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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

sistance; believed Russians will con-
tinue to fall back to the Yalu river.
Conservatory students make their
Easter visit to the Boston City hospi.
tai, to distribut flowers and sing.
Resignation of Rev. DR.. Albert F.
Pierce surprise to people Of South
church, Brockton.
Washington plans to entertain 5000
Knights of Columbus on April 1914.
President Roosevelt joins in singing
Easter music in Washington church.
Samuel Bonoff. Jr. commits suicide
at Lynn. Mass.
Bobby" Walthour defeats Robl, the
European champion, in a race at Ber-
lin.
Postotice inquiry proving farce,
-cumrnittoo scouting for victim.
Suit of Hartman against the North
ern Securities company admitted to be
a step in the struggle for control of
the Northern Pacific.
Muskrats cause break in dam and
town of Thomaston. Conn. is flooded.
Three sleepers of Montreal train de-
rallied at Proctor, VT; two porters the
only injured.
Rev. Allan d. Brown, ex-president of
Norwich university, dead.
Residence portion Of government
house at Ottawa damaged by fire;
Lady Mimic was removed on a stretch.
er.
Piece Of knife blade that had been
imbedded in New Haven negro's brain
for 20 years successfully removed.
Rev. George l.. Perrin Of Boston in.
dorses the movement to permit first.
class hotels to keep their bars open
until midnight.
Several Poles badly injured in row
at Salem, Mass.
Counsel Samuel Hoar of B. & A. r.
r. dangerously i'll at his Concord
home.
Sundry civil appropriation bill in
congress contains many items of in.
terest to Boston and New England.
TUESDAY, April S, 1904.
Some 1000 people in Chelsea, Mass,
participate in a successful bear hunt,
the animal which escaped Sunday be-
ing shot in barn.
State Detective Scott knows who
killed Parker Dexter at Randolph,
Mass, but will not tell.
Spring class of Massachusetts, nauti-
cal training school graduated on the
Enterprise.
Cities of Newburyport and Glouces-
ter tsTuYWsiilRl,.lso YWiR, .lsong litigation against water
Reuters report from Shanghai says
the Japanese entered Wiju yesterday
morning; Chefoo dispatch to London
Times says Port Arthur was again
bombarded on April 8.
Pittsfeld, Mass, woman accuses hus-
band of allowing net alligator to bite
her.
Murderer of Rev. Benjamin w. Lab
aree known, but not yet captured.
Validity of Mrs. Clemence G. Dodges
divorce before her marriage to Charles
w. Morse sustained by New York su-
preme court.
Bishops Harkins and Brady and Mgr.
Byrne said to be the three selected as
the candidates Of the permanent rec
tors and diocesan councillors for coad-
tutor archbishop Of Boston.
Locomotive and tender passes over
William Thayer in the B. & M. yard
at Boston, without seriously injuring
him.
Rockland, Me-, schooner Catawam-
teak ashore off Shovelful shoal.
Frank Carney kicked to death by
horse of his employer in a stable at
Cambridge, Mass.
U. S. supreme court decides that the
coal-carrying railroads must submit
contracts to the inspection of the inter-
state commerce commission.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
ePORTlNC BREvITiES.

ketball team from Columbia
~ will 60 to st. Louis this
10 compete for worlds cham.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
MONDAY,

MONDAY, Apr. d, 1904.
Japanese advance to Sengcheng' ~
miles south of Wiju, and meet no re-
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

A fifteen minutes walk brought us
there. First we hid our weapons in
clump of bushes outside, for while
our entrance into the wine room with
naked rapiers in our hands might have
been strikingly picturesque it might
also have excited some undesirable
comment, even in that unconventional
country.
The bottle OF wine was good and soon
disposed OF. 1t so happened that we
had money with us, so another bottle
followed, with a third close after. BY
this time we were all in jolly mood,
sc jolly that we thought it would be
quite a joke to let the bos'n and cap
tain stand our anchor watch. Feeling
thus we decided to go on to Trieste
and take in some of the sights.
Arm in arm, chained across the road
we five made our way into the city,
sampling the various vintages Of the
wine gardens that we happened to pass
At one of these places we got separ-
ated somehow, and Juan and / found
ourselves alone. Finally we two
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you." heard. him yell I hit back and
he rolled under a table, but, another
fellow sprang at me and we grappled.
