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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-19
Parity COMMITTEES

The Republican Territorlal EXecu-
tive Committee is to hold a meeting
at five this afternoon, with the new
County Committee, in an effort to
straighten out the dispute between
Fourth and Fifth District members Of
the oahu County Committee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
MONSTER STRIKE
IS imminent
Hundreds of Thousands OF Coal Miners
Will Probably Quit Work
in April

Indianapolis, March 5O.-The joint
meetings of the bitumipous coal oper-
ators and miners of the central com.
petitive district, composed of eastern
Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana apd Hi
nois, and of the southwestern district
composed of Missorui, Kansas, Texas
| Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory, reached final disagree ement to-
day on the wage scale go into efecl
at the expiration OF the present scale
on April /, and the conference of the
central district adjourned sine die,
while the joint scale committee of the
southweste district decided to report
a disagreement to the joint conference
of that district tomorrow 1t is expect
ed that this conference will at once
adjourn sine die without an agree.
meIt.
rhe action of the two conferences
will directly cause the suspension from
work after Sunday of i75, 900 miners,
unless something unforeseen. like SUBJ
mission OF tile differences to arbitrat-
ION, should intervene. and indirectly
will affect 206, 500 more miners, rot
including its effects on $50 900 miners
in the anthracite region who were to-
night ordered to susEenud work Mon
day
A national conference OF the miners
will be held tomorrow TO decide whe-
ther the miners will bo allowed to sign
the advanced scale demanded and to-
day refusedby all operators with a
few exceptions and to go to work
where the advance is offered. Oper-
ators employing $4,000 miners in the
central competitive field have openly
offeIe to pay the advance during the
joint conference sessions.
The wage scale of all miuers, both
anthracite and bitumlnous, will expire
Saturday, except those in Tennessee
and Alabama where the scale will ex-
pire in September.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
THOUGHT HE
WAS ASLEEP
Transmutation of Metals Mystifies
Janitor Stevens.

Say, Frank, stioka pin into me
will you. I'm asleep and know it, "
said Mr.. Stevens. janitor of the Whit.
an school this morning as he met r.
F. Holm on his way to work.
"Well, just as you say" said Holm
as he drew a pin from the lapel of bis
coat and gingerlv stuck it into Stew
ems shrinking flesL. at the same
time gettin9 ready to escape if his
martyred victim showed signs of
violence
"That'll do, that'Il do" almost
shouted Stevens as Holm patiently
pushed the pin. Pm awake all
right" he sighed as the pin was re-
turned to Holm's coat. But if I'm
wake how in Sam Hill are you going
to explain that?'' and he drew from
his nocket two coins so closely stuck
together that they could not be pulled
apart with the fingers.
Last evening when Mr.. Stevens re
tired he had five dollar gold piece
and dime in his trousres pocket.
This morning when he put his hand in
the pocket to assure himself that his
wealth was still there he was aston
ished to find what was apparently but
one coin To make matters more
mystify ing the gold piece was bright
silver, just the color of the dime.
What process took place in Mr.. Stew
ems pocket last night while he was
wrapped in the arms of NJ orrhes. nei-
ther he nor any one else has been able
to explain. He. has succeeded iu get
ting the ccins apart, but the gold piece
still retains brilliant silver tint.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
JAPANESE FAMINE SAID TO
BE SLIGHTLY RELIEVED

Toxic, March 30.-The misery and
suffering in thefaminedIstll let mas been
relieved slightly by the p.ompt and
liberal aid of the foreign sources and
thee abatement of the rigors of winter
The local authorities are trying 10
provide work for the able bodied but
the work is inadequate and thousands
are still on the verge of starvation.
Many parents are sending their
children to the already crowded Ok
ayama orphanage.
The severity of the suffering un.
oergcne by the children IS clearly
depicted in their faces. The food
consumed at home consists of flour
mixed with straw and weeds. The
mixture IS oeaten fine, forming a
pastry which contains only 20 per cent
actual food value.
The government has remitted the
lowest tax in the famine district, out
this will not afford immediate relief.
The liberal contribution from Amer
ican sympathizers are effective, and
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
Insurance Bill is Passed

