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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17
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infinite kindly and helpful deeds that
accepted the common lot with a de-
termination to MAKE it better.
But there is abundant other evidence
that the town was not given over to
the terrors of primal passions let
loose. There are the official reports,
which while it is not to be expected
that they would show all that was
done of this character, would of prac
teal necessity show some of it, if
there had been much of it. There is
the universal testimony of the trained
writer's and correspondents who We're
there at the time, or who came imme-
diately afterwards.
Still more, there is the testimony of
the camera. Thousands and tens of
thousands of photographs of every
part of the city were taken. The pho
tographing process began, in all prob
ability, almost Immediately after the
earthquake. 1t has continued ever
since. These photographs are elo-
uuent of the destruction wrought.
Some of them are conclusive as to the
fact that the disaster brought about
deaths. But in no particular do they
bear out these superheated tales of
refugees, who sped so swiftly from the
scene of the disaster that they did not
get their breath unHh they reached
Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, or other
places a thousand miles away.
But these sinister tales are not the
only ones that have appeared in this
series. There have been some in which
more pleasing fancy, and a less
. n1o
Few cleverer things have been written
than Waldemar Young's description Of
San Francisco on the Water wagon"
which appeared in The Star on Tues
day; and for innocent mendacity it
would be hard to find anything more
pleasing than the account of how the
! dog Sport" swan from San Francisco
! to Oakland, which appears today
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17
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cdents the disaster that could be gained we'll 9th
They largely interviews with people who either
claimed to have been the stricken the of the dis
These for the and published
cities distant San Francisco which those the
had fed They nearly all urd Some them couched
anguish little short basphemous the assump
ton that this disaster has oyeaken San Francisco because OF her
wicken which Of those quoted speak of being
than the Wickedness of Sodom and GOmOrrah
There almost have been rivalry them which
could tell the harrassng tales of boodhed and
danger escaped They emulate each other incidents human sell
hshnesS the the might
almost be convinced that the earthquake had alone let loose the
every brutal bestia selfish in the degraded
human and fired and child the
themselves with the and practices of hyena.
AS Of these alleged refugees tell it, the filled
with the Dead the crack of the rifle shooting OOe and
persons, frequent almost
uslad The imagination of of these has actually rioted in
ingenuity of ghouish details
There this Characteristic with nearly all OF those
Tho thus poy themselves reckless wild mendaciou in their
statements They all claim that they fled early from the they
usually fled aoeor heareness characteristic OF their kind
they deed OF kindness either their the
part Of others, for their kind has eyes for such things
Against the testimony Of this class the testimony hun
dreds of letters received city alone people whom
know who there These for the filled with
displayed by everybody the courage the hepne the thoughtful
the recognition of the disaster calamity calling
the better to bear instead of the embe it, Not
that the that
that there Ooter hem that of these
have been honot enough of Them unfortunately that there
ready take advantage of the
able advantage district
guard its homes they destroyed
Tt is almost certain that the Mayors proclamation announcing
the summary penalty for loong and other crime, prevented
scale than it did actually reach gave courage the great
body of the public remember that they human beings
the recoecton to feel that instincts still
after ALL defects exception rule
spirit of helpfuns and kindness that found expression II
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

Office, Campbell Block q. Merchant st.
Honolulu, I. H.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

The Civic Federation's liquor plat
form shows the results of careful study
of the local conditions 1t is almost
certain that the next Legislature will
make some changes in the laws and
the Civics have offered some valuable
working suggestions.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

Not less striking than the Gala
nifty itself, though in a different
way, was the way in which the
people of the stricken city rose to
meet the emergency While the
disaster was still in progress, an
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17
After You'd Worn
a suit or coat of
Correct , Clothes : for Men

you would have discovered a
great deal municipalities of
shape keeping, durability and
comfort that are none the less
important for being below the
surface. That's due to the way
they are made-with more care
and honesty than is generally
put into order-tailored clothes
at twice the price.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

