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time the fire had been extinguished.
-Four inches of rain fell during the
night The wind happily veered to
the north and this conditions helped
to check the fire
Eben Low, DR.. Judd and j. H. Wood
had narrow escapes. They were camp
ing in a house on the Parker ranch not
far from the fire. On Wednesday the
wind ripped the roof loose from the
house and carried the roof hundreds
of feet away. Had the house not been
sheltered by the trees the entire struc-
ture would have been carried away
The following letter was received to-
day in the Kinau mail, relative to the
fire on the Parker Ranch.
Paauhau, Hawaii, March s, 1906.
Ralph S. Hosmer, Esq, Superintendent
of Forestry, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: The fire which l reported
to you by wireless broke out on Par
ker Ranch on the land of Paauhau
early yesterday morning near to where
a gang of men have been burning ivy
vines about miles above the cane
lands of Paauhau Plantation. A ter
rife Kona gale was blowing all day
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Portuguese
TO Be Well
Treated
WHAT PRATT SAYS ABOUT THE
PROPOSITION OF THE HAKA-
LAU SETTLEMENT LANDS.

Territorial Land Commissioner ]. G.
Pratt returned by the steamer Kinau
from a special trip to Hilo for the pur-
pose of comforting with representatives
of the Portuguese who desired to take
up land at Hakalau 1t had been claim
ed by some of the Portuguese that they
had not been offered the same induce
ments as had the Molokans who set
tied on Kauai
I'VE showed the Portuguese" said
Pratt, that they would be given even
better treatment nv the government
than the Molokans had received. held
three conferences with representatives
of three Portuguese societies. Those
representatives claimed that they rep
resented about 100 people who desired
to take up the government land for set
tlement. 1 did not however corroborate
the number. I informed them that the
settlers would each be given 20 acres
of cane land that had already been
planted in cane. No definite answer
was given by them but I expect that
they will give me their reply very soon
for the matter was to be finally con-
sidered after my departure"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

W. c. Peacock and Captain Rosehill
left the store of w. C. Peacock g. Com
pany, Limited, this morning. The rea-
son they did so was that Judge Lind
say had signed the following temporary
injunction:
ITO Walter c. Peacock, his agents
end attorneys, Greeting:
"In pursuance of the prayer contain
ed in a certain bill of Injunction, this
Gay exhibited against you, the said
Waiter c. Peacock, in the Circuit Court
of the First Circuit, Territory of Ha-
waii, at Chambers, wherein w. c. Pea
cock & Co., Limited, is petitioner, a
copy of which said petition will be
served upon you, the said Walter c..
Peacock, your agents and attorneys.
are hereby strictly enjoined and for
hidden from exercising any of the
rights and duties of Manager of the
sald w. c. Peacock & Co., Ltd, a cor
pOratiun, in any manner whatsoever,
and Cr5 m interfering with the business
of said corporation by reason of aLT
claim by you, the said Walter c. Pet
cock, as manager of said corporation.
ami from interfering with the manage
ment thereof by John G. Rothwell un-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
CROCKETT
REFINERY
STARTS UP
GEORGE M RoLPH ANNOUNCES BY CABLE
TORS COMPANY THAT THE ACTUAL WORK
BEGUN-THE planners ARE FAIRLY LAUNCHED AS
IMPORTANCE

refinery. The news today shows that
he has perfected all of his preliminary
arrangements and that the refinery IL
in full operation.
The refinery Starts with 5916 tons OF
sugar on hand. This amount will be
be sufficient to run the refinery for at
least thirty days, as it is estimated that
the output will be about 300 tons a day
The sugar on hand was taken to the
refinery from the Hawaiian Islands by
the barkentine Archer, 1868 tons, and
the S. S. Nevadan 4,553 tons. Other
cargoes are nov afioat en- route to San
Francisco and as the S. S. Nebraskan
will depart from Kahului next Friday
with about 5000 tons of sugar for the
refinery, there is little prospect of the
refinery having to curtail on the output
for lack of sugar.
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til Surther order of the court. Hereof
fail not at your peril
Witness, etc, the Honorable Alex
ander Lindsay, Jr., Second Judge of
the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
Territory of Hawaii, this 10th day of
March, A D. 1906
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, JR"
The injunction was signed on the fill
ing of a new petition, in which the firm
of w. c. Peacock & Company, Lin
ited appears as petitioner, instead of
j. G. Rothwell, as yesterday. In addi-
ton to the facts which Rothwell set
forth in his petition, which was thrown
out of court yesterday, the corpora
tion's complaint alleged that a meet
ing of the stockholders was held last
Saturday, at which the Garvie Board
of Directors, which is the board author
ing his suit, was elected. On this show
ing, after a hearing in chambers in
which Ballou and Anderson and Ash
ford and Breckons took part, Judge
Lindsay signed the injunction.
The case is to come up on Monday,
the question when it is understood that
the Peacock side will attack the valid
ity of the election of the directors who
brought this mornings suit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

