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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Party Goes to Ramsey

Charles H. Lewis, Bladen Ramsey,
H. B. Lind and several others went out
to Ramsey from Reno yesterday, to be-
gin work on different properties in that
district. Mr.. Lewis is a mill builder,
Ramsey a mine owner and Lind the
man who will develop the Ramsey Con-,
which he has bought.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Getting Good Returns

The various leasers around the Ho-
gum and Osceola placer districts are re-
ported as getting very good returns
from their work. Marriott and Hume,
who have been searching for a channel
for some time, have been successful in
reaching it and state it promises to re-
pay them quickly for their efforts of
the past few months.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Small Army Employed

General Manager C. B. Lakenan and
Edwin Berry, secretary to Pope Yeat-
man, of the Steptoe Valley smelter at
McGill, spent the day in Ely today.
To the Expositor, Mr.. Lakenan stated
the work of completing the mammoth
plant was progressing satisfactorily as
fast as the force of $50 men could ac-
complish it.-Expositor.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Rumors Of Consolidation

There is still talk of the consolidation
of the Nevada Cons, Cumberland-Ely
and Utah Copper companies, and it is
believed this will be effected as soon as
financial conditions become more set
tied.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Mining Activity stimulated

Mining activity is being stimulated
in the Eldorado Canyon section by the
building of the custom smelter Of the
Santa Barbara, reports stating the
plant will be ready to receive ores by
the middle Of june.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-06
Min Working Fun Capacity

The Belmont mill at Millers is work
ing at full capacity on ore from the
~company's mines and other properties
in the TonopaE district. The company
is directing it's attention principally at
the present time to development work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
JAPAN's FOREIGN
ADVISER ON NIPPON

D. w. Stevens, the diplomatic adj
wiser to the Korean Government, who
is on the Nippon Maru on his way to
America, was the Japanese agent TO
Hawaii in 1900 and 1901 to assist in
settling pending questions. He has
been in the service of the japanese
Government since 1883. For the ten
years previous to that he had been
secretary of the American Legation
at Toxic. He has been the adviser of
the japanese Foreign Office in all mat
ters with Western nations ever since
he entered the service of that coun-
try.
He has been the diplomatic adviser
of the Korean Government ever since
December, 1904, when the protocol be-
tween Japan and Korea, by which the
foreign affairs of Korea came under
the absolute control of the Japanese
Government, was made.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
THE WILD CHINAMAN
DEAD IN HIS HERMITAGE

HILO, March 10.-Vun All Chow, the
famous wild Chinaman" of Papaikou-
mauka, is dead.
The announcement comes a trifie
late, inasmuch as he has been dead
for possibly three months or more, but
it was last week, when some natives
had the temerity to approach his
haunt, that Vun All Chow made the
announcement of his demise, very
plainly, himself.
Captain Fetter went up to investi
gate and found the remains in a coffin
shaped box in which the hermit used
to sleep. The body was in a terrible
state of decomposition. There were no
signs of foul play 1t appeared from
portions of food left that the China
man had just laid down after a meal
and had then died. Nothing could be
done in the way of removing the
corpse. so the shack was set on fire
after a quantity of firewood had been
piled about the self-made coffin. This
action was rendered doubIy necessary
from the fact that Vun was a leper
suspect.
The old Chinese hermit lived for
thirty years in his shack away up on
the mountain side. ae was originally
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
Give US a Trial Order.

questioned. She admitted giving the
the children were we'll enough fed and
clothed, but upon the insistence OF
these men she finally consented that
the clothing from the supplies on hand
might be given to the children and
that the kitchen might be opened and
the range used and better supply OF
food be served.
The next day in the course Of fur
Their investigation the investigators
met with Miss Beard at the Orphan
age, and there, to their surprise, they
were met by a written denial read by
the two teachers of what they had pre-
viously said, and the assertion that all
they had said about there being in
sufficient food, was false. Finally
however, when Miss Beard withdrew
at their insistence, the two women rel
terated their statements as to the star
walton and rags. They said that in the
presence of Miss Beard they were
without will of their own.
Under this strange state Of affairs,
a consultation was held among a num-
Der of the most substantial citizens OF
Kona. 1t was decided to take legal
measures to bring about a complete
investigation of the matter and to this
end the proceeding to have Miss Beard
removed as the legal guardian OF such
OF the orphans. and to have Mr.. Over
end appointed was brought. The mat
ter is to come up for hesring before
Judge Matthewman next week.
1t seems one of the strangest and
even welrdest set of circumstances
that has ever called for the action OF
citizens of any community and can
only be accounted for by the aberra-
tions Of religious fanaticism. There Is
much more of 1t than Is given here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14

