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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-03
FITCH & HIGHTON
END PARTNERSHIP

The dissolution of the firm of Fitch
and Hfghton occurred yesterday. 1t
was entirely amfcable and was caused
by the determination of Colonel Fitch
to retire from active practice here He
will stay in Honolulu until all the cases
in which he has accepted employment
shall be finally disposed of, and whether
he will then remain permanently or
will return to the mainland is a matter
to be determined hereafter by Mrs.
Fitch.
While the bar will regret the loss of
Colonel Fitch it is to be congratulated
on the permanent acquisition of Judge
Highton. That gentleman has prac
ticed at the bar of San Francisco since
1860 with great success, appearing in
many famous cases both civil and
criminal. AS a trial lawyer there, he
was conceded to have few equals
and no superiors, and counsel who are
opposed to him here will find a foeman,
who although courteous and honorable,
is yet worthy of their STEEL
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EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS.
HOW HONOLULAN FIGHTS CHOLERA
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welcomed
with enthusiasm have territory
for five and half days This has given time beyond these
borders work
whole The inspected further enlarged
shall lose all gained other inspectors
nearly fortunate this while the cholera still raging
beyond boundaries.
In this work have into with WHIT
side of physicians life have widow vany trying
her dying child and look after infant
children attacked three orphans probably
FIVE trying prepare their breakfast
their mother widow
FAINT that she might take last look all that remained
born lad of twelve. Fear cholera OF do
Beside cholera cause for anxiety on
the fear which the me- Fill
pnos boo and his excitement
AS oo back experiences the
wonder that did not feel anxiety. thing
of past Undoubtedly inspectors in much more dan
ger from Fiipinos than from cholera.
Of had difficulty getting things in
place With slight modification you apply the
lines of Kiplng
1T does agree with the Christians health
To hustle the Aryan brown;
For the Christian rifles, and the Aryan smiles,
And he weareh the Christian down.
After the inspectors up it took us three
days get authority and after got authority vervmen
policemen officials generally povonglv slow about
everything These people do nv better than
the Americans know when take things the first few DAYS
nearly made myself sick make things ears rang
with the closing lines of the little from which lust quoted
And the end of the fight is tombstone white
With the name of the late deceased
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here
Who tried to hustle the East"
The subject of cholera monopoed this letter co Won nav
"na most on mind hope the time
VIII be short TIL 1t will all be but memory
Yours truly
HENRY S. TOWNSEND.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-03

PNEUMONIA IS DANGEROUS.-Th
time to cure it is when it is merely a
bad cold Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is highly recommended by the lead
ing physicians, for this malady. 1t all
ways cures and cures quickly. All
dealers and druggists. Benson, Smith
e. Co, Ltd. agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-03

PL|MENTS
February Term of
Circuit Court
Opens.
Judge Robinson's Hard
Work TO Find a
Case.
Bicycle Thief Gets Two Years on
Old Charee-De Bolt Com.
pIiments Andrews.

| The February term of circuit court
was opened by Judge De Bolt yesterday
morning The criminal calendar was
called by him Immediately after the
grand jury had been excused. Judge
Robinson has in charge the civil cal
endar, and the first fifty cases were
called during the afternoon.
1t was Judge Robinson's intention to
call but twenty-five each week, but
there was not case answered ready on
the first call, and the next twenty-five
We're then read, and from them FIVE
cases were found ready for trial. City
Mill Company VS.. w. c. Achi is set
down for hearing before jury this
morning.
HARRISON-MAGO AGAIN.
Mr.. Robertson suggested that the
case of Harrison VS.. Magoon, the Hagey
gold cure trial, might be heard, but
Judge Robinson said he wanted to dis
pose of more than one case at this term.
The attorney suggested that the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court had shortened
the case considerably, but the court
would not put it down for trial as it
had not even place on the calendar.
FITCH IS OUT.
Mr.. Thomas Fitch asked that the name
of Henry E. Highton be SUBSTITUTED for
the firm-name of Fitch & Highton
on the calendar. He stated afterwards
that he would conclude his legal bust
ness here, and expected to remain until
April.
SENTENCE SUSPENDED.
Judge De Bolt is disqualified, and the
defendant appeared before Judge Rob
inson and entered a plea of guilty. Up
on motion of Attorney General An
drews, sentence was suspended.
EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS.
Judge De Bolt and the new Attorney
General exchanged compliments yester-
day morning. The court stated that
Attorney General Dole and Mr.. Cath
cart had, during their service, faithful
ly and ably represented the Territory's
interests. I'm all respects he said,
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HE WASN'T GOOD.

