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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
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The board room Mt the Honolulu
Library was well filed last night by
members of the association Mt the
regular annual meeting, Prof. NJ. Nj.
Scott being IN the char. Two most
interesting reports were read, that OF
Miss Helen l.. Iillcbrand, Librarian,
and w. G. Parkc, treasurer.
Following the report of the Librarian
the chairman remarked on the number
of books on sociology purchased, show
ing the trend of public thought along
these subjects. a few years ago II
the library had added dozen volumes
on this subject during year 1t would
have been thought extraordinary, but
last year II volumes had been pur-
chased. Mr.. Scott also referred to
that portion of the report dealing with
the falling off in the number of school
children among the library patrons.
Owing to the multiplicity of subjects
taken up by the more advanced pupils
in the schools now it was found that
they had little time for general read
ing, and this probably accounted for
the falling off here.
Miss Hillebrand was of the opinion
that there was not enough attraction
around Ine preseHI iiDIdIv W atti"'o
the children and expressed the hope
that Honolulu would soon have build
ing where there could be children g
department and also a room where
those desiring to consult books of ref
erence could do so undisturbed.
Miss Hillebrand report was as fol-
P lows:
To the Trustees OF the Honolulu LII
brary and Reading Room Association.
Gentlemen: At the end of this IL
brary year, from 1905-1906, your libra
rian has not much that is new to re-
port, with the exception of temporary
change in the staff. Miss Carrie Green,
who has been the assistant since she
has been in charge. was granted a
leave of absence fer a year, on account
of i'll health. We hope that a winter
in the East may enable her to resume
her cuties at the end of that time.
Miss Helen Sprinks has been ap-
pointed to fill her place meanwhile.
The accession of books for the year
Is as follows:
The accession of books for the year
is as follows:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
COAL pAssERs NARROW ESCAPE.

on the Nippon Maru, arriving yester-
day at her dock, was n husky young
coal trimmer who for more than two
hours on the trip from Yokohama was
believed by all his shipmates to be
dead. Sixty OF them worked with might
and main to extricate him from be-
meath 100 tons of coal, and when his
bruised body was finally brought to
view he was looked upon as dead.
This young japanese was b. Kikuchi.
n deep-chested and stout-limbed man
of his race. He had gone into coal
bunker to trim the coal, and an hour
later his disappearance was reported.
For more than an hour following three
score men worked to unearth him.
When he was finally brought forth he
seemed to be dead but Surgeon Man
ming OF the Nippon Maru detected a
faint pulsation of the heart. He work.
ed over him for hours, finally resusci-
tating him. The young fellow rapidly
covered.-Chronicle, October 3.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
new RIFLE BUTTS
FOR THE GUARD

Guard are about completed at Ka-
kaako, and in a few weeks the-guards-
men will begin practice there prepara-
tory to elimination tests for selection
of the second Seagirt team from Ha-
wall.
The rifle butts are built in deep
water. There are targets at a dis
lance of a thousand yards and some
at lesser distances. The firing booths
are on shore, opposite the Union Feed
Companys warehouse.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
CHILDREN.

In buying a cough medicine for chill
dren never be afraid to buy Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. There Is no
danger from It and relief is always
sure to follow. II is especially valu-
able for colds. Group and whooping
cough. For sale by Benson, Smith &
Co, Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

Donors of books: Mrs. w. f. Allen,
DIR. w. d. Alexander, Huron Ashford,
Mrs. N. L. d. Fraser, ]. It. Gulick, w.
L. Kimball, G. p. Castle. w. c. Lyon.
r. Martinoff. F. r. Marvin, Miss c.
d. Parker. Mrs. Prime, Mrs. ]. r.
;Slattery, DR.. d. Scudder and w. c.
Streeter.
Other donations:
Bureau of Fisheries. Aquatic Resources
of the Hawaiian Islands, part 3.
Congress, Library Of Report of the LII
brarian, 1905.
Lowell Observatory, Annals, Vol. g.
st. Louis Public Library, Annual Re
port, 1906
Seattle Public Library, Annual Report,
1905.
New Zealand Official Year Book, 1905.
Oahu College. Catalogue, 19O5-06
United States War Department, His
tory of the Battle Monument at West
Point.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Report
of Board of Lady Managers.
The circulation of books has been:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

