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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04

with the means NJ the command ~ the
Superintendent. We find that mental
w deranged patients ON transports en-
route from the Philippines are heins
discharged and sent to this asylum
thus unduly taxing Its resources. "
seems to the Grand Jury that the Fed-
eral government should bear the ey-
pense of caring for these patients.
We recommend that the dormitories
and sleeping rooms be made mosquito
proof, considering this to be absolutely
necessary for the comfort and good
health of the inmates. We recommend
that committee of the Legislature
thoroughly investigate this asylum.
particularly In regard to the wages
paid. the method Of commitment OF the
patients, and generally for the further
improvement of the institution itself.
This Jury advises the enactment ol
4 law providing for the appointment
of Board of Physicians whose duty II
shall be to meet at the Asylum twice u
month or oftener II necessary, for con-
sultation with the Superintendent re-
garding the care and treatment Of the
patients.
OAHU PRISON
The Territorial prison was thorough
ly inspected and found In good order.
The food good. well cooked and srfi'-
Client. The premises clean and SAM.
tary. We recommend legislation pro-
viding for suitable work for prisoners
committed for misdemeanors. There
is need of a new roof on the old prison
building. There should be concrete
floors TO replace the old wooden floor
We recommend the establishment of a
hospital for criminals afflicted with in
fictitious or contagious diseases. AT
present there are four cases Of pulmon
AIRY tuberculosis In the prison ana
there is great danger Of this disease
communicating healthy prisoners.
POLICE STATION
The police station was visited by the
Grand Jury who found the premises
clean and sanitary but the building
much In need of renovation. We sug-
gest that plan be adopted for the
confinement of female and juvenile
prisoners at as great a distance as pos
sible from the males.
GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
We highly praise the present eff
cient management Of this institution.
there being much to commend. We
find these buildings IN need of general
repairs and recommend increased APP
preparation for that purpose. Girls
sent to this institution should be given
longer terms of commitment for the
reason that light sentences release
them before they can receive substan-
tial benefit from the instruction ana
discipline which this place affords. W,
recommend the establishment Of sys-
TEN of rewards for good conduct anu
that u portion of the earnings of the
institution be devoted to this purpose
Dated January 4th. 1907.
Respectfully submitted,
CLINTON HUTCHINS.
@. c. POTTER,
J. NJ. McCHESNEY,
J. J. Locker.
c. J. CAMPBELL,
JOHN EFFINGER,
". NJ. LEWIS.
FRED l.. WALDRON.
J. II. SCHNACK,
+. Il. BLAKE.
ID. q. MAYS,
+. s. LYMAN. JR.,
W. II. HEINE.
Il. l.. MARSHALL,
JOHN KIDWELL.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
TYPHOID FEVER RAGING

Scranton, Penn. Jan. Am cpl
demic Of typhoid fever has broken out
here. There have been thousand
cases OF sickness and seventy deaths
due to the disease. Yesterday thirty
two new cases were reported and there
We're four deaths.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
Additional Cable News on Page I.
GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS SEEK
INSTRUCTIONS

Berlin. Jan. -Four officers of the
general stan OF the German army have
started for Japan, where they will be
attached to the Japanese army for two
years for the purpose of study.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
SHIPPERS PREFERRED

Newchwang. Manchuria. Jan. i.-ln
MI shipments made over the Man
chrria railway from this point Jap
anese shippers are given every pref
erence.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
HUNDREDS STARVING TO DEATH

Shanghai, Jan. i,-ln the famine dis
trict hundreds are dying from starya-
ton and from the cold. The work OF
distributing relief supplies has been
commenced
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
BLACK SEA SWEPT By BLIZZARD

Odessa, Jan. "A blizzard Is raging
here ana all traffic is at Il standstill
There has been great loss Of life from
the storm.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
BRITISH INSURANCE WON'T
MAKE GOOD

London. Jan. An the British In
suraace companies have repudiated
their liability for any losses accustomed
by the earthquake nj Valparaiso.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
HEARST WANTS NO MORE OFFICE

announced that he will never again he
a candidate.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
BOYCOTT IN CHINA Is SPREADING

