davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
6. Brewer & Co., Ltd.

Quesn street, Honolulu, Z. 4.
Agents for
Hawaiian Agricultural Co., Ookals
Sugar Plant. Co.. Onomes Sugar Co,
Honomu Sugar Co.. .Wsiluku Sugar Co..
Makee Sugar Co., ,Haleakala Ranch Co..
The Planters Line of San Francisco
Packets. Chas. Brewer 4 Cos line Of
Boston Packets.
List Of ofsicsrs:
@. M. Cooke. President; George
Robertson, Manager; q. r. Bishop,
Treasurer and Secretary; Col. W. =.
Allen. Auditor; p. g. Jones, @. n.
Cooke and Geo. r. Carter, Directors.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
TRAINS ARE STALLED.

Los Angeles. March 14.-Owing to
the storm the railroad situation is the
worst in years. There is o great land.
slide in Cajon pass and many trains
are stalled.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
FRANCE w,rnnoLos LOAN.

London. March 1.-THE unwilling.
ness Of the French bankers to grant
further loans to Russia is an impor.
tant factor in compelling peace be.
tween Russia and Japan.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
FRENCH CABLE SUED.

Washington. March 1.-THE govern.
ment of Venezuela has sued the French
cable company for the annulment Of its
concessions and has seized its prop.
erty. Serious complications are fear.
ed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
WORLD news By CABLE
ASSOCIATED Press Cable.)
NICHOLAS TO COMMAND.

Paris, March 14.-Gen. Kuropatkin's
resignation Of the command Of the
Aanchurian army has been accepted
and the Grand Duke Nicholas has been
appointed his successor.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
JAPAN's HEAVY DEMANDS,

London. March 14.-It is reported
that Japan will demand between $500.
100000 and $750.O0O.Oo0 indemnity.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
HONOLULU IRON WORKS

improved and Modern SUGAR MA
eHlNeRV OF every capacity and dc,
'erlptlon made TO order Boiler work
and HlveTsp PIPES for irrigation
aurposss q spselal,y, Particular At,sn'
ton paid TO Oh WORK, and repairs
mseutsd u s,tsst notice,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15

MUkDEN LINE REoPENEp.
Yinkow. March 1.-THE railroad to
Mukden has been reopened.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
TIGHT LAWS REPEALED.

Reno, March 1.-THE Legislature
has adjourned. Every restrictive gam.
bling and liquor law has been repeal.
ed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-15
TREATY MAY FAIL,

Washington. March 14.-It Is fear.
ed that the prospects Of the ratification
OF the San Dominican treaty are un.
satisfactory, party lines in the Senate
preventing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
News Notes.

St. Paul-The Sons Of Hermann ten.
dered = banquet to william Foelsom,
national president Of the order. =.
New London-F. O. Anderson, .
draymam OF this place, was killed
while driving down hill with load
Of wood. The front Of tho load gave
way and no fell between the horses
and the wagon. One wheel passed
over his head, breaking the lower jaw
bone and smashing his skull.
Red Wing-The jury in the case Of
the state vs.. J. T. Prolow returned .
verdict Of murder in the third degree.
Prowiow shot and killed Charles Zemke
At the latter's saloon In Goodhue,
Mimi, Sept. 4
Minneapolis-After steadfastly re-
fusing for moro than six months to
eat and only kept alive BY liquid nur-
ishment forced into the system, Mra.
P. A. Stahl Of Sioux Falls, 8. d, died
ct the Bethesda hospital Of starvation.
Minueapolis-Ethel barrymore and
hermanager were stopped BY . Min.
neapolis police man who says they vio-
lated the automobile ordinance H.:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
Traffic IN Young Women IN
America Is Disclosed.
BfC0ME stAVEs OF MERCIlEss MANDAARRiltaEsss
Lured to Dens in CHICAGO Oh Various Pre-
texts ana Taken to Orient BY Ring 81 De
ceiving f enales-Astoundin1 Prac-
tice Barred by Secret Serv.
: ~..u Ice Officidls. ~

