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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Edith Comley of Webster City
arrived in the city Saturday morning
and will resume her studies in oratory
at Drake University. She will make
her home with Mrs. R. N. Hyde and
family while in the city.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Alice M. Lawson will take her
departure for Leavepworth, Kansas,
Thursday eve Sept. II, after spending
a pleasant visit She has made great
MANY friends while in the city.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. S. Joe Brown entertained at
luncheon Friday DR.. j. H. Garnett,
President of Western College, Macon,
Mo-. Rev. James A. Bingaman and wife
Of Omaha, Neb., and Rev. Venerable OF
Keokuk.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mr., and Mrs. G.. b. Woods entertain
ed at diuner last Friday Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Baker, Madam Rachel Baker and
Rev. D. A. Holmes and son of Daven-
mort and Mrs. Brown of Macon, Mo.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. S. H. McCracken of Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, passed through our city
Thursday en- route home from Mime
apolis, where she has been visiting he:
two daughters, Mrs. Stepp and Mrs.
White.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Misses May and Vergie Tolliver,
graduates of the East Des Moines
High School, left Monday evening for
Quindaria, Kans., where they will en-
ter the Quindarla college.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Lee Roy Smith of ..Norwoodville, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith, died the
18th inst. The funeral was held from
the residence, Rev. C. w. Carter offici-
ating. Innerment in Woodland ceme-
terry, this city.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. Mary Mease, of 1040 B street,
left on the 11th,, inst, on a western
trip, she will visit Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo for an indefinite
period.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Letta Carey, a graduate OF
North High School, will leave Satur-
day for Iowa City, where she will enter
the Normal department of the State
University.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Rev. S. Bates. prstor of the Maple
Street Baptist church, is quite i'll at his
home, 1921 Fremont street. He has
been under the care of DR.. Williams
since last Tuesday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Gould enter
tanned a few friends at dinner last Sun
day complimentary to Mrs. Mae Ruff
Johnson and Miss Jessie Walker of
Marshallton.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Lena Williams of Keosauqua,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Allen who have
been the guests Of Miss Ada Hyde and
Mrs. Gertrude Cannaday, returned to
their homes Wednesday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss v. Olive Bailey, a daughter of a
prosperous farmer Of Lee county, has
entered West Des Moines High School,
where she will take up the study of
Latin.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. Susen Brown Of Macon, Mo-,
and grand son of Davenport were guests
of Mr.. aud Mrs. Harvey Brown last
week.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Ada Hyde, and Messrs. Archie
Alexander and Louis Strothers left this
week for Iowa City to attend the State
University.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. J. E. Todd gave a lovely lunch
con, Thursday afternoon at Greenwood
Park in honor of Miss Alice M. Lawson
of Leavenworth, Kans. The tables
were prepared with an CELEBRATE lunch
and refreshments at 6 p. m. and the
guests enjoyed her hospitality.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. 8. Joe Brown entertained at
luncheon last week in honor of Mrs.
Elizabeth Allen and Lena Williams Of
Keosaqua, Iowa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Messrs ]. H. McClain and o. j. Rob-
inson have issued invitations announc-
ing a dancing party at Cycling hall
Tuesday Oct., 9Th
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mr.. J. H. Weeks who has been at
Colfax for some time, left Thursday
for his home in Ottumwa, much i'm
proved in health.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

On last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs, John
L. Woodson entertained in honor of
Rev. Holmes and son of Davenport and
Mrs. .Susen Brown of Macon, Mo-.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

