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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
CRUISER BUILT AND
LAUNCHED IN TWO MONTHS

The Japanese naval Office is congrat-
ulating itself and the vernacular
press of the empire is filled with praise
over the feat recently accomplished
of launching the first-class armored
cruiser Ibuki from the government
shipbuilding yards, at Kure, within
six months after the laying down of
the keel. Not only do the Japanese
believe that they have beaten all prev
ious records for speed in the construc-
ton of war vessels of this class, but
the Ibuki also is unique because of
the fact that from keel to fighting top
she was built entirely of materials
forged and put together in Japanese
government yards.
The cruiser Ibuki, which was launch
ed by Prince Higashi-Fushimi on Nov
ember q, is a sister ship to the Ku-
rama, recently launched at the Yoko-
suka yards. Her length is $50 feet,
beam 1916 feet and displacement 1900
tons. Fitted with the Miyabara boiler.
the invention of a Japanese naval Of
ficer, and the Curtis turbine, the Ibuki
is expected to develop 22,5O0 horse
power.
Both the Ibuki and her sister ship,
the Kurama, were designed by Japa-
nese naval engineers, as all of the bat
tleships recently built in Japan have
been. The keel was laid at Kure in
May, 1907, and Immediately double
force of men was put at work. The
naval office denies that any special
effort was made to rush the cruiser
through to completion, but the Japa-
nese papers say that the bureau was
not averse to a demonstration of just
how quickly a fighting machine could
be turned out by its artisans.
Every ounce of steel used in the
construction of the new cruiser came
from either the Kure Steel Foundry,
which is a part of the great naval
plant at that port, or the Wakamatsu
Iron Works, an independent concern
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
AMERICAN MINER
To NEW ZEALAND

BY the Aorangi last Saturday there
passed through Honolulu, one of the
best known mining and mechanical
engineers of the Northwest, George A.
Carter, on his way to New Zealand to
become the engineer for a syndicate
of capitalists there in a mining VEN
ture that promises to rival the best
known gold mines in the world.
On the west coast of the South Is
land of New Zealand there is vast
body of black sand which contains a
large proportion of gold. The existence
of the sands and their extent, and the
fact that they contained free gold has
been known for many years, but no
satisfactory method of working them
has ever before been devised. The
usual methods of placer mining will
not do, partly because of the slight
difference between the specific gravity
of the sand and the free gold, but
chiefly because the sand has a scour-
ing action that carries out the quick
silver from the sluices.
A syndicate has recently secured
control of a large portion of this de-
post OF SAND, ana mas Deen IN neSO-
tiation for some time with Mr.. Baker,
sending him large quantities of the
sand to experiment with. Mr.. Baker
after much experimenting has devised
a system of separating the sand from
the gold by the use of the magnetic
current. A very large proportion of
the black sand consists of iron in COM
bination with other elements. The iron
is in different combinations. But 1t is
proposed to make use of the attrac-
ton of the magnet to separate the
sand from the gold.
LAS yet" said Mr.. Baker while in
Honolulu, Eve have not considered any
disposition of the sand, except that
having separated it by this process we
will keep it separate. Whether it can
be developed into a profitable by-prod-
uct remains to be seen. At present
our plans are for the securing of the
gold. The sand which consists of iron
in combination with othe 4 elements is
the sand that has mads separation
difficult in the past. Get that out and
the remaining sand mixed with the
gold is easily handled."F
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13

