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renee. He had heard them just four
hours after the actual explosion, for
this is the time the sound occupied on
its journey.
If Vesuvius were vigorous enough to
emit a roar like Krakatoa. how great
would be the CONSERVATION of the
world! Such a report might be heard
by King Edward, at Windsor, and by
the Car, at Moscow. 1t would aston
ish the German Emperor and all his
subjects. 1t would penetrate to the Sc
clusion of the Sultan at Constantine
pie. It would have extended to the
sources of the Nile, near the equator.
1t would have been heard by Moham-
medan pilgrims at Mecca. 1t would
have reached the ears of exiles in ST.
beria. No inhabitants of Persia would
have been beyond its range, while pas
sengers on half the liners crossing the
Atlantic would also catch the mighty
reverberation. Or, to take another
illustration, let us suppose that a sim
liar earth-shaking event took place in
a central position in the United States.
Let us say, for example, that an explo-
sion occurred at Pixies Peak as
resonant as that from Krakatoa. II
would certainly startle not little the
inhabitants of Colorado far and wide.
The ears of dwellers in the neighbor-
ing States would receive a consider
able shock. With lessening intensity
the sound would spread much farther
around-indeed, it might be heard all
over the United States. The sonorous
waves would roll over to the Atlantic
coast they would be heard on the
shores of the Pacific. Florida would
not be too far to the south, nor Alaska
too remote to the north. If, indeed,
we could believe that the sound would
travel as freely over the great conti-
nent as it did across the Indian Ocean,
then we may boldly assert that every
ear in North America might listen to
the thunder from Pixies Peak, if it
rivaled Krakatoa. Can we doubt that
Krakatoa made the greatest noise that
has ever been recorded?
Among the many other incidents
connected with this explosion, | may
specially mention the wonderful sys-
TEN Of divergent ripples that started
in our atmosphere from the point at
which the eruption took place. The
initial impetus was so tremendous that
these waves spread for hundreds and
thousands of miles. They diverged,
in fact, until they put a mighty girdle
round the earth, on a great circle of
which Krakatoa was the pole. The at
mospheric waves, with the whole earth
now well in their grasp, advanced into
the opposite hemisphere. In their
progress they had necessarily to form
gradually contracting circles. until at
last they converged to a point in Cen
tral America, at the very opposite
point of the diameter of our earth,
5000 miles from Krakatoa. Thus the
waves completely embraced the earth.
Every part of our atmosphere had
been set into tingle by the great
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sionary work, was born in Oxford,
Mass, in 1880. During the Civil War
she did relief work on the battletields
and organized the search for missing
men for which Congress appropriated
the sum of $4,000 After the close OF
that conflict she went abroad and car
ried on the Red Cross activities of the
Franco-Prussian war, following which
she did heroic work at the Johnstown
food, distributed relief in the Russian
famine in 1892, and the Armenian mas
sacre of 1896, at the request OF the
President of the United States carried
relief to Cuba in 1898, and conducted
the Red Cross relief at the Galveston
food.
Americas most interesting repre-
sentative in the worlds group OF grand
old women has been loaded with hon.
ors by all nations, and her home is
filed with valuable tokens OF esteem.
Chief among the treasures cherished
by this idol of conquering armies are
the jewels and decorations rendered her
by the royalty of many nations, and
constituting unquestionably the great
est collection ever bestowed upon any
citizen of the United States.
GltlS fhOM ALL DIV EISfAO@NS.
Conspicuous in the glittering array
are the amethyst cut in the form OF
pansy, an inch and one-half square,
the gift of Miss Barton's personal
friend, the Grand Duchess OF Baden;
the Servian Red Cross decoration pre-
sented by Queen Natalie, the Gold
Cross of Remembrance bestowed by the
Grand Duke and Duchess OF Baden,
medal presented by the Queen of Italy,
an English decoration pinned on MISS
Barton's dress by Queen Victoria; the
Iron Cross of Germany presented by
the Emperor and Empress, the decora-
ton of the Order of Melusine presented
by the Prince of Jerusalem, Cyprus and
Armenia, and the brooch and pendant
of diamonds, the gift of the people OF
Johnstown, in recognition of the great
service rendered by Miss Barton after
the famous flood.
Miss Barton's father was in boyhood
one of the soldiers of MAD Anthony
Wayne, and Clarissa Harlowe Barton,
as her name is inscribed in the family
Bible. came to the Bay State home as
hRman Christn1ks present. Like many
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another New England girl Clara Bar
ton, when thrown on her own resources,
took up school teaching as a means of
livelihood, and when she was obliged
to abandon this because of failing eye
sight, she managed to secure a position
in the Patent Office at Washington, and
here she continued her service until
the outbreak of the Civil War disclosed
to her a lifework. Her advertisements
in the Massachusetts papers that she
would receive money and stores for the
wounded soldiers and personally dis
tribute them at the front brought quick
responses, and from this small beginning
the scope of her work broadened. The
ministering angel of the Army of the
Potomac was present at the battles of
Cedar Mountain, the second Bull Run,
Antietam, Fredericksburg and the Will
derness.
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WAS WITH THE VANGUARD.

