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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
The Fourth Of a Financier
By EDITH SESSIONS TUppER

1aughngly resume their 1abors, saving: oh,
shucksi it's only Jim Whtford a-bellerin after all
As they drove away, Jim turned in his seat and
let loose the diapason of his voice as he shouted:
Wall mister, we've come jest in time fer the
Fourth
Indeed" returned Wells. So there is to be
celebration at the Corners.
Celebration! yelled Jim. Why, there's the
gol- blamedest dons in Whistles woods"
"Wiltsies woodsl' the words involuntarily burst
from Weiss lips. The woods still there.
them"
Still there7 Why, where in thunder would they
Il didn't know but they might have been cut
down interposed the fnancier aIPologeticaly.
Not by a BANKED sight! Why, the Corners
stated Jim concusively. wall Sam Peases boy
he's part colege-bred-had year at school; but
Sam can't send him back he's too blamed poor
he's a-going to pronounce an Grafton, an the Hano
yer Corners brass band is a-going to play, an all
the women folks is making frosted cake to burn.
Oh, it'll be a great day for the Corners!"
why, I'm glad | came said Wells good
humored1y.
Som / More the merrier,' baw1ed Jim
"Yo're from the city, take t?2'
New York;"
- thought So"
Because you're so alfred dressy. Not but
what like to see it, Jim added politely, fearing
presume you have some fine bands down there"
"A few
so I've heerd. You mustn't expect too much
from ourn You see, the boys had to buy second
hand instruments, an some of EN- pretty
blamed second hand! The boys do the best they
can but sometimes they do make an awful noise
Why, l calkate if Gabriel should happen along
and hear some of them horns battin' he'd take
to the woods in a hurry"
Beguiling the time with such interesting informa-
ton, Jim brought his fare safely to the little hotel
at the Corners The arrival of the stranger created
a mild bar-room sensation; but to Weiss relief
he that no one associated him with the we'll
known financier.
Directly after supper he retired to the modest
assigned him. He at once lowered the lamp
and cautiously opening the window thrust out his
head. On the soft summer breeze came the per-
fume he sought-straight from the heart of the
dense woods, black in the moonlight, on the hill
yonder. There they were! the woods in which
he had played a boy. He recalled every dell and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

r SHALL surely expect you for the Fourth.
We are to dine with the Kennards. Then,
Mrs Van Alstyne Torrance is giving garden
- fete in the acknowledgements, band and
supper al fresco. All sorts of new romps are
promised. l hear that Jack Dwyer has got up
procession of people animals-Noah's Ark up
to-date he calls it. He is to lead the caravan,
mounted a donkey Don't fail us The children
are we'll Marion has received no end of attention,
and Ned is constantly sought for cotilfons Thus
far the most gratifying Newport season we have
ever had"
F Dupont Wells laid down his wife's letter with
a sigh He turned from his desk, and as he bit off
the end of a cigar he stared out the window of his
Office in downtown sky-scraper. l wish New
port in HOngkong some other hot climate
he muttered. What possible pleasure can Jenny
think there would be for in one of Dick Kennards
intermnable solemn dinners, or in seeing Jack
Dwyer make an of himself? There certainly
would be no novelty in either event"
Mechanically he turned back to his desk and
opened another letter L want you to spend the
Fourth on my yacht with the gang it ran. Il
stocking it now with the real thing You
might bring your throat with you
The letter signed by name celebrated in
financial circles.
Yes" murmured Wells, 4 know what that
means. Merry hades all day and head
the morning of the fifth. And here's another from
Martin. He wants to go a junlet in his
private car. Same old hades same old sore head.
Confound the Fourth What a nuisance it is! l
wish it had never been invented. A lot of blasted
idiots burning gunpowder getting drunk And
like the Fourth"
When l was boy." Someway the words re-
manned n the consciousness of F. Dupont Wells,
the famous tlnancier maker of mergers, builder of
railroads. connoisseur of art. He drummed on his
desk absent rnindedly with his fingers, as he again
stared out the window, away the roofs of
other office buildings, the spires of churches, the
shipping along the river front, = the green hills
beyond
When I was boy!" Why did the scent of
pine woods suddenly come to him? 1t was there
Enthusiastically, keen, pungent, eXhilarating. He
seemed to hear the breeze in the tops of great pines
those lofty sentinels of the forest-and mingled
with that sound the rush of a brawng stream,
tumblng down through rocky defle. Il wonder
if Whistles woods still there, he said almost
in a whisper, and the bridge-and likes mill.
Good heavens" with little impatient laugh, " Ike
must be dead these twenty years He was an old
when lad. And probably the woods
are cut down long since What a fool l ami"
He fumbled impatently among his papers for
contract he was to sign that day-a contract to
build new railroad. Where is that agreement?
l laid it here last evening Now, why in thunder
l might up there the third l could slip away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

