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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-17
WHY THE BIC
-FOUR CAME HERE

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fetal confirmation of it was several
weeks, and long after it was generally
accepted-so strictly limited to the
needs of the movement were the orders
regarding it-Admiral Very expressed
disbelief in the rumor because he had
received no orders concerning it.
But the bringing of fleet of bat
tleships to the Pacific necessitated
changes in the assignment of the ma
val vessels already there. A rear
arrangement of the naval forces was
natural sequence. That is now going
on. Partly because of it, the present
squadron is here.
But there are other reasons. The
present naval Encouragement has its
educational side. The American peo-
pie must be educated up to the rea-
sons for it, and also put to a willing
ness to sustain an enlarged naval pro-
gram. The people must be taught in
some degree the purpose of this move
ment and of the larger plans for the
navy. The Importance of Hawaii from
military and naval point of view
must be impressed on the public. The
sending here of a considerable squad
ron is a part of that purpose. The
same reasons make it very probable
that the battleship fleet will come
here, a matter that for some time was
in doubt, and il the minds of some is
still in doubt.
To recapitulate, the present squad
ron, a really formidable one, is here
Of
strategy which was forced on the adj
ADMINISTRATION and the country by the
sudden and serious Far East situation
that if not brought to a crisis, was
brought clearly into view, and unmis
taxable as to its seriousness by the ac-
ton of the San Francisco School
Board last year, situation which
Japan has really created and of which
the rapidly intensifying and widely
spreading anti-Asiatic feeling through
out the world, are symptoms.
The first announcement of the COM
ing of the present squadron was many
weeks ago. But it was a confused re-
port, uncertain in tenor and not fully
verified for a considerable time after
ward. In fact there seems to have
been uncertainty in the announce
ments regarding it from the first, per-
haps a purposed uncertainty. Even as
to the time of sailing of the squadron
there was uncertainty, and it was not
actually known here when it would
sail until after it had actually sailed
Mail steamships arriving from the
Far East for the past six weeks have
brought contradictory reports. How
ever, shortly after the sailing of the
squadron from Yokohama, announce
ments and orders concerning it were
made public here, and its arrival wa!
timed to within few hours Of the
actual fact.
The squadron consisting of the
armored cruisers West Virginia, Mary,
land, Colorado and Pennsylvania, ar
rived here Monday, September 2, 1907
1t had been expected that communica
ton by wireless either from the Nava
Station apparatus or that of the cruis
err Cincinnati, which was in port
would be esta blished while the squad
ron was still several hundred mile
from here. But such was not the cas-
for some reason, which has not bee
made very clear. In fact the squadro
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-17
Big Cruisers Fast
and Well Manned

seventy-foot beam and draw twenty
six and a half feet.
The cruisers are powerfully armed,
the big eight-inch guns being of the
1899 model. OF these each vessel car
ries four. Of six-inch guns each cruis-
er presents seven on a broadside,
fourteen in all. Each has eighteen
three-inch guns, twelve three-pound-
ers eight one-pounders, two gatlings
and six colts. Two submerged torpedo
tubes are also formidable part of the
fighting equipment of each of the
members of the squadron.
The ahead fire of each of the cruis-
ers consists of two S-inch guns, four
6-inch guns and six S-inch. On
broadside projectiles can be hurled
from eleven guns of the main battery,
including the four S-inch turret guns.
The machinery consists of two sets
of four-cylinder triple expansion en-
gines, operating two screws and capa-
BILE of driving the cruisers at a rate
of twenty-five knots.
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side the channel, launches were sent
in from the squadron for the mail for
the several vessels, and there was
other communication. Later in the
afternoon the vessels of the squadron
came into the harbor, all but the
Maryland which came in the next
morning, wharf facilities not being
sufficient in the first day.
The West Virginia, Admiral Dayton's
flagship, came in first, coming up to
her wharf at 4:3O o'clock and being
saluted from the naval station as she
came down the channel. Admiral Very
called on Admiral Dayton very soon
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fortnight.
The presence of the squadron has
been a real event. Thousands of peo-
pie have visited the vessels, for the
greatest courtesy has been shown Wis
itors by the commanding and other
officers and men of the squadron. The
visit of the school children to the
squadron on Tuesday, September 10,
was perhaps a most interesting Incl
dent in the stay of the squadron here.
Something like 1000 school children &C
copied the invitation extended by Ad-
miral Dayton between the hours of
two and four. They came by schools,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-17
THE PORTS VISITED.

