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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-13
FILIPINO LABOR
DID GOOD WORK
ENGINEERING MAGAZINE COM
MENTS FAVORABLY ON WORK
DONE ON THE RAILROAD.

The following is from the Engineer
ing Magazine:
Cebu presents the fairest Opportun-
Ity to estimate the capacity Of its indi-
genous workers because the railway
construction has been pushed most
rapidly there Within three months
the forces composed of men brought
fresh from the plantations, where they
had never known the tools and appli-
ances Of civilization, nor scarcely ever
seen a white man, were able to pro-
coed with the grading, using picks,
shovels and wheelbarrows, at the rate
of 10000 yards per month, an average
of 10000 yards being rock, drilled by
hand.
Grades of four feet are thrown mp
without difficulty by the little fellows,
and these results were attained despite
the fact that the white foremen have
left a great deal to be desired, being
mostly such representatives Of the re-
public as could be found in the islands
unattached by contract to any regular
ly established business or industry
At first a strong prediction appear
ed for the use of feet and hands rather
than picks and shoyels for working
the earth and it was difficult to per-
suade some that the wheelbarrows
were not receptacles 10 be carried up
on the backs when filled, according 10
the ancient custom Of burden bearing
throughout the Orient With the usa
of just a reasonable amount Of tact
and patience sue has should be possess
ed by all white men in colonizing
work, and which is nearly always pos
sesed by the colonzing Britisher, for
instance, the foregoing idiosyncrasies
of the Filipino We're quietly overcome
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NO MORE MIMIC
WAR ON OCEAN


