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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
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It is unfortunate that Treasurer
Trent did not make a more careful
inquiry into the facts,-or even did
not read correctly the warrant he
was criticizing,-before sending a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Must Pay or Walk.

The New York Central railroads anti pass order is much more sweeping than at first supposed and there is eonsterna- ton among the members of the legisla- ture for they will have to walk to Albany hereafter or pay their fare. The order includes all kinds of passes except those issued to such papers have previous ly accepted them. The number of news paper passes will be curtaied in any event, but the question remains whether to pay these newspapers in cash for ad- vertsing or to issue tickets in return for advertising actually ordered
 It is estimated by politicians that the number of passes issued by the New York Central for the main line alone would transport enough passengers to crowd a limited train every day of the year. In the smaller counties the num- Der appears to have been grater than in the counties containing cities
 "In my town,'' said an upstate assem- b1yman. 'the ticket agent laughs at any old resident who buys a ticket when traveling any considerable distance. The agent appears to look on it as sign that the purchaser is in wrong and on the downward political slant
 Views of the politicians in regard to the order were as diversified as possible Some of them were rantankerous and prophesied dire results to the Central, both in leglsla- tion, increase of assessments and enforce ment of existing laws Others declared the rule good thing for everybody con cerned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
What About Judge Andy2"

Everybody is disappointed that the in- surance Investigating committee had to close it's sessions without throwing more light on the business transactions of that most interesting and valuable .Tnan- to the insurance companies-"Judge Andy Hamilton. It was Judge Andy" that handled the legal expenses" of the life insurance companies, watched legis- lation and kept official folk generally in a good humor with the companies. The New York Life was Judge Andy g. sponsor and for that company he admits handling about $72o.O00 in a few years.
 Every effort was made to get Judge Andy himself on the witness stand, but the Judge" got a case of nerves and had to stay in Paris on the advice of his physician. So a messenger was sent to Paris to get Judge Andy's" story and bring it across the ocean to the inyes- tigators John C. Mccall, the young sec retary of the New York Life and the son of the president. was the emissary and he proved poor messenger boy to send 3O0O miles. He did not bother him self to ask any questions of the Judge" upon which Hamilton generalized in his report.
 , Hamiiton's report, as prepared under young McCalfs guidance, set forth that Hamilton had spent about $720.o00. includ- ing his own retainers and fees, for the company since 1899; that he had made payments to certain persons. whose names he declined to tell; that he considered the confidential secret service" of the triple insurance alliance to be grand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
THE WEEKS TALK
 IN NEW YORK CITY Roosevelt Scheming to be a
 National Boss HOW ODELL WAS BEATEN The Insurance Inquiry Ends Without Judge" HamiIton's Testimony
 General Wheeler for Po-
 lice Commissioner.
BY SEWELL HAGGARD.

New York December SO.-President Roosevelt is laying plans to become the national boss of the republican party-a second Hanna,-when he retires from the White House. As has been told in the press dispatches day by day, he has begun by wrestling the control of New York state from Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., and, in well informed quarters, it is asserted that the presidential hand is reaching out for Pennsylvania and other states. The President had little trouble in att taining his desires in New York, for the insurance investigation had wrecked Odell. The investigation was started by Odell himself and was opposed by Cover nor Higgins, who supercedes him for the time being.
 That the President can come out of his fight in this state with any credit to him self is doubted by persons familiar with political history. MT. Roosevelt has blun- dered in bringing to the front men that are smaller and men whose regulations are worse than Odells. A combination of local bosses that were long ago damned and laid on the shelf are chuckhng over his victory and sharing its fruits. These Iaen are George W. Dunn, J. Sloat fas- Sett, E rank $. Black, William Barnes, Jr., and Lemuel E. Quigg. For long time Dunn was Platts right hand man and he always gloried in proclaiming publicly that Platt's will was his will. Fassett enter ed politics as Platt man. but has never amounted to anything since he was de- feated as the republican gubernatorial candidate in 1891 When Black was gover- nor of the state his proudest boast was that he had taken the starch out of the civil service law" Barnes is the boss of one of the most unsavory local republi- machine politican, a lobbyist and is known as the general representative of that great and good man and public benefac- tor Thomas Fortune Ryan.
 The popular way of summing the mat ter up is that if Odell is an expert cracks man, politically, these men are nothing more than second-story thieves and pick pockets. The public recognizes in Odell a bad man, but 1t also knows that he is a big man and that he Is a better man than those who have been placed above him.
 Jimmy Wadsworth, the man who was picked out to defeat Odell's candidate for speaker of the assembly, hasn't been a is only 2S years old He owes his prefer ment to his distinguished family connec- tion and his principal claim to fame Is that he once played first base on the Yale baseball team. This Is the young David that the President has chosen to slay Goliath Odell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
WE ARE NOW CONFRONTED
 WITH THE MOTOR BOOT