without word to soul. Here it is! No, that's
the report of the secretary 1t would be rather of
bat to go off and spend the Fourth by myself.
I've never been back since l left. Let me see how
to see the place By George! I'll do it"
He pressed the button in his desk, and presently
clerks and stenographers in whom he kept
busy for sometime. But later in the day the
stenographers compared notes.
Did you notice, Name" asked Lizzie, " how
,-nEce ed Fl,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

and Feathers was this morn
ing? He made the queerest
breaks you ever seen. Once
right in the middle of an awful
important letter he says: III
meet you Saturday week in
Wiltsie's woods. Then all of
a sudden he bust out laughing
fit to kill, and told me to cross
that out and insert Bar Har-
Dor. Geel I'd like to know
what's eating him"
"Oh, mebbe he's lost a rail-
road or two and is getting
dotty," returned Name; but
that amt our lookout. "
When Wells left his office
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pines was in his nostrils, the sought
in the tree-tops, and the rushing
streams in his ears, or that an echo
of when | was a boy ~ was ringing
On the evening of the third of July
set the Limited " slid slowly into a
junction was made with a country raj
the Pullman stepped a passenger,
dressed, with dark hair powdered wit
the eyes, keen, defiant, aggressive, OF
American business man. No one re
magnate, F Dupont Wells. For once
his fare, and the conductor, being a I
not dreamed what distinguished |
train was carrying. 1t was a new
Wells to be travelling 1ncogn1to, and
immensely enjoyed. The tinancler hac
away from his Office, from social enga
big deals, and he felt like boy abou
stolen jam-pot.
Is there anyway I can get over
Corners?" he asked the ticket agent
country station an hour later.
Stage back there, curtly returne
tionary, without deigning flicker OF t
eyelids.
Wells, laughing to himself as
thought what havoc he could create
that office should he disclose his identlt
walked around to the back of the static
Here stood a vehicle of appalling a
pearance, as ancient and ramshaclle
the Deacon s memorable one-hoss shay
1t was drawn by two spawned mournt
beasts whose whole manner was one
protest against the enforced cruelty
work. A gaunt man with an unearth
shock of hair and whiskers, clad in
old linen buster and cow-hide boots, W
busy at the rear of the wagon.
Is this the stage for the Corners
asked Wells, smiling as the thought
his new Observation-Disclosures tourin
car with its luxurious appointmer
flashed through his mind.
You bet!" yelled the man in t
linen buster. Want to 60 over, miste
Jest git right in, an as quick as I've
h'isted off them boxes We'll start" T
process of h'isting being speedily accol
plished, he mounted to the front see
gathered up the reins, and turned t
heads of the long suffering animals iowa
home
Jim Whitford the stage-driver h;
grown old in this service. He was O.
of the landmarks of the region I
possessed a voice of forty horse-pow
which he used unsparingly. Along t
country road he travelled twice a da
his voice trumpeting his advent. Whe
ever a portentous roar was heard alo1
the highway, farmers were wont
listen moment, resting on rake or h
handle to scan the heavens for sign
oncoming tempest or cyclone, tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

that day he walked with singularly light
step. His face wore an elated look He even
ioked with one or two employees as he went
out. The clerks, accustomed to cold business
fornalities, looked aghast at one another:
What ais the boss?" was the universal
question
They did not dream that the scent of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

y SHALL surely expect you for the Fourth.
We to dine with the Kennards. Then,
Mrs. Van Alstyne Torrance is giving garden
- f6te in the acknowledgements, band and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
ISLAND OF LANAI.