J., g. learned boo London that there
win De no more naval muncuyprs iu The
popular acceptatIon of the phrase. "The
days om mimic sea wars are past
distinguished naval officer said I
think you may take &c that the grand
maueuvers of 1906. which cost more
than 100000, and were entirely futile
so far as any conclusive lessons are
concerned, were The last OF their kind
that will ever be held These opera
tions were interesting only from the
purely spectacular point of view AS
a course of war training they We're
practically valueless.
They were always based on q
general idea which preconceived "a
given phase i'm a state of war. That
was well enough. But developments
were worked out at a ridicuousiy i'm
possible rate. The events of a cam
paign that would extend over at least
six months were crowded into a week
mo strategic or tactical teachings
could be deduced from so inconclusiye
a procedure And in seeking to solve
these problems of mimic warfare, both
Admirals and Captains were apt 10
lose sight Of the fleet exercises so os-
sental to battle worthiness.
The change, in the opinion of all
naval men. will make for higher eff
fciency. In the place Of fictitious war
/ fare, keeping a Red fleet and Blue feet
ambling about the ocean in quest OF
each other without any very clear con
ception of the why and where Of it all
we are now to have strict war training
Under the new order of things the
fleet is exercised in all the possible
formations and evoIutions of actual
warfare. Tactics are studied only
not strategy, which is an inherent quail
ity, and cannot be taught Mamie
Cablenews American
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j. s. RECOGNIZES
WOMEN SMOKE
NEW REGULATIONS PERMIT FAIR
SEX TO BRING IN FREE CIGAR
ETTES.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2S.-Gradu-
ally Uncle Sam is beginning to put the
stamp of his approval upon social GUS
toms which some hold to be pernici-
GUS. It was not long ago that he rec
ognized tipping by allowing officials to
include largesse for walters and Pull
man porters in their travelling eXpen-
SEES. Now he recognizes the fact that
women smoke, and accordingly has re-
moved a burdensome duty That has
hitherto been imposed upon members
of fair sex who have brought favOrite
brands of cigarettes from abroad.
Heretofore the regulation regarding
the bringing in Of tobacco by citizens
has eliminated women by providing
that the citizen must swear that the
tobacco was for his own personal
consumption. obviously, that person
al pronoun could not be used by wom-
en- in this connection. But the new
regulations contain in effect a 'her,
as they provide that any citizen of the
United States may bring in duty free
1000 cigars or cigarettes upon swear
ing that they are for personal con-
sumption.
A copy Of the new regulations was
received at the custom house yester-
day, and a great burden has been lift
ed from the shoulders of the inspect
ors. Often they have been forced to
witness fearful scenes when women
have been detected in the act Of trying
to smuggle in a few boxes of fancy
imported cigarettes, and have been
forced to pay duty on them.
There is to be no more of that
unless the lady does not wish to swear
that she intends to smoke them. But
the inspectors feel that there will be
little trouble on that score. The ad-
mission is preferable to the heavy
duty. Besides, government inspectors
are gallant men, and may be depend
I'd upon to guard carefully the secret
of arrivals addiction to the soothing
influence of nicotine.
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SOUTHAMPTON. England Dec 80.
After crowding into little more than
five months as remarkable a series Of
adventures as it took Robinson Crusoe
half a lifetime TO experience, Mate
Donald Morrison, of the long-lost Nor
wegian bark Alexandria Oubis, Is
home again.
Alexander Selliirk mad no more re-
markable story to tell after his res
cue from the island of San Juan Fer
nandez than Morrison brought with
him when he landed here from the
tramp steamship on which he worked
his way from Chlle.
THE Alexandria Oubis sailed from
New South Wales November 26, 1906.
he says, with a crew of twenty Eng
lishmen. Americans, Germans, Norwe-
gians and Danes. We were bound tor
Panama.
For two months everything went
well. Then we were becalmed for
weeks We drifted without a breath
of wind This lasted three months.
Then we sighted land.
THE captain reckoned correctly, as
we afterwards found, that it was the
Galapagos archipelago Still there
was no wind Soon we found we were
drifting toward midocean.
This meant destruction, for our
/ food and water had run so low that we
had long been on half rations. At the
captains order we launched our two
small boats, loaded all our valuables,
/ food and water into them and, each
with a crew Of ten men, set out to
reach the islands
Many of the men were too weak to
speak and we made slow progress.
/ Our boat sprung a leak, and two of us
were kept baling constantly. For ten
days we fought with the changing cur
rents Finally we neared an island
1T was small, barren and deserted
To land there was useless. That night
we parted company from the other
boat. Before morning the plug fell
from our water barrel, and before it
was discovered all the water was gone
For two days we suffered horribly
from thirst under the tropical sun. Az
last we spied a large, mountainous isl.
land and landed through a heavy SURF
Our boat was crushed on the beach
but we saved the air-tight metal tanl
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ANOTHER CHARGE
AGAINST WHITLEY
THAT ENDORSE
MENT WAS OBTAINED FRAUDU-
LENTLY BY MISSIONARY PARTY

