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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-10
Millionaire Dies of a Scratch.

Denver, Colo, March Z. James
Stettauer, prominent cIubman and
financier of Chicago. died at the Mercy
Hospital in this city of blood poison
Ing. resulting from a scratch inflicted
while shaving. The injury was re-
eeived a week ago. A day or so later
erysipelas set in and was followed by
a complication of kidney trouble The
body has been shipped to Chicago for
burial. Mr.. Stettauer left a fortune
estimated at s5.000.000. He came to
Denver two weeks ago to transact pri-
vate business.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-10
Bold Attempt at Highway Robbery.

johannesburg. March IA desperate
a empt at highway robbery in the
center of johannesburg was made yes
terday. A couple of men attacked two
customs officers conveying $25, 900 to
the bank, and. throwing pepper in
their eyes, secured the money bags,
which they threw to a horseman, who
galloped off. The horseman in his
flight knocked down a man named
Brandon. who was fatally injured and
soon expired Subsequently the horse
bolted and unseated It's rider. who was
then arrested and the money recov-
cred
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-10

Chicago. March Rev. J. NJ. Ca.d-
well. at one time presiding elder OF
the Methodist Episcopal church. was
declared insane yesterday by jury in
Judge Carter's court. He viii be
taken. it Is said. to a private sanl-
tarium in Wisconsin. The hearing was
the outcome OF an alleged attempt By
the Rev. Caldwell to commit suicide
after having been arrested ON a charge
OF disorderly conduct
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-10
THE BUFFALO MYSTERY
Murderer of Edwin L. Burdick Nav
Never Be Known.
ARE NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS

is Believed to Be cuiltless and Ef
forts to Fasten the Crime On Her
Will Pc Unavailing.
Buffalo. N. Y. March THAT the
murderer of Edwin L. Burdick will
never be brought TO justice is becom-
ing general belief During the last
SO hours of hard work on the mysteri-
Gus trasedy not an iota of information
OF sufficient importance TO be termed
evidence has been unearthed by the
police. The woman who has been I'M
der strong suspicion and who has be-
come known as the police suspect is
believed TO be gultless so far as the
crime is concerned, by some of the Off
cials of the police department and the
district attorneys office. and they are
convinced that all efforts to fasten the
crime upon her will be unavailing.
They do not pretend to have any clear
idea who the murderer is; they simply
say that the right trail has not been
struck. The probability of an imme-
date arrest being made in the case
grows slighter every hour.
Other officials are as sanguine as
ever that an arrest will be made. They
will not predict when. II may be made
at any moment; it may not be for a
week. Among those who remain IN
shaken in this belief Is Superintendent
Bull, of the police department. He
was asked last evenind II he suspect
ed the same person now as being the
slayer of Burcick as he did earlier in
the week
Il do" he replied. emphaticaIIy.
And do you believe a woman killed
Burdick?"
i do; that is my opinion
"Will an arrest bemade?"
Il am confident there will be-" re-
piled General Bull
An interesting development yester-
day was the statement made by Chief
OF Detectives Cusack that the golf
stick theory had been abandoned. He
is satisfied that the putter was not
used in committing she murder. He
also expressed the conviction that the
weapon used was carried away from
the house. He is sure of that. but he is
not so sure that IL was carried to the
houSt ny Ane murderer. Neither Will
be venture an opinion as TO the kind
Of weapon used.
ANY arrests imminent?" Mr.. Gu
sack was asked last evening.
None that ! know OF. My men are
working hard. but we have not as yet
determined on making arrests"
DR.. Paine left his Office in Batavia
and paid visit 10 his wife at their
Elmwood avenue home. Both DIR.
Paine and Mrs. Paine have retained
lawyers TO look after their interests.
DR.. w. f. Webster. of Batavia, repre-
senting DR.. Paine. gave an interview
yesterday, in which he scathingly de-
nounced the methods of the police.
Mrs. Paine was in a happy mood
when n reporter called at her home
last evening. DO you know" she said
with smile. before any question was
asked. do you know that the detec-
tives have been withdrawn and that
neither myself nor my husband are I'M
der the surveillance of the police. I
feel so happy and free. Actual GUS
tody could hardly be worse than what
have endured"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-10
Captain Lille TO Retire.

