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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23
6o.ocO Runches of Bananas.

The largest cargo of bananas ever re
ceiVed in any port cf the world reached
here Thursday on the United Fruit COM
Dany's steamer Esparta from Port Limon,
Costa Rica. IT consisted of $4,000 punches
Of Limon fruit, which is the largest var
iety of banana shipped TO this country.
and IL filled $50 box cars. These cars, If
attached to one locomotive, would have
stretched a distance of a mile and a half.
The work of discharging this cargo will
be the greatest task the company has ever
undertaken. Once the sister ship of the
Esparta, the Limon, arrived with $1,000
punches of fruit. and UP to that time the
record was very much smaller. The
Esparta broke the Limon's record by 1000
punches.
The Southern Pacific road ran out a
special train to assist in the delivery of
this fruit, which will be scattered all over
the country between st. Louis and Van
couver. A portion of the cargo goes to
Houston. Galveston, San Antonio, Los An
geles and San Francisco. Another section
will go to Seattle and Vancouver and thir.
train will run a special over the Southern.
Pacific straight through San Francisco ard
up the Pacific coast. Chicago, Omaha,
Kansas city, Detroit, st. Louis, Indian
npolis and several smaller cities will be
supplied with fruit from this one s,ngle
cargo.
IL took eight trains loaded with nothing
but bananas TO carry out the consignment
and there were fifteen messengers In
charge of the fruit.
When the cargo of ths Esparta Is COM
pared with the shipments which were re-
ceived up TO a few years ago. and idea can
be secured as TO the wonderful growth
of the importations.
When the steamers first ran in the fruit
trade they carried on an average of 10000
punches each. just onc-sixth OF the t;spar-
ta's cargo. These vessels were chartered
In Norway and made an average of nine
miles an hour. The steamers ow In the
trade are magnificent ships, fast ane
equipped with every modern comfort fo'
q limited numbe of passengers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23
Not a convert
sr~n .A. 4 a1Unr

From the ~PhiIadeIphla Ledger.
The ship subsidy was under discussion.
LAS / understand It," aid the senator
from the interior. you want the govern
ment to pay you for going into a profitable
business"
They tried TO explain that this course
would make the business even more profit
able, but he was obdurate.
"Ou IN my country" he said, Eve do
1ot have to bride farmers to fatteu hogs"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23

The municipality OF the German Capt.
tai a decided to build an UNDER
ground railroad from the north to tha
south OF the city. The line viii be cleo
tricaa and will be owned and operated
BY the city. 1t is estimated that the
work can be done In about three years.
and u Is stated that the cost OF con-
struction VIII be In the neighborhood OF
20. 900 marks. The emperor Ia taking
the keenest interest In the matter and
has conferred several times with prom
insnt engineers connected with the,
scheme.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23
The Husbands SUSPICION.

From the PhlIadeIphla Press.
Gee whiz!" explained Luschman, the
next morning, II haven't a cent in my
pocket this morning."
We'll" remarked his wife, sharply,
who's to blame for that but yourself"'
."I-er-think somebody else has had a
lAnd In it,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23
Ahsent Mindeo.

From the Boston beralu.
Captain Alexander Hutchins OF Els
worth, Me-, although a sea captain OF
ability, has always been noted for absent
mindedness. on one occasion, while az
home between trips, he decided TO have a
spare m in his house lathed and
plastered. Being somewhat of a carpenter,
he undertook this part OF 1t himself, and
labored at IL industriously for a day or
two.
1t was finally lathed according to his
ideas, and as he drove the last nail and
surveyed his work, not without pride, he
called his wife to see what a good job he
had lone.
She climbed the stairs, and then paused,
somewhat perplexed, and, after looking in
vain for an entrance, said. why, Alec,
where's the door,"
B thunder" exclaimed the captain, in
amazement. II forgot all about It." He
had actually lathed himself in the room,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23
Mot n chicano.

Chicago Banker: Your occupation.
said the judge to the prisoner at the
dock. 'is given az banker is that cor
rects-
Yes. sir" said thesex-convict. II had
a hank. Was that against the law?''
MOT IN Chicago" said the Judge with
a sultle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23

that Allcock's are the original and
only genuine porous plasters; all other
So-called porous plasters are limitations.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23

Philadelphia Press: Ned--I don't see
why you Shouts feel insulted because
he said your Eyes were like stars.
Bess-You don't? Why. stars keep
winking az you all the time.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23
1.-THE ADVENTURE or THE
NORWOOD BUILDER.