After leaving Newport on September
s, 1906, the West Virginia visited
Gibraltar. Naples, Piraeus, Greece,
Port Said, Egypt, Port Tewfik, Egypt:
Bombay. India; Colombo, Ceylon;
Singapore, S. S.; Cavite. P. l.: Target
Range, Manila Bay; Manila; Hong
kong. China; Woosung. Nankin; Kobe,
Japan; Subig Bay. P. l.; Cavite, P I.
Yokohama, Japan, and Honolulu, max
ing the voyage from Yokohama to this
port in fourteen days in disagreeable
weather. The arrival of the cruiser
here was the anniversary of her de-
parture from the United States.
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marshaled by their principals and
teachers. Some of the schools came
each pupil bearing a small American
flag. Among the school children who
thus visited the vessels of the squad
ron were many hundred Orientals.
That squadron is in port has been
Individually demonstrated every day
since it came, by the hundreds of men
o'-war's men and marines whose uni
forms and whose thorough-going en-
joyment of shore leave have been con-
spicuous sights on the streets. The
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-17

sighted. Indeed it was her wireless
apparatus which first got into COM
munication with the squadron.
The armored cruiser squadron, under
command of Admiral Dayton, arrived
and anchored off the entrance to the
channel about 1:30 o'clock in the after
noon of September 2. At the Naval
Station there floated Rear Admiraps
red flag indicating that Admiral Very.
in command of the Naval Station. was
junior to Admiral Dayton in command
of the squadron. After anchoring out
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-17

after the West Virginia was at her
wharf and the call was returned
promptly. The other vessels of the
squadron each received it's due cere-
monial, and four imposing war vessels
lay at wharves in Honolulu not dis
tant from each other.
Coaling operations on the squadron
began very promptly and now each OF
the four is coaled for the voyage to
San Francisco, though they are not
scheduled to sail until September 10,
making a stay here of more than a
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-17

The flags on an American man-of-
war cost 80 200
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Dead Of a Gallant Nobody.

lt Is not always the information car
ried by the recognized aids-de-camp to
and from the commanding officer In
battle which is of highest value. There
was a supreme moment during the bat
tie of Waterloo when the Duke OF
Wellington was left absolutely alone,
and that not when he was running the
risk of capture by sailing through the
enemy's lines. 1t simply meant that
every galloper had gone his way, each
with his message. At this moment a
stranger rode up to the duke and quiet
ly asked, "Can be Of any use, sirr'
The duke took one glance at him and
unhesitatingly answered, Eyes, take
this pencil note to the commanding Of
ficer." pointing to regiment In the
heat Of the battle. The stranger took
the note and galloped away with II
through the thick of the fight. He de-
livered II, but what happened to him
no man knows. The duke always de-
clared that to be one Of the most gal
liant deeds that had ever come under
his notice. 1t was done without pros
pect of acknowledgment or reward
and neither attended its successful ac.
complishment.-Lond Standard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Edward III.'s Drum Corps.

Probably introduced from the east,
Is frequently mentioned in the accounts
Of the first crusade. When Edward
III. and his queen made their trium-
phal entry into Calais, "tambours," or
drums, were among the instruments
which were played In their honor. An
other Of these was called maker"
or kettledrum, taken. together with its
name, from the Arabs. The poet Chau-
Ger also mentions this instrument In
his description Of the tournament in
the "Knightes Tale"
Fyfes. trompes, nakeres and clariounes,
That In the bataille blowen blody sounes
The king generally kept troop OF
these bandsmen or minstrels in his
employ, and we read that Edward II
on one occasion gave a sum Of o.
shilllngs to Roger the trumpeter, Janinc
the nakerer and others for their per
formances.-Chambe Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16

