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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11
CANE HERE TO PLANT RUBBER
AND WAS DENIED HIS LAND
How Practical Tree Planter Sought to intro
duce New Industry and Was lFoiIed
by the Authorities.
Black ana White.

R. r. Anderson has come into town
from prolonged tenting on public land
near wairnea. Oahu, and much dis
gusted man he is at the land policy
of the Government as his experience
has made it appear. With his wife and
child he is putting UP at the cottage
of his brother, Wilbur A. Anderson, one
of the teachers in Oahu College. Mr..
Anderson is an expert rubber cultivator
and he came here under distinct Gov
ernment encouragement to start the
rubber industry in Hawaii. How he
has Jared since his arrival may best
be told by himself.
To an Advertiser reporter Mr.. An
derson last night made a statement as
follows:
Il came here year ago last June
with quite a considerable acquaintance
with the cultivation of rubber. L had
an idea that these islands would be
suitable place to try it. At least pre-
TSrrSQ Ine cilIndLS 70 LndI OF Mexico
Before deciding to come 1 had writ
ten to Mr.. Boyd, then Commissioner of
Public Lands, and received certain in
formation from him. After my arrival
Mr. Boyd told me where there We're
several tracts of land available. I look
ed them over and finally. I settled on
a valley on the other side of this island
near wainea-
Mr. Boyd said the lease was run out
and that the Government intended TO
settle the land. Then 1 told him just
what I wanted. He seemed much in
terested in my intention and told me to
make out my application. Although
I said I did not desire publicity in the
matter. he gave out my application to
be published in the Advertiser.
He told me that surveyors were GO
ing up shortly and advised me that it
would be better should be there when
they went. accordingly I got a tent
and went up
Mr. Boyd kept sending word that
the surveyors would be out, but every
time the day passed with no surveyor
on the scene
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11
A GLOBE TROTTER AND HIS
VALUABLE AUTOGRAPHS

In Washington Mr.. Thoerner got his
passport from Secretary Gresham to-
gether with an autograph and an I'M
press of the State Departments seal.
In London he got the seal of the met
ropolis together with the signatures of
the Lord Mayor and many of the
Council. From Spain come a COM
manding generals signature and the
autographs of provincial governors. In
Portugal Italy and France, Thoerner
got the names of many dignitaries in
his book and other famous men includ-
ing that of the mead of the Bank Of
Monte Carlo and the banks seal.
In the German collection is the seal
and name of the Cardinal Archbishop
of Cologne, the King of Saxony and
many high up in court circles. From
Berlin the pedestrian went to Vienna
and through the Balkans to Egypt col
lecting autographs and seals as he
went The Khedive of Egypt gladly
added his handwriting to the collec-
ton In India Thoerner was the guest
at the palace of an Indian prince whom
he met in Bavaria where he obtained
the signature of the ruler. From In
dia he went to China and Japan col
lecting more autographs and then re-
turned to the States. Recently he
has made trip to the klondike.
Thoerner says that of all the ships
he has Travelled on the Trans-Pacific
boats suit him the best and he is par
ticularly loud in his praise of the
Sherman. He will call on ex-Queen Lii
liuohaiani during his short stop and
hopes to get her signature in his really
wonderful collection.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11

| Fred Thoerner, the Worlds Pedes-
trian." who is passing through Homo
lulu on the transport Tnomas on his
way to Manila has a collection of au-
tographs that is hard to beat. On the
10th of June. 1894, with a companion
Re starte out from the Examiner Of
flee at San Francisco for a walking
trip around the world which was to
be accomplished in two years. Five
days before the end of the time Tho
erner walked into the office again,
winner
The tales If most globe trotters of the
countries they have visited, the royal
ties who have entertained them and
the swell hotels at when they have
stopped are to be taken with a grain
of salt. but Thoerner was determined
that no one should doubt his advent
ures so he has accumulated the most
positive evidence of every step of his
travels which comprise 1880 miles
travelled afoot and a total of $4,000
miles. The evidence. is the most uni
que and one of the most valuable col
lections of autographs and seals ever
made,
Starting with the Examiners certi-
ficate he has kept in five books the
postmarks of every town he visited
and the railway stamp OF every station
where there was no postoff1ce. In all
the more important cities he visited
he got an impress of the city seal and
the autograph of the mayor and from
each State capital he passed through
is the great seal of the State and the
signature of the Governor and other
high official The most precious au-
tograph in the book IS that of Will
liam Mckinley, then Governor of Ohio,
opposite the great seal of his State.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11

