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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13
REST WAS
MURDERED
FORMER COURT CLERK. WHOSE
DIVORCED WIFE is HERE, SHOT
IN CALIFORNIA.

j. H. Reist for some time prior to
April, 1891, clerk of the Supreme Court
of Hawaii, was murered near Suisun,
California, on August % last his body
being found near the cement works
near Suisun with three bullet holes in
the side and breast, the coroher's jury
finding that he had been murdered by
unknown persons.
Reist had been employed for several
months as a clerk at the cement works
at Cement and his body was found in
a lonely spot near the works, according
to special dispatch to the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, and an old style revolt
yer with three chambers empty was
discovered near the body
The murder theory was given cred
ence because of the nature of the
wounds One of the bullets took effect
in the right side another in the right
breast and a third in the left breast
penetrating the heart A valuable
diamond ring, according to the dispatch
above referred to, which he is said to
have always worn, was missing, but his
gold watch was on the body. He was
in the habit of taking a walk to a
spring, each evening, and II was near
this spring where his body was found
His friends Suisun believed he was
followed by an unknown person ana
murdered. He was seen to start on
his usual walk on the evening of Fri
day, August %, and he was not missed
until the following morning when
he failed to appear at his desk.
j. H. Reist was the husband of Mrs.
j. H. Reist, proprietress of the Aloha
boat house near the Bishop wharf, this
city. She secured a divorce on the
ground of desertion, the divorce being
granted last December. Reist left Ho-
nolulu in April, 1891, and had not COM
municated with his family Mrs. Reist
first heard of his murder when she
read of it in the San Francisco Chro-
nicle of August 80, her attention be-
ing drawn to the item by one of her
DOdIu6IS.
Two charming and carefully educaU-
ed daughters, the elder of wnom re-
members her father, are in Honolulu
with their devoted mother who has
bravely made her own way in the
world since her husband left her six
teen years ago. They are Miss Lille
and Miss Birdie Reist, aged Il and 10
respectively. Lille was IL years
old wnen her father went away.
From the account appearing in the
Chronicle Mrs. Reist believes that Reist
was murdered, but doubts the theory OF
his having been murdered for "valua-
BILE diamond ring" thinking that il
the murderer had committed the crime
for robbery he would have also taken
the gold watch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13
WOMAN CHARGES
GROSS CRUELTY
SAYS HUSBAND BEAT HER AND
THREATENED TO KILL HER
AND CHILDREN.

An amended bill of divorce was this
morning filed by Helen K. Kaailiilii a
gainst James Benjamin Kaailiilii In
which she charges that on numerous
an divers occasions her husband had
beaten her, dragged her about by the
hair, locked her up after beating her
into Inconsistencies ana rnreatened to
kill her with a razor as well as her
children by a previous marriage. These
little attentions were bestowed during
period of about two years.
The libelant further charges that her
husband has failed to provide for her.
and she asks for complete divorce and
alimony.
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- representing -----
Eva Plantation Co.
Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
Kohala Sugar Co.
Waimea Sugar Mill Co.
Apokaa Sugar Co., Ltd.
Fulton Iron Works of ST. Louis.
Blake Steam Pumps.
Westons Centrifugals.
Babcock & Wilcox Boilers.
Green's Fuel Economizer.
Marsh Steam Pumps.
Matson Navigation Co.
Planters Line Shipping Co.
New England Mutual Life Insur
ance Company of Boston.
Aetna Insurance Co.
National Fire Insurance Co.
Citizens Insurance Co. CHartford
Fire Insurance Coz
Protector Underwriters OF the Phoenix
of Hartford.
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Lionel HART
Continued from Page One.O

