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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
PUBLIC WORK ORDERED.
Civic Improvement and Allotment
of Appropriations.

Orders issued by the Commissioners To-
day provide for the necessary allotments
of various appropriations during the cur
rent fiscal year. and for changes In diff
ferent municipal departments. as well as
for several civic improvements.
They are as follows:
The resignation of Leonard Kuhn. oiler
at the sewerage pumping station. to take
effect from and after June 30, 1908. Is
hereby accepted; and Kuhn is directed
to report to the steam engineer. sewerage
pumping station, for assignment to work
on temporary roll when available.
The tentative appointment. July l, Sos,
oiler, as oiler at $500 per annum, vice
Kuhn, resigned. is confirmed.
The tentative appointment, July i, 1US.
Of Thomas Johnson as messenger at $o4o
per annum. in the surface division. vice
The order Of April 3D. 1907. for macad-
amizing Broad Branch road northwest
between Pierce Mill and Military roads,
at an estimated cost Of 5000. Is Cancelled
The order of January 10. 1903. for the
construction of retaining wall on the
south side of the Klingle road. immedi-
ately west of the bridge, over Rock creek.
at an estimated cost Of $3.50. is Cancelled.
The carriageway on Sth street northwest
between and P streets Will be resur-
faced. at an estimated cost Of s., 300.
Catch basins will be constructed at the
northwest corner of 10th and + streets
southwest and the northwest corner of F
and 9th streets southwest, at an estimated
cost of $3.50.
Catch basin at the northeast corner of
10th and streets southwest will be re-
constructed, at an estimated cost of $50
The roadway of 14th street northwest
between d street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. will be resurfaced, at an estimated
cost of 5000.
The purchase Of two mules at cost
not to exceed $3.50. for use in the office of
the SUPERINTENDENT Of repairs, is author
lied.
The purchase of one set Of single buggy
harness and one set Of double heavy team
harness. at total cost not to exceed
S11O for the use Of the superintendent
of repairs is authorized!
The sum Of 1920 is set apart as an al
lotment for the fiscal year 1909 for the
care of horses for general use OF the sew
er division. for field engineering and in
spection service.
And $44OO is set apart as an allotment
for the fiscal year 1909 for the mainte-
nance Of horses, mules and harness used
in cleaning sewers and basins.
The sum of 5000 is set aside for the
appropriation for public schools. 1909: re-
pairs to and changes in plumbing, to be
used in making repairs and improvements
to plumbing in public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
Pinchot Reports Forest Fire.

SAN DIEGO. Cal, July 1S-Meager re-
ports are received here Of large forest
fire in the Trabuco range. presumably in
Orange county. Forest Ranger Harold
Marshall received word of the fire from
Clifford PinchOt, who saw the flames while
returning from San Clement Island. Mar.
shall Is arranging to send men to aid in
fighting the fire if they are needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
9'Other Peoples Duels''
BY Mark Twain

Mark Twain writes about "Other Peoples Dues" No
of his autobiography forget that marvellous
duel which Mark won in Nevada without firing shotsim-
ply parayzed adversary by of his characteristic
But Mark forgot the instance and he has taken
usual dues and dueists since In fact he
greatest compendium the world of duest stories and in
cdens For good this week he throws in what he
calls "A San Francisco Incident and taken by itself apart
entirely from autobiography of the funniest and
best short stories he has written.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
Administrator Files Law Suit.

Charles II. Merillat. administrator Of
the estate of Ellis Jones. today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from the Chesapeake
Beach Railway Company. Mr.. Jones was
a passenger August. 10 last and when near
Lyons creek. in Charles county, Nd, his
head was struck by switch lamp and
his skull fractured. causing death. 1t
is alleged the lamp was placed too close
to the track. Mr.. Jones' wife and four
children survive him.
Attorneys Happier & Merillat represent
the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
"Washington's City Trash CAM