SHANGHAI, Dec. pa sensation
has been caused here by the action OF
the executive committee of the social
ed American Association in sending a
secret memorial to Congress ondOrs-
ing Judge Whitley, to act, as a counter
olics praying for his removal. The
Association is in annual session here
now. 1t is controlled by the Protes-
tant missionaries and it is alleged that
some of the members of the control-
ing faction have been playing the po
litical game too actively. 1t is stated
that Reverends Pott, Reid, Sites and
Jameson and their friends were, elect
ed to the executive committee as the
result of the influence of Judge Will
fey and in return for this favor they
have forwarded a petition to Congress
for his retention in Shanghai. None
OF the members of the Association
outside of the executive committee
knew of the petition sent to Washing
ton and when the fact became known
there was quite a sensation.
The missionaries concerned in this
affair are the same who attracted at
tention to themselves several years
ago by their endorsement of Consul
General Goodnow, who was removed
from office for cause. The merchants
are protesting against the hostile feel
ing that exists between the various
religious bodies on the ground that it
does not reflect well on the city.
The Shanghai News, in an editorial,
severely condemns the Watch Club In
yestment Corporation. The News
states the concern is unsound: it's
books are not open to inspection by
investors and that it has no reserve
This concern has Judge Wilfey's en-
dorsement The insurance companies
are protesting against its existence on
the ground that it is an illegal COM
bination in violation of the laws of
| the United States.
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Stranded CREWS HARDSHIPS |
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and afterwards used it iu masking tw-
tie soup
There was mo- sign OF water uu the
island. but the captain stripped the
skin from cactus leaves and lga juice
refreshed u.s. the sixteen dry matches
we had among us were tne mos. pre-
cicus of our worldly goods
BY comparing the contour of the
beach with our chart we found the
next day that we were Ou ludofati-
gable island On the beach were sew
eral enormous turtles. We killed
them. drank the blood and ate the
meet II was our first full meal i'm a
month.
But for the loss of our boat we
would have tried TO reach Cha,am Is
land, which is inhabited a few days
later we found small, bracHsh spring
i'm a cave. Our slaughter of the tur-
ties had made the survivors shy and
soon we had fresh trouble to find food.
One day we dubbed a sea lion to
death 1t was hard work until we
found his nose to be his vulnerable
point
AT last we had to make food of the
lizards. lOathsome creatures five feet
long and a foot in circumference. We
tried to make bread from the powder
of pounded birds bones, but failed
Thinking we might find more game
elswhere on the island, we decided to
change our camp, and swan around a
cliff which. with the jungle, prevented
us from travelling overland.
The American member OF the crew
refused to accompany US saying We
would surely drown and that he pre-
ferred, anyway, to die in the old camp
We could not dissuade him, 50 we lef
him behind ] understand a party Il
still searching for him, but he is proc
ably dead.
In the new camp the captain los
his reason from suffering and anotne
Of our number fell into a gully ant
was killed. We afterward found hi
skeleton, picked clean by the buzzards
Our one luxury was a solitary pipe
in which we smoked by turns drie
leaves and the bark of trees.
We lived thus for five months. o.
the morning of October 20 we spied
sail. 1t proved to be sloop sent on
by the crew of our other small boa
which had reached the mainland"
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H...f. bob ND na.a.. l. nDI o. With
.H. humble. people Boz India Iof tn.
... u.. u.# Hau E..u eetlnr
nra. supplies u. DHmH.IaIua Cough
Remedy. uH only fHr m.aI. but f0T
uIu.. au. relative. cannot say
enough Boo praise OFF U remedy Dc
d. never mIua cough and cold me-
dioiu. and D a.Ba. keep a supply of
90 iu my house. and In IUs Hirhness O..
rhD E'aya RaiahH palace It IH one
of my travelling companions , shall
never feel tired of recommending n
as ] have been doing BOB the past IN
Runga Row Private Secretary TO His
Highness. the E.aya Bajah of Travsn-
core For sale by aIl dealers. Benson.
Smith d CO.. agents for Hawaii
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JUDGE WHITLEY
FAVORS LOTTERY


MANILA. Dp. II-Tas news that
Judge Willie. u. Tine United states
Court of China has given DIS official
sanction FOO the Shanghai Watch Cu1
which has been declared 60 lottery boy
the American Philippine legal 8ml0ri-
ties and more recently to the Chinese
Investment corporation both schemes
operated Dog the same parties who are
am Americans and well known r1 tHO
Judge for they were residents of these
islands at the time that Judge Wiley
was Attorney General here comes as
mo- surprise TO those who have huOwl-
edge of the Judge and his peculiar
methods The Shanghai Watch Club
was prohibited the use of the mars
for its circulars and literature in the
Philippine Islands by am opinion OF
the new Attorney General at the re-
quest of the Director of Posts amt
Judge Wilney's attention was called to
this fact IN the public press of Shans-
hal as early as last August, yet the
scheme is operated throughout China
with Shanghai as the headquarters
and the Chinese are being plundered
and robbed by this gang of American
pirates with Wilhey's approval
The Chinese Investment Corporation
which the Judge sanctions is OF the
same order as the bond investment
companies which had their origin in
/ Massachusetts and New Hampshire ID
/ $50, over 300 OF which are being put
( into operation.
Many prosecutions were had against
/ these companies throughout the Unit
ed States in the Federal Courts and
the Acknowledgement Of the United
States have pronounced them TO be
gambling and lottery transactions, and
as such the use Of the mails have been
prohibited them These companies are
now out Of existence.
Can Judge Whitley, who has made
such an unsayory record in China
make it appear that he is a fool and
that he does not know the law? He
is charged with aiding and abetting
these lottery, gambling, swindline
transactions to which he has given his
1 sanction.
At the grand opening OF the Chinese
Investment Corporation Wilhey's Man
Friday A. Fesset, who is the United
State District Attorney and a former
clerk under Wilhey's as Attorney Cen
eral of the Philippine Islands, was
present.
There are many other things about
Judge Whitley, the purist the moralist
whose mission is to cleanse and purify
as he has proclaimed in China which
would not look well in print The
Judge is not a moralist and his record
here shows that he is not Much may
be said and written with truth on this
score. -Cablenews-American
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Recorded January 8, 1908.