an escape from contract service. He
got away and squatted on this piece
of land about seven miles north of the
government road He cleared and
planted 1t and kept all strangers at
bay. About eighteen years ago he was
brought in as a leper suspect, but he
was secured only after a hard strug-
gle, as he had constructed long hard
wood spears as weapons Of defense.
His case was not thoroughly identified
and he was allowed to go.
1T was a most exhausting climb UP
to the Wild Mans place." said Cap-
tain Fetter yesterday. I'VE were
about all in when we got there, for It
is pretty tough travelling for at least
five miles Of the way The old China
man must have been a worker. He
had about two acres Of land neatly
cleared and planted with taro. pine
apples, oranges. citrons, peanuts and
other things. He Kept no animals. but
there are plenty Of wild pigs up there,
and he could have had no trouble in
getting plenty TO eat. I don't think
he had been off the place for some
years. Formerly he used to be seen
makai occasionally but not for long
time has he spoken to a human be-
ing"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
HARD TIMES IN FRISCO
MAKES STOWAWAYS

There are eight stowaways on the
transport Thomas who's are to be put
ashore here when the vessel leaves
this forenoon. Chief of Detectives Tay
lor went down to the vessel yesterday
to look them over. They seemed a
much better class of men than are
frequently found among stowaways.
Each of them claimed to have an oc-
eupation of some kind. One of them
said he had formerly worked here for
T. B. Walker, the contractor. Two of
them claimed to be bricklayers, one a
stone mason, one an oiler, and two of
them carpenters. One of them said
he was trying to get to Australia where
his wife and two children are. All of
them claimed that they left San Fran
cisco because of the hard times there
and the inability of anyone not a
member of the union getting employ
ment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14

ishing brass work, scrubbing decks,
washing off paint work and doing the
other manifold things there are to be
done to keep a ship spick and span.
But the number of visitors continually
coming greatly interfered with this.
Still, progress was made.
President Kennedy was aboard the
vessel at different times during the
day. He is proud of the new vessel,
as we'll he may be, and the fact that
it has aroused much public interest is,
of course, a matter of satisfaction and
pleasure to him as to all the officers
of the company. Miss Dreier. daugh-
ter of one of the directors of the COM
pany. has presented a handsome piano
TO grace the social room of the new
flagship.
Captain Freeman of the Mauna Kea
was receiving congratulations all day
on the stately appearance of the new
ship he is to command. and of the
splendid voyage he made on her ini-
>tial trip to this port.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
KONA EXCITED
Continued from Page one,

fruit in its season; on papayas they
could gather elsewhere than on the
Orphanage premises; and on such milk
as the COWS belonging to the Orphan
age gave, which had become INSULT
cient in quantity since Miss Beard had
ceased to give the attention to such
matters she formerly did. From her
first hesitating and disconnected ac-
counts this teacher, a Miss Mullinger,
acknowledged that she herself was
furnishing. Her demeanor when seat
ed at the table at Mr.. Overend's house
showed that she was indeed furnishing.
Mr.. Overend consulted NJ. f. Scott,
and District Judge George Clark, who
went to the Orphanage to investigate
for themselves. They found everything
just as Miss MulIinger had described
it. They were at the ~Orphanage at
the time of the last meal of the day
two meals only being allowed. This
consisted of breadfruit and wild toma-
toes cooked together and a part of
a glass of milk for each child. The
children were inconceivably badly
clothed. The two women at first reti-
cent finally affirmed the statements
Miss Mullinger had made to Mr.. Over
end, Examination was made by Judge
Clark and Mr.. Scott, and it was found
as the women said, that the kitchen
in which was a good range was locked
up, and all the cooking for these forty
children had to be done on two aero
sene tins in the yard. The bran bought
for the cows and the wheat bought
for the chickens had been resorte7 to
to exc out the miserable food. But this
had been forbidden by Miss Beard
when she found it out. They had even
been forbidden by her to use the vege-
tables which were growing in the gar
den. AS examination showed, there
was a good range in the kitchen the
oven of which was filed with jam;
there was food in abundance and
clothing in abundance but Miss Beard
had forbidden their use and the two
women were so under her influence
that they obeyed.
Miss Beard herself was sought and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
coLoRED SOLDIERS ARE FIGHTERS

