The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-15
QUEER THINGS IN THE
LATEST COAST MAILS
Odd Happenings Reported by the Associated
Press...Negro Scheme to Take
hayti...Magnetic Surgery.

an army, seize ftayti anu make IL al
American republic has been preached
to William Pickens. the colored men,
Der of the Junior class of Yale, who
won the Teneyck premium at the an
nual prize speaning. He is the only
negro to win the prize at Yale in the
university's history.
Pickens says that he has been Of
fered the Presidency of the Haytian
republic after the conquest Of the ISL
and. N. L. Musgrove is secretary OF
the movement. He is located at Stur-
gis Bay, headquarters Of the junta. A
canvass has begun, according to the
letter from Musgrove, for raising funds
to equip an army OF American negroes,
purchase or lease a war ship, and buy
provisions and arms. The army is to
be known as the Sons of Freedom"
The government is to be administered
by a gigantic corporation, of which
all the members Of the society are to
be stockholders. All the land titles
and franchises are to be vested in the
state. All dangerous and incorrigible
criminals are to be provisioned and set
adrift on the sea to seek other shores.
Musgroves letter says: ct is to
such young and virile men of the race
as yourself that the people should look
to carry out the noble dream of en-
pire."
SNAKE BITE IN THE EYE.
REDDING, May 4.-Sam Conant, the
grown son of Jack 'Conant, a mining
man famous for the sale of the Uncle
Sam mine, came cropping blindly into
the camp of his parents on Brandy
creek yesterday afternoon, crying from
pain. The young man claimed that
while hunting he sat down to take a
smoke and disturbed a rattlesnake,
which struck him in the eye. His
mother applied home remedies and his
sight is not injured, according to his
| father, who brought the story to Red
ding this evening. Local medical men
say young Conant must be mistaken
| in the matter and that If a rattle
snake struck him in the eye he would
| II - ;rI
EMBEDDED STEEL LEAPS TO
MAGNET
VALLEJO, May Am interesting
case of crude but amazingly success
| full electrical surgery was recorded at
the Mare Island navy yard to-day.
A week ago a piece of steel three
eighths of an inch long and averaging
an eighth of an inch in thickness flew
from planning tool and embedded it
self deeply in the face of a young naval
| apprentice, John Gregg. 1t was
! thought at the time of the occurrence
that his face was merely cut, as no
foreign body could be detected among
the muscles in the locality of the in
jury.
To-day signs of the presence OF
buried IN etdi appeared or the surface
of the wound Master Electrician Pc
trie applied n small electric magnet
of his own design and capable of lift
ing 500 pounds directly over the orifice
of the apprentices face. He then
turned on the current and as quick as
lightning the offending piece of steel
mentioned flew from the lads wound
to the magnet.
RELIGIOUS PAWN SHOPS.
NEW YORK, May 5.--Thomas NJ,
Mulry, president of the st. Vincent de
Paul society; the Rev DIR, David
James Burrell of the Marble Collegiate
Church, the Rev, Alexander p. c.
Doyle of the Paulist Fathers; Edward
u. Cragin, Robert Miller and others,
are backing philanthropic pawn
broking enterprise, in which they hope
to embark soon after bill Incorporate
ing the Personal Property Loan Com
pany shall be signed. with capital of
$4,000. one hundred thousand dollars
has been pledged to start the business,
The incorporators aim to establish a
system of pawnshops, non-sectarian in
character, but in touch with church in
terests, so that the worthy poor may
be assisted, The company is to charge
only one-half of ! per cent interest
month on loans, In view of this low
interest charge the bill says that the
city officials shall record all chattel
mortgages, bills OF sale and the like
free of charge.
ODD SCENE ON FIFTH AVENUE.
NEW YORK. May 5.-Mrs. John c.
Carlisle, wife of the former Secretary