Washington. March z. Captain
Abraham b. II. Lille. captain OF the
navy yard at League Island. Philadel
phia. has made application for retire
ment. and by virtue of his long and
honorable service. dating from Sep
TENDER, 1862. and including &c years
at sea. he will be placed on the retired
list with the rank of rear admiral He
was appointed from New York.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
County Act Publication

Bids for printing the County Act
were opened by Secretary Carter yes
terday and the award made to the Bull
letin Publishing Co. at So Sc per page
for 5000 English copies. For $500 Ha-
waiian copies. the Hawaiian Gazette
Co, bid - so a page, no time stiDulat-
ed; Bulletin Publishing; Co. S2.73. de-
iverable in eleven days; Home Rule
Printing Co., $5.25, deliverable in forty
days.
Secretary Carter estimates the Eng
lish edition, at the lowest bid, will cost
$3.50, and the Hawaiian $475, which
makes a total above the specific
amount Of $1,000 appropriated for the
purpose He asked the Legislature for
$4,000 for the advertising and printing
expenses of his department. This was
granted with rider of $1,000 addition
al for printing the County Act. What
ever deficiency there may be in the
eral appropriation.
Secretary Carter is eXpediting as
much as possible the publication of the
Session Laws, and to avoid delay in
getting out the County Act he aban
doned taking the trip to the other ISL
ands with Governor Dole in the L. S. s.
Iroquois, though he is very DESTROYS
of studying land and other public ques-
lions by personal investigation of the
premises so as TO discuss matters in
diligently in Council.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
Dividing Up the AvalIsble Funds.

Heads of departments came together
yesterday to apportion the money they
might respectively expend under cur
rent account appropriations for the
present quarter.
Treasurer Kepoikai informed the con-
clave that the amount available would
be $3.50 a month.
1t was agreed that the Superintend-
ent of Public Works should take $780,
000 or 100000 a month. Some of this
allowance has already been expended
and there are contracts under way
which will take a good deal more.
The Department of Public Instruc-
ton was allotted $4,000 for the quar-
ter.
The Board of Health wanted all that
was coming to it, but will doubtless be
satisfied with what will pay bins ac-
cruing in the three months.
Attorney General Andrews was not
present at the consultation, but said
afterward that his department would
have to obtain its necessary expenses.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
THE VOUCHERS MISSING.

The Legislature came to an end with
out the vouchers of expenditure by the
House being filed with the Secretary of
the Territory or given to the public. In
all probability these tel-tale docu-
ments were burned. 1t is known that
the House was a hot-bed of jobs and
steals; but precisely what they were
and who were the guilty principals, it
needed the vouchers to disclose. But
the explanatory data cannot be found.
To all appearances they are beyond
the reach of the press. the public and
the grand jury.
The Advertiser trusts that all the
ascertainable facts about this corrupt
procedure will be laid before the Pres
ident and Congress along with the leg
islative action taken against American
settlers. It will contribute to a proper
understanding of matters there when
the business interests Of the country
apply for relief from the system of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
HOUSEHOLDER AND MOSQUITO.