Five of Uncle Sans colored soldiers
spent last night in the police tanks,
all for assault and battery. Four of
them, arrested late last night, made
an attack upon one of their comrades.
beating him on the head with a piece
Of board and splitting his scalp, in
fiicting injuries that necessitated his
being taken to the hospital. These
four are Henry Williams, VI. Pullum,
George Polrte and Emerson Seaborn,
the first-named being the leader The
assault took place at the corner of
King and Smith streets, and was the
result. according TO the story Of the
four to the police. OF the wounded
man, William Galloway, first pulling a
knife on Williams.
The other assaulter is w A. Pratt,
who did up four japanese in China
town, carrying the war into Africa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
FOURTH REGIMENT A
FAMOUS ORGANIZATION

The Fourth Infantry which is aboard
the Thomas on its way for service in
the Philippines is one Of the oldest
military organizations of the United
States Army. It dates from the eigh-
teenth century. Mad" Anthony Wayne
was it's first commander, and General
U. S. Grant served as a lieutenant in
this regiment throughout the Mexican
War. Two battalions of the regiment
have been stationed at Fort Thomas,
in Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati, and
the third battalion has been stationed
near Cheyenne, wyoming. No finer,
looking body of infantry has ever been
seen here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
THE KASATO MARU.

The Japanese steamship Kasato Maru
has finished coaling, but is still dis
charging her cargo of nitrates for the
Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Works.
She is discharging into cars of the
Oahu Railway Company which are
then sent on to the fertilizer works.
She is scheduled to sail for Yokohama
on Sunday. She will await the arrival
of the Iwalanf which is expected to
bring seven Japanese and one Korean
leper from Molokai. One Japanese
Ieper now at the Kalihi Receiving Sta
ton will also be taken aboard and the
nine will be taken to their native lands
to be cared for there.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
BoN1NE's MOTION PICTURES.

There was a full house again last
night for Bonine's moving picture
show. 1t is plain that if Mr.. Bonnie
would send for sets of mainland films
of the kind most popular with culti-
waited audiences he could fill the Opera
House once a week as long as the
supply held out. Everybody likes good
motion pictures but not everybody
wants to seek them in nickelodeums.
There is money in a first-class biograph
season at Honolulu's leading place Of
amusement.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
$4,000 WHARF FOR
PEARL HkRBOR POST

Captain Orwell, United States En-
gineer, in charge of all government en-
gineering work in this Territory, viii
cause to be erected a substantial wharf
at Pearl Harbor, independent of
whether or not Congress makes an ap-
preparation for the harbor.
A post is likely to be established at
Pearl Harbor before long, and a wharf
will be needed for the landing of sup
plies and material Work will be
started on preliminary construction
next week and the mud will be thrown
out preparatory to making a dock. The
wharf will be built at Halawa and
will cost about $4,000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
NIPPON IN QUARANTINE.