In the Franco-Prussian war Miss
Barton was the first person to enter
Strasburg after the fall of that city,
and was instrumental in organizing
the relief. She performed a similar
service at Paris, which she entered with
the vanguard at the conclusion of the
siege. After her return to the United
States she directed relief work in addi-
tion to the instances above mentioned
during the Mississippi flood of 1882, the
overflow of the Ohio River in 1888, the
Louisiana cyclone of the same year,
and the Texas drought of 1889, ever at
the fore aiding, sustaining. and sup
porting by her untiring presence the
failing courage of those who in their
suffering learned to depend upon her
with passionate love and gratitude.
Mrs. John A. Logan MARY Simmer
son Cunningham Logan who appears
with Clara Barton in this picture, is
a native of Missouri, but was educated
in Kentucky and married John A. Lo-
gan in 1856. Since his death she has
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-16

Christianity was first taught among
the CherOkees. lt is to Sequoia that
the Cherokee nation owes its splendid
system OF schools.
While IN search OF a lost band OF
Cherokee Indians in 1914. Sequoia
lost his life
California has already honored him
by naming the Big Tree Of that
state "Sequoia gigatea" after him
England knows this tree as the
"Wellingtonla."
Thlrty-two OF the states OF the
union have adopted Indian titles but
they are usually place-names: no
state commentaries in its title any
original American citizen. True we
have Delaware named for Lord De
le War;. Pennsylvania for the Quak-
pr, William Penn. and one for George
Washington, but none 10 commemorAts
en- Indian
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AWFUL BALLOON VOYAGE.
German Military AerOnaufs Safe
Only After Terrible EN-
perience.
War Airshlp Was Driven Five Hum
dred Miles Over Baltic Sea and
Dropped in Swedish Snow Bank
Barely AVerted Drowning.