had had trouble elsewhere" said May
er, "but after making inquiries about
own l heard that he was fine book
keeper and a good man in the office
but needed watching. I thought
would give the fellow chance, deter
mining not 10 put any temptation in
his way and believing that I could
guard against any mistakes. 1 was
busy for a long time with the erection
of the warehouse here and l have fire.
quently had to make trips to the other
islands, during which absences from
the office l naturally left matters IN
his hands, trusting him for the hand
ling of the orders. Everything appear
ed to be all right until recently. l re-
fer particularly to the case of the 300
cases of oil for Eva plantation.
Il told him he would have to make
good and he made good the $555.
also told him that in the event of his
making good all that he had taken he
would be immune from prosecute )rn as
far as l was concerned. Necessarily
! suspended him" Then Mayer related
the facts as above recorded.
Mayer states that he has had alb.
solutely no social relations with Hart.
Concerning Harris private life he
knows little beyond rumor, nor did he
bother as long as Hart did his work
in the office in a proper manner.
1t may at first appear strange that
Mayer did not put the facts, as he
states them to be, in the hands of the
police, but this is not the habit of the
Standard Oil Company.
The entire matter is being investigat-
ed entirely Independent of the local po-
lice and other authorities.
Mayer intimates that too great an
anxiety on the part of the local gov
eminent to clear itself of any respon-
sibility in regard to missing kerosene
at the warehouse is clouding the case
and hindering developments.
If Hart performed many operations
similar to that involving the 300 cases
of oil for Eva delivered from the ware
house and not accounted for until Ma
yer discovered the fraud, it would
account for the oil that has disappear
ed
Hart has made no admissions tt
Mayer concerning the fire and Maye
says he can conceive of no explanation
Of the fire, although he is not bin,
to condolences. incidentally, he say
the fire is none of his business. He i
not worrying about that.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
this morning the dismiss case of The
resa Comes VS.. John Comes. An al
fidavit of the libelant accompanys tn
motion in which she says that she ha
not known the whereabout of her huS
band since he left the Territory i
January 1905. Judge De Bolt consit
cred the motion and in accordanc
granted the desired order of publica
ton.
On account of so many other event
taking place tomorrow, the specia
cruise of the Hawaiian Yacht Gu
that was to have taken place tomol
row to Walkers inlet at Pearl Harbo
has been postponed until some late
date to be decided upon by the Con
mittee. Only a few members had d.
cided to go and it was deemed aC
viaable by the Committee to call
! off.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEWS IN NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News OF the bay.
THE WEATHER.
Local Office, U. S. Weather Bureau.
Young Building.
Honolulu, T. H.. Sept. 10, 1907

Temperatures, a. m; s a. M; 10
a. m; and morning minimum:
rs; so; 81; "a; rs.
Barometer reading: absolute humid
ity (grains per cuDic FOOT; relative
humidity, and dew point: At 8 a. m;
20. 90; 7.216; &c; e..
Wind: Velocity ana direction at 6 a,
m; 8 a. m; 10 a. m: and noon:
8, E.; 5, E; 9, E.; 9, K.
Rainfall during "a nOurs ending 8 a.
m: trace inches.
Total wind movement curing "a hours
ended at noon: 1853 miles.
WIN. B. STOCKMAN,
Section Director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13
Curios

Red and White Coral Necklaces,
Leis, Beads, Calabashes, Tapas, Fans,
Enameled Hawaiian Jewelry and Sou
venirs at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13

wOMAN's EXCHANGE.
Hotel Street near Union.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13

At the upper Railroad Wharf Just
landed ex Bark r. P. Rithet.
500 Large Bales Wheat Hay,
500 Bales Ajax Wheat Hay.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-13

LONDON BEETs: Sept. 10, shil-
lings, ia pence; last previous quo
tation Sept 7, 10 shillings, pa pence.
SUGAR: Sept. 10, 1896 cents per
pound or $1,000 per ton; last previous
quotation Sept. 8, 3.92 cents per pound
or S7s.4O per ton.
The Washington times., 1907-06-02

acters become real persons to me I
build up their careers slowly. and the
incidents connected with them are
from real life
You DO not dash OF your novels.
then, Ike some of the Eeniuses Of
whom we hear" suggested
He laughed
mo" said he. eff a thing comes
easily TO me, and II get through It
quickly. begin to fear 1t IS not wei
done 1 believe that nothing Is well
done that is easily done. l am usually
about a year writing a novel. I do
about so much work q day 1 write
and rewrite my chapters In manuscript
first and In proof afterward I was
about a year writing 'Silas Lapham-'
That character was made up from sew
eral persons IN real life. He was
composite character. The circum-
stances upon which the story was
based were the events in the lives of
several persons. or late my work has
been more on the journalistic order.
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far-resching IN its effects than the
novel The reason for this is obvious.
Comparatively few men will read a
novel, 1t requires a mental effort
concentration that Is not required
by the drama. The clever draIntist
Goes me mental work for his audience.
II his motif be clear, II his dialogue
be- bright. he achieves success"
do you believe IL is right" / asked.
Ito bring these questions of the social
evil and of the under world before the
people in the novel and in the drama p
YES" said he. IF they are properly
done. These things exist and we
should know about them and see them
as they are. That is the true philoso-
ply of life. There is no way in which
such matters can be brought out so
forcefully as in the drama and the
novel. Not only is II right for the
dramatist and the novelist 10 depict
the evils OF our social system as they
exist today. but it IS their duty to
d. 80 -
7h'r ansv,sr was typical OF the man.
= me with his whole mode Of
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Art Versus CommercinIism.

