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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30
Bishop & Co, Bankers
ESTABLISHED In 1858.

BANKING DEPARTMENT.
! Transact business In all departments
or banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
Commercial and Travellers Letters "a
Credit issued on the Bank of Califor-
mia and N. n. Rothschild & Soma
London.
Correspondents: The Bank Of Ca1s-
| fornia, Commercial Banking CO. a.
Sydney, Ltd. London.
Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong aEd
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank OF India, Australia axd
China.
Interest allowed on term depoaits al
the following rates per annum. via:
Seven days notice, at per cent.
Three months. at per cent.
Six months. at s1s per cent.
Twelve months. at per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Act as Trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers. wills. bonds, etc.,
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT.
Auditors for corporations and pri-
waite firms.
Books examined and reported on.
Statements OF affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or inSolvenk
estates.
Office, s24 Bethel street.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits received and interest allow
ed at AZ per cent per annum, in ac-
cordance with rules and regulations.
copies of which may be obtained ON
application.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Agents for FIRE, MARINE, LIFE.
ACCIDENT. and EMPLOYEES Liza.
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance Office, s24 Bethel Street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30
wM. C. IRWIN & CO., LTD.

W&a. II. 1kWIN q CO., LTD.
VIM. G. irwin. President and Manager
Claus Spreekels. First Vice President
w. M. Ginerd. Second Vice President
III. M. Whitney, Jr. Treasurer and Sec.
George w. Ross. Auditor
Sugar Factors and Commission Agents
AGENTS FOR THE
Oceanic Steamship Company
or San Francisco. Cal.
AGENTS FOR THE
Scottish Union & National Insurance.
Company of Edinburgh.
Wilhelma of Magdeburg General la-
surance Compen ny.
Associated Assurance Company of
Munich & Berlin.
Alliance Marine & General Assurances
Co., Ltd, of London.
Royal Insurance Company OF Liver
pool, Alliance Assurance Company Of
London.
Rochester German Insurance Com
pany of N. 7.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30

Correspondents: The Bank OF Ca14-
fornia, Commercial Banking CO. %
Sydney, Ltd, London.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30
gAsiE CLEANING AID DyEINE W0sg

Fort ST.. Opposite Star Block.
Have your old SUITS MADE TO
LOOK LID NEW. Dyeing and press
ing. Tailoring. The renewing Of ladies'
clothing a speciality. Prices very low.
Pasone White 1859.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30

will the best arriving the people
close thanking you kindly for permitting these few
Most Respectfully,
AUGUSTUS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30
HONOLULU IRON WORKS
COMPANY.
sTEAM ENs ms

BEEAB HNe LIN y
BOILERS, SUGAR MILLS. Coca
ERS, BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS
and machinery of every description
made to order. Particular attention
paid to ships blacksmithing. Job work
executed on shortest notice.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18
kootenai River Reconnaissance.

Department of the Interior, United
States Geological Survey, Reclama-
tion Service.
Washington, d. c., Oct. 6, 1904.
Hon. w. B. Hepburn, Wallace Idaho:
My Dear Senator:
Enclosed herewith is copy of a re-
port by Mr. T. A. Noble, regarding re-
connoissance of the Kootenai Valley,
which shows in brief that relief from
overflow is dependent either upon ex-
tensive work in Canada or upon bikes
surrounding each area. From the facts
given by him, it does not appear prac-
ticable to do much more in the matter.
Apparently each owner of flooded
land must depend upon himself for
the construction of bikes to keep off
the flood waters, and for pumping ia
cilities for drying the land during
periods of high water.
l should be very glad to have sug-
gestions from you on the matter.
Yours very truly,
f. H. NEWELL,
Chief Engineer.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18