Shanghai. Jan. 4.--The boycott
against American goods is spreading.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
LOCAL and GENERAL

sss on, Of 1000 times you will find
II or sell It or secure u TO best advan.
tase through Bulletin want advertis'
ing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
OAHU LODGE, No. I, K. Of ?.
HONOLULU LODGE s,s, .. ?. o. e,

Honolulu Lodge No. GIG. B. P. o. r..
will meet In their hall, On Miller
and Beretania streets. every Friday
evening.
BY order Of the E. n.
HARRY H. SIMPSON.
Secretary.
Il. 7. MURRAY, Err.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04

The Weekly Edition Of the Evening
Bulletin s;ves . complete summary Of
shs nswa Of the day.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-04
)EBENTURE AND SO.CALLED co.
OPERATIVE INVESTMENT
COMPANIES

The Grand Jury recommends the
passage OF an act by the Territorial
Legislature providing for proper fire
escapes to be installed In or upon
buildings where the same mfy be nee
essary for the protection Of life.
INSANE ASYLUM
The inmates of this institl ton are
properly cared for as far as possible
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
Ellen Beach Waw
By John c. Freeman.

The Manitou was swinging off from
the pier and turning her prov south
ward. The steamer is careening a
little to port as the hundreds of pas
sengefs are crowding to the rail to
get the last look at their friends who
throng the wharves and stand there
10 wave goodbye. thousand kisses
are thrown, thousand handkerchiefs
are futtering --nd now the moment
that touches the heart has come One
can no longer make out the counte-
nance of his friend on the shore. We
can still distinguish Doctor N for
he stands en- one of those high piles.
swinging his hat two and fro. Yet
presently he, too, is lost in the indis-
throng But the silent
throng win stand there till the ship
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
moToR-BoAT FISHING.
Inhabitants Of lcsIand Describing Old
Kind Of Sea Gait.

Consul b. S. Rasmussen of Stavanser
furnishes the following translation
from Norwegian newspaper. suppic-
menting rerorts that Iceland fisher
men were adopting motor boats:
les in Iceland IS near at hand. Both
the open boats and the sailing cutters
disappear as fast as they are worn out
No new purchases of these are now
being made. In the future fishing III
be done a most exclusively with motor
boats and steam trawlers. which g.vc
many times better results and do not
require so large a crew. During the
last two or three seasons there aas
been expended nearly S250,0Oa for
motor boats and they have given such
good results that there are instances
whers a beat in the course of five
months earned double its aluc. be
sides giving its master and crew an
income equal to well-paid ofncisrs
salary for the whole year.
At Westmanna islands there were
only two motor boats in 1895 and they
gave so much better results than otter
boats that they have now purchaser
thirteen new cnes for about s25 100
But the traw.ers have given still
better results A small .rawler. own.
ed BY 4 company in Havenfiord. during
1895 earned enormous profits. which
has led 10 the organization OF two
new travelling companies in Reykjavtk
one Of which IS having trawler but.
in England whue the other. with q
capital OF 10000 kroners (s2e.so0) IS
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

donna. The pier is a mere spot now
1t looks miles away. But still at in
tervals those three high signal notes.
are reyeroerating a message across.
the waves.
The young vocalist makes an inter
esting fellow passenger. AS far as
known she is the highest soprano that
ever was. When she sings, it is not
into the pilno. nor at the floor. but
she sings straight at you. Each one
OF her auditors cannot resist the i'm
preston that she is singing most es-
pecially for him. She has the verve
and abandon of Olga Nethersole and
the initiative power of Yvette Gull
bert begging Miss Ellen's pardon
fer comparing her with artists in
different lines.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

ing ever singest.
What thou art we know not;
What is most Ike thee?
prom rainbow clouds there flow not
Drops SO bright to see,
As from thy presence showers rain
of melody.
At length we dizcover standing
alone in a retired spot of the aft deck
the blithe figure of a woman, her eye
fixed on that distant pier. and every
now and then repeating those bugle
notes. They are sort of family sig
nal to her mother who is watching
her daughters ship go down to the
great deep. The young woman her.
self is bound for London to join the
Gilbert and Sullivan opera as prima
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
JAMES s. KIRK DEAD.
Wealthy Soap Manufacturer Dies Of
Heart Failure.