That is not art" said ne. THAT is
cOmmercialism.' 90
And what of the so-caIIed nature
fakers-the writer's whom President
Roosevelt attacked
II was glad to see the President
take the stand he did in the matter
You know the whole aim Of nv liter
airy life has been 20 keep close m the
natural l have kept away from the
dramatic. I have sought only To mic
ture those events and characteristics
In life that are common TO us all"
"On the theory that the things We
know about we ike to read about?,
Y es. that is IL: that is the idea. =, he
said There was an artist who went
ont 10 Washington Territory and
painted a mountain near Tacoma. he
had painted many pictures before that.
but there was no demand for then,
But this painting 81 the mountain VAS
sold. and when the people Of Tacoma
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life. Never seking the dramatic him
self In his writings, II the dramatic
had come naturally In his stories, ne
would in all likelihood not have avoid
ed IT, With him there is a constant
reiteration of the phrase. IF It comes
naturally and with this before him
1t is probable that he would even have
employed the tragic.
Here was this man. the acknowl-
edged head and champion Of the real
istic school as enthusiastically advo-
eating the employment of the dra-
matte: YES. and Of the tragic, as he
has IN all his writing life advocated in
his own works the power Of repose In
the commonplace of literature. These
points passed quickly in my mind and
I asked him:
What has been your greatest pleas
ure in life2'
Writing fiction" was the prompt
answer. "Of course" he went on, Il
have written many short fiction stor-
les. but l mean my greatest pleasure
has been in writing novels. The char
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The Authors Own Views.

And these views IN this book-are
they your private views?" 1 asked.
Yes. YOU may say that" said he
Briefly, the plot OF the book is this:
Aristides Homos. an ernissary OF the
AItrurian commonwealth, visits the
United States and writes letters TO a
friend at home describing the peculiar
things he sees and experiences in this
country. Among the things that
amaze him is our mode OF living, in
GLIDING the servant girl question; our
social usaEes. and our manner Of do
ing business. But Aristides while in
this country falls in love with a
wealthy woman. Here. then, is the
dilemma: In Altruria there is no
money. no servants All are equal
But you must remember" said Mr..
HoweIls smilingly by way OF admoni-
ton. all this is romance"
But the novel with a puTpose-you
believe In that?'' I queried.
"Oh. yes" he said quickly
And then the predOminating trait Of
the man came out involuntarily.
IT" he added. IF it comes in nat
uraHy and is done artistically."
For instance. there was Upton Sin
clairs novel on the Beef trust"
said
Yes. 7 think that did good. l did
not read Sinclair's book. but any
book which is instrumental in bring
Ing about a reform is commendahle-"
But the books whose only motive
Is to write around some sensational
topic of the day for the purpose OF
selling them" 7 began.
He shook his head
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HOweIIs' Early Life.

But while Mr.. HoweIs says his
greatest pleasure In life has been writ
ing novels. there is no doubt in the
minds OF those who are intimately &C
Quainted with him that he would have
obtained pleasure IN any walk Of life
TO which he had been called. Fifty
six years ago he found pleasure in
setting type in the Ohio State Journal
Office at 81 week Two years before
that he found pleasure in working at
the case till II o'clock at night and
arising at O'Clock in the morning to
deliver the Dayton Transcript. his
fathers newspaper, in a vain effort 70
save II from financial disaster. II was
probably IN these early days OF his
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SLEEP AND OLD ACE