1st BY charging the outlet of Lake
Kootenai, thus lowering the lake suf-
ficiently to keep the lands above high |
water.
End. To surround the lands by
bikes SO that the food waters could
not overflow the lands.
Bird. BY diverting the Kootenai river
near its headwaters at Canal Flats
II to the Columbia river.
The first method is probably i'm
practicable, for the following reasons:
1. (a) The Kootenai river for a
distance of several miles from the out
let to the lake flows through a narrow
gorge of solid rock with a mountain on
either side. The entire river bed |
would have to be widened and deep
ened for several miles. The cost |
would be enormously out of proper
ton to the value of the land to be re-
claimed
OBJ The improvement would be on
British Columbia soil and could not be
done without the consent of Canada
2. (a) By an inspection of the tabu-
lated statement of acres which would
be diked, and accompanying map,
you will see that it would require COB
miles of dixie to reclaim 21,7S0 acres
of land, or 30S acres per mile of dixie. |
Additional areas could be diked which
are unsurveyed ground, and not shown
on this map, but it is not probable that
more than $4,000 acres could be diked.
These bikes would probably have to
reach maximum height of IS feet,
and an average of ~ feet on the river
side, and would cost at least $4,000
per mile, making an average cost per
acre of 1852. The land, if put on the
market at auction would probably not
bring over 500 per acre if reclaimed.
(b) | do not think the bikes next
TO the river would be safe, as the river
spreads out over the fiat, the current
is sluggish, and erosion is not excess
sive, but if confined to its low water
CudDuCl TIC CQliOAl WOulu DS inClCdo-
ed, the high level of the river would be
increased between Boomers Ferry and
Porthill and erosion of the bank would
probably be excessive. The soil COM
posing the deposit in the river is a
sandy loan much like the silt in the
Mississippi River Valley, easily eroded
in a swift current
(c) AS the bikes would be entirely
surrounded by high water, it would be
necessary to install power pumping
plants to keep out the seepage water
which would collect during the 60
days when pressure was on the dixie.
1t would be necessary to entirely
surround the individual areas within
the bends in the river to keep out the
water draining from the surrounding
mountains into the valley and allow
passage ways from these streams to
the river.
3. There is a possibility that the
floods might be relieved by diverting
the Kootenai into the headwaters of
the Columbia at Canal Flats. This
was not investigated, as it would re-
quire a protracted stay of a party in
British Columbia. Any improvement
of this nature requiring the approval
of the Canadian government would
probably meet the opposition of those
living along the Columbia, as there is
possibility of damage to the increase
of food waters in the Columbia with
no corresponding benefits to be de-
rived by Canadian citizens or land
owners.
Yours respectfully.
T. A. NOBLE,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18
Report Kootenai Reconnaissance.

Spokane. Wash, Sept. %, 1904.
F. H. Newell, Chief Engineer, U. S.
Geological Survey, Washington,
d. c.:
Dear Sir:
In response to your letter of April
20, 1904, in which you instructed me
to have a reconnaissance made of the
Kootenai Valley, in Idaho, to deter
mine the possibilities of retaining
large body of land which is annually
inundated by high water in the Koot-
enai river. beg to report that have
had Mr.. w. W. Schlecht, assistant en-
gineer, make a reconnaissance of the
valley, copy of whose report / en-
close you.
Any scheme for retaining the
whole of the valley believe to be i'm
practicable.
l enclose you herewith a diagram
showing the gate heights at Crossport
Boomers Ferry and Porthill during the
flood season in 1904.
Porthill is just south of the boundary
line between the United States and
British Columbia at the lower limits
of the flooded lands in Kootenai River
Valley.
Boomers Ferry is "a miles above
Porthill, where the Great Northern
railway joins Kootenai river. The diff
farpnca in elevation nc tho aot Iopde
between these two points is about II
feet; maximum difference in height be.
tween these two points at high water
is l6 feet. minimum difference at low
water about A feet.
Bonners Ferry is near the upper
limit of the flooded area and is more
or less influenced by the level of the
water in Lake Kootenai, the south end
of which is about ten miles north Of
the boundary line.
Crossport is miles up stream from
Boomers Ferry, and is out of reach OF
the influence of Lake Kootenai A
gauge was established at this point to
obtain the natural gauge height of the
stream. You will notice by examining
the enclosed diagram that the fluctua.
lions of the gauge height at both Port.
hill and Boomers Ferry is much less
violent than at Crossport, showing mat
the level of water in the lake seriously
affects the height of water in the river
You will notice that the extreme differ.
ence in gauge height at Crossport is
1415 feet. which is the natural rise
and fall of the stream. At Boomers
Ferry the difference is % feet. at least
10 feet of which is due to back water
from the lake.
Another interesting feature in this
connection is that the lake, acting as
a storage reservoir and retaining the
flood water, does not drop as rapidly as
the river at Boomers Ferry. There is
consequently less difference in gauge
height at medium stages than either
at high or low water. The discharge
at high water was about $4,000 8.
The length of time during which
most of the lands are under water II
from so to so days, from the middle o.
May TO the middle of July. There are
about 30 900 acres of land in the U
s. territory which are annually flooded
There seems to be three ways Of re
claiming the lands if it can be done
AT ALL each of which will be considered
in turn.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18
Time by the Forelock.