81 -
Chicago.-Recent astounding t.s-
closures have brought to light the fact
that traffic In human lives has been
going on for some time In this coun-
try and that this city has been the
recruiting point. Young American
girls have been lured from home and
friends under various pretexts and
sold into living deaths in Chinese
harems. 4...~
They are employed as secretaries"
and travelling companions" with
promises of big wages and the pay
ment Of all travelling expenses. Once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them, only to be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach Of civilization,
{ to pass their lives in hopeless despair,
the absolute slaves of merciless mas
ters free from the restraint of all law
and accountable to no one for their
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret serv-
ice officials who uncovered the opera
tions Of those engaged in rdeporting
the girls were, surprised at the
extent and ramihcations Of the
system they, unearthed. Instead
of involving few women and
the deporting Of a few girls, It is now
admitted the Investigators are on the
track of half a score Of traffckers,
snd the number Of girls lured from
home may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone, to say nothing of the extent
Of the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada. v-.,...... ..., ,.- ~.
Two Of the intended victims of the
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai. They told an
officer of the American navy their ex-
periences and about the fate of their
former companions It Is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women by the American consul may
make the affair International. 49,. ~ =
Astounding Facts Disclosed. e., !, y
Torty-nine American girls have been
sold into life slavery in Chinese
harems. Most Of the white slaves de-
hvered into the hands Of Chinese mas
tiers are lost to civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond
age save by suicide. They are help
less prisoners in Chinese interior
towns subject to the whims of man
dar1ns and wealthy Cinnamon who
were enabled to purchase them
through connivance with a woman
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10

whose identity Is well known to the
government authorities. rs*z&
The dealer who delivered the girls
into their slavery resides in Chicago
and has a woman confederate in
Shanghai, China, who is also known
to the government secret service
agents. 2: s-,s; ~.
These astounding facts were dis
closed by the local immigration bu-
reau, which received complaint Of the
sale Of Louise Miller. girl from Mon
treal, Canada, to the agent Of = Gu
nese Official in Shanghai.
) Other evidence obtained indicated
that Eva Campeau, Maggie Drouin and.
Victoria stamour, three waitrssses,
who were Induced to come to Chicago
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10

in February, 1901, from Montreal, may
have met the same fate. These girls
were employed in the Hotel de Villa,
Montreal. Two French women stopped
at the hotel as guests. They engaged
the girls to come to Chicago and lured
them to a resort. The young women
were rescued from the dive and re-
turned to their homes. Later it is re-
ported they again disappeared: The
circumstances of their second disap.
pearance from home are supposed to
have been a second visit from the
French women, who pretended to de-
sire to make PREPARATION and then sent
the girls to China for the dual pur-
pose of getting price of $500 apiece
for them and sending dangerous wit
nesses against themselves out OF the
country. "..t.s. IT,
Chicago Girls Among Capt!ves.
The names of ten more young wom-
en- that have disappeared from homes
in Chicago and other American cities
and were shipped to Shanghai are in
the possession of the inspector Of the
Chinese immigration bureau. The .po-
lice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoters
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
nent agents say they must rely Oh
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against ex-
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James L. Rodgers,
at Shanghai, has enlisted the cooperar
! ton, Of the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence of
many sales of American and Canadian
girls to Chinese masters has been pro-
cured. -.r.>q .., L.. .,,,...-. ~.
The authorities have unquestionable
proof of the Incarceration in Chinese
harems Of at least dozen Of the girls
who were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 20, is said to have com
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan:
ghai in order to escape the fate OF, be-
ing slave to Chinese master.
Others were shipped to interior towns,
where they were held by one master
after another, until they were finally
cold to Chinese, who took them 20 far
into the interior they could not be
traced.
The horror of the situation Of the
girls, all of whom are young and were
selected because Of their beauty, can
be imagined when it Is known that
the Chinese purchasers own them as
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
EWI460N 011qY hhaAXNRElM ,dl14kd1tE

chattel slaves, may sell them TO
others, or may keep them as long 90
they please, and in event Of their dis
pleasure order their heads cut OF, al.
without mourning the risk Of trial or
punishment. D..
Prices for Girls Vary. ~ {
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 to
$500. The price paid by the Chinese
men for the American girls betrayed
into their hands BY the two women
engaged ii the traflc varies nom $500
to $1,000 apiece. A young woman OF
srectal beauty and accomplishment
brings a higher price than Z. palmer
and les ecomplished one. Is !:
The ''leyes'' section Of tho North
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
Must Hang.