$50 things ran along until the new
administration came into office. Sup
posing that in the turning over Of af-
fairs Mr.. Pratt, the new Commissions
er would be busy I did not bother him
for a while. Then in December / wrote
to him.
MIR. Pratt wrote back that the SUR
vey of the land was soon to be made.
and whenever 1t was done my applica-
tion would be acted on.
'.The surveyors came up in February,
ran their lines and made map. After
they returned to Honolulu came down
to see Mr.. Pratt. when I told him that
my rubber seed was due to come in May
and I should therefore like to have the
land allotted. He said:
In six weeks you viii be settled
there
In June the surveyors came UP again
and informed me that Mr.. Pratt had
told them TO run out block of 200
acres or so and then to plat the rest
of the land. They spent several weeks
there.
Tired of waiting I came down about
| three weeks ago., when Mr.. Pratt told
me they had changed their minds. They
considered it was too much to give me
the length of the valley-it was too
much of one thing. They wanted me to
take part of it higher up. In the lower
half he brought two lots together and
cut off the best part of the upper por-
tion of the lot as a government Yeserva-
tion.
THE area is IT'S acres, but only about
Is acres of which is valuable for my
purpose.
While waiting up there had stone
foundation made for house intended
to build. Mr.. Pratt stated that if he
had known that the foundation was on
Government land at the time, instead
of a kuIeana. he would have asked the
Attorney General to sue me for tres
pass.
Il have some trees growing there
which demonstrate that rubber will
grow as fast here as anywhere on
earth. These trees grew at the rate
OF four inches week
Il did not come here asking for any
subsidy or exemption from taxes. Since
coming I have spent several thousand
dollars for the benefit of the merchants.
In regard to the message that the
surveyors brought UP, Mr.. Pratt said
his idea was that I had a small part
suitable for my purposes. 1 wanted
the whole valley, but only seventy acres
would be suitable for my purposes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11
Kuropatkin May Retire AS Far AS
1arbin for Winter
Quarters.

ASSOCIATED PRESS oAsLEeRAMsJ
ST PETERSBURG Sept 11There is hope OF turning the
tide of war this year believed that Kuropatkin will retire to
Telling possibly to Harbin
TERRIBLE RUSSIAN LOSSES
TOXIC Sept Kuroi that after Mondays
battle the Russians wounded north OF Muen and
5000 dead
REST AFTER BATTLE.
MUKDEN Sept II.-Both armies resting.
LOoTERS KILLED A MISSIONARY.
LIAoYANG Sept 11-apanese, while loong attempted to
rob Red Cross compound stabbed Dr. Westwater, mis-
sionary
HEAVY RAINS NEAR MUKDEN.
PETERSBURG, Sept. 1o.-General Kuropatk1n reports
that heavy rains fighting
The Russians are said moving from Mukden but the
evacuation of place is admitted
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11
Hamskua Ditch.

people on the Kinau recently while en-
route to Hilo, and while passing the
Hawaii coast into which the ditch will
empty. that the contract for the work
would be let shortly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11
SAILORS OF THE PUGLIA
OVERCOME BY FUMES
SEOUL Sept 1IFour of the OF the Italian cruiser Pug
liza were killed and owing the inhalation of
fumes bursting shells at Chenulpo

The Italian Pug1ia in Honolulu during the middle
portion February this route to ChemuPo to JON the
Pugia vessel OF 2oSo tons and carries an
guns eight 6ncE, 3inch six 2-inc
two rapid guns commanded by Captain Ulrico
Pscetto During stay here she berhed at the naval
Wlarves.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11