First transformer Yes, my old
daddy used to impfore me not to be-
come an actor" Second transformer
1T was noble of you to accede to his
shes."-Cleveland Piaindealer.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

"Pa," said Johnny. "that poem Sis
ter Jane wrote is no good" How do
you know" queried father. BE
cause" said Johnny, 81 tried to feed
II TO the goat and he wouldn't eat It."
Detroit Free Press.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

there IL ample room for shelving these
books and the bound magasineH which
ifr now very much crowded. on the
shelves.
More important than all Il the rela-
ton ~ the library tu the children.
They should have their own depart
ment. where they may come at all
times and receive the proper attention.
/ have not given up the hope that some
OF our loyal friends may become SUI
ficiently Interested to give Honolulu
library. such as she ought to nave.
regret to report that the library
has suffered from the theft and mutt
lation OF valuable magazines for more
than a year past.
The thief does not take the cheaper
and more popular ones. but shows his
good taste by choosing the Fortnightly
Review, Popular Science, etc.
The only remedy l have been able
to provide is to remove them from
the tables in the readingroom. where
they properly belong. and place them
where they can be taken only with
the knowledge of the attendant In
charge.
We are indebted to the local press
for their courtesy in supplying us with
their various publications, free OF
charge, and especially to the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser for publishing
our monthly book lists and other mo-
tees. Respectfully submitted,
HELEN $. HILLEBRAND.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16
TREASURER IS REPORT.

The report of w. c. Parke, treasurer,
showed satisfactory increase in the
available cash balance during the year
of $751.26, the balance on September
80 having been $6090.0l. The receipts
for the year, including the cash bal
ance of $53s4.75. were $14,747.00 and
the expenses $6657.99, as follows:
Cost of magazines, books, ETC., ST.
54429.
Salaries. $192s.75.
Ice, $3.50.
p. o. Box, So.
Sundries, $102.20.
Telephones, $5l.35.
Advertising, $500.
Investment account, 100000.
Total, $6657.99.
The receipts consisted of $1447.00 re-
ceived in fees, $37.S3 as payment for
books sold or destroyed, $3.50 for fines,
$53S4.75 balance ON hand $7S91.92 in
come from investments.
These investments are, the secretary
explained, in mortgages on real estate
and bonds. The mortgages draw seven
and eight per cent. and the bonds five
and six per cent. OF the balance on
hand at present it would require $4,000
for the running expenses of the library,
leaving $4,000 available for further in
vestment.
The report was received and turned
over to the auditing committee.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
AS trustees to fill the places of c. T.
Rodgers, J. II. Fisher and A. Gartley,
whose terms had expired, the retiring
members were reelected by unani-
nous vote.
1t was also decided that the board
of trustees should meet monthly here
after instead of quarterly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-16

