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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28

PRESIDENT Roosevelt evnced before he signed the EN-
ers liability BILL holding his hands the limit of ten DAYS
went to INN for signature April approval of was
not reported here by cable until the 22nd the meantime he had
sent the D TO Attorney General Bonaparte for opinion whet
would stand scrutiny in the Senator Knox former at
oey general had declared the bill constitutional as passed vet the
was inclined to believe that of its provisions conhced
with the supreme court declaring the 1906 unconstitutional The
was rushed through the senate without having been referred
uqcy committee 1t labor and will be important
Tor all employees to become with its provisions With fine
presumed favorable opnoRof the attorney general added to the known
endorsement of Knox the enactment will require strong local n,
mite to knock it out if it is in fact vulnerable
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28
BRING 4 TEST CASE.

The Republican Territorial Central Committee other body
should take up the of testing the legality of the Municipal Act
There enough decision from the Supreme
Court before the election campaign As the stands the
constuonat of the questioned Preparations being made
with provisions and such election
will be held nothing ntcrvenes If the declared invalid after
the election has taken place the result may be great expense and much
confusion Of public business
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28
CARE OF TRUST ESTATES.
Massachusetts, Is Wrestling d an Epa That Erists in Hc

Massachusetts, Wyeling E0i That Hd5odii
being earnestly discussed in the press of Massachusetts
the upon whose legislation much of the law of Hawaii
based that of better provision for the of
with reference especially regular accounting Every word of
the following contribution the Massachusetts, discus
applicable the condition of probate administration the Ter
rtory of Hawaii:
"A dies, leaving for a
child perhaps infant He degnates trustee, the
designation confirmed by the probate Under the
of the appointment the supposed render
yearly accounting scrutnized by the
of fact he does nothing of the
stances He year after managing the
he fit and with oversight from anybody his
bondmen By and by, has happened in cases. the
child grows manhood and reaches point where he becomes
suspicious that the being properly administered.
In order to find out he has upon elaborate legal
process often finding every step of the vigorously
tested by the trustee only discover the that the
pery is hopeessy This does happen the major
iy of cases to be but happens often enough
the danger there in the loose which
ed out and supervised There have been
every locality to show that there methods
If it worth while could be cited that occurred
in this vicinity
The article quoted from goes while theoretically
the probate judge supposed require regular acconngs of
tees I'm actual practice accounting made the court does moth
ing about the matter unless the subject brought to its attention by
some who legally No provision nor practice ~
How painfully often has observed in Hawaii that the
small estates of widows and orphans subjected drain of legal
expenses for obtaining protection of the benefaes which is some
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28

Henry f. Cooper would make excellent mayor having unques
oned executive and other ability and being probably expe-
nenced of all local in the departments of public admins
aon 1t IS however the slightest merely suggest or put
forward such desirable and then expect election follow
If strong Republican ticket must be fought for the
primaries and the convention AS far Cooper concerned the
egln OF ms following among majority Of the electorate is
of doubt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28

The. value Of our exports to Hawaii
the Philippines and Porto Rico Increas-
ed from $7571 ,134 in 1897 to $5I, $50, 329
in 1907 Imports from these islands
rose in the same decade from $21,6U7, =
III to $GG0S7 ,579-New York indie
pendent.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28

Somehow those Congressional plans the White House
don't seem pan OUT Observe the pah Teddy wants
ur Deshp Congress will have NONE of it threatens
none at ALL just to show its independence House votes two after
ong discussion the Senate votes two this year two next after
strenuous objections to the White House programme We NAV wait
Tor the finish Doubtless the White teeth are showing the
same old smile since the Senaes action of yesterday
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28

superintendent of Public Works Marston Campbell entitled to
for the record far his administration at
e Nuuanu dam From condition of almost and constant
troublesome controversy the project definite shape
is gong forward in bunesske manner ahead of schedule
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-28

