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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

Judge Swayne's position appears to
be that he did all things that he is
charged with doing and that he was
within bis rights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

A final effort was made in the ma
tional house yesterday to eliminate the
fast mail graft from the postotfice ap-
preparation. but it failed as does every
such effort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The orange crop in Florida has been
Frozen again. Florida ought to erect
= windbreak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The Russians and Japanese in Man
Churia appear to be rushing the sea-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-04

The wheat crop has been saved
again but the peaches-where are
thew
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
Liuhtnino's Freak

Bassle Huston is farming the old
DR.. Sweeny place short distance
south Of the city. Around the old
homestead are some stately old maple
trees set out in an early day by the
Dr's. hand.
Bassie's corn field comes up along
side these lofty trees. Bassie says he
has wonderful corn. He has never
me a ured the height of the stalks but
says they tower towards the heaven
and the tassels can be dimly seen,
with good eyes, as they gently sway
in the bre re. He thought recently
of chopping one down to determine
it's height but when in the field, ak
in hand, he bethought him how many
hills the stock would destroy in its
tall and desisted.
During recent thunderstorm,
lightning struck one OF these famous
hills of corn near the maple trees. II
was terrific bolt and demolished I'll e
hill, sending slivers in every direction /.
1t then took to the lower wire of the
fence and burned a black streek
through the grass for two or three
hundred yards. Bassie says he has
always heard that lightning strikes
the highest objects, so his corn must
be higher than the maple trees. Corn
grows tall In Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
GOV. HOCH AND KELLEY

Some of the would be political
leaders of the state are inclined to
criticse the Governor over his course
in the Kelly matter, as we'll as other
matters. We fail to see where the
Governor has been particularly ou,
of line IN this whole abominable and
perplexing deal.
He has simply demanded from
Kelley that he give a good and
sufficient bond as demanded by law
and that he give it in time for the
new law to be put in effect.
Mr.. Kelley gave the bond and
the Governor, with the rest of the
board promptly accepted it and the
Governor says that ends that chap
ter.
The Governor promised during
the campaign to thoroughly lnvesti-
gate the treasurers Office and the
state appropriated money therefore.
This investigation may not have
started just as soon as it might but
it is on now and being pushed.
Possibly one great cause of the
delay was the immense amount Of
the Governors time that was con
sumed by these same complaining
polltians in trying to secure ap-
pointments for themselves or for
some one of the ring. We are in
clined to think the Governor is moi
deserving if any censure in the
Kelly matter and that when he gets
through with his investigation OF
the treasurer's Office the people will
know to certainty whether Its af
fairs have been carefully and pro
perly managed.
Until this report is made would
it not be just as well to say Mr..
Kelly is honest as to proclaim that
he is a thief?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
PENSION DECISIONS
BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE DEPART
MENr OF THE INTERIOR.

Helpless Minor.-A child who Is an
incurable epileptlc, having a falling
lit once week, on an average, ana
nervous attacks much Oftener, who is
vigorous in body, but dull mentally
who is able to attend to his personal
wants except when suffering from an
epileptlc seizure, and can perform
some remuneratiye labor but not
learly sufficient to afford him sup
port, is permanently helpless" in the
Contemplation Of the law, and the
pension on his account should be con-
Jinued.
Service Dlshonorable Discharge, -
Soldier having been dishonorably dis
charg d from e service durir & the
war OF The rebellion his widow has no
title to pension under the act Of May
3, 1900.
Declaration Pension under old law
may commence from date OF filing an
Informal declaration when the in
formality Is cured by the subsequent
tillng OIL formal declaration. But a
declaration executed befure an officer
not shown to be authorized to admin .
lister oaths for general purposes will
be considered informal, but not cur
able In the manner specified.
Fraudsor Mistake Reimbursement.
The Government can not withhold
the pension granted under the act OF
June 81, 1890, to reimburse itself for
moneys enormously paid as pension
under the generallaw when such pen.
sion was not procured through fraud
or mistake, but was allowed rs the
result of an erroneous judgement on
the evidence.
Death-Canse- Line of DutY.-Where
1t is shown that soldier was sound
at enlistment, and died In regimental
hospital of disease, the exact char
acter and nature OF which disease is
not shown, the testimony relative
thereto being conflicting, 10 will be
presumed, 10 the absence to the con-
trary, that he died OF disease con.
tracted in the service and llne Of duty
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
II Was Fine

