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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18

BERLIN, Jan. Meetings of the
representatives of 100000 miners en-
uloyed in the mines of the Rhenish
Westphallan coal syndicate are being
held throughout the district regarding
the silence of the members of the syn
dictate on the workmens request for a
different system of measuring the
hours of work. The mines are under
individual company management, the
whole allotted product being marketed
by the syndicate.
Two hundred and fifty men in one
mine refused to work today but a gen.
eral strike is not yet imminent, al
though the miners are embittered by
the long controversy. The miners ask
| that the hours of work shall be meas
ured from the time of arrival at the
pits mouth until they reach the pits
mouth on returning, instead of from
reaching the work gallery until ceas-
ing work
The men anrm that it takes often
forty-five minutes each day going into
and leaving the deep-sunk shafts and
| long BdllefleS, so Inat q nominal eight
hour day becomes a day of nine and
half hours. They asked, for the first
year, nine-hOur day, for the second
year eight and One-quarter hours and
for the third year and thereafter eight
hours calculated between getting into
and coming out of the entrance.
The miners aver that the digging'
are more unhealthy than ever and thai
So per cent of the men are diseased
According to official reports the aver
age life of miners is less than former
ly. The miners leaders urge modera,
tiop and the observance of order. TIL,
public generally is deeply interested
in the result of the dispute.
The coal sypdicate's contract, whlcl
went into effect i'm April, 1904, 70
twelve years, fixes the allotment o
each mine for the entire period. Tn
result is that the powerful minnl
companies are mining economically
buying up the weaker ones and clos
ing ehtm supplying their allotmen
from new shafts of the large mines
The workmen of the small mines ar
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
NOTED WOMAN COMING.
Mrs. George w. Townsend, who h

Mrs. George w. Townsend, who has
just retired from the presidency 81 The
Women's Educational and Industrial
Union of Buffalo, New York, will ar
rive in Honolulu on the Manchuria,
She comes here to reside with her
niece, Mrs. Oscar White. She has been
president of the literary club of the
Church of the Messiah for twenty-fouT
years, and OF the Industrial Union fol-
twenty-three years. Mrs. Townsend
has accomplished great things for wo'
mankind in the city Of Buffalo. She
has been greatly interested in securing
lags governing the property rights o.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
LIEUTENANT YosT COMING.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-First Lieu
tenant ]. d. Yost, assistant surgeon,
relieved from duty at San Francisco
aA6 will proaeed by t-iusport about
February LIST 10 Honolulu Cor day 10
relieve Major William d. Davis. sur
geon, who win pro ";I to Manila for
duty
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
forced to sell their cottages at a sac
rificc and move to the large mines.
There are Government representa-
tives at the meetings of the miners,
and police and troops are held ready to
suppress disturbances.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
~ FRANCIsCO CoNTRACTs.

The Americans Hawaiian Engineer
ing and Construction Company has Sc
cured through it's San Francisco Of
flee the contract to build the Hahne-
mann Hospital in San Francisco, at a
cost of $4,000. 1t has secured another
contract, likewise, for the construction
of a building on the coast to be put up
at a cost of 1882, 900.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
FORMERLY PRACTICED HERE.


SAN FRANCISCO, January 6-In the
passing of DR. Jennie Brooks Hide
brand a notable woman has gone to
rest. She died Tuesday morning Of
pneumonia at the residence of her
daughter Mrs. Mate H. Cartwright
141 Julian avenue. DR.. Hildebrand
was the first woman to secure a license
to practice west of Chicago. Left a
widow over forty-five years ago, with
family dependent upon her she de-
cided to study medicine, which she did
successfully at the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons in Philadelphia.
Completing her course there, she went
to Kansas for her first practice which
in those days meant riding about in
the country on horseback all hours of
the day and night. About fifteen years
ago she came to California, and since
that time has practiced in this city and
Honolulu.
DR.. Hildebrand who was born i'm Cow
| ington, KY, in 1898, was the daughter
of Phillips Brooks, the uncle of the
famous Bishop and the man for whom
| he was named.
j Surviving DR.. Hildebrand are her
/ children, Mrs. Mate c. Cartwright, Mrs.
w. c. Renrici Of Kansas City and Stan
/ ley A. Hildebrand of Sacramento.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
HEART TROUBLES.