St. Paul.-The supreme court re-
fuses to relieve G. D. Crawford, the
Elk River box car murderer, of the
sentence Of death. He must hang on >
date to be fixed by Gov johnson and
the supreme court ruled that the err
rors which are alleged in the lower
court are not sufficient to secure q new
trial of the case. Crawford is now in
the Hennepin county Jail under sen.
teuce Of death. The date for the
hanging was fixed by Gov johnson in
August, but E. S. Cary, attorney for
Crawford, made hard fight before
the supreme court aud secured q stay
of execution, so that the case could be
taken to the supreme court for review.
The case was carried up on the ground
that one Of the jurors had been per-
mitted to ask m improper question
from q witness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10

gone to China during the last rev
years and secured wealthy husbands.
she said. 1T is their own business
and don't see why the authorities
should raise any objections to theil
going. They are surely better of thar
they would be here.'
do they marry Chinese?" she wal
asked. =
ooh, no; they marry white men
There are thousands of single white
men in the Chinese cities who want
wives from their own lands"
The woman in question, it Is said
takes periodical trips to China and
receives and entertains women. Wis
itors from the orient i'm the United
States, ostensibly to enjoy vacations
during the heated term in the Chi
nese city. The visitors, it is declared
are the women who do the actual work
of transporting the girls from Amer
lea to China at SO much apiece. They
visit San Francisco, New York, Phila
delphia, Montreal, and every large city
where it is possible for them to pur'
sue their nefarious vocations without
too much police interference. The
woman does not deny her oriental &C.
ouaintances, but she does deny that
girls are obtained by her and sent ia
China. * q =,
Hard to Reach Offenders.
Washington officials first notified the
local authorities of the nefarious prac
tlce which was going on, as there Is
no federal law under which punish
ment could be melted out to the OF
tenders. They can be reached, how,
ever, under an Illinois. law, and II
sufficient evidence can be obtained thu
guilty one can be sent to the peni'
tertiary on the charge Of abduction.
The dimculty which has prevented
the o6icials from taking action is
that the victims shipped out OF the
country never return to tell the tale
At Hongkong or some other Chinese
port they are met by agents OF the
band and sold into slavery In the IN
terror far beyond the pale OF Euro.
pean and American civilization that
fringes the seacoast.
A number Of persons have been sent
to the penitentiary under the federal
statutes for importing women into
the United States, but the authorities
have never been able to reach persons
operating in the other direction.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10

how they originated. have bsen 70
China once. Then I visited . married
lady friend in Hongkong. There 10 .
delightful colony Of Americans in
sHongkong. I found life there charm.
ing. Most American women who 80
there do. There Is much wealth and
money is spent freely. But white
women no more associate With Chinese
there than they do here. I never
heard OF any American women being
married to Chinese there. ~. .,' .,..x NO..
"As for my being connected with q
band Of slave traders, the charge is
absurd. On my only voyage was
unaccompanied. Il have never sent
anyone there. 49, ,,ss. III.
II have told stories of the fine eli.
mate and of the splendid times wom'
en- have there. but do not know Of
anyone who has been Influenced to 90
by my yarns. $685." =. ~ ...
1.-TWO of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal. One is the
wife of a German banker and the other
the wife Of a merchant: Both were
Chicago women. They went to China
as single women and married there.
Every summer they come back to Chi.
cago and stay with me at my fiat.
They make this trip to escape the
heated term in the orient. They are
wealthy women, and left only Z few
days ago after a months visit with
me. / have never heard Of any women
returning to China with them. r.,
II know of large number Of Chi
cago women Of legal age who have
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10