Hart,and. Wis, Feb. 23.-James s.
Kirk aged 65, millionaire soap manu-
facturer of Chicago, is dead at Pine
Lake. heart failure causing death.
For several years Mr.. Kirk has re-
sided at Pine Lake. where he erected
$3.50 600 mansion several years
ago. leaving it only in the summer
to take a trip to Europe.
He is survived by his wife who
was with him at the time OF his
death. two sons, William and Alex
ander. and two daughters. Josephine
and Margaret Although ailing for
some time. Mr.. Kirk had been In bed
only about a week before his death.
Mr.. Kirk is one of the pioneer s1ap
manufacturers in the west and Is sev.
eral times millionaire. Although
nominally the head of the huge co,-
Germ which bears his name. he HIS
not been active in the manageme..t
OF the Chicago Plant for three mr.
-four years.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

disappears en- the HORIZON. All at
once from somewhere on this ship
sounded three prolonged notes. On
o high! Oh 20 clear! SO sweet! One
never heard anything like it. In mo-
ment there sound the three notes
again. We cannot make out their
source Taey reverberate over the
waters and along those piers The
crowds on the other piers must hear
and wonder what it is. There seemed
something supernatural about it. The
notes remind one of Shelley,s Sky
lark
Higher still and higher
from the earth thou springest
Like cloud OF fire;
The blue deep thou wingest
And singing still dost soar and soar.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

buying one all complete at the same
place
This is only small beginning Pur-
chases OF new Jrawlers VIII in The
near future increase so rapidly that in
the course of five or ten years it viii
be possible to create a good-sized zee
landic trawling fleet. The main
hindrance. of course, is the lack CT
home capital but this IS not insgr-
mountlble when the people first learn
to unite
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

The more talents the more they win
be developed Chinese
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28


but his voice was as composed ana
suaye as usual as he said in tone OF
pleasant surprise:
'Ah, is that You. Becca?"
Yes, it's me. IL want TO speak
to you, Mr. Berton.'
All right, Miss South. Why Becca.
why am IftMister 6erton,' instead o.
Gnilford.' eh?" and he tried to take
her hand and draw her to him. but
Becca put her hand behind her and
drew back. What, In one OF your
tantrums again. Becca?" he sa I. smil
ing. What's the matter now Are
YOU offended because | didn't dane )
with you tonight.
MOI" replied Becca.
wen I'm glad of that because Il
wound have been unreasonable. You
know how careful We have to be.
Becca. We don't want all the woria
In our confidence. do We We dom
want all Santleigh and Parkha,n
chattering about our little affairs.
eh?"
Becca looked at him with MIXTURE
Of distrust and anxiety Her face
was pale. and ner eyes were swol n
with crying. but there was an expires
sion OF determination in them which
Guilford Berton did not fail to nct'ce
What is il YOU want to say to nie
Beccas" ne seked after moments
pause during which he was woaaer-
ing how he could get rid Of her.
Continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
CHAPTER VIII.

The widespread excitement had abated.
The town as a whole had drowsily. folded
its hands, was ready to fall asleep again.
Mr.. Hope. with all the weight and power
of the Advertiser at his command could
not stir the somnolent corporation There
had even been Objectionable. inimical On
dts in Mees's Bulletin: "On dit that SER
tain parties are raising a storm in a tea
cup" ION dit that Medford numbers
eighteen thousand Inhabitants, and that
the population Of Hill Rise is only one
hundred and fifty-three persons all told, >"
and SO on.
Mr.. Hope used always to say that the
Advertiser was the sole newspaper pub
lished in Medford. But Mees, the sta
toner and librarian, who was also a
printer, issued a horrid little sheet which
he called Mees's Weekly Bulletin. 1t
contained list OF books added to the
library" three pages Of local advertise
ments. some brief cuttings from London
periodicals, and half to two-thirds of a
column of original matter entitled On dts.
Old Mees, whenever in talk with a Gus
toner he had heard rumor of a mar
rage, a carriage accident. an outbreak of
measles. ETC.. would say to his specialized
son, I'VE might make an On dit of that. !"
and young Mees, blinking be hind his spec
tacles, accepted such material or rejected
1t in accordance with his own mighty
trained editorial judgment. Mr.. Hope
never would admit that this four-page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
CHAPTER TX.