Gambling that carried behind heavily barred doors is the
KIND IT. most desirable stop Elaborate preparations for resisting
or eadg police means that the gambling organized
Quoted as business In this differs from of the little games
against which there often raids ornts to ask whv the
police don't raid the white mans poker or bridge
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
CONGRESS MAY TICKLE ROW.
Feeling Between Line. and Staff Of
Navv Grows Inense.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Not since the
days preceding the passase Of the per-
sonnet law ten years agoaas the feel.
ing between line and staffof the navy
been so acute as it is to-da as the re.
suit of the refusal of Admiral Brown
son to transmit orders from his supe.
rior officer, the presiden. Of te United
States, assigning naval stgeon to
command a vessel in the nav.
In the case of the PERSONA act, it
was Mr.. Roosevelt, then assistnt sec.
rotary of the navy, who aed the
part of pacificator and succeeed in
bringing the two warning facties to.
gether in support Of the Legation
which for a decade past throkh a
makeshift has served to maitain
peace between the two factions irthe
navy. In the present instance, Nv.
ever, the efforts of the presidentto
reconcile the surgeons and the linef,
ficers has failed, and it is probaaa
that the whole controversy will 4
threshed out on it's merits in congreS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHES IN.
TO FREIGHT NEAR LENox,
MICH.
FIVE TRAINMfN MEET DEATH
BODIES TERRIBLY MANGlED AND
SCALDED BY THE ESCAPING
STEAM.

Detroit, Mich. Dec. 20. - Speeding
through a dense fog at forty miles an
hour, a Grand Trunk passenger train
cOllided head-on with dOuble-header
freight train half mile north of lie.
nox, Mich. Five trainmen met death
four being killed instantly, the fifth
dying three hours later All the pas
sengers escaped injury except baby.
who was slightly hurt by being thrown
out of it's mothers arms and over a
seat when the trains crashed.
The passenger locomotive plowed
under the engine of the double-header
and the trainmen were buried in the
wreckage. Their bodies were terribly
mangled and scalded by escaping
steam.
Engineer Fred Haug and Fireman
Washburn Of the second freight en-
CINE escaped death. Haug was caught
in his cab, but was taken out unhurt.
Washburn jumped and was only
slightly injured All the dead train
men live in Detroit.
The freight train had switched from
the train to a siding to allow the pas
senger to pass. 1t Is unofficially charg-
ed that the switch was not property
closed, and on account of the heavy
fog which prevailed the passenger
crew could not see that the target was
set against them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
WILL TAKE CASE INTO COURT
LEGALITY OF PRESIDENTS 40.
TON DIscHARGlNo TROOPS
TO BE TESTED.

Washington, Dec. 20. - Politicians,
war department officials and even
statesmen yesterday indicated great
interest in the news from New York
that law firm of the metropolis has
begun suit to determine the right OF
the president of the United States to
take summary action to defeat the pur
poses of a conspiracy of silence, like
that which made Brownsville famous
The New York lawyers have
brought a test case in the United
States court for the Southern district
of New York to determine the right of
the executive to discharge a battalion
of the Twenty-fifth infantry as an out
come of the rioting at Brownsville,
Tex.
Soldier Sues for Pay.
Officially this New York case has
not yet reached the war department.
In due course it undoubtedly will dc
so through the service of papers on
the secretary of war by an officer OF
the district court, directing him to
make answer in the suit filed by the
vate Oscar w. Reid of Company c,
Twenty-fifth infantry, to recover
$l23.26, the amount of pay which he
claims from the date of the termina-
ton of his enlistment, July Is, 1907.
The plaintiff sues the government to
recover pay lost through his discharge
from the army, but the attorneys in
the case admitted that thew were re
tanned by wealthy gentlemen of New
England whose real object IS to de-
termine the legality Of the presidents
action.
Talks Of His Employers.
Chase Mellen of counsel for the
plaintiff said yesterday:
II am not at liberty to tell who the
gentlemen back Of this action are.
They will disclose their identity at the
proper time and somebody will be sur
prised. They are all men of national
prominence. They banded together in
an informal organization for the pur-
pose Of seeing that poor individuals
received the rights guaranteed them
by the Constitution of the United
States.
These gentlemen are Withholding
their names at present because they
do not want the public to attach any
political significance to their action.
can state positively for them that poll
tics has nothing whatever to do with
it. Their action is animated by some
thing higher than that"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
TO SELL CHICAGO CAR LINES.
Judge Issues Decree Of Foreclosure
Against Three Lines.