women have been RECALLED by stories
Of the palaces maintained by those OF
their kind in the celestial kingdom
Year after year. a group Of women
formerly identified with Chicago's
dark side have visited the city and
departed with band of these women,
who have never been heard Of after
ward. -
Despite all this, TIA knowledge that
girls are being sold into actual slav'
cry and that the young and inexperi.
enced are being lujed from home to
supply the demand for white slaves
came as q startling surprise.
More than q year ago an inkling OF
the system and its extent reached the
local police, and from time to time
the atrocities practiced by the inter
national band OF slave traders caused
a ripple. Nothing was done, however,
to investigate the situation and sup
press the traffic until the federal all.
thorities acted in this instance, send
ing the police Of Chicago, New York
and San Francisco into action stimuli.
taneously. ~. b..
It is believed that exposure will Of
itself bring the operations Of the slave
traders to an END, save In the cases
Of the very ignorant. Punishment be-
fitting the enormity Of the crimes that
have been committed is doubtful, both
because of the absence of specific laws
meeting the situation and the fact that
most Of the offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and
prosecution. ..>-s....
ut is true this sort Of thing has
been going on for some time," said
Chief Collins. II have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long. The in
formation came to me from Wishing
ton first, and then took the case up
with the government officers here, but
they could do nothing. I don't care
to state what our next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected. h.
One woman against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as = cen.
tral figure In this system of kidnap.
ing, abduction and sale into slavery
Is the wife Of . recently deceased
bookmaker. Several others are won.
en- who formerly conducted resorts in
Chicago and now make their homes
in Chinese treaty ports. &
While 40 cases are charged against
the former, the latter are said to have
recruited hundreds who have entered
upon . living death from which there
Is no possibility Of escape save by
suicide. ~ aSs
The wife Of the bookmaker, when
questioned, indignantly denied the
charges She lives n ! splendid apart
ment and II supposed to be wealthy.
'The charges against me are prepos-
ferrous" she said. II cannot imagine
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10

sidS seems to be the headquarters 81
the slave traders, Detectives ,sn l
secret service omcsrs have Investigated
q number of externally unpretentioua
houses and have discovered conditions
they never believed could exist. To
step, within the. portals Of these houses
IL like being transported to the orient.
Rich rugs, tapestry, Chinese and Jap
aneSe bric-a-brac, virgin gold and jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye Of the Wis
itor. -...-s.. NJ
Lured by Tales OF Wealth.
It is into these dens Of splendor that
rnsuspecting girls have been lured.
Wild tales Of the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs in the orient are
poured Into the startled ears Of the
girls by women so schooled that the
unsuspecting victims really believe the
Glowing promises that are made.
"You will find scores of wealthy
merchants and business men in CHI
nese cities who are far from home !
say the deceivers. ''They are seeking
wives from their own land"
Another story is that wealthy. orien.
tails want American companions and
governesses for their children who are
to be trained, for college courses IN
the big universities Of this country.
J.. r. Traffic 4 Surprise.
That Chicago has been; used q
recruiting station for the resorts OF
the treaty ports and the frequently
visited spots Of the orient has long
been known to the under world, Whose
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
Amber in New York City.

Large masses of amber have recent
" been discovered in cretaceous strata
on Staten Island, now the borough Of
Richmond Of the city Of New York. Tho
deposits are being commercially worked.
It IL thought that some Of this amber
may be the product OF seQuoia-trees
that grew on the Atlantic coast in ere.
taesous tims.-youth's Companion
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
Lucky Man.


ST. Peter.-A claim whic, he settled
just seventeen years ago and which he
had nearly forgotten will probably
bring fortune to Ole Estenson, q lab
oring man OF this city. Back in 1883,
while he was working with crew OF
railway laborers in the northern part
Of the state, Estcnson secured home
stead of 100 acres of what is now con-
sidered the richest mineral land on the
Mesaba range. Utterly ignorant OF
the great value OF iron ore within the
boundaries of his claim, he remained
on it only until he acquired title and
then abandoned the property: He con.
sidered the land of SO little value that
he made no pretence of keeping up the
taxes, but this does not seem to have
materially affected his title, for q few
days ago he received letter from a
mining concern offering him $50, ooo
for his interests
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
First Crime.