He fixed bis teeth in. my shoulder. Il
. tried to grasp, the. sheath knife in my
sash, but his body covered 1t. Suddenly
he threw back his head, gave a yell.
his hold loosened and he dropped to
the floor. I caught just a Photographic
: glimpse of.the Austrian sergeant before
me, his naked sword IN hfs hand. but
in another second he disappeared in the
melee. ft
Just what happened or what I did
remains but indistinctly in my mind
saw the flash of knife, blades, saw
pale,t, blood splattered faces, writhing
men on the floor, and everywhere was
blood-blood.
Then came slull. The Englishmen
pulled themselves together in one cor
ner. while xthe Austrians did the same
opposite. - In the wreck strewn space
betweenflay four men quivering in
spasmodic jerks. A yell, "a Wild rush
and the light was on again. All fought
furiously as hungry animals fight, but
the Englishmen were fighting to reach
the door; they were being severely
punished. Suddenly there shot into the
room the uniform of gendarme-then
another; outside in the street they
seemed to swarm. The Britishers made
a concerted break into the street to
escape.
Just then in the pause that came, I
felt tug at my arm. 1t was Juan.
Come" he painted, the police will
have us-let us get out in back
We slipped into the rear room, now
deserted, and found ourselves out in
the moonlight on balcony. Under
meath was water-a canal. Apparent
ly there was no escape. We paused a
moment and looked back-the fight was
going on again, but the gendarmes or
soldiers were taking hand now; they
were trying to arrest all concerned, but
met stout resistance.
Lets jump" whispered Juan. BY
the moonlight I saw his hand was
bloody and the knife was gone from
his sash. Looking down I saw blood
on my shirt, but it was not mine, for
/ had received no bodily hurt. The
shoulder of my coat, light duck, was
torn where the Englishman had Bit
ten.
Juan gave a leap and was gone. I
heard splash below, then saw his
black head In the center Of circle
Of big ripples moving for the opposite
side. Without hesitation sprang over
the railing and a moment later was
swimming close behind Juan. We both
crawled up a stone step on the other
side and shot down narrow side
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brought up before a brilliantly illum-
mated resort in a small by street, and,
feeling tired, we entered. The place
was large cafe, and numbers of men
were seated at small marble topped
tables quietly drinking beer, wine or
coffee. In the rear was another room,
beyond which, through two large win
dows that touched the floor, we could
see the pillars Of balcony that over
hung an open space, s'eithers street
or a canal. y
For half an hour or. so. perhaps an
hour. Juan and I sat in that cafe, sip
ring black coffee There was a low
hum of conversation about the room,
rather soothing than otherwise. Sud
denly there came :. thes stamping, OF
: many feet. on 1.-THE pavement outside.
? gradually. drawing toward the door.
Z The screen door tapped open and a
dozen British sailors entered. 1t re-
quires no keenness Of observation to
recognize the British seaman-his ap-
pearance shrieks the fact at you, even
were it possible for him to keep his
mouth shut for ten successive minutes
Then these fellows were all half drunk,
ard only Britishers drink in packs
The seamen Of other nations seek their
drink as the tigers hunt-alone or in
pairs.
The sailors were too noisy to be
agreeable, and the walters tried to get
rid of them, but that was impossible.
Finally they were served some beer
at a large table by themselves in a
corner of the room. This seemed to
quiet them for a while and no further
notice was taken Of their presence.
Presently one Of the Britishers arose
and pounded the table with his glass
The hum OF voices stopped.
Attention there, ye damned Dutch
dagoes.' began the sailor in an ag-
gressive tone, listen there. while tell
We who 1 am. / am Bill Snooks of New
Bedford-yessir. am an American. an
don't you fergit It,"
This introduction received q round
of applause from Bilrs mates.
"Go it, Yank," shouted one, tell 'em
'oo ye are
''Yessir." continued Bill. II am a man
wot ye seldom meets, an l kin lick
any damned dago wot walks on two
feet or on four, for that matter. II there
be any"
Here he glared savagely about the
room, finally resting his eyes on Juan
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street. Just as we heard voices shout
ing from thes balcony and upon the
boats moored lin the canal. s,S'
1t did not take us long to reach the
road to the boat landing. which wesdid
bysohscure alleys and open fields. avoid
Ing people as much as possible g Soon
We came toithe' little winehouse near
which our foils were hidden.
>. Gomez said Juan, lets have drink
to settle our nerves.
To this 1 assented. Z We were wet
through,e but there Had been a number
of showers during the evening and they
would account for our condition. The
blood: on Juan's hand had washed Off
In swimming, and I buttoned up my
coat. 80.
1t was now almost midnight. so we
found nobody inside butts sthe.s landlord
and his wife. They served us a bottle
of wine and some bread and cheese.