Chicago, Dec. %. - A sale Of the
properties of the North Chicago Street
railway, the West Chicago Street
Railway company and the Chicago
Union Traction company, under de-
cree of foreclosure. was ordered yes
terday by Federal Judge Peter s..
Grosscup. The sale is to take place at
noon on Jan. %, 1908, at the south
main entrance of the county court
house, under the direction Of B. W..
Bishop, who was appointed a special
master commissioner.
An order was also entered instruct
ing the receivers of the property to ex-
ecute to the Chicago Railway compa-
ny, the holding company organized to
take over the franchise voted by the
city council some months ago, a lease
Of all the lines of street railway oper.
ated by them. The lease is to expire
Feb. 2, 1920. 1t is taken for granted
that the railway company will be the
only bidder for the property at the
sale, and the order Of the court is in
effect merely form of a plan worked
out for the rehabilitation of the Union
Traction system by the railway com.
pany. The decree means, it is said,
that at last the patrons of the trac-
ton lines on the North and West side
of the city are to receive the improve
ments in service made obligatory by
the terms of the new franchise ordi-
nance.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
Personal.

I. r. Martin, a prominent attorney
Of LIE Mars, Iowa, is dead OF heart
disease. He was sixty-One years OF
age.
In conformity with his wish, the re.
mains Of the late Stephen X. Mallory
were inferred at Pensacola, Fla. with
simple funeral services.
Frank Patterson, wealthy farmer
of Gilman, Iowa, died OF disease OF
the heart following an illness of few
days. He left fortune of 100000.
c. II. Shaver. president OF the
Fresno Flume and Irrigation company,
one Of the largest lumber concerns on
the Pacific coast, died OF diabetes at
Fresno. Cal.
Rev. Franklin s. Hatch. general Sec
rotary Of the Christian Endeaver
movement in India, Burmah and Cey-
lon for several years, died at his home
at Bropkline, suburb of Boston.
Col. Uriel l.. Boyce Of Boice, Va, is
dead. Col. Boyce was seventy-nine
years of age and was for many years a
leading figure in Virginia. He served
with distinction in the Confederate
army.
Lawrence Delmour, formerly one Of
the most prominent members of Tam
many Hall, died of grip In New York.
Delmour was sixty-nine years of age
and at one time was the political con-
fidant of Richard Croker.
Harrison Loring, who started one of
the first plants in the United States for
the building of iron steamships and
who was president Of the Brine Trans
portation company, died at his home in
South Boston. He was eighty-five years
Of age.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY MOB
Murderer of Constable Is Forced From
Hiding Place by Fire and Killed.

Murderer Vt Constable Is Forced From
Hiding Place by Fire and Killed.
New York. Dec. 29.-While the mys-
terry surrounding the circumstances OF
the murder of the unknown young
woman whose body was found nearly
submerged in pond in the outskirts
OF Harrison, N. j., appears no nearer
solution than when the body was dis
covered. The theory which detectives
are working on is that the woman
came to her death in Newark and that
her body was carried to the lonely
pond SO that the real scene of the
crime and the identity of the slayer
might be concealed. The Newark po
lice are searching for the slayer, who
is believed to have met the young
woman by appointment in Newark and
then lured her to her death. Evidence
was found yesterday that the woman
was seen in Newark on Christmas eve
by William Snyder carpenter, who
stated after seeing the body that the
young woman had spoken to him in
Newark on the night before Christmas
and asked to be directed to restau-
rant. He said the woman told him
that she was a stranger. Chief ROg
ers of Harrison and the detectives are
working under this information, but
admit they are unable to throw any
light on the case.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
MYSTERY SHR0UDS
DEATH OF WOMAN
SLAIN LONELY SPOT ON HACK
ENSACK MEADOWS, NEAR
NEWARK, N. }.
NUDE BODY FOUND IN POND
WAS SEEN SHORTLY BEFORE THE
CRIME WAS COMMITTED WITH
UNKNOWN MAN.

