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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20
NEVADAN COMING.

The Ameriean-Hawaiian steamer
Nevadan. which has been at Makaweli
loading sugar for this port, to be trans
ferred to the Mexican, is expected on
Thursday. She will pick up freight
here and leave for San Francisco via
Kahului on November "a. She viii
leave Kahului for San Francisco on
November &C. Her cargo from Maui
will consist mainly of $4,000 cases of
pineapples She will pick up pines.
coffee. bananas, honey and rice in this
ri
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20
TELLS OF LURLTNE.

The following description of the Lur-
line is incorrect in regard to the num-
Der of passengers she can carry, as she
will accommodate eighty.
The Matson Navigation Company's
new steamer will be launched on Janu-
airy / and viii be completed by April.
She is to be called the Lurline and will
be mainly used as cargo carrier. There
will be accommodations for fifteen pas
sengers, and she will be fitted with a
wireless telegraph system. The Lurline
will be an oil burner and an oil carrier.
The oil will circulate in an outer and
separate compartment, and the general
cargo viii be carried in compartments
by itself. The Lurline will have speed
of fourteen knots. She is being built at
elphia.-Coast Seaman s Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
IS and Sc.

Note.-Barometer readings are cor
-ecrad for temperature, instrumental
errors and local gravity, and reduced
- sea level. Average cIoudiness stated
=, sale from 0 TO 10. Direction Of
1y,nd 10 prevailing direction during q
hours ending at 8 p. m. Velocity of
It'd e average velocity In miles per
rour IT indicates trace Of rain.
VIM. B. STOCKMAN,
Section Director.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20

Full moon Nov. 10 at 1888 p. m.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
Hawaiian standard time is 10 hours
40 nnfnuteg slower than Greenwich
time. being that Of the meridian OF 157
degrees thirty minutes. The time whis-
tie blows at 1:S0 Q. m, which is the
same as Greenwich hours 0 minutes.
Snn and moon are for local time for
the whole group.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE TER
RITORY OF HAWAII.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20
LOCAL OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES WEATHER BUREAU.

Honolulu, Tuesday, November 10, 1907
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE TER
RTTORY OF HAWAII.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
VALUE or GOOD FOOD SHOWN IN
PANAMA CANAL WORK.
Engineers Control Hess Kitchens for
the Serving Of Nourishing
Meals to the Laborers
on the Canal.

A discovery has been made by the
engineers employed in the construc-
tion Of the Panama canal. and that
is that food, good food and plenty OF
1t, must be depended upon to get a
good days work out Of the laborers
engaged in the excavating operations.
And with this discovery has come the
realization that the feeding OF this
great army Of workers is now one Of
the most vital concerns Of the enter
prise. Where formerly the negroes
behind the shovel failed to eat enough
nourishing food to sustain them
selves against the climate and nine
hours daily toll, the government is
now feeding them on food which they
may not like but which is good for
them. They may complain, but the
belief Of the chief ditch diggers is
that great problem has been solved.
The credit Is largely due to Jackson
Smith, superintendent OF labor and
quarters on the isthmus
President Roosevelt while on the
isthmus questioned a negro foreman
who had worked in Panama with the
French. This foreman now has charge
OF 20 men. An average OF four or
five, he told the president, were taken
i'll each day with sudden faintness
This he attributed to their failure to
feed themselves properly.
Further questioning negro laborers,
who came from the Barbados, ia
maica and others Of the West Indies,
President Roosevelt learned that al
most without exception they prepared
their own food in preference to eating
In the messes established by the
canal commission Left to their own
resources these negroes dined on a
couple Of yams and bit OF fish. A
glance into their cook pots found no
sign of the dark colors which bubble
where highly nutritious foods are pre-
pared.
1t was a noteworthy fact that the
healthiest negroes on the isthmus at
this time were those in Jail. They
were fed what the commissariat chose
to feed them, which was thick soups,
fresh meat and wholesome vegetables.
The transfer Of the work to the en-
gineering corps will make no change
in this feeding policy.
The lowest class of laborers re
ceived, prior to February /, when the
new system was put in effect, 20
cents an hour in silver, which is ten
cents an hour in American money
AS they worked nine hours day
their wage was 80 cents. Since Feb
ruary / their pay has been reduced
from 20 cents to 1874 cents, silver
an hour, but they receive for each
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
HOME FOR LEPERS.