MIR. Montgomery who works at the
army post for one of the officers, will
leave this week for New York to spend
his three weeks vacation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. H. W. Hughes has been Ell.
Ployed in the Office of the Western
Lever, the new monthly magazine that
DIR. Pettigrew has just started.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Rev James Higgins and wife ar
rived in the city Thursday for short
visit with their daughter, Mrs. L. R.
Palmer,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mr.. Hayes Bell, our paper hanger
and painter, is working this week on
some jobs he contracted in Valley
Junction.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Jessie Walker of Marshalltown
spent last week in our city the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Warricks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Cassie Spears who has been
quite i'll for some time is improved at
this writing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Miss Dot Warren of Marshalltown
spent last week in our city attending
the Iowa-Nebraska Baptist Association.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. L. J. Shelton gave 9 O'Clock
breakfast Friday in honor Of Mrs. Mae
Ruff johnson Six courses were served.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Kew. n. S. Graves passed through
our city from the conference to St.
Paul this week.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
When at Enterprise, stop at w. r.
Bardsdale's Restaurant for meals,
lunches, ice cream and confectionaries.

Don't be afraid to give Chamber'a MS
Cough Remedy to your children. 1t
c ntains no opium or other harmful
drug. 1t always cures. For sale BY
all druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
CITY NEWS.

NIB. Hyou have relatives or friends visit
ing ia the city or going to make VISIT, piease
inform us; we solicit ali your local news-Ed.l
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mrs. w. B. Cotton, entertained Mon
day at a luncheon in honor of Miss
Wilda Warren of Marshalltown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mr.. Earnest Erickson and Mr.. Will
ans Of St. Paul spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. Erickson's parents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
DR.. ATCHERLEY, M.R.C.S.
DRAWN OUT BY OR. KOCH
Honolulu, May II, 1908.

L
Editor Advertiser: In venturing to
offer this evidence relating to leprosy
and contagion, / beg to offer it as an
addition to your publication in the issue
of May H. 1908, with profound respect
| for the conclusion given, and as evil
| dence only. DR.. Koch has repeated
what is called the general consensus OF
opinion in Europe, but does not know
that, while this opinion is largely in
fuenced by the forced segregation
adopted here, the theory of contag1on,
which justif1es this measure, is based
not on evidence collected here, or any
other form of local investigation, but
on this same consensus of opinion.
In spite of the wealth of material
and the facilities for investigation
there appears to have been no report
of any such enquiry and the spread by
contagion. and incurability of Ieprosy
taken for granted.
It is also assumed that the leprosy
bacillus, by its mere presence is proved
to be the essential cause and the means
of spreading the disease from one per-
son to the next.
If 1T is to be a safe conclusion that
leprosy is contagious because every
case has come at some time into con-
tact with another before manifesting
the disease, then, on the same showing,
we could conclude govt or lead poison
ing. which would most likely have met
similar cases prior to their own attack,
are, on such reasoning. contagious also
"a reduction to absurdity.
I propose to give a brief outline OF
the evidence grouping leprosy with
scurvy, purpura, urticaria. pellagra
Call food diseases) as one due to re-
stricted and poisonous diet: for this
explains the mystery of sudden arrests
in progress of Ieprosy and why the
bacillus is found alive in the nerve
tissue only.
It also explains why the same treat
ment acts differently in different hands
and at different times. And also why
treatment, on the theory that the L.
bacillus is the essential cause, is IN
successful, and explains the success
attending treatment on the food theory.
I have to show. then, that:
Cd That the analogy which leprosy
bears to tuberculosis is confined to the
chronic nature of both, to the strong
resemblance of form in their bacili
and the production of tubercles of a
different kind: whereas the analogy
Win puFpttfd anu H'eIIdSid - quite re-
markable-leprosy resembling scurvy
| in the one tissue attacked and all other
/ LESSONS being secondary NERVE tissue in
on&case and arterial walls In the case
| of scurvy) and resem bling peIlagra in
the nervous symptoms.
90 incubation is only followed by
septic fever from the resulting poison
| ed wound, but does not convey the
disease.
In syphilis. the ready conveyance by
| incubation in early stages, and failure
| of conveyance by this means in the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19