St. Pa1l.-Records Of the 6rst trial
for q crime committed in the present
boundaries Of Minnesota have been
found in the letters Of Gen. sibley:
Maj R. L Holcombe, who is engaged
in writing . history of the State OF
Minnesota, sound the record among
the papers of Gen. Sibley. The trial
was Tor tho murder Of Alfred Aitkin,
son Of A. Aitkin, for whom Aitkin
county is named. The elder Attkin had
established trading house at Sandy
lake. In the winter Of 1s37.3S~the
Chippawas gave much trouble to the
traders and missionaries in that, re.
region. They visited the trading
post while Ait'sin was absent and shot
and killed his son Alfred, who had
charge of the post Then they forced
the other attendants to give .them all
the goods they wanted on unlimited
credit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
onlyEa, Dead Dog.

Duluth Early risers: in the vicinity
Of Tenth avenue east and Twelfth
street were puzzled to witness well
dressed couple walk slowly toward the
ravine at the head Of the avenue the
the other morning. The man carried
a good sized box under his arm, and
the woman, heavily yelled aud appar
emily weeping leaned on his other arm.
They disappeared over the side of the
ravine and in half an hour returned
without the box. One person investi-
gated and discovered little mound OF
earth carefully rounded. He tele-
phoned the police and the police noti-
fed the health department. Inspector
Salvo investigated officially and I'M
carthed q small but expensive coffin.
He opened it and discovered q dead
dog in the silk lining. He reinforced
the Canine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
NEWS Of MINNESOTA.
Census Figures.

Minneapolis According to the DE-.
ures compiled BY the state census bu'
reas,, half tho number Of people living
in 81. Paul are natives Of the state.
Twenty.eight and fonr.ffths per cent
arc foreign born. The remainder, 81
Is Per cent, were born in some other
state Of the Union. The figures for
Minneapolis are 20 II per cent foreign,
a 10 per cent are natives Of the state,
and 20 1-3 Of some other state. Duluth
has II 40, per cent foreign born resi-.
dents, IS 2-10 per cent Minnesota born.
and % 40 born in some other state.
The percentage Of people born in the
United States IL, in st. Paul, II. 3; In
Minneapolis, II, and In Duluth, $50
OF the foreign born population, Ger.
mans come first in st. Paul, and
Swedes first in Minneapolis and Du'
luth. Ewedes come second, Canadians
third, Irish fourth and Norwegiana
6fth In st. Paul Swedes come first,
Norwegians are second, Germans are
third, Canadians fourth, and Irish
fifth in Minneapolis In Duluth, Ca
nadians come second. Norweg iana
third, Finlanders fourth and Germans
9th. Minneapolis has fortv-three
born At sea and st. Paul has thirty
one. ~ &,,,--4
The Irish standard., 1905-09-16
POWDER PLANT BLOWN UP,
Terrible Disaster at Fairchance, Pa
Nineteen Persons Known
to Be Dead.

Fairchance. Pa, Sept. 11.-All ten
buildings of the Rand powder plant
were torn to atoms, and probably Is
men were killed, scores were injured
many seriously, thousands of lives
were imperiled. and dozens Of houses
were overturned by a series Of terrific
explosions Saturday morning, which
shook the country for 80 miles around
Small pieces of bodies we're picked
up all over the place. These were not
collected together, and many sections
Of human beings were thrown bacl,
into the debris where they were found
Almost a half mile mountainward
from the plant an Office oversleeve. wet
with blood. was picked up. One little
boy carried to his mother a single part
of mans hand. All day at short in
tcrvals searchers would bring in bits
Of bodies or clothing. Some of these
finds were carried in dishpans or dam
aged powder cans with which the
ground is strewn for acres. The hole
where the magazine exploded is about
Is feet deep. and so yards square, The
earth, black and soggy. is thrown ur
In huge chunks, some of them weigh
ing a hundred pounds.