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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
LAW BUSINESS IN
HAWAII FALLING OFF

| Trans-Pacific Trade: The amount of
law business done in this Territory has
materially decreased during the past
two or three years, and this no doubt
accounts to some extent for the mi
grafton of attorneys from this city.
The court records show a falling off
in the amount of litigation and the
number of criminal cases has been de-
creased The conditions of the courts
are far better for the speedy hearing
of cases than ever before, as each of
them has caught UP with its work and
can set cases for speedy hearing.
The Supreme Court, which was be-
hind in its work for years, has been
up with its work for some time now
and has kept up with it, although the
number of cases has Increased, the
number disposed of during the past
three biennial periods being 200. 24S and
276 respectively A case may now be
heard, if desired by counsel, as soon as
it is placed on the calendar and may
be required by the court to be heard
twenty-five days thereafter. The first
circuit court, which has been behind
in its work for a number of years, Is
now practically up to date, thus leav- |
ing no court behind in it's work to an |
Objectionable degree.
There was a decrease of 1871 in the /
number of cases disposed of during the
past two years from the number during /
the preceding two years, the decrease
being in the circuit and district courts.
This decrease in litigation has hurt
the business of the attorneys in active
practise in the Territory. Lately there
mas been a number of attorneys who
nave signified their intention of leav-
ing for the mainland and the Orient.
During the past two years sixteen at
.orneys were admitted and two dis
barred These include only those ad-
nitted by the Supreme Court to prac-
Use in all the courts. A total OF 266
rave been admitted during a period Of
,ix years, of whom IS have died. have
,een disbarred and not readmitted.
Lbout 63 are now nonresident, and
bout 127 are now in the Territory. OF
hose in the Territory about 81 are in
government positions, six in other pur-
uits. leaving about 30 in active prac- s
ise. The number of admissions has ,
ecreased to a considerable extent since
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
CONTRACTOR CAMPBELL
MUST MAKE GOOD

The trustees of Oahu College held 8
meeting yesterday afternoon, at which
the status of the Presidents house, de-
I zlstroyed by fire last Tuesday, and the
1 relations of the trustees with W. M.
Campbell, the contracting builder, and
with the insurance companies, was con-
sidered
Mr.. Campbell had contracted to de-
liver the building completed, on May
10 last, under penalty of five dollars a
day for failure to deliver on that date.
The contract price of the building was
$4,000, and Mr.. Campbell took out in
surance to that amount to protect his
interest in the unfinished building. The
trustees also insured their interest in
the building, to cover payments made
from time to time on the contract.
The trustees decided yesterday to
stand on their contract and look to
Mr.. Campbell to make good, as he in
turn can recover his loss from the in
surance companies. Mr.. Campbell is
under bond in the sum of $4,000 with
r. W. Podmore and W. M. Minton, as
sureties, to complete the building.
L. A. Thurston, W. F. Dillingham;
and A. F. Judd were appointed COM
mittee to take the necessary steps to
protect the interests of the trustees,
both with relation to the contractor
gaad the insurance companies.
= It is understood that some of the |
subcontraetors also had taken out in
surance on their interest. The local
insurance adjuster, Mr.. Gurrey, is alb
sent on Hawaii. He is expected back
on Saturday and will Immediately take
up the matter of adjusting the. several
insurance claims. !
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
Mail Special to the Advertiser.) }

(MaIl Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, ID. C., May ia
tremendous fuss has started once more
about E. H. Hartman, the colossus Of
the railroad world. is the administra-
tion playing into his hands by delay J
Some people think so.
Some one at the Interstate Commerce
Commission a few days ago handed 10
newspaper correspondent printed
pamphlet. There were only ten copies
of it in existence and those were sup
posed to be in the hands of the seven
commissioners and a confidential EN-
ploye or two. Statements vary as to
just what the pamphlet was, although
there is no dispute about its contents.
In certain quarters it is eontended
that the pamphlet was the report the
Commission intends to adopt on its
investigation of the Hartman lines
the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific,
the Alton. etc. Certainly the Commits
sion had not adopted this report for
mally. Others say the pamphlet was
only a statement prepared by Frank
B. Kellogg and Charles A. Severance,
special attorneys, and was even no
more than a summing up of the features
of the investigation. At first the re-
port, drawn by these attorneys. was
poohpoohed as containing nothing new,
Is stale matter.
For stale matter it raised lot of
trouble. The Commissioners began to
search for the "leak." " They held
one session of an hour at the conciu-
sion of which they solemnly announced
hat the pamphlet was not their re-
port but simply the recommendations
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
AFTERNOON CABLE REPORT.