We mean the big glorious rains W,
had last week. They have been pretty
general all over the state. This whole
section was covered. We got at least
four inches of water. Parties east OF
the river report the biggist rain oil
the season.
Our corn was we'll advanced, the
early pieces being in roasting ear and
late tasselling and shooting. This
rain assures US lots Of corn without
any more rain. Yet, in order tn fill
the late corn out In good shape, and
make the biggest crop we have ever
raised, we will need more rain yet.
This, however. is likely to come. The
farmer in this locality is surely on
top now, aud his face wears, q broad
smile. With a big crop. the revival
IN the oil business aud the industries
that are being established, Chanute
is bound to make rapid strides this
fall.
The merchants OF the city have
been a rather blue set for the last sir
months but now they begin to get a
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04

hustle ou themselves and do business
with a show of snap. The vacant
houses of the city are about all filled
and there is considerable hustle
among new arrivals to get located.
BY the time the last Of the glass
men get in there will be no place for
them to live and more houses must be
built. A good Investment for some
OF our capitalists would be TO build a
number of nice cottages down on the
glass plant lnts. There is no doubt
out they will be in demand before
they eau be built.
All told. we have roseat future
and it is our own fault If we do not
make a great growth the coming year
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
RELIABLE JEWELRY

Our superb array OF Jeweiry and
Watches makes selection easy. Every
thing is In perfect taste. and every.
thing may be perfectly relied upon.
We sell nothing we don't know all
about, and we tell YOU everything we
know about everything Sou ask TO see.
CONKLIN. the Jeweler.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
GOVERNER AND TREASURER

And now the State Treasurer and
Governor are having a difference
over the $4,000 appropriated by the
state for securing bonds for the
Treasurer. The Governor claims
the money can be used only where a
security company bond IS given,
and it looks very much like he has
the right view of the matter. Kelly
gave personal bond but used the
$4,000.
The Governor demands the re-
lurn of the money. Some how
Kelly seems 10 in trouble of some
kind all the time. He is now being
Investigated and if there are any
little irregularities they are likely to
be unearthed. We are inclined to
think the Treasurer's salary should
be about S1oo. 900 per annum.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04

The peace plenipotentiaries are
gathering and soon the contest will
be on. 1t is greatly to be hoped
that they will close the war and in
sure peace for many years to come.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
ATTEND TEfE CLEANUP SALE AT y0E's

The yellow fever seems to be
spreading in New Orleans, despite
the energetic measures that are be-
ing taken for its suppression.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04
Double Success :!
s35ssSeGGGs

The Oil Engines are making good time Our
Clothing friends are having a Rag Time. But
neither can catch UP with Joes Place,
SSSSS3GGGGG
Since our announcement of the Grand Clean
Up Sale appeared before the public we are glad
to saw that every day new customers are buying
clothes at prices undisputably lower than any
house in Chanute Here are some choice lots on
sale:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-08-04