ROM the
point of
view o (
| he Grim
NAL ex-
pert,''
said Mr..
Sherlock
Holmes.
London
has be-
come a
singular
ly unin-
teresting
citysince
thedeath
the
ate Ia
| mented
o :.
| Mortar
|ity."
II can
h ar dly
IL h 1 k
THAT you
W o d
find very
manyde-
cent citi-
Zens to
| a * + g e
w h
you," l
ans err
| ed"
we'll, I
must not
| be self
ish," said
he, with
a smile,
a Q
% u shed
pack his
H..
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-23

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money IL II falls to cure.
Il. W. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
MRS. JESSE KAAE
ADMITS ERRORS
WANTS TO WITHDRAW HER AC-
ED CARTER ESTATE.

A new move has been made in the
seemingly mterminable litigation over
the estate of Margaret V. Carter, de-
ceased. Mrs. Jesse Kaae, whose ac-
counts as eXecutriX and Administrative
have been hopelessly involved in liti-
cation, with various petitions to have
her removed for alleged improper
management of the estate, all of whin.
management of the estate, all of which
the court has quickly turned down,
filed a petition asking that she be al
lowed to withdraw her accounts, as
they We're filed under a misapprehen-
sion.
The petition filed sets forth that
Mrs. Kaae was mistaken when
she filed the accounts. She thought
she had right to collect and apply
the funds of the estate in a manner
which she is now advised she had no
right to collect and apply such ac-
counts. She therefore asks that she
be allowed to withdraw the accounts
filed and file new ones.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

Times Of the tide are taken from the
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ia
bles. The tides at KahulIl and Hilo
occur about one hour earlier than at
Honolulu, Hawaiian sta dard time is
10 hours 80 minutes slower than Green
witch time, being that Of the meridian
Of 1877 degrees 30 minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1880 p. m, which is
the same as Greenwich, hours, 0 min
utes. The Sun and Moon are for local
time for the whole group.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
ATTEMPTED
MURDER ON KAUAI
SUCCESSFUL JAPANESE CON-
TRACTOR SET UPON AND NEAR
LY KILLED.

LIHUE, August ia japanese con-
tractor of Laval secured a contract at
Makaweli in competition with a Japa-
nese contractor from Kekaha. The
latter, very much angered, gathered
friends and went to the home of his
rival last Saturday night. Calling him
out he was engaged in conversation,
and suddenly seized and terribly beat
nwith pieces of oak oars sawed into
lengths about three feet There is
little doubt but that he would have
been killed had not his outcries at
tracted some Hawaiians and Portu-
guese, who coming to the rescue, the
assailants took fight and drove away
in wagon which had brought them.
They were arrested at the Waimea
bridge and are now held on charges of
assault to murder
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
The kauai
SUPERVISORS
WILL KEEP MEN AT WORK TO
KEEP ROADS FROM BEING EN-
TIRELY USED UP.

LIHUE, Kauai August 13.-The
Board of Supervisors have cancelled
the contract with A. Wilson for build
ing the Keehapana bridge paying him
$l25 in full compensation for expenses
incurred.
The Board has so far modified it's
policy of stopping all work on county
roads, as to authorize the employment
of two men in each of certain districts
to remove boulders and fill up chuck
holes and prevent the destruction of
the roads by heavy traffic to an extent
making repairs too expensive
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

L. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE.-WEATHER BUREAU.
The following data, covering a period
Of 20 years, have been compiled from
the Weather Bureau and McKibbin
records at Honolulu, T. H. They are
issued to show the conditions that
have prevailed, during the month in
question, for the above period of years,
but must not be construed as a fore
cast Of the weather conditions for the
coming month.
Month, August, for 20 years.
TEMPERATURE, qS9O-19O5.)
Mean or normal temperature, 79o.
The warmest month was that Of 1900,
with an average of so.
The coolest month was that of 1894,
with an average of 10.
The highest temperature was $50 on
Aug. 10, II and Is, 1896; Aug. 4, 1897;
Aug. 8, 1901.
The lowest temperature was GO on
Aug. 29, 1894.
PRECIPITATION (rain), 1S77-1S94 and
1869
Average for the month, 1.54 inches.
Average number of days with .O1 of
an men or NOR Il.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 447 inches in 1888.
The least monthly precipitation was
0. 16 inch in 1894
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any "a consecutive hours
was Psi inches on Aug. 10, 1883.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
Average, 9 a. M, 661a; average 9 p.
h., 72Gt, GS93-19O4; average 8 a. m,
700. average, s p. M, 500, C19O5).
/ CLOUDS AND WEATHER, 0S9O-19O5)
Average number of clear days, IL;
partly cloudy days, IS; cloudy days, 2.
| WIND.
/ The prevailing winds have been from
, the northeast.
The average hourly velocity of the
wind during August, 1905, was SO miles
The highest velocity of the wind dur
ing August, 1905, was 2S miles from
the northeast on the 9th.
Station-Honolulu, T. H
Date of issue-July 80, 1906.
o'clock averages from records Of
Territorial Meterologist, o'clock aver
ages from U. S. Weather Bureau rec
ords.
VIM. B. STOCKlTAN,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
ARRIVING.
Friday, August H.
S. S. Alameda, Dowdel from San
| Francisco due in morning.
| DEPARTING
Friday, August II.
Sting. Claudine, Parker, for Maui
! nd al ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
WITHDRAWS FROM
UNITED STATES
THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE IN
SI-RANCE COMPANY DENIES
ALI. FRISCO LIABILITY.

H. Hackfed & Company are sending
out the following circular letter:
THE Transatlantic Fire Insurance
Co.. Ltd, of Hamburg, which has sus-
tanned very severe losses in the san
Francisco catastrophe has withdrawn
from the United States and denies all
liability i'm the stricken city
Although the Transatlantic wishes
to continue writing here and promises
to settle all local claims i'm full, we
have decided, after thorough and care
full investigation, to protect our Gus
toners against all possible emergen-
cies and to replace their Transatlantic
policies by those of the Guardian AS
surance Co., Ltd, of London. This
Corporation is one of the oldest Fire
Companies in existence and as they
are not writing in California, their AS
sets lover $25,OOO,OOO.OO) have not been
affected by the disaster.
This exchange win not cause our
Customers any additional outlay what
ever, our firm having decided to bear
all expenses. Unless otherwise in
structed we shall forward you in due
course new policy in the Guardian
replacing No. 80. of the Transatlantic
Fire ms. Co., and would ask you to
kindly return the Old Policy to us
with your signature affixed to the
blank cancellations receipt printed on
the back.
Thanking you for your kind patron
age in the past and soliciting it's con-
tinuance in the future, we remain,
Yours very truly,
III. HACKFELD & CO., LTD"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
AFTER THE JUDGE.

Yesterday the resolutions of the re-
cent Portuguese-American mass meet
ing, on Judge Robinson's letter to
Senator Perkins, were presented to
Secretary Atkinson. One copy was for
Governor Carter and another one for
President Roosevelt The Portuguese
not American citizens will convey
their sentiments respecting the Robin
son-Perkins letter through Consul Ca
navarro to the Minister for Portugal in
Washington.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co
Togo Kaisen Kaisha S. S. Co.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

of
about the dates Glow toned
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
CLAIM SATISFIED.

A. G. M. Robertson for plaintiff has
discontinued the suit of John F. Bow
Ter against the late Louis Marks, ac-
knowledging full satisfaction of the
claim by Charles Bon, administrator
of defendants estate. The claim was
on a note for $3.50 with per cent in
terest from April 10, 1900.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
Fraternal Meetings
HONOLULU AERIE I4O,
f. @. Il.

Meets on End. and 4th Wednesday
evenings Of each month at 1880 o'clock
in *. Of p. Hall, King street. Visiting
Eagles are invited to attend.
SAM'L McKEAGUE,, w. p,
H. r. MOORE, Secty.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
.SALPPINl INIELuGEMGE.
TIDES. SUN AND MOON.

(For additional and later shipping see
pages 4, or S.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

Fine Job Printing, Star office
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

Fine Job Printing, Star omlce.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
Oceanic Steamship Company.
TIME TABLE
roR SAN FRANCISCO.
FROM sAN FRANCIsCO.

this will and leave this port
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
HONOLULU LODGE GIG,
b, p, 0, Il.