FRANCISCO,
Police Commissioner Reagan has testified against sz
confession implicated
tihes
LOS ANGELES 5The Pacific
million
British line will
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
WITHDRAWAL Of
MAHUkA SITE
Atkinson Makes Demand on
Shingle to Give Up
Fight.

Acting Governor Atkinson virtually
lection of the Mahuka site FOR the
Federal Building yesterday afternoon
when he wrote to President Shingie CT
the Waterhouse Trust Co., demanding
that, in accordance with his agreement
with Governor Carter, he Withdraw the
Mahuka site from the consideration of
the Treasury Department.
The action of the Governor came at
a time when the matter of a final set
tlement was under way. The Union
Feed Co., with whom the final consid-
Grafton lay, held a meeting yesterday
day, when they would make final de-
cision, which, from good authority,
is said very likely to be favorable. The
meeting will probably be held and the
result communicated to Governor At
kinson, regardless of the fact that his
letter has been received by the Water
house Trust Co.
AS soon as the Mahuka site is with
drawn it is likely that the Treasury De-
partment will make a choice of one or
the other sites which were offered. The
choice seems to lie between the Bishop
site. opposite the Young Hotel and the
Irwin site on Palace Square. The only
objection to the Bishop site seems to be
that the Federal authorities want
sufficiently broad strip of land to allow
of vacant space at least forty feet in
width all around the building, as a
protection against fire. This will be
hard to get on the Bishop property.
This rule has been more than ever in,
sisted on since the saving of the Mint
at the time of the San Francisco earth
quake when the fire limit mentioned
was of the greatest assistance in keep
ing the building intact while other
other structures, not similarly pro-
tected, were completely destroyed by
the flames.
The letter from Acting Governor At
kinson reads as follows:
Trust Co., Ltd, r. w.
Shingle President.
Sir: I beg leave to notify you that
Messrs L. A. Thurston, Charles r. |
Hemenway and Alexander Lindsay, Jr., |
the committee of three public men in |
before whom you were to de- |
that the proposition as con-
,ained in Governor Carter's letter of |
April 25, could be put through, have |
made a report, copy of which here
with hand you.
Section of the report reads as fol-
ows: I'VE have therefore to report
hat evidence has not been presented
o US that Bishop street can be ex-
ended from King street to Kilauea
treet at an expense to the Government
lot to exceed $17.50O.''
AS the committee has reported un-
avorably, I, therefore, ask that you
AIRY out your obligation that the
wners of the property will withdraw
heir offer to the Federal Government
nd thus clear the way to further ac-
ion." II
I have the honor to be, sir
Your obedient servant,
A L. c. ATKINSON,
Acting Governor of Hawaii
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
VALUABLE MAPS IN
CARTER's REPORT

Copies of Governor Carter's report
to the Secretary of the Interior are
expected shortly from Washington. One
of the features of the report will be
maps of each of the islands showing by
different markings and colorings, the
forest reserves, the cane lands, the
grazing lands, the rice lands, the
marshes. the kula lands and other
features and also the location of ev-
cry schoo1house in the islands. These
maps were prepared by the Survey De-
partment and show very graphically a
large number of matters of very great
great interest.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
LAKE MoHoNK CONFERENCE.

Hon. Gorham D. Gilman, of Boston,
has written Secretary Mcclellan asking
him to name three members of the Con-
gressional party that have just visited
Hawaii, who might be secured to speak
on island conditions at the Lake Mo-
honk Conference in October next.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
SOLUTION OF THE
JAPANESE ROW
San Francisco Will Be Sued for DAMAGES in
State Courts---Tokio Journal Demands
Something Better Than Fair Words.

