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The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-25
SUGAR MILLS RISE
SLOWLY IN FORMOs|

Letters received in Honolulu yester.
day per the steamship Asia tell of the
difficulties under which the meager col
ony of Americans is laborlng in For
mosa in the erection of the two sugar
snppea dfeet TO ape S
tations, is in charge of the erection
and nearly all have been laid low with
malaria. The work of construction has
therefore gone on slowly, and it is
which have tended to retard the work
will prevent one mill being ready to
grind in November as anticipated. The
mills are located at Ako and Koshiken.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-25
CHINESE SUICIDE
ON GARDEN ISL

LTHUE, Kauai, August 22.-Another
Respondent took his life by means of
hanging last Sunday morning.
Chung Nan has been working for the
plantation for number of years. and
was living in the camp below the store.
For some time back he has been sick
and neither the haole doctor nor his
own doctoring seemed to him to bring
him nearer to health.
Sunday morning some of the Chinese
living in the same camp discovered him
hanging by the neck, cut him down
and summoned the police. The latter
could but testify that the man was
dead.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-25
FELL FROM HOTEL BATHS SWING

While climbing out on the trapeze
platform and holding to the swing rope,
Joe olivera, a Portuguese hoy, slipped,
and falling, struck the concrete border
wall surrounding the pool in the Hotel
Baths, shortly after 5 o'clock yester.
day afternoon. He was taken to the
Queen s Hospital in the patrol wagon,
where his injury was asc artained TO be
scalp confusion. He suffered no
serious damage
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

Zmai Niiletich. Your home is, or was, in the vil- lage of Toplica, where you were q blacksmith un- til you became a thief. You are employed as an assassin by two g e Il t l e m e Il known as Chall- venet and Du- rand. Do you follow mel"
 The man was indeed following him with deep cngrossment. His narrow forehead
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

Tt Is a mistake. If your excellency would go away for an hour he should never know where the buzzards found this large carcass"
 "Tush would not trust his val uable life to you, Get upw he com handed. and Oscar jerked Zmai to his feet.
 You deserve nothing at my hands but need discreet messenger, and you shall not die tonight, as my worthy adjutant recommends. Tomorrow night however, or the rollowlng nlght--or any other old night, as wa say in Amer. ica-if you show yourself In these hills my chief of stan shall hnve his way with you-buzzard meat"
 "The orders are understood" said Os. car, thrusting the revolver into the giants ribs.
 Now, Zmai, blacksmith of Toplica and assassin at large, here is a letter for NJ. Chauvenet. It Is still early. When you have delivered 1t bring me back the envelope with monsieur's re- ceipt written right here under the seal. Do you understand?"
 It has begun to dawn upon Zmai that his life was not in immediate danger, and the light of intelligence kindled again in his strange little eyes. Lest he might not fully grasp the er- rand with which Armitage instrusted him Oscar repeated what Armitage had said in somewhat coarser terms.
 Again through the moonlight strode the three-out of Armitage's land to the valley road and to the same point to which Shirley Claiborne had only a few days before been escorted by the mountaineer.
 There they sent the Servian forward to the Springs, and Armitage went home, leaving Oscar to wait for the re- turn of the receipt
 It was after midnight when Oscar placed it in Armitage's hands at the bungalow. r-.,-.a
 "Oscar, 1t would be dreadful thing to kill man." Armitage declared. hold ing the empty envelope to the light and reading the line scrawled beneath the unbroken wax. It was in French:
 You are young to die, monsieur"
 "A man more or less" And Oscar shrugged his shoulders.
 You are not good churchman. It is grievous sin to do murder"
 One hay repent. It is so written. The people of your house are Catholics also'' t,-
 That is quite true, though may seem to forget it. Our work will be done soon, please God, and we shall ask the blessed sacrament somewhere in these hills" a .
 Oscar crossed himself and fell to cleaning his rife.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