subsidized by the government. Here
tofore Japan had been dependent in 4
greater or less measure upon England
and America for armor plate and until
very recent years for the heavy guns
and turret parts. but in the case %
the Ibuki even the armor plate ingots
were stamped into shape and the tur-
ret plates forged at the Kure and
Wakamatsu foundries. Nobody but
Japanese was admitted to the yard
where the Ibuki was built during the
course of her construction.
The speed in building the Ibuki was
almost equaled in the case of the first
class battleship Aki, which was
launched from the yards of the Kure
plant some months ago just eight
months after her keel was laid. The
Aki is of $4,000 tons displacement. In
her case night and day forces of men
were employed and the Naval Office
strained every nerve to get the big
boat into the water as soon as posi-
BILE.
The ability of the Japanese ship
builders is remarkable when the fact
is taken into consideration that prior
to the summer of 1904 nothing bigger
than a gunboat had been built at any
of the government yards Under the
spur of war the Naval Office began to
build it's own ships and to equip it's
plants as rapidly as possible for per-
feet independence of American and
English manufactures
Kure on the Inland Sea and Yoko-
suka in Toxic Bay are both in mac
cessble pockets, because of the mar
rowness of the entrances to the Inland
Sea and the tremendous fertilization
works that have been put at each
avenue. Were the existing Japanese
fleet to be swept from the sea an
other could be built at these two plants
secure from the guns of an enemy I'M
less the island itself was successfully
invaded.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
POLICE ROUND UP HoBoEs.

a number of hobOes were rounded up
by the police last night and placed in
the cells. Several who were trying the
open-air treatment about the old fish
market were pounded on the feet and
added to the collection, the robbery
of the Chinese store at that place re-
Gently and the reported holdup of a
sailor on the front on Monday night
leading the police to regard drunken
and penniless strangers with suspicion
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
FREE SEEDS FROM
UNCLE SANS FARM
Honolulu, T. H., March 10, 1908.

Honolulu, 7. H., March 10, 1908.
Editor Advertiser: Honorable ]. K
Kalanianaole, Delegate to Congress
has forwarded to this department for
distribution his quota of free Con-
gressional vegetable seeds for this year
The seed is put up in two packages
as follows: a." containing lettuce,
radish, watermelon, collards and car
rots; and "B," containing corn, endive,
mustard, radish and watermelon.
Application for the seed should be
addressed Mailing Clerk, Board of
Agriculture and Forestry, Box 331, Ho-
nOlulu.
Very truly yours,
RALPH s. HOSMER,
Superintendent of Forestry.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
THE WORRIED WOMEN"

%They say men must work and
women must weep; but alas, in
this too busy world women often
have to work and weep at the
same time. Their holidays are
too few and their work heavy
and monotonous. 1t makes them
nervous and irritable. The de-
pressed and worried woman loses
her appetite and grows thin and
feeble. Once in a while she has
spells of palpitation and has to
lie up for a day or two. If some
disease like influenza or malarial
fever happens to prevail she is
almost certain to have an attack
of it, and thst often paves the
way for chronic troubles of the
throat, lungs and other organs;
and there is no saying what the
end may be. Let the tired and
overladen woman rest as much
as possible; and, above all, place
at her command a bottle of
WAMPoLE'S PREPARATION
s true and sure remedy for the
ills and naladies of women. 1t
is palatable as honey and con.
tains all the nutritive and cura-
tive properties of Pure Cod Liver
Oil, combined with the Com,
pound Syrup of Hypophosphites
and the Extracts of Malt and
Wild Cherry. Search the world
over and you will find nothing
TO equal it. Taken before meals
1t improves the Hutritive value
OF ordinary foods by maxim
them easier to assimilate, an.
has carried hope and good cheer
into thousands OF homes. 1t is
absolutely reliable and effective
IN Nervous Dyspepsia, Impaired
Nutrition, Low Vitality, Wasting
Conditions, Melancholy, Chloro-
SIS, Scrofula, and all troubles of
the Throat and Lungs. DR.. E.
=. Boyes says 81 have found it
preparation of great merit. In
q recent case a patient gained
nearly twenty pounds in two
months treatment, in which it
was the principal remedialts.
gent. 1t carries the guarantees
OF reliability and cannot fail or
eisappoint you. At cheE:sts.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
SEATTLE MAN IS
HERE TO WORK
UP GOOD EXHIBIT