There is no Question that the quantity
Of sleep required steadily diminishes
from infancy to old age THIS is a rath-
er interesting exception to the general
rule that as In 50 many matters, cid
age returns TO the needs OF infancy As
regards sleep, cid ase Is more remote
=, fts needs from infancy than IS any
other period OF life II elderly people
Obtain good sleep during the first Jew
hours and II they have not lost that
6aliqnt in reading which We all had IL
,-o,,tb hut which so many OF Us curious
+. 1oco rf-efr case Is not TO be grieved
over ~ The special value CT the earlest
$3.50 Of sleep. by the WY, has been
49, s nv psychological experiment
~ oopuisr phrase beauty sleep IS
~ y-srrarted Il is the early (the
SsA1aefC hours OF sleep that make Tor
health and beauty--PaA Man '5aze11s.
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The Realistic IN An.

M Howells' idea OF modern action
the realistio-has been carried out
conseientiously. He has never devil
ated from his hXed standard He has
been a realist-not with the dramatic
realism or Tolstoi. OF the naturalism
OF ZoIa, but with The realism Of Ordi-
nary. everyday life Mr.. HoweIls has
avoided picturing the adventures Of
his characters. but he has presented
the routine OF their daily lives Just as
they have lived them IN the ordinary
rounds OF human existence In carry
ing out these ideals he holds that there
has come into modern fiction a new
spirit, and that the old romantic ideas
which found expression In the works
OF Scott and Dickens and Thackeray
and the other masters Of the romantic
school has passed away He holds
that the time calls for a more active
sympathy with humanity. and that the
ordinary facts OF life are OF more con-
sequence than the more stirring ad-
ventures OF life. Mr.. HoweIls' novels
are constructed without plots
ct never have q plot IN my novels"
said he 70 me Il let them work them
selves out naturally
IN these ideas he has been consistent
from the start HIS first work OF nc
ton. Their welding Journey" was
planned along the lines OF his theory
Of fctionaI construction. and this
theory has been vigorously adhered to
every since Not only hiss he written
along these lines. but he has defended
his theory. When he conducted -Ths
Editors Study IN Harper'n MEES-
zine, and when he filed The Easy
Chair" he advocated the r>=isstio
novel, but In every instance bis DO
Tense was conducted with the best -
temper.
In the portrayal OF contemporary
life IN America, no novelist has -
preached Mr.. Howells- By his mstn-
DDS he has won for himself 4 Distinct
place in literature By his genius he
Is known as the foremost hteratsur %
America today. By his altru1szn and
his philosophy OF life he has won tbs
love OF all Americans.
Copyright. 1901. By FTedsr4ok Bsy6 ses~O1
son.
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saw IL they all wanted pictures Of
that mountain mountain that they
could see from their homes There
was a thing they all knew about; il
was familiar TO them; it had become
dear 20 them. and when they saw II
on the canvas they wanted TO make
IL their own"
While Mr.. Howells has not written
on the dramatic side of life himself,
ne admires the dramatic In others, al
ways with the understanding that the
work Is done artistically. With this
pOiut in view, l asked him what he
thought OF Bernard shaw
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Rernard Shaw a Joke.

shaw is joke" said he. but he
is ciever-very clever. He has great
dramatic ability. / consider Mrs
Warrcn's Profession a fine moral les
son. II is a sidelight on life that we
need to have brought to us In just
the way that shaw brings it to us
His mode Of presentation and his dia-
lorue are so realistic that the lesson
takes deep root with those who hear
It. And the drama, l believe. is the
proper way to present these lessons OF
lie. The drama is becoming the great
teacher-the great open book Tor the
public The drama Is becoming more
I,,r--iar ever, dav-much more pOpu-
lar than the novel; and is much mole
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Reform in Criminal Laws.