Out Northeast is building in which all the citys trash
is dumped But it isn't thrown away Carefully
assorted by dozens of "pckers handsome of money
realized each week from the sale of what threw
worthless It's standing evidence that something be made
of worse than nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18

l solemnly swear that the above
statement represents only the
number of copies of THE EVEN
ING and SUNDAY STAR circu-
lated during the seven days ended
July II, 1908 that is, the num-
Der Of copies actually sold, deliv-
cred, furnished or mailed. for
valuable consideration, to bona
fide purchasers or subscribers
and that the copies so counted are
not returnable to or remain in the
office unsold. except in the case
OF Sunday papers sent to out-of-
town agents only, from whom q
few returns of unsold papers have
not yet been received.
J. WHIT. HEBRON,
Business Manager.
The Evening Star Newspaper
Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this eighteenth day of July.
AID. 1908.
CORNELIUS ECKHARDT,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
- IN THE =
STAR
1.-THE Gray Master
BY Charles c.. D. Roberts

All up and down the QuahD valley the dark spruce
woods full of game with rowing caribou herds the
wide barren beyond the hill ridge Nevertheless the great
wolf would spare the possessions of the settlers
His pack haunted the frnges of the settlements with need
less tenacity which seemed hold challenge it, direct
and nsoent defiance And the feeling of through
out the valley the point of crystallizing into
certed campaign Of vengeance which would have left
cunning trategst the Gray Master choice but to flee
fall when something took place that quite changed the
of public sentiment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
1.-THE Watseka Wonder"

1t is H. Arlington Bruces latest addition to his series
of Real Ghost Stories but this scarcely ghost rather
of dual identity happened back in 1877 in Watseka,
ILL., When the biography of the late Richard Hodgson writ
of its interesting chapters will be the of
his investigation into the strange of Luancy Vennum
archnqusitor of the Society for Psycca Research the
ural.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
1.-THE Secret of the Locket''
BY Alan Braghampton

Astro the Seer takes prerevoution 1t is odd
and complicated bit of mystery which narrowly escaped end
tragedy Astro solved the problem in his usual prompt
and maserfu manner and in time avert catastrophe By
chance the intended victim of the plot escaped
what might have been real tragedy became only light
comedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18

many severe decorations OF the scalp and
flesh, and for some time IT was feared
that they would result fatally. Today
the hospital authorities reported that
Carpenter is better, and the physicians
have hopes Of his recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
Making Money-the Human Mature Side
Of the Attractive Twenty-Dollar
Gold Pieces''
By John Hubert Greusel

It's delightful article written shortly after extended
visit the San Francisco mint Mr. Greusel tells good
many facts that thoroughly interesting For instance
Gold is always young he declares. You will be interested
in knowing why, and you will be interested in knowing
number of other facts he has to tell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18

About 900 children's jacketmakers.
who went on strike I'm New York five
weeks ago against IL reduction In wages,
have won their strike In all but a few
shops and returned to work at the former
paw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
"Washinqton's odd Swimmin' Holes

Splash Splash Splash Down at the Bathing Beach
along the Potomac the small boy is i'll the seventh heaven
of delight these swelteng days. you've forgotten what the
"Old Swimmn' Hole" meant to you when you kid
here's good chance to feel young again.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
A FAIR EXCHANGE.

Large sums of money are no
doubt realized from simple spec
ulation, but the great fortunes
are derived from legitimate AID
honest business-where the goods
furnished are worth the price
they bring. Certain famous bust
ness men have accumulated their
millions wholly in this way.
Prompt and faithful in every
contract or engagement they en-
joy the confidence of the public
and command class of trade
that is refused to unstable or
tricky competitors. In the long
run it does not pay to cheat or
deceive others. A humbug may
be advertised with noise like
the blowing of thousand trum-
pets, but it is soon detected and
exposed. The manufacturer of
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
have always acted on very differ
ent principles. Before offering
it to the public they first made
sure of its merits. Then, and
then only, did its name appear
in print. People were assured of
what it would do, and found the
statement truthful. To-day they
believe in it as we all believe in
the word of a tried and trusted
friend. 1t is palatable as honey
and contains all the curative
properties of pure Cod Liver
Oil, extracted by us from fresh
cod livers, combined with the
Compound Syrup of Hypo-
phosphites and the Extracts
of Malt and Wild Cherry. 1t
aids digestion, drives impurities
from the blood, and is effec-
tive in Anemia, Debility, Lung
Troubles, Influenza, and all
Wasting Complaints. DIR. Louis
w. Bishop says: 81 take pleasure
in saying / have found it most
efficient preparation, embodying
all of the medicinal properties
of pure cod liver oil in a most
palatable form" 1t is a scientific
remedy and food with deli
cious taste and favour. One bot
tie convinces. Sold by chemists.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
THE OKAYAMA OR
PHANAGE AS 1T is
TODAY.
BY Rev. T. okumura.
: sNaAaNys.s N.s y y y y y .

