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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
THE REAL YANKEE IS
 NOW BECOMING EXTINCT

were able to leave their mothers wing. They manned and officered the little home-built merchantmen which sailed from Boston and the New England ports in the colonial days. The infant navy of the colonies in the Revolution was alive with them in every sense or the word. During the war of 1872 scarce ly an able-boded man remained n a Cape village; young and old they were afioat, either in the regular service or on privateers, to harass the British flag on the high seas. And thereafter, from the close of that conflict through the civil war and until the late seventies, wher- ever an American ship was cruising and that was in almost every sea-her skipper, mates and crew men were likely to be Cape Codders, born and bred
 Lads of 12 and IA shipped as cabin boys. At IS or 19 they were mates. At 20 or N scores of them were commanding full-rgged ships and voyaging from Australia to Rio Janeiro and from Cal cutta to Suriuam. When they married
 their wives sailed with them as cabin
 passengers When their children were
 born many of them were born at sea.
 In a Cape Cod town of 50 years ago 1t was hard to find a youngster in the dis trict school who had not spent the first four or five years of his or her life on
 salt water
 Later in life, if they escaped the peris of storm and wreck, and mutiny and hos
 tile natives, they became ship owners.
 Then they maintained, some of them,
 offices in Boston or New York or New
 Bedford and their fleets sailed forth and
 came home laden. The foundations of
 some of Americas greatest fortunes
 were made in this way.
 But whether fleet owners or mere sea
 captains they one and all cherished a
 love for the sturdy sand spit which had
 been their home and intended some day to return to 1t and settle down. That they did this the hundreds of handsome, substantial dwellings on the Cape now testify. It is a curious fact that, in the old days, there was scarcely house on the main street of Cape Cod village which was not the home of Captain" somebody or other.
 That was Yankeedom as 1t used to be- But Cape Cod has changed greatly in the last quarter of a century. It's sons no longer go to sea. There are few steamship captains In active service and few-a very few-skippers of fishing schooners. But even the fishing industry has left the Cape to find new headquar- ters at Gloucester or Boston. Cranberry growing and the taking of summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13

Brewster, Mass, September 12.-Recent census Investigations, together with the result of genealogical researches have brought to light the surprising fact that the real Yankee is fast disappearing. Like his predecessor, the American ln- dian this original stock of the first white settlers in New England is pass ing, with this difference, that while the Indian has been eliminated the Yankee Is being absorbed. Abroad, particularly In England, the custom still holds of re- ferring to all Americans as Yankees and this accounts for the survival of a term which will soon have no real application. The day is not far distant, it would seem, which will mark the last of the real Yankees. when a chronicler may tell of their passing as Cooper told of the last of the Mohicans.
 Indeed the disappearance of the real Yankee from New England is in many ways similar to the disappearance of the Indian Each race in turn, after dom- mating very large territory eentered more and more In one small district With the red men of New England this was the territory on which King Phillip made his last stand; with the Yankee il was Cape Cod.
 On Cape Cod, indeed, the Yankee is still to be found. It was there that he first settled and it seems likely that it is there that he will last survive. For more than 200 years this sandy spit of land has been the center of Yankeedom generation following generation with less change in all that time than has occurred in the past two decades. It was at Provincetown that the Pilgrims landed nearly three centuries ago. so that the Cane comes naturally by its Yankee stock. Indeed it Is only of recent years that Cape Cod has felt the encroaching effect of modernity. From this sea- washed stretch of land the early Yankees sailed forth to cover the world of trade with their fleet clipper ships, just as their forebears did from the tight little island' on the opposite side of the Att lantic.
 These original Yankees took to the sea like young ducks. almost as soon as they
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-03
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
SUGAR FACTORS
AND
COMISSION MERCHANTS

AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Con
Dany.
Haiku Sugar Company.
Paia Plantation.
Maui Agricultural Company.
Kihei Plantation Company.
Hawaiian Sugar Company.
Kahuku Plantation Company.
Kahului Railroad Company.
Halsakala Ranch Company.
HonoluA Ranch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-03
FUNDS FOR FORTS
AND HARBOR WORK
General Marshall, the Chief of Engi-
neers, Wants Force In
creased.
MANY OFFICERS ARE NEEDED
Estimates for Improvements and For
tifications at Honolulu
and Hilo.
MANY OFFICERS ARE NEEDED
and Hilo.