Oh. buy your Christmas presents now.
Avoid the rush and hurry.
So, when the Christmas rush is on,
You will not have to worry.
II shy of cash you chance to be.
Say Send IL Christmas c. o. D."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18
Gone For Good.

'He dropped his money in Wall
street"
mo use, then, going back to look for
IL. There is a man there whose bust
ness 1t is to pick up and keep such
things"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18
An Iron Hand.

The hand that rocked the cradle.
Once held In high esteem.
Is in these modern ages
A half forgotten dream.
For It's a modern fancy
To rock the Kid by steam.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18

''He is making a tremendous effort to
be known as one OF the better class"
what is he doing?"
Saving up money to have appen-
dicitis."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-11-18

There will be Thanksgiving
service held in the Presbyterian
Church, Thanksgiving morning at
II O'Clock, 1t is hoped that all
the citizens of the town will ar.
range to take part in this service.
The very latest in ladies caps
at Northrups.
The G.. c. Mercar tile Co. are
selling the best shoes on the market.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
DUNN BY $4,000, SAYS CHlLDs
Former Attorney General Estimates Republican
Majority.

Fl. W. Childs, former attorney
gener al of the state of Minnesota, spent
a few hours in New Ulm Thursday,
being on his way from Sleepy Eye,
where he spoke at a political gather
ing Wednesday night, to Hanska,
where he spoke Thursday night.
Dunn will be elected, says Mr..
Childs, and will have about $4,000
votes to spare. When seen by the
Review at the Grand hotel Thursday
forenoon he was feeling very we'll
pleased with the political outlook.
II fnd," he said, that the sentiment
is changing in favor of Dunn. Things
are looking much brighter than they
did week or more ago. Our campaign
is really just opening, that is the
stumping part of it, and I believe it is
having it's effect.
This county contains a great many
johnson men, but it is my opinion
that the little speaking done so far is
telling. I am only sorry that we die
not have speakers in here week an6
more ago."
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
CARELESS SHOOTING, SAYS JURY
Exhonorates Commanding Officer in It's Verdict,
However.

Germanicus Klossner came to his
death by the explosion of shell held
in the hands of his brother Edward,
and the gunners are blamed for care
less shooting, but no blame attaches
to the commanding officer. Such is the
verdict of the coroner's jury handed
in Monday.
The inquest was held at the home of
the stricken parents in Lafayette town
ship Monday forenoon by the coroner
of Nicollet county, DR.. G. F. Merritt.
DR.. Nicholson of ST. Peter performed
the past-mortum. Four witnesses we're
called: Major Allen, who had come up
from ST. Peter to testify, Fred and Ed.
Klossner and DR.. Nicholson.
Mr.. Klossner told his story as is
given above of the finding of the shell
and the tragedy that followed. Major
Allen told of the firing of the cannon
the precautions taken to prevent acci,
dents: the construction of the she'll
etc.
He said that the range party KEEP
track, as nearly as it could, of ever,
shell fired, where it hit and whether i
burst. The officer in charge of tn,
battery also kept track of the shots
1 through his glass. If the shells dit
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
PUMPKINS AS SNARE FOR DUCKS
Hunter Works Clever RuSe to Capture Timid
Game.