The Sydney Morning Herald gave us
the most unkindest knock Of all. With
out getting any Deadly Fake at all and
in an entirely gratuitous way, during
its editorial discussion of the earth
quake 1t wondered why Hawaii hadn't
done something or other to get into
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

Japanese carpenters who go to San
Francisco to enjoy the profits of the re-
building boom will get some interest
ing lessons about American labor
unions.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

e. A. Fraser, in a private letter says:
"A .disheartened man is hard to find in
San Francisco. Everybody is busted,
but is going to make a million dollars
next year"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

The theory that all profit without
service is criminal is startling one
and calculated to alarm those who
have been thoughlessly selling candy
to babies,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17
POINTED PARAGRAPH.

(From the Chicago Daily News.
Many lightweight men are built on
a large scale.
After it is all over a man wonders
why he was worried.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17
The Power of
Organization

organization was formed to meet
the conditions The efforts organization
cd to meeting the immediate needs fully The thought
the need OF the hour every individual need possible
doing there should be and duplication But follow
the first effort thus the immediate need there
efforts effort
and duplication ferena between need and
convenience and while allowing suffer wasting and
material that will be needed hereafter, lavish distribution
OF these ideals have been only partially realized Human
arrangements always have the defects incidental to their being
But there every believe that large
IN the direction of sound economical and busnese distribution
has been achieved there doubt that thOougness the
point relieving the absolute immediate necessities of
dvdual has been, This is certainly record to be proud Of
How thus while
in the roes of destruction may be gathered from the list
OF subcommittee into which the Committee of Safety divided
its meeting. There committee looking
establishment of civil Never there
thought that San Francisco continuing city had ceased be-
the of the homeless and hungry There
committee for the collection and preservation CT materials for
the history of this great disaster.
With the first flight of refugees from the avished there
begun effort and for separated relatives and families
track OF each other AT the ferry station San Francisco and the
mole Oakland there opened registers with pacard
nenty displayed asking people register giving their old addresses
and their destination that would be furnished for euntng
separated families
Scarcely long refugees begun crossing the bay
f relief began be established Oakland Berkeley and
of help advanced faster than the fed Whenever
them reached community that had not itself been destroyed by the
earthquake they found committees already
every real need.
If organization is the strong spirit individuality in the American
people 1t because of tbs spirit its resoueness and initiative
that possible organize committee the instant the need for
and which the right OF and the aqes
and cooperation the committee when formed 1t this
spirit of individuality which displayed the hepfunes
which everywhere manifested and which, spite weird
and papab tales of ghOunss and sehne
Ihe predOmnatng and the clarifying characteristic OF the people
San Francisco whole in the time of her desoation
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

Few shares of following stocks for
sale: Pioneer Mill Co., Oahu Sugar
Co., Eva Plantation Co., Hawaiian
Sugar Co., Waialu Agricultural Co.,
Etc.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

The series of articles in con-
nection with the San Francisco
disaster which The Star has been
publishing on its first page, for the
past week or more, aside from be-
ing intensely interesting as human
documents, are important and val
liable as throwing light on the in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

Somebody ought to interview the man
who was getting shave when the
earthquake came.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

the game, remarking that the islands
are IA perfect magazine of volcanic
activity"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-17

The people of San Francisco will per-
haps be known hereafter as quakers.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
BY ELECTRIC POWER.
HOW MANY FARMERS WILL oP-
ERATE THEIR FARMS.
AgricuIturist May Read His Newspaper
I'm the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
While Electricity Does His Work
Railways Will Furnish Power.