| Newark. n. j.. Dec. 2S.-A murder
combining all the elements of mystery
and deliberate cruelty that take 1t out
of the ordinary was committed on the
Hackensack meadows, in the town OF
| Harrison, early yesterday, and the
nude body of the victim, a comely
| woman of perhaps thirty years, nearly
submerged in the icy waters of a little
pond. Only the feet projected when
chance passersby broke the ice in
which the exposed portions were in
crusted and dragged the body ashore
yesterday afternoon.
Body Not Identified.
The dead woman was finely featur.
ed, her hair and nails gave evidence
of a recent scrupulOus toilet, and such
of her clothing as was subsequently
found suggested in texture and style
an owner Of refinement.
The body had not been identified
last night, and it was pretty we'll es-
tablished that it was not that Of resi-
dent of this city or Harrison. Two
men who occupied yacht moored
near where the body was found, are
detained by the police.
important Clue.
The most important clue obtained
was furnished last night by Peter Coo
gan, a Waterman employed by the Ma
rine Engine company, who recognized
the body as that Of woman whom he
had seen crossing the meadows in
company with a man early yesterday.
Later he saw the man alone The man
carried a bundle in his arms. The
man was short and stout
Two girls returning to their home
in Harrison long after midnight yes
terday morning heard a woman's cries
floating over the marsh land. They
seemed to come from the direction Of
the pond, and to the startled girls
sounded like Spare met" and Help"
Accosted by Stranger.
Nearer home the girls were ap-
preached by a well dressed stranger,
who accosted and followed them until
a policeman was met with, when he
turned and fed.
Life had been extinct, the coroner
said about twelve hours, when the
body was found. A mark on the neck
indicated that strangulation was the
manner of death. Scratches on the
leg and trunk and pieces of cinder
forced into the flesh showed that the
body had been dragged along a cinder
path which skirts the pond.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02

The body of Estella Long, a clairvoy-
ant, was found burned to crisp in
her rooms at Sioux City. The coroner
believes that 1t is case of suicide.
Foully murdered and left lying be-
side the railroad track at Huntley,
Mont, an unknown man. believed to be
q Russian laborer, was found recently.
Up to the present time the officers
have no clue to the identity Of the MUIR
derers.
J. Frank Carpenter. secretary of the
Carpenter Paper company, one OF the
largest paper houses In the West. com
mitted suicide a: his home in Omaha
by shooting. Nervous prostration
which resulted In complete break
down, is given as the cause Of thu
suicide.
William Mathies, billiard room
proprietor. Mas shot and killed by
highwnyman at McKeesport, Pa. Be
fore being murdered Mathies knocke
one of TIE thugs down by striking hir
With canvas bag containing $50 J
silver. The hishwaynen esoaped. HOY
f, 0V0ks III ~ ~ 4. IS HI ~ S aIs 4, ~ -
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
Foreign.

Trinity college, Cambridge, Eng,
benefits to the extent Of $4,000 by
the death OF Lady Pierce.
The shah of Persia Is indisposed and
has been obliged to postpone the
formal taking of the oath Of allegiance
to the constitution which he had prom
Used to do on Thursday.
The health authorities at Bridgeport,
Barbados, where a number Of deaths
from yellow fever occurred in Novem-
Der, have resumed the issuance Of
clean bills of health to vessels depart
A most interesting exhibition has
been opened at the Rospigilsi palace
at Rome with appropriate ceremonies.
It is display Of the clothing and jew
elry worn by women during the last
300 years.
Fire which broke out On board the
American steamer Minnesota in the
harbor at Kobe, Japan. damaged both
the vessel and her cargo. The Mime
sofa is from Seattle for Hongkong via
Yokohama.
When the American fleet of war
ships reaches Rio Janeiro 1t will be
accorded royal welcome. It is not
intended that the welcome shall be
demonstrative, but that all courtesy
shall be paid the visitors, as though
the visit were expressly for Brazil.
Following the promises Of the gov
eminent of Portugal to terminate the
dictatorship and hold the elections
for the chamber of deputies at an
early date If the calm in the political
atmosphere was maintained, a decree
has been issued fixing the elections
for April s.
There has been q remarkable di.
minution in wheat planting In the Pun.
jab in India because of the prolonged
drouth. The area has shrunk from
100000 to 100000 acres. Many OF
the permanent canals are hunning
short, while the irrigation canals are
quite dry.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
EDITOR THUMBS EX-SENATOR
THOMAS M. PATTERSON IS
KNOCKED DOWN ON STREET
IN DENVER.