Don't sleep with your troubles. If
you have palpitation, short breath,
pain in chest, side and shoulders, chok-
ing sensations, fainting spells, difficult
ty in sleeping on left side and you feel
anxious about it, don't sleep until you
have procured a bottle of DR., Miles
Heart Cure and you can rest assured
you have a never-failing remedy for
your affections. If first bottle fails Ia
benefit, money back,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18

date Of Departure from Kahului.
u. S. A. Transports will leave for San
Francisco and Manila, and will arrive
from same ports at irregular intervals,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
Claus .Spreckels. VIM G. Irwin,
ClaISNTGCkHlS &CG:
BANKERS
HOMO ULU, Il. L.
BANKERS

HOMO ULU, Il. 1.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
National Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada Ma
tional Ba k of San Francisco.
yONDON-Union of London & Smiths
Bank Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Corn Exchange National
Bank.
PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank of New Zea and, and Bank of
Australasia,
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER-Ban
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans iade IN
Approved Security. Commercial and
ravellers' Credits issued. Bills of Elk
charge Bought and Sold.
COLLECTION PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
RosECRANs SAILED TODAY.

The S. s. Rosecrans sailed this morn
ing about 10 o'clock for San Francisco
via Hilo She will take a special load
of bananas at Hilo and then proceed as
rapidly as possible to the coast. Mail
sent by her viii probably arrive in San
Francisco ahead Of that sent by any
other vessel,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18

women, protection Of working girls and
securing them proper wages. Mrs
Townsend withal is a very modest
woman and a very quiet and tactfuf
worker. She will be great acquisi-
ton to the general life in the islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18

Via the Southern Pacific, Union Pa
cihc and Chicago and Northwestern
Rys.
Overland Limited. Vestibuled. Leaves
San Francisco at 1000 a. m. The most
Luxurious Train in the World. Elec-
trio Lighted Throughout. Buffet smok-
ing cars with barber and bath, Book
lovers Library, Dining Cars, Standard
and Compartment Sleeping Car and OBJ
servation ars. Less than three days
TO Chicago without change.
Eastern Express. Vestibuled. Leaves
San Francisco at 600 p. m. Through
Standard and Tourist Sleeping Tars to
Chicago. Dining Cars. Free Reclin-
ing Chair Cars.
Atlantic Express. Vestibuled. Leaves
San Francisco at 300 a. m. Standard
aud Tourist Sleepers.
Personally Conducted Excursions
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
The best Of everything.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RY
r. r. RITCHIE. G. A. p. q.
GIT Market St., palace HoteD sar
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-18
Kauai ELECTRIC SCHEME.

W. A Kinney has fair hopes OF the
availability from local sources OF the
$4,000 required to establish an electric
power and light plant on Kauai'-Gar-
den Island.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
GIANT WATER
GRANT ASKED
Palmer Brothers Make APP
plieation for Big Supply
to Work Claims in Yukon
MAY DENY THE REQUEST
Government Is Planning to
Use the Stream Sought
by the Two Petitioners
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 1O.-A giant wa
ter grant from the Klondike River has
been requested at Dawson by Arthur B.
Palmer and Russell B. Palmer, for oper-
ating fifteen claims scattered along the
left limit of Bonanza and FL Dorado.
This is one of the most important ap-
plications ever filed in Yukon, particularly
since it contemplates taking a large share
of water from the KlOndike River, the
probable future source of supply of the
contemplated and mucn favored Govern
ment system.
No other water application OF such
magnitude was ever before undertaken in
the Klondike. The big water grants from
Twelve Mile River, made to Acklen peo-
pie, call for separate grants of from five
to ten thousand inches aggregating no
more than is asked for by the Palmers in
the present application.
The Palmers want the water In more
than one way. They posted notice Of an
application for 5000 inches of water from
Montana and other creeks of that To-
cality, stating that the water is wanted
for the EnSel concession on Eureka
Creek. Previous to that they obtained
grants for water on other creeks where
they have holdings or interests.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
YOUNG F|REbUC
LANDS IN JAIL
Constable Arrests Him Just
After He Had Started a
Blaze in a Pile of Hay
NOT HIS FIRST OFFENSE
Records Show That He Was
in the Reform School for
Burning a Soap Factory