any evidence Of the disease.
The second case was that Of q
woman admitted August 10, 1900, at
the age of so, and discharged cured
December 10, 1905 There has been
no evidence Of recurrence Of the
disease in her case. This patient was
kept Is months under observation
after LESSONS had disappeared before
she was discharged from the home.
The third case was that of a woman
admitted June 2, 1904, at the age of
80 years, and discharged April 25.
1906. cured. She was kept at the
home more than year under observa-
ton after the LESSONS had disappeared.
Eight Of the patients now at the
home show type Of arrested disease,
with no active LESSONS and no evi-
dence OF the disease except pigmenta-
tion. or this number at least six are
now under observation, with a view
to their discharge after q reasonable
period Of freedom from the disease.
This is the triumph Of medical sci
ence at the Louisiana state leper
home, but 1t is only the beginning. It
represents many years Of toll and self
denial on the part OF public spirited
citizens, attending physicians, and
last, but probably greatest Of all, the
Sisters Of Charity who have devoted
their lives to ministering to the lep.
ers.
The treatment which has accom-
plished such wonderful results con.
sists, it is said in administering
ichthyol, chlorate of potash, strych.
nine, salicylate Of soda, chauImugra
oil and arsenic. The best results
seem to follow the treatment with
chaulmugra oil and strychnine, the
three patients discharged as cured
having had this course.
The method Of treatment Is largely
one Of nutrition, it being known that
II a resistance can be established In
the individual patient the disease will
disappear All patients, therefore, are
required to take daily hot baths, eat
plenty OF wholesome food, without re-
spect to its being fish, flesh. fowl or
vegetable. and to spend as much time
as possible in the open air and sun-
shine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
CAREER or n. D. BucKNAM,
MASSACHUSETTS BOY.
Began Sea Life as Cabin Boy at six
teen-At Forty Hs Has Charge
Of Fleet Guarding the Bos-
POrus and DardanelIes.

Worcester, Mass.-After a varied
Eareer 'Rancy1 Bucknam, formerly
Of this city, is now naval adviser to
the sultan Of Turkey, and the feet Of
which he is admiral guards the Bos-
porus and the Dardanelles.
knowledge Of his attainment Of
this high position has rece atty been
received by a relative here. While
he was resident OF Worcester he
was known as Capt. Ransford D..
Bucknam. His father was lost at sea,
and when lad the son was taken in
hand by his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bucknam. After receiv-
ing a good education he had the
choice Of going to sea, to which his
boyish ideas and hereditary inclina-
tions led, or Of remaining on a farm.
He chose the sea, but first went to
Duluth and gained experience with a
Capt. Elliot on schooner plying on
the great lakes.
From cabin boy at 16 to admiral
ct 40 Is his record. He included me-
chanical and electrical engineering in
his study Of navigation. His first rise
was to mate on o lake schooner.
Later he went to Boston and shipped
for number Of years on one Of Pea
body's Australian packets, plying be-
tween this country and the orient.
He was once shipwrecked on the
north coast Of Australia, worked his
way to Iloilo, In the Philippines, then
to Hong-Kong and finally back to
Worcester.
Then he returned to the great
lakes, and John D. Rockefeller, who
sailed with Capt. Bucknam from Og-
densburg, n Y, to Duluth, with his
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
REvlvAL or INTEREST iN OLD
ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS.
Disposition In Many States to Re-
open the System Of Canals Which
Years Ago Were Such Fac
tors Of Transportation.

Il begins to look as though the can
ais IN various states Of the east and
central west which have been practi-
cally abandoned for years, are to en-
ter upon a new lease Of life and again
become an important factor in the
commercial life Of the nation. New
York Is spending millions in her arti-
fcial waterways. and the subject Is
being agItated in other states.
Pennsylvania is the latest state to
feel the revival Of interest, as shown
by the Endorsement which the state
water supply commission has given
to the plan for a system of canals
Ii the state, and It comes like
an echo Of the early years Of the
last century when Pennsylvanians
we're almost delirious with numerous
projects for internal Improvements
The commission, according to John
Birdnbine, the engineer member Of
that body, does not advocate the es-
adjustment Of new canals, but sug-
gests very plainly that the cheap sys-
tenn Of transportation offered by In
land water routes might be revived
we're the legislature to enact laws
which would cover the general subject
and prevent these avenues Of COM
merce from falling into "unfriendly
hands"
By 'unfriendly hands Is meant, Of
course, the railroads, which practically
have rendered the artificial waterways
Of the state nearly Obsolete, either by
buying competing canals and allowing
them to go to waste or by forcing
them into docile acquiescence
It is interesting to recall that Penn
sylvania was the pioneer among
states which century or more ago
began to turn their attention toward
canal building. At that time the To-
comotive had not been invented, at
least no practicable machine had been
brought forward. The only means Of
inland transportation for either pas
sengers OF freight was by means OF
wagons.
So early as 1862 1t was proposed to
connect Lake Erie and the Ohio river
with the Delaware by means of a
canal David Rittenhouse and Rev.
William Smith surveyed a route be-
tween the Susquehanna and Schuyl-
kill by way Of the Swatara and Tul-
pehocken. In 1871 company was
formed to construct the canal, and
the following year another company
was incorporated to build a canal from
Norristown to the Delaware at Phil
adelphia and to improve the naviga-
tion Of the Schuylklll. These com
panios actually began work, and after
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
MADE HIMSELF AT HOME.
Tommy Atkins Scored One on His
Commanding Officer.

