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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-12
SAM JOHNSON HELD
FOR The GRAND JURY

LAHAINA, Feb. 11.-Poor sam john
son is in Jail waiting for the grand
jury to say whether he is guilty, or
not, of causing the death of the Japa-
nese whom. it is said, he showed be-
tween the plantation cars few days
ago.
Mrs. 7. J. Hayselden, mother of La
haina's popular senator, has returned
from Honolulu and is spending a few
days with Mrs. Dickinson. she will
leave on Tuesday for her home in
Wailuku
Letters have been received from DR..
and Mrs. Molony, who are in San
Francisco The doctor will open an
office there.
Lahatna enjoyed fine rain on Sun
day night and Monday forenoon, the
first rain of the season.
The Lahaina Improvement Associa-
ton met on Saturday evening. The
prominent citizens who form this as
ISOLATION want building for the La
haina school, at least equal to that
of Waikiki, as Lahaina has at present
the largest school in Maui. They also
wish to have the Kamehameha III.
monument erected near the lighthouse.
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there is over much risk for deep drafts,
particularly toward the northern end
of Smyth IS Channel. As far back as
the early '70's the Pacific Steam Navi-
cation Company; whose steamers ran
between Liverpool and Callao, restrict
ed their masters to the Strait proper
prohibiting them from using the inner
passages between Cape lamar and the
Gulf of Penas. The distance through
the Strait of Magellan is between $50
and 375 miles; through the western
channels, (Smyth $, Sarmiento and
Messier,) perhaps 500 more; a strong
indueement for a powered, light
draft vessel to make use of them But
the williwaws of that region are no
respectors of ships, large or small. They
strike suddenly, like a blow from a
hammer, or the lash of a whip. The
Resaca felt their fury one night, and
shortly after midnight, she lost both
her bower anchors at Tom Bay. She
had no sheet anchor, and was conpel1-
ed to improvise substitute, by flashing
the heaviest Hedges to the stream an
ehor. AS an extra precaution, the rem
nant of one of the bower cables was
secured to a broadside gun, which was
made ready to throw overheard; but
the jury anchor held at Eden Harbor
and Island Harbor, the last two stops
before bucking into the head seas of
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ADMIRAL VERY WRITES OF
THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
Anchorage Not Often Made After Passing Punta
Arenas---PersonaI Recollections OF That
Part of the World.

intention to build FIRE on each side
of the channel, and to hold the ship
in position until daylight, by cross
bearings of the two fires. Permission
was given; and good anchorage was
found by soundings taken from a cut
ter pulling ahead of the ship, which
steamed slowly through the drifting
ice cakes. We anchored about an hour
after sunset, which at that season oc-
ours at quarter past six.
On that run, we met at Punta Arenas,
the famous yacht Sunbeam, westbound.
Brassey and his sailing master con-
ferred with the navigator of the Rich
mond, preparatory to planning their
anchorages to be occupied after leaving
Sandy Point (see the Nineteenth
Century, Vol. XIV, page s23.) And
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A GLIMPSE OF THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN

there too, we saw much of the Chilean
Governor and his interesting family;
all massaered year or two later, in
an uprising of the convicts.
And it was on that trip that soon
after we made our first anchorage, our
good old doctor announced in his high
pitched voice, this is the rainiest spot
on the globe; it has been known to
rain forty-one feet in thirteen hours!"
Shouts of derision went up from his
unregenerate mess-mates, who begged
him to "come down foot, doctor!"
or to make it thirteen years!' But
the doctor was adamant; he declined
to yield an inch, or to extend the time
by one second When he could make
himself heard. above the. din, he said
en- show you;' and producing
Maury's Physical Geography of the
Sea, he continued "here it is; on page
%; remarks upon the Andes of Patago-
MIA; Captain King found the astonish-
ing fall of water here, of nearly -
and then the doctor said, ''Oh!' and
showed a disposition to stop But he
was in the hands of the mob, who urged
him with cries of go ont" and the
doctor continued; "' thirteen feet in
forty-one days - After the laughter
and jeers of the youngsters 1--WE were
all youngsters in the wardroom in those
days,) had subsidized sufficiently for him
to be heard, he shouted well; / got
the figures all right, anyhow" A
year later, we reached st. Thomas,
homeward bound; and soon after an
choring, all who could be spared went
ashore. The old doctor, in the good
ness of his heart gave permission to
his assistant to go; remaining himself
in compliance with the requirement that
one of the two surgeons must be on
board at all times. 1t was early in
October, and official returns were due
for the quarter ending September 80.
The assistant surgeon had prepared the
medical returns for the signature of
the senior, who soon afterward was
heard menting;-"There; I can't
trust so-and-so' (naming the junior,
then on Shore "here he's put man
under the heading 'diphtheria' when he
ought to be in the 'dipsomania
column" Scarcely had he finished his
plant, when voice from an after
stateroom comforted him with the re-
mark Never mind. doctor; he got the
figures all right, anyhow"
In Harpers Monthly of April, 1865,
pages SAT to SCI, there is an interest
ing account of the trip of the Wateree
through the Strait of Magellan and
Smyth S Channel She was a low
powered double-ended side-wheel gun
boat, of small bunker capacity. Long
before she could reach a coal-pile. her
supply of coal taken on board at Mon
tevideo was exhausted, and she was
compelled to cut wood for fuel. So
long time elapsed between the report
of her departure from Montevideo and
news of her arrival at Valparaiso,
(there were no South American cables
in those days,) that she was given up
as lost. The narrative shows the diff
Guilty of finding harbor for even so
small a vessel as the Wateree.
Steamers of light draft make use of
Smyth s Channel to extend their
smooth-water run, and to avoid the
heavy seas and persistent gales which
are encountered in the vicinity of
Cape Pillar and to the northward; but
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THE VETERINARY ACT.