WASHINGTON, June 6-The Japanese probably
be settled by suing San damages
TOXIC June 6The Mainichi says develop
mnts since President Rooseves message indicate
of his policy What many expressions
ment but efficient protection Japanese
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
RUSSIAN PRINCESS ILL.

ST. PETERSBURG June 6-The Grand Duchess Anastasa
daughter of the Gar i'll dphheri Empress caring
her personally.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
KING OSCAR RECEIVERS.

STOCKHOLM, June 6.-Kng Oscar resumed his
after a long illness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-06
TURKISH SHIP BLOWN
UP AND MANY DROWNED

TUNIS June GA Turkish vessel carrying
munition blown yesterday her eighty fishermen
being drowned
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
OMAHA MAY BECOME
A BIG FIGHT
CENTER
There Are Some Good Boost
ers THERE'S in a Central
Location.

Omaha promises in future To be (
Very important point in the boxing
game. From a geographical stand
point il is undoubtedly the best located
city in the United States for big fight
affairs. and would command a large
attendance from both the east an
west. Every week With but few en-
ceptioEs the Omaha athletic club have
pulled off some rafting good bouts.
Next month the foremost sporting man
OF that city, "Cy" T. Perkins. has ar
ranged for wrestling match between
Bell OF Wisconsin and Mcmillan of
New York. Perkins is also making
good success in his endeavor to get
Cans and Nelson in second match.
Ii is understood that he will offer them
a larger purse that any ether club.
and when backed up by such prosper
Gus sports at Pete Loeb. Ted" Sui
livan. and Jack Cavanagh. the deal
seems like sure thing.
Al that Omaha has lacked in the past
years TO make it a great fight center
is a man of Perkins calibre to carry
a thing through. At one time Perkins
was manager of Clarence English, who
held Battling" Nelson TO twenty
round draw and recently drew with
Jimmie Potts of Minneapolis. At pres
ent he is looking after the interests
of kid" Buckets. who has yet to
see his first defeat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
FORMAL OPENING OF
THE STATE
BANK
Arrangements for the Affair
Are Complete Building is
a Good One.

Arrangements for the formal open
ing of the State bank of East Grand
Forks are about completed. The open
ing will take place on Monday even
ing and Halls orchestra will furnish
music for the occasion. The recep-
ton will last from to 10 o'clock, and
a general invitation is extended to the
public. The building throughout will
be open for inspection.
The State bank building is one of
the finest in the city. 1t was erected
during the past year at a cost of about
$4,000 and is modern throughout. 1t
is two stories on a high basement.
The basement is occupied by the Val
ley View Printing company, and II
makes one of the finest newspaper
Offices in these parts. The bank is To-
Gated on the first floor while the up.
per story is used for Office purposes
The finishings throughout are of the
finest, and the bank fixtures are most
elaborate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
j|U J|TSu AS A FAD
IS NOW ALMOST
FORGOTTEN.
Popularity of Japanese Art on
the Wane-It Has Been
a Failure.

About TWO Years ago there WAS Il biz
noise over iiu .itsu. Many Il man saw
in ii Il erea, light. He pictured himself
learning few twists OF the wrist and
going forth 10 make cab drivers and
baggage smaslers quail Al the glare of
his eye. Nearly every city bcastea OF
its iiu iitsu professor and a lot of
easy-money-seeliing laps worked the
graft. There was much written about
the terrible game. and its fame was
spread abroad like unto the merits OF
Il new patent medicine.
Then came the reaction. The Jill
iitsu classes started TO fall off and the
great Japanese man killers Went back
to answering the tinkle of the hotel
clerks bell. 1t was all for cause.
Jiu jitsu was all right so long as the
man you attempted to put it over was
paralyzed or asleep. When the victim
whose neck was to be broken happen
ed to be awake the putting on of the
jiu jitsu holds was as hard a task
as riding a Montana COW pony with a
cookie burr under the saddle. Rude,
rought persons who did not know, and
were not afraid of the bone-breaking
jiu jitsu had way OF slapping the
whiskers off the chins of the men who
sailed toward them, eyes aglare and
arm extended for the deadly thrust of
the upright thumb in the short ribs
The many jiu jitsu artists encount-
cred the fade away punch. The deadly
neck hold was hard to place on some
coarse villain who stepped in close
and crossed over With the right Jiu
jitsu might do for settling class rows at
Vassar, but when it came down to
deciding debates with cabbies. delivery
men and half illuminated timber jacks
.iiu jitsu was about as effective as stab
bling them in the ear with a piece of
angel cake. The fad waned. There
was nothing to it,
1t was nice fad all right, but one
needed magazine revolver or a base
ball bat wrapped in barbed wire to
back it up. That is why we hear no
more of the terrible Hishkigji of Jap
an. 1t would not even stop savate.
the French attack, and that was shown
up years ago when Tommy Ryan took
one of the kickers and pounded him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
sTAUNING's STORE WAS GUTTED.
Crookston Fire Destroyed Property
Valued at $1,000 In Dead of
Night.