The decrease in the yearly circula-
ton, which is less by nearly 500, Is
doubtless due to the smaller number
OF school children who have drawn
books this year, fact am very sorry
to record.
There is great need of reference
room where those consulting reference
works may be undisturbed and where
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
SECRETARY SHAW
AIDS SPECTATORS
Resorts TO ArtifciaIly StimuIat-
ed Gold Imports
TRADERS FEAR LIQUIDATION
Whole Country Is In Blot of specu-
lation and PIungine on Money
Mad schemes-Finan-
sia News.
TRADERS FEAR LIQUIDATION
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, September 15.-(SpeciaD The
miracle workers are doing their level
best to carry the stock market through
the pending period of money stringency
without an enforced liquidation of either
stocks or bonds. With the active aid of
a willing secretary of the treasury sup
plies Of funds are being temporarily
inforced by resort to an artifcially slim
ulated gold import movement.
Artfully clothed explanations do not
however, disguise the face that the money
thus brought in is borrowed and not in
settlement of balances-borrowed to pro-
long speculation In the desperate hope
of landing the public with the hi,-erto
undistrlbuted contests of the vaults and
strong boxes of banks, trust companies
and underwriting syndicates. The ma
nipulated rise In the market has sufhced
to mark up the price of the goods, but it
has not yet been considered safe to I'M
dertake the. work of wholesale distribu-
ton, although several feelers in that di-
rection have been engineered
On each occasion the unpleasant dis
covery has been made that whenever
muscle support is withdrawn quotations
melt away. This experience is discourage
ing, but the cliques are in the uncomfort-
able position of the man trying to hold
a wild bull by the horns-he had to stick
To let go meant death or mutlation. As
long as the foreign gold and syndicate
credit hold out, the combines may con-
unue to draw on alien stores of the yell
low metal to fill the holes made by de-
mands to finance a trying situation. That
recouse exhausted, there will still re-
main the treaury of the United States
Secretary Shaw has shown that he
breads disturbances and panics and will
do anything within reason to avert them
He is, therefore, relied on to come to
the rescue with official action If worst
comes to the worst. With these agencies
at command and others, it is the hope
of the syndicates and cliques and COM
binations that they may weather the
storms of the coming weeks and navi-
gate into safe harbor. The outlook Is
squally, and if they win out it will be a
triumph of skill, nerve and luck.
The financial resources of the country
are being taxed as they rarely have be-
fore to take care of the bullying legiti-
mate demands and finance the stock mar
ket and the speculative enterprises in
every direction and quarter The whole
country Is a riot of speculation and
plunging on money-mad schemes. BY
concert of action among the strong banks
of several cities, building operations have
been checked. but beyond that little head
way is making to stop the craze of rain
bow chasing.
The speculative situation Is distinctively
dangerous. The ice is getting thin and
full of air holes, prices and financial ro-
mancing to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
Eyes on Erlck.

When in doubt as to the identity OF
the man behind the gun in any particu-
lar big or mysterious Wall street cam
paign, it is the present habit to name
Henry Clay Prick as the guilty party.
Mr.. Frick is probably the heaviest in
dividual operator in the stock market and
his interests are as diverse as they are
extensive. He occupies the unique posi-
tion of being on close and confidential
terms with more big people, than any man
now on the stage of active affairs in the
street, and he Is consequently directly
and personally cognizant with about all
that is going on worth knowing. He is
at the elbow of every Wall street oppor-
tunity and he has a bad case of
'gamblelust,' 1t is easy to guess the re-
suit
Mr.. Prick is the acknowledged head of
the United States Steel corporation. His
word is law there He outranks Presi-
dent Corey, Executive Chairman Gary and
all the rest of them. Literally. he is the
whole thing" He dominates the fac
lions and is the only living man who can
keep the huge machine running smoothly.
He combines the politician, the 1nancer
and the practical iron man, and all these
on a broad and commanding scale suffS
Client to gain and hold the respect of the
giant captains of finance and industry,
many of them rivals and Ill friends.
Set ]. Pierpont Morgan, H. H. Rogers,
Jacob II. Schiff and E. H. Hartman
down in room together and the chances
are they would be at each others Threats
in twenty minutes. Yet, with Mr.. Prick
as the interim ediary, they can get along
pleasantly where their interests run the
same way. The qualities that have placed
him in this position stamp him as a re-
rnarkable personality and give him the
right to perform on a titanic scale.
He is on the 'inside' of more big things
than any half dozen men In Wall street,
and the stunts he is credited with doing
dazzle and bewilder Many of the stories
are. of course. apocryphal and products
of the Imagination, but more are true or
have a basis in fact. He Is strictly 'n
the know with James Stillman, William
Rockefeller and H. II. Rogers in every
Standard OIL move and plot; with e. Fl.
Hartman and Jacob H. Schiff in their
colossal plays; with President Cassat and
his combination in everything pertaining
to Pennsylvania and Atchison; with Mr..
Morgan in his many and diverse plans
bearing on Erie, Southern Railway. Read
ing, New York & New Haven, etc, with
the Reid-Moore-Y oakum Rock Island
combination, and to a lesser degree with
j. J. Hill In the northwest.
He has his hand on the pulse of the in
dustrial trade and financial situation
every minute of the day, and is kept con-
stantly advised of the plans and ambi-
tions of the men of affairs. Given such
opportunities and a keen enjoyment of
the game II would be strange indeed II
Mr. Frick did not avail himself of the
change to play the market in kingly style
and with energy-and also with almost
unvarying success.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
Creating Values.