John H. Pottie, who was summoned
before the district court on a charge
of violating the veterinary practice
act, Act 40, Session Laws of 1905
secured a continuance of his case until
February 10. The matter is being
brought to the attention of the courts
by the Board of Agriculture and For
estry,
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the Strait of Magellan are confined to
DOWN. advertiser, Feb. Z, 190S,) it
is rarely the case that an anchorage
is made after passing Punta Arenas,
(Sandy Point,) on the west bound trip.
There are few good anchorages for other
than small ships, either in the Strait
proper, or in the channels to the north
ward of the western end of the Strait,
generally known as Smyth S Channel,
from the name of the southernmost
stretch. Half a century ago small YES
sells were in the habit of running from
harbor TO harbor, anchoring by night;
sometimes compelled to stop early in
the afternoon, because of there being
ahead, no known harbor or roadstead
which could be reached before dark.
That was during such portions of the
year as offered long nights. But during
this season; summer in the southern
hemisphere; with twilight beginning at
Cape Froward, (the southernmost point
of the continent proper,) at half-past
one in the morning, and the sun rising
three hours later and settling at half
past seven in the evening, while twi-
light continues until half-past ten;
even the smaller ships would not be
justified in anchoring. But a battle
ship of the size and draft of the
smallest of the sixteen under Evans
command, would look in vain for al
harbor with depth and area sufficient
for its eft. draft to ride at the end
of even short scope of cable. And
as to veering for the prevalent will
liwaw,-there is no room for that. Pos
sibly one battleship might moor in Port
Angosto, and in one or more of the
other anehorages, lit is many years
since | have seen detailed chart) |
but multiply by sixteen, the area need
ed for one battlesbip, and find if you
can, any place between Punta Arenas
and Cape Pillar. where the fleet. Ito
say nothing of the auxiliaries,) might
anchor or moor in company!
/ steamed through the Strait from
east to west as far as Cape lamar, and
thence north through Smyth's Channel
to the Gulf OF Penas, in March, 1867, in a
gunboat called the Resaca, about the
size of the Annapolis ;-perhaps a trife |
larger. In those days the charts were
very imperfect. We midshipmen were
stationed in turn on the fore topsail |
yard to watch for kelp, which in those
waters is as good as a buoy to point
out submerged rock. If kelp was
sighted, we gave it IA wide berth. And
in spite of defective charts we felt our
way along; sometimes steering well into
blind passage before being convinced
that there was no outlet in the direc-
tion we were steaming. Then we would
turn; steam out, and try again.
A few years later, IN September,
1876, I made the trip from the Pacific
to the Atlantic, in the ight-draft
frigate Richmond, entering the side
channels at the Gulf of Penas, and leav-
ing the Strait of Magellan at Cabo
Virgenes, (Cape Virgins.) On one oc-
easion, having left a harbor early in
the forenoon, we were nearing, at about
two in the afternoon, the last known
anchorage available before dark; when
the navigator requested the captain s
permission to stand on, and trust to
discovering an anchorage by sunset or
soon afterward. Should no anchorage
De found where hoped for, it was his
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Honolulu, t. H., Feb. II, 1908.