tertiary stages, are accepted as con-
elusive evidence on the question of
contagion in their respective stages,
bur when applied to leprosy it is NOT So
Why?
80 Personal history as given by the
leprosy patients themselves-of long
periods OF privat.on. of drinking of
residence where nothing but dried and
sa1ted fish and uncooked shelifish, VIVA
perhaps poi verg5ng on putre-
faction, has formed the sole diet. There
is often an acquired taste for the parts
of uncooked fish, which the healthy
appetite would reject as quite repul
sive. White men who have acquired
leprosy 1 have found, so far. always
with a history of similar feeding.
Children again cannot acquire the
disease till they have lived long enough
to have acquired a certain desire for,
and TO suffer from the effects Of this
restricted and poisonous feeding; ii in
eludes a dislike for acid tasting foods.
% The forced segregation of olden
times proves a firm conviction on the
question of contagion. Like other dis
eases, leprosy Included several conan
tons which have since been found to
be separate maladies, and are accepted
as undoubtedly contagious. 1t prob
ably included many chronic skin dis
orders, such as ringworm. syphilitic
and tutercular skin manifestations, the
two former contagious, and affecting
the hair and eyebrows: probably cam
GERS and some chronic ulcers are also
included. 1t was not till the fifteenth
century or later that such diseases as
syphilis and scurvy became separated
from leprosy; when the days of the
long sea voyages gave opportunities to
observe true causatiOns.
60 But the most convincing of all
evidences is the effect of treatment
founded on this view of the causation
of leprosy.
do not see how it can be possible,
if the bacillus is the cause of all the
symptoms, to account for its invariab1e
attack and growth along the tissue of
nerve fibers-why should it select this
highest developed and vitality strongest
of all the tissues? The tubercIe bacil-
lus finds a foothold where there is least
vitality and blood supply, and conse-
quently least resistance. This one can
accept, but is it not more rational to
suppose the nerve tissue already de-
by lack of it's special food
W
rather than to suppose a bacillus with
the power of selecting the very highest
and best vitalized tissue of the body
for its habitat?
This is a hasty sketch, and gives only
a bare outline of what is really a quite
argument on the subject of
contagiOn in reference to leprosy. There |
is no means of inserting the proper
statement of points of analogy between |
leprosy and tuberculosis on one hand |
and leprosy and purpura and pellagra
on the other, proving all the points to |
be on the side of purpura and pella-
gra. This, however, is ready for pro-
duction if desired
I have within only a few days given |
in court to support the nom
contagion view, and I could therefore |
hardly afford to leave your published |
statement unanswered under the cir |
I am, sir,
Respectfully yours,
JOHN ATCHERLEY, NJ. r. C. S., Etc, |
London, England.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
HOTEL ST. FRANCIS
SAN FRANCISCO.

This hostelry possesses all the best
features of the world 8 finest cara
vansaries, and has added many ideas
to the sum of hotel happiness.
It has introduced to Pacific Coast
Hoteldom, the Electric Grill, Pneu-
matte Tube service, Magneta Clock
system and today represents the
farthest advance of science in hotel
service in America.
neutrality-suspicious. So upward.
Under the Management Of
JAMES WOODS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
TO COLLECT RENT.
A CASE SETTLED.

In the Circuit Court, the suit of
Lupua Kekaulahae against David Ka-
wananakoa and Jonah Kalanianaole
on a promissory note for $39S3.26 has
been discontinued. The discontinue
ance filed in the case states that
settlement between the parties had
been reached.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
WITNESSES TOLD
NOT To COME
The John Wynne Case Goes
Over to the October
Term.

murder of McKinnon on the oil steam
er Rosecrans, some months ago, has
been continued until the October term
on account of the congested condition
of the criminal calendar in the United
States District Court. and especially
because the Koki trial is taking so
much more time than was expected.
The witnesses on the Coast sub
poenaed to appear for the trial will
be notified not to come. The only one
of them now here is McKinnon's
brother
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
AN APPEAL FOR MARKS.