Attorney General Andrews called the
attention of the court to the case OF
David Pnwi, who had stolen a bicycle
last year. and upon whom sentence had
been suspended. Mr.. Andrews said that
the man had since been twice arrested
for similar crimes, and asked that sem
tence be passed. Mr.. Kaulukou, who
had been his attorney, withdrew, and
Piiwi was then called to the bar. Judge
De Bolt stated that sentence had been
suspended with the hope that the young
man would lead an honest life. but as
he hadn't awaited himself of the oppor-
tunity given he would have to be pun
ished. A sentence of two years in
Oahu prison was imposed.
OTHER CRIMINAL MATTERS.
A nolle prosequi was entered in the
case of Jean Sabate, charged with lar
ceny. He is serving three years SEN
tence now for violating the Federal
postal laws.
Henry Hogan was substituted for
Lorrin Andrews as counsel for Nigel
Jackson, charged with arson.
In Territory VS.. Dillon the defend
ant appeared in person in the lower
court. Attorney Dillon appeared in cir
cult court, but stated that he was not
the defendant in person." as the print
ed calendar had it,
Sentence was suspended in the case
If All Sing, charged with larceny.
The case of Territory VS.. Mrs Toogood
vas stricken from the calendar, as the
defendant has been behaving herself
since sentence was suspended last term.
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1.-THE peoples interests have been zeal
ously, honestly and thoroughly present.
ed. and I feel that they will be cared for
with the same zealousness by the new
Attorney General, Mr.. Andrews, and
his assistant, Mr.. Peters,
Mr. Andrews thanked the court, and
said that the Attorney Generals
Department would do all in it's power
to assist the court, and would endeayor
to protect the interests of the people
and to the best of their abil-
ifu
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The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
A Visitor From Space.

A shooting star" is by no means an
uncommon apparition; but it rarely
happens that one of these bodies finds
Its way to the earth. They are most
ly dissipated as fine dust when their
contact with our atmosphere heats
them and renders them luminous. A
short time ago one of these meteoric
stones fell at Crumlin, County Antrim,
Ireland, within few miles of the city
of Belfast. 1t was seen to fall, about
ten o'clock in the morning, by la
borer who was gathering apples with
lin twenty yards of the spot. The stone
had buried itself eighteen inches IN
the soil. and when dug up was found
to measure seven and half inches in
length, and to weigh nearly nine and
a half pounds. The stone, which was
quite hot when found, is the largest
meteorite that has been seen to fall
in the British Isles for eighty-nine
years. On hearing of the occurrence,
the chief of the Neurological De-
partment of the British Museum
visited Crumlin, examined the stone,
and purchased it for the national col
lection.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
Nebra.ka,s ereathlna WeIIs.

Nebraska's breathing wells" are de-
scribed in a recent publication of the
United States Geological Survey. They
are driven wells which, after descend
ing through from so to 100 feet of
subsoil, penetrate layer of dense
limestone, about four inches thick,
which rests upon the water-bearing
gravel. Whenever an area of low ba-
rometer passes across the country the
breathing wells sigh and roar with a
noise audible. sometimes. at dis
tance of several rods. They blow out
ward for several days, and then the
current is reversed and the air is
drawn in, the changes always follow
ing fluctuations of the barometer. One
explanation offered is that the porous
gravel underneath the limestone lay
er contains air, whose pressure fuctu-
ates in sympathy with that of the air
above ground. But 1t is felt that a
complete explanation remains to be
made.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
stranqe Altar in conneeticut.