Honolulu Lodge No. GIG, B. P. o. E.,
will meet in their hail. on Miller and
Beretania streets, every Friday even
ing. BY order of the E. r.
HARRY E. MURRAY, E. r.
HARRY H. SIMPSON, Secy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

JUDGMENT AGAINST PRINCE.
Judgment for $1S6.54 has been rend-
cred against Prince cupid, the amount
being the sum Of his indebtedness to
a New Zealand client of Holmes &
Stanley, with the costs of action.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
BANK ROBBERY
IN San FRANCISCO

Armed with revolvers and pieces of
gas pipe, two robbers entered the Jap
anese bank Kimmon Ginko, also known
as the Golden Gate bank, at 1883 o.
Farrell street in San Francisco last
Wednesday at noon, and after fatally
beating two clerks, escaped with $4,000
in gold.
The robbers chose a time when there
were but few people transaoting bust
ness in the bank and the sensational
and blod deed was so quickly effected
that it was all over before the crowd
of people passing the doors of the bank
were aware of what had taken place.
5 Urapata, the manager of the bank
was acting as teller and A. Sasakl was
the clerk. After striking down their
victims the thugs dragged them TO a
poorly lighted room in the rear of the
bank There it was that the PROSTATE
forms were found by countryen Of the
bankers. The unconscious men were
lying in pool of blood that streamed
from their wounds, and nearby was a
piece of gas pipe over foot in length.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
Conquest Of 55s Great
American Desert
~O~N~~N~N.~~~N~N<-.
n 5llElisllll
i-s-l

j.. The art of irrigation is, no doubt Il
SFtrCe OF grave speculation to the I'M
initiated; how thousands Of acres of
growing crops can be successfully wa
tered by artificial means must puzzle
a good deal those whose experiments
in similar direction do not reach be-
yond the watering of ported house
plants, a bed Of flowers in a garden
from watering pot or the irrigation
of a front yard by means of lawn
sprinkler. There are 100000 acres Of
land in Colorado susceptible Of cultva-
ton. Forty per cent of this area is now
under actual cultivation. To cover this
immense area with water from the ir-
rigaung bitches two or three times over
during q single season is something
of a task. Colorado land, to be well
irrigated. should have as much water
put upon it during the successive irri-
cations as would cover it one foot deep
were it put upon the land all at once.
In most cases the land and water
are conveyed in the same deed or by
the same person, in which case the wa
ter would have been previously attach
ed to the land and the land would be
under cultivation. In a few canals OF
the West water is rented to the land
owner, but the instances of this sort
are so few that it is hardly worth
while to refer to them. Upon the pur-
chase Of a right the purchaser usually
becomes an owner In the canal. 4
contract usually provides that certain
amount should be charged each water
right owner in proportion to the water
he buys, for the maintenance Of the
property and the canal company guar
antees that this assessment viii not
be over a certain amount during its
management. This charge for main
tenanCe takes the water from the riv-
er and delivers to the headgate Of the
water-right owners lateral. pays the
salary Of ditch-riders and pays for
breaks, repairs and general mainte-
nance. The water-right owner then
takes charge Of the water and con-
veys 1t through his lateral, or the lat
eral in which he has an interest, to
his land.-Denver Field and Farm.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
THESE TWINS ARE 80.
Most of the Lives of the Brooks
Brothers spent Anoat.

Ezekiel and Ephraim Brooks recent
~ celebrated their SOth birthday-they
are twins-by pulling a load of lob
sters in a boat to New London and re-
turned home the same day-the dis.
lance they covered being nine miles
with rough water prevailing Born on
the shore Of Connecticut and winning
livelihood by hard tasks at sea, the
Brooks boys never knew what failure
of physical strength meant ana to-day
they take rs great hazards as ever they
did in early LIE, thinking nothing Of
dangers.
From their earliest days the broth
ers possessed a great desire to follow
the water ana as boys they shipped "a
cooks on fishing smacks and followed
along until they became fuu-hedged
fishermen attached to the Jordan cove
fleet. They fshcl at Block Island and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
Commission IS
UPHELD BY COURT