Judge Dole yesterday allowed an
appeal from his decision dismissing
the writ of habeas corpus issued on
the petition of John Marks, convict
ed in the Circuit Court of the larceny
of cattle, and sentenced to five years
imprisonment The writ was dismiss
ed on the ground among others, that
Marks had not exhausted his remedy
in the Circuit Court. The case goes
to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
at San Francisco.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
At my salesroom, SAT Kaabumanu St
Tuesday, May 10, 1908,

At 10 o'clock a. m.
Roller-top desk,
Haviland dinner set, q
Ladies' shoes, mems shoes,
Koa showcases. brooms,
Walnut sideboard, felt hats,
Linoleum, upholstered wicker parlor
set, Petaluma incubators, breeders,
Linoleum, iron cots,
Sideboard, bureaus, dressers.
Marble-top bureaus, parlor tables,
Oak beds, springs, mattresses,
La Belle refrigerator,
Quincy refrigerator, wardrobes,
Meat safes. washstands,
Koa showcases, dining chairs,
Brooms, stoves, kitchen tables,
Lucky Strike tobacco,
American plug cut,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
Furnished COTTAGE
For Rent

MODERN COTTAGE. 1913 Makiki
street, near Kinau street Water and
sewer rates paid by owner. House
contains parlor and dining-room COM
bined. Large lanai, two bedrooms,
bathroom, kitchen, pantry and kitchen
closet. Modern plumbing throughout.
Outbuildings. servants rooms, SER
wants bath and closet. Carriage room,
feed room and horse stall. Grounds
planted with trees.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
THE BIERCE CASE.

The defense rested in the Bierce
case, before Judge De Bolt and a jury
yesterday at noon, with the exception
of some documentary evidence they
wanted to offer. The settling of in
structions and argument to the jury it
is expected will take up the whole of
today and perhaps part of tomorrow.
THE RULE IN SHELLEY'S CASE.
The Rule in Shelley's Case is not law
in this Territory.
So says the Supreme Court in an
opinion by Associate Justice Wilder,
which is published in full in another
column. The opinion was in the mat
Holt, deceased, on appeal from the
Circuit Court sitting in probate.
TO COLLECT RENT.
Attorney General Hemenway yester-
day began a proceeding for judgment
against Hee Fat for the rental of gov
eminent rice lands at Kapaa. These
lands were included in the lease to
the Makee Sugar Company and were
sublet to Hee Fat by the company
When the lease to the Makee Sugar
Company expired a year ago, the
company insisted on Hee Fat continu-
ing to pay>it the rent, and the gov
eminent insisted on the payment to
it. This proceeding is brought to jul
diciously determine to whom the rent
should be paid. The amount involved
iS S400O
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
HOBSON'S SECRETARY NEXT
Expected to Contradict Spears Sworn
 Testimony in Lilley Inquiry.

Washington, March 1S.-Edgar Clarkson, secretary to Representative Hobson of Alabama, will be the first witness called by the submarine in- vestigating committee when it's ses- sions are resumed tomorrow. Mir. Clarkson is expected to contradict the sworn testimony of Former Naval Constructor Lawrence Y. Spear, now vice-president and naval architect for the Electric Boat company, in which he denied the truth of the swoil. statement of Representative Hobson that he sought out and told Hobson that the Electric Boat company had influence with Speaker Cannon, and that if Hobson stood right on sub marines, this influence would be brought to bear to secure his assign ment to the house committee on naval affairs.
 MT. Hobson to-day made formal written request to the committee to place Mir. Clarkson on the stand, the latter's offer to testify having been , thrice turned aside by the committee. In all interview, MT. Hobson to-day said: "The statements made by me i to the Investigating committee are absolutely accurate"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
PRESIDENT DISAGREES
Is Not in Sympathy With Legalizing
 Boycott by Labor Unions.