Lot Is
All our S14 Suits sale price
1850
Lot 16
All our ST. & sIS Suits reduced to
400
Lot II
All $I5.5o & 5000 Mems Suits at
1850
Lot 18
Mems ST. and SIS Suits, 60 at
400
Lot 10, 20
All SIC Suits, sale price
1850
Lot 81, 90
All SIS Mems Suits sale price
400
Lot %
All our SIS SO Mems Suits now
1850
Lot "a
All our $40 Mems Suits sale price
1900
Lot %, 90
All our SIS Mems Suits reduced to
1850
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27

on-movlng lava stopped instantly 3
mile outside the town. That it stopped
on the date given is certain, and the
Christian propaganda at Hilo since that
day has been attended with some diff
Guilty. Skeptical science, however, has
hitherto declined to recognize any def
mite relation between volcanic action
and pig. a white rooster or even a
bottle of wine.
The crater of Kilauea is the largest
active crater in the world. 1t measures
three miles by two, and near the center
is located pit known as Halemaumau,
twelve hundred feet in diameter. with
nearly vertical walls. and FIVE hundred
feet deep. This pit is gradually filling
up with melted lava from below, and
whenever this lava reaches the rim and
begins to overflow the phenomena ex-
hibited are said to be grand beyond de-
scription. 1t was last full to the brim
in 1892; but on this occasion, contrary
to rule, IT enlptied itself through some
subterranean channel in a single night.
Since then the crater has shown little
activity, though red-hot lava flows from
thirty to fifty feet in length are some
times seen at night at the bottom of
the pit
However, before proceeding to CON
slider the new evidence offered by
Kilauea and it, attendant volcanoes
evidence new to me at least-let US
briefly review our existing knowledge
concerning the moon : origin. In or
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27

That the moon, our sister planet, was
originally torn away from the earth, we
are forced to believe. The period of
it's birth we locate somewhere between
fifty million and five hundred million
years ago. But there are many facts
connected with this great change which
still lie in the realm of speculation and
theory, and some of them were brought
home to me last summer, while | was
studying the Hawaiian volcanoes, with
an emphasis which seems worthy OF a
special note.
In the Hawaiian Islands rise perhaps
the finest group of volcanic peaks upon
our globe. Enormous in their height
and tremendous in their activity, they
differ from other volcanoes in many
respects which lend them special i'm
portance in the study OF the moon s
origin. In the Island of Hawaii l
found, lying black and sterile amid the
magnificent growth of palms, bananas
and tropical foliage, the great black
lava bed which swept down from
Mauna Loa in 1880. 1t burst forth
from the side of the mountain at
height of eleven thousand feet above
the sea and a distance of seven miles
from the nearest wall of the summit
crater. 1t continued to flow for nine
months, making straight for the town
of Hilo, thirty-one miles away.
AS an interesting commentary upon
original belief and educated faith, the
action of the natives may be noted.
In great terror as the molten flow
steadily approached their homes, they
met constantly in their churches and
PRAYED fervently that the flow might
be arrested. Christianity had gained
firm hold among them fifty years be
fore. and they trusted to it in their
PRAYERS; but finally the great burning
food continuing to advance unchecked,
they lost heart and reverted TO Pagan
ism. They focked en- masse to Prin-
cess Ruth. enc of the few survivors of
the old line of native chiefs, and i'm
nlored her to offer a sacrifice to Pele,
the dread goddess of the volcano.
Ruth promptly came to the rescue,
and without emitting single one Of
the ancient sacred and traditional
forms she solemnly sacrificed a pig, a
white rooster ana a bottle of wine,
vintage not stated, by throwing them
into the on-moving lava, whereupon the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27

