came fulfills the same object. This
lordly repast being over, the chatter
ing ceases, the burnouses are brought
out from a pile, spread over their
bodies, face and all, and they sleep
till o'clock.
BY 2:05 p. m. all hands have fallen
to again to work without break till
80 D. m, with the blazing sun over
head blistering all it touches. Still
the ceaseless "chip chip" of the mason,
the thud of the hammers. the clank
of the divers air-pumps, the monoto-
nous sing-song, and the shrek of d.
minutive railway engines, till the
magic hour of $50, when up goes such
a shout from the threats of 1000 men
as might raise their departed ances-
tors for generations back and the
shrill lulu of the women, and the
Egyptian crescent once more floats in
the cool evening breeze. Hundreds of
devout worshippers drop about in all
directions, having spread their prayer
mats, turn their faces TO Mecca, and
give their fervent thanks to Allah,
swinging backwards and forwards like
the stocks of cornfield.
The Nightly Fantasia.
Then takes place one of the most
interesting functions of the day. On
a strip of sand left by Father Nile
three or four circles of crouching fig
ures are formed, with a 'reis" in the
center of each. and every fifth man
sitting forward receives the pay of
the five from a large bag of coin, and
distributes it directly after; mean
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08

while, the scribe. generally a Cont,
standing at the elbow of the paymas-
ter, ticks off the payees' names. AS
each circle is paid it dissolves into
crowd of happy children making for
the bazaar, there to indulge in the
nightly fantasia and the everlasting
tap of the tom-toms.
When the days work is done. and
each of these units Is resting in his
own village, known as beled, or at
the bazaar, camp fires spring up all
round and as darkness settles on the
land nothing Is heard save the sound
of singing and storytelling, and, per-
haps, the occasional howl of a jackal
or parjah, disgusted at being kept
waiting for his supper.
At the hosting of the flag at $50
p. m, a solitary figure is rowed away
down the old river, the headpiece and
mover of this vast machinery of hui
mainly, and If one could look through
the lattice window OF his room two
hours after, one would see a pic
turesque group of gayly dressed Arab
Sheikhs and reis standing round that
one man of foreign race making re-
ports and receiving them till midnight
strikes when this representative OF
the dominant power incloses himself
within his mosquito curtains with a
"Kullu khalass ell naharda wullu ley
leh," and the hight of the dam has
risen within the last twenty-four
hours.
Sometimes at night, when the Nile
is coming down near food time, and
the work has to be finished Cor is
swept away within given time, the
works are suddenly suffused with the
glow of arc lamps, and the human ants
labor from evening till dawn.-G. Cor
don Coxwell.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08
THE HARNESSED NILE.
How the Dam Was Built Across Its
Flow.

Flow.
From the London Mail.
There are perhaps few things more
fascinating to the average Englishman
than the completion of some great en-
gineering feat promising untold bless
ings to generations yet to come, caus-
ing the earth to yield her increase
hundredfold, very often to the people
of an alien race, and accomplished per-
haps under most trying circumstances.
And when we read of the harnesslng
Of a mighty river whose history Is writ
ten on her banks from time immemo-
rial. causing new cities to spring sud-
denly into existence and nations Dor
ders to extend by miles, we may aptly
stop and consider how day by DAY
these things are done, and the 'un-
changing East" changed by the magic
of a few months. Surely the building
of so gigantic a work as the Nile dam
has never been surpassed in either an
cient or modern times. 1t is the en-
deavor Of the writer to paint Word
picture of so interesting scene from
his own experience.
The all-important question OF LAHORE
so prominent in South Africa, hnds
no place in this country, teeming as 1t
fully handled and kindly treated, can,
as it did of old times under the Phar-
oahs' eyes, although perhaps with diff
ferent treatment. accomplish incredi-
BILE results, with, in many cases, priml-
tive means.
orders are given for all workers to
assemble at $3.50 for z a. m. duty. Al
Z the engineer takes his coffee and roll,
lights a cigarette, and is swiftly driven
- IL ~
own door, and landed practically in the
center of activity
Arrived on the barrage, or dam, the
knot of "sheikhs" and "reis" greet MN
with the courtly Eastern salaam, ana
shortly after may be seen speeding to-
ward the various quarters OF the
works. Maybe 1000 men are at work,
each section under it's particular
"chief," the fellaheen from near CAIRO,
famous stone-dressers and masons Tor
centuries back, so far back that the
vista of the ages grows dim; these are
attended by boys in their picturesque
"galabeahs," carrying water, and very
often by women gracefully bearing
boxes of "homrah" or mortar, on their
heads. Bedouins and fellaheen work
like ants at the rough work, and dark
skinned, smiling, good-natured Sou
danese ram the concrete as it is placed
in position, as If they TOOK the Wnole
thing as a huge joke.
Labor and Music.
AS the work proceeds one presently
hears the Arabs and Sudanese (once
and not long ago, masters and slaves,
as the remains of the Cairo slave mar
ket, now in ruins, testify chanting
some Of their melancholy and weird
dirges, throwing great heaps Of UNI
dressed stone from one place to an
other which as one looks. becomes
spread out into the evenness OF a re-
yetment wall, or neatly dressed be-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08
The Tailor Bird.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
This wonderful bird lives in India. It
has beak shaped very much like a.
shoemaker's anvil The little bird is
entirely yellow in color and is only
three inches long. 1t derives its name
from the way in which 1t makes it's
nest-it selects a large leaf. hanging
from the end OF a twig, then 1t pierces
a number of holes along the edge OF
1t with its awl-llke beak, and then gets
the long fibers of plants, which make
excellent thread, and carefully sews
the edges together like purse or bag.
using its bill for a needle to carry the
thread through. The ends of the
thread are knotted, so as to entirely
prevent them from slipping through
the leaf. The stalk end of the leaf is
bent and crushed so as to form a hood
ing 1t from the sun and the rain. But
what is very strange, when the leaf
is not large enough to make the nest,
this bright little bird gets another leaf.
pierces it with holes and pieces the
two leaves together. The interior of
the nest is lined with cotton and silky
grass making a very snug and COM
Portable home for the little birds. The
bird and its nest full of eggs are so
very light that they can be suspended
from the end of slender twig. Would
1t not be interesting to watch this lit
tie tailor selecting the leaves and the
thread and then piercing the holes
ready to sew the leaves together to
make for itself comfortable little
home?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08
CHANGES ON THE ERIE
That Result From the Resignation
of Thomas.