Albany. N. Y March 2O.-The as.
sembly today passed the insurance bill
postponlng until November 10 next
the annual elections of directors of the
New York Life Mutual Life and Mu.
atul Reserve of New York and the
Security Mutual of Binghamton, ter
miuating on that date the terms of
office of all present. directors and trus-
tees of these companies, and prescrib-
ing that at the elections, when b eld,
no proxy shall be valid if executed
prior to September Is.
The bill passe ! the senate yesterday.
1t now goes to the governor.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
1888 Immigrants Come

New York March 29.-The largest
numbre of immigrants ever brought to
American ports in one day came into
New York harbor today and at one
time it seemed as if even the great
Matchmaking machinery at Ellis Is
land would be clogged The total
receipts for material for citi ,enship
were 1883.
To immigration officials this rush
is inexplicable. Always in the spring
the tide or incc ming European ms is at
Its greatest, but this years high water
mark seems TO be reached today, fully
six weeks before the usual time.
With all the talk as to desirable i'm.
migrants it was pleasant surprise to
the immig ration officials when one
steamship landed i,0.7 third class pas
sengers, of which mole than one half
were Irish, for Irish are regarded as
cry, desirable immi Migrants Five other
vessels brought immigrants, princi-
pallly from the south of Europe.
Almost half the entire pumber of
immigrants are young girls who are
seeking employment as servants.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
TAKES CARBOL|C
ACID AND DIES
Woman of Red Light District of This
City Ends Her Troubles by Com
mitting Suicide

AS the climax to drunk extending
over several days, Pauline Kunz, al
inmate of house of i'll fame on Co
lumbia street. conducted by Jessie
Johnson, this moining at all early
hour took a dose of carbolic acid with
sDicidal intent and died firm thf
effeUts of the poison at 1:i5 O'Clock
this afternoon.
The woman has been iu this city for
some time and yesterday was arrested
and brought before Judge Palmer on
a charge of being drunk. and disorder.
ly. She was fines S. and returned to
her room on Columbia street. 1t is
stated that the Johnson woman bitter.
ly upbraided her for her conduct. and
this, together with the fact that she
was partly under the influence OF liq-
uor, is supposed to have been the d i
rect cause of the rash deed.
She lived for about I'll 2ht hours after
taking the acid and suffered great ag-
gony. DR.. Mccoy was in attendance,
but his efforts to save her life were
without avail. The dead woman was
about 90 years of age. The woman
was known in this city as Lillian
Russell She has father in Port
Townsend and married sister in Se-
arrangements have been made The
remains are at the undertaking par
lors of G. G.. Hall.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30

the relief in the form OF food and
clothing is commanding the hearth
est appreciation.
Another appeal for aid is present
ed by the sufferers from the recent
earthquake in south Formosa, thous.
snds of whom are homeless. The loc-
al government is providing food, car
ing for the injured. and recovering
and removing corpses, eeveral huhd-
reds Of which are buried under the
debris.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30
Is His Grandson's Uncle

New York, March 30.-DaDiel j.
Curley, 81 years old. today was ar
raigned in the YofkviIle court on his
own confession tnat he hac taken 81,
$50 from his wife and spent it.
II want to see my wife, but I hav.
emit the nerve TO meet her alone. !" he
said. II want a policeman with me
when l come near her. stole $50
from her just two years ago.
According 10 his story, two years
ago he discovered his wife had some
money 10 her trunk and took it. He
continued; ''The next knew was six
months afterward. woke up in Ire
land, and found | didn't have cent.
People said had been spending money
like a lord and drinking like fish. |
had to take their word for it, for |
didn't remember anything after took
my wlfe's money"
Three months ago he returned to
this city and met his sister, who told
MIN she had married one of his step
sons that is. one of Mrs. Curley's 8
sons by her first husband.
"I'm stepfather in-law to my own
sister, and my brother in law is my
stepson. They have a boy year old,
and I'm trying to figure out what my
relation to him is. The kid ought 20
be my nephew, but think he also Is
my grand on, but I'm not sure" he
said.
The maistrate held him for trial.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-30

A man may be humble without ad-
vertising the fact.
Possibly all men may be born free
and equal, but it is impossible to keep
some of them in that condition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
sIeeninn place for Cats.