Armitage sat down on the writing ta- ble. with his own revolver and the pris- oners knives and pistol within reach of his available hand. A smile of amusement played over his face as he scrutinized the big body and its small, bullet-like head. -'.t u#
 He is large devil" commented Oscar. .-.-.. ..e.- -t.
 He is large, certainly remarked Arinitage.. Give him chair. Now" he said to the man in deliberate Ger man, T shall say few things to you which I am very anxious for you to understand. You are Servian." -.s
 The man nodded.
 "Your name is Zmai Miletich."
 The man shifted his great bulk un- easily in his chair and fastened his lusterless little eyes upon Armitage.
 Your name." repeated Armitage. 'is
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

man, he was also possessed of de gree of curiosity. He did not know just the series of incidents and confer ences that preceded his summons to Washington, but they inay be sum- marked thus:
 Baron yon Marhof was a cautious man. When the young gentlemen of his legation spoke to him in awed whispers of cigarette case bearing an extraordinary device that had been seen in Washington he laughed them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
By2MEREDITH NIcHOLSOJ
Author oi AThs House of Thousand candI.

copYRIeHT. leoz BY THE poBss.MERRILL COMPANY
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
WATERBURY BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

NJ WATERBUH
 AUTO REPAIRING. Fred Phoenix, Watcrtown, Conn. Automobile, Gas and Gasolepe En zine repairing. If it's enything In machine line bring 1t to u-.
 ARTISTIC WALL PAPER. To tempt you we will sell paper thi
 week at
 5 Cents per Roll. The A. F., Taylor Co. 43 Center St. AvERY's LUNCH ROOM,
 445 West Main St. Working men of the west end, wh, carry your dinner? We serve
 full course dinner for 200.
 A HOME INDUSTRY. Waterbury Towel and Cabinet Sup ply Co, E. l. Russell, Prop'r. Why patronize out of town com. panies? 73 E. Main. Phone 244-5, APRON AND TOWEL SUPPLIES. Waterbury Apron < Towel Supply Go Of1ce Cabinets speciality. Prompt service. Goods that are right l r. II. Shove, Prop. S1 Ilingsbury.
 ASH REMOVER.
 c. w. Brown, 5S Dover Street. l make speciality of removing ashes rubbish, etc. Personal attention.
 Telephone 942-4. Jno O'Brien, Stores 414.sOs N. Main. Factory 12 Adams St. New England Bread, Bakery Goods. Ice Cream speciality. Tel. BAKERY. North End Bakery & Confectionery. P. Hook, Prop, 764 No Main. Fresh bread and cakes daily. We'd ding Cake orders attended to. bUSlNESS COLLEGE.
 Waterbury Business College. Fall term begins September 1, 1908.
 Send for New Illustrated
 Catalogue.
 BOUFFARD's BAKERY. Try our Teas and Coffee. Cannot be excelled.
 Teas 35c lb, Coffee 25c lb. 3S5 E. Main, 1852 N. Main. BOTHER AND GROCER. A. P. Blanchette, 25s South Main St. All kinds Liquors and Lagers
 bottled for family use. Groceries. Delivery. Tel 262-2.
 COFEEE ROASTING. kaplan's Coffee Roasting Company. Fresh roasted coffee every day. Full line Fancy Groceries. 426 No Main St. Phone 11S7-4.
 CHIROPoDIsT. Mrs NJ. B. Rood, Room 38 Apothe.
 caries' Hall Bldg.
 Residence calls by appointment. Wed and Sat evgs at office. Tel 149-2. WANAMAKER CLOTHING For the man who has s16, SIS or s2O to spend for suit or overcoat tailored to your measure. Lyons X Grimes, 95 Bank St.
 CONTRACTOR. C. c. Riggs, Contracting Engineer. 65 Bank St, Waterbury. Ct. Reinforced Concrete Structures, Side- walk Lights. Fireproofllg, etc.
 CONTRACTOR. Albert Delay, Waterville, Conn. General Contracting and Teaming. sExcavating and Leveling. Light and Heavy Trucking. CARPENTER AND CONTRACTOR,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

In th.s country. You would have us before Virginia grand jury and our own necks stretched. No: we shall send him back to his master"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
Chapter XIX
 N /
CAPTAIN CLAIBORNE ON DUTY.

N some mystiication Cap tain Richard Claiborne
 packed a suit case in his quarters at Fort Myer.
 Being a soldier, he obey ed orders. hut heinz hn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST.