Editor Advertiser: Your correspond
ent is right, whose communication sign
ed Subscriber appears in the second
column of page. 4, of the Advertiser of
the 10th instant Far from being a
fact that movements of steamers in
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NOTICE TO UBSGRIBERSl
4 New Postal order Requires Some Changes
In the business Methods Of the REGISTER

poaoce department has arbitrarily decdeed that
fails his subscription paper within
expiration his subscription fde
snbscber the publisher if he continues send the paper
individual postage the of 81
prohibition all copies this paper being
persons subscription expired priorto Jan will
discontinued this received 1t
wish so experience paid
by practically all of these subscribers
dangerous that by his
practically country newspapers would be
by such law If the authorities
Washington arbitrarily such unjust order what
publishers densely of conditions confront
ing that business Office giving him great power
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Poaboase Ruling.

The government has made compulsory that subscriptions be
paid ADVANCE the publisher denied the privilege
class postage rates 1t is impossible to
list subscription expired without foretug the
right of the pound postage cent must
affixed the papers when the is paid The ruling
DEPARTMENT. 8 as follows: III
GA reasonable time will be given publishers renewals
of subscriptions but unless subscriptions expressly renewed
the which they paid they shall not be counted in
legitimate list of subscribers mailed
shall not be accepted for mailing
pound mailed at
postage fraction thereof
prepaid by affixed The right publisher extend credit
subscriptions his publications denied questione
compliance noncompliance with this regulation will
consideration in determining whether the publication entitled
transmission a the second class postage rate
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EOKARD CHAPEL

j A FridleY, of the K & NJ has
returned to his homo in Middle
port, after few days visit with
friends and relatives here.
Miss Ora Jones has returned
from a two weeks visit with her
cousin, Miss Blanoh Hall, of Lo
Gust Lane
There will be preaching at this
place Sunday. by Rev j. M. Cullen
Strauder Sue and John Jones
we're business CALLERS to Point
Pleasant one day last week.
Rev Morriston preached an in
teresting sermon at Hickory Chap
ell Sunday night, Jan. 9Th.
Blain Barnett, wife and little
daughter, Nina. spent Saturday
and Sunday with his mother, Mrs
N o Slaughter, of Flat Rook.
Mrs Emma Lawson was bust
ness caller to Point Pleasant one
day laet week.
is MoCullooh and wife were
business visitors to your.oity Mon
day.
Reuben Mcdaniel does nothing
but talk now, has had a telephone
put In HE house.
Dexter Hall, of Locust Lane
passed though this vicinity last
week delivering pictures.
Blue Bell.
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ELwELL.

Rev Gibbons preached at Bruce
Chapel Sunday.
Miss Merneva Neville. of Chioa-
go, is visiting at her parents. Mr.
and Mrs Smith Neville. at Wyoma
Mise vause Dose. of Ben Lo-
mond. was visiting her parents
here Saturday and Sunday
Mrs Edwin Neale. of Ben Lo.
mond, wac visiting Misses Ellis
and Mary Be4Ie. Sunday.
Rev Denny, of Bidwell, Ohio,
6lled his appointment at Jordan
B ptist church Saturday and Sun
day
Miss Ella Thomas, who has been
at Macon, Ill for some time, re.
turned to her home at Arlee iast
week and spent few days with
friends here while on her way
j x BROMLEY. who has agHeat
improvement MAIDS on one of his
houses. is now completed and Ru-
ben Long will soon move into IL.
Miss Moilie Warth, of Hnnting-
ton. is visiting her parents at Bea'e
Rev Dye delivered an interesting
sermon at Jordan Bsptist Cburoh
Wednesday night
Quite numusr of pc pie spent
last Friday evening with Mira r }
Beohtle and family Those pros-
emit were Mr. and Mrs DR. Reeoe
and family. Misses Edith Jordan,
Norma Allis. CLARA hilbert. Bertha
Liniooms. Mary hilbert. Hattie
Long, Messrs Fred Force Law
renoe Sandere. John and Frank
NIbert, CoEbet Long.
Miss Rilla Wallace was q visitor
to your CITY Friday.
Boys keep your Dyes open there
will be another Boiling in THE vi
oinity Soon.
Blue Eyed Boy.
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The ooldeat weather we have had
SO far this Ninter was IL degrees
above zero.
Yon oan find Hoods calendar
at Van 3ilder's
Order of Publication.
STATE OF wEsy vIReINIA