For cats as well as dogs, the neat
est sleeping place is a strong, closely
woven wicker basket. Favorite pets
have a basket with a curving canopy
top, decked out with a big satin bow
and carpeted with a rug of white
goats hair. Simpler baskets are round
and fiat and show a deep opening at
one side. A soft blanket should al
ways be laid in the bottom of these
and made fresh and clean at least
once a week, says the Philadelphia
Record.
A pet cat is so very tidy about hel
own appearance that she requires less
attention than a canary or a dog. AS
a kitten, a dish of milk should be plac.
ed where she can always take a drink.
An older cat always likes a bowl of
milk kept filled for her in the kitchen,
while the scraps from the table com
prise the remainder of her nourish-
ment. Scarcely any meat should be
given in a cats diet during winter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
Beyond the Hills.

All the world is still before you, little
boy,
You are in the fair, green valley where
the sun
Lights the smooth and pleasant paths
down which you run;
Out beyond the hills you dimly see Is
care,
Far beyond those heights are burdens
you must bear,
But beyond those uplands also there is
joy,
Little boy.
There are heartaches that await you, lit
tie boy,
And those roads that in the distance
wind away
Lead to labor and contention and dis.
may; .
Stones are waiting there to bruise your
weary feet,
Foes are ambushed there whom you will
lave to meet,
But upon those hard roads also there is
joy,
Little boy.
You are innocent and care free, little boy.
And out yonder there Is knowledge You
must gain
At the price of many efforts and rtuch
pain;
You must toll and you must suffer ere
You may never from beyond those hills
retlrn,
But be glad, for yonder love lies. too. and
joy,
Little boy.
~ NJ k1GnT
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
Better But Not Good ENOUGH.

Judge Grosscup of Chicago, in a
recent magazine article says that
there is no nor graft and grating
abroad in the world to-day than there
was in days gone by-scarcely so
much to-day. The good old times"
were not so good after all, he opines.
Even 100 years ago." he says, "the
English government reeked with
graft" That does not change the fact
that there is more graft to-day than
there should be. That's the important
thing. A hundred years ago the chol-
era and various other plaques were
claiming their victims by the thou
sand, but that is no reason why we
should relax the scientific regulations
under which such epidemics are held
in check. And a hundred years ago 1t
tool nearly a week to go from New
York to Pittsburg by coach, but that
is no reason why we should not make
the journey in a few hours now nor
any reason why We should not cut II
shorter still If we can.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
No Sunday Paper That Nioht,

Mr.. Capen, an old resident of a
seaport town of Massachusetts,, is en-
ployed as driver of the coach which
conveys travellers from the train to
the hotel.
One Saturday evening a short time
ago three men arrived on the after
noon train from Boston. Mr.. Capen
was sitting on the drivers seat, wait.
ing to take them to their destination.
They looked about the station and
evidently were not favorably i'm.
pressed with the surroundings, for
one was heard to say:
What a desolate country! We Ger.
tainly have come to the jumping-oxf
place. | don't believe we can even
get a Sunday paper in this place, can
we, driver?"
There was silence for a moment.
and then Mr.. Capen drawled out.
oval, not tonight"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17

char and sobbed quietly. Suddenly
she was startled by a tapping at the
door and then a child's voice called
out:
Mamma. oh, mamma. Are you
there?" Then the door was opened
and the little boy rushed into the
room, laying a bunch of roses in the
lap of his mother, as she lifted her
head and tried to dry her eyes.
why, what's the matter, mamma?
Does YOU head ache?" exclaimed the
child. I've been looking every
where for you. Aren't the flowers
Mrs. Sanderson gave me nice?"
Francis, my darling! My love!"
exclaimed the mother passionately,
clasping the child in her arms and
kissing him again and again. THANK
God, have you to live for, anyway.
My little boy"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
Charm of Sculpture.