J. H. Jencks, Filter of the "So Easy" Eye Glasses. Old ones repaired
 1S2 E. Nah.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
IF YOUR HOUSE LEAKS

HO<N HVtcfF Hrshho Since these last rains. come and see me or telephone about Metal Shfn- gles. Let me talk about them. ". |. whfney, @ Dfvisioa St. City.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

hang him to the rafters In the kitchen. Yet he is heavy and might pull down the roof"
 You are a bloodt h hirsty WIT e t c h. and there is no mer- cy in you. Pri- vate executions are not allowed fn @if. a1.-A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31

fAe huge figure of ste Scrrton stdndtnq
 beside the sober 'i.tie cdrdirl1ndn.
 pare to act as clerk of our court mar ial. If the prisoner moves. shoot him.
 He spoke these lust words very de- liberately in German, and the Servian's lnalI eyes blinked his comprehension.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-31
DAILY FASHION ALks
 BY MAY MANToN
A COMFORTABLE NIGHT-GOWN.

AOMFORTi should be- essential characteristic h designed for cold weather and this pretty
 we'll It includes long and open enough neck freedom fin breathing whout Fannts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
Two Viez0s of Smith and Brown.
Makes Brown Formidable.
q Rome Tribune,

From the Rome Tribune.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Brown are men
of different mold The difference be-
tween them is not one of PERSONAL
ty. but of issues. There are many OF
these issues. For instance, there IS
the port rate question. Mr.. Brown
has opposed the adoption of these
port rates consistently and vigorous
ly. Mr.. Smith has favored them.
Since Mr.. Browns letter on the sub
iect in February he has been urged
to run by petitions and pleas that
his friends declare are very general.
Rightly or wrongly but undeniably,
the man with the empty dinner pail,
the workman out of employment,
the laborer without job, the man
who had his salary cut, the followers
of Thomas E. Watson, who charges
broken faith, the farmer who detects
jugglery with the primary, the pen
sioner who objects to the quarterly
dole, the real prohibitiOnist who re-
sents a belated climbing on the band
wagon, the man who loves real re-
form for it's own sake; these, all of
them, are dissatisfied with the ad-
ministratiOn of Governor Smith.
Such discomfort may not be justified,
but it is here, and it makes the can
didacy of Mr.. Brown formidable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

From the Abel News.
Since the joint debates between
Congressman Griggs and Judge Rod
denbery last year there has been d
lull in interest in the congressional
race in this district, although the lat
ter has continued to speak at every
school house when an audience
could be had, and for the past three
months has pretty we'll covered the
district. Congress will adjourn in a
few weeks, and Mr.. Griggs will
doubtless get out among his cOnstit-
uents again.
4 good deal has been said about
the merits and dement's of the oppOs-
ing candidates, and in some instances
statements have been made by par
tisans of the gentlemen which are
not warranted by facts,
The News believes that both gen
tlemen are good men, and feels kind
ly toward both So in choosing the
candidate who is'most worthy of our
support we are not hampered by SEN
timent. Unfortunately the proh1bl-
ton question: purely moral ques-
tion-has been dragged INTO the cam
Daign. So far as we have been aDle
to discover Judge Griggs has always
voted for prohibition. In one in
stance Judge Roddenbery admits
that he failed to vote for the prohl-
bition democratic candidate for gov
ernor. But we are not falling out
with him on this account, and merely
state these things that no honest
voter may be mistaken. Really, we
think the question has no place in
this campaign.
The one thing that ought to con-
Germ the people of the district is:
who is best fitted of the aspirants
to represent it? Every man who has
the interest of his home and dis
trict at heart ought to consider this
question above all others-whether
it is best to continue in congress
man who has gained a national rep
utation, made for himself name IN
every part of the union, been assign
ed to the most impOrtan. committees,
and who more than any other one
man is responsible for the extension
of the splendid mail service now en-
loved by the entire country, man
who has in every way measured up
to the full requirements of con-
gresham; or shall we retire him for
an inexperienced and younger man,
almost wholly without legislative
ability and experience. Which of
the two is best suited to represent
us in times when the best intellect
and experience is needd?
| We shall not attempt now to tell
voters who they ought to support
For our part we shall unhesitatingly
support Judge Griggs, earnestly and
conscientiOusly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
PORT RATES.
) Savannah Press.