Il regret" said he 70 me in that
talk the other afternoon. that I tor
got TO bring out IN my new book that
the man on trial for a crime OF which
he 10 proved innocent has no recon-
pense for the time he has lost while
waiting IN jail for hts case TO be tried.
did bring out the point that the
wages OF a convict should 20. instead
OF going TO the State, towafd the sup
port OF his family, who are innocant
or his crime. aad the greatest SUI
ferers on account OF f. The present
method takes UP back to the Mode
Ages when all members OF a family
were punished for the wrongdoinR OF
one But that other point CONCERNING
the time lost IN jail By an innocent
man. who, when he is declared nor
guilty Is simply told ne may 20. I
shall bring IN somewhere some time
The democratic spirit Of aIr. Howells
comes 20 him by inheritance and an
V1ronment- In his entire moral make
I'D from youth 20 manhood he has
been : social democrat In HIS origin.
In his evolution. and IN tho forms
through which his genius ha- found
expression he Il typically American.
The middle West during the period
f. which he lived there was an ex-
cellent locality for the DEVELOPMENT Of
a liberal democracy ana a sturdy
Amertcanism-two OF the marked
characteristics which have remained
with Howells all his life. II was in
that early boyhood aid 20 his father.
given freely TO avoid the financial
wreck OF q Newspaper. that one OF his
nrst lessons IN altruism was conned
The causes that led Up 70 the final dis
Rster indicate the spirit OF righteous
ness that dominated both father and
son The elder HoveIls had bought
come years before the Hamilton In
telnEencer. a weekly newspaper Tay-
ior yAs then President He was q
STAKEHOLDER. and the elder Howeils,
unable from conscientious motives TO
support a slave-holding President and
an Administration dominated By South
ern shareholders, sold tie Intelligen-
Ger, and removed with his family TO
Dayton. Ohio. where he purchased the
Transcript, a semi-weekly, which was
transformed into q daily. The enter
prise was not successful and col
laDsed after two years, although all
the members OF the family made q
brave EFFORT TO carry II through
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By FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.

IT. HE hotel In New York where
William Dean Howeils was
stopping preparatory 20 nov
ing to the country. had little
OF the air Of home about 1t. The walls
were pictureless; the furniture was
sti6; there were none Of those innum-
cradle little odds and ends that are thu
hallmarks OF the home. Yet Mr.. How
ellis sat there In his easy chair as com
PLEASANT. as much at peace with him
self and the world as II he had been
sheltered by his own four walls. Here.
in a small way, vas illustrated bis
philosophy of lifa. I held In my hand
his latest book-"Through the BYE OF
the Needle'-a book that shows the
sncialistic-perhaps, II would be better
to say altruistic-side of the author.
81 was somewhat sorry" 1 began,
that the conditions depicted In this
romance were not brought down to
1907 instead OF 1893
"Wen, you know" said ne. that
book is the sequel to another book
which was written fifteen years ago
The first part OF this book was stereo-
typed twelve years ago, but never
could bring myself down to finishing
It until recently. But in the introduce
ton I make comparisons between to
day and that period Of 1893. But. after
all" he added. the conditions IN
America have not changed materially
since 1898. Circumstances have changed,
bilt not conditions"
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I have drawn from the things I knew
and saw and heard IN my youth This
work also brings its pleasures to me.
but my greatest pleasure IN life has
been writing novels"
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@l0M

A11AAe1 10 u PhAAOSS
ply of life in every
man that is natural
to the man. Some
times this philosophy may
not be developed till late in
life; sometimes it is never
developed, but dies when the
man dies. But the philoso-
ply is always there in the
man. In some lives there is
much of the dramatic and
the tragic. There is much Of
the commonplace In other
lives that are in the ma
Jority, and these common
place things, perhaps, after
all, are the real beauties Of
life. The things that we know
are, perhaps, the most beau
tiful to us. To bring out
these things to the full need
of their beauty-to accentu-
ate their LONELINESS until
this very LONELINESS be-
comes beautiful-is an art.
1t is this art that belongs to
William Dean Howells, fore
most of American men of let
tiers. And the philosophy Of
his life is shown, not only in
his work, but also in each
day of his own life
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teens that he learned his FIRST lessons
in that altruism-the art Of living FOR
people and not upon peoDle--wsich he
brings out 50 lucicly IN these later
days OF his seventies His philosophy
OF life has taught him the pleasure OF
doing ones duty. IL may be as a
novelsti Il may be asa poet, or II may
be as journalist In all OF these fields
OF endeavOr Mr.. Howells has labOred
we'll and not only has he la5ored well
IN these fields. but ne has reached dis
tinction IN all Of them. In all OF them
he has found pleasure Today William
Dean Howells looks upon life serenely
He looks upon II from the right view
point He looks for the good side OF an
mea-not the bad sida