Curious was the find made in
Sharon, Conn, by a couple of youths
while hunting recently They discov-
cred an old tree, into the hollow of
which an altar had been built by ce-
menting the fiat stones at from ten to
twelve feet from the ground and pilins
others at the base up to height of
some three feet. A tablet was fastened
in the back of the hollow, about six
feet from the foot, which bore in
Greek the inscription which st. Paul
saw on the altar in Athens, ITO the
Unknown Cod" This use of Biblical
quotation was evidently made in a
spirit of mockery. The altar is sup
posed to have been erected by an
irreiigious sect or society which flour
ished in Sharon in the early years of
the last century, and to have been the
seat of their atheistic orgies and
revels. The altar has since been de-
faced by some curiosity hunters carry
ing off the tablet, but luckily photo
graph of it had been taken before this
vandalism was committed.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
STORIES OF LIFE IN VENEZUELA
Incidents That Break the M,noony souh American
Republic
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Republic.
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Two members of parliament have
quaint stories to tell of adventures in
Venezuela in times past.
An honorable baronet, while on a
visit to the republic, had interviews
with certain members of the govern
ment. He dined with them in the
evening, and retired at late hour. He
was awakened from his sleep by a
noise in his room, and saw, as he
thought, one of his hosts disappear
through the bedroom window leading
to the veranda.
Concluding that this was a polite
custom of the country, the visitor re-
turned to sleep, but in the morning he
found his trousers upon the floor, their
pockets turned inside out. His old
fashioned, highly decorated chain
purse was gone, but it's contents were
on the ground. His gold-edged cigar
case and some gold charms attached
to his fob had also vanished.
The Englishman went straight to the
seat Of government and complained to
one of the ministers, who expressed
his dismay. and was thereupon in
formed that the person. seen in the
room bore resemblance to himself.
every strange" replied the minis
ter, ''for there is no one alive who re-
sembles me-"
"In that case," rejoined the visitor
dryly, you should have no difficulty
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
PAWNBROKER SEES HUMAN NATURE
Comedy and Paos Strangely Mingled in These Resorts the City,
Unfortlnaes
Unfoi'tunates.
----.-

In a pawn Office on First avenue,
near Tenth street, red-nosed woman
handed in a Marseilles quilt and a
pair of sheets which had evidently
been in recent use. The pawnbroher
flung them back with crisp, Don't
want 'em; they amt clean"
You lyin' rogue an robber. they're
blankety-blank sight cleaner than
you," was the retort courteous.
Get out of here, madam, and never
show you nose inside my door again. -
he commanded.
Don't dare madam me-" she
shrieked, "or I'll have the law on you!
want you to understand that I'm a
lady, an me mother before me was a
lady, tool" Finally she was elected
and went her way protesting.
In the same compartment stood a
bleary eyed man whose breath aroused
fears OF spontaneous combustion. He
asked 80 cents on pair of small
boots, and clutching the coin, hurried
to the saloon across the way. No
sooner had he disappeared than thin,
frightened looking woman stole in. He
took the boots off the child's feet"
she explained to the pawnbroker, land
followed him to ask how much he
got on them. While he's sleeping 1t
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
heathen PRAYER for Rain.

The Chuvash, a Turkised Finnish
tribe, interesting as the former neigh
bors of the Hungarians before their
march south from the Volga, still cling
to their old heather faith. The priest
in one of their settlements (curious-
ly enough suffering from drought) re-
Gently performed the rain rite. Tho
whole population, with offerings of but
ter, milk, salt and meal, were gathered
a. a spot where there was water. Por-
ridge for the gods was duly boiled. A
priest then caught swallow, smeared
it with butter, and bade it ely to God
and tell Him to send rain; If He do
not believe you, show Him you have
been anointed!" The bird set free, as
a matter of fact, flew to it's nest. But
the priests, nothing daunted, con-
tinued the service. The ceremony
concluded by the acolytes pushing each
other into the water and bountifully
sprinkling the crowds of pious laSmen.
who were fully convinced the drought
would cease.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
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specimens from this stump aggregat.
ing many tons, 1t is still estimated to
"eish "A tons. To give better idea
oi its size 1t may be well to state that
u is 20 feet in diameter and 10 feet
nigh. There have been many attempts
TO dig 1t up and place it on exhibition
owing to its great weight, however
this had to be abandoned. and it still
i.es half-buried in the ground at
rlorrissant, as there are no railway
cars capable of carrying anything near
It's weight. What. perhaps, makes it
more of curiosity is the fact that
this Rocky Mountain region is a coun.
Try OF small trees, and that there are
no giant redwoods within a thousand
miles OF this stump-which goes to
Stow that Nature has changed the en-.
tire vegetable growth of this section.
as nothing requiring the semi.tropical
heat of a redwood tree would grow at
this altitude now.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23