l learned from an eyewitness some
thing about Spitzbergen, that desert
arctic island 800 miles north Of the
North cape of Norway and within 700
miles Of the north pole; frost desolat-
ed land, where the grass grows longer
than the trees and huge glaciers In the
ice bridged valleys amid the Jagged
mountains move majestically down In
to the sea until mighty icebergs, a
monstrous birth, break of and rise
to the surface amid thunderous reports
once the only sound that broke the
profound silence Of those awful soil
tudes. Spitzbergen is the only spot OF
earth that Is positively known as No
Mans land. 1t is the possession Of
no country and has nothing even re-
sembling a specified government The
island seems likely to remain Nc
Mans Land. though It is said that m
effort has been made by Norway tc
establish some sort Of protectorate ovel
it.-National Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
strslahtsned Out tho slundsr.

Beef was very scarce In Ladysmith
during the siege, but General Sir Ian
Hamilton, then colonel, insisted that
"horse is not half bad when properly
cooked and when one Is used to 1t.
In fact" he said, concluding discus
sion, II have a joint cooked tonight,
which hope you will all sample. OF
course, there's beef, too-tonightw Ev'
cry one at the table preferred the beef,
with the exception of Colonels Ward
and Ian Hamilton, who ostentatiously
carved generous slices from the horse
flesh" The dinner was nearly over
when one Of the servants whispered q
communication to Ward. Up he sprang,
"1'm distressed, gentlemen" he an
nounced to the startled company. "a
silly mistake has been made. Those
joints were mixed up somehow, and
you have been eating the horse. I'm
really annoyed. But hope you'll be
convinced now that the meat is splen-
did eating. I'm sure you all seemed
to enjoy It." Chances were exchanged;
mustaches were twirled Nobody SEEM
ed ready with response. Then a
voice from the bottom Of the table
piped up: "Oh, don't distress yourself,
Ward! I thought some mistake had
been made, so just changed those
dishes as they stood on the sldeboard.
1t was you and Hamilton who had the
horsehesh all right"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
supt. Covey Exonerated.

Some time ago grave charges were
filed against Supt. Covey at the
Warm Surings reservation, and re-
suited in an investigation. pe,ng Or
defed by the department. A copy of
the report made upon that investiga-
ton, which completely exonerates
the officials Of the reservation, has
been furnished the Pioneer. At the
time these charges were filed con-
siderable publicity was given the
matter, and we believe 1t is but just
to the officials that the report be
made public. The letter from the
bureau of Indian affairs covering
the report is published verbatim
with the exception of a few para.
graphs relating to some Of the. more
trivial charges which were found un'
true, ard which are omitted for the
purpose of economizing space
Madras Pioneer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
The Oyster and the Cookie.

If the average person were asked
what was the strongest living thing 1t
is probable that he would name the
lion or some such huge denizen Of the
forest and would not even think Of the
unassertive blvalve. But so great Is
the power possessed by the oyster that
to open 1t force equal to 1905 times
the weight of its shell-less body is re-
quired. The shell-less limpet pulls
1884 times its own weight when in the
air and about double when measured
in the water. The Mediterranean coc-
kle Venus vurrucosa) can exert pull
ing power equal to 2,071 times the
weight Of its own body. II the human
being possessed strength as great in
proportion as that the average man
would be able to lift the enormous
weight Of 2,978,O00 pounds, pulling in
the same degree as the limpet. And II
the man pulled in the same proportion
ate degree as the cookie he would sus
tain weight Of no less than 3,106,50(
pounds,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
The Soul and the Beard,

In Russia 1t was the common belief
up to the time Of Peter the Great that
beardless men were also soulless and
that man who purposely admitted
having his beard marred could never
enter heaven. The great Peter above
referred to ordered his heathens to
SHAVE up" so as to appear more civil
lized, and when they refused to comply
with his edict he fined the wealthy and
middle classes 100 rubles for each
beard that was permitted to grow and
each peasant and laborer kopeck for
the same privilege. Finally the priests
were appealed to, and they informed
their parlshioners that unless they sub
mltted to having their boards shaved
they need not expect that st. Nicholas,
the gatekeeper of heaven, would be
able to distinguish thsm from the
bearded Turks. That had the desired
effect
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16