WOW that the jamestown Ter-Cen-
1ennial Exposition has closed, eyes are
turned toward the next great world s
fair. the Alaska ukon-Pacifc EXPOSE
tion which will be held at Seattle,
Washington opening June /, and
closing October Is, 1909" said Col.
Joseph R Mclaughlin, of Seattle, who
is stopping at the Young.
This exposition will be held in a
section of the country where world s
fairs are new and for that and many
other reasons it is expected to be a
success, benefeially, edueationally, ar
tistieally and financially. The Alaska
Yukon-Pacifc Exposition will be the
second world s fair ever held west of
the Rocky Mountains, the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland, Oregon,
being the first.
''Work on the grounds and build
ings Of the exposition is well under
way and the management is determined
10 have everything in readiness by
opening day. This has been said about
all expositions in late years, but the
promise has never been completely full
filed. The officials of the Alaska
Yukon-Paeifc Exposition, however,
have started out with completed
opening-day idea above everything else,
and if they do not carry out their
plan 1t viii not be because western
energy has not been expended in the
task.
The Alaska Yukon-Pa Exposi-
ton promises TO be different from
former worlds fairs in many ways, but
one pdiey stands out so far above any
OF the rest that the entire press of
the country is commenting favorably
about H. No money will be asked from
Uncle sam to carry on the work. That
policy must be conceded as original
with the Alaska Yukon-P Pacific EXPOSE
zion.
An the management desires is for
The United States Government to par
ticipate in the same manner as foreign
countries and the different states, by
erecting buildings and installing there
IN exhibits. Former expositions have
been aided by the government in many
different ways. Outright gifts of large
sums Of money have been made by
Congress 10 some world s fairs, while
Others have negotiated loans from Uncle
sam. some of which were paid back
and some of which were not. Some
expositions have received both dona-
tons and loans. As stated before the
Alaska ukon-Paeifc Exposition will
ask for neither. A clause pledging
this policy has been inserted in the
Congressional bill making provision for
participation only, by Uncle Sam.
Since the United States Govern
1nent began to patronize expositions
down TO the jamestown fair, Congress
has appropriated a total of s2S.752, Isl
for worlds fairs. Only s4S5,OOO of this
money has been spent west of the
Rocky Mountains, the Lewis and
Clark exposition, one of the most sue
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
ASK GOVERNOR
TO HELP THEM

Governor Frear Tuesday morning
received a petition, at the hands of a
japanese not acting in an official ca
pacity, signed by the japanese lepers
at Molokai, praying that, upon appli-
cation OF the Japanese Government for
the transportation Of petitioners to
Japan, he will direct the proper Ter
ritorial authorities to deliver petition
ers to whatever vessel is designated.
Unless the request does come from
the japanese Government, the petit
TONERS are likely to remain where they
are. Mr.. Ishii, who went to Molokai
to present the petition for signature,
first handed it to the japanese Consul
here. <.,..;-. l.5fsasx
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
JACK ATKINSON ON
TEMPERANCE ROsTRUM

One of the evening papers states
that Jack Atkinson will be a speaker
at Central Union church Sunday even
ing, but has not yet chosen his topic.
AS the meeting is to be a temperance
rally, under the direction of Mr.. Wool
ley, Mr.. Atkinson will not be likely
to depart from the common theme. 1t
was reported on the streets yesterday
that he means to take a leading part
in the Anti-Saloon movement, but he
could not be found by a reporter who
went to interrogate him.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
FOUR OF THE EIGHT
H|NDus WERE LANDED

OF the eight Hindus who arrived last
Friday by the Manchuria. four have
been landed by the immigration au-
thorities. The other four, not being
able to show satisfactory evidence of
vaccination, are in quarantine. OF the
eight, one can speak fairly good Eng
Iish. He lived in Australia for sixteen
years. Four Hindus from the Aorangi,
from Vancouver, were refused a land
ing here by the immigration authori-
ties because Of the trachoma. They
were taken on by the steamship.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on
each box
PARIS MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis. U. S. A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-13
ORDERS CAME
TO DOUBLE FORT
SKATER PLANT

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01

If nominated and elected County Attorney will be earnest and en
with conduct OF the business OF
the
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will
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01
LOCAL MENTION.