Good news came to the Planters to-
day. 1t was what had been expected,
but nevertheless, it was very crafty
ing. The news came in the form of
the following cablegram:
ITO Sugar Factors Company:
Refinery successfully started today.
GEORGE M. ROLPH.
"San Francisco, March TO-"
This means that the refinery of
the Sugar Factors Company at Crock
EFT was started today and with the
start of that refinery means the inau-
guration of the independent refinery of
much of the sugar crop of these ISL
ands by the producers. 1t has been
several months since George M. Rolph,
the manager of the Crockett re-
flnery, left the employ Of Alexander
& IlIldwin to take charge o fthe
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
MRS. JORDAN RESIGNS

Mrs. Alice C. Jordan this morning
sent her resignation to Acting Cover
nor Atkinson, as a member of the
Board of Education. The letter states
that she has served for ten years, and
feels that she had better give way to
some other person. Atkinson said that
he had not considered the matter of &C
cepting it, or of selecting a successor.
Under the law 1t is optional with the
governor whether women shall be ap-
pointed or not, the statute providing
that there may be two, but not more
than two female members OF the
board
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NO SUCCESSOR

Manuel Cook of he Public Works
office, will succeed the late C. M. White
as chief clerk of the office. Superin-
tendent Holloway said this morning
that he had decided not to make any
new appointment, but will let the office
go on as it is, with Cook in charge.
There is not enough work to warrant
appointment of a new clerk" he said.
IF the work increases 1 can add a
clerk"
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MAIICIOIIs DEMONSTRATIONS.

A suit for $1,000 damages for mali
ciOus prosecution has been brought by
Mokoahi against Kulukulualani
The plaintiff alleges that defendant
his arrest for malicious injury
on Dec mber 10, 1905, without cause.
Kinney, McClanahan and Cooper are
attorneys for plaintiff
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
STEAMER
AS BIG AS
THE KOREA
PROPOSAL TO THE MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION
MERCHANTS BASIS STEAMER EQUAL TO THE
BETWEEN
FRANCISCO A

The committee of the Merchants AS
sociation which was appointed to can
vas the merchants of the city to see
what they would do in the matter of
furnishing freight for the proposed new
local steamer has gone to work. Mer-
chants are having the subject present
ed to them, is as concrete a form as it
is possible to present it at this stage
and are being asked to consider it and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

Nothing but a sudden doYnpour of
rain and the shifting of the wind pre-
vented one of the most serious fires in
the history of these islands on the ISL
and of Hawaii this week. News of
the danger that threatened the Parker
ranch as we'll as three of the planta.
tions on Hawaii was brought this
morning by the steamer Kinau which
arrived from Eilo and way ports
The fire originated on the Parker.
ranch. About 1000 acres of ivy were
being burned off by men from the
ranch, as it was desired to rid that
land of the ivy. The fire was started
on Wednesday. That morning the
wind spring up from the south and
blew with hurricane force. The re-
suit was that the fire got beyond con-
troll and swept down on the lower
slopes of the mountain. Hamakua
mill, Kukaiau and Paauhau planta-
tions seemed threaten at one time. 1t
was impossible to check the progress
of the flames and had the wind kept
up and the fire raced unchecked, the
lands of those plantations would un-
doubtedly have been devastated.
Fortunately Wednesday night a
heavy rain came up and within short
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
WHoOPTNG COUGH.

The quick relief afforded by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in cases of
whooping Cough Remedy in cases of
with the mothers of small children. This
remedy liquifies the tough mucus, max
ing it easier to expectorate, keeps the
cough loose and counteracts any ten
dency toward pneumonia. For sale by
all dealers. Benson, Smith & Co.
agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
ADMIRAL LYON CONFIRMED.

Notice of the confirmation Of the
promotion of Captain II. NJ. Lyon COM
mandant of the local Naval station
to be rear admiral was received to-
day at the Naval Station. Admiral
Lyons promotion was confirmed by
the Senate on February %.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
YOUR ATTENTION.

X. Yamamoto wholesale dealer
in Japanese goods, will show you
choice samples. Special attention
given to plantation orders. Telephone
Main 399. p. o. Box $40, Hotel street
near Nuuanu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
EMBROIDERY SALE.

About 5000 yards Of spick and span
new importation of embroideries with
insertion to match in Cambria and
Swiss, large line of all-overs for waists
and yokes, corset cover embroideries.
New effects. The modest price of
every piece is the greatest feature.
Pacific Import Co.
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to say to the committee what they
are prepared to do.
The proposition presented, as de-
fnitely as it can be stated is: Are the
merchants prepared to sign a contract
giving their freight or large propor-
tiOn Of it to a company which win
agree to provide a steamship equal to
Continue CI page eight
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

N. S. Sachs Dry Goods Co. is pre-
pairing for a great embroidery sale.
Details later. In the meantime call
and see the latest in Spring millinery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
CORONADO Sighted.