in securing the restoration of my prop
erty."
Later in the day the Englishman dis
covered an anonymous package upon
his room table. Opening the cover he
found all the missing articles save the
gold-edged cigar case and one of the
charms-a little goddess in diamonds
and emeralds.
Mr.. Henry Labouchere went through
revolution in Venezuela some years
ago.
A battle took place on the Plaza one
afternoon" said Mr.. Labouchere in
telling his story, ''and l watched it
from a grass hammock on the terrace
in front of my hotel. The government
forces were put to fight, and 1 was
Joined by my revolutionary friends
keen from the fight.
Later one of the fallen ministers
visited us and said he could show us
where 250,000 silver collars were hid
den. He was as good as his word. and
patriotism being sunk by my friends
in obedience to the comforting moral
OF the place, BE kind to ourselves it
was proposed to divide the swag.
81 said, No, don't do that; it might
offend the people. Play for it, Which
was agreed to. The government man
was allowed in, and we played and the
government man won it all to the last
dollar. So after all no harm was
done."-London Mail.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23

Boat and boatman were capsized.
AS my rifle had fortunately been left
upon the bank. was able to kill the
alligator again. We secured him by
floating the boat. under him and then
bailing it out. the alligator complete
ly filed the boat, so that my compan-
ion and l sat upon his back as we
padded down the river with gunwales
unpleasantly near the water.
1t was growing dark and the water
around us was becoming live with alli-
gators. While we were rejecting
upon our overloaded condition. our al
ligator came to life aagin and shifted
ballast until water poured over the
gunwale. We quickly balanced the
boat, only to see it again disturbed and
to ship more water. A scramble for
the shore followed, which we reached
without capsizing and where we left
our victim for the night after again
killing him. In the morning our buzz
zard friend from the Homosassa river,
surrounded by his family, was sitting
above Kim in the tree waiting for us
to attend to our carving duties.
There are drawbacks to hunting in
the Great Cypress swamp Even ma
tives have been lost and died in it's re-
cesscs. 1t is bounded on the east
by the Everglades and on the west by
a series of impenetrable margrove
thickets, alternating with deep chan
nels. If lost one should turn his face
firmly to the north, and as guide re-
marked to me ''he ought to get some
where in three or four days" Country
Life in America.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
CHURCH A MODEL OF BEAUTY
Glory Of the Structure Known as Stan.
ford Memorial

Glory Of the Structure Known as Stan.
ford Memorial.
Across the quadrangle is the Mem
orial church. The original rudimen-
tary architectural design Of Shepley.
Rutan and Coolidge. who drew the
plans for the inner quad, has been de-
veloped and ennobled by Clinton Day
of San Francisco. Although sur
rounded by the majestic buildings Of
the outer quadrangle, the church full
fills the original architectural con-
ception by its dominating pre-emi-
nence. From every point on the cam
pus It is the spire with its glittering
GLOSS which first meets the view, Just
as the notes of the great organ roll
out, and the sweet chimes of the
tower bells ring across the tiled roofs
and greet the ear. The architecture
IL . modification Of the Moorish and
Romanesque and the ground plan is
in the form of q cross with rounded
ands It 10 almost 200 feet long
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
A Unique Mail Boat.

The Scottish island of st. Kilda. the
most westerly of the Hebrides. lies
far out in the Atlantic, and is visited
only Two or three times year by
mail boats. In the intervals between
these visits the st. Kildans adopt a
curious mode of sending their letters
to the outside world.
In the first place, a piece of plank
is got about one foot and half in
length, seven inches wide and four
inches thick. This is pointed at one
end like wedge, and hole is bored
sideways through 1t. while the other
end is cut like the stern of a trawler.
thus forming the rough model of a
boat. In the center of the boat" a
hole six inches by fouc inches is cut.
All the letters, along with the cop.
pers for postage, are then collected
and put into flack, which in turn is
placed in the cavity of the boat" and
covered over with hatch, the latter
being tightly nailed to the wood, so
that no water may get in. On the bow
is painted in large letters the word.
Open"
Finally buoy is attached to the
boat by cord passed through the
bow. When everything is ready the
little craft is committed to the sea.
which in due course casts it some
where on the West Coast of Scotland.
Whoever picks 1t up is expected to
buy the necessary stamps with the
money contained in the boat and to
post the letters that they may reach
their destinations.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
A curious Natural Bridge.