WOODLAND, Aug. 10.-Local ohicers
have reason to believe that they nave
in custody the person who mas neen
starting numerous fires in Woodland.
Earl sherman was arrested last night
while in the act Of setting hre 10 the
barn of ]. C. Sparks. Constable Far,
ker almost ran over him just as ne hao
ignited some loose hay The names
were extinguished. This followed Two
fires earlier in the evening, both of
which were supposed to have been set
by Sherman.
sherman was convicted OF arson IN
Sacramento a few years ago. he nreo
a soap factory there, and on the VII
ness stand said he did it just to see tne
firemen run. Incendiarisn seems 70 pc
a mania with the prisoner. who Is q
mere youth. He was recently released
from the lone Reform School, anu sli'co
his return to Woodland fires nave oc-
Cured with alarming frequency ana
under very suspicious circumstances.
sherman had been watched Ior some
time. but until last night hao success
fully evaded the officers.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
FIRM AS ROCK
AGAINST RUFF
Not the Slightest Indication
Of Weakness in League
Delegation to Convention

The executive committee of the San
Francisco Republican League met last
night at headquarters, 636 Market street,
and conferred with leaders representing
the successful league delegations. The
committee received positive and absolute
assurance that every league delegation is
anti-Ruef from start to finish and that
there is not the slightest sign of weak
ness in any part of the line. The boast
Of the grafters that Ruef will be able to
pull down a delegate here and there is
absurd and nonsenSical. The facts are
that Ruef cannot hold his own forces in
line The Lynch Kelly delegation of the
TWenty-eighth District has already re-
jected the Ruef programme. In the
Thirty-third District Ruef loses one vote
and the anti-Ruef column gains one.
There is not the slightest doubt at Re-
publican headquarters that the league
delegations will organize the convention,
elect the chairman and other officers
select a straightforward, firm and uncom-
promising anti-Ruef man for Mayor, and
also select the new County Committee.
Ruefs gang is already in process Of dis
integration. Indications are that his pro-
gramme will not receive the open or un-
der-cover Endorsement of 100 delegates.
1t is an open question whether the fraud
ulently elected delegations from the
Thirty-second and Thirty-ninth districts
will be seated. AT the proper time the
convention will render a decision in this
respect.
In the Thirty-eighth District Byron
Mauzy and ]. ]. Sullivan were elected
delegates on the league ticket, but their
names were not printed on the tally
sheets and in some precincts ballots cast
in their favor were not tailed to their
credit. The error is one that the Election
Commissioners will probably reetify.
Fairfax H Wheelan, John Lackmann,
David Rich. r. ]. Welch, E. j. Bowes,
Daniel A. Ryan and John D. Daily at
tended the meeting of the executive COM
mittee last night. Supervisor Eggers of
the Thirty-siXth, Jesse E. Marks and Ed
ward Kelly Of the Fortieth, Cary Van
Fleet Of the Forty-second, Senator Wolfe
of the Thirty-eighth and other active Re-
publicans were at party headquarters.
The executive committee will hold
another session tomorrow night
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
DEsPONDENT CLERK SLASHES
HIS WINDPIPE WITH A RAZOR
j. w. Duke of Portland Attempts to
Commit Suicide While Travelling
the Road Near KaIama