The progress of balloon experiments
in the German army has just received
a severe setback by the fearful expert
ences of two members of the Aero
static Corps, named Wolff and Brand,
who have returned to Berlin after hav-
ing been given up for dead, following
a balloon ascension, during which they
completely disappeared. The two men
were blown all the way from Berlin to
the Baltic Sea, where they were driven
by gale clear across that body of
water, and finally landed half dead, in
a little village in Sweden, travelling al
together more than five hundred miles.
The story of their flight is one Of the
most thrilling in the history of bal
looming in Europe.
UNABLE TO MAKE DESCENT.
The two balloonists, caught in the
gale in the upper air, were blown at
terrific speed for three days, unable to
make a descent without being dashed
to death
AS the wind seemed to slacken, the
balloonists opened their valve, prepar-
ing to descend. What was their horror
upon seeing as they dropped from the
clouds that the open sea was beneath
them. They tried to shut the valve,
but were only partly successful.
When within few hundred feet of
the water, the valve was closed by
Wolff, who climbed up to the cordage
surrounding the gas bag to do it. But
the balloon still dropped nearer the
sea. Finally, desperate, the balloon
lists climbed into the balloons rigging
and cut the basket from under them.
Clinging to the cordage about the
balloon, the two men hung between
hope and fear for a few moments as
the bag seemed to hover uncertainty.
The thought came into their minds
simultaneously that one must drop off
and tighten the weight to save his
comrade; otherwise both must drown.
But slowly the bag began TO rise once
more.
CLUNG TO CORDAGE FOR HOURS.
After clinging for hours to the cor
dage, thousands of feet in the air over
he sea, the two soldiers made out the
land. AS soon as it was safe the valve
was opened again, and the balloon was
allowed to descend slowly. The two
men landed in a snow bank within
few miles of a little Swedish village.
They had to walk two miles, almost
exhausted, through the snow, and col
lapsed just as they reached the first
cabin.
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engaged in literary work, and has re-
sided in the city of Washington, max
ing her home in a quaint old house
filled with mementoes of her hero hus-
band. This residence is on most at
tractive little estate of about one-half
acre in extent, located on the brow of
a hill overlooking the nations capitol
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Tibet there tree. Mirandy. reminds
me amazinly Nv a jay-bird."
"Look-a-here, 81, yew're gettin' dip
by. Haow on airth kin a tree fallen
acrost tn road put yew in mind Nv a
jay-bird?"
"Becuz, Mlrandy, 1t hez blew daown.
Giddap, Nance"
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eruption. The waves passed over our
heads, the air in our streets, the air in
our houses, trembled from the volcanic
impulse. The very oxygen supplying
our lungs was responding also to the
supreme convulsion which took place
10000 miles away. 1t is needless to
object that this could not have taken
place because we did not feel it. Self
registering barometers have enabled
these waves to be followed unmistak-
ably all over the globe.
Such was the energy with which
these vibrations were initiated at
Krakatoa, that even when the waves
thus arising had converged to the
point Numerically opposite in South
America their vigor was not yet ex-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-16

A Kansas woman was kicked by a mule,
causing her to bite on her tongue. She
realizes now 1t is bad business 10 talk back
to a mule.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-16

Clara Barton, who is entering with
60 much enthusiasm into a new mis-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-16

Miss Ottilie Guenther, who was recently given a
private audience by Pope Plus X. is Chicago girl
and a daughter Of Otto Guenther Of the firm OF
Guenther, Bradford Co. This is not the first time
XIII, having granted her a special audience year
before his death. Miss Guenther has been taking a
law course in the University of Berlin. She has
done much philanthropic work among the poor
Italians Of Chicago and will resume this when she
returns there next MONTH She will be graduated
from Northwestern University Law School in 1907.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-25
FOR SAVING
LANAI ISLE
Governor Carter Would
Swap 1t for Lands
Elsewhere.