The japanese steamship Nippon
Maru, arrived in port early yesterday
morning, but a case of smallpox aboard
sent her to the quarantine wharf
where she remained all day yesterday.
Her steerage passengers We're of course
not allowed ashore, and only such of
her cabin PASSENGERS as could show
the marks of recent successful vacci-
nation. This rule permitted the land
ing of the members of the Pollard Lii
liputians, but it kept on board w. H.
Heen and another returning Hawai-
ian, besides a number of other pas
sengers, most distinguished among
whom was Mr.. d. w. Stevens, the dip
lomatic adviser to the Korean govern
ment. The Nippon brought 500 tons of
cargo for Honolulu. She will sail at
2 o'clock this afternoon for San Fran
cisco from the Hackfeld wharf
w. H. Heen, one of the passengers
for Honolulu, is a son-in-law of
Charles Motley, and has been pracTis-
ing law in Shanghai for some time,
having been admitted to the practise
in the United States Court for China
after an examination by Judge Wiley
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
THE ASTRAL LOADING.

The Mauna Loa was alongside the
big ship Astral yesterday discharging
her sugar into the Standard Oil YES
sci. There is one more Island boat to
bring her sugar and then the Astral
will get ready to go to Hilo where she
will take on 1000 tons of sugar, taking
on only fifteen hundred tons here. 1t
has been decided, so it is said, that
she will not tow over to Hilo, there
being no towboat here powerful
enough to tow so large a vessel over
with economy. She will therefore sail
over. She will probably get away
early in the week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
THE THOMAS TO SAIL.

The transport Thomas is scheduled
to sail at II o'clock this forenoon for
Guam, Iloilo and Manila. It is expect
ed that her coaling will be completed
by that time and she will sail as soon
as the coaling is completed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
THE YACHT SPRAY

The yacht Spray that was for SO
long the vehicle of Commodore Pickers
nautical stunts, has recently been on
the ways and her hull given a thor
ough overhauling. She is now at the
Inter-Tsland wharf and her spars and
rigging are being gone over thoroughly
and shezis shortly to be taken on
cruise by hui of youth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
ROUGH ON LEEwARD KAUAI.

Purser Hart of the Niihau, reports
heavy rains at Anahola during the
week, and that there was rough wealth
er al along the lee side of Kauai.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
THE KELLOGG DISCHARGED.

The lumber schooner o. NJ. Kellogg,
Captain Iverson, has finished discharg-
ing her lumber at the Bishop wharf,
but it is probable that she will not
sail for the Coast for four or five days
vet
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
Is SUN AND MOON.

First quarter of the moon March y
The tides at Kanului and Hllo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
hawaiian standard time is 10 hours
IN minutes slower than Greenwich
time. being that of the meridian Oh los
degrees thirty minutes. The time Wills
tie blows at 1880 p. M, which Is the
Same as Greenwich o hours 0 minutes.
sum and moon are for local time Iof
the whole group.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14

MARINE:

Inc American Hawaiian steamship
Nlrslnian, Captain Colcord, surprised
her agents and everybody else by ar
irving here yesterday about noon when
she was not expected until some time
this morning, in company with. The
Nebraskan. The postoffee authorities
in San Francisco were also evidently
Off in their estimates of the speed the.
!frgfnian can make. for they put no
mail aboard of her, though if they had
she would have got one days later
mail here ahead of anything else.
The Virginian is the vessel the com.
pany planned to transform into a pas
senger steamer But as the engineers
Were notsesftaif $tlfssF even with addi-
tlonat boiler capacity she could make
the requisite speed, the company de-
cided not to risk spelling first-class
freight vessel with the result OF hav-
ing only very ordinary passenger
vessel.
Inc Vlrginian is, a twin-screw steam
ship, four masts. She was built at
Sparrow's Point, Maryland, by the
Maryland Steel Company, in 1903, for
the Atlantic Transport Company. She
mas the very highest rating at Lloyd's.
and also in the Record of American
and Foreign Shipping. She is 491 1-2
feet long, IS IL feet breadth. and
"A IL feet depth of hold Her regis
tered tonnage is, 1914. She carries a
lightweight cargo of 1850 tons Of SUI
gar. The vessel displaces when loaded
$4,000 tons. She has triple expansion
engines, 4800 indicated horsepower.
On her trial trip her speed was IA 1-2
knots. She was originally the Name,
and became the Virginian about eight
months ago. She is built of steel.
The Virginian is a handsome vessel,
has very pleasing lines and bu1io
that shows off her size to advantage.
She was formerly in the livestock
trade between the United States ar.1
England. Her entire main deck was
fitted up for carrying live cattle, and
on her upper deck there were accom-
modations for 100 horses. These ac-
commodations are still on the vessel,
though on her cattle deck the blanks
that formed the stalls for the cattle
have been removed, though the stanch-
ioIis sun lehldlh Inc VesSel mas touF
decks, six watertight compartments,
and cargo can be worked from eight
matches at a time. For the purposes
of working cargo she has IS winches
and IS booms. She is an oil burner
and brought a general cargo on this
voyage. She is at the Railroad wharf,
and has already begun to load sugar.
She viii probably get away for Ka-
hului and Hilo on Wednesday and
will finish her cargo at those ports,
sailing from Hilo for Salina Cruz.
The Virginian is commanded by
Captain Colcord; the chief officer is
Foster Ryer; second officer, c. Nit
chell, and third officer, w. H. Paine.
The chief engineer is Saddler, and his
first assistant Barnard
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
MAUNA KEA RECEIVES TONIGHT.