Washington, March 1S.-Details of the conference held yesterday between Seth Low of New York, president of the Civic Federation and Samuel Con- pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, which are slowly coming to light, indicate that labor Is not vet committed to legislation about to be urged by President Roosevelt along the lines of recommendation by the civic federation. That there is a difference of opinion that threatens to overturn the program was learned to- night from an authoritative source. MT. Low is said to have returned to New York much discouraged. He had ex pected to be able to harmonize the points on which the labor interests, represented by MT. Gompers failed to conform with the program of the Civic Federation.
 The officials of the American Fedora tion of Labor are said to be withhold ing their support from the program be- cause the president feels that he can not endorse legislation which would legalize trade boycotts by laobr unions. The provision of the proposed bill ex empting labor organizations from the operations of the Sherman antitrust law was the medium through which it was intended to secure full endorse ment by the American Federation of Labor
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Washington. March 1s-Secretary Metcalf intends to conduct an jnvestj- gation of his own into the much dis cussed question of the water line armor belt of the battleships. which some critics of the navy have declared to he too low for safety. He will call on Rear Admiral Evans for data
 Washington. March 1s.-A new third term boomer called on President Roose- welt to-day. He was Wah-War- Nj Bed die. Shoshone Indian from Wyoming. The visitor was bedecked In furs and feathers becoming his station, his most prominent ornament being a large cam paign button of the vintage of iso4.
 Albany. March 1s.-Senator Saxe to- day introduced resolution calling for a legislative investigation of the con duct of Attorney General Jackson Irn- derth resolution a committee is io be appointed to investigate fully his ac- tion ln regard to the New York banks
 St. Paul Minn., March ls.-Reports received at the Northwestern Telepbore headquarters here indicate that inc on. tire business portion of the town of Braham. Minn.. was destroyed hv fire to-day. There was no loss of life,
 Washington. March 1s.-The Repubii- can Senate leaders have made an infor- nal poll of the senate. which convInces them that when the Gallinger ocean mail subsidy bill is taken up on Fri day, ii will pass by a large vote.
 Providence. R. l.. March 1s.-Nottnes i of 2 reduction of 10 pr cent. in wages to take effect on April s. will be posted | in practically every cotton min in 1 Rhode Island next Monday.
 Lakewood, \. j.. March lS.-Ex-pr. 1 ident Grover Cleveland spent the sev- l enty-first anniversary of his birth wiih i his wife and children to-day at inc 1 Lakewood hotel here.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
BRIEF FOREIGN NOTES

New York March tS-A private ca bleFram from Paris was received here to-day announcing the death "in Switzerland' of Gregory Gerschunin, the head of the revived Russian ter rorists, whose escape from Siberia in wash tub In November. 1906. furnish ed startling and sensational story ill both Europe and America
 London, March 1s-The dependence of the South African diamond industry on financial conditions in the United States was empha sized by Lord St Ald- win this afternoon at the Bank of Af- rica meeting. when he said "The pres ent depression is due to the cessation of the American demand for diamonds
 Parish. March lS.-An official denial
 is authorized of the report that the
 government has decided to denounce the Algeciras convention. relating 10 reforms in Morocco. and will request the powers either to summon a new conference or place the entire Moroccan
 question before the Hague tribunal. |. Berlin. March 1S.-Thirty- mass meetings under the auspices of the ss-
 cialists were held in Berlin and it's suburbs this afternoon and all passed off i'll an orderly manner. The princi- pal thoroughfares were controlled by
 armed policemen in pairs.
 Halifax N. S March 1S.-Word was received here to-day from Ottawa that there will he a great mobilization nf i the Canadian military forces on the Plains of Abraham at Quebec. during l the visit to that city of the Prince 1 of Wales in the latter part of July. l London March 1s.-The bulletin is ] sued to-day regarding the condition of i Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman. the ! British premier. says, that yesterday he i passed more comfortable day. The i chief symptoms are no worse.