In October Assistant F. E. Harvey to Lanai to
preliminary survey Of the Government Lands the
south side of the island preparatory proposed subdivision
into homesteads encourage ssal farming.
The first thing done the old ranguaon sta
tons and to continue the trianguaon of the island.
Othe three primary stations this island Pun Manu-, mark
ed post was the only found good condition
The red wood post marking Kanepuu had rotted away but the
hole identified and this station remarked with cross
large and ahu. POhOua originally marked
by buried copper triangle; this found but the iron
which used hold the guy ropes of the original bar
signal found and this station also remarked by
with a cross it.
good deal of angulaOn necessary before the run
ming of the ahupuaas practical The base for this work
the distance and azmuh between primary station Pun Manu-
and secondary station Pun Ali This found to do very
we'll as several measured distances checked closely
The boundaries of all the ahupuaas the eeward side OF
the island then out beginning with the ahupuaa of
Paawai and including part of KaOha, Kamao Pawi and
Keaaaupun Keaiakapu Kaunolu Kaulu Kamolu and part
OF Paoma In all the boundary work all the old points and
which marked by other marks stones
recovered but of the other points mostly mark
by triangular pits could be found This work very diff
cu and tedious the being very hard country to travel
and all the boundaries from the central part of the
island to the took just about two months to finish this
work.
The month devoted to surveying, locating and mark
ing the kueanas and grants within these ahupuaas.
evident that the land would not be taken for sal
farms and orders stopping the work about this time
Mr. Harvey returned Honolulu arriving the Goth Of
December
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
MCCLELLAN GIVES
BATTLE TO RING
REJECTION OF TAMMANY SLATE
BY THE MAYOR A DECLARE
TON OF INDEPENDENCE.

NEW YORK December 31-The
magnitude of the disaster to Tam
many Hall inflicted by Mayor Nc
Clellans rejection of Charles f. Muir
phys Tammany slate was realized flor
the first time yesterday by the Tam
many leaders The Mayor viii run
the administration for the next four
years entirely upon business lines.
There has been a definite severance
Of close personal and political rela-
tons between Mcclellan and Murphy,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12

In fact one leader asserted that
speaking relations between the Mayor
and Murphy have ceased, and Murphy
will never forgive the Mayor. Murphy
struggled to avert the blow up to
within half an hour of the making
public the slate, and when the slate
was announced he told his friends that
for the next four years it did not mat
ter who was the leader of Tammany
Hall-the organization had been re-
pudiated by Mcclellan.
1t is understood Mayor Mcclellan s
reasons for repudiating Tammany
were:
Predetermined he is never again
to run for public office, Mcclellan has
determined to make in the next four
years a record that will stand as a
monument to him.
Slcond-EXperienc has shown him
that such an administration is impos-
sible with Tammany leaders at the
heads of departments.
Third-He is determined that the
only possible way to make the record
he desired was to secure for the head
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
OF THE
SURVEYOR

REPORTS OF TERRITORIAL SURVEYOR WALTER Z.
WALL FOR THE YEARS 1904 AND 1905 HAS BEEN MADE
TO THE GONERNOR-AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK
HAS BEEN DONE-MUCH PROPERTY RECOVERED TO
THE GOVERNMENT.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12

The reports the Territorial Surveyor Walter Wall to the Gov
for the and 1905 have just been published They
immense of interesting data and information
show the value OF the department directly to the government
land belonging the Territory but which has beer
the Indebtedness surveys by private
lvduas and corporations without the payment OF rent
report that the department has been active on every SnC
group The following selections from the report give an idea
}, the character of work DONE though OF its extent
In November 19o3 Mr. Geo F. Wright ordered make
survey upper portion Of the land OF Kua occupied and
used as a part of the Lahainauna Seminary premises
OF o5I in this piece the most OF til good Tor paSt
age only
controversy having arisen between the department OF Pub
lie instruction and the Pioneer Mill Co. to the water priv
eges Valley and the being brought before the
of Private Ways and Water Rights the Attorney
Generals Department requested this office to make location
Of entitled privileges in this valley so that
and determine the extent of the Governments
0he Lahanauna School lands and the Pioneer Mill rights
in the matter.
search made of the Lahanauna School properties
of the lands well the rights and information OF value
to the Government furnished The Attorney General
part of the Lahainauna School land planted in
cane located 1t found that the Pioneer Mill 90
had than had been paying rent tor
During his in Lahaina, Assistant Kanakanu also made
of the different school grants at the request OF the
Attorney in person. for the Department of Public lns
ttucton school grants scattered over the
town of Latana of which had been sold by the Com
missioner of Public Lands possession OF X T. Hose one
cemetery and the other six had been planted in
Pioneer Mill Co.. for the nineteen years, with
out any right and without paying any rent
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
LIST OF OFFICET.S.
HE WAS EXCUSED.