WASHINGTON, November 1S.-In
his first annual report General w. L.
Marshall Chief of Engineers, U. S. A,
makes a strong appeal for an increase
in the corps of engineers. The pres
ent authorized engineer corps, he
states, consists of 1879 officers. He
recommends an increase Of 1872 Off
GERS, sixty to be employed on military
works of construction, fifty-seven to
be employed in three additional bat
talions, and fifteen for regimental or
ganization. General Marshall says that
while the number of officers is de-
creasing, the reverse is true Of the
work. NV
The Chief of Engineers submits es-
Inmates of appropriations for the ifs
cal year 1909-10 for Notifications ag-
gregating $7732 ,233. Included in this
amount are the following: Sea coast
batteries, Honolulu and Pearl Harbor,
$449, 900; Manila, $2,S69,0O0; installa-
ton of electric plants, Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor, $14,469, Philippine ISL
ands $S1, 900; searchlights. Pearl Har-
Dor and Honolulu $11,2S0, Philippine
islands $S1 600; electrical installation
at sea coast Notifications $984,253.
For river and harbor work these
estimates are submitted for the fiscal
year ending June 30th: Under continu-
ing contracts $2O,479,O57, rivers and
harbors general, including eXamina-
lions. surveys and contingencies) $21,-
464.141, under California Debris Com
mission $4,000.
Among the improvements of rivers
and harbors for which an estimate is
made for the next fiscal year are the
following:
California-San Pedro bay 100000,
San Luis Obispo harbor 100000, Oak
land 1921 900.
Oregon and Observation-Disclosures
river $1,164,OOO, canal at Cascades,
Columbia river $1OO,5OO, Columbia and
Lower Willamette 100000, mouth Of
Columbia $450,0OO.
Washington-Gray's harbor $780,
600. Puget sound $4,000.
Hawaii-Honolulu harbor 100000,
harbor at Hilo 100000.
Porto Rico-San Juan $3S0,000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-03
CROKER MAY SPEND THE
WINTER IN CALIFORNIA.

ON BOARD THE LUSITANGA, at
Sea, November 10 (by wireless via
Halifax, Nova SCOTIA. AS the Lusi-
tania was approaching the American
coast today Richard Croker, the form
err Tammany leader, looking more
rugged and vigorous even than in the
old days, his white hair and beard
setting off the ruddiness which the
wind brought to his face, spoke freely
of his visit to the United States, which
he said he had looked forward to with
great longing.
81 want to spend the winter in Cali
fornia or some other state with tenn
perate climate" Croker said, Il am
happy and contented at Glencairn,
which is self-supporting. 1 breed cat
tie for the market, which pays hand
somely, and l also breed horses and
raise them. The sales of my year
lings and the purses and stakes l win
leave a comfortable margin OF profit"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-03
THE CAVALRY.

The headquarters, band and First
and Third Squadrons OF the Fifth Ca
valry are ordered to the island of
Oahu, Hawaii Territory, sailing on the
transport of January g. the permanent
camp equipment to go on the trans
port of December 8.
Captain Edward A. Sturges, Fifth
Cavalry, is appointed as a member of
the board of officers to meet at Homo
lulu and will sail on the next trans
port. 3 N
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-03
NFERENTIAL.