The barkentine Coronado 2S days
from San Francisco was sighted off
Koko Head about II o'clock this morn
ing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
RESuMED PRACTICE-

George D. Gear has opened law Of
fees in the rooms formerly occupied by
Justice Hatch on Kaahumanu street.
Telephone Main PA.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
BANGALORB SIGHTED.

The ship Bangalore 1853 days from
New York was sighted at 12:30 p. m.
today off Koko Head.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
You SHOULD KNOW

We have reduced the price on certain
lines of fine stationery Your money
savers, Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

THE VERY LATEST IN BOOKS.
The Wheel of Life by Ellen Glasgow;
Mr. Scraggs by Henry Wallace Phil
lips; at A. B. Arleigh & Cos book
sellers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

Lutteds Taro Flour, for sale by Hen
ry May & Co. and C. ]. Day & Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
A BIG DIFFERENCE.

There is a difference in the flavor and
quality of beers-that's why people
who know drink Rainier Beer.
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Continued on page hvey


Keep a-running and a-coming to the
Criterion. The more the merrier and
when We can't serve you Wen buy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

Automobiles can be nired day or
night at Club Stables, Fort Street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
PEACOCK
INJUNCTION
IS ISSUED

DEADLOCK ORDER Lind
DIRECTING PEACOCK DEs1sT FROM ACTING AT
TEMPTING 10 ACT UNTIL.
FURTHER ORDER
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

The steamer Kinau was sighted at
9:15 a. m. today from Hilo and way
ports.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10
WOMEN FOUGHT
AMONG THE MEN

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Forest Fire Threatened
Three Hawaii Plantations

RECENT BEYOND CONTROL
AND BUT FOR oPPORTUNE SHIFTING DOWN
PIANTA
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ISLAND sPECIALTIEs.

All kinds of island jams, jellies and
pickles. Mrs. Kearns, 1874 Hotel st.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-10

EARTHQUAKE
LAHORE 3
Eight and twnty-sx
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NEW FRENCH MINISTRY
ch 1O.-M. Sarrlen has undertaken to form ministry
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water. If the latter he contents him
self with going where he thinks the
nest ought to be and trying to find it
by thrusting an iron rod. usually the
ramrod of an old army rifle. into the
sand until the eggs are located. The
hunters eat turtle eggs and fish with
bacon, coffee and corn pone, and a
harder class of men cannot be found.
When the turtle is on her trip to the
water the watchers with a rush seize
and turn her over This is only done
with great speed and strength amid a
shower OF sand thrown by the strong
fiippers. which work like the paddles of
steamer and deliver smart blow
TO anything in the way. One of these
turtles of average size will walk off
with full grown man on it's back, and
when once in fairly deep water will
easily overpower several men and es-
cape
But once on it's broad back on the
sand a more helpless object does not
exist. The hunters often slit the flip
pers and lash them against the lower
she'll. leaving them for hours while pur-
suing others, then, returning, load
then. into the boats and reship them
on reaching a large vessel or nearby
town.
The loggerhead turtle is more vicious
than the green and the shell more high
~ priced, but it is the hawkbill turtle
that furnishes our choice combs,
buckles and highly polished scales used
SO extensively in the manufacture OF
shells, jewelry and toilet articles. The
green turtle never ventures out on
land except for the purpose of laying
eggs in the warm sand. Fifty or more
turtles an hour old will issue from the
nest and start for the water, fully ca
pable of caring for themselves. Peg
ging turtles is rare sport. In the bril-
liant Southern moonlight the hunters
either sail or drift with the tide until
a turtle is seen. apparently asleep. float
ing on the surface; then great care
must be used in approaching the rep
tile, as it will dive beyond reach in an
instant on being alarmed. The peg, or
lance. is long-handled lance or spear
with a head or toggle that penetrates
the shell, and to which strong line is
attached.
The casting of this spear is a per-
fovmance requiring great skill. The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
By A. RUSSELL ROM.