New York, Jan. THE directors of
the Erie Railroad Company met to-
day and accepted the resignation of
E. b. Thomas as chairman of the
board of directors, effective Feb. /.
also the resignation of j. A. Middleton,
secretary and second vice president
effective Jan. 1, last. Mr.. Thomas,
who is now executive head of the Lee
high Valley Railroad, has selected Mr..
Middleton as his assistant. Mr. Thorn
as remains in the Erie directorate.
The regular semi-annual dividend of
l42 per cent. on Erie first preferred
was declared. The office of chairman
OF the board was abolished, and PresI-
dent Underwood will assume the duties
OF that position. Norman B. Ream of
Chicago, takes Mr.. Thomas place in
the Executive Committee D. A. Rich
ardson was elected assistant to the
president and secretary of the COM
pany. l.. D. Smith resigned as assist
ant secretary, and David Bosnian was
selected to take his place.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-08
N0N-UNI0N MEN TELL
OF PROSECUTIONS.
Stories That Were Related to the
Strike Commission.

Stories That Were Related to the
Strike Commission.
Philadelphia, Jan. THE non-union
men continue to occupy the attention
of the Coal Strike Commission in pre-
senting allegations of lawlessness in
the coal region during the strike. The
testimony included many acts Of vio-
lence from murder down to plain as
sault and petty larceny.
Dynamite played a leading part in
the alleged persecution of non-union
men and their relatives. Five wit
nesses testified to their houses being
more or less seriously damaged by per-
sens, some of whom, known to be
union men, paced explosions on the
property; other witnesses told of a
dam being blown up, one locomotive
damaged, steam pipes in two different
collieries either broken or damaged by
dynamite, bridges and fences damaged
by incendiary fires and attempted
wrecking of trains.
One youth said he was stabbed, sew
eral of the witnesses were boycotted,
and several others told of being beaten
by crowds and of their houses being
told the commission she was dismissed
as school teacher because her brother
chose to work during the strike. A
young man testified that he was attack
ed as he was coming out of church
after being married, forcing him to
seek refuge in a colliery, while his
bride got home as best she could, and
another witness said he was afraid to
attend the funeral of his mother, who
had died while he was working behind
colliery stockade.
One witness told of having been pun
ished by a mob forcing him to walk
fifteen miles at the head OF a cheering
crowd of strikers. Other testimony
was also presented in the endeavor to
show that reign of terror existed in
the strike-affected territory of the
state, and that members of the union
were largely responsible for it.
While most of the testimony given
by the witnesses was of the same
character as that heretofore heard by
the commission, the arbitrators were
greatly interested in each of the TWEEN
ty-seven stories told on the stand.
Many questions were asked the wit
nesses by the commissioners. Counsel
for the miners attempted to break
down some of the stories, but they did
not succeed in shaking the testimony.
1t is the intention of the attorneys for
the non union men to occupy about
two more days in presenting this sort
of evidence. Tomorrow they expect to
place on the stand Brig. Gen. ]. P. S.
Goblin of the Third Brigade, N. c. p,
and several of the commanders of the
regiments in the field during the
strike.