policemen, street cars footpads. the car riages of the arstocracy, and the impor- tunities of the very fleetest reporter. No more need to squander money on night hawks, herdics, "copays,' or even brough- ams and victorias. Put on your seven league boots, light your cigarette. push the button, and away you go! We fore see time when our greatest statesmen will provide themselves with the Constan- tini boot and laugh at would-be inter- viewers.
 We nourish only one misgiving. There is always a fly in the ointment, a crum- pied roseleaf on the couch of joy. Sup pose for instance, that Secretary Taft, or General Grosvenor, or dea rold' Uncle Joe Cannon or even Vice President Fair banks himself should put the motor boots to himself and start upon a swift escape; suppose, moreover, that in his agitation he should turn on the minimum speed for one foot and the maximum speed for the other-what would be the condition of our priceless statesman after about two blocks of that weird form of travel?
 Let it pass. No need to toss upon sleepless pillow while as yet the details are in camera. The motor boot, like other great agencies of progress, has come to stay We can wait while our betters try if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

Portland, Ore, to Denver and will cause his return to this city from Chicago the latter part of the month.
 T suppose most people would call mo crazy, but when was boy back in Des Moines 1 went to school and fell in love with a girl classmate of mne." said MT. Huntsford. Both of us left Des Moines. she going to Nebraska with her folks, while I went to Oregon to grow up with the country We never corresponded as 1 lost her address and neglected asking mutual friends for It. Later when I made the attempt to find her all trace Of la. nas lost.
 Several weeks ago I had q dream of meeting my old classmate In strange city. l had never been in the eiss s.s- pieted in the dream, but there were high buildings, trolley cars and all the noise and hum of city life, deadened somewhat by light fall of snow. The dream made a vivid impression on mo and 1t returned twice. always the same scene and the same happy meeting with my old sweet heart. l could not place 1t, but one day when l happened to pick up booklet sent out by some of the Denver commer- eial organizations I saw street scene labeled Seventeenth street, Denver, which was the one of my dreams.
 Having some business in Chicago, de- clded to stop over several days in Den yer but when I reached here I learned that the winters were mild, the snow not falling until late in the winter. That dream of mine was n snow dream and have faith enough In 1t to know that will meet my classmate here some time. am coming back here the latter part of this month and will walt until the last snowstorm of the season has swept over the city if I do not meet the girl used to go to school with back in Des ain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Odelf Dyinu Hard.

Odell has not given up without a strug gle. The defeated and discredited boss is dying hard. He threatens some reve- lations about Roosevelt-in particular about the contributions to the republican campaign fund last year, matter that J Judge Alton B. Parker, the democratic candidate for president, brought to the forefront Some ironical persons have re- marked that the President will surely welcome any revelations" concerning the financing of the last campaign be- cause he advocated in his message the publication of all contributions and ex- penditures for campaign purposes. Prob- ably MT. Roosevelt will be glad to get @ little light on the subject without waiting for the passage of a law compelling it. The public certainly will be interested in any sort of disclosures that Odell may de- sire to make. And it is not doubted that he will blurt out some party secret be- fore he ds done for, as he is in an ugly mood. Already he has told some things to which the President probably will be forced to reply. The story that MT Roosevelt ordered the defeat of the "Senile'' Depew and the election of Frank S. Black to the senate and at the last minute left Black in the luch does not sound well and the public would like to hear the Presidents side of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

institution for all the policyholders; that he had systematized the watching of legislation for his employers, and, finally, that he did owe the New York 1ife an amount less than s100000. for the pay ment of which he was willing to deposit that sum with the trustees, in escrow, pending an adjustment.
 MT Mccall could add nothing to what had been written by the "Judge,' he de- clared. He knew nothing of the men who had received money in the course of Ham, iltons legislative manoeuvres. He had no idea why more than $4O0,0O0 had been paid out in retalners and fees and for news paper articles, or why ''travedng ex- penses' for 1905 had been $24000, although Hamilton had been in Europe since last July. Of course Judge Andy regrets that the state of his health prevented his Illuminating these matters in persop, and 1t is an unkind public that would make such a demand of a faithful ser- want. Perhaps the policyholders will cable their sympathy to this expert and generous financier who has invested so much of their mney without pestering them with details.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Insurance Inquiry Ends.