The Mauna Kea will be Illuminated
tonight and thrown open to the public
by the directors of the company for
inspection. The latter part of next
week, probably on Friday, the direc-
tors of the company will take a party
of invited guests on the new flagship
for an excursion. The excursion will
be either around Molokai and Maui,
or around Kauai and Niihau. Which
course will be taken will not be de-
cided until next week and will depend
somewhat on weather conditions in the
respective directions. This excursion
will start on Friday afternoon, re-
turning Sunday morning.
The Mauna Kea, which arrived from
San Francisco Thursday evening on
her maiden trip, was yesterday the
Mecca to which thousands journeyed.
They began coming early in the morn
ing and they were coming all day. The
crowd aboard her was so large
throughout the day that the work Of
cleaning her up was greatly interfered
with. The stewards were at work pol
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-14
LOCAL OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES WEATHER BUREAU:

Honolulu, Friday, March IS. 1905,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-28
Full Dress and Silk Beavers.

Grand Knight John S. Rouff, of
Natchez Council No. 1884, Knights
of Columbus, is in receipt of let
ter from Hon. Steve Trainor, of
Vicksburg, in which that gentleman
states that Vicksburg will furnish
sixty candidates for the fourth de-
gree.
The local Knights are delighted
with this statement and are certain
that there will mot be less than
three hundred members in line on
Thanksgiving Day.
The comforting of this degree
will be an incident to be remem-
bered by all local and visiting
Knights, while the march from the
Council Hall in Union street to the
Institute Hall where the degree
will be conferred will doubtless
prove very beautiful and impressive
to the citizens at large.
The members Of the order who
are to take the degree will report
promptly at the Council Hall at
three o'clock on the afternoon of
November 18th and are to be in full
evening dress including silk beav-
ers.
The sight of three hundred men
all in full dress and wearing silk
beavers is always interesting and
impressive. Natchez Democrat.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-10-28
THE COUNTY CONVICT FARM.
Several Improvements Have Seen Made
During the Year.

A representative of The Leader
rode out to the county convict farm
Tuesday afternoon. The popula-
tion of the farm is somewhat re-
duced at the present time, as re-
cruits have been coming in slowly
of late from the local courts.
Superintendent John Miller in
formed us that he has only ten
prisoners Of all classes and ages at
the present, two of these being
small boys sent up for jumping on
moving trains in Brookhaven.
The poor house department is
somewhat more populous, there
being thirteen inmates at present.
Several of these are very infrm
and helpless and one old white lady
is over 80.
Supervisor Geo. A. Moak of
District No 4, and L. F. Noble, of
District No. S, constitute the
County Farm Board of Control this
year, and they are making good
showing of their stewardship. 1t
was noticed that substantial new
house has been erected during the
year for the superintendent and
matron, thus making more room
for the paupers, and that a new