"Rodin admits that he is puzzle1
by it. He states that he finds it i'm
possible to understand Gothic style
at all, much as he admires it.
"Of course, what l refer to is the
sculpture. Very definite lines of work
were arrived at by the architects, but
the sculpture seems always to have
been left free to travel it's W
strange way. In my opinion, its charm
is unquestionably due to this fact, to
this freedom, and l believe that this
is the explanation that has been
sought by SO many.
For instance, l have tried a great
many assistants at the cathedral and
at my studio for this work of the
cathedral. l have found that not one
man in twenty has enough of what
call the natural in him, the aliveness
to the beauty of form as it is as he
shapes it under his hand, to be what
l consider necessary to make a Gothic
sculptor.
THE American worker is either
overturned or UNDETERMINED. The one
leaves him without knowledge of his
craft and the other provides him with
conventions, and have found that
my assistants make no satisfactory
Roadway unless they know their craft
and yet are not o~verburdened with
what call academic knowledge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17


religious character of the building will
speak most directly through the en-
bellishments.
'The sculpture that is planned for
the cathedral is as elaborate as that
of any cathedral than l can o call
to mind, and while l am working with
all the freedom that l believe was
ever given to any sculptor, l am TAX
ing the problem up as l find it and
dealing with it as a separate and new
subject without %precedents - not
thinking, in other words, how other
people have worked upon other
cathedrals.
What l mean by that is that the
architecture as the architect turns it
over to us demands a treatment in
dividual to itself, and as far as the
architecture is original the treatment
is new.
"The subject of church sculpture or
Gothic sculpture-they are the same
seem to have been a puzzle to
modern men. 1t admittedly occupies
a position unique among styles and
frequently attains a height of nobil-
ity and beauty unsurpassed by the
Greeks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17

Mrs. VANDERBILT will be down in
a few moments, sir" the servant said,
as she ushered the visitor into the
drawing room.
VANDERBILT gazed about the room
amt his eyes rested on a photograph
lying on the table. 1t was the por-
trait of his divorced wife-the' woman
who would be down in a few mo-
ments."
"a picture of her." he muttered,
with a wistful, but hopeless look in
his eyes,. He still loved her-yes,
loved her more than ever before-but
he knew now that this folly had built
a barrier between them that could
never be torn asunder.
"A picture of her-just as she look
ed when / last saw her; at least, just
as she would have looked had she
been happy. How she must hate me
now. God knows, | deserve the hate"
Cursing himself for being a fool,
VANDERBILT continued his soliloquy
What folly and what cruelty had been
his desertion of her-his devoted
wife! And his boy-did Francis
know what a cowardly beast his faith
er had been? And the divorce they
had agreed to-yes, that had been still
further folly. He had been blind
his infatuation for the other woman
had been as sand in his eyes. He had
been unable to see until the sane was
removed and then it was too late.
HRUt hpauan Ipnuyc Two a., fpo,o5 -
greatly as She" was the consolation
he tried to give himself, but it was
poor consolation, for he realized that
she had not deserved the suffering.
AS he continued the mental battle
against his feelings which he could
not control, the man who had once
been strong and brave and reckless
dropped into an armchair beside the
table and buried his face in his hands.
Mrs. Vandervelt entered and looked
upon the picture of despair. She STEP
ped lightly, and so deeply engrossed
was he in his bitter thoughts that
VANDERBILT did not hear her as she
approached.
Allen" she said, softly, her voice
qulNeIlnB, as SHe put ner nand on his
head and stroked his hair.
VANDERBILT started violently. He
was frightened. so suddenly was he
awakened from his meditation, and
bounded from the chair as he would
have leaped from a railway track to
escape death beneath the wheels of
approaching train. He turned about
and looked at her and saw the trem-
BILE of her lips as she tried to speak.
Then the gaze from his eyes fell to
the carpet on the floor.
Allen" she finally said again in
a voice tremulous with emotion, you
-you-come back Toto"
ASK your forgiveness" he supplied.
to stay?" she finished.
ITO ask you forgiveness" he re-
peated, unable to raise his eyes and
meet her gaze.
Again her lips ~quivered in an effort
to speak, but she could not. She tot
tered a little as though she were dizzy
and might fall, and her hand swept
nervously across her face as if she
were brushing away cobwebs. He
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
CLEVER FoReERIEs OF STAMPS