SUGAR oSo TEST
Centriusais & 2SS Csx;
Per Ton. $S5.i0. IS
Analysis Beets. los SD.
Per Ton. $50.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01

eMgy of King Da-Uda. who. the report
adds. may have been David. a king OF
Ud-nun, the ancient name of the
Babylonian city Of B,smya, where the
statue was discovered.
OF white marble. the statue was
found in fragments several feet apart
and secretly conveyed at night to the
house of the explorers because of the
superstition Of the native diggers.
says the Herald. Its antiquity ex-
ceeds. the director says. that of any
other known king Of Babylonia. and
when the expedition returns to the
United States the marble statue will
be its chief treasure.
Not only in the form of the CHS
eled face does the resemblance to the
Junior senator from New York find
expression. The curved lines Of risi-
bility that marked the living king as
a ft companion in laughter to Mr..
Depew at once attracted the attention
of the explorers and were the subject
Of special mention.
From beneath the thick coating OF
dirt" the explorers account says, "the
marble face seemed to light up with a
wonderful smile Of qualification, for
the long sleep of thousands of years
was at an end, and the long lost head
restored; or. perhaps. the smile was
the reflection of our own feelings"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01

AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND.
Who Signed the F'ranco-American Arbitrae
tion Treaty For France.
value, but It is not likely to do any
HARM" indulgently remarks the Brook
lyn Citizen; and the New York Evening
Mail finds 1t "hard, at this juncture OF af-
fairs, to imagine a disagreement be-
tween these two countries which should
really menace the vital interests. the In
or the honor OF either"
The New York Globe, however. thinks
that "such treaties do much toward
keeping down the pinpricking differ
ences which, unimportant in them
selves, do so much to inflame national
ill-will and are thus contributory 10
war;" and so Secretary Hay is doing
great work not only for this generation
but for all following ones-not only for
this country, but for the world" "The
officials here" says a dispatch from
Paris, "have made sufficient inquiry In
regard to the sentiment Of the French
parliament to show that the treaty will
be ratified promptly and perhaps unan-
imously."
An arbitration treaty with Great Brit
ain would be regarded by our newspa-
pers as more important. to Judge from
their handling of the subject. and the
idea Is expressed that the state depart.
ment hopes to work the senate around
to a ratification of an Anglo-Amertcan
arbitration treaty by getting favorable
action first upon treaties with France.
Germany, Switzerland, Italy. Spain. etc.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
ARBITRATION WITH FRANCE
The Two Largest Republics Of the
World Take Lead for World
Peaco.

Neutrality-suspicious. 6rst war. a3tse
gaining our Independence. was With
France q brush so slight that only one
or two papers recall IT,; and II the sem
ate ratifes the treaty signed in Wash
ington last week, our first arbitration
treaty will be concluded with the same
country. Relations with France were
somewhat strained In Jackson's time.
and again when Napoleon III. tried to
place Macmillan upon the throne OF
Mexico; but the feeling between the
worlds two greatest republics Is at
present SO cordial that most Of our news
papers have to branch out into general
tiles to ind any special significance or
practical worth in such treaty between
France and America. It sis Of not great
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
State Insurance

A North Dakota farmer has worked
ont plan for the state to engage in
the hail insurance business. il also re-
curing every farmer in the state to
carry such insurance. The plan is out
Incl in a prepared bill, which is in
the hands of q member Of the legisla-
ture, with the request that it be intro
duced at the Forthcoming session.
The bill provides that the assessors
OF each township in the state shall
make report of the number Of acres
cropped out by each land owner. II is
made the duty OF county commission
ers to lew q tax of cents for each
aero Of crop. and the amount of tax
thus levied Is to be lien on the land
described, collected in the same man.
ner as other taxes. At the end Of each
month the county treasurer in each
county will make report to the state
treasurer, showing the amount OF
money collected under the act, and
forward such amount collected to the
state treasurer, who will set such
amounts aside as q hail insurance fund
for the purpose of paying losses on
growing crops damaged or destroyed
BY hail.
The county commissioners are to act
a. adjnsters, and will report to the
clerk of court of each county, who will
In turn report to the state auditor,
who will issue his warrant. payable
out Of the hail insurance fund created
by the tax of 8 cents an acre on all
growing crops. In no case will an ad.
justment exceed 81 an acre.
The man who has worked out the
plan, fearing claim of unconstitu-
tionality, has suggested that it might
further be provided that grain grow.
ers shall have the opportunity of TAX.
ing out hail insurance with the state,
each assessor asking each man asse ,sed
whether or not he desired hail insur-
ance. his reply to become part of his
report to the county auditor, and in
turn by him reported to the state
auditor.
With a provision making it optional
with farmers in taking out hail insur.
ance on such plan, it is expected that
the measure will be approved by largl
numbers of farmers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01