The general managers of the big in
terurban lines radiating from St. Louis
have determined to keep abreast of the
times, and will supply power to farm
ers for any purpose 1t pleases them to
adapt 1t. All the farmer has to do is
to install his motors and the trolley
lines win do the rest. They will run
the wires from their lines to his farm,
making the terminus at some Central
point, say, the barn, for example, and
give him all the current he desires at
low meter rate. 1t means halcyon days
for the farmers, and only those who
have installed the electric power can
fully appreciate what saving of labor
1t means, and what an increased earn
Ing power 1t gives the farm Already
many farms in Ohio and Indiana use
electricity obtained from nearby troll
ley line.
On those farms where electric power
has been installed 1t has been used for
greater variety of purposes than
even the original projectors of the
1SASihS, ehC ihtCA III udu lTOlley COmDa-
niles, ever dreamed of. The American
farmer demonstrates his logical meth
dds of reasoning in this use of it..
why" says he, IF / have motor
capable of running my corn huskers,
water pump, wood saw, grindstone
and threshlng machine and leaving ME
surplus of power besides, shouldn't
/ apply some of this power to the
kitchen and thus save Maria a few
backaches?" And so he does. A small
motor is rugged up in the kitchen, and
! by means of a shaft and a series of
pulleys the washing machine is oper-
ated by electricity, as we'll as the
churn, the sausagemaking machine, the
saving machine, the bread mixer and
the wringers, and sometimes even iron
Ing cylinders are set up and the flat
irons banished to oblivion Like her
husband the farm wife has no more
manual labor to perform, nothing to do
on wash day but pack the clothes In
, the washer, and the electrical current
does the rest; place the wet garments
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25

street car. with trolley pole attached.
Then he had posts erected at suitable
intervals along two sides Of the fields
in which he intended to use his electric
motor pillow and along these was strung
a stout steel wire rope.
Now he was ready for the unique
feature of his plan. Two uninsulated
copper wires were suspended between
the two lines of the steel rope, one the
feed and the other the return, and at
tached to them on pulley arrange
ment, SO that they could be moved
easily along the field, while at one end
they were connected with heavily
Insulated cable, which carried the cur
rent from the main feed wire to the
field wire. The field wire was support
ed on poles with forked glass tops,
modelled somewhat after the clothes
pole idea, which could be removed
when the motor plow reached any OF
them, and placed back Of it, thus en-
abling the motor to be driven at will
through its trolley pole connection,
while the wire carrying the current
was always kept at fair distance
above the field. The pillow was fas-
tened to the front Of the motor car
and both were operated from the seat
on the motor box. 1t sounds cumbrous
to describe, but the farmer used the
method successfully for blowing, har-
rowing and harvesting, did all in less
time than 1t could have been done with
horses and at one-third the direct OK
pense, to say nothing Of greater
quantity Of crops for the market.
Other farmers use storage battery
cars for such purposes, but, after all,
their use is comparatively restricted,
most farmers contenting themselves
with the application of electrical pow
er to stationary machinery and the
farm is not up to date that doesn't use
1t when situated anywhere near tSol
ley line.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
APES AS~CASHIERS

Wise Animals Are Now Employed to,
Test Coin In Siam.
In Siam apes are now employed as
cashiers. A year or two ago much
base coin was circulated by a clique
of coiners, and the tradesmen found
that it was a very difficult matter to
discriminate between good and bad
money, says the Lahore QndIa) Trib-
une.
One large store kept a pet monkey.
and one morning he was seen to take
q coin from the cashiers desk and put
it between his teeth. After biting 1t
for some moments he threw 1t on the
noor with a solemn grimace of dissat-
isfaction.
The proprietor Of the store then
handed the monkey another coin, and
after testing 1t with great elaboration
he laid it on the cashiers desk. -
Apparently the creature could tell q
counterfeit coin from a good one, and
In order to ascertain whether ether
monkeys had the same extraordinary
gift a couple of apes belonging to O.
zoo were given the test, with satisfac-
tory results. From that day the ma
jority Of the business houses in Siam
have kept monkeys as cashiers, and
the gifted creatures have developed
the faculty Of discrimination between
good and bad coin to such perfection
that no human being can compete with
them.
A little while ago a monkey en-
ployed by firm of clothiers died, and
his coffin, which was of polished oak.
and conveyed to the cemetery in an
open hearse, was followed by all the
cashier monkeys In Siam.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25