The Great Northern Steel Trust ore
deal illustrates beautifully the Creation
of values" The basis of the deal Is
a deposit of ore In northeastern Minnesota
supposed to contain 400,000000 tons of
iron In an undisturbed state the iron is
practically valueless and would remain
so. Dug out of the ground and used by
the Steel trust 1t turns a manufacturing
profit and furnishes tonnage to the rail-
roads and steamship lines. The contract
between Mr.. Hill and the Steel trust
vitalizes the inert mass and mparts to it
a money value of more than $100,O00000.
This value 1t is proposed to capitalize
and distribute among the shareholders
of the Great Northern railroad, thus en-
abling the owners to realize on the find
Ito discount the future, as the phrase
is To produce $100, 100000 from nothing
beats making two blaes of grass grow
where only one grew before. 1t Is mod
ern logic sure enough.
The hot tip was in general circulation
for three weeks that the formal an
nouncement of the Great Northern ore
deal would instantaneously add 80 to 100
points to the market price of Great
Northern. In view of the certainty of a
sensational profit it struck those who
acted on the tip as wondrous strange that
the market did not respond with spec
tacular jump and establish itself around
440 on a single trade.
A great Spectator and railroad manager
who was asked for an explanation said
he supposed the persons acquainted with
railroad values felt that the current price
might represent all the property is worth
plus all possible advantages likely to ac-
crue from the ore and every other deal
Syn sight. For my part" he said, II
think $50 an exceedingly generous valua-
tion to put on Great Northern as rail-
road proposition, and that price discounts
the future many years, to my way of
thinking"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16

Peoples Savings Bank and Trust COM
pany, as to my honesty for my contracts.
Fully three-fourths OIL my patients have
been treated by some one else before call
ing on me to be cured. Why not come as
soon as afflicted? You will save money.
distressing pain and valuable time; be-
sides, there is satisfaction in knowing
that the very best treatment is being
given you by an honest, competent ply
stefan. l have treated private troubles
a a. speciality in the city of Birmingham,
Ala, since August g. 1887 1 cure all man.
ner of private diseases. cure many pa
tients by mail treatment. Write for prices
and terms.
do not use large advertisements and
false statements to attract patients which
merit has failed to secure. If you fail to
be curtd by such methods, give me call
and get well.
NV offices are the most private and
quiet in the city, tenth story of the new
First National bank building, corner of
Second avenue and Twentieth street.
Rooms 1905 and 1907. Take one of the fine
elevators to tenth floor.
Office hours: $50 a. m. to $50 p. m.
Sunday, 10 a IN. to IL m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
COLLEGE COMPETITION.
Custom of Educational Institutions in
Bidding for Students.
From the Waterman.