We had almost finished when the door
opened and Milano, Manuel and Russo
walked in. They joined us at another
bottle although we had all had, just
about enough bottles. Our three ship
mates had been strolling about the city
and We're now returning after an un-
eventful evening.
Juan and l then gave an account Of
our experience. We were still talking
when we heard voices outside, the door
opened and who should appear but my
riotous countryman, Bill Snooks, much
used uD, but very much alive still
Close behind came another of the trou-
ble-seeking sailors. They both paused.
looked at US and then turned and
shouted:
Come on, fellers: here's them two
Turks; let's get even with 'emi"
But they were too slow for US. Juan
and leaDed up, hurried the two men
out through the doorway, slammed the
door and jerked back the bolt.
What are you doing?" shouted the
landlord in alarm.
Silence cried Juan. ''they will kill
you If they come in Take your wife
out Of here"
Our three shipmates understood in
a flash how matters stood.
"Open the shutters and see how
many they are" suggested Milano;
perhaps we can manage them"
We did so and counted nine men
outside in the moonlight
TOO many" said Juan; I'VE must
stay inside: we have the advantage
then"
Lets in.'' howled voice through
the door, followed by a violent pound
ing at the panels. cor we'll make
matchwood OF yer old shanty."
The landlord protested again. but
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and me. He was drunk, evidently, but
1t twas that kind of a drunk where a
man retains zall the animal senses and
Is hunting fortnight. ! A. -.
"Yessir. =" he9said, II. am a-lookin' at
We, We red-headed lobsters-my eyes. is
on ye. an. kin lick the two of We at
once" a .
4 My companions swarthy,s features
turned livid. His little black mustache
dropped over the corners Of his mouth.
AS have said before, Juan ,sunder-
stood some English
Besides the British seamen there was
almost score sof other men !, in the
room, natives of the city. Most of them
were now laughing, for. not under
standing the American -janguag they
.tooksit as; a bit of humor. s At the same
table with Juan and myself sat a young
Austrian soldier, a sergeant.nLl believe,
to. Judi ge bys the, short sword at his, side
Whether he understood English. or only
reads the sailor S facial lsexpression, I
can't say, but The did not laugh. He
took matters seriously. And his MUS
tache dropped, too.
We'll" continued my loauacious
countryman, "seein' as how there amt
no fight in any of ye. I'll ask We all to
go to hell"
Whereupon he lifted his glass and
heaved it directly at our table 1t struck
the young soldier, not hurting him in
the least, but spilling beer over his
trousers. For one brief moment there
was a deep expectant silence: then
came a sharp scrape against the stone
floor, and the young soldiers chair shot
backward from under him. With a
bound he reached the sailor. hurled
him to the floor, and there held him
down, his fingers clutching the sea-
mans throat. his knee on his chest.
But the Austrian's advantage was for
only moment.
"At 'em. boys" shouted one Of the
Englishmen, give 'em ELL
Up they all sprang and threw them
selves on the soldier, carrying him
down by their brute weight. Before
they could seriously injure him he had
a dozen allies. The walters and guests
sprang to his assistance and endeav-
ored to beat off the Englishmen, but
that was no easy task.
In moment the room was in q saw
age turmoil Chairs were used as
weapons, tables upset. flying bottles
crashed into mirrors. curses and cries
Of pain mingled with the noise of
splintering glass-all one mad uproar.
Near as we were, Juan and 1 could
not avoid being in it. A blow from one
Of the Englishmen almost sent me to
the floor.
''Ye damned Turk. I 'ad my heye on
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Milano silenced him with threats and
forced him up the stairs to the room
above, where his. wife had taken ref
uge. Blow after blow now shook the
door. but it was stout and easilv with
stood them Lhen came a-short pause
Observation-Disclosures glass show
cred over the floor and rock landed
in the middle of the room. barely
missing Russo. This was followed by
a bombardment OF stones through
both windows, completely shattering
the thin shutters Then came another
silence. All was dark inside; We had
extinguished the lamps A shadow
appeared in one Of the windows; then
the black silhouette of head.
"Open up" said a voice. "or Wen
set the house on fire"
I picked up a chair and struck at
the head 1t disappeared with a yell.
followed by a streak OF oaths IN broad
Geordie accents.
why. damn it," heard voice say.
there's an Englishman inside"
Ny blow at the head had been Rc-
companied by some strong remarks
which reflected no honor on the heads
ancestry and arentage-remarks as
vulgar as they were strong. but 80
essentially English that only an Eng
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strips of steel slapped together In
cross. There was something decidedly
realistic in the clash that accompanied
the action.
