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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-25
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Entered of Record March a. 1908.
Wilhelm H Kuhlmann to William
B Thomas Observation-Disclosures. ID
B r Banning by atty to M Kawa-
mura NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Peter G Jones Ltd to Notice. .....N
Nellie B Marks by egr.....N
Claus Spreckels & Co by atty to Ju-
liza B Egan. II
Meleana Pau ct al to Honokaa SUI
gar Co Ltd.
Keahialaka (w) to Honokaa Su-
gar Co Ltd. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
j w K Kahunakala to Mutt Bldg
&Loan Soc of H Ltd. M
Manuel de Fraga and VT to Augusta
da G Martins. Observation-Disclosures. ID
w o Smith tr to Mary G P H An
drade ct al. observation-disclosures. r.
Caroline Robinson to Mark P
Robinson ...................
Jno D Holt Jr tr and VT to A L
G Atkinson. ..........-..
William R Castle str to Manuel
Cabral, Par Rel; lots 5, and Z, blk
Ia, Kaiulani tract. Honolulu, Oahu. 81.
B 303, p 1859. Dated Mar IS, 1908.
William C Achi by trt to Manuel
Cabral, D; lots 5, and 7, blk la,
Kauilani tract, Honolulu, Oahu. $3.50.
B 902, p 272. Dated Mar IS, 1908.
Helen P Ah and hsb Is X Jr) to
William Laa, D; int in R P 1898, kul
1858, Waikele, Eva, Oahu. $50. B 902,
p 276. Dated Mar IS, 1908.
Kauha and WI ct al to Emelie Mac
farlane, d; 464O So TT land, Waikiki,
Honolulu, Oahu. $3.50. B 1902, p PIT,
Dated Feb 25. 1908.
Emile Macfarlane and hsb (F W) to
Alexander Young, e KID; private r w
over 1888 So TT land, Waikiki, Homo
lulu, Oahu. 81. B 1902, p 279. Dated
Feb %. 1908.
Alexander Young and VT to Emile
Macfarlane, Elk D; private R w over
912 so it land, Waikiki, Honolulu, Ca
hu, 81 B 9O2, p 279. Dated Feb rs,
1908.
Alexander Young ct al to Plan; Plan;
lot A APPS kul 1882, and lot B, kul
22S, Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu. File
No IS. Dated Feb "a, 1908.
Nell and hsb to Mauiola, M; int
in pc land, Kauluwela, Honolulu, Oahu
int in pcs land, Kailua, Koolaupoko,
Oahu. $261-. B 1903, p 100 Dated Jan
~, 1908.
Yee Yick Chan Co to Hong Kee & Co
G M; int in bus as rice planter and
poi factory in zee Yick Chan Co, He
Ella, Koolaupoko, Oahu. $500. b 3O3,
p 1862. Dated Mar II. 1908.
Thorvald Rasmussen and VT to A N
Campbell tr, M; lot 25, blk 2, Kapio-
lani tract( Honolulu, Oahu. $780, b
1903, p 166. Dated Mar 10, 1908.
Joseph Enos by atty to John P Dias,
A M; mtg G Franco on por R P 1915
Punahou, Honolulu, Oahu. B 1903, p
1877. Dated Mar Ia. 1908.
e. H Wodehouse to T Give Davies,
P A; general powers. B 3O4, p 1903.
Dated Mar II. 1908.
John Atcherley by mtgee to A N
Campbell tr, Fore Affdt; or $50, bldgs,
etc, Hienaloli 8, N Kona, Hawaii. b
1903, p 157. Dated Mar IS, 1908.
Johu Atcherley and VT by mtgee to
Wilyilam r Castle tr, d; or $50, bldgs,
etc, Hienaloli 8, N Kona, Hawaii. $500.
B 302, p 271. Dated Mar Is, 1908.
Kanaeholo AMI VT to Onomea Sug
Co, M; por or 1927, Pueopaku, Hilo,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Their, and telegram received here to-
night stated she died.
James Maurer, of Reading, the late
Socialist candidate for Governor, and
Mrs. Twining, of Colorado, tried to
fill the gap made by Haywood's alb
sance.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-25

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

orr the mortgages on the estate, but he pought more land, the boundaries to aaorsh or 1l1th street. This Samuel teen children Gas usuaD and a splendid estate. apparently free and clear. Fate ana mutual agreement among his WSdson fRe tRe ss3sgs oSnsT o9 p1ds SIs ws rans fathers estate. The ancient records are still vague in their talk of It's northern boundaries.
 William died toward the end of 1767. apparently leaving his property not seriously impaired. if at all. He had eight children! One of them. Peter, sold his share in the estate to a uncle, became the inheritor. or secured possession in some way. of the tract between Ninety-fourth and tooth ana river. He died in 1772, and his son Peter became the owner of the Wal dron tract. Now. this Peter died in 1906. leaving all this property jointly finally was narrowed down, to Joni, Peter Waldron and Grove Bend Wal dron. who each owned one-half of the vast estate.
 There Is little or no surface evil dence of debts or difficulties in a financial way for two generations. but the hereditary taint seems to have been five not in most be feS
 