Freewater, July 16.-The prune
crop in this vicinity promises to lie
very heavy this season. The prices
received average about cents a
pound, and the abundance of the fruit
brings big returns, and an excellent
market is expected this year. Alba
Rogers, manager of the Milton Fruit
growers union at the o. R. & N. de-
pot, has concluded a contract with a
commission house at Boise, Idaho, to
furnish 800 tons of prunes at 52h
cents a crate. Each crate contains
four prune baskets and weighs about
25 pounds. This will net the growers
about s24 ton. This is the largest
fruit sale ever contracted for in this
vicinity. This sale will bring in about
I'sSO0O.
A family reunion was held Friday
at the home of VIM. Forsythe, prom
inent rancher living a short distance
from here. Over 40 were in attend
ance and the affair was given in hon.
or of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Rudio, OF
Pendleton. Four generations were ir
| the reunion.
A great many berries are now be-
ing shipped out from here in all di'
rections.
Preparations are already under wa!
for the celebration of Peach day
which will take place August 2S
Prominent speakers have already sig
nfied their intention of attending.
]. A. Cobb has gone to Californi
for the benefit of his health an
expects to remain some months.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Nichols have re
turned from Portland and Hood river
where they had been for few weeks
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Iceland From a Lava Wall.

The general impression that Iceland
is a cold country is false one, says a
writer in Travel Magazine. In Reyk-
javIk, the capital Of the island, l one
day perched myself on one Of the lava
walls and looked at scene Of summer
warmth and beauty. Familiar cows
and cats and hens were busy In the
sunshine. Children, thinly clad, were
playing about with shouts Of merri-
ment. Potatoes were in full blossom,
and cabbage and various vegetables
added to the sense Of homellke comfort.
Bnt such days are GASES in vast deserts
OF rain, for If Iceland In summer Is
not cold II Is not comfortable.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Nobody Ever "at" London.

A case of irregularity occurs in a
cablegram that announces from New
York the residence of certain ac-
cuyed person "at London" You will
perceive at once the absurdity Of those
words-"at London" A New Yorker
may want to get at London, but those
who live there live "in London" And
It is one of the triumphs of London
and language Though most irregular)
that no one is ever ''at' London. You
can drop Off Eat" Paris on the way to
anywhere, and you may spend the win
ter "at" st. Petersburg or ''at'' New
York You may change cars "at' Chi
cago. But there comes moment when
the English language gets irregular. Is
It when the fifth million is passed. No
Englishman was ever "at' London. 1t
would be as irregular as being at
Asia or "at" heaven.-London Stand
ard
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Cinnamon Topers.

Both cinnamon and cassla contain
tannin, and too much Of either has the
same effect as excessive tea drinking.
There are cinnamon and cassla topers
who are as much addicted to the habit
of chewing the bark as some men are
to chewing tobacco. The cinnamon
topers acquire their habit chiefly from
working In the woods stripping the
bark from the trees and drying 1t, II
Is graded by men who taste tiny NOR
sci Of each lot. At first this causes the
lips and throat to swell, but in time
this undesirable effect overeomes Itself,
and a genuine love for the bark is ac-
Quired.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Betty's Gift.

A Lancashire vicar was asked by the
choir to call upon old Betty, who was
deaf, but who insisted in Joining In the
solo of the anthem, and to ask her
only to sing in the hymns. He shouted
into her ear, Betty, I've been request
cd to speak to you about your sing
Ing" At last she caught the word
singing" and replied: mot to me be
the praise, sir. It's a gift."-Pall Mall
Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
GIRL BABY'S
AWFUL ECZEMA
Sight Of Eye Destroyed by Disease
Tried Five Doctors but Grew
Worse In Agony Eight Months
Parents Discouraged, Until
. They Tried Cuticura Remedies
IN ONE WEEK ALL
SORES DISAPPEARED