| The supporters Of H. Ward Page are
confident he will win the nomination
for probate judge by a large vote.
An old time leaf tobacco salesman
who was in Topeka yesterday, said Ea-
giles Rose Tint 5 cent cigar contains a
better quality of tobacco than most 10
cent cigars of eastern manufacture
The Rock Island ran a special train
to Alma, today for the big Emancipation
day celebration at that place. Over
$50 of Topeka's colored population took
advantage of the excursion.
M. Hamilton will deliver a lecture on
Christian Socialism at the City park
Sunday at p. m. I. Gilberg and 1. B.
Moore will also speak.
Mrs. J. c. Holland and daughter
have returned from Excelsior Springs
where they have been for the past two
weeks.
When you need a doctor you need
him badly. don't you. This is only to
cali to your mind the convenience of
telephone. The cost of an Independent
telephone is SO small that you cannot
afford to be without one.
The report of the police judge for
the month of July is as follows: Ar
rests for the month, 235. Current fines
collected, s162.75. Back fines, s39. Fines
worked out, 1854. Salaries. s2,1O0.16
Have you tried the Big Tromp cent
cigar?
Thos. A. Widner was today granted
a building permit to build a residence
at 2027 Buchanan street, to cost 5000.
Regular dinners served daily at Vine
wood park safe. Hours II to and from
$50 to p. m: Try one at 35 cents. Mrs.
E. NJ. Burnett, caterer.
City Clerk Burge today started the
city free employment agency and will
hereafter conduct this work as a
branch of the city clerks office, as
provided by ordinance. City clerks in
the past have declined to assume this
additional duty and the city has paid
out on an average of $165 per year to a
ployment agency. Mr.. Burge will per-
sonally superintend the work him
self and see to it, as far as possible that
hired help irresponsible persons. He
will try to get places for all worthy
people who apply and also to find help
for all reliable people looking for en-
ployes Such a branch of the city SER
vice is needed, for both employer and
employe often suffer at the hands of
private employment agencies in all the
cities of the country. Mr.. Burge open
ed the city agency for business today
and received an application for a posi-
ton before noon.
t D. Humphreys. who is a candi-
date for the nomination for county at
.orney publishes a letter making plain
his position elsewhere in the STATE
Journal
George Booth and Dottie Harmon,
aged q and 26. OF Valley Falls. secured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01
GOOD FOR US.
Topeka and State Fair Are
Greatly Benefited
BY New Regulations Permitting
es1 s HOmeseekers
TO STOP OVER HERE.
Low Rates to the West Now
Help Topeka.
A Boon for the State, Too, and
the State Fair.

The railroads have done a good
thing for Topeka and the state.
Heretofore the trains going through
Topeka periodically heavily laden
with home seekers and capitalists
from the east seeking investments
and places to live in the west, have
been carried right through Topeka,
their reduced rate tickets not permit
ting them to stop off at the capital
city of Kansas. either going or COM
ing.
The State Journal realizing the
seeming injustice of this, and alive to
its Importance took the matter up
with Vice President Nicholson, Pas
senger Traffic Manager Black and
General Passenger Agent Cornell of
the Santa. Fe, months ago, urging that
the home seekers tickets be good for
stopovers at Topeka. 1t was es-
pecially pointed out to them that it
would be a good thing FOR the state
to have these people stop off during
the state fair, giving homeseekers a
chance to see the exhibits in all parts
OF Kansas. The matter was also
taken up with the Rock Island people.
The traffic officials realized the stu
alton, stating that heretofore the stop
overs had not been permitted east of
Emporia or Harrington for the reason
that ticket scalpers at Kansas City
TOOK advantage of the matter and i'm
posed upon the roads. A recent de-
clSlon OF the railroad companies
against scalpers of Kansas City, Mo-,
materially aided the companies in do
ing good thing for Topeka and Kan
sas. General Passenger Agent J. M.
Council of the Santa Fe, made the fol-
lowing statement today:
Between September 4th and 18th
stopovers will be allowed at Topeka i'll
each direction, on Homeseekers' tickets
reading through Topeka. Passengers
holding such tickets routed through
Topeka can visit the state fair either
on the going or return trip, and remain
until September 18th before resuming
their journey, provided original limit
of their ticket will permit them to
stay that long
The Rock Island and the Union Pa
cific lines will allow the same stop
overs. The dates for the next home
seekers excursion are September 4
and IL, and the dates for the state fair
at Topeka are September to IL in
elusive. The homeseekers' rate from
the east for the round trip is one and
one-half one way fare plus So.
z The-Gadvantage- of this permission to
stop over can hardly be overestimated. 1t
gives this city and surrounding country,
where bands are cheaper than they are
three hundred miles west, a chance to
show homeseekers the fine opportunities
here for homes and investments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01
WARM BUT NOT TOO MUCH so.
Breeze Makes the Weather More
fearable Today.