- - I" ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~
The great famine of 1905 in Japan
left so vivid an impression on us that
we can not forget it even today.
At that time the Okayama Orphan
age rose to meet the great national
emergency and befriended 1923 famine
waits, taking them to Okayama from
northeastern Japan, and over 200 of
these children are still in their foster
home.
in, consequence of this sudden in
children, debt of $4,000 ($30,000 of
which is for land and buildings) has
been contracted up to date. 1t is too
heavy a burden for the orphanage to
lift unless we stretch our helping
hands out of our friendly duty.
In the last Okayama Orphanage Rec
ord lin Japanese), we read about Mr..
lshii, the superintendent Is, two decf
sions made, as follows:
/. To incur no more debt, however
urgent need may be. That is to say,
in case that the income is short of
meeting the expenses, they will rather
fast than incur any more debt.
2. To stop to give regular salaries
to the helpers except school teachers.
Mr.. Ishii announced that those who
can not stay unless they receive reg
ular salaries are requested to leave the
orphanage. Upon this some of them
frankly told their family responsible
ties and left the comrades. So the
present workers are those who have
volunteered even to die for this insti-
tuition.
To these remaining helpers Mr.. Ishii
read the part of the sixth chapter of
st. John which tells us that our Lord
gave the 5000 persons food enough TO
eat out of five loaves of bread and
two fishes, and exhorted them, saying:
am sure that we can see the same
miraculous support of this large fam.
lily by the Heavenly Father today as
well as twenty centuries ago. But
first of all we must offer all we have,
as the disciples did"
Deeply moved by these words, the
helpers gave what they had, each say
ing; "This is my five loaves of bread
and two fishes" The donations
ranged from twenty-five yen to three
yen. Besides that there were many
who gave nearly all their clothes, in
GLIDING some jewelry. A lady worker
parted with the highly.prized dress
which she wore on her wedding day.
What a brave decisionl What a
sublime self-sacrifcel No one can
help sympathizing with such a step
taken by the orphanage workers
On reading that, could not help
bursting into tears. ! trust that many
a friend here in the Hawaiian Islands,
on hearing these facts, will be satisfied
to learn that not cent you have given
to this worthy cause is spent in vain.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27

owe had our fight and settled it; that
ought to be sufficient. l do not know
any of the merchants who were not
satisfied with the location chosen.
am afraid that Honolulu is to be kept
out of having the Federal building for
some time now. Amy agitation now
may be taken by the authorities at
Washington as showing that we can
not agree among ourselves and they
may decide to lay the matter over
CATER the work accomplished in
getting the Mahuka site in shape to
be taken over, think it is an impo-
sition on the business men to make
any change now,' said w. ii. Nc
Inerny. "That site was the one Sc
lected and agreed upon; it was made
available through hard work; new
road was opened and built by the
county. 1t is unfair that any move
to change the site now should be
made
J. G. Waller, J. NJ. Levy, Mark P.
Robinson, +. S. Cunha and others have
expressed themselves very much along
the lines of those quoted. No repre-
sentative business man gave any eX-
preston of approval to the change, the
general opinion variously expressed be-
ing that the change was neither de-
sirable nor called for.
Cabled to Washington.
The Waterhouse Trust Company,
which put through the Mahuka site
deal and placed the property in shape
to be transferred to the government,
yesterday cabled their attorneys in
H.. a
proposal there and guard the interest
of the company and that section Of the
Honolulu public which is opposing the
transfer. When the cable was sept it
was not known that the transfer had
been consummated so far as the de-
partmental heads could make it.
Can the Site be Exchanged?
A very high authority in the Fed
eral service questions even the power
of Congress to make the proposed ex-
change of the Mahuka site for the Ir-
win property.
The United States, he says, can not
secure land by condemnation proceed
ings, merely because it wants it, but
only for a public purpose. That pur-
pose must be stated in the condemna-
toin proceedings in order that the
court may know that it is a public
purpose. If the land so acquired is
not used for the purpose for which it
is condemned, it reverts to the orig
inal owners.
In the Mahuka site condemnation
proceedings it was alleged that the
land was needed fora public purpose,
to wit: for Federal building site in
accordance with the Act of Congress
providing that it should be acquired.
If the land is not used for that pur-
pose, this authority believes, it will re-
vert to the original owners.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
WILMINGTON BACK
FROM WASHINGTON