Private Tommy Atkins, Of the -
regiment, was considered the smartest
man on parade that morning. SO he
was told to report himself at the com
manding officers quarters at ten a. m.
sharp; dress-belt and bayonet and
his stick. The commanding officer,
who was just having breakfast, star.
tied by the sudden rap. rap" thun-
dered forth, Come in"
Tommy (entering and saluting)-
Commanding officers orderly for the
day, sir.
Commanding Officer - Don't you
know how to report yourself TO a com
manding officer?
Tommy (neryously)-N-no, sir.
Commanding Officer Then will
show you. Just consider you are tho
commanding officer for the time, and
/ am your orderly Just sit here.
The commanding officer then r..
tired, closing the door, and Tommy.
creeping up behind, turned the KEY.
then deposited himself in the chair
and commenced eating the unfinished
breakfast. Then knock sounded At
the door.
Tommy-Who's there?
Commanding Officer - The com
manding Officer 8 orderly for the day,
sir.
Tommy-Oh, just stay there until
I have finished my breakfast. Tit.
nits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

alternately been the hope and the de-
spair of the men who have succeeded
one another in the direction Of the
canal enterprise, remain the labor
unit. This new plan Is in the direc-
ton Of making the best Of the mate
rial at hand.
Thirteen thousand employees were
served with a breakfast the day the
new system was inaugurated. The
menu differed at different mess
kitchens. Where West Indian ne,
groes we're employed yams were
served, but other food more sustain,
ing with them. The Italians were not
without their macaroni. but 1t was
supplemented with edlbles rich in
proteids. So it went with the canal
force Of lab0rers.
The white employees are not fed on
the same basis They are paid for
the work they do and have quarters,
but they pay for their meals at cost
at mess houses and hotels scattered
along the canal line.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

There Is a disposition to accord the
Irchaeologist and his work ore con
liberation than formerly Years ago
the average American was too busy
with the present to bother himself
much about the past But as research
and investigation have opened up
some Of the pages Of the history of
former ages and given glimpses of the
peoples and mammals which lived in
that far off time. there has developed
growing regard for ruins and
relics which have their stories to tell
OF by-gone ages. The national gov
ernment Is paying more heed to the
Aztec ruins In Arizona, and almost
every state in the union IS showing a
disposition to preserve anything
which the archaeologist is able to
point to as forming link between
the past and the present.
In Wisconsin in the DEVILS Lake
-egion are mounds Of prehistoric
origin which the archaeological So
ciety Of the state has surveyed and
which according to the present plan
are to be included in a large park
to be established by the state. It Is
urged that the several fine groups
and solitary mounds be appropriately
marked although these mounds are
prominent and conspicuous 1t is a
fact that many summer visitors to the
section, through ignorance Of their
presence. fail to observe these re
markable earthWorks. Best known,
perhaps. is a great bird efigy having
wing extent of about $50 feet. The
great tail is forked and the wings are
bent near the tips. The bird is rep
resented as flying toward the lake,
the shore Of which is but few rods
distant. A we'll worn path from
Devils Lake station to the boat land
ing crosses the north wing, a pavilion
stands on the tip Of the tall. and a
hotel building on the south wing.
A few rods north Of the old Cliff
house at the north end Of the lake is
long, low mound which has been
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

they had spent 100000. an enormous
sum for those times. the construction
was suspended for a time The two
companies were united ia 1911 as the
Union Canal company. and after many
embarrassments finally completed the
work in 1927
Within a few years after the open
ing Of the nineteenth century the state
was engrossed in canal projects. Canal
routes were surveyed in almost every
county.
Following this impulse to the inter
nal improvement there was a general
quickening Of public interest in the
resources of the state. Because Of
new facility in transportation anthra-
cite began to be used where wood
had formerly been the only fuel. Iron
mines and salt wells were opened.
stimulated by the tariff of 1928, and
the great bituminous coal fields In
the western part of the state became
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

an additional field for enterprise. The
great internal Improvements success
fully executed in the decade between
1926 and 1886 were among the most
ambitious undertakings ever accom-
plished by any commonwealth in the
new world. BY October, 1884, the
Philadelphia & Columbia railroad was
opened for travel, the main line OF
canal had been finished, and the COM
pletion Of the Allegheny Portage
railroad made it possible for an emil
grant boat from the north branch Of
the Susquehanna to pass over the
mountains, and proceed by way OF
the canal at Johnstown, on its route
to ST, Louis.
In 1886 the canals and railroads un-
dertaken at the expense of the state
and controlled by the legislature as
public property had a mileage OF
4261s miles. and 1S4A miles of state
canals we're In course Of construction
At the same time there were in op-
Grafton 256A miles of canals owned
and operated by private corporations.
But the area Of railroad building was
dawning, and almost before the canal
system had matured 1t was render
ed obsolete by the speedier methods
Of transportation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