When fellow citizens, after the town
fashion, told Mr.. Crunden he was Every
warm" they were much nearer the mark
than was usual with them while paying
similar compliments. Messrs. Holland
and Bowling had. one might, indeed, say.
scored bull s-eyes when they said that
Crunden was rich without show - his
money solid and yet liquid-safely put by.
yet easy to get at.
Old Crunden loved his garnered hoard
not as a miser. for love of the hoard it
self. but because it represented his lifes
work. There was honest pride in the
thought of it. He was builder by In
stinct and by habit. and he might think
of his fortune as the unseen monument
that he had slowly built up. All his toll
had gone to the building of it. Money.
too, Is power. Here all his energy was
stored-his life's energy converted !nlo
another form. 1t was latent energy now
but at any moment he could release it
and say: This IS the power that lay in
me, Dick Crunden.
He hated to see investments dwlndle
Though he meyer meant to sell, he hated
to watch good stocks and shares go down
in value. He felt as If the shrinkaga was
in himself. With each lowered quotation
in the stock list. little strength had
slight loss of power as strong man re-
grets the least atrophy of his muscles or
waning of his nerve force. But such
diminutions were rare. On balance they
vanished. One sound stock went down
but another sound stock went up. TIL
only real depreciation of market value
was in the ground rents originally Gre
ated by him and still retained. Ground
rents as premier security, had steadily
dropped in price during recent years
n nil md &c
nearly as much as metropolitan ground
rents. In Medford they had brought over
thirty years purchase; then, dropping and
dropping, twenty-five years became the
usual figure: now it was twenty-three
years, or even less.
so long as you hold Them" said the
bank manager. the selling price is of no
consequence to you, Mr.. Crunden"
Old Crunden loved the Difference and
consideration that he was always sure OF
IN the managers room of the Medford
District United Bank. He might walk in
whenever he pleased. and the manager
was never too busy to talk and to listen
1t was no How do. Crunden?' in her,
but BE seated. Mr.: Crunden; and in what
manner may we have the pleasure of
serving your" Perhaps of all the town
the bank parlor was the only place where
Mr.: Crunden felt he was dealt with ex-
actly at his proper worth. In here men
were weighed by a most unsentimental
method-the man in one scale and his
money bags in the other, and no longest
pedigree or highest social rank added six
pence to the mans weight
But in these days his money was moth
ing to Crunden-less than nothing. His
daughter was i'll.
DR.. Blake had been quick to avail him
self of the tardy but handsome invita-
ton. He came now to Kings cottage
every morning or afternoon.
II want to see her gain ground" said
Dr. Blake. 1--WE are not gaining ground
as I should WISH
DR.. Blake often used the old fashioned
I'VE" when speaking Of or directly ad-
dressing, a patient. He was big, clean
shaved, gray-haired; wore a frock coat
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mat ancient history ana you can
blame me, Mr.. Crunden. ] wasn't on the
council In those times"
mo. but you're on 1t now" said Mr..
Eaton, currying favor, 'and a jolly good
man for the place"
Thank you, Mr.. Eaton. Well, Mr.
Crunden. / don't mind saying l. for one
am doubtful if we can go so far as some
would have us-about this park and the
rest of it,
And then Councillor Holland told them
that. in his opinion, "all this Hill Rise
excitement was already abating. The
affair" had been discussed at the council
last night, and the feeling was for mod
Grafton. no blind launching out, no heroic
measures.
II don't wish to see the old families
interfered with said Mr. Holland I've
always held that the upper gentry are the
backbone OF Medford-not so much for
their own custom, but for the custom
they foster in others"
''They haven't begun to foster me-" said
Mr.. Eaton, grinning facetiously, but I
hope they will some day
Between ourselves" said Mr.. Holland
I'm sententious and judicial manner, "a
good deal of 'umbug as been talking
about it
II haven't heard anything else talked"
said old Crunden.
"A good deal OF umbug," and Mr. Hol-
land nodded his head gravely. "A few
'ouses more or less is not to drive sensible
people out of the town. 1 call that talk
20 much umbug. And as a tradesman
with all his work cut out to keep his
head above water in these days of I'M
fair competition of the London stores and
free deliveries, / say 1 don't want to
further 'andicap myselfAno. nor 'andi-
cap my friends-by throwing fresh bur-
Gems on the rates.
"Ah.' said Hedgehog Crunden. with an
approving grunt. Better late than never
In the end you'll all come round to what
i preached ten year ago"
Yes" continued Mr.. Holland, "keer
the rates within reason. that's my motto
Not" he added with laugh, ION account
Of such ratepayers as you, Mr. Crunden
but 'umble folk like myself as do feel tbs
burden. 1t can't matter to you either
way You're a rich man."
Cannon" said Mr.. Crunden, not per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24