But if the earth's rotation is beins
constantly held back by this action q
the moon, since action and reaction are
equal and opposite, the moon must con
stantly be pulled forward in its orbit
by the earth. If the moons velocity is
accelerated, its centrifugal force Will be
increased, and as a result it will tend
every day to fly farther and farther
away from the earth. If next year the
moon will be farther from the earth
than it is today, then this year it must
: have been farther than it was the year
before, and since the action is obvious
( ly continuous, in early times it is GER
I tain not only that the earth revoIved
! faster on its axis, but also that the
moon revolved nearer to the earth s
surface.
In those early days, since the moon
was nearer, the tides must have been
higher, and therefore more effective, so
that these actions must have been still
more pronounced than they are at pres
cnt. Carrying the process back there
fore to its beginning, we come 10 a time
when the moon must have laid close to
the earth's surface, and when the earth
must have revolved exceedingly fast.
II has been shown by Professor
George H. Darwin, son of the eminent
naturalist, that at the time when the
moon nearly touched the earth's sur
face the earth must have revolved on
its axis once in about three hours, in
stead of once in twenty-four Now it
can readily be shown that if the earth
was to revolve on its axis a little less
thar three hours portions of it's surface
near the equator would be likely to fly
away by centrifugal force.
AS the original cloudlets from which
the earth was formed coaIesced and re-
volved about the sun, they rotated
upon their common axis. and as they
condensed they must necessarily have
rotated more and more rapidly. This
rota ton was doubtless somewhat di-
minished by the action of the tides
produced in them by the sun. but as we
have seen at a much later time, when
the moon was near the earth they were
revolving in about three hours. The
presence Of the moon must have al
ready produced a retarding action, SO
that a little earlier, before the moon
appeared. they must have been revolv-
ing still faster.
But this high speed could have been
attained in only a comparatively small
body. a body. that is to say, little
larger than the earth IS at present As
its speed Of rotation increased. its cen
trifugaI force must have increased also
consequently objects near its equator
must have become higher and higher.
Thus action went on, gradually becom-
frg more and more critical. until one
day a catastrophe occurred catas-
trophe OF such magnitude as has never
been seen upon the earth before or
eince-five thousand million cubic miles
Of material left the earth's surface
never again 70 return 70 it. Whether
it ali left at once or the action was
CONTINUED on Page Sd
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27

der to understand 1t, we must first con
slider the mutual influences that the
earth and moon exert upon each other
at the present time. We all know that
the moon creates a double tide upon
the earth. If there were no continents
to interfere. and if the ocean was deep
enough one of these tides would be al
WAYS on the side of the earth toward
the moon. and the other tide on the OPP
posite side There are two tides, be-
cause in one case the water nearest the
moon is pulled away from the center
OF the earth, and in the other case the
center of the earth is pulled away from
the water that is still farther from the
moon. This pulling force of the moon
acts on the continents that are on op-
posite sides of the earth as well az on
the oceans. but the continents being
solid can not yield and so move all in
one piece. and only the oceans show the
effect of the pull.
As the result of the tides and the
earth 5 rotation. large bodies of water
are being constantly moved about over
the earth 5 surface. We may indeed
consider the earth as wheel steadily
revolving between two friction brakes
much as a grindstOne might do. The
result of this action is that the speed
of the earth : rotation Is constantly
diminishing. every day being a little
longer than its predecessor. That this
may not occasion alarm among those
who work by the hour. ! hasten to add
that the total lengthening Of the day
that has taken place since the begin
ming Of the Christian era amounts to
only small fraction OF a second. But
this was not always so. In the early
DAYS. before the oceans appeared, and
when large part of the solid earth
was molten matter, tremendous tides
occurred in this mass of liquid rock,
tides which We're much more efficient in
this respect than those now in exist
encc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27
COMMISSION AGENTS.
VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
AGENTS FOR THE

Royal Insurance Co, of Liverpool,
England.
Alliance Assurance Co, of London
England.
Scottish Union & National Insurance
Co, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Alliance Insurance Corporation Ltd.
Wilhelma of Magdeburg General In
surance Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27
FINE RESIDENCE FOR SALE.

Situated on car nne IN the most
desirable resident locality Of this city.
The improvements consist Of
cottage, containing parlor. recep-
ton hall, drawing room, large din
ing room. bed chambers, kitchen, pan
try and all modern improvements
Large grounds improved with many
Yalua BILE and rare fruit trees.
servants quarters with stationary
washstands and porcelain bath; large
stable with box stalls.
Size Of lot: 200x300 feet.
Price, very reasonable, muck beloTs
It's actual value.
Terms: Easy.
Further particulars upon applicaass
7. H. FISHER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27

Indemnify If Guaranteed .