At eleven-thirty o'clock the other
evening the fire whistle of Crooks
ton called the members of the fire
department to the store building of A.
Staining. Before the fire had an OPP
portunity to make it's devastation COM
plete the department was on the scene
of action. The fire originated in the
chimney, owing to the overheating of
a box stove in the store-room. Not
until three-thirty in the morning were
the firemen able to eXtinguish all
fame The loss on the building and
stock which was valued at $4,000 was
covered by $1,000 of insurance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
The SPEAKERS FOR
C0Nv0CA1|0N
EXERCISE
A List of Those who Will Ap-
pear During the Win
ter Term.

The following is Il list of convocation
speakers. with subjects SO far as deter
mined for the winter term:
Jan. 5.-F. II. Koch. She Sleeps to
Conquer.
JAN. 12.-President William Kern.
Jan. 19.-Professor \. p Hollis.
The Schoo! Without Walls"
Jan 26.--Alrs. Alice w. Cooley.
Feb. 2.-Rer. Mr. Fisher.
Feb. 9.-Per Cradus society.
Feb. lG.-HoD. Guy G. II. Corliss.
Feb. Chancellor Frank Strong.
university OF Kansas.
March 2.-Musicals.
March Honorable w. l.. Stock
we'll.
March 23.-F. II. Koch.
April G.--Professor Squires.
April l3.-Dr. p. c. .knowlton. Free
dom VS.. Independence"
April 20.-Rev. Mr.. Miller
April PA. ID. T. society.
May mir. Koch.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Accepted Position.

l.. NJ. Rockne, arts, 'O4, has left for
Monall, n. D., where he has accepted
the SUPPLEMENTARY of the city
schools. Mr.. Rockne has formerly
taught in the Lidgerwood high school
and was principal of the Petersburg
schools last year. OF course his rad
liant countenance will be missed at the
law school and at Davis hall. Time
only will tell what the exact results
of his work at Mohall will be. No
prophesy is needed, however, as Mr..
Rockne has always made good before,
and will do so again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Failed 10 Come,

Rev. c. l.. Hall. Indian missionary
for North Dakota. the regular con-
vocation speaker for Saturday morn
ing. January 5. is prevented by the
snow blockade from reaching the uni
versity. and Mr. +. H. Koch. in the
absence of Mr.. Hall. gave Il monodra-
matte reading of She Sleeps to Con-
Quer." 1t will be recalled that Mr.
Koch was to give this reading at con-
vocation last term. but was prevented
by the breakdown of the street car
service
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Do Not Like II.

Members of the board of education
are not very much pleased over the
action taken by Miss Bertha Standish
in resigning in the manner that she.
did. She made no intimation what
ever of her intention to resign until
the telegram was received, and con-
sequently the board is left slightly in
the lurch.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
. Attended Meeting.

The following members OF the uni
versity faculty attended the association
meetings at Fargo: President Merri-
field, Professors Brannon, Kennedy,
Babccck and Squires. Drs. Thomas
Libby, Stewart, Robinson and Sweet
land; Messrs. Pease and Strong, and
Miss Stewart.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
New Instruments,

The biological department has re-
Gently received number Of instru-
ments for the work in physiological
botany. These make exact experiments
on heliotropism possible and will help
to show in an objective way the influ-
ence of water and mineral salts upon
the growing parts of plants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Doing Things,

A Letter has recently been received
from Mr.. A. E. Morrison, assistant
city engineer at Edmonton, Alta. Mr..
Morrison is busy installing an auto
matte telephone system in Edmonton,
and is making plans for the installa-
ton next year of some ten miles Of
street railway
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Enrm ASS0ciafinn.