The Armstrong committee ended today its public investigation into life insur- ance methods. In a few weeks it is ex- pected that the committee will make its report and recommendations to the leg islature. Meantime the district attorney is conducting an investigation into some most astounding charges that have been brought against prominent insurance of ficials as a result of the committees S probing. One of w. R. Hearsts news papers, which is responsible for this state ment gives the names of the men ac- cused, says:
 "As a result of these discoveries sew eral of these high officials are likely, in the near future, to face charges of petty larceny or systematically charging to the policyholders of their respective com panies certain recurring bills for coal rugs, bathroom supplies and house furn- ishings which went to make up sub stantial grand total of home comforts in their own domestic establishments.
 "Testimony taken, by the legislative in- vestigating committee has furnished a basis for the prosecution of these off cers. on the charge that they have been supplied in their own households with scores of thousands of dollars worth of house furnishings, rugs, bric-a- brsc, bath room supplies and coal. the bills being paid with policyhoders' money.
 Tt Is regarded as certain that all these men will be called before the grand jury They are to be prosecuted by the district attorneys office on charge of cheap graft ing, rather than on the lines Of high finance juggling brought out by Charles E. Hughes before the investigating com mittee.
 'It Is known that, for ten years at least, it has been the practice of ohi- cers. and In some cases of directors, or the big insurance companies to order great aa,An*iAAAa ak aaAnnliAA from the leading
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
From the Washington Post.


 @ AY PAREE has just been startled
 by the apparition of gigantic per
 son "whzzing along the Champs Elysees at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour" He was not on horseback neither was he in an auto. He simply stood up straight on. his own legs, and the only unusual thing connected with his ap- pearance consisted of pair of immense boots. He didn't walk. He never lifted either foot from the pavement. He simply carried himself erect and flew along. as we have already stated.
 Subsequent inquiry developed several in- teresting facts. Fastened to the soles of the enormous strangers boots were tiny automobiles, with rubber tires eight inches in diameter, and in belt worn about his waist were 'accumulators' of one and a quarter horse power, connected with the boots by means of wires. Thus equipped. the mysterious person flew along the avenue at the speed above stated, ex- citing wonder, admiration and alarm in about equal proportions.
 In other words, this astonishing but highly uncomfortable gentleman-Con- tantini in his name-appears to have in- vented the long-looked-for and much feared motor boot| As a matter of fact his device will enable the individual cit- zen to acquire a pair of boots by means of which he can chase along the boule- wards of Paris or any other capital at a frightful rate of speed, and, as long as the "accumulators' hold out, make anywhere from six to thirty miles an hour It is the much desired consummation- the apparatus whereby we may pay a hundred calls during any afternoon, evade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
White House Ruse.

The ruse by which the President got his endorsement of Wadsworth, his speaker ship candidate, into the newspapers Is an interesting piece of political history. He wanted to get his views out and did not want to make a statement personally. To get around doing this he wrote out a ststemenet himself. making it come from Congressman Cocks and gave 1t to his Washington newspaper friends with in structions to print 1t as though it came from Westbury, Long Island MT. Cocks home.
 The Presidents ultimate goal Is said to be the Senate. As a senator from New York he feels that he will be in a posi- dion to dictate the policy of the republi- can party Private life would be repug- nant to him and he has no intention of retiring from the political arena when his term as President ends. To become senator he knows that he must eliminate Odell from New York politics for Odell has never been friendly to him Hence the fight that has put the state boss down and out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Simpsons Servants.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 The late Congressman Jerry Simpson was a plain man to whom ostentation of every kind seemed vulgar.
 A rich senator was once boasting to Mir. Simpson in Washington resturant about his luxurious way of living. Among other things he said:
 .I was obliged to discharge my second coachman last week. Though he was in many ways an invaluable fellow, he was continually hanging around one of the prettier housemaids.'
 MT. Simpson considered such talk pure vulgar boasting and proceeded to rebuke 1t as such.
 T." he said gravely. 'have been obliged to discharge my third groom He was always loafing in the servants billiard room.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Spent S375 a Day,

New York has woman who spends $375 day and wants to spend more Sine is Mrs Fannie Burke-Roche, the daughter of Frank Work, the ti-millonaire. It was her expensive tastes that caused a split between Mrs Burke-Roche and her father, but they have made up their diff ference and she is again living under his roof. Some time ago they had trou- ble over financial matters and she moved to the Buckingham, a fashionable apart ment hotel
 According to a statement given out by MT. Work, his daughter has, of late, been exceeding her allowance of 5000 a month by about s2O0 d day, making the total expenditure s367 day, to be precise. Annually this amount is equivalent to the biggest salary paid 10 an insurance company president, and nearly three times as much as the salary paid to the Pres ident of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
Gen Wheeler and McAdoo's Job.