There are few phenomena more COM
mon yet so little understood as light
ming. This is partly due TO the fact
that lightning is pretty dangerous
thing TO NEEDLE with. Benjamin Frank
lin really did very foolish thing when
he few his kite in a thunderstorm and
= drew sparks from the kite string by
presenting his knuckles TO it. The con-
ditions for electrocution was ideal. and
IL was pure luck rather than science
that prevented bolt Of lightning from
tearing down the kite string and sn1it-
ing the presumptuous physicist.
Fate was not so kind to another in
vesugator who tried TO repeat the IA
nous experiment soon after. This un-
fortunate man was explaining to a
friend the peculiar behavior of an in
strument connected with the kite
string when suddenly a ball Of blue
p flame leaped from the string and struck
him on the head. killing him instantly
So violent was the shock that il burst
open his shoes, but the only mark il
left on the victim was small blue spot
on the forehead.
In recent years Franklin's experiment
has been successfully carried out by
many persons, but in each case the ut
most precautions were taken 10 thor
oughly insulate the investigators from
the kite string and to provide a good
conductor between the kite and ground,
so that there would be no danger from
a glancing bolt Of lightning. franklin
had no idea of what a powerful elemeny
he was dealing with, so he advised per-
cons to stand on glass or rubber dur
ing thunder storms and to Keep away
from chimneys, mirrors and Eilded pic
ture frames. If a house was not pro-
tected by a lightning arrester he eau
toned the occupants to place mat
tress in the middle of the room and
then to sit on chairs placed on the
mattress. His instructions were care
fully carried out by the people OF his
time, and they have been handed down
from generation TO generation. Even
today many a timid person viii go TO
bed and try TO hide under a feather
Irattress during a thunder storm. We
know now that plate of glass or
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

natives OF Southern Florida. many OF
them Seminole Indians or half breeds
excel in this sport. some of them being
able TO toss spear in the air, which,
with a graceful curve. will descend.
striking the turtle with the full weight
of the lance and the force OF the cast,
and with an aim that makes a killing
almost certainty. In many turtle
producing islands pens or ponds are
kept. where the green turtles are held
until wanted for food or shipment TO
market. The great swapping turtle can
be found in many fresh-water ponds
ana streams. The shell is hard and
will take high polish. but the flesh.
although eaten by many, is anything
but delicacy. Long Island ponds fug-
rish many sliders, a small freSh-water
turtle used as terrapin in many cases.
The slider well cooked is choice food.
The true terrapin Is found on Long
Island, and in some few places along
the shore skirting counties Of New
England, and is quite as valuable as
the Maryland variety Terrapin la
Maryland" is now most a matter Of 10
cation and price. as II is far oftener
slider or muskwash stew than diamond
back.
The Egyptians, according to the sagsN
Apollodorus, credit their HermeS OF
Mercury with the invention of music
under the following circumstances: The
Nile, having oVernoWed It's banks and
inundated nearly all of Egypt. on it's
return to it's banks left on its shore
various dead animals. among the rest
a tortoise, the flesh having dried and
wasted in the sun until nothing re-
manned in the she'll but eartilages.
These, being frightened by the drying
heat, became scnorous. Mercury. walk
ing along the banks of the river, hap
pened to strike his foot against this
shell, was so pleased with the sound
produced that the idea Of the Tyre sug-
gested itself. and he constructed Tyre
OF the she'll of large tortoise. which
he strung with the sinews OF dead an
imals. Now. it is barely possible that
this may also be the origin OF the fish
liar: who knows? What a record and
responsibility. Dryden wrote:
Less than a God they thought there
could not dwell
Within the hollow Of that she'll
That spoke so sweetly."
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know of its presence. But when a
cloud discharges in flash of lightning
all of this negative electricity loses its
support and drops back suddenly into
the earth. So sudden and violent is
this return flow that even though the
bolt strikes at some distance from the
man, yet he may be killed by the out
flow of the electricity with which he
himself is filed. In this connection it
may be well to state that often man
who appears to have been killed by
electricity is merely stunned, and If he
IS worked over in the same way that an
apparently drowned man is treated he
may be restored to life.
The duration of flash of lightning
is less than the millionth part of a
second. This was determined by quite
an interesting experiment with wheel
which was revolved so fast that the
spokes were invisible. The experiment
was tried on dark night and the wheel
was set up in such a position that 1T
would be illuminated by the flashes of
an approaching storm. Every time 1t
was lighted up by flash 1t appeared to
be stationary, every spoke showing up
with perfect distinctneSs. The velocity
of the wheel was then gradually in
creased but still 1t appeared stationary
at each lightning fash, no matter how
rapidly it was revolved. This showed
that so brief was the flash of lightning
that during the moment of illumination
the wheel had not time to turn any
appreciable distance, that is. any dis
lance which could be. detected with the
eye. So rapid is lightning that we
never have seen it's full brightness.
The flash is really ten thousand times
as brilliant as it appears. If only 1t
could be made to endure as much as a
tenth of a second it would show up
with dazzling brightness. even in broad
sunlight.
All lightning is not instantaneous.
There is a certain phenomenon called
st. Elmo's fire, which is really a form
of lightning. 1t is sometimes seen on
the tops of lightning rods, trees or
masts. It manifests itself as a brush
or fine spray, or pale blue light, ac
companied by slight rustling or hiss
ing noise. The phenomenon presents