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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-24
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Boost the wheat, knock the weed..
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-24

Yoer grocer returns your money u you dont
like u; We pay him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
OTHER BAR EXPRESSIONS.
THE BLACK FLAG On
TOMORROW NIGHT

''When Women Love, produced for
the first time yesterday at the Orphe-
UNI. proved a strong and interesting
play, affording opportunity for some
excellent acting, which Mr. Cooley and
his company took full advantage Of.
The comedy of the piece Is particu-
larly good. The play is 10 be repeated
tonight. Tomorrow night a stirring
melodrama entitled The Black Flag
is TO he presented.
Monday next IS 'Canton Night, y the
performance being benefit one for the
local odd Fellows Canton. The play
on this occasion viii be "Other Peo-
pies Money" farce comedy Sew
eral benefit performances for local or
CARNATIONS are in contemplation for
the near future.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
YACHT HAWAII
HAS A CANNON

Mr.. and Mrs. D. p R. Isenberg have
earned the thanks Of the yacht com
mittee by presenting the vessel upon
which the hopes OF the community rest
with signal cannon and supply Of
ammunition. The value Of this gift as
about one hundred dollars and IS one
Of the bandsomest individual eontribu-
lions 10 the Hawaii 50 far promised
Work upon the yacht Is progressing
splendidly and the hull, to casual
glance. appears about ready to b. slid
into the water.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
H4er's
HkerT'u Electoral
Won need

It is carefully prepared, accurately
compounded medicine for all diseases
of the throat and lungs It contains
strong and active ingredients, such as
are extensively prescribed by the medi-
cal profession. 1t is the Oldest, strong
est, and best medicine for coughs and
colds you can possibly buy.
Accept no cheap and worthless sub
stitute. Be sure you get Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. 1t contains no narcotic or
poison of any kind.
Prepared By Dr.. ]. c. Aver Co. Lowell hass. U. S. 4
HOLLIsTER DRUG CO, AGENTS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30

The Board Of immigration is CORE
sponding with man il the East whom
r. wants 20 take charge q its proposes
bureau in that quarter. II he accepts
he selection Of the location for the
bureau VIII be made b. him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
JUDGE HUMPHREYS ADDRI

JUDGE HUMPHREYS ADDRESS.
May it please Your Honors: William
Austin Whiting was descended from
good old New England stock-refned,
gentle folk OF ancient lineage and spot
less honor: circumspect, discreet peo-
pie. mindful at all times Of the proprie-
ties Of life. and rigid in the Observance
Of what is termed good morals" Our
friend came 70 these sunny shores, be-
fore his manhood was IN the full OF
its flower, before his guiding star had
arisen. while his character was yet in
the protoplastic stage. He was gal"
LIANT aTable. Of pleasing address, prod
igal OF his means. and, with his in
telligence. an frresistibly good fellow. ="
He was a very bird out Of a cage
finding himself among q simple, IN
hospitable, affectionate
people. whose unsophisticated views Of
life we're in such striking conu ast
with the austere, perhaps should say
frfgidIv formal. environment Of MS
earlier life. There was grace.
Charm. an Indifference to care, and l
may add Of responsibility, among the
Hawaiian people. which appealed 10
o.,~ friend. and. without restraint, ne
bacsue one. Of them. Who can gam
saw that Il was the VIII Of God that
# should be 500 Our friend loved 70
hear the birds sing, TO see the sun rise.
:, inhare the fragrance Of the flowers;
ha an5oved the beauties-an Of the
the glorious summer day.
90 ris som was thrilled by the grand
s,,~ az +he storm Let me state a lit
- ;,cf7snt which 70 my mind tends
= iI11zt-ate the bent Of thought Of
oT,r departed brother.
Just eighteen years ago. the par as
-a,,tras IN this room 10 do honor 10
ne memory Of Nj. Justice NCuliy.
10. waiting in the course Of a orlet
: 5d~ess. in which he limited himself
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
Governor Frear said:

If the court please, I desire TO second
this motion. Itwas my privilege not
only 20 know Judge Whiting during
most of his long residence in these is
lands but also to be associated with
him on both the Circuit and the Su-
preme Bench.
He was a member OF this bar more
than twenty-six years. He served sew
eral times as Deputy Attorney General
and was Attorney General about a
year and half during the last days
of the monarchy. He became First
Judge of the First Circuit Court when
the act to reorganize the judiciary took
effect January 1, 1898, and held that
office for three years with the excep-
ton OF about two months during which
he served as President of the Military
Commission that was created to try
the case that arose out OF the insur-
rection Of 1S95-a difficult and delicate
position for which he was selected be-
cause of his peculiar fitness and the
Impartial attitude which it was thought
he could bear TO all parties From
January, 1896, to the establishment OF
territorial government in 1900, period
of three and a half years, he was a
member Of the Supreme Court
Judge Whiting had a good knowl-
edge OF law. But he had more than
that. He had what is sometimes called
a legal mind. He was logical and clear
in thought. Better still ne was en-
dowed in an unusual degree with sound
practical sense. He was firm in decf-
sion bat kindly in disposition. He had
a high sense Of honor and integrity
as a lawyer, as a judge, and in his
dealings with his fellow men, Al
though he had severe trials, such as
the fT-health from which he suffered
so much during the later years Of his
life. he bore up under them all with
rare fortitude. patience and cheerful
ness. His makeup was such as 70
evoke not only sympathy but warm
attachment from those who knew him.
Hon. W. r. Castle was the next
speaker, recalling the ability of the
late Judge in grasping the essential
points of a case. Coupled with ref
erence TO Judge Writings singular
popularity As a judge, high tribute
was paid BY the speaker TO his abso-
lutte disinterestedness and impartiality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30

And may II further please the Court.
Within the portals of this building
and IN this very room he was wont 10
BE- carrying OUT the duties Of his pro-
fession with honor, and on one o. the
seats nazz occupied by You he sat as
Circuit Judge and later as Second As
socjate Justice of the Supreme Court
for many years, filling the respective
positions with uprighrness, dignity
and equity; and from these very walls
/ seem e hear cadence sad and low.
their gentle sobs and heartfelt grief
at the demise of cur late brother
Aloha. aloha. we mourn for YOU
And may il again please this Honor
able Court: I well remember the oca-
sion Of the first landing Of the sIran-
ger, then in the prime Of his young
manhood, upon the beloved shores Of
akuihewa-Oahu. As he gazed
upon our evergreen mountains and
ridges and heard the murmurings Of
the brooklets and streamlets Of our
valleys breathing the mild air laden
with the perfumes of flowers; shaded
by the eyer-changing mists. wet by
the Rain Popo-kapa OF Nuuanu, moist
ened by the Rain Tuahine af Manoa
am EAAs-l& ~ AHtS nam ~ ~EAAAE<AAAeA-~
and the Like Lehua of Pauoa, he was
hlled with ecstacy and JOY of the
beauties Of my native land and being
enchanted his heart was lost and 50
decided 10 take the UakukaIahale OF
| Honolulu as his home and loved Ha-
! wall as the land of his adoption. He
/ ever carried with him that sentiment
/ living ever the friend of the Hawaiians
and Hawaii his loved home. His ashes
rest in the soil of the land 10 which
he came a passing stranger. Beloved
Hawaii, you have claimed which was
/ spoken of, Ashes to ashes, from
whence came he" Ills sad! Closed
| are his loved eyes: no longer is heard
his. loved voice; no longer can We see
his open countenance and the pleas
ant smiles play on his cheeks. He has
gone to sleep his last sleep, but he
has left behind him two things by
which we may keep him in loving re-
membrane.
First-The brotherly love of the pro-
fession-the bridge which spans the
abyss between our hearts and the
memory of his.
Second-His good and kind deeds.
All point as monument Of MIN &c
be remembered by
My beloved brethren, let us abide in
love. with a high regard for the dig
. nifty of our profession. Let the cor
!. dial relations existing between tbs
fraternity and between the members
Of the profession and the Court con-
tinue and let one be of assistance tt
the other and vice versa so that tins
precepts of right and justice be eyei
safeguarded by US. And the feeling
of brotherly love viii reign supreme
between all. In that way can We
! tr,1thfulIy say what I have already
said. Beautiful to contemplate Is
peace and harmony among brethren
! MAY it please the Court, / do not know
what to say further in expression o.
my regrets for our departed brother
who has gone to the bourne whence NJ
traveller returns; reminding me o
. these lines Of ancient meles:
Trying to suppress my feelings O
love within,
Tears only betray me any outward
answer
With these few remarks / supper
, the resolutions of coincidence on tn
. death of our late brother, Justice VII
, liam Austin Whiting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30