There is no complaint to make as
to the weather conditions today, for
the temperatures have been low when
compared with those of days inn
mediately preceding. Then besides
there has been a steady breeze which
has blown from the northeast at the
rate of 10 miles an hour since early
this morning. The sky has been well
filled with clouds which have in
measure protected the earth from the
direct rays of the sun and for this
reason more than any other the
temperatures have been slightly be-
low normal.
The indications are that Sunday
will be fair, and worse than that the
forecast indicates fair day with a
rise in the temperature which means
more discomfort for those living in
this part of the world. The follow
ing table gives an idea as to the heat
of the day as the temperatures are
given by hours commencing at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01

burst occurred at the head waters Of
Coal creek, near Florence and caused
that small stream to swell to the pro-
portion of a torrent, washing away
bridges, impeding the progress of
railroads, flooding houses. and in some
instances carrying them away.
A big tank, the property of the
United Oil company was overturned
and its contents, huge quantity of
gasoline. emptied into the raging flood,
which, being carried through a num-
Der of houses where fire was being
used caused apprehension of con-
Migration but this proved groundless.
Hundreds of homes were inundated
in northeast Florence and a number
of families rendered temporarily
homeless. They are being cared for
by relief agencies. The Burns family,
consisting OF an old woman, her
daughter and two grandchildren. were
in Immediate danger, only being res
cued when they had climbed on tables
in the top story of the house and when
the rising water had almost. over TAX
en- them. :
Much damage was done to truck
farms and hundreds of horses and cat
tie were washed away. In Canon City
and Portland, both cities few miles
from Florence, while there was a
heavy rain and the Arkansas river ran
very high, there was no great damage
done, and the Formers welcomed the
rain, as it was badly needed.
In this city the river rose from a
stage of rs feet to IA feet at 1 O'Clock
this morning, this being the highest
point. Much debris was washed past
here last night and early this morning
there were fears of flood, but the river
has receded until at O'Clock this
morning the stage was "a feet. The
rain here only lasted a few hours, was
not heavy and no damage was done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01
Moi for McKercher

To the Editor of the State Journal:
A recent issue of your paper contain
ed communication, signed "A Friend
Of McKercher," in which my name is
used. 1 do not endorse what this un-
named friend says, but I did not care
to break into print about it until 1T
was suggested that my name was
brought in on purpose in such a way
as to convey the idea, by easy infer.
ence, that I am supporting McKercher.
now for senator of the Marion Norris
Chase district i do not wish to let
such an idea go unchallenged, and I
therefore ask you now to let me state
through the columns of your paper,
that L am not for McKercher for sem
ator. -rrs.
/ am for Mr.. 7. M Potter, because
his eyes and ears are still open so as to
enable him to see and hear the needs
of the people and of the state as a
whole; he has always stood for clean
life; he is a man of sound convictions
On matters pertaining to the general
welfare of the state and he has the
courage and ability to present his
views in an intelligent and dignifed
manner; he has the heart and the
head to represent the whole people, SO
that nobody will have cause to be
ashamed for anything he said or did
as senator, or for anything that he
didn't say or do for lack of ability.
FERD ]. FUNK.
Strong City, July 20, 1908.
L. M. Crawford is looking for 9 or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01
Topeka, Kan, August LIST. 1908.

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