in lodge till o'clock-putting the new
master in the chair, appointing his off,
GERS, raising two fellowcraft to the third
degree
ooh. dear; oh. dear! You mustn't tell
me that"
why not?'
Z Mrs. Price, on the threshold of the
kitchen passage, raised crooked finger
and wagged her head in sly pleasantly.
you mustn't" she said. because 1
the lady Freemason."
"Oh, you go on" and for the first time
in their conversation Mr.. Crunden laughed
heartily and good-humoredly. Mrs. Price
laughed also. and was going, but he
called her back again.
II say! Has DIR. Blake been here to-
day."
mo. not for the last three days"
We'll, I gave him a pretty straight hint
not to come and see her SO often"
Mrs Price became very serious
Did you, sir? I'm sorry you done
that" -
Why? She's better. isn't she?'
"She's very listless. She sits in thu
window. ambush! here she comes"
Lizzie certainly entered the room with
She was looking very pretty in her sun
hat and one Of the blue frocks with the
white spots; but her face was too pale,
and the shadows of the hat made the
orbits OF her gray eyes seem too large
and too dark Somehow she seemed all at
once to have become thinner. taller, more
fragile. There was no gayety in her face
or in her voice as she greeted her father.
You have letters, father? Shall 1 do
them for you? I'm quite ready to do
them"
While she spoke she walked across to
the window and locked out. The faint
sound of horses feet came from q little
distance. Mrs. Price fingered. and was
pretending to brush some tobacco ash
from the mantelpiece while she watched
her young mistress.
"One of Sir Johns horses-with q
groom" said Lizzie. turning from the
window. How badly grooms ride! Trot-
ting the horse down the hill! Mr.. Vincent
never does that"
Her father had vacated his seat, and
Nood with letter In his hand. Lizzie
| languidly sat down before the bureau.
What can do, father?"
my dear. You can answer this for me.
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aiming of her"
But then, almost Immediately, DR.. Blake
did something extraordinary and unex-
ctad.. He dismissed hims elf. He had
been treated handsomely by Mr. Crunden
and perhaps he was anxious to show that
he. too, could act handsomely. The pa
tient. in this less oppressive weather, now
walked. drove and had insisted upon writ
ing letters for her father She was out
for walk when DR.. Blake paid his last
visit.
Really" said DR.. Blake. "unless you
summon me. l shant come again."
Does that moan she is all right?"
Well. my dear sir, if we have not
gained as much ground as I hoped, We
have certainly not lost ground. wish /
could be of further servic-but I doubt
If can. May 1 come into the gar
den with you? 1 should like a few conf
Dental words
Mrs. Price, after admitting the doctor.
had not withdrawn. She was listening
openly, watching the Doctors face, hang
ing on all his words.
"That good SOUL" said DR.. Blake in
the garden. "is somewhat inquisitive.
have once or twice had little difficulty
in getting rid of her when I wanted to
hear the patients own account of her
self"
Just so," said Crunden "She pokes
her nose in. But for why? Only for
this. sir-she's fond of my girl. She's
very fond Of Liz
~ am not surprised at that" said DIR.
Blake. And your Mrs. Price is an ex-
cellent good soul, l am sure. But
wanted to speak quite freely. You know,
in sense. 1 have been baffied by your
daughters case"
"Bafhed?" said Mr.. Crunden, with con-
siderable testiness. IF that's the way Of
1t. surely you could have said that before
now"
MY dear sir, you misinterpret my
meaning" and DIR. BIake's smile was
blandly tolerant. "Only quacks pretend
to master every case they meet. Well
this Is case which I have not COM
pletely mastered. Perhaps no doctor
could have mastered it." r-
I'VE might have given another doctor
the chance, anyhow"