form that he has already decided to
initiate and push through as governor.
"As for any further plans which I
may desire to initiate" he said, in an
interview. 1T would be unwise and I'M
becoming in me to advance them until
after Inauguration as governor.
1T 10 my purpose as governor %
said Mr.. Dougfas. TO serve the people
as a whole; to do what I may to adj
vance Massachusetts interests in an
industrial manner. and through these
and other channels am confident that
the people of the state will benefit to
. large and appreciable extent.
Il feel that in the choice of me as
governor by the people. of Massachu-
sets there is lesson. 1t is protest
against the failure of the national
government in the past to heed the
call of Massachusetts, industries for
reciprocal relations with Canada and
other tariff corrections that are es-
sential to our future success.
Il felt throughout the campaign
that the issues tried to present to
the people Of Massachusetts, were mat
ters Of concern to every one with the
industrial interests of the state at
heart. What have said in the past
I shall carry out as governor Of Mas
sachusetts."
"Any comment at this time as to
Mr.. Douglas views of q new democ-
racy would be unbecoming." said Mr..
Buchanan. private secretary to the
governor-elect. Regarding the causes
that led to his election, there are sew
eral things that tended to this result.
The workingmen Of the state support
ed Mr.. Douglas very strongly. large
business interests supported his stand
for reciprocity with Canada. His
election demonstrates that they agreed
with him that something ought to be
done toward relief from the Dingley
tariff and its effect on Massachusetts,
industrial"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
Gov ELECT DOUGLAS.
THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
Received the Largest Plurality Ever
Given q Democratic Guberna-
torial Candidate in
That State.

Boston, MaSs.-William l.. Douglas,
the Brockt0n manufacturer. who was
elected governor of Massachusetts,. re-
ceived the largest plurality. 1924.
ever given . democratic gubernatorial
candidate In this state.
Although he will not say 80 public
~, no one In the state was more sur
prised than Mr.. Douglas when the re-
suit Of the vote became known. He
was informed several days before the
election by the members of the demo-
cratic state committee that he would
defeat Gov. Bates by 10000 votes.
Had Mr.. Douglas cut Mr.. Bates plur-
atty over Col. CASTOR last year by
10000 he would have been satisfied
that his campaign had been a success.
The election Of Mr.. Douglas is con-
coded to be the most amazing thing in
the history of Massachusetts politics.
The pluralities of the last democratic
governor appear puny beside the vote
Of the recent election. In 1890, when
Russell. the democratic candidate. de-
feated Bracket for governor, his plur-
atty was 9.053. In 1891 Russell de-
feated Allen by plurality of 6.467.
In 1892 the plurality for Russell grew
still less. being only 1854.
Should Mr.. Douglas die in Office
Massachusetts, would temporarily have
. republican governor. as Lieut.. Gov.
Curtis Guild has been reelected by
about $1,000 plurality over John G.
Crosby. the democratic candidate.
Governor-elect Douglas will present
elan for commission to inquire
into the industrial needs of Massa-
chusetts upon his assumption of Office
next year. This is in line with his
purpose as outlined during the recent
campaign to obtain, If possible, a re-
vision Of tariff laws and the estab.
lishment Of reciprocity with Canadian
interests. Such commission will, in
the opinion Of Mr.. Douglas. have
great influence toward these reforms
Then through submission Of the
results to the people Of the state fo1
referendum vote much will be gained
Mr.. Douglas believes. for Massachu.
sets industrial and commercial in.
terests. This is the one definite re.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
A PROTOTYPE OF pEPEw.
King Da-Udu, Who Flourishec Thou
sands Of Years Ago, Was the
Senator's Original

NJ. York.-A remarkable resem-
blance to Senator Chauncey N. Depew
appears in a statue unearthed by the
expedition of the General Exploration
Fund of the University Of Chicago.
now at Bagdad. The statue is believed
to be the oldest in the world.
DIR. e. J. Banks, fed director Of the
expedition, has sent to the university
a detailed report of the ind and his
estimate that the statue has been COW
cred up for thousands Of years.
Hieroglyphic inscriptions on the arm
of the figure denote that 1t is the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
ODD FREAK OF NATURE.
A Vivid Picture Of the CruciAxion Il
Shown on q Massachusetts,
Mans Back.