Unable to secure ducks by the usual
method of hunting, a farmer near
Springfield has resorted to novel
way in which pumpkins used as a
mask for the head play a leading role.
At least, that is what the Springfield
Advance solemnly informs the pub
lie is the latest by grapevine" The
story as printed in that paper is as
follows:
Some miles north of Springfield re-
sides a farmer on the brow of a hill
fronting a large slough. It SO happens
that at this particular season of the
year there are an unlimited number of
wild ducks in this body of water, but
the party who resides near it is not
blessed with a gun that shoots straight
enough to wing the willy bird and his
inventive mind struck upon a plan
whereby he thought he would get his
share, at least, of the feathery flock.
Accordingly he dumped a wagon
load of pumpkins into the water and
awaited results. At first the birds did
not take kindly to their new surround
ings and were little shy about the
constant bobbing of the pumpkins.
But after a few days they became ac-
customed to the pumpkins and paid no
particular attention to them.
This is what the inventor was wait
ing for, and he accordingly went to
the field, singled out the largest
pumpkin, cut the insides out of it and
at the same time put in two peep holes.
One fine morning when the slough was
fairly bristling with ducks and pump
kins he noislessly went down to the
lake, pulled the pumpkin over his head
and jumped out into the water and the
J mammoth pumpkin began to bob in
the direction of the ducks.
It was only a short time before he
was right among the bunch and one by
one he grabbed them by the legs and
pulled them under water. After he had
secured about twenty-five he went
: ashore and stored the birds away fol-
future use.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
TRAGEDY Turks IN SHELL
One Dead, One Manned by Explo.
sion of ssFind."
Germanicus and Edward Klossner
Pound 1t on Anvil.
Calamity Follows in Wake of the
Departing Artillery.

One dead, one MANNED and crippled
for life: such is the tragic aftermath
of the artillery practice at New Ulm.
An unexploded percussion she'll found
by farmers and carried home, there to
explode, tells the terrible story. The
stricken family is that of Fred Kloss-
ner living just across the river in LAT
ayette. His youngest son Germanicus
is dead, while his second Oldest son,
Edward has lost one hand and the
thumb and middle finger on the other.
Curiosity led these two young men
to open the shell and then pound it on
an anvil with a sledge hammer, with
the frightful results stated.
The tragedy occurred on the very
day that the soldiers took their depart.
ure. Saturday forenoon Fred Kloss.
ner and his son Edward drove into
town with a few sacks of grain, ano
not more than forty rods from theil
house, which is just above the fele
where the targets were placed, they
discovered a shell lying on the sur
face of the ground not far from thu
fence at the side of the road, and tc
all appearances as good as though i
had never been used.
/ They dismounted from the Wagon
and examined the projectile and laic
it to one side where they could find i
on their way back should they want tt
take it home with them.
WARNED OF THEIR DANGER.
On reaching town Mr.. Klossner sen
Edward to the Brown County bank o.
some business and told him at tn
same time to inquire of General Bob
Letter what they should do with tn
shell. The general and Peter Souku
both told them by all means to thro'
it in the river as it was dangerous AM
might explode, but despite this warn
ing and that of several others Edwar
wished to take it home and did SO.
On reaching the farm Mr.. Klossne
carefully laid the dangerous find t,
one side and went into dinner with hi
family. Edward ate hasty meal an
} then then took the shell out to tn
, blacksmith shop near the house an
unscrewed the cover on one end an
| then the brass screw holding the ca
and plunger.
t He then brought it into the nous
5 and showed it to his father, who too
7 the missile and emptied all the powde
1 he could shake out Of it onto a plate
'sEd. do throw that into the Of
WE'LL" pleaded Mrs. Klossner, as til
7 young man took up the shell agai
l and with his brother Germanicus star
, ed to leave the room.
/ ooh, 1 don't want to do that, T
answered, ''there is no danger at all.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
SCALDING KILLS ENGINEER
w. D. Evans of the Sleepy Eye
Mill Dies Friday.
Cylinder Head of the Compound
Engine Blows Out.
Damage to the Mill Will Reach
Close to $4,000 Mark.