MASoN coUHTY, To.wit.
ciaeu,s ou ns, ot ns V.erks ONCE OF The
pos liz, y" foiinlSIS, ,mS ctn u"S 81 January,
$500 p.,,,,,' - ""e
Ferry Konsh. Lucinda toush, y ames Bntey,
FRANCES Icrkle, drew Roush, Sarah H..
MS,e Mnrtln E me; ETnest Al R9ush, Lore
aud II. u. Graham. INFANTS who sue by
iraham. GeoTRe l.! RonsS. Eiiin Iians ~
Emmett Roush, Icy Blake, tnee Roush,l
Gala Ierkle, w, W jackson, Mary d.
Grimm. plaintins. nn '"'''hS ara orii'e
VS..
corporation, Ximenia B nineSer n Rs ossells
Roush, George Parsons, Nina Parsons,
f SSd Mcbride and Charles Roller, De.
In Chancery.
Tho object of the.nbove entitled suit is to
entered into on the 10Th day of November,
1874. between JonnH Roush, Lewis Roush.
Haven Coal and Salt Company, and also to
tract nude by Lewis Roush, Adam Roush,
Itonsh, Lucinda Roush, guardian for Wade
II Itoush, Perry =. Rnush, Roush Park,
Angelina Roller, Jease II. Lane guardian fnr
1cey Roush, Frances ZeTkle and Mary G..
Jackson and The Consumers Coal ami ii In
ing company, which alleged contract p,ir-
ports TO bear cate tho 4lh day of October,
TRACTS are MED win pieintGs original III
as Exhibits Nos. md . respectively. A nd
Legged option ooninined IN the said aiice
contract bearing date the It'll day of o. e
on %nd lSg y onroor,ro rom om,ovn n,o, !.
this cnse thai the defendants, RozclIe Roush
and Charles Roller are non-rcsidents of the
appear here Within one month after tho date
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The Hampshire Review. edited
by Hon. John j. Cornwell, who
received the highest honors of the
Democratic party on the last two
party assem- blages for nominating
purposes, to.wit: a nomination for
Governor in 1904 and caucus
nomination for United States SEN
ator in 1907 is cut in a stEeEs and
sensible article on the subject of
party harmony. It warns all Dem.
oorats that ito party now has a
ohanoe to vii and that the best
men must be dominated and that
the spirit of winning within the
party, for spite, revenge or glory
must be put aside We publish
the article in another column of
this paper and would ask all of our
readers to peruee it.
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MERoER,s BOTTOM.

Millstone SCHOOL 10 progressing
nicely under the management OF
r e Hereford.
Mrs Geo Moodespaugh is very
poorly at this writing.
George Brown has returned tc
Washington, o q, after a few dsyf
visit with his parents.
Charlie Wray, of Apple Grove.
and John Wr4y, of Huntington,
were visiting friends recently,
John Honsker is wearing broad
smile it's q girl. Congratulations.
Frank Mckay was visiting Miss
Bette Moodespaugh, Sunday.
Mrs Eliza MoCarty, of Aries. was
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo Moodespaugb, recently
Al Price lie very i'll With hear.
trouble.
Misses Maude Wallis and VsTna
hilbert was recent guests of John
Honaker.
Miss Nora Withers is visiting
her brother, John, at GalIipolis.
Born. to Mr. and Mrs E N 1T, a
son.
Rev Meadows breaches at M,
Carmel Saturday night and Sun.
day morning, Jan 10 and 10
C1atoh Me- IF You Gan
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Mon Laid of at o. R. Shops.

In addition to the many train
men on the B. & o, who have been
furlougbed, big reduction 10 be.
ing made in the other departments
At the Ohio River Shops at Park.
ersburg on Thursday, soore or
more of mechanics, helpers, black.
smiths. etc.. were laid off and the
working time of the remainder was
out down. The out in time also
applies to the B. & o. shops.
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TRUSTEES SALE
of Valuable Stock of Goods. in the,
Town of Point Pleasant. Mason
County, West Virginia.