The public need not wait for the
J Board of Health to begin a war on
I mosquitoes. /. can do a great deal on
its own account to exterminate the in
sect pests which have lately added TO
their earlier In-repute by spreading the
dengue fever.
As a general thing the mosquitoes
which infest your house were born and
brought up on the premises or in the
neighborhood. Unless blown about by
high winds mosquitoes do not migrate.
Their breeding places are not far to
seek and can easily be destroyed And
il is astonishing how small an amount
Of stagnant water will produce a
swarm of insects. AS many as sixty
thousand embryo mosquitoes were
found by D. L. Van Dine in a tub OF
rain water standing in Honolulu
backyard Any old can with a little
water in it. a pool under the Stats
where carriages are washed, a muddy
doned trough where rain collects-any
Of these receptacles or sinks Will keep
neighborhood supplied with mos
quitoes the year around.
An old pan is left in the backyard;
it collects rain; mosquitoes soon breed
there; some of them bite a dengue
fever patient and then go to biting
well people; an epidemic of fever ap-
pears in the neighborhood and this. in
turn, inoculates more mosquitoes which
go about distributing the poison. But
for the carelessness about the pan, the |
and the doctors bills might |
have been avoided.
The Board of Health cannot do ev-
erything. 1t can look to the broader
scheme of work such as putting crude
oil in the streams which flow into the
rice fields and taro patches, in doctor
ing agricultural marshes that are fed
by artesian water, etc, and in having
1uisances. 1t can also do something
10 abate the stagnant water in Kapio-
ami Park But the hard work of rid
ling the city proper of mosquitoes
must fall on the householders and
one for himself. If
veryone would make sure that his own
premises are free from dead water
here would be little to complain of and
he dengue would soon go into a de-
line.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
FORTS WILL FOLLOW.

The Advertiser hopes that Delegate
Ruhio and the commercial bodies. will
work with all their energy next winter
for the Pearl Harbor naval station. 1t
is more important than any other pub
lie work because, II it is once secured.
all the other things we want Of the
Federal government will necessarily
follow.
Forts are talked OF. But forts are
not built unless there are either great
public works. coaling depots or STRAIT
egic railway centers to be protected by
them. On the Atlantic coast there are
larger and richer cities than this one
where not a single defensive gun is
mounted; there are smaller and poorer
places. where navy yards exist. which
are heavily fortified. The point is, IL
we do not get the naval station we
won't get the forts; but II We get the
naval station. particularly the gigantic
one which the Government would like
to induce Congress to build, forts will
soon bristle up on all sides of the Ho-
nolulu district. So our people will lose
nothing by concentrating their efforts
upon the Pearl Harbor proposition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
MOUNTAIN HOMES.

The call for lots on Tantalus is so
prise that more land along the con-
tiguous ridges is not opened up by its
owners, whether public or private, and
made TO do duty as villa sites.
1t would be easy enough to continue
the Tantalus road along the bench
land back of Pacific Heights; also
around Tantalus peak to the fine tract
of land behind it from which the east
ern and northern sea can be viewed.
We are not sure whether the highway
could be put across the great ridge
which hens in Manoa valley: but if
not, enough land remains about Tan
talus to supply summer homes to the
increasing population that wants them.
A large tract, in private hands,
through which the Tantalus road
passes, would yield fortune if divided
into building lots.
The mountain country Eva of the
Nuuanu valley has hundreds of eligible
villa sites convenient to the town
Some day they will be put within reach
of the public.
Honolulu is one of very few tropi-
cal cities where the white man has been
content to live on the lower levels. At
the start our people easily turned over
the best building sites in the place to
their Portuguese workingmen and only
invaded the upland valleys a short dis
lance. Slow transit had much to do
with this choice of low levels, it being
more convenient to live within easy
reach of tram-cars. cheap hacks and
delivery wagons than to retire up hill.
But things are changing. The Asiatics
are encroaching upon downtown
rapid transit has brought the
suburbs close to the business center,
the area Of food delivery is extending,
there is keener appreciation among
white people than there was of the
healthful influences of altitude, the day
Of the hill-climbing carline and auto
mobile is here. Every summer shows |
more and more people in the hills; and |
we do not doubt that, in course of time. |
the upper districts will have a large |
population.
But the condition precedent is in
opening up lands and building or ex-
tending roads to them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
REAL ESTATE BOOmS.