Maria Reizeintes and hsb CD to e
Dotta, NJ lot l blk 5, Kapiolani tract,
Honolulu, Oahu. $500. b 3O1, p AZ
Dated January ,. 1908.
Deborah Pohina and hsb CD to La
pana Keawepooole, EXchg ID; - int
in r Ps 2255 and 1911, AuwaIoIimu,
Honolulu, Oahu. B 800, p 23G Dated
Feb 10. 1906
Wahia and VT to w Nicoll d; int
in 4 land in hui land, Ulumalu ,Ha-
makualoa Maui $500, B 800, p 235.
Dated Dec 30, 1907
Lapana Kedwepoooie and VT to De
borah Pohina, EXchg ID; IL int in r
p 1874, kul 1865, Haneoo, Hamakualoa,
Maui. b 300, p 1876, Dated Feb 49,
1906
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LIQUOR IN PENNSYLVANIA.

HARRISBURG, December 23.-Thar
the political issues of next years leg
islative fight will embody more than
the partisan features that furnish the
usual ground of battle is assured by
the aggressive attitude OF the friends
of local option. These have been won
derfully encouraged by the success OF
the temperance movement in adJa'
cent states and the prohibition wave
that has swept over a large portion
of the country in the last year or two.
The forces are lining up for the con
flict in the preliminaTies which pro-
misses a very lively campaign. While
il may be taken for granted that the
liquor organizations will stand togeth'
er it is known that jealousies exist in
the ranks, and the retailers have with
difficulty been restrained from max
ing war upon the brewers. The Ger
man-American Alliance of the state
will be the chief support OF the liquor
men, and will endeayor to defeat ev'
cry man who stood for the Craven
local option bill This will constitute
the main fighting force on the part
of the opposition, although certain
politicians, state and local, will doubt
less be found fighting on the liquor
side.
Leading in the cause of local option
is the State Anti-Saloon League, which
is organizing the state by counties
and legislative districts. As allies
will be found practically all the
churches, young peoples organiza
lions, the w. C. T. IT,, the State
Grange prominent educators, numer
GUS local civic associations, and many
of the leading newspapers of the state
both secular and religious.
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TAKE III NOW.

It's not too late to prevent serious
heart troubles If you VIII take DR..
Miles Heart Cure at once, when you
have dizzy spells, shortness Of breath,
huttering of the heart, irregular pulse,
weak or hungry spells. These are
early, but urgent, symptoms of heart
weakness, and must be given imme-
date attention. Money back If first
battle fails to benefit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-13

If a man is healthy he can afford to
take chances on health food
Don't get the idea under your hat
that other people think as much of you
as you think of yourself.
Probably there is no personal sacri-
flee so great as that of the misguided
woman who marries a man to reform
him. Chicago News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-13