BY virtue of Il certain deed of trust,
executed by X II. McKinstry to the
undersigned. Geo. q. SomervilIe,
Trustee dated the 3Oth day OF he
ceInher. 1907. and recorded in The
office of the Clerk of the County Court
of Mason County Vert Virginia. I'm
Trust Deed Book No. 80 page 504, for
the uEe aud benefit, and to secure to
all the creditors of the said X. II. Me-
KfnhtrS the payment pro rata of their
several and respective claims and de-
Inands against the said X. Il. McKin-
stry, will on the
9th day of January, 1908,
at IL o'clock a. M. offer for sale at
rublic auction in the store room of X.
IT. McKinstry, known as the Bon Ton,
on Main Street. In the Town of Point
Pleasant. Mason County, West Vir-
ginia, all the goods, wares, nerchnn-
disc, store furniture and fixtures of
every KIDD and character In or be-
longing to the general store of the
said X Il. McKinstry.
This stock of goods will be offered
may be deemed best. and the right is
reserved TO reject my and all bids
that may be made for the said proc
erty.
This stock of goods invoieed near y
Seven Thousand Dollars, aud consir.s
of goods wares and merchandise of q
general character, including a fire
line of chinaware, staple dry goods,
and other staple articles. such as are
usually found in a general store.
Terms of Sale CASH
GEO. q SOMERVILLE,
Jan. 10, Swks Trustee,
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On your Label
lis q Date.
LOOK AT TT.
Many Enginea Out if servsoe


Fifty white. loaded engines stor-
ed on side-traoks is the strange and
unusual sights that greets visitors
to the N. & w. terminals at East
Portsmouth at the present time,
All of the massive iron steeds have
been thoroughly overhauled and
are ready for service, but have
been white loaded to prevent them
from rnsting, They have been
temporarily put ont of commits
sion to reduce expenses for freight
traffic is very light at present.
Combined with this sight is the
greatly reduced number of road
and chop men and one is at once
impressed with the far reaohing of.
feot of the oompany's policy of re-
trenchment, as it has been carried
on for the past few weeks The
shops shut down Wednesday.
Mrs. Marie MoDougal Smith.
wife of Mr.. Harry w. Smith, has
assumed the editorship of that
bright, newsy weekly paper, The
Tyler County Star, published at
Middlebourne, Mr.. Smith having
retired aa editor to devote his time
this winter to writing history of
Tyler county. Mrs Smith ranks
among the brightest women of the
State, an able writer, and gifted
with plenty of business sense 81 9
is known and we'll liked by every
editor in the State. We predict
for her, as editress, great success,
and are pleased to welcome her in
the newspaper field.
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POND LIOK.

There will be meeting at Mt.
Carmel Sunday.
Miss Olora Ptokens was the
guest of Misses Ethel and Florence
Martin, Sunday.
w r Woods and son. Henry.
left Wednesday for Prospect, Ohio,
to visit his daughter, Mrs Helen
Moore.
RI Jones left Wednesday for
Columbus to visit his brother.
Mrs. Sherman Martin is on the
sick.
Frank Henry. of Fay. left last
week for London. o., to visit his
daughter.
Mrs Emma Kinnaird is on the
siok list.
Mrs Anna Baird was the guest
of Mrs Baird Sunday and Monday
Miss Rtlla Mayes was the guest
of Miss Yerna hilbert, Sunday.
j Ratliff and son, Frank, return
ed home Monday from Leewood.
Mrs Liza Gardner is no better
at this writing.
Mrs Live Moore was the guest
If her mother Wednesday and
Thursday.
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Leo, the 10 year old son of Geo.
Bumgardner, of New Haven, had
thumb mashed about four weeks
ago. His hand was wrapped up in
a cloth that was completely satura.
ted with turpentine. He set Are
to the cloth and burned his
hand SO badly that it would not
heal; a few days ago the hand had
to be amputated.
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We look inspector visit Point Pleasant and
subscription books 1t is violation ct the postal
laws of who do carry
who We have always felt to attend to
business but under guidance of the posoce
department Don't blame if name cut off, We have
remedy We allowed to send papers except those
paid up. Now up by enclosing the price sending
mail You tel just what you by looking the
the label of your paper.
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A remarkable story of life and
adventure in the West and ro.
mantio love affair between an In
dian youth and maiden are told in
the new melodrama. "As Told in
the Hills, which will be seen at
Hooff's Opera House. tonight,
Wednesday.
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Hon. Holly Simmons, of Boone
county, is candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for State
Treasurer. and in the light of some
recent political events in this
State, he ought to win, for it hasn't
been very many years since he was
a red-hot Democrat.
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Marriage license were issued last
Wednesday to James NJ Eskew and
Della Deartte.
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postal law, which effect 1908,
permitted extend credit subscription IF
violate the subject heavy penalty Therefore,
the only thing for do if wish continue
patron. Tits not fault. We must obey the law.