Boston.-Almost as strange as fiction
ia the case Of Abbott Parker. Of Charles
town, Mass, who will visit Chicago TINS
week to undergo treatment by local spe-
cialists for the removal of figure on
his back resembling the crucifixion due
TO a stroke Of lightning which result
ed in his confinement in hospital In
Morristown, N. J., for six weeks.
The case has bafled the medical fra
ternity in the east. promin ent doctors
in New York, Boston and Philadelphia
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
GEN. sToEssEL's DISCIPLINE
he Used Severe Methods TO Maintain
It in Face Of Japs at Port
Arthur.

st. Petersburg.-It is with good rea-
son that Gen. Stoessel, the heroic de-
fender of Port Arthur, holds the repu-
tation Of being the strictest discipline
rian in the Russian army, and the fol-
lowing story, which was told by ref
ueee from the besieged fortress. illus
trates strikingly his Draconian SO.
verify:
A lieutenant of artillery. who bore
an excellent record. was found one day
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
yolapulk to Date.

The work of forming new and scien-
tific languages for universal use goes
merrily on, and the newest candidate
for q position with Volapuk and Es-
peranto is Latin without Infections o
the result of the lsbors Of Prof. Giuseppe
p ,no, q mathematician or Turin. He
has proposed to Go away not only with
genders. persons and cases. q, was sue-
gested by Leibnitz, but also with the
moods and lenses.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
Hanged Himself.

While other members of his family
were at church, Elias Filteau. Grand
Forks, over sixty years old, hanged
himself. His body was found in the
barn, hanging to heavy chain, a
loop beisg made by dropping one end
Of the chain through ring. The 9TH
or end vas hooked to q bolt in the
ceiling o: the barn. He stood on a
barrel which he kicked from under
him and fell foot and half. III
health is given as the probable cause.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-01
BRAVE GENERAL NOGI
m A1srrER OF THE FATE OF
PORT ARTHUR.
4 Han Of Simple Tastes But Great
Fighter and oraanissr-His
Conception Of
Soldier.

New York.-One day-it was toward
TIE close Of the fifth moon Of the thirty
seventh year Of Meiji that is to say,
1So4 Of the year Of Christian srace)-]
Den. Noei received . message from
his majesty the emperor. 1t was the
pleasure Of his majesty. 80 the mes
sago ran, to confer upon Gen. Nosi the
highest distinction for the fighting men
q Nippon. His majesty appointed him
- the commander in chief of our forces
besieging Port Arthur, sage japanese
writer in the New York Independent.
Gen. Nogi was happy. On the same day
came the news of the battle of the
Nanshan. To Gen. Nogi the report Of
the Nanshan battle brought the news
Of the hereto death Of his SON, Shoten.
The general said:
I am glad he died 90 splendidly. Il
Vas the greatest honor he could have.
~ Tor the funeral rites over his meme
oEy. they might as we'll be postponed
Tor awhile. A little later on they may
y performed in conjunction with those
6 the two other members of his fam
uy-of H0ten. his brother, and Of my
oelf.''
Cen. Nogi is the type Of soldier upon
which the IDEALS Of the elder days Of the
samura would look down with pleas
ure. Some say he is somewhat out Of
place In tbs waking days Of the new CEN
tury. Simple. with that ragged sim
pltcity Of man who Is too great for
adjectives. his heart Is in somewhat
greater things than the polite accom-
plishmen,s Of the day. Both his friends
and foes have styled him q peculiar
man. He is peculiar in many things.
He is peculiar in his conception Of the
life Of soldier. In these happy days,
when tho soldiers of so many countries
Ill over the world are given to the gold
cloth and parade, he has put his con-
eeption of the soldier in the following
sentencss:
"A soldier is soldier, after all, and
after man becomes a soldier he must
be perfectly willing to lead q life that
Is somewhat different from the life OF
IN ordinary man in society. It is i'm
possible for him to enjoy liberty and
wealth such as so many of his fellow