The Honorable William Austin
Whiting. recently an Associate Justice
OF the Supreme Court OF this Terri
tory, having been removed from
amongst Us by death. the Bar Asso-
citation of the Hawaiian Isisnls re-
specially presents 10 this court as a
mark of respect the following Tesolu-
tions;
Resolved, That the members Of the
bar Of this court do hereby express
their appreciation of the high integrity
and ability Of the late Judge Whiting,
both as an occupant OF the bench and
as a member of the bar. and do sin
cerely mourn the loss which the court,
the bar and the community have sus-
tanned in his DEATH
Resolved. That the court do now
adjourn out Of respect to the memory
of the deceased;
"Resolved, That these resolutions be
entered upon the records Of this
court"
Judge Antonio Perry, on behalf Of
the Hawaiian Bar Association. yester-
day morning. in the Supreme Court
moved the foregoing resolutions pre-
pared by a committee on which A. L
c. Atkinson and Frank f. Thompson
| were associated with him. Seated
with Chief Justice A S Hartwell an'
Justices Wilder and Ballou on tn
bench were Circuit Judges ]. I. d
Bolt and Alex. Lindsay. Jr. There wa
a large attendance of the bar ant
court officials.
! Governor w F. Frear, of whom
Judge Whiting was an associate OF
the supreme bench prior to the goin
| into effect of the Organic Act, second
ed the resolutions in the following ad
! dress:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30


The endur-
ance run of the
Quaker City
Motor Club
of Philadelphia
was won by the
White Steamer
in fact, was
won twice. In
the original
contest of jan
uary Ist and
and, the White
was the only
car which made
a clean score on
the road and
also was de-
clared by the
Technical Com
mittee to be in
perfect condi-
ton at the hn-
ish. For some
reason the Con-
test Committee
refused to ac-
cept the find
ings Of the
Technical Com
mittee as re-
CARDS two other
cars and or
dered a run
off" between
the White and
these cars.
The supple
mentary con-
\ test, held Janu-
airy eth, served
only to empha-
~ size the superb
ority of the
White The
~ second exam
ination Of the
cars made by
the Technical
Committee pro-
duced data of
such convin-
cling nature
that the White
was declared to
be the winner
of the contest
and Of tn e
splendid Mac
Donald &
Campbell tro-
> ply.
With our en-
try of but one
car we decisive
ly defeated IT
gasoline cars
renresen+ing "a
of the leading
makes. Thus
has another i'm
portant victory
been added to
the long list
OF triunphs
achieved by the
White $3.50 the
istin c lively
American car.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
thief sustice Hartweli said:

Chief justice Hartweli said:
The court is in full accord with the
resolutions and with the remarks that
have. been made. These tributes are
clearly not words Of indiscriminate
praise: they are as just as they are
eloquent of friendship and esteem.
william Austin Whiting was born
in Charlestown, Massachusetts. where
he was fitted for college at the Char
lestown High School: he graduated at
Harvard College in the class Of 1871.
of his life in college I know very lit
tie. The present Renaissance Of Mr.
Withington's calls 70 mind the fact
that had known, both from him ard
from his classrnate Russell. to whon-
aIIusion has been made, Of his prom
inence in football. / also know that
he was member of the Hasty-Pud-
ding Club, an ancient Harvard club.
After graduating he went into the
office of Charles Theodore Russell an
admirably lawyer in his day in Bos-
ton. and also took two years course
at the Boston University Of Law. Then
after about a year of practise, ne came
here. at the instance Of MS uncle'
James W. Austin, who had for man!
years had a large practise in Honolulu
and was a man universally respected,
trusted and loved.
Judge Whiting was appointed Attor-
ney General February Is. 1881 coutin-
ming IN that Office until July p, 1882;
First Circuit Judge Of the First judi
cia1 Circuit. December 28, 1892; resign
ed to take the Presidency Of the Nil
itarv Commission, January is. 1895: re-
appointed First Circuit Judge, MarcA
Y. 1895: Associate Justice Of the Su-
preme Court. January II. 1895, MS term
Of Office upon this bench ending June
4 1900. when annexation TO the United
states took effect.
While he was Attorney General pub
lie affairs had already become disturb
ed. The most prominent case which
recall that he conducted was the
charge Of treason against Robert VIII
rox and others He was unable u o0-
tain. however, two witnesses 10 the
same overt act and the charge was
dismissed. In the cases which ne con
d41ctad as Attorney General and wnicn
are reported in volume Of Hawaiian
Reports. his contentious appear TO
nave EEEL EEK1rA @At$ 1'@-'hN@-~-
aiming the volume recently I was
struck by the fact that they were sell
dom. i ever. trivial contentious
OF his services while First Circuit
Judge Of the First Circuit there IS no
record. other than IN the files Of court
That he commended himself 10 the bar
Is certain, because Of his perfect tair-
ress and the ability and dignity Win
which he presided at trials whether
his decisions were more often SUSTAIN
ed than overru}ed ] cannot say, put l
am reminded this morning by my col
league. Ballou. that the magnificent
equity Judge Of England. Jessel, was
more often overroled than any otneF
Judge. Ny reason for mentioning TINS
Is that. whether decisions are overraied
or not, IS NOT in my opinion q test o.
ability as. a judge. the significant tang
being on what points and for wnat
considerations was he either sustained
or overruIed.
His opinions IN cases tried while
mamb Of this bench, reported II o.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
MDGE HUMPHREYS.

Former Circuit Judge Abram 5.
Humphreys then delivered the follow
ing striking address:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