"Our little girl, one year and a half
old, was taken with eczema or that was
what the doctor said it was. We called
in the family doctor and he gave some
tablets and said she you'd be all right
in a few days. The eczema grew worse
and we called in doctor No, 2, ae ae
said she was teething, as soon as the
teeth were through she would be all
right. But she still grew worse. Doc
tor No. 8 said it was eczema. BY this
time she was nothing but a yellow,
greenish sore. Well, he said he could
help her, SO we let him try it about
O week. One morning we discovered
q little yellow pimple on one Of her
eyes. OF course we 'phoned for doctor
No. 3. He came over and looked her
over and said that he could not do any
thing more for her, that we had better
was an ulcer. So we went to Oswego
to doctor No. 4, and he said the eye
sight was gone, but that he could help it.
We thought we would try doctor No. B..
Well, that proved the same, only he
charged $40 more than doctor No. A.
We were nearly discouraged. / saw
one Of the Cuticura advertisements in
the paper and thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, so went and
purchased set Of Cuticura Remedies,
/ which cost me 81, and in three days
our daughter, who had been sick about
eight months, showed great improve
! ment, and in one week all sores had dis
appeared. OF course it could not re-
store the eyesight, but II we had used
| Cuticura in time ! am confident that
Il would have saved the eye. We think
there is no remedy 30 good for any skin
trouble or impurity Of the blood as
Cuticura. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Abbott,
r. F. d. No. 9, Fulton. Oswego Co.,
N. Y, August II, 1906"
Complete External and Internal Treatment fol
Every Humor OF Infants Children. and Adult
consists Of Cutlcura Soap l26c2 70 Cleanse e., tht
and cuticura Resolyent Gocl. Gin The form o. Choco
late Coated Pills, 25c. vial OF GD) 10 Purify thu
Hood Sold throughout the world Potter brul
+, 4 Chem. Corp, soie Props. Boston. Mass
n Mailed Free. On Humors OF Skin and Scalp.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
chIn... rroon. Good Runnsrs.

In the drilling Of recruits for the
Chinese army each man is required to
carry sand in his knapsack. For the
first day he carries two ounces; on
each succeeding day he increases this
amount by two ounces until at last he
Is carrying sixteen pounds. These men
can run at dog trot for ten consecu-
tive hours and arrive at the end Of
that time IN a flt condition for fighting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Milton Notes.

Milton, July 16.-Mrs. DR.. McQuar-
ry has gone to Kansas, where she was
called on account of the serious ILL
ness of her mother.
A number of passengers have been
going and coming from Walla Walla
over the interurban line the past few
days
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
Room Doors on the STAGE.

1p real life room doors always open
In toward the room itself. On the
stage, however, room doors, as a rule,
open outward, or away from the room.
Exits are one Of the most difficult parts
of the actors art, and II he or she had
to tumble with the handle, pull the
door toward them, step round 1t and
pass through they would probably
make clumsy dodge Of 1t. That is
why. as. a rule, doors are constructed
to Gpen outward at push.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16

Alba, July I 15.-The weather,
which for the past week has been
very warm, is now cloudy, with some
rain, which is needed for the late
spring grain.
Hay harvest has just commenced.
The crop of wild hay is good, but the
timothy is hardly a full crop.
Lonergan, the cattle buyer, was
here last week and bought beef of w.
Howard, F. viebroch and Henry La
zinka. The ruling price was 8 ga
for steers and ga for cows on the
hocf.
Cattle are doing we'll and are in
better condition than usual at this
time of the year.
Tho Stars and Stripes were placed
on school district Ts last week to re-
main while the school is in session
according to the new school law.
]. S Mcleod of Pendleton, has ar
rived on the Dixie ranch and has
located with his family for the sum.
mer.
Lord Davis and his mother will
leave next week for the Snake river
where they will assume control of &
large stock ranch owned by a de-
ceased brother of Mrs. Davis,
Harvey Rish of Yakima, has ar
rived here to work during the sum
mer.
William Hale and family of Pilo
Rock, have moved to Alba for tn
summer. Mr.. Hale is tending shee
for the Cunningham Sheep compan!
The wife of Mr.. Lane, the villag
smith, gave birth to a baby girl. A
are doing well.
Mack Carney the stage bos.
made a trip over the line last wee
and reports business coming his way
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
American REGARD For Women

Toward women the American mans
attitude is fine. She is neither his
deity nor his doll. He simply treats
her with Difference. His chivalry has
as little to do with saccharine utter
ances. scraping feet and bended knees
as has his patriotism with hysterical
shrlclings and the waving of ensan-
guined fags.-Lippincotts.