TACOMA. Aug. 10. w. Duke of
Portland, for several years an o. r.
and N. clerk, Is lying in a precarious
condition at Kalama, with his wind
pipe half severed and his throat and
wrist gashed, as the result of an at
tempt to commit suicide on the road
near Kalama last night. Duke says
he suddenly drew a razor and slashed
himself through an impulse. 1t is
thought he had been meditating the
deed for some time. In fact, he had
been sent by Portland friends to the
woods to give him an opportunity to
get over his dependency.
Duke Left Kalama yesterday morning
for the camp of the Kalama Boom
Company. After reaching the woods
he drew the razor and began slashing
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
FOREST FIRE
CAUSES SCARE
Many Persons Mistake Glare
for the First Signs of
Eruption of Mount Hood
CAMP ON A PROMONTORY
Disciples of Daniel H." the
New Prophet, Spend Their
Nights in Earnest Prayer
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HOOD RIVER, Ore. Aug. 10-A lurid
glare from blazing forest last night
led many to believe that the eruption pre-
dicted by Daniel II was at hand. A
few of the credulous gathered at the
boat landing early this morning and
crossed to the north bank. Word from
White Salmon yesterday stated that the
white haired prophet, with his little
band of followers, were camped on the
nigh promontory overlooking Hood Riv-
er Valley and Mount Hood. They could
be heard praying half a mile distant.
All day Daniel II stood perched on a
pinnacle, his disciples grouped about him
and the ark ready for the torrent of hot
water that was to engulf the earth and
confuse the wicked.
He said there was to be an eruption
OF Mount Hood, which should cover the
face of the earth with boiling water.
A swarm of yellow jackets were especi-
ally mentioned as having been chosen to
put the finishing touches to such of the
wicked as escaped the cataracts of boil
ing water.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
DYNAMITE WRECKS
HOME OF MARSHAL
Attempt Is Made to Murder
Family of an Officer at
Long Beach.

LONG BEACH, Aug. 10.-A quantity
of dynamite was exploded under the
front porch of the residence of City
Marshal ]. ]. Conklin at an early hour
this morning. demolishing the porch
and damaging the house. Marshal
Conklin, his wife and -FOUR children
wero asleep in the house. and consider
their escape from death narrow one.
The explosion stunned the inmates
of the house for few minutes. One
of the children was buried beneath
pile of debris. but only received slight
bruises. Every window in the house
was shattered and glass was broken
several hundred feet distant. There is
no clew to the identity of the persons
who. attempted to kill the City Marshal
and his family.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
Resumes omciaI Count.

The Election Commissioners yester-
day resumed the official count Of the
primary election returns. The returns
OF the Thirty-third, Thirty fourth,
Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-sev-
enth and Thirty eighth districts were
counted during the day session and an
adjournment taken until .. m No
changes were n6ted in the days canvass.
The election officers of the Fifty-ninth
Precinct of the Thirty-seventh District,
the Forty-sixth and Fiftieth of the
Thirty-ifth the Fifty-sixth of the
Thirtysixth, the Sixty-sixth and Sixty
ninth Of the Thirty-eighth were cited
to appear before the board this after
noon TO explain why they did not sign
the returns.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
PUTATIVE WIFE INTENDS
TO CONTEST KELLY'S WILL
Says That She Earned the Greater Part
of the Money That Is Left to
Another Woman.

VENTURA, Aug. 10.-Mrs. C. H. Pur-
cell, the putative wife of the late John
Kelly, who died of a broken heart be-
cause of her leaving him a week ago,
returned to this city to-day to examine
the will left by Kelly. Kelly bequeathed
fortune of $4,000 to my wife Ellen
Moran" and to his son by Mrs. Purcell,
The boy is Is years old.
Mrs Purcell says that Kelly was
married to a woman named Oates, in
New York. She died and he married a
second time, but his wife left him. At
that time Mrs. Purcell says she was
only 16 years old and Kelly deceived
her by promising to marry her. She
says that she never heard of a
woman named Ellen Moran. She
charges that Kelly was always cruel,
neglectful and harsh with her, as she
was sick a great deal after the birth of
their boy. She alleges that she earned
most of the money he has willed to Ell
len Moran and she will enter a contest
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
AUTHORITIES DOUBT
PRISONERS STORY
Maintains That He Is Well
Known as Part Owner
of a Circus.
Special Dispatch to The call