on the wringer board, press another
button, and, presto. the clothes need
only be shaken out and are ready for
drying. She does not have to chop
meat by hand or strain her shoulder
muscles mixing bread. All these and
many other things which require pow
or, and for which the use of machinery
10 possible. are performed by mechani-
cal means, just as the wood il cut up
by a band saw driven by electricity in
the barn, and the feed chopped, the
corn husked, the water pumped, the
grindstone driven. and 30 forth.
These things are common, everyday
features of farm life now along the
lines of the lnterurban trolleys which
agree to furnish power for such pur-
poses and few decline when PROPOSE
lions toward the end are made, for 1t
furnishes a substantial means Of rev.
eaue to the companies; but some farm
ers have gone beyond the application
Of power to stationary machinery and
are obviating the need of horses on the
farm by working their plows, harry est
ers, cultivaters, harrows and all that
sort Of thing by electric motors. How
one farmer did this in Ohio is an in
teresting example Of adaptation of
modern appliances. This farmer was
already operating every piece Of ma
chinery that he could about his farm
by electricity, but horses were still
used for blowing and harvesting. The
upkeep of these represented a consid-
cradle item, whereas the three horse
power motor In bis barn, which did the
work OF five men, had never cost him
more than 81 month, and frequently
much less. The difference appealed to
his economical soul, but at that time
no electrical plows or harvesters were
on the market; their use was deemed,
even by electrical supply companies.
part of the millennium we are prom
ised, but which Is not on the cards Of
the present. Accordingly the farmer
became student Of electrical applica-
ton and methods Of power. If the
electric supply companies couldn't help
him he proposed to help himself. Dur
Ing the winter he had a small motor
placed on a low-bodied wagon, not
very much dissimilar to the truck Of a
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25

venated. Within a stones throw of
this place he was born. 1t is an at
mosphere Of beauty, but it is also an
atmosphere of work, and 1t Is from
this that he drew that ''joy of the
working" which keeps him so steadily
employed and which causes him to be
regarded as marvel among public
men. The surroundings of youth
were calculated to make him a lover
of nature, but his bent was for mathe.
matics and devotion to the exact sci.
ences, though heredity should have re-
lieved this by an affection for ont
doors. The splendor Of the Oneida
hills and the Oriskany valley was not
wholly lost upon him, however. even
amid the busy scenes Of a metropolis
throbbing with varied activities and
the charm of capital where intellect
is supreme, and thus 1t was that in the
years of his greatest achievements he
returned to Clinton and purchased an
estate which adjoins the old homa.
stead. Here be has a fne farm ana
here, with his family, he spends as
much time as he can spare from NJ.
ofiicial and professional duties.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25

they suggest themselves as retreats of
poets and lovers of nature. Any one
of dozen of them would excite envy
in one accustomed to coed things.
These are the homes, for the most
part, Of tutors in the college further
up the hill.
1t is amid such environment that
the home Of Elihu Root, Secretary Of
State, IL to be found. Either he comes
when the strain Of great burdens de-
mands a bit Of relief and here, amid
the scenes Of his boyhood. he is re1u.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
IDENTIFYING JONES. soDv