nine hours labor three tickets for
meals at mess kitchens, which are
located convenient to their work. The
difference between the old wage aud
the new Is the cost Of the food.
The laborer Is not compelled to eat
in the mess kitchen meals, but he is
not likely to refuse them, when 50
doing means that he viii have to
spend elsewhere a considerable part
Of the remaining wage for food. The
practical effect is that upward Of 49,
600 laborers are being turned from IA
miliar but insufficient food to new but
nutritious meals.
Five thousand Spanish laborers
have been brought in. They have
none OF the faults Of the negroes and
have not fallen into the habit Of neg
lecting themselves as to food. Never
theless. the negro laborer, who has
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

"Can leprosy be cured?" is ques-
tion which apparently has been an
swered by refuge for lepers in Louis
lana in the Affirmative, and there are
indications that within few years
the United States will have national
home for the treatment of the dread
disease.
There is now only one place on this
continent where the leper may find a
refuge and a home that will afford
him all the necessary comforts of life.
This home is situated In the state Of
Louisiana, In Iberville parish, on a
large tract Of land bordering the Mis-
sissippi river, and In ante-bellum days
was called Indian camp plantation
The same name still clings to the es-
tate, but instead OF an old-fashioned
plantation house, with it's barns and
stables and negro quarters and its
fields green with cane or white with
cotton, there is the attractive admin
lstration building remodeled from the
ancient plantation big house, and
clustered about number Of low,
roolny modern brick structures which
serve as sleeping quarters and treat
ment rooms for the patients.
This is the leper house Of the state
of Louisiana, directly under state over
sight and governed by a board of con.
troll Here for the last few years DR..
Isadore Dyer, consulting leprologist,
and DR.. Ralph Hopkins, visiting physi-
clan, have struggled to cure the dis
ease. and slowly but surely they have
demonstrated, they declare, that If it
be taken in hand before the last stages
have been reached, leprosy, by means
Of a certain course Of treatment
Since 1894 there have been admit
ted to the home 101 patients. OF this
number three have been discharged as
cured, 40 have died, IA have abscond-
ed-that is, run away from the home
and A remain at Indian Camp.
OF the three cases discharged the
first was that of a boy admitted in
October, 1902. at the age Of 1S. He
was discharged December z, 1904, as
cured, and has BEEN kept under OBJ
servation ever since. Reports show
that there has been no return Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

took battleship to Constantinople
after its completion at Philadelphia.
Bucknam remained there several
months training the sultan's men.
Abdul Hamid offered him vice ad-
miralty and he returned to America
to look otter some business interests
before accepting. He went to San
Francisco and married Miss Rose
Thayer and then to Constantlnople.
He has now been made An admiral.
He speaks several languages. but
has remained an American at heart.
He holds many patents on navigating
instruments now in use, among these
ships compass which traces the
course OF a ship in ink on a chart.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
JOHN ELIOT'S CHAIR.

ly voted to present the chair to the
Roxbury church in recognition OF the
fact that as John Eliot. THE Apostle
to the Indians" had been minister In
Roxbury for many years the Eliot
church, so-called, was the most suit
able place for it.
A recently erected tablet in the
First Church Of Roxbury-placed high
up on the wall back Of the pulpit
gives in brief epitome Eliot's life's
history. It reads
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11

Of assistant secretary Of the treasury.
for which he was recommended br
Secretary Of the Treasury cortelgou.
Mr. Winthrop il about % years ole, &
Harvard graduate and a peraonal
friend Of President Roosevelt. He
went to the Philippines several yeNsa
ago as assistant executive secretary
to the Philippine commission and dur.
ing that time be served as secretarE
to William X. Taft
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
,aGS.ss.' e''-a
HIS IMPRESSION.

Ilr. Whlte-Tell me- Uncle Rufus,
how did you feel when that savage
cafamount jumped on your back, as
you were coming through the woods
In the dark, and began to claw and
rend you?
Uncle Rufus Rank-Uh-well, sab;
tell yo what's a fact, thankee:
lowed 'twuz muh wife-yo see, I was
uh-gittin home dess little bit anti
quated fun de lodge O. de Cullud
iwnights and Shiyvyleers and muh
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-11
ADMIRAL FOR SULTAN

family. liked his WORK ana offered
him command Of the first Of the
whaleback steamers Just building &c
the time. BueHnam was then known
as 1thc Kid Captain" He accepted
Mr.. Rockfeller's- offer and became
master OF the Joseph L. Colby. His
FIRST trip on her from the great lakes
to the Atlantic was exploited far and
wide.
He then went into the service of
the Cramp Construction company and