d. L. Wilmington of Castle & With
ington returned by the Hilonian yes
terday. He has been in Washington
appearing in a number of cases in the
Supreme Court.
"We could not possibly have been
treated better than we were in the
Clerk IS offices and by the Justices of
the Supreme Court he said "They
not only advanced cases on the calen.
dar for us, but they arranged them to
suit our convenience. They arranged
It so that could go to the Mohonk
Conference.
81 think it probable that the Lanai
case will be decided in favor of the
Territory on jurisdictional grounds, the
bill having been faulty drawn, and
the real issues not being presented on
it to the court.
"In the Bierce case, do not say
that the court will, but think it pos
sible it may, acknowledge it was mis-
taken before and give us a decision
now.
81 left Washington November and
came right through
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
MANCLED BY A
MONSTER OF
THE SEA

A native named Brown was killed
and partially devoured by shark or
octopus on Tuesday night while torch
fishing on the reef at Kaneohe, oppo-
site the Walter David place. A mutt
lated part of the body from the waist
up was recovered from the water yes
terday morning and, after a coroner g
inquest, was buried in the sand on the
shore. The affair has created consterna-,
ton among the night fishermen on the
other side of the island, and was at
tributed to shark. notwithstanding
of shadows. From the fact that the
body was torn in two, it is thought
that the fish, whatever it was, must
have been n monster.
Brown and two companions had gone
out at low tide for their regular night g
torching, he going one direction on the
reef and the two working their way
in an opposite direction. They had been
out about an hour when the two heard
a call for help. Turning they saw
Brown Is torch being wildly waved, and,
surprising that he had been seized by
a big eel, they started to his assistance.
The torch they followed was waved
! by seemingly desperate hands for some
moments, hut no further cries for help
ere heard. Then it went dark and the
two, stumbling over the rough reef sur
face redoubled their efforts to reach
the spot where they had last seen the
light. They kept on in the darkness
until they struck deep water, then
turned and went to shore for canoe.
It still being low tide, they could not
launch boat, and, as by this time the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
FEDERAL SITES
HAVE ALREADY
BEEN TRADED
(From Thursdays Advertiser.l

(From Thursdays Advetiser)
Interior Secretary
property
building site
recently acquired
In
signed sealed delivered
Honolulu yesterday arriving
put the exchange through
Secretary
matter advanced
declining there
that at liberty disclose
will building
MIR. Cooper this
carefully with winthrop
him
building
Honolulu
building
possibility the apsng There
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
DEER HUNTING
ON MOtOKA|

Registrar C. II. Merriam, Senator
elect Quinn, Gus Schuman and w. l..
Emery, have returned from three
weeks hunting trip on Molokai.
"We shot everything from pheasants
to DEER said Merriam yesterday.
eve had pheasant to eat every day,
and venison part of the time, while
toothsome wild pig added variety 10
the menu. Senator Quinn proved the
best shot when it came to pheasants
These are of the Mongolian variety,
the cocks sometimes Weighing four to
five pounds. Quinn shot a wild boar
that weighed about 225 pounds. We
all shot goats. They are doing a good
deal of damage to the forests and ought
| to be exterminated The wild pigs are
doing a good deal of damage too. We
found good many considerable areas
that had been rooted up. The deer
hunting was not very good. ] saw very
few deer and was able to kill only two.
The deer just now are mostly down in
the algaroba groves that fringe the
southern shore of the Island, this being
the bean season. A month from now
the deer hunting will be better, for
then the bean season will be over and
the deer-will have gone back into the
mountains.
"We were at an elevation of 800
feet, and got very nearly as complete
climatic change from Honolulu as we
would if we had gone to the Volcano
House. The Thermometer stood at A:
degrees nearly every morning The sea
son has been very dry one on Mo
lokai."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
HAwA11ANs IN CUBA.