Recently a man. prospecting in the
mining regions Of Arizona. found q
remarkable natural bridge. 1t spans
a deep canon, forty-five feet in width.
The bridge is made by a great petri-
fed tree that lies across the gorge.
Scientific men say that, many ages
since, this tree was prostrated by
some terrific storm and fell across the
canon. BY the effects Of the water
and of time 1t has passed through
many stages Of naturalization and is
now a wonderful tree Of solid agate.
And there 1t lies, making an agate
bridge over which men may psss from
side to side.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
ALLIGATOR AS A BOATING COMPANION
Spormsn Have Exciting Experience With Had Apparently
Been Killed Several Times,
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Al1gators move rapidly under water,
are hard to see, harder to hit. and the
harpoon will penetrate only the least
accessible portions Of the body. Nor
does the title to the hide necessarily
pass with making fast the weapon.
one afternoon in the Cheesehowitz-
kee river l harpooned large alliga-
tor which towed me up and down the
stream Tor an hour or two and then
siiked in its deepest part. I pulled on
the line until the boat was directly
over him and stirred him I'D with the
harpoon pole. He rolled himself up on
the line in the manner peculiar to
sharks and alligators, and banged the
boat suggestively. We rowed to the
bank and, making fast to some bushes,
hauied on the line until we succeeded
IL worrying him nearly to the boat,
when he rose to the surface and at
tackled us with open mouth. We re-
peiled the attack with harpoon pole
and rife. The former was promptly
bitten in three pieces, but the latter
apparently finished him. 1t was so
nearly dark that we decided to carry
MIN in the skiff a mile down the river
10 where our sloop was anchored We
broke the seats out of the boat, and
together managed to lift the head of
the alligator aboard and tie it. We
then tied the other end, when the rep
tile came to life and landed a blow
with his tail which lifted me out of the
skif into the saw grass, with the
breath knocked out of my body, and
my hand and face badly cut by the
grass.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23

through vestibule. nave and apse, and
over $50 feet wide through the tran
sept. The buff sandstone has lent
itself readily to the most elaborate
effects. Flying buttresses and ornate
columns help to beautify the exterior
Of the most costly church in Cali
fornia.
The beauty Of the interior defies de-
scription. The soft light floats down
from the windows in the great dome
aloft. The rich glass in the arms of
the transept flashes out blood red and
royal purple against the neutral tints
of the natural stone and the yellow
brown Of the woodwork. In the choir
gallery at the rear the massive silver
pipes Of the great organ tower up on
each side of the little console-the
instrument has nearly 5000 pipes and
forty-six stops.-Cecil Marrack in Sun.
set Magazine.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
Renters Wanted for Farm Lands.

The amount of snow already in the
mountains makes it certain that the
sunny San Luis valley will have a rec
ord-breaking crop. the coming season.
We have about 1000 acres of the fin
est land in the vicinity of our new
town, Romeo, COnejos county, all
fenced and plowed, ready for crop.
We would like to find few good rent
ers for the portions of this land that
we shall not farm ourselves. We want
none but first-class men, who have
teams and farming implements enough
to do the work. Very liberal terms to
the right men If taken at once. Write
to or call upon Zeph Charles Felt, GIG
Majestic Building, Denver, Colorado.
The Dolores star., 1903-01-23
Red Rose or White Rose,

Red rose or white rose?
But any rose Is best
II Helen hath but worn It
A moment on her breast.
Northiand. or Southland
All roses In eclipse
II Helen hath but leaned to one
The crimson of her lips.
And the worlds n deathless garden,
For all the wintry gloom.
For Helen's lips have kissed the flowers
To mysteries of bloom!
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu-
tion.