He-A fellow told me yesterday I
thought l was such a bright fellow.
She-Thats an awfully bad habit
He-What is?
She-Talking to yourself.-Life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-03

Get your name on the list at Wa
terhouse Trust Co. for cussless,
waitless, out-of-order-Iess, girlIess tel
ephone.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09

recognize the duty to perpetuate the
memory of our distinguished sons In bronze
or marble. A man of force is always a
man of action. The dreamer may dream
and devise many good things, but if he
only dreams his life is a failure, both for
himself and his fellows.
"Monsignor Doane was a doer OF things.
lie always had something of a public ma
ture to urge for the betterment of the
city or Slate. He was never q pessimlst.
He never tore down; he always built up.
His optisism was Of that nature which
never saw failure ahead. He did much for
Newark. He was persistent and insistent
In the matters for which he stood and in
which he believed. He was a man Of
CHEEKY disposition and always welcome
upon any occasion. His coming made you
feel better. not only with yourself, but
with your fellows.
He was loyal In his friendships and to
his country. He was a patriotic Ameri-
can. Every impulse of his heart was to
benefit some one or something or to pro-
mote some public enterprise deemed need
full. He was a broad-minded man. He
saw the other side of every question, as
well as his own.
"Ee was tenacious in his belief, but he
was tolerant of the opinion of others. He
was Catholic in his faith. but Catholic in
his Catholicism. Such men make all men
kin. His life and interests in this city,
for which he did so much and which he
so greatly loved. Justify his fellow citizens
in erecting this statue in his memory. I
wish Newark and New Jersey had with
lis moro men like the late Reverand
George II. Doane.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09

The Right Rev. Monsignor George
Hobart Doane, p. A, who was born in
Boston, died in Newark ON January 20,
1905, at the age of IA years. His father
was the Right Rev. George Washington
Doane, who was bishop of the Profess
tant Episcopal diocese of New Jersey.
George Hobart Doane got his primary
education in Burlington, N. J., later
studied medicine in Philadelphia, and
then decided to become an Episcopal
clergyman. After he was ordained Il
deacon he was assigned to Grace
Church, Newark, as an assistant.
He studied the Catholic religion and
decided to embrace that faith and
September go. 1856, the young
curate vas baptized a Catholic in
st. Patrick's Cathedral. He went to
Europe, studied theology in Paris and
Rome, and on September 10, 1857, was
ordained a priest by Bishop Bayley in
st. Patrick's Cathedral. He became a
curate and secretary to the bishop. He
took such an active part in temperance
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09

modest or more dimden of his own powers,
tribute his full share. however small II
might be. TO the sum total of those power
full forces for civic betterment which are
supplied by the joint efforts of many high
minded and earnest citizens striving in
various ways for the same end-proeress
along the lines of civic virtue.
Though he never interviewed i'm purely
political questions or controversies, yet
he spared no effort to elevate the moral
tone of the citizen and thus indirectly to
bring about higher standards of civic
righteousness in every department OF pub
lie life. His siugle-minded and disinter-
ested love of his fellowmen and therefore
of the civic government whose object is
to promote their welfare and happiness
was the inspiration of all his endeavors.
That he succeeded TO some extent and
that his efforts were appreciated is proved
by the spontaneous outburst of regret at
his death and the determination which is
today realized of perpetuating his services
to the city by this monument. or his
work as a priest and prelate of his church
he needs no monument to perpetuate his
memory. He has raised one more durable
than brass in the hearts of his spiritual
children of the congregation to which he
ministered during the forty-eight years of
his priestly life.
But whoever gazes on this statue will
be reminded of a loyal citizen, a devoted
friend. a lover of mankind, an earnest
worker for the betterment of this city and
its inhabitants. Undoubtedly many will
draw inspiration from the recollection Of
his life and will feel that they. too. in
their respective spheres Of activity. can do
their part, as he did, modestly and without
ostentation, to promote the welfare of their
fellow men. They win feel strengthened
for the duty by recalling the high char
acter and unselfsh devotion of Monsignor
Doane.'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09