GO" shouted Milano and the x Of
steel broke again and the weapons
flashed in the moonlight. Snap-snap-
snap they clashed. loud in the stiffness
Of the night-both men tried to hit
hard, they weren't fencing for points
For long time neither could touch the
other, for both, having been man-o'-
wars men, were experts at broad
sword practice. Evidently they did not
realize that foils were for thrusting,
for fercely they chopped at each other
as though they were handling cut
Iasses. AIilano was quietly chuclkling
with suppressed laughter and when 1
saw how things were going the huHoS
OF il struck me too.
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-lish speaking person would have uss4
f. them-s
sFFA long quiet followed-an omtnsus
silence.
@EooKl"s cried Milano, rEuddsnlyt
Look tbeyekis, our salvation ouickt
We. can fight, our way out!,
.. Above the bar against thegwau nung
two pairs of. crossed cutlasses, each
pair on either side OF a big mirror.
No sooner had Milano, spoken than ne
sprang up on, the bar and dragged
; down the-four weapons. Eacn one OF
us but Russo took one. Russo armed
himself with a long wine bottle 1u4
and heavy.
Now. all together" said Juan. soft
ly drawing back the bolt.
Now, he yelled. throwing open
the door, down the road"
Together we burst out. firmly grip
ming the cutIasses in our hands With
-Ioud curses figures sprang up around
ms and closed in. Frantically We
hacked at thern-I felt my steel hit
welding substance, ] heard the splin-
terinc- of Russo's bottle as It broke
over an Englishman,s head, and then
we i've stood alone One man lay
writhing in the mud before us, scream
ing like a woman. 1t was Bill Snooks.
recognized him by the light OF the
moon. In the heat of the moment
felt sorely tempted to strike again. but
his white face streaked with blood
looked so CHASTITY in the moonlight
that L was rather sobered-anyhOw
he was beyond doing further harm.
At a gentle trot we started down tho
road toward the boat landing. harassed
all the way by stones from the rear.
We passed through a street OF houses
wherein lived the laborers who unload
ed the ships The noise brought night
gowned figures to the windows and
some even ventured out. but when they
saw US coming with drawn cutlasses
they quickly disappeared In this
street the Englishmen again ventured
into close quarters with US, but we
beat them of successfully Women
screamed all around us now--the noise
Of the fighting caused a great COM
motion in the houses.
Finally we came down to the beach
and while Russo prepared and
launched the boat the rest OF Us stood
off the drink-crazed Britishers. They
snarled and howled about US in a semi
circle. but dared not close in. Several
stones struck US. but did no serious
harm. Together we backed out into
the water, jumped aboard the boat and
showed or, leaving the enemy to howl
out their rage
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"Stop!" cried Milano suddenly,
honor is satisfied" %-r
mo, no. yelled the two combatants
together, blood! bloodl" =
And they fell to with redoubled vigor.
: "AIl right, hack away" said Milano,
and aside to me, IF had known they
wanted blood I would have brought
some bedding. Morning will come be-
fore blood" r.
: Russo had laid down on some dried
seaweed and watched the entire affair
as though it were merely a cockfight.
Meanwhile the foils kept up a con-
tinued clashing and quick scraping,
and the two fighters darted nimbly
around each other and over the sands,
occasionally dealing the other a good
blow, but, of course, drawing no blood.
Suddenly Juan was thrown off his
guard and down came Manueps foil,
the point tearing across Juan's breast,
leaving long red stripe. 1t was an
accidental blow.
Here Milano and 1 sprang in and
separated them, throwing up their
weapons with ours and thus disarm-
Ing them. Both were half dead from
exhaustion, for they had been at it
nearly an hour. Juan's wound was only
a deep scratch, but covered his breast
with blood.
Honor is satisfied cried MIlano:
Juan fought bravely, like a tiger, but
fate was with Manuel Both of you
are brave nen-clasp hands"
The two glared at each other a mo-
ment, then their faces softened and
their hands met Honor was satisfied
With some fresh seaweed we
stanched the wound on Juan's breast
and then he and Manuel replaced their
shirts and coats Our next duty was
to seal the entire affair over a bottle
Of wine, which we might do at small
inn half way up the road to the city.
So in that direction we five set out.