It has been determined by the ad-
ministratfon to dispose of that part
of the public domain constituting the
Island of Lanai by its exchange for
other lands. There will be no privacy
in the deals necessary for this purpose.
On this point Governor Carter said
yesterday
will be no exchange of lands without a
public hearing"
Whenever, therefore, all the prelim-
inaries are completed for offering the
little island in exchange for lands more
Immediately useful to the Territory, a
public hearing will be announced. On
that occasion there will be full oppor-
tunity for expressions of opinion, both
upon the valuation set upon Lanai and
upon the figures asked for such Iands
as may be offered in exchange for It,
the island to save it. Lanai is fast go
ing to destruction from the action OF
the elements aided by the wild goats
herding upon it. Both the Governor
and the Commissioner of Public Lands
have visited the island, and at different
times from each other, and every sue
cessiye visit reveals additional desola-
ton to that observed on the one before.
Travelling swales of sand are found 10
have advanced farther inland Inc
arid tracts, where no care-taking is
done, are constantly enlarging. Hold-
ers of still existing leases of course
have laid some check upon the denuo-
ing process. but with the periods near
ing expiration they have no incentive
to make any outlay for protective work
or devices
Maunawili gulch, once luxuriantiy
lined with tf-plant and fern. has had
it's slopes shaved clean with the rocks
dislodged by the feet of goats upon
the bank SUBMITS. There had been
taro patches flourishing in the gulch
bottom. but the falling stones destroyed
leaf and tuber and the native t1ilers
have abandoned the ground.
Governor Garter believes that the IS
land is capable not only of redemp-
ton but of being made a veritao'e
garden. All that IS required Is the ap-
piication of intelligence backed with
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LONDON. September 30.-A British
tariff reformer in an article IN the
Times draws a very unfaVorable PIC
t,re of British commercial interests in
the West Indies, pointing out the de-
cline of British trade there, particu-
1arIy in contrast with American. the
writer makes his summary of condi-
tIons an argument for new British
fiscal Dolicv-apparentIy something like
Mr. Balfour's retaliation scheme. He
says in part:
When the Germans complain that our
attitude towards them is prejudiced we
laugh. We should do better TO find out
whether or not there is ground for the
charge. Take for instance, Germany's s
trade policy in the Marshall Islands
It was denounced in this country as
though it were almost criminal, and
action to protect British interests was
r,,-orrn+1v taken. Yet similar tactics
are used by America in the Caribbean
and the Philippines without protest on
our part. either popular or official. Nat
ura11v the Germans resent partial
ity so marked, and are anything but
keen to discover the reason 1t IS our
fiscal policy, which is entirely divorced
from politics. That We were able 10
show fight in the Marshall Islands Is
due to the fact that Australia pos
sasses the weapon we have thrown
AWAY and the Germans knew 1t. The
West Indies being weak and divided
are not able to play the same part IN
the Caribbean, and the mother country
can not as long as she clings TO one
sidsd free trade. Hence ths difference
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ASSAULTED ON The
MOANAL Ia Road

A young Portuguese was assaulted
on the Moanalua road on Tuesday
night by men who are described as SOL
diers. He was taken to the Queens
Hospital suffering from many bruises
on his head and face. He is still in
the hospital. but is recovering.
The young fellow was picked up on
the road in an almost unconscious
condition. The patrol wagon was sent
for and he was taken to the hospital.
Some young boys who were with the
injured young fellow state that some
soldiers walked up TO them and imme-
diately started to beat the Portuguese
The boys fled and reported the out
rage.
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Brown THROWN DOWN
BY NATIVE SPEAKER

An old lame native with BliIy-so''
whiskers, who is one or the uah'
speakers ar the corner of k1ns anu
Bethel streets, whose coat lapei iS
adorned with Brown and Vida buttons
said yesterday in heated argument:
Vote only for Hawaiians on the
ticket. Don't vote for the haoies-
What about Brown7'' asked SOMEONE
In the crowd
..Oh. he's a haoie." was the reply
The speaker said that the
should vote only for HaWalians III 0-
der TO get control of things mere
There were millions of acres IN I'D" f''''
he said. that were controlled by the
Republicans. and these acres had oeeI
stolen from the Government He saio
Re knew this by the records
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BEER AND BOOZE
NOT IN SIGHT
LAST EVENING
Decorous Republican Meeting at Punchbowl
at Which Even Vida Was Tame.--
Democrats Have Two Rallies.
TF .Ef! o. !: IS

The largest meeting campaign Punchbo"l
meeting disappointing IN some re-
In had passed
and those VINO
AT was
policemen enough
mixed through order Others had attended to
would charges
failed
replying the charges which ne h
an the crowd were
of the
the Republican
repeatedly used before IN the
the
Democratic
unlimited number OF
speakers PLATFORM on It, under 1t
of which, during the early speeches. "
r.s an ;mnosibilty hearwh what being said
all speakers eonfne themselves TO
~ ,iea, ;as of the personalities He then called upon
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Cuba the New Hawaii
ENGLISH WRITER SEES AMERICAN ABSORPTION