There was some talk this week that General Joseph Wheeler. the distinguished Alabamian, would be appointed commits sioner of police by Mayor Mcclellan, but the mayor quickly put an end to the report. The general has been living in New York since the Spanish war and he has hundreds of friends here who would have been glad to see him get the place. He would carry with him to police headquarters just the sort of energy that is needed at the head of the department. But it is unlikely that the general would have accepted the place had 1t been offered to him. The post of police com missioner is beyond all doubt the hardest to fill in the city government. If a man who Is familiar with police affairs is ap- pointed he usually turns out to be a grafter1 and an outsider, no matter what ability he may possess, Is handicapped by his lack of knowledge of the routine of the department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

You need not come unless you wish If you win prize we will let you know but there'l be plenty of enjoyment here at 10 o'clock Monday morning. If weather permits the drawing will take place in front of our store- not in the windows on Nineteenth street Store is closed all day, you know Each winner will be announced as drawn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
--4~--- DREAMED OF A GIRL
Three Times and Man Travels Far
 Because of Vision.

From tho Denver Post
 A dream Is slight thing to send a man across half continent In search. of a maiden, but a dream thrice repeated has brought William B. Huntsfords of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
The Cheerful Truth Teller.

From the "Familie Journal'
 Justin Gaged-Good evening, Freddy. Do you know who I am?
 Freddy (aged seven)-Yes: mama said you were sister Clara's last hope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

furniture and department stores and to have the bills sent to the auditors of the companies
 ''In many cases the goods were deliver ed at the offices of the companies and were then sent to the private homes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
The Traction Merger.

New York is now at the mercy of Au- gust Belmont as far as traction faclh- ties are concerned. He and Ryan are busy mapping out the plans by which the subway. elevated and surface car lines will be merged under one head. The gem eral features of the proposed plan are that a new company is to be formed to take over the holdings of the Inter borough, Metropolitan and Metropolitan Securities shall have a capital stock of at least s135 OOO, GOO of which $S3,V00Ooo as to be common and s52, 100000 in per cent cumulative preferred stock. The entire issue of s52, ,OO0, 900, together with s260OO,OOO of the common stock, is to go to Metro politan stockholders. This Is on the basls of one share of preferred and one-half a share of common or one share of per cent Metropolitan stock guaranteed by the New York City Railway company lessee of the Metropolitan. For Inter borough stock, the basis for retiring IS to be S20O in 4Ia per cent bonds and sso in common stock for one share Of Inter borough. These figures tell the story Of the magnitude of the deal:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31

For the past few weeks we have been disubuti asked and to hundreds who didn't, pocket mirrors There is number on the back of each mirror, and persons Monday morning we will distribute S2oo, all
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-12-30
The Elders Taking WAY.

Mrs. Ebony - OATS a perfectly
won 'rful revival Eldah Black am
habbin' at Zion church. I heah he
hab converted you'll husban' y
Mrs. Dark.l-Dat's so, Mrs. Eb
ony. fMy huSban' done got religion
turible. | nebber seen such re-
pentant sinnah. Eldah Black do
hab de mos takin' way o putin
things. lie caught my good for
nothin' wuhess ole husban' ies like
fish on a hook.
Mrs. Ebony-What did de eldah
say to him?
Mrs. Darkk-De eldah tole him
dere was muffin ter do in hebben but
lay arown' an eat an de angels .'uC
furnish de chicken. - New Icra
Weekly.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-12-30
NarroWneSS.

1t is strange, very strange, to me
that many men should devote them
selves so exclusively to the study of
their own particular callings. 1t
seems as if they thought a mind
must grow narrow before it can
come to focus. We send our young
men abroad to enlarge and modify
their notions, but those who stay at
home shut themselves up with the
primers and catechisms of their pro-
1essions until they are stitfened into
machines for specific purposes. The
knowledge of man who confines
himself to one object bears the same
relation to that.of the liberal schol-
AZ that the red or violet ray of Il
prism does to the blended light of
snnbeam. NJ. Holmes.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-12-30
Diamond Coated Boots.

Everybody has remarked that the
matter applied to boots and shoes
viz, blacking-is a dull blue black
substance entirely devoid of gloss,
but when the leather thus coated is
rubbed over with a dry brush the
boot begins to shine like a bright
luminary. What is the cause of this
strange phenomenon is question
which naturally presents itself to
every well regulated mind, The dia
mond, as everybody knows and as
recent experiments have abundantly
proved, is nothing more or less than
crystallized carbon. The chief ele
ment in backing is likewise carbon,
in the shape of lampblack. The fric-
ton Of the dry brush on the leather
produces electricity, which has the
property of crystallizing carbon.
The leather, coated with backing
and brushed, is covered with mil
lions of microscopical diamonds,
which give to the backing its pc
culiar brilliancy. Accordingly ey-
erybody wears diamonds on his
boots.