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Like a Hash the Brazilian blazed up.
he gave Juan such a blow in the face
a. sent him. staggering to the rail and
almost over T. In a. moment the. Mex
lean recovered himself, and seizing. one
Of the .capstan bars he raised it to
strike. Manuel closed in and the two
cltnched- Here, the bystanders inter-
fered and separated them. But the fire
IN their eyes showed that the affair
was not yet ended
After we had washed and eaten that
evening Milano tool1ime aside and said:
Those two fellows. are determined to
go ashore and fight out their quarrel
In some quiet nook where there is no
danger Of interference They want us
with them to see fair play" -,
rs it TO be siugging match?",
asked.
mo, that's too brutal, like beasts.
Knives, they say, but we won't allow
that The cause of the quarrel doesn't
warrant It. I've tried to have them
make up, but they will fight Now,
II they use knives in their present
mood they win soil themselves and US
with good blood and that win be dis
agreeable all around. Down in the
cabin are two pairs of rapiers that the
English officers fenced with. Let them
settle their dispute like Frenchmen."
But they viii run each other
through" I objected.
1T won't go so far. you'll see."
After dark Milano stole down into the
cabin messroom and obtained the four
weapons. then Joined Manuel. Juan and
me al the gangway. We were just
ready TO shove of in the boat when
Russo decided to come along.
In ten minutes we landed on the
moonlit beach. Some distance away
we found a level stretch Of sand and
there arranged to have the fight take
place Milano. who carried the foils.
gave the two principals one each and
another TO me, so that he and might
interfere If necessary.
Stripping themselves to their waists.
the two opponents squared OF from
each other.
Ready" cried Milano. and the two
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W z had been in the port OF
Ah Trieste almost three weeks.
v v and our cargo was nearly all
out. One day we found it
necessary to shift our anchorage sew
eral cable lengths farther inshore. This
entailed considerable work at hedging.
Juan. Manuel, Milano and l walked
around the capstan, while Russo held
the turn Of the rope The forecastle
head, where We were. was well crowd
ed by harbor officials. stevedores' men
and visitors. This, with the fact that
it was after knock-on time. put us all
into an ugly mood. especially Juan.
Suddenly Manuel slipped and fell
against Juan
Damn you. ugly dog" cried the
Mexican; Took what you DO" At the
Same time he showed Manuel.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-08-29
MALULANI
WANTS ASSISTANCE
THE MAUI HOSPITAL BEING RUN
UNDER CONDITIONS OF MUCH
HARDSHIP

WAILUKU, August 26.-On account
of the very small allowance which has
been made by the Board of Health for
the Malulani Hospital, of Wailuku, this
institution is being run on such close
lines of economy that much hardship is
endured by the Sisters in charge. The
Sisters themselves earn a very small
salary. The trustees have also seen fit
to cut out many of the conveniences of
the hospital and reduce in the force
which simply means additional duty for
the Sisters. The government has to
econOmize in all departments, but If
some of the other branches of the gov
eminent were cut little more and
some more assistance given to the Ma
lulani Hospital, which is being conduct
ed in the interests of suffering human.
ity, the Board of Healths action in this
respect would be greatly appreciated
here
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-08-29
BIG LUAU Or
IOLANI GUILD
THE AFFAIR AT THE HAWAIIAN
HOTEL ON SATURDAY WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS.

The luau and bazaar OF the Iolani
Guild of st. Andrews Cathedral held on
Saturday at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
was in every sense one OF the most sue
cessful affairs of the kind ever given
in Honolulu The luau was served in
a long tent erected on the Waikiki
driveway and the accommodation was
so great that considerably over hun
dred guests were seated at a time. The
patronage was large during the entire
afternoon. Mrs. j. Mana and Mrs. T.
Lishmau presided over the tables.
The lanais were used for the bazaar
and for dancing with the attendant re-
freshments in the evening The Queens
booth was presided over by Queen Ii
liuokalani in perso assisted by Mrs.
w. NJ. Giffard, the Hawaiian booth was
looked after by Princess Kalanianaole
and Mrs. George Smithies; the Fancy
booth BIZ Mrs. George Robertson and
Mrs. James DOughtertyi the Ice Cream
department by Mrs. c. w. Booth and
Mrs. Clarence Crabbe; the Flower booth
by Mrs. j. H. Cummings; the grab box
by Mrs. Charles F. Chillingworth,
The dancing was kept up until a late
hour In the evening being only inter
rupted by the auction sale of the arti-
cles in the bazaar which had been left
John Aimoku and Joseph Aea were in
charge of the floor
The ladies in charge OF the affair
deserve every congratulatlon for the
success of the event and the funds Of
the guild will reap golden harvest as
the result of their labors