From the Savannah Press.
Perhaps not ten per cent or
the voters of Georgia understand
what is meant by port rates
as favored by Governor Hoke
Smith and opposed by former
Railroad Commissioner Joseph
NJ. Brown, now candidate for
governor. Shall we not have a
campaign of education on port
rates?-Albany Herald.
The candidacy of Mr.. Smith and
Mr.. Brown might bring up the dis
cussion of port rates in very point
ed way.
There was always much fogginess
about this question. We should hate
to stand a written examination right
off on the subject, although The
Press has printed explanations of the
matter several times. AS we remem-
Der it the port rates advocated by
the Atlanta freight bureau gave a
distinct advantage to the city of At
lanta and were not adopted by the
railroad commission. Since Govern
or Smiths inauguration no attempt
has been made to enforce the matter
and port rates have been allowed to
go by default The Savannah Press
attempted at the time to show the
injustice of the proposition. In that
port rate discussion our recollection
is that Mr.. Brown held the strong,
sound end of the argument.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
pROHIBITIONIsT AND JUDGE.

An Atlanta dispatch says the trus-
tees of the Georgia Anti-Saloon
League are expecting to be called to-
gether soon to take action on the re-
cent attack made on Judge Andrew
Calhoun by Associate Superintend-
ent J. B. Richards. 1t is also said
that there will be strong opposition
to the reelection of Mr. Richards at
the expiration of his present term.
Mr.. Richards, it will be recalled, de-
clared his intention of making cam
paign against Judge Calhoun on ac-
count of certain rulings which the
Judge had made on the Georgia pro-
hibition law.
At the suggestion of the trustees
of the state league letters are now
being sent throughout Georgia stat
ing that it is not the policy of the
league to attack the judiciary for it's
construction of the law. The success
of prohibition, these letters declare,
rests upon Oh uliDIGIoSd J'tbiNASNA - $500
a Judge partial to prohibition might
be as harmful to the cause as a judge
biased to the liquor interests.
That is the truth. 1t is a sound
and sensible statement. The fanatic
who lets his zeal run away with
his judgment does the cause of
wholesome reform more harm
than all of its enemies. There
must be common-sense and conserv-
atism in prohibition, as we'll as in
every other reform movement, If the
support of public sentiment is eX-
pected.
The prohibitinonists will make a
serious blunder if they attempt to
take possession of the judiciary by
eIecting men to the. bench who Will
render decisions to suit them instead
of on the law and the evidence
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
Give the Governor a Chance.

From the Savannah Press.
The people have announced by an
overwhelming majority their desire
to try the experiment of a reform ad-
ministration. We respectfully sub
nit that only one term of the legis-
lature has passed since that time,
and only a part of the laws have been
enacted. The administration is en-
titled to a fair trial and full show
ing. Some of these administration
measures have been freely criticised
and opposed in the press, but let US
give the governor fair chance to
assert himself, especially as the peo-
pie of Georgia have so willed it.
We might as we'll say that we do
not believe the panic in the country
or the so-called hard times have been
brought on by Hoke Smiths policy.
We did not believe that the panic of
1885 or of 1898 was precipitated
by Mr.. Cleveland's advocacy of a re-
form tariff or of a gold dollar These
depressions ere periodical, and are
the result of unwise imitation. With
out celebrating these ideas we are
inclined to believe that Governor
Hoke Smith will be given a SECOND
term, and by the full record of his
administration will Hbe judged by the
people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
COLONEL GANTTs COMPLAINT.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
After a long silence Col. I. Larry
CAN'T has been heard from. He has
Just closed up his last newspaper
he saws it is his last-and has sought
his farm for solace, contentment and
sustenance. The Greenville News
caught him the other day, on his
way to his plantation, and held him
up long enough to evoke a charac-
teristic interview
THE newspaper bushes is like
the whiskey or opium habit IS
bad. But I am going to the farm.
| am cured.
What about politics, colonel?'
"No more politics for me" he said.
"I have always been fond of politics,
and have taken an active interest in
them, but do you know | can count
on the fingers of one hand the politi-
clans whom have favored in my
whole career who have shown an
ounce of gratitude? No, sir; you
take my advice and run your news
paper on strict business principles,
and don't take too much stock in
boosting politicians along"
And, commenting on Col. Gantt's
estimate, the Columbia State says:
eve do not see what the colonel has
to complain about. If he has been
boosting politicians all his life, and
has four or five grateful ones to his
credit, he is getting unusually big
returns for his boosts. He has got
more than his share
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
THE PEOPLE ARE NOT SO
GULLIBLE.