The question went around What is
a boss?" and each man present tried
to give an epigrammatic definition,
Finally the question reached Slim
mer, He flushed slightly and shook
his head.
you will have to excuse me gentle
men," he said. 1.-THE only boss with
whom 1 am acquainted is at the head
Of my modest household and politeness
to a lady prevents me from comment
ing upon her characteristics"
They excused him.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
ISLAND OF NIIHAU.

W. d. Alexander Assistant u S. Coast and GeOdetc Survey
connecting the island of Nhau to Kauai by angulation.
Mr. Keans also made complete Typographical survey of the
island the first made by ranguaon and the only
Its shape altogether different from previous maps and
plans and the do agree very closely The found
by the survey is 46575 acres
plan, tracing ranglaon sketch OF Niihau, and TRAN
guaon sketch of Nhau and portion of Kauai showing the
points connected the islands, furnished to the u.
S. Coast and Geodec Survey The of the island
located in this survey measures forty-eight miles.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
ALEXANDER ( BALDWIN. LTD
j. p. Cooke, manager.
OFFICERS:

H. Z. Baldwin. President
j. b. Castle. ....... First Vice-President
w. NJ. Alexander. Second Vice-President
L. II. Peck. Third Vice-President
j. Waterhouse. ..............Tre Treasurer
E. e. Paxton. .................Sec Secretary
w. o. Smith............... Director
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
TAKE TT NOW

1t is, not too late to prevent serious
heart troubles if you will take DR..
Mills Heart Cure at once, when you
have dizzy spells, shortness of breath,
futtering of the heart, irregular pulse
weak or hungry spells. These are
early, but ur-ent, symptoms of heart
weakness, and must be given imme-
date ate ton. Money back if first
bottle fails to benefit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
c, BREWER & Co, LTD,
QUEEN SIRE ET,
HONOLULU, a.. T
AGENTS FOR

Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, HOnomu Sugar
Company, ailuku Sugar Company
Ockala Sugar Plantation Company,
Haleakala Ranch Company, Kapapala
Ranch.
Planters Line Shipping Company.
Charles Brewer e. Cos Line Of Bos-
ton Packets.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
PurG.'.PlGDarGl
...PAINT...

No one can dispute the assertion
that Paint, mixed ready for USE is a
natural and logical development of the
paint business. The manufacturer
chemically tests every ingredient be-
fore it is used and he possesses the
mechanical facilities for scientifically
grinding and perfectly mixing those
pure materials, which insures uni
fOrmity and a finished article of excel
lence in every respect.
Wherever w p FULLER 81 cos
PURE PREPARED PAINT has been
used it has given unqualified salts
faction.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
sugar Factors and
Commission
rierChanCs
AGENTS FOR

Hawaiian Commercial & Sug4
Haiku Sugar Company,
Paia Plantation,
Maui Agricr tL-,aI Company,
Eiksi Plantation Company,
Hawaiian Sugar Company,
KahulIp plaEtatiOn Company,
Kahului Railroad Company,
Haieakala Ranch Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
SUGAR FACTORS, COMMISSION AGENTS

AGENTS FOR
Oceanic Steamship CO., San Francisco,
Cal
Western Sugar Refining Co, San Fran
cisco, Cal
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel-
pbia, Pa.
NewaIl Universal Mill Co., Manufac-
tuners Of National Cane Shredder,
New York, N. Y.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co, san
Francisco Cal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12

of each department an expert in his
line and to give the head of the de-
partment an absolutely free rein to
conduct the department without re-
gard to politics.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-12
HER EXPLANATION

Il understand your husband shot a
deer while on his hunting trip"
yes answered the woman who ia
slightly sarcastic Accidents will hap
pen"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-25
PRAISES sung
TAMMANY BY
FORMER BOSS
RICHARD CROKER CLAIMS THE
CREDIT FOR 1T.
IT'S The WHOLE Cheese
Old Time Chief Says Organization
Is Responsible for Most of New
York s Great Institutions