W. D. Evans, head engineer at the
Sleepy Eye mills, is dead as a result of
an accident in the engine room Thurs
day, when the cylinder head of the
high pressure engine blew out.
MIR. Evans in company with an ex-
pert, Mr.. De Wolf, and Peter REIN
was in the room when the accident
occurred and in attempting to turn off
the steam was fatally burned about the
face and hands. He fingered until the
following day when there seemed to be
strong hopes of his recovery, and then
suddenly succumbed. The other two
men escaped unhurt.
The direct cause of the accident was
the breaking of a strap on the end of
the connection rod. This allowed the
piston rod to move too far to the end
of the cylinder, with the result that it
knocked the end out.
The steam rushed out with terrific
force, and seeing the danger to the
building which threatened, the engineer
heroically made an effort to shut If the
steam. But it was useless. The blast
of scalding vapor struck him full in
the face and enveloped him completely,
and recoiling from the pain, Mr..
Evans fell to his hands and knees and
crawled as fast as possible toward the
door.
This he reached in safety and was at
once removed to his home and attend
ed by a physician. The first reports
given out were very optimistic, but a
sinking spell set in and he died Friday.
/ Mr.. Evans was 81 years old and
leaves a wife and four children. He
was an active member of the Ode
Fellows and Woodmen fraternities
The funeral was held in LIE Sueul
yesterday.
| The damage to the mill will amour
to about So, 1000, as near as Presiden
i Won Hagen can estimate. A larg'
hole was blown out of the south ent
of the building by the cylinder heat
and the escaping steam and man,
windows were shattered.
The mill was shut down for fey
days and although the engine canno
be repaired for about week NOR
operations started Monday. TIL
engine is of the large cross-compoun
variety and either cylinder can be ru
independent of the other. Inside Q
thirty minutes fifty men were at wor
mending the damage.
! The accident seems to have bee
3 purely of the unavoidable kind wher
t no blame can attach to anyone.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
POUNDS Ir WITH HAMMER.

POUNDS IT WITH HAMMER.
So saying he and his brother pro-
ceeded to the shop and there set about
opening the she'll and Investigating
the insides. They could not break the
steel with anything lighter than a
heavy hammer and so Edward laid the
projectile on the anvil and while he
held it with his right hand, struck it
with the hammer held in his left. The
younger brother was standing only a
few feet away watching the operation
intently.
Suddenly there was a deafening ex-
plosion and the shell burst into a
hundred pieces.
In the meanwhile the father had be-
come anxious and determined that he
would find the boys and make them
throw the shell into the we'll, and set
out for the shop with this purpose in
view. He was only a few yards away
when the explosion occurred. He hast
ened his pace and just as he reached
the door of the shop he saw his sons
coming out. Edward, who was ahead,
he could observe was terribly wound
ed. Germanicus followed and to all
appearances was alright.
''For Gods sake boys, what are y GU
doing?" cried the father.
His only answer was to have his
youngest son stagger forward and fall
PROSTATE at his feet. Edward bleed
! ing and with one hand dangling only
by the skin, passed on toward the
house.
| DIES IN FATHER IS ARMS.
Tenderly the frenzied parent lifted
the boy in his arms and rested his
head on his shoulder, while he tried
to bring him back to consciousness.
''Germanicus, Germanicus, he call
ed desperately.
But the young man did not answer
/ He gasped once or twice and ther
passed away without a sound.
Meanwhile Edward had reached thu
house and bathed the streaming blood
from his mangled hands, his mothe
assisting him in a half daze. Thel
they went back to the shop where Mr.
/ Klossner was still holding the young
er boy in his arms, and together faith
er and mother carried the prostrat
form into the house and laid it on tn
couch.
| Whether he was dead or only IN
conscious they did not know; if dea
he was past help; if merely unconscieu
he would come to with the aid OF tn
mother. wrapping Edward S wound
with bandages to stop the flow {
blood, Mr.. Klossner took him in hi
wagon and drove frantically to towr
The young man was taken to
physicians Office where hypodermi
injection was given and a stimular
and more expert bandages applied
then he was removed to the hospita
AMPUTATION IS NECESSARY.
Several physicians were called
! assist and it was found that amputatio
of the entire right hand, and of tt
, thumb and middle finger on the lie
hand was necessary. There was ais
flesh wound just above the knee {
1 the left leg.
+, While this was going on Mr.
: Klossner was using every means 81
; knew to bring back life into the boo
> of her youngest son, but in Val
5 There were no marks visible on b
body, but when she tore open b
s shirt there on his breast directly ov
the heart was evidence of the fat
Z blow. There was an ugly blue NAL
) several inches long and one of h
5 ribs on the left side was fracture
Z There were also bruises on his arm.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26
VIII you select the Winter
Wrap today?

Why not? You can select
from d collection of stylish
garments. Today you can
get your size. And at this
store you can get satisfac-
ton or money back.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26

Continued on page 4,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-31

has on sale daily a ow1rate
overs at nearly ali points, e
ious sections of the familiar s.
y
Genera. Pssen3