In the Atlanta Constitution Uncle
Remus" is quoted as saying: INF.
Roosevelt is a remarkable man, and 50
is his wife" Evidently a White House
dinner has a tendency TO cause slips Of
the tongue.-The Washington Post.
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C, BREWER & co., LTD,
QUEEN STREET,
HONOLULU, T. II.
AGENTS FOR

Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, Waikiki Sugar Company,
ookala Sugar Plantation Company,
Pepeekeo Sugar Co., Kapapala Ranch
Charles M. Cooke President
Geo. H. Robertson. V-Pres. & Mgr.
e. Faxon Bishop. Tres. & Secy.
F. w. Macfarlane. .........A Auditor
P. G. Jones. ..............D Director
C. H. Cooke. Director
]. r. Gait. ................D Director
All of the above named constitute
the Board of Directors.
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w. g. Irwin &CO., Ltd
SUGAR FACTORS, CONKISSlON AGENTS
AGENTS FOR

Q eanic steamship Co., san FrancisoS,
Cal.
Western Sugar RShnlnL CO., San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Eewall Universal MIL Co., Manufac-
turers OF National Cane Shredder.
New York, N. Y
Pacific on Transportation Co., sAA
Francisco, Cal.
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The precipitation of a free fight in
the douma the other day indicates that
the Russian Autocrat has not yet dar-
ed to be autocratic enough to intro
duce Speaker Cannon's rules for the
government of his legislature,-New
Oraleans Times-Democrat
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Realty Transactions

Entered OF Record January II, 1908.
Lahela Ahlo to Kaneohe Rice Mill
Co Ltd ..................
Lahela AhIo to Kaneohe Rice Mill
Co Ltd............................L
Honolulu Iron Works Co to Cath
crime N Joseph. ...................D
John Gravity and wi to Hamakua
& Kohala Tel & Tel Co........D
First Ban kof Hilo Ltd to Manuel
Ventura and wf..................R Rel
Aihonua NJ Konaaaihele and hsb to
David o Moke ct al ...............D
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OFFICERS and DIRECTOR
SUGAR FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AGENTS FOR
]. P. COOKE, Manager.

AGENIO FUN
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Com
pany.
Haiku Sugar Company.
Paia Plantation.
Maui Agricultural Company.
Kihei Plantation Company.
Hawaiian Sugar Company.
Kahuku Plantation Company.
Kahului Railroad Company.
Haleakala Ranch Company.
Honolua Ranch.
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AN INDIAN NOBLEMAN USES
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDY.

You will see by the following that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-13

Fine Job Printing. Star Office.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-19
MR.. BRYAN's STRENGTH.
More Formidable Candidate This
Year Than Ever Before.

From the Springfield Republican.
1t Is within the bounds Of reason to
affirm that Bryan is likely 10 poll as
large a vote in November as any Demo
crat who could be nominated. Personally.
ne has now certain factors IN his favor
which were much less potent in 1886 and
1900. His personality is more salient and
impressive and commanding than IN Iaose
years. II is an extraordinary tribute 10
his personal power that he has survived
his past defeats and to-day has a larger
personal influence. party lines aside than
any Democrat now active in our public
affairs. Among the radical wing Of the
Republicans he is the only Democrat who
wins aCmn alton
II is. IN short. very easy 10 discern con-
ditions which make a formidable canvass
and a heavy vote for Bryan GER
tainty OF the coming Presidential cam
paign- The fashion Of decrying bis
strength may have had too much vogue.
II no other Democrat could do better
than he in appealing 10 all the forces Of
discomfort in a year Of business depression
brought about under Republican rule: If
no other Democrat could approach him
in attracting support from among the
eXtremer wing Of radical Republicans
then the problem Of selecting a Republi-
can standard bearer grows In seriousness.
As the Republican leaders peer into the
future. they may wen hesitate 10 COM
nit themselves at this time unreservedIy
70 any candidacy whatever. II will be-
problem that viii tax the best insight
OF June: 10 settle it in the half-lights Of
early spring might lead 10 party dis
aSfar