The Albany Herald says that 'one
thing the cheap politicians in Geor-
gia are learning while the county
primaries are being held is that one
can t ride into office on eiter the Hoke
Smith reform wave or the prohibition
wave which swept over the state not
long ago. Nor can they even ride
in with one foot on one wave and the
other on the other. The people have
let the fact be known that they are
not so gullible as the cheap politi-
clans seem to think they are.
Men who run for office solely
on the ground that they favored
some particular man for another Of
flee, or voted this or that way on
some question, are about as much
fitted to make laws as Sir William
Goat, and their votes would mean
Just about as much as his.
Quite a number of ambitious patri-
OTIS are trying to get in office this year
through the reflected greatness of
somebody else or on the popularity
of some moral movement, but, be it
said to the credit of the people, in
every instance that has come under
our observation the aspirations of
these political fakirs have been
thumped out of them with adverse
ballots.
A man who doesn't stand for some
thing himself and hasn't some merit
of his own has no business with an
office
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
"They Needed the Money"
on7 the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
That was a rather startling dis
patch from Macon which the Morn
ing News published yesterday giving
details of the trial of Q. M. Orr, for
mer cashier of the Exchange Bank OF
that city. Big shortages were dis
covered in the accounts of number
of the employees. Employees on the
witness stand admitted that they
took large sums, giving as their ex-
cuse that they needed the money.
All who testified except one admitted
taking money Were they all in
great need except one? And because
they thought they needed the money
was that any excuse for taking what
didn't belong to them? Wonder is
expressed that the Exchange Bank
stood the illegal drain upon its re-
sources as long as 1t did.
But what sort of management had
the bank that permitted the purloin-
ing of it's funds so generally and per-
sistently by employees? Must it not
have been guilty of neglect that
amounted almost to crime? The in
ference from the dispatch is that ev-
ervone seemed to feel at liberty to
help himself to the funds of the bank
whenever he needed the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
ARE BUT FEW LIKE HIM.

Newspaper readers throughout the
countrv are familiar with the ruling
of the postoffice department which
has nut on a cash basis newspaper
subscriptions.
The Columbia IS. CO. Record had
a customer who was cut off it's cir
culation list March /. He was per-
sonally known to the management OF
the Record as a reliable man who
would pay his debts. Yet he had
maid no attention to subscription bills
mailed to him from time to time, and
when his name was cut off the mail
ing list he owed for one year and
ten weeks. 1t was when his paper
was stopped that the gentleman real
lied how negligent he had been. 'He
enclosed check for 5000, the
amount of his account, and several
stamps. In a letter he wrote
Enclosed find check for
amount / am due you and
stamps to pay for postage money
YOU have spent in dunning me.
Please excuse my negligence
Certainly this a unique letter.
and, newspaper publishers will agree,
a unique course. 1t is unusual that
delinquent subscribers-or other per-
sons who owe money, for all that
regard it justice that they should
bear the expense of the ''duns." But
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
The Trip of the Train.
m the Dublin Times

rom the DuDllu lines.
The agricultural train" has
finished it's tour, and perhaps
it's we'll. The object of the
train, as originally planned, was
commendable, but it was fast
being turned into a political
junket. Politicians who hap
pened to be in position to do so
took advantage of it to swing
around the circle and meet the
people, and it was not infre-
quently the case that the speak
ers who were along to give the
farmers suggestions and ideas
on agriculture had but small OPP
portunity to do 50, much of the
time being taken up by those
who were along to sow political
seed by making declarations of
undying love for the farmer and
swearing eternal allegiance to
his welfare. What he wanted
to hear about, however, was how
to plow and plant and fertilize
in order to grow more corn and
cotton and potatoes, and how to
prevent or destroy injurious
bugs and plant diseases. When
the train visited Dawson we had
three very entertaining and to
some extent instructive address
es on farm topics that were
much enjoyed by the large
crowd who turned out.-Dawson
News.
When the educational train reach
ed Dublin none of the politicians
happened to be with it. ProfessO
Sou1e and his assistants seemed to b.
really DESTROYS of giving the farmer
some genuine instruction, and if ev
they said during their shOr
stay here could be applied by tn
farmers in a practical way untolt
good would be the result.
While the politician was in evi
dence in certain sections that tn
train visited he was conspicuous 70
his absence here, and those who wer
fortunate enough to hc"r the lect
ures of the experts Of tho train w
believe got genuine information
which will be of lasting good t.
them.
But when the train etorts on an
other journey the no'itir'o0 shoult
either be given a haol, seat or b
opnortunitv TO -o1 the pee
pie about notifies without in+nrferin
with the SPLENDID work oe teachin
the farmers MANY things that the
did not know before.