between our policy in that part of the
world and in the South Pacific.
During the past eight years the Unit
ed States has taken step after step to
strengthen her position in Central
America and the West Indies, and ali
of them more or less at our expense.
The consequence is the first place in
the Caribbean is ours no more, and IL
we are as passive I'm the near future
as we have been in the past we shall
be driven from the field altogether.
Not that the expansion of the United
States is in itself disquieting. 1t is the
form that it takes. In other words, the
strategical situation, for which we pro-
vide more than enough, is less menac-
ing than the commercial and political.
against which we make no defense
whatever. For any oversee territory
under American influence is either
closed to British trade or is about 10
become so. Though the traditional pol
lev Of the United States showed signs
of breaking down long before, her hrst
political move was not made till lS9o'
when she annexed Hawaii
This policy, in which commercial, po-
Ktical and strategical considerations
were perfectly balanced, has trans
formed Americas share OF the hawai-
ian trade from per cent. In 1896 10 o.
ner cent. in 1906 That her geographlcdI
positfon gives her an advantage in tno
islands over Great Britain may De ao
roitted. But even when this was fort'-
fed bv duties against US, never lower
than 10 per cent. and rising IN SONS
cases 10 % per cent, she was not apl9
=. 5-f,-a re mt Of the market. 1t wan
not rnti1 the Dingley tariff and navi-
,,o+,or laws were put I'm force in 1908
80 Rritisb trade in this part OF the
-,a racoivad its deathblow. In 1899
CONTINUED on Page 3D.
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John Hughes to open the meeting.
HUGHES WE'LL RECEIVED,
Hughes sounded the keynote of the
meeting early in his speech, when ne
nromised to work that the Portuguese
on Punchbowl might be able to acquire
the lands on which their homes were
built. He also referred to the l3oo Por-
fuguese now coming here from the
Azores and predicted that If the Re-
publicans were returned to power
there would be many other Portuguese
to follow them.
C.ATHCART FOLLOWS SUIT.
Holm w. Cathcart followed in the
same line, telling the people that 1t
WAS from a Republican Congress that
thev had to look for law authorizing
the disposal of the Punchbowl lanos
to them and that their request Wouio
come with a better grace and more
nrosnect of success If it were known
that they had supported the RepubH-
can candidates. The Civil War was
fought over again Oy tne Spean0i' "0
also predicted disaster to the country
if the Democrats were successful, as
disaster had followed all their successes
during the past forty years.
MCANDLBSS TALKS TARIFF.
r. T. McCand1ess reminded the vot-
ers Of the benefits accruing to Hawai-
through the protection policy OF the
Republicans, which had added thirteen
million dollars to the value OF the last
sugar crop of the Territory. The Dem
socrats would abolish this protect1on
and ruin the sugar industry if given
mower. He then roasted Moore for fall-
ure to pay his polltax, saying that TINS
was the kind of a man who said that
McCandless had Japanese in MS seHi-
plovment. Moore never hired anyone
but if he did it would probably De
Japanese. He wanted it understoou
that McCandless employed citizen Ia
Dor and paid them good wages.
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Open Letter to Hon. W. 0. Smith

In your letter to the this morning you say:
"If beer has furnished to the people coming
to these meetings has not been during the times
when was | have been able
know. And from reliable information which | have
obtained | believe that the published statements
in regard supplying OF beer after the close
Of meetings very much exaggerated and over
stated
Would YOU allow ask what statements to the OF
Exaggerated
stated? Having acy admitted the OF beer at after the
such meetings, not up 10 you 10 give 1u
of what done Who is furnishing this beer
funshedthe justification for and the
furnished? Your letter and your
smooth down and bele the whole mat
the public the facts they can
exaggeration ovesatement rather
generaized assertion to the public that you THINK here
nothing in it? What your purpose stating that IF beer has
een furnished ETC. been during the time when
present so far as was Is that suggestion that
beer was merely personal apology Tor your
seeming connection with it. Which is it?
You say further in your letter:
"Jf at some of meetings, there persons
present who dsreputable vile, is 1t not all
the that honest and responsible citizens
should sound doctrine and seek to obtain
their for responsible candidates ana especially 50
if at meetings. numbers of children attend:
ing the "disreputabe or large numbers of
children sound doctrine
liquor campaigning strong IN both
determined effort to
seldom have these been dis
One determined effort your part
would Republican meetings and the d1sreputab
vile and the children consider booze of Sound
Republican doctrine
truly,
w A. KINNEY.