The following is from the Cuban
correspondent of The American Sugar
Industry and Beet Sugar Gazette;
Cuba has received visit lately
from some sugar men of Hawaii. They
were ]. T. Moir and A. Homer, both
managers of large sugar estates, the
former of Onomea plantation and the
other Kukaiau plantation. Whether
these gentlemen were upon any special
mission other than to obtain all the
information possible regarding the
Cuban industry for the benefit of their
individual companies is not known
here, for they vouchsafed no informa-
ton, but let it be plainly understood
that they were here to learn all they
could in the shortest possible time.
They were one big question mark from
the time they arrived until they sail.
ed last Saturday for Louisiana to con-
tinue their studies Messrs. Moir and
Horner visited the Cuban Experiment
Station, where they were assisted in
every way possible by Director Craw-
ley to obtain all the data available
there in such short space of time.
They also visited Chaparra sugar cen
trial, in which they manifested great
interest.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
REPUBLICANS MAY GET
BACK At DEMOCRATS

Some of the Republican leaders got
together yesterday and discussed the
plan to make the police Democratic
machine.
One of them said eff they do
create such machine and thus violate
their pledges to the people to keep
the police out of politics, we can easily
get the Legislature to repeal Chapters
XXX and Xxx of the County Act, Great
ing the Offices of Sheriff and Deputy
Sheriff and establishing the police
force. We could then get legislation
to create the Office of Chief of Police,
by appointment of the Governor and
approval of the Senate, which Chief of
Police would have the power to appoint
the entire police force. In this way
Democratic police machine would be
legislated out. The proposed measures
would be radical but just
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
KE|zO MAY HAVE
ANOTHER CHANGE

According to cablegram received
by Judge A. s. Humphreys, the Su-
preme Court of the United States dis
missed Morita Keizo Is case on jurisdic.
tional grounds, merely holding that the
decision of the Territorial court could
not be reviewed by habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. AS to whether Keizo will
now attempt to have the Supreme Court
of the United States pass upon the
question as to whether. the Territorial
circuit courts had the power to natural
the recent Federal statute on that sub
iect, remains to be seen. Humphreys
says the Japanese raised a great hula
baloo about Keizo IS conviction, but
when it came to putting up money to
get the case through the Supreme Court,
it was difficult to secure money from
them, and as a result he is quite sum
out of pocket, not having received a
cent for his services in the matter.
Kimura Acquitted.
After being out for four hours the
jury in Judge Robinson IS court in the
case of the Territory VS.. Kimura,
brought in verdict of not guilty. XII
mura was charged with having assault
ed Lum Sheung, fellow employee at
the Moana Hotel, with murderous
looking bread knife on August %. The
knife was one that mysteriously dis
appeared from the grand jury room one
MONDAY recess, but it seems afterwards
to have been found.
The case was prosecuted by NJ. F.
Prosser, and was defended by E. c.
Peters.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27
RAIN IN KULA.

Bishop Restarick who returned from
Maui by the Claudine reports that
when the Claudine was at Kahului Tues
day night it was reported by telephone
that it was raining hard at Makawao,
and that apparently the rain extended
over into drouth-stricken Kula. The
rain came down as far as Kahului.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27

Mr.. and Mrs. George Cooke have re.
turned to Honolulu to live after an
absence of about a year on Molokai.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-27

The steamer Niihap is being over
hauled at The Inter Island wharf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-19
MINERS RUSH
TO ALASKA

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 1S.-The
spring rush to Alaska is now on and
bids fair to rival in extent that to
the Klondike. regions decade ago.
Indications are that 10000 miners
and prospectors will so to northern
gold camps during the next few
months. Prosperity and high wages
reign in every mining camp in Alas
ka and the British Yukon. In addi-
ton the Morgan -Guggenheim-H Have
meyer interests are building the
Trans-Alaskan railway up the Cop
per river valley to reach what Henry
Brantnober for years the London
Exploration Company's copper ex-
pert, declared is the greatest and
richest copper district yet discover
ed anywhere.
New gold strikes are reliably re-
ported from the outlying Klondike
creeks and from the Stewart, White
and Pelly rivers, Tanana, Koyukuk
and copper river districes.