and their booming roar mingled with sharp
peals Of thunder into sound as OF big guns
in battle.
Vivid flashes of lightning cast a lurid CLEAN
over the seething sea, and as little sunbeam
stood at the window. looking out over the
waste of angry waters, great sheets of rain
came sweeping down and nearly blotted out
the view.
Grandfather Watson was sitting by the
fresde, muttering to himself about the Span
ish gold, for the roaring noise OF the war,
ling elements had penetrated even to his dull
ears.
Sunbeam had put the kettle on for supper
and was taking last look outside before
she saw something dark on the waves.
Another glance told her it was schooner,
drifting helpless before the gale and rapidly
nearing the Spanish Bar. She gave horri-
fed cry:
"Oh, grandpa! there's ship coming on
the bar !"
But the old man did not hear her.
She went I'D to him and shouted in his ear,
but he only kept on mutterng. :
her helplessness.
And the tears streamed down her cheeks.
| She went again to the window. drawn by
the fascination of the sight,. and stood wiring
ing her hands in mute. despair, trembling
with the thought of the fate of the crew, for
the doomed vessel drifted nearer and nearer
to destruction.
. Her sails were gone, but though her masts
were BARE she was driving rapidly before
the furious wind. and, as she rose on some
high wave, Sunbeam could make out two or
three human forms clingng to the shrouds.
Nearer and nearer she came, then suddenly
stopped and careened over. A great green
sea poured over her bulwarks; one of her
masts snapped like reed and went by the
board she rolled on her beam-ends. and lay
shivering from bow to stern, the hungry
breakers battering and tearing at her timbers.
But Sunbeam had seen more than that. In
the wrecked schooner on the bar she recog-
nized her fathers vessel!
The agony of this discovery quickened her
thoughts. She remembered having heard of
two men who lived mile up the coast, and
that they bad staunch boat. They seldom
went out for oysters. as they cultivated a
small orange grove; if they were at home,
is she could reach them in time. something
might yet be done.
ii was long way through the woods, but
her fathers life was at stake, and she put on
an old coat, and pushed her long, bright
cnrls into closely-ftting hood.
"Good-by grandpa" she whispered.
There was no time for explanations, and
the old man would not have needed her. He
looked up, indeed as fierce blast of wind
rushed into the room when she opened the
door; but it quickly closed with bang, and
his dim eyes did not notice that his little
grandchild had gone
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take the rust-eaten blade from its resting
place over the mantel and polish it affection
ately between his shaking hands mutter1ng
to himself about the Spanish gold.the bright
yellow gold that he fancied would yet come
to light.
His son had neither faith nor patience with
the old mans fancies, and had deeply re-
scented the waste of money that represented
the toll of years.
al will never set foot on Spanish Bar" he
had said, when his father begged him to take
part in the search.
He was Woodworking man, to whom life
had presented only the dark side of constant
struggle.
and silent as the sombre pines that fringed
the sandy shore.
But If the dark, stern face of the father
seemed cold and repellant, his little daughter
Bessie was all smiles and grace, 1t was al,
ways a mystery to people how the man had
come by such child.
She could hardly remember her mother,
who had died years ago, but from her she
must have inherited all her winsome ways.
place, she was ignorant in book knowledge
for her eleven years, but, if not clever she
was gentle, wise and modest and from the
crown of her head to the soles of her little,
bare, brown feet. che was the embodiment
of all that is sweetest and finest in girlhood.
Her long. soft, bright hair fell to her waist,
shading fair oval face out of which large,
dark eyes looked innocently at all the world.
She was such bright, dainty little crea-
ture, of such warm, sunny nature that she
went at once to your heart. and lady who
had strayed to that part of the coast on a
Yachting tour, had rechristened her little
Sunbeam"
The name chung to her ever afterward. and
by it she was known to all the spongers on
the coast, only her father called her Bes-
sic. with that strange reticence of stern ma
lures toward the expression of any tender
sentiment in loving words
Until she was eleven years old, little Sun
beams life had been very uneventful. Early
to bed and early to rise, for they could not
afford to waste light one week was much the
same as another in the quiet existence ON the
lonely coast.
Summer and winter she drew water from
the well and did the homework, always blithe
and merry, singing odd snatches of sailor
songs and dreaming of the lands and peoples
that were beyond the seemingly illimitable
sweep Of the gulf.
One fall as usual. her father had sailed
away in his boat to dredge for oysters, and
little Sunbeam was left alone to care for her
old grandfather in the small, solitary house
on the bay.
1t had been dark and blustery all morning,
Great black clouds went scurrying across the
sky, and towards evening the wind swelled
into a gale.
| The waves rolled heavily upon the beach.
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reach of oyster banks on the west
coast of Florida that stretches from
l09&38| near Cedar Keys to Crystal River
tSes.81t Bay running parallel with and
about two miles distant from the
shore
The retreating tide leaves them bare, but
at food they lie submerged for many feet.
When storm lashes. the usually calm blue
curl and break with a laundering. crash and
roar upon these banks, brushing into clouds
of spray, churning and surging and rushing
angrily over into the smoother waters beyond,
and smothering them with mass OF creamy
white foam.
Sea-going vessels give this coast wide
berth, and from steamers deck it can only
be discerned as a low, dark line.
Numerous breaks in the banks afford a
passage to the mammalian uninviting coun-
try of dreary pine woods and palmetto flats
and but little known except to the spong-
ers who ply between the ports of Cedar Keys
and Key West.
In little bay opposite Spanish Bar is a
deep excavation. in the sand, called the
supposed to have dug it.
Here the spongers replenish their casks
with fresh water, for the sluggish rivers of
the coast have little fall and the salt tide
flows up there for fully ten miles.
These sponger folk can spin many a yarn
about these treacherous waters, and the old
timers love to enlarge on the legends that
tell Of Spanish galleons having been stranded
and wrecked on the banks, leaving rich treas
ures of precious gold buried deep in the
sands
So firmly rooted was this belief that time
after time men had searched there for the
lost riches. but in vain; they eluded every
charm of magic wand or mystic witch-shell
bought from cunning hoodoo conjurers of the
West Indies, and warranted to undo the
stubborn spell that held them fast.
Many years ago. a sponger-Gold Watson,
as he was called for his firm faith in the le-
gends-had indeed unearthed rusty sword
blade from the Spanish Bar, and the find had
given a short-ived boom to the slowly-dying
belief in the buried gold.
With the aid of this powerful enchanter,
Watson expected to discover the hitherto
elusive wealth, and all his hard-earned saw
ings were squandered in hiring men to dig
in the bar. But nothing was accomplished;
no one came across trace of the coveted
precious metal.
At last he was forced to give up, having
spent all his money searching for the phan-
tom wealth, and now, grown old and feeble
he was no longer able to do anything but sit
and doze in the sun or by the Preside of the
small house on the bay where his son and
little grandchild lived.
Even now, on stormy nights, he would