An association of the science and
physics teachers in tine state was form
ed during the last vacation. Its im-
mediate object will be to investigate
the ACCESSIBILITY of revising the course
in physics as at present taught in
our high schools. In it's work it will
cooperate with similar organizations
in other states. The following Off
GERS were elected: president, DR.. Il.
w. Stewart: university vice president,
Superintendent P. S. Berg, Dickinson;
secretary treasurer, Professor C. r.
Travis, Mayville.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Honor S0ufres.

At a recent annual meeting of the
State educational association Profess
sor Vernon P. Squires was elected
president CT the association, and Dr.
George S. Thomas was reelected
treasurer. The association will hold
its next meeting at Grand Forks in De-
cember, 1907.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Was Married.

Mr.. Ford j. Cumming, former
student of the universe. in the depart
ment of mechanical engineering was
married at Minneapolis December 9th
to Miss Edith J. Owen. They will be
at home after February 18th at
Charlesholm, Alberta, Canada.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Temporary Position.

Mr.. Morris Johnson went to Grafton
this morning to take charge of the
work in the biology and physics de-
partment in the high school. He goes
to fill temporary vacancy in the
teaching force, and expects to return
shortly to the university
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05

achi Kittredge. the veteran catcher,
who was star for years under Cap
tain Arson and was member of the
Washington team up to the latter part
of last season. kittredge says with
winning team in Montreal there viii.
be plenty of money for the stockhold-
ers
San Francisco has been temporarily
displaced by Los Angeles as the lead
ing sporting town on the coast The
fighting game, once 'Frisco's strong
hold has made Los Angeles magnet
for pugilists, big and little, while AS
cot park. with no restrictions on bet
ting, is also attracting turfmen from
all parts of the land. With McGraw's
New York Nationals training at Los
Angeles in the spring, there will be
plenty of baseball there for the sport
ing element. When Frisco gets on
her feet again the rivalry will be in
tense, no doubt.
When Cans was training for his
fight with Battling Nelson at Goldfield
last summer the photos taken of the
champion show the great mental strain
under which he was laboring. 1t was
these same photos spread throughout
the country, together with the press
reports sent out telling of the drawn
and haggard expression Cans bore
that gave rise to the impression that
the Baltimorean was not in the best
physical condition. That his actual
condition belied his looks was proven
conclusively when he fought his men,
orable forty-two-round battle with the
greatest human bulldog ever known in
the ring.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Ont of HOSDitaI.

julius Cresien, who has been in a
hospital in ST. Paul for some time ar
rived home this morning. He is feel
ing much better than when he went
away, and expects to entirely recover
soon. He has been laid up more or
summer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Want Graduatcs,

The mining department has received
inquiries from various companies for
more of our mining graduates. None
can be supplied at present, as all have
excellent positions now and many have
recently been promoted to more res
pcnsible positions. Several are at
present doing technical work Of the
highest order. Out OF the entire num-
Der of graduates not one has failed
to make good"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Will Conduct Work.

DR.. Young will have charge of the
class in nature study this term, and
Professor Brannon will conduct the
work in elementary human physiology.
The last is beginning class, design
ed primarily for those WHO are to
teach. The excellent laboratory facil-
tiles provided, together with the ref
erence material available makes this
class of especial value this year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
4 New Position.

Ralph X. Johnson. former student
of the university, has recently accepted
a position as manager of one of the
Robertson Lumber company's yards at
Dresden, n. d.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-05
Was Visitor,

Otto Stratum, arts, 'O6. who has
charge of the work in physics and
mathematics in the Bottineau high
school, was a recent visitor at the
university. Mr.. Strom says his work
there is pleasant and the surroundings
of the best. lotto" insisted that there
were some changes at the old "U,"
however.