The vsrifying kxamination sci.r.,e.
PainstskinE and Consideration.
On April Z the coffin was opened IN
presence Of Colonel Blanchard NJ
Weiss, M. Geninet superintendent ~
the work, the foreman, several werk.
men, and myself. The lid was so Arm.
ly soldered that 1t was removed with
some difficulty. There was a strong
alcoholic odor, but the alcohol IN
which the body had evidently been
preserved had nearly TALL evaporated
doubtless through the hole made In the
lid by the pick and crack In the edge
of the coffin near the foot caused bv
the pressure of the earth after the
wooden coffin had rotted away. How
ever. the earth which covered these
holes was hard and black, having evil
IDENTIFY become indurated by the action
of the escaping alcohol, SO that the
process of evaporation had doubtless
been exceedingly slow. The body was
covered with winding sheet and
firmly packed with hay and straw. A
rough measurement indicated the
height of Paul Jones. Those engaged
upon the work had been furnished
some time before with copies Of the
admirars congressional medal showing
his bust in profile. Half dozen can
dies were placed near the head Of the
coffin, and the winding sheet was re-
moved from the head and chest, ex-
posing the face. To our intense sur
prise the body was marvelously well
preserved, all the flesh remaining in
tact, but slightly shrunken and of
grayish brown or tan color. The sur
face of the body and the linen were
moist. The face presented quite a
natural appearance, except that the
cartilaginous portion Of the nose had
been bent over toward the right side,
pressed down and completely disfig-
ured by its too close proximity to the
li6 of the coffin. Upon placing the
medal near the face, comparing the
other features and recognizing the pc
culiar characteristics-the broad fore
head, high cheek bones, prominently
arched eye-orbits, and other points of
resemblance, we Immediately exclaim-
ed, paul jones'" and all those who
had gatherer about the coffin removed
their hats, feeling that there was ev-
cry probability that they were stand
ing in the presence of the illustrious
! dead-the object of the long search.
There now took place one of the
most scientific painstaking and con-
scientious examinations conceivable.
for the purpose of verifying beyond
all doubt the Identification Of the body
submitted for this purpose.
The official and professional respon-
sibiiity Of those engaged in the task,
their disinterestedness, and the fact
that their established regulations were
at stake, gave abundant guarantee that
the labor would be faithfully and i'm.
| partially performed. Twelve Ameri.
can or French persons officially took
part in or witnessed the work of iden-
LITIGATION, and their affirmative verdict,
after six days passed in the applica-
ton Of every possible test, was posi-
tive and unanimous, and was formal
| ly certified to under the official seals
Of their respective departments
From General Horace Porter's The
Recovery Of the Body of John Paul
| Jones, in the Century,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
CHASTITY Curiosities,

Guanajuato, the ruined city of Mex
Ice, which was destroyed by a cloud
burst furnishes one of the ghastliest
curiosities of the world. In one of the
vaults Of the Pantheon are preserved
many mummies which were dug from
the soil. They afford a curious evil
dence of the natural embalming prop
critics of the earth.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
As a Picture Is.

"Yes," said Mr.. Cooley, "she made
quite an impression upon me; reminds
me of an old-fashioned picture"
"Ah" interrupted Miss Chellus, you
noticed 1t, then?"
Noticed whatr'
THAT she's painted.
Press.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
SECRETARY ROOTS HOME.
Attractive Mansion I'm the Quiet
Cultured Village of Clinton.

The visitor to Clinton, N. Y, who
climbs the hill which leads to the far.
famed Hamilton College, passes many
delightful homes. There are no great
mansions, no pretentious edifices
which bespeak large wealth, but the
residences are attractive In their arch
itecture. some of them are spacious
and all have the outward appearance
of unusual comfort and culture with
in. Half hidden among trees and sur
rounded by closely trimmed lawns,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
what Did He Meant

What makes you look so wor.
ried?"
81 can never get dress suit to fit
me-"
Perhaps you don't get there early
enough" Leader.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
Mere Thought.

New Clerk think understand the
business pretty well now.
Employer-Yes? Keep at it four or
FIVE years. Perhaps you'll understand
it then as well as you think you do
now.-Philadelphi Ledger.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-25
His Carrot Fire.

Tall Artist-DeSmears was telling
me that he was using more charcoal
than ever these days. Is he selling
many charcoal drawings?
Short Artistic is not selling any.
He has bought a charcoal stove to
keep him warm.