SAN JOSE, Aug. 1O-There is a
prisoner in the City Prison serving five
days for drunkenness who claims to be
Thomas Ringing, one of the firm of
R1ngling Bros, circus men. He was
found drunk in the bottom of a water
ing trough yesterday morning and he
was so tightly wedged in that Detec-
tive Pickering was compelled to call
several to his aid to extricate him.
He pleaded guilty to drunkenness be-
fore City Justice Dawson o-day and
was given a sentence of five days to
straighten him UP. The prisoner MAIN
tains that he is one of the great show
men, but has made no attempt to prove
his identity and secure his release. The
police doubt his story.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
GOVERNMENT PLANS
BIG IRRIGATION WORK
VIII Supply the Sacramento
Valley With Water
From PlumaS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

RENO, Aug. 10.-The United States
intends in the near future to construct
large irrigation reservoir in Indian Val
ley in Plumas County, California and
pipe water from that reservoir to the
Sacramento Valley, distance of eighty
miles. This water will be used for irri-
cation alone and will be equally distri-
buted among the farmers of that dis
trfct. In order to construct this reser-
voir the Government will have to
condemn three small farming towns now
in existence, where the reservoir will be
situated This will throw a large number
of people out of homes, but the Govern
ment will compensate. them, giving them
fertile farming land in other portions
of California or in the State of Nevada.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
RUINED BECAUSE
Of GOOD HEALTH
Once Wealthy Man Goes to
AlmShouse After Spending
All Money He Had Saved

NEW YORK, Aug. 10-Wearing patent
leather shoes, a slightly frayed frock coat
and a high hat which was a bit rusty, J.
I. Rapelee, retired broker, 50 years of
age, applied yesterday to the Commits
sioner of Charities in New Rochelle for
commitment to the Almshouse. Struck
by the unusual air of dignity and refine
ment, the commissioner asked the aged
applicant to tell his story.
You don't really mean that you want
to go to the poorhouse?" the commission
er queried.
Yes, sir. I most emphatically do. I
want to keep my self-respect and do not
wish to be dependent on relatives or
friends. AS l have paid taxes all my life
L think that now when have no more
money, 1t is the duty of the community
to care for me-
Asked how he came to lose his money
Rapelee said he formerly had been at the
head Of brokerage house In this CITY,
made a comfortable fortune and retired.
For a time he lived at the best hotels, but
gradually encroached on his capital and
slowly receded to cheaper quarters. The
income from his funds was insufficient
even then and during the past fifteen
years his capital Slowly dwindled until
yesterday only seven cents remained
When he figured years ago on always be-
ing in good circumstances, Rapelee said
he never dreamed of living to pass the
four score mark, so his calculations went
far an1iss. For two months he has been
living in a boarding-house in New
Rochelle, but yesterday he was told he
would have to move as he was a week
behind in his rent
Commissioner Scharp said he would
commit the man to the Almshouse, tenn
porarily at least
MAY / get nv trunk 2" RaneIea osl,od
He was given permission, and for the
first time in the history of West Chester
Almshouse. it received an inmate who
came with a trunk
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
EXPOSURE AND EXHAUSTION
MAY KILL AN INSANE MAN
Strips Himself of His Clothing and
Starts to Walk to His Home In
Wisconsin.

BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 1O.-Dan Le-
ban, insane. was taken to the county
Jail late last night from Wasco in q
critical condition from exposure and
exhaustion. He was found lying be-
side the track at Elmo station, nine
miles north of Wasco, perfectly nude
and completely exhausted. His body
was severely burned by the intense
heat of the sun. Later on his cloth
ing was discovered beside the track
five miles south of the place where he
was found.
At times Leban talks nationally. but
the periods are of short duration. He
says he left here several days ago and
that the Almighty gave him instruc-
tions to strip himself of his garments
and to walk to his home in Wisconsin.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
UNCLE SAM INVESTIGATING
THE TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE
Inquiry Is Started to Ascertain why
Two Government Messages
Were. DeIuYel.

EVERETT, Wash. Aug. 10.-Deputy
United States Marshal Gritman. acting
under the direction of Urited States
District Attorney Frye of Seattle, is
here investigating the telegraphers'
strike as it affects interstate commerce
and particularly Government business.
Frye is acting under instructions from
Attorney General w. H. Moody. Two
important Government messages have
been delayed. 1t is said-one regarding
the transport Dix, which was held up
two days. and the other regarding
Government business in Alaska. The
operators here disavow all responsible
ity for the delay.