work for some years that he was called
the Father Mathew of America"
After he returned to Newark he was
made rector of the cathedral. When
Bishop Bayley became archbishop of
the see of Baltimore the Rev. DR.. NJ. A.
Corrigan was appointed bishop here
and he made Father Doane vicar-gen-
eral of the diocese in 1873, and after
DR.. Corrigan was transferred to the
archdiocese of New York as coadjutor
to Archbishop McCloskey Vicar-Gen-
eral Doane was administrator of the
Newark diocese from October, 1880, to
October, 1881.
A work thai gave Father Doane a
worldwide reputation was the raising
Of over $4,000 in the United States, and
more in England, to put the American
College in Rome in a sound financial
condition. The Pope conferred upon
him the title of a monsignor of the Sec
ond order, and when he returned to
Newark people of all religions illulni-
mated their buildings and there was a
torchlight procession. In 1890 the. title
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09
BISHOP O'C0NNOR.

Bishop John ]. O'Connor was then pre-
scented and spoke as follows concerning tho
work of the Monsignor:
t'The celebration in which we participate
todny is one that reflects honor on th'
city of Newark no less than on the dis
tinguished citizen and prelate whose
memory is to be pe~rpetuated by this monu-
ment. Nc better proof could be desired
by the high standards of character and
morality prevalent among the people of
Newark thar the fact that, regardless
of race or creed, men In every walk of
life have generously contributed to the
erection of this statue. in order to testify
to their appreciation of the sterling worth
and high ideals of Monsignor Doane.
'They recognize in his and In his life
the civic virtues which they ende1vor to
practise and promote for the welfare OF
the commonwealth and which they desire
to see emulated by all who have at heart
the fair fame of our city. By the example
of individual lives worthily spent in fur
therance of the best interests of the
people, rather than by insistence on alb
stract principles OF good conduct, the tone
of the city's life is elevated and its prog
ress promoted toward higher planes of
civic duty and patriotic citizenship.
"Such an example was found In the life
and character of him in whose memory
we dedicate this monument No man Of
his day was more sincerely DESTROYS of
advancing the best interests and highest
welfare of this city than Monsignor
Doane.
II was a Newarker heart and soul
and nothing that pertained TO Newark
was foreign to his thought or alien from
his care. BY the natural ben or his mind
and because OF the inherent dignity Of his
high character, inherited from a distin-
guished family and cultivated by many
years of as3iduous devotion to duty. he
felt himself irresistably impelled to con-
tribute a share toward the uplifting Of
the moral standards and the elevation OF
the intellectual and artistic tone Of the
city.
'He was not content with assisting in
all that fostcred the material improve
ment OF the city and with furthering
every movement Of charity and benev-
olence intended to help the sick, the
needy, the oppressed. He realized tina
more than all this is needed for the true
development of patriotic and loyal citi-
zens.
Intelligence, morality, clic virtue, de-
yotion to the public welfare, generous and
self-sacrifcing efforts for the whole peo-
~ple-these, not to speak of the benen-
cent influences Of r%eligion-he felt to be
as necessary for the true prosperity Of a
city or State as fine buildings, comforta-
bic homes, institutions of charity or the
wise and prudent administration of the
city government,
To inculcate by word and deed the
high ideals which he himself pursued in
civil life was his constant aim. Wherever
his presence or influence could be exerted
for good, he was ever ready and willing
to assist by voice or pen to the best Of his
ability.
"Whiic no man could have been more
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09
PENlNG CEREMONIES.