Notable Cases in Which Dealers Have
Been Victimized.
A tiny "t' cost a stamp forger a
pretty income not long ago. One of
the rare stamps is the pink nine
kreuzer stamp of Wurtemberg, which
is worth about 500 to collectors. A
Paris dealer picked up seventeen of
these stamps at $40 each and con-
graduated himself upon his clever
ness in obtaining them so cheaply.
Not long after a collector who
was approached by an English dealer
who had also had the good fortune to
pick up a number of these stamps at
a low price discovered what the deal
ers had overlooked. In the forgery
the name was spelt with one st." as
is the practice in England, in place
of the German double, and then it
came out hat several hundred of
these pink finds" had been planted
all over Europe. The forger took adj
vantage of the fact that no dealer
would admit having a number of the
rarities for fear that the market
would fall, and had placed a number
with each dealer without exciting sus-
picion.
Perhaps the most notable forgery
was the "Sedang" issue. Sedang is
an island off the China coast. The
papers announced the arrival in Paris
of King Marie I. of Sedang, and he
duly appeared in the person of a for
mer French military man. Soon there
after sets of seven ~"Sedang'' stamps
were placed upon the market, some
of them selling for as high as 5000 a
set. Then it was discovered that the
whole affair was a hoax and the forg-
ers had fled.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
Value Relics Abou. A..

referring to the recent sale of Irv-
a l.Ts > enects' the London Mail says:
Inc proceedings were altogether err
ratio. Mediocre drawings Soda Sor
POUNDS instead of shillings, excellent
painting for shillings instead OF
pounds The relic was priced more
nlgnly than the work of art" sar.
eents portrait of Ellen Terry sold for
one-third of what Irving had been Of
fered for 1t. 'een Vi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
Wanted to Read MARI

now Wen read the seventh of
Matthew" said mamma, opening her
Bible; and little Efie. with some lit
tie alfhculty, found the chapter, ac-
cordlng to the London Chronicle.
But why don't we read the right part
OF the Bible?" asked Efie. The Bible
is all right" replied mamma. But
theres some parts" "arel" (cor-
rected mamma)-"there are some
parts better than others, because the
prayer book says so. Mayn't we read
MARK DO o like Mark?" asked
mamma "No-but," said Efie, 81 al
ways pray Read Mark, learn. and
innidly ~dejest.'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17

Il don't want to know" Her voice
a approaching s~teadiness, but it
remained gentle. 81 know you did
lot love-that othe. woman. You
did not love her-did you, Allen?"
The words were spoken with appeal.
ing eagerness.
VANDERBILT replied brokenly and re-
m~orsefully:
mo. l did not love her. 1t was
merely infatuation-a false infatua-
ton. | lever loved any woman but
you"
Il knew it. | knew it." she contin-
ued. 81 knew you would come back
and every thing would be all right.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-17
The coIoneI,s AppIelaok.

A colonel in Gen. Pickett's division
sometimes took more applejack than
was good for him. Passing him one
evening, leaning against a tree, smok-
ing his pipe, the general said:
Good evening, Colonel. Come owe
to my tent for a moment, please"
"S-s-cuse me, G-g-gen'ral 's-cuse
can do to stay where | am."-The
Sunday Magazine.
me-" reDlied the 1clanel. Butts all |