Only ONE OF the special feat
lures in THE STANDARD
LIFE AND ACCIDENT IN
SURANCE COMPANY-S PO-
Icy.
If the insured shall be off,
cially involuntarily quarantine
ed by n Board of Health in. any
house or on any steamship on
which the insured is a passen-
ger and thereby be prevented
from performing duties pertain
ing to his occupation the Com
pany viii pay him the weekly
indemnity for total disability for
not exceeding ten weeks during
insurant's confinement in quar-
antine."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27
HAWAII SHINPO SHA.

THE PIONEER JAPANESE PRINT
ing office. The publisher of Hawaii
Shinpo, the only daily Japanese paL or
published in the Territory of Hawaii.
c. SHIOZAWA, Proprietor.
Editorial and Printing Office-1020
Smith ST.. above King. Phone Main 40.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27
Fire Insurance.
THE B. F. DILLINGHAM; CO..
LIMITED.

General Agents for Hawaii.
Atlas Assurance Company of London.
Phoenix Assurance Company of Lon-
don.
New York Underwriters Agency.
Providence Washington Insurance Com
pany.
Fourth Floor, Stangenwald Building.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-27
VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.

VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
VIM. G. Irwin President and Manager
John d. Spreckels. First Vice President
w. NJ. GifTard.. Second Vice President
ID. Nj. whitney. Treasurer
Richard 1verS.. Secretary
E. I. Spalding. Auditor
SUGAR FACTORS AND
COMMISSION AGENTS.
AGENTS FOR
Oceanic Steamship Co, San Fran.
cisco. Cal.
Western Sugar Refining Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
NewalI Universal Mill Co, Manu-.
facturers of National Cane Shredder.
New York. n. Y.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., San
Francisco. Cal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05
STRIKERS FALL OUT.
Garment Workers Think They Have
Not Been Fairly Treated.

Chicago, June 5.-The garment work
ers' strike, which practically has been
regarded as a dead issue, has unex-
pectedly reared its head and threatens
to become an obstacle in future negoti-
ations looking toward the settlement Of
the teamsters' war.
In the Chicago Federation of Labor
meeting delegates from the Tailors
union attacked the strike committee for
sighting the 1000 garment workers,
out of sympathy for whom the team
sters went on strike. The federation, in
the end was forced to acknowledge that
the two strikes were inseparable and
that one could not be settled without
the other.
For half an hour the delegates wran-
gled over accepting the report of the
strike committee read by Chairman
Joseph w Morton. The objections were
that the report confined itself to the
progress of the teamsters' strike ex-
Guiding all reference to the garment
workers controversy. Charges were
made that thousands of dollars con-
tributed weekly by labor unions are be-
ing spent for the teamsters' benefit,
while the garment workers, according
to statements. are Starving"
Transfers who were present vigor-
ously denied the assertions and sue
ceeded finally in having the strike re-
port adopted. In addition, President
Dold of the federation placed himself
on record as declaring that the strike
committee never would consent to the
settlement of the teamsters' trouble I'M
til the garment workers dispute had
been satisfactorily adjusted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05
WILL TAKE NO RISK.
City Attorney Dreaming Thinks Wa
terworIzs Law Is Valid.

City Attorney Dreaming will give his
opinion to the city council tonight upon
the waterworks law as passed by the
last legislature. There has been some
dispute over whether the law was not
already in force without referring it to
a vote of the people for adoption. An
opinion has been current that the law
is invalid in that portion where it refer
fered to the final adoption of the act oy
the people on the basis that it is a
referendum power, something which is
not provided for by the constitution.
Consequently it was stated that since
the last section of the act stated that it
should go into effect after its official
publication that it was now law with
out reference to any vote.
The city attoI ney apparently seems to
think that though the law is probably
not in exact harmony with the powers
of legislation that because of similar
laws passed in recent years the city
council will not be running any great
risk to adopt the law by an election held
for that purpose.