Samuel Kalisch, chairman of the ar
rangement committee, opened the ex-
ercises by speaking for the Monsignor
Doane Memorial Association and its
subcommittee. He said;
1.-THE occasions are infrequent when a
people composed of every rank in life and
irrespective Of their nationality, creed or
belief assemble to dedicate a monument to
the triumph of civic virtue. This gather
ing, therefore, is significant in the fart
that 1t reflects the spirit Of our advanced
and high state of civilization. of which
Observation-Disclosures is its chief handmade.
1--WE have come to dedicate a memorial
erected to the late George Hobart Doane.
not as a distinguished prelate high and
honered in the church Of his belief, but to
George Hobart Doane as the modest, I'M
selfish, spirited and illustrious citizen. His
assiduous and faithful labor during the
best years Of his life in the furtherance
Of liberal education, moral instruction and
charitable work has fructuated into living
and prosperous institutions beneficial to
common humanity.
THESE institutions stand in our midst,
the browning glory of his life-work and
lasting monuments of his unselfisl labor
and t~ireless energy on behalf of his fellow
man. In erecting this monument TO his
memory we not only honor the distiu-
guished dead, but we honor ourselves by
duly approaching the value of civic
righteousness and confessing it to the
world, and we at the same time set up a
prototype for posterity to follow. by thus
testifying that fame, honor and love of our
fellow man may be won in the paths of
peace as well as upon the bloody battle
field, or in the halls OF legislation, or in
the legal arena.
Upon that bronze figure we shall at
least always see the silvery apparition Of
the ministering angel, bringing comfort,
solace and hope to the sick and distressed
and embracing within the folds of his
celestial wings a common. brotherhood.
The Doane memorial committee desire to
publicly express their thanks to the citi-
zens Of the city Of Newark for their quick
and generous response to the appeal for
funds for a memorial to be dedicated to
the memory Of George Hobart Doane, and
to the public press of Newark for kindly
seconding and aiding the project.
1T has been especially gratifying to the
committee that the subscriptions for that
purpose came from all sects and creeds.
The committee believed that a substantial
recognition of the merit of George II.
Doane would be the erection Of a statue
to him in a public place In the city of
Lastly, the committee say hat especial
praise is due to Joseph M. Byrne, treas
urer of the committee, and James M.
Reilly, secretary thereof, through whose
efforts the object of the COM
mittee and of the citizens of Newark has
been so successfully accomplished"
Mr.. Kalisch then introduced former
States Senator James Smith, jr.,
who presided, and presented the statue
to the city on behalf of the Monsignor
Doane Memorial Association. Senator
Smith said;
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09

Monsignor Doane was buried on jan
uary "a, 1905, and the Newark Adver-
tiser. now the STAR, at once started
the Doane memorial fund with a sub
scription of 500, Joseph NJ. Byrne
agreeing to serve as treasurer. The
Advertiser also proposed the organi-
cation of a general committee of citi-
zens to raise money for a memorial and
decide what the memorial should be, an
art museum or a monument. February
8 a meeting of men who accepted the
invitations to serve on the committee
was held. Mayor Henry M. Doremus
was elected temporary chairman, James
NJ. Reilly secretary and Joseph NJ.
Byrne treasurer, and a committee on
plan n scope was appointed. John
r. Hardin, James Smith, jr., DIR. Leslie
d. Ward, the Rev. Louis Shreve Os-
borne, Gottfried Kruger, Richard c..
J%enkinson and Edward w. Drew were
made a subcommittee to arrange for a
permanent organization.
February 10 the organization was
made permanent. Henry M. Doremus
was elected president, Bishop John j.
O'Connor, United States Senator John
f. Dryden. Robert F. Ballantine, former
United States Senator James Smith,
jr., and John r. Hardin, vice-presi-
dents: James M. Reilly, secretary, and
Joseph NJ. Byrne treasurer. Executive,
finance, ways and means and memorial
committees were appointed. These COM
mittees were composed of judges, law
yers, presidents of financial Institutions,
manufacturers, merchants and clergy
men of different religious denomina-
lions m physicians. The Advertiser
turned over a total of about $4,000 that
had been sent to the office up to early
In March, and more money was sent to
the paper later. The permanent name
of the organization had been fixed as
the Monsignor Doane Memorial Fund
Association.
Several meetings of the general com
mittee n the subcommittee were
held during the year 1905, and many
cash contributions were made. But
early last year the enthusiasm of many
persons cooled, and a large number Of
the members of the general committee
died during the year But the work
was carried on by some earnest men
and it was finally decided that the me-
mortal should be a statue of bronze, to
be erected in one of the Newark parks,
the cost to be 100000. Several sculptors
exhibited designs in the Free Public Lii