The admission OF real estate men that
rents and prices OF realty have fallen
far in the last two years but still yield
good returns. proves the case for the
Advertiser Of two years ago. This pa
per then said that rents had been
artihcialy forced UP. along with the
price OF realty and that the fact was
checking the growth Of the city. There
was "A protest from the real estate men
and from many Of the big owners; but
the truth was mighty and it prevailed.
Since then there has been a long drop
and when prices finally reach bed rock
Honolulu will be ready for another era
OF rapid growth.
Real estate boOms have well-defned
laws They begin when property is
low in price and there is reason to ex-
pect a sharp advance. Spectators buy
land then to turn ii over: the buyer
expects to sell for more and if he does
so the next buyer holds for another
rise. Before long the price gets so
high that no one feels that he can pay
it and get anything better from the
next man. When this climax is reach
ed, things begin TO tOtter. Everybody
tries TO unload and the price of real
estate runs down like the mercury on
a cold day. There is a panic and a
smash IL money is scarce and much of
the property was bought on margin;
II not, there is a quiet readjustment
OF values. often slow because of the
that boom prices have really vanished;
and with lower values come lower
rents. In the long run. real property |
gets down far enough to tempt specu- !
lators again and, If there is any incit- |
ing cause for a bOom,-such, for exam |
pie as an isthmian canal would be to |
a place like this-the boom automatic
ally reappears. Then, after awhile. it
shuts itself off again.
Honolulu got a lively boom out of an
while it proceeded to choke itself in the
old way. The city is now getting down
slowly to normal prices. large subur-
ban lots, with water and rapid transit.
being on the market at a price that
would not have bought a fifth of the
area three or four years ago; and inside
property being well shaded off from
former rates. All this brings boom
times appreciably nearer.
While some cynics compare booms to
smallpox. saying they never catch I
twice in the same place, the experience !
IF Los Angeles. San Francisco and /;
Seattle is quite different. Their booms
nave been recurrent AS for Honolulu, {
| naval outlay of s15.OOO.O 900 might east '
y start things moving again; rush of {
ourssts, many of whom are investors,
night have the same effect; the open I
ng OF public lands to American settlers t
IureIy would; eventually the canal /
houId boom us nightly. In the mean
line it is pleasant to have the assur- I
nee OF the real estate men that things 7
ire gradually adjusting themselves so /
here can be another upward lift.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
WHY MOTHERS
WORRY

Did you ever hear a mother
worry over a plump child !?
There is no better bank of
health for a child to draw
from than a good supply of
healthy flesh.
SCOTS Emulsion not only
gives a child weight and
piumpness, but it feeds the
brain, bones and nerves with
strength and active power.
Fewer mothers would
worry if they knew more
about SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is substi-
tuted by cheap emulsions and
so-called wines, cordials and
extracts of cod-liver oil.
They can do you no good
and are dear at any price.
Why buy them? SCOTS
Emulsion has been the one
reliable preparation of cod
liver oil for nearly thirty years.
Wen send you sample free upon request.
SCOTT BOVINE, 4o9 Pearl Street, New York.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

The death of Mrs. James G. Blaine
removes n woman who played a larger
part in affairs than history credits her
with. She was austere and uncom-
promising in her ways and made enc
mics for herself and her husband fast
er. sometimes. than he could make
friends. 1t was to Mrs. Blaine that the
unfortunate break between the dis
tinguished Secretary of State and Pres
ident Harrison was due.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

1t is not too late to speak of the ex-
cellent work done in the House by Rep
resentative Harris. Every vote found
him on the right side; and but for his
efforts the record of the House would
was. Mr.. Harris is a good man to keep
i'm thc harness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
Haleiwa Hotel Co., Ltd.
P. O. Address:
Haleiwa, Oahu

Waialua, Oahu, February 18th, 1909.
Pacific Hardware Co., Ltd
Honolulu
Gentlemen:
The Haewa Hotel Waialua Oahu, when built painted
with the best quality OF lead and OIL but shortly surface
became dull
partly owing TO the close proximity of the
Eight months the house reprinted
used pleased that today when
put and shows of deterioration The hard
glossy and its fine appearance has been generally bv
guests of the hotel
The Carraa Paint well and farther than
oil, and gives hard glossy finish.
1t pleasure this testimonial feel that
is too good to say for Carrara Paint
Very sincerely yours,
c. P. IAUKEA
Manager Haleiwa Hotel Co. I'd
PACIFIC HARDWARE COMPANY LTD
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII
Corner Fort and Merchant Streets
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

a good many OF the legislators will
need vouchers before they can ever
hope to get back on a Republican
ticket
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

The incipient signs Of revolt in China
may be due 10 the appearance of Vol
cano Marshall in that short Tuxedo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

The che IA ticket is in circulation.
Where is the che IA game?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

misrule and plumber which past Con-
gress unwittingly set up in these 81
ands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
H. F. wICHMAN & CO. LTD.