From the Waterman.
The manner in which various educa-
tional institutions are bidding against one
another for students is becoming a public
scandal. Every one of these institutions
is calling upon the public for contribu-
tons They claim that they have not suf-
ficient funds TO do their work properly
and to supply the modern demands of ed
ucation. But they have money to offer
young men to get them away from other
schools. There Is certain advertising
and presentation of the advantages and
special facilities of school which Is
legitimate and proper, but when the effort
to obtain students descends to CONNER
eial competition, and students are bid for
as IL they were slaves on the auction
block, the rivalry becomes a disgrace to
high standards of scholarship. brings de-
moralization to the students and amounts
to a misuse of funds given for worthy edu-
cational use.
The purchase of students for special
service on baseball or football teams has
been notorious for some time, but it may
not be as generally known that syste-
matte efforts are made to get students
away from other colleges by offers of
larger sums of money than can be paid
elsewhere. In some institutions well nigh
the full expenses OF the college course are
paid to draw students away from colleges
to which they had been intending to go,
and to which their personal preferences
and local surroundings would naturally
draw them Some colleges have a system
of paid agents scattered over the country.
whose business it is TO watch the most
promising students in preparatory schools,
and to spare neither effort nor money to
induce them to attend the institutions
they represent.
The unworthiness of such tactics on the
part of educational institutions, and espe-
cially religious schools, is evident to any
person of keen moral sense 1t is misuse
of funds intrusted to the management of
these schools for high and purely educa-
tional purposes. 1t degrades the ideal of
ed,seAttea y. ehe ss~es of corrupt CONNER
cial metro6s. But especially is anything
of this sort Objectionable because OF the
degrading influence on the young men
themselves. No one can submit to such a
bargain and sale without loss of self-re
spect and q lowering Of moral and schol-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16

an absurdity. but at this writing the case
admits of no such disposition. Mr..
Hearsts chances of being elected govern
or of New York are infinitely better than
his initial chances of being elected mayor
of the city last year, and everybody now
fully believes he honestly received more
votes than the man who holds the office.
II is not clear how honest people are
going to be hurt by Hearst's elevation to
the executive chair at Albany or substan-
tial interests jeopardized, but none the
less there Is sense of uneasiness over
the prospect of a great political change
such as a Hearst victory of near vic
tory would signify. The one bold, uncom-
promising threat held out in the Hearst
movement is an overhauling of the state
banking and trust company laws coupled
with certainty of a thorough inquiry
into the relationship between the state
fiscal institutions and certain buccaneerlng
speculative combinations in Wall street.
Enough was brought to light during the
insurance Investigations to show unholy
alliances of that Sort and it sends
chill down the spine to think of sup
Elemental disclosures along the same or
kindred lines.
This is one of the things likely to have
a market influence should the campaign
take on a complexion indicative of radical
political revolution in local or national
affairs. Politics are almost certain to
be a live factor between now and Noyem-
ber-and against prices.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16

IF you'd been here in the summer of
49," he said, slowly. you'd known my
reasons. If you'd seen Ma'am Gregg
when she came at me, all sails set. for
telling her Mary Jane that twas going
to be a lovely afternoon for her to go
riding with that young Simpson chap
she was trying to get, you'd have known
'em.
Seems she wore her best suit o sum-
mer goods and a flower hat and pink
spotted veil all on my representations
of the weather. They set forth in an
open buggy for Wilson's Lake. and a
thunderstorm came up from over behind
old Greenoughs mountain. and struck
'em on the upper road. where there's
no house for nearly three miles.
She's afraid of lightning, and had
Mysteries; besides which her clothes spot
ted and shrunk most fearful, and her
hair came out Of crimp: her hat flowers
ran. and so did her veil; and she lost the
Simpson chap as the results. her mother
said.
II moved my Bible and hymn book to
the Marshtown church a month later, SO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
NO LONGER A PROPHET.
Prediction That Brought Obed Small
Into Discredit.

From the Youths Companion
There had been years when Obed Small
had given the town the benefit of his
weather predictions; the former resident
of Bushby remembered those years. and
was not prepared for the unresponsive
look which marked Mr.. Smalls features
when asked what the prospects were
for a good picnic day.
eve got nothing to say about 1t,
and Mr.. Small gazed carefully down
the road, on which there was nothing to
be seen save dust and a small boy with
large paper bundle.
Why, Mr.. Small. aren't you the town
prophet. just as you used to be-. asked
the former resident, reproachfully. II
relied ON you TO tell me before l In
vited the young people"
spark of angry recollection klndled
In Mr. Smalrs dull eyes.