Denver, Colo, Dec. %. - A warrant
was sworn out last night for the arrest
of Fred G. Bonfile, one Of the proprie-
tors of the Denver Post. The warrant
was sworn to by eX-United States Sen
ator Thomas Nj. Patterson as the re-
suit Of an encounter between the two
men at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, when SENATOR Patterson was
kDocked down and painfully injured.
The encounter was the elimination Of
a newspaper logOmachy which has
been going on for some years between
the proprietors of the Post and Sena-
tor Patterson, who is the principal
stakeholder of the News-Times Pub.
fishing company.
Their Stories Differ.
The stories Of the two men differ as
to the details of the encounter.
Senator Patterson says that Mr..
Bonfils came up behind him and said:
Good morning."
When he turned to see who address
was dealt terrific blow, which felled
him, after which his assailant beat
and kicked him before he could arise.
He says he did not know who had
hit him until after some men had sep
arated them. He adds that Mr. Bon
fills cursed him and threatened to kill
him if Bonfils' name appeared again in
the News or the Times.
Claims Justification.
Mr.. Bonfils states that the two men
met and a discussion arose over a
threat Senator Patterson had made in
the columns of the News to run ,Bonfils
out of business or put him in the pen
itentiary. According to Bonfils, Patter'
son reiterated the threat and the fight
started. Mr. Bonfils admits knocking
the senator down, but claims justifica-
ton on account of the senator's pub.
lished and spoken language. Mr.. Bon
fills says that Senator Patterson was
accompanied by his son-ln-law, Richard
c. Campbell when the dispute arose.
Senator Patterson is seventy years old,
and Mr.. Bonfils is about fOrty-four.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
MURDER IS STILL A MYSTERY.
Death of Woman Near Newark, N. j..
Is PuzxlIng the Police.


Is PuzxlIng the Police.
Midwife, Ga, Dec. 29.-John Major
the negro who recently shot and killed
j. w. Crimson, town marshal at this
place, was shot to death YESTERDAY
afternoon by a posse. Major was
found in house about three miles
from Midwife. and a party of white
citizens set out to capture the negro
During the attempt shot fired from
the house by Major struck Williams,
the present town marshal inflicting a
slight wound in the hand. The houss
in which Major had taken refuge was
set on fire, and the moment he appear.
ed he was shot and killed.
Last night nearly every man on the
streets was carrying shotgun or
rifle, but it is hoped there will be no
further trouble.
Practically not a negro was to be
seen last night, and at this hour every.
thing is quiet.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-02
RICH NEW YEAR Is ASSURED.
Holiday Purchases Bring Out Horded
Wealth and End Strinqency.


Wealth and End Stringency.
Chicago, Dec. 2S.-America is pre-
pairing to begin in fact q prosperous
new year."
The last of the money boards which
contributed in large measure to the
recent currency stringency were drag
ged from their hiding places and poured
into the channels of trade during the
Christmas shopping period. The mil
lions thus liberated, swelled by nearly
5000 100000 in dividends which will be
paid in Chicago and New York during
the next ten days, will make the clear.
ing house certificate rare guest in the
pocket Of the wage Garner
Full Dinner Pail. Too.
The working man, too, has cause to
welcome the coming year. From all
sections of the country come an
nouncements that mills and factories,
closed when the Wall street storm de-
veloped, will be reopened without de-
lay. Around Pittsburg alone $4,000
men will go back to work next week.
| LOCdl DduhcTS are uudulu1OuS In cX-
pressing the opinion that the total ex.
penditures during the 1907 Christmas
holidays have never been surpassed, a
| showing which they said was nothing
short of marvellous In view of the
financial furry. The trade in holiday
goods aggregated $6,000,000.
Record Foreign Business.
| Although New York has passed
through period Of financial depres
sion the foreign business of the port
during the year 1907 will break all rec
ords. With exact figures for eleven
months and an estimate for December
the years business will reach s1,5O3,
330.602, an increase over last wear o.
$110.127,325. The imports of foreign
merchandise at New York reached the
enormous total of $8S7,S92.737 durins
1907, as against $776,l42, 709 in 1906.