Dublin, Oct. 24-In the course of
an interview published this evening
in the Telegraph, Richard Croker, re-
ferring to Tammany Hall and its al
legged reputation, said:
"lt is a case of giving a dog 4
bad name. If any one connected with
the organization, however insigniti-
cant his position, does anything dis.
honorable, Tammany is blamed. The
reformer never did anything for New
York.
"The great bridges, elevated rail
road, public buildings and every
thing are the work of Tammany. If
there was corruption, why did not
the district attorney prosecute some
bodyP Tammany has succeeded en-
tirely on its merits. 1t is the most
democratic institution in the world.
If anything is wrong with it, then
something is wrong with the people
themselves. 1t stands not only for
the people, or man, but also for the
foreigner, newly landed on Amor
lean shores. 1t believes, as. against
the republican party, that the for
eiener should receive the benefits of
American institutions as soon as pos
sible. 1t stands for equal rights all
around.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-25
PYTHIANS TAKE
IMPORTANT STEP
ON INSURANCE
NEW LAWS ADOPTED, AFFECT
ING $4,000 PEOPLE.
Age LIMIT INCREASED
Maximum Policy Extended From
$4,000 to S5,0OO-New Glass in
Insurance Created-Reforms.

New 0rlean, Oct. 24.-New insur-
ance laws affecting 10000 policy
holders were officially adopted to-
day by the supreme lodge, Knights
Of Pythias. The features of these
laws are:
An increase in the maximum policy
frcm $4,000 to $1,000.
An increase in the age limit at
which members can be insured from
so to 60 years.
The creation of the new fifth class
Of insurance. This class involves a
complete clange fro mthe old fra
ternal congress to the American ex.
perience table, with interest at 3l-Z
per cent. There will be an annual
accounting; an annual dividend pol
icy, returning to the member at the
end of each year all over and above
the cost of carrying the risk and
expense Of MANAGEMENT.
All policies under the new system
become incontestable after three
years.
The privilege is given to policy
holders in the fourth class to trans
fer into the new fifth class, taking
the same amount without new med
zeal examination.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-25
JUICY SCANDAL
AGAIN in VIEW
PITTSBURG DIVORCE CASE is
AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT.
MRS. HARTJE DENIES ALL
Emphatically Scouts All Allegations
Of Her Husband-Testimony Is
Corroborated by Parents.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 2i4.-Mrs,
Mary Scott Hartje, respondent in the
recent sensational divorce suit insti-
tuted by her husband. Augustus Hart
je, the millionaire paper manufac-
turer Of this city, was the principal
witness for the commonwealth today
in the perjury case against Clifford
Hooe, the negro, former coachman Of
llartje She emphatically denied the
allegations of intimacy made by Hooe
in his deposition. She was subse-
mently corroborated by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Scott, and a num-
Der Of former house servants of the
family
Charles 7. Fulwood, for thirteen
years court stenographer, was called.
He took the deposition and said the
nm who made it looked like the de-
fendant As the witness began to
read the deposition from official notes
the court room was cleared, only
those connected with the ease and
the reporters being permitted to re-
main. This was done because of the
nature Of the deposition.
The testimony of Fullwood caused
several sharp arguments between
Assistant District Attorney Robb and
Attorney Ferguson, the debate becom-
ing so heated at times that Judge
Frazier was compelled to interpose.
When court adjourned until tomor-
row, Edgar Ray, a private detective,
was testifying as to Hooe's trip
through Ohio Immediately after he is
alleged to have made the deposition.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-25
LOST LIVES IN
AWFUL STORM
MOTHER AND CHILDREN DIE IN
WESTERN BLIZZARD.
DROWN IN RAGING STREAM
Horses, Frightened by the Rushing
Waters, Overturned Wagon and
Sent Family to Chill Depths.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. 24.-It has
inst been learned here that Sonora
Guadalupe Vigily Bares, wife Of
rancher at Round Mountain, and her
two children, lost their lives as the
direct result of the terrific blizzard
that was raging at that time. All
three were drowned in the Rio Grande
river, near San Ildefonse, Pueblo, two
miles north of Santa Fe. While
fording the river the animals became
frightened at the depth and GOODNESS
of the water and the binding snow
Storb, became unmanagable and over
TUNED the wagon.
Sonora Bares' body was recovered
some time after the accident, but the
bodies of the children were carried
down the stream and probably will
never be found.