At a meeting OF the stockholders of
II. F. Wichman & Co. Ltd. held on
July 1st, 1908. the following officers
were elected TO serve for the ensuing
year. also constituting the Board Of
Directors:
II. F. Wichman.. President
a. F. Wall ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
.-Vice-President and Secretary
NJ NJ Johnson -.-..-..---. Treasurer
l. P. Fernandez. Auditor
a. F. WALL.
6533 Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16

Anyhow. the Pope is not likely TO get
up and give . ball
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
MEETING NOTICE.
KAMALO SUGAR co.

A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Kamalo Sugar Co. will be held
on Saturday, Aug. list, 1908, at 1880 p.
M, at the offices of J. A. Magoon, cor
ner Alakea and Merchant streets, Ho-
nolulu.
General business.
BY order.
D. DAYTON.
President
A. BARNES.
6539 Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
Dyspepsia

What's the use of a good cook II
there's bad stomach-a stomach
too weak properly to digest what
is taken into it5
The owner of such q stomach
experiences distress after eating,
nausea between meals, and is
troubled with belching and fits OF
nervous headache-he's dyspeptic
and miserable.
II have been troubled with dyspepsia
and have suffered almost everything.
have tried many different remedies, but
could get no relief until I began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. After the use OF this
medicine could eat without distress, and
today am as well as ever. but 1 always
keep Hoods Sarsaparilla on hand" MRS
J. A. CEowELL, Canaioharie, n. Y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-16
Hoods CdrSdPGrilLa
and Pills

Cure dyspepsia, strengthen and
tone all the digestive organs, and
build up the whole system.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-19
Decided Misnomef.

Editor THE STAR with your kind
indulgence would like to make few
remarks concerning the advertised to
be harvest home picnic held at Wishaw
Park last week. 1t was misnamed
| want to state plainly that the
farmers had nothing TO do with IL
at all, and very few farmers went near
the show during the four days. The
farmers consider It an insult and be-
lieve that they have reason for feeling
indignant about II. Had the show bee n
given proper name the farmers would
not have paid any attention to it, but
TO get up such show and call IL a
harvest home picnic is too much TO
swallow without wry face. The
statement that IL was harvest home
picnic must have been made to deceive
the people for the purpose of drawing a
crowd. have been told that gambling
was one of the leading features of the
picnic and that Il sworn officer walked
through the park one day and winked
at the gambling devices.
A FARMER
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-19
Reduced Rates to Lancaster.

For the benefit OF those desiring
attend the State Camp OF Pennsyl
Patriotic Order Sons Of America, to be
held at Lancaster, Pa, August "a to 2s,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell round trip tickets to Lancaster
and return, August "a to 81, inclusive,
good to return until August go, inclus-
i've, from all stations on its lines in the
state OF Pennsylvania, at reduced rates
minimum rate, % cents).
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-19
Fire at DR.. Truitt's.

The home OF Dentist Truitt, on Water
street, was damaged by fire on Tuesday
morning. The alarm awakened our
people at $40 a. m. On reaching the
scene OF the FIRE good deal of smoke
but little fire was discovered. The fire,
which was confined to the interior walls,
was put out with the chemical engine.
Considerable trouble was experienced
in getting to the fire. The household
goods arc badly damaged. Mrs. Truitt
was away visiting her people at Reyn-
oldsville. The doctor awoke almost
chohed by the smoke and gave the
alarm by firing his revolver from a
second story window, through which he
made his exit.-New Bethlehem Vindi-
a,Tn..