Superior Court Judge S j. Chadwick
has handed down his decision in the
matter Of the writ of review of the rul-
ings and orders of the state railroad
commission in establishing joint VIII, at
rates from eastern Washington to Puget
Sound, in which he holds the railroad
commission act of March, 1905, to be
constitutional and the rulings of the
commission of last June at Colfax, dir
Getting the establishment of joint rates
not to exceed 10 IA cents per hundred
for the shipment of wheat from eastern
Washington to the Sound, operative at
once, so far as state courts are con-
cerned. Another appeal from the or
der of the commission is now pending
before Federal Judge Hanford at Seat
tie, in which the constitutionality of
the commission law will come up for
judicial review.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06

ton than his achievements as a col
lector of money.
DIR. Harper was born in 1856 in New
Concord, Ohio. lie entered college at
the age of 8 and at II graduated, his
alma mater being a United Presby.
terrain institution at his birthplace AZ
10 he took the degree Of doctor OF phil
osophy at Yale, and at 20 became pres
ident Of the Masonic College at Ma
con, Tenn. Thence he went to DENT
son University, later to the Baptist
Union Theological Seminary at Nor
gan Park, H., and eventually to Yale
as a teacher of Semitic languages. In
1891 Chicago University was set go
Ing by an endowment Of 100000 and
DR.. Harper was installed as presl-
dent.
In his development Of the institu-
ton in size and popularity and equip
ment Dr. Harper showed an executive
ability which has been compared 70
that Of great showmen He went out
among the colleges summoning men
WHO NIpedicu 10 MN rs bIlllidhl tebCu-
ers and as men likely to be comment
ed upon by educators and laymen for
their work. He offered such salaries
that it was impossible for these men
to refuse his offers. For several years
after this levy Of DIR. Harper many
or the older institutions of the couD-
try were sadly crippled. lie was ev-
erywhere searching for men who had
achieved regulations while at Chicago.
DR.. Harper was "A perfectly method
cal worker, He kept an engagement
book in which he prearranged every
five minutes Of the days to come. He
left nothing to chance In disposlng OF
his time. He slept but six hours
night at most.
In February, 1905, DR.. Harper I'M
derwent an operation for what was
believed to be appendices. 1t was
found that he was suffering from =
malignant cancerous growth. He was
operated upon three times afte-ward,
with temporary improvement
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06
REAR END COLLISION
-FOUR PERSONS KILLED ON THE
PENNSYLVANIA ROAD.
Thirty-six Persons InIured-Engineer
Had Oisregarded Signal of Warning
Claimed Engine Was Out of Order
His Train Crashed into Sleeping
Car Of Stalled Train-Rescue Slow.

Philadelphia. Sept 30.-Runniug at
great snaed rost siapol set M
40.
''7'''''7' ~ anu q Ia g man
wildly waving warning 10 the ehBr
neer an express train bound for Phil.
a.elphia on the Pennsylvania railroad
crashed into a stalled Long Branch
express at Eddington, with the result
that three persons are dead and SO in
jurcd, several of whom are believed
to be fatally hurt. That more persons
were not killed is considered remark
able, as three of the cars OF the Long
Branch train We're completely teie-
scopcd by the terrific impact Of the
heavy New York express.
Engineer Van Arsdale of the New
York express, who was not hurt said
he saw the red signal as well as the
dagman. but was unable to bring his
train to a standstill. although he had
experienced no trouble whatever in
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-06

Hetty Green, the worlds richest
woman, is a homeless wandered. She
dare not take up her abode anywhere
for fear Of the tax collector Hunted
by the man with the tax list she left
her home in the metropolis and took
up her residence in Hoboken, n. j,
There her quiet and frugal mode of
living was interrupted by the local tax
office bloodhounds, who again got on
her track, and she fed to the rural
peace of Bellows Falls, Vt In that
place all went happily until the tax
officers recently raised the valuation
on her place from $4,000 to $4,000.
This Mrs. Green viewed with horror,
and again # is announced that she has
given up her home and fed This is
another instance of the fact that the
life Of the frugal New York million
aire is not all beer and skittles. No
matter to what rural wilderness he
withdraws himself the Shylocks of the
tax Office find him. And they seem to
insist upon treating him like any or
linary mortal subject of taxation and
the law.