 catastrophe was not far away. What the money went for can be surmised Harlem after the revolution had pass an independent nation was no longer distant and difficult of access from New York. What Is now the second largest i1dg city yodo lS the wS9!d had poppls place. for the beginning of the nine- teenth century. and one doubtless of fering quite as many chances to spend money money in proportion to It's size as the Waldron boys kept the town road well worn and were well spoken of by the publicans. At any rate. the first blow Peter in February, iSis. for in that month his half interest in the great Waldron estate was sold out by the sheriff under an execution on tudg-
 His brother. in some way held on a few years longer. but disaster finally caught up with him also. On Novem- Der 10, 1919. the sheriff of the county again appeared before his door, and, standing on the porch of the old manor house, sold the remaining half of the great property under an execution or Judgment for less than a200. From the possession of strangers.
 A few weeks ago an old man came here from North Carolina and sought He added another chapter to this story by telling him how John Peter had gone south after his financial downfall and had left his descendants the tradi- tion of vast lands on Manhattan Is- land that belonged to him and to them. The tradition grew with the years, and at last the representative was sent to investigate it. The lawyers researches brought to light the history of the stu pendous fortune that the old mans ancestors had let slip through their fin gers to satisfy a paltry debt, and the old southerner on being told that his family legend was valueiess went away sorrowful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
MISSIONS OF CHRISTIANITY.
Summing Up of Work for the Past
 Huudred Years.


 Hundred Years.
 New Orleans La, Oct. 12.-Summing up the foreign missionary work of one hundred years. done by all churches of Christianity, Finis Idle man. of Des Moines, speaking before the International Missionary Conven- ton of the Churches of Christ. said today:
 Faith in missionary activities no longer rests on authority, but also upon the assured results of a splendid century of commendable activity. We crown a hundred years with one mill lion and a quarter of converts on heather soil, and with five million ad- herents. There are 4,0O0 missionary stations with 10000 organized church es. There are 5000 Bible schools and a million and a half of pupils; 50.000 native ordained preachers tell their story in the language where they were born.
 Within the years of Bishop Tho burns service alone, seven hundred millions of people have become acces- sible to the gospel who were inaces- sible when he first sailed. The men of all nations who travel have been won to advocacy of foreign missions by the actual demonstration on the fields"
 MT. Idleman referred to the gifts of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and others for educational uses, and suggested that efforts be made to have like sums donated toward the work of eVanEeliZation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
THROUGH Sl32 DEBT
wALDRoN HEIRS LOST HUNDREDS
 or MILLIONS.
n,x Slice of Manhattan Island And site of New York City Sold . Gen.
 tury Ago For Lses Than

Recause John Peter waldron could not pay s1s21s, and his brother. Grove, eouaIIy hard pressed, let go unsatisfied d iudgrnent of less than S200. there slipped from the grasp of these two careless stewards of their vast inner ifance, nearly a hundred years ago and from the possession of the Wal dron family forever-several square miles of land on Manhattan Island
 Hons of dollars. says The New York
 ii was the old waIdron farm that went for this song. The $500 that the sheriff of the village of Harlem levied for would scarce pay for a three-min- ute chanson by an artiste of the opera nowadays; 1t would but little more than furnish tires for touring car: a modest dinner party of few thirsty ing at Broadway restaurant. But the story, dug out piecemeal from tne ancient records--so dry in their verbi- age as to make one cough some read them through--is one of the most re- markable of the many wonderful tales of Manhattan real estate. It also has,
 cropping out here and there. another strikingly curious feature, incidents that indicate that the tendency to get head over heels in debt Is quite as he- reditary. as a cultivated taste for liquor
 The old Waldron farm in Harlem this land that was lost-lay between what is now Broadway and the East river and from Ninety-fourth to 111th streets There was much plea pas- ture lands, rich titled ground and even d fresh water lake and stream in Its boundaries. It was an old printer that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

fishing until his reed breaks. In most instances the slender pole breaks be- fore the carp can be lifted out of the tank and the fisher must pay for new pole.
 Since the least struggle on the part of the fish that Is hooked threatens to break the pole the only chance at sue cess given to the fisher is to tire his catch before attempting to land it. This means towing the unfortunate carp back and forth through the water
 at the end of the string until 1t IS half drowned and quite exhausted.
 None of the fishers scruples to hook fish through the eye if he can, ana some deliberately try to tear the mouth and eills os the carp in the hope that they will weaken quicker. Babies are held over the tank and allowed to try their luck at such fish as are dead or dying.
 How can you sleep with all this noise about you;"was recently asked the wife of a bell-ringer In one of the cathedral towers.
 Tt is not the noise of the bells that I mind" she replied. I hear their ringing without knowing it; but 1t is the changing of the street car gonss In the street below that disturbs my slumbers.' F
 All of the church bellringing in Mex leo is done by hand. and, as some of the bells are of ponderous size and great weight. to operate them requires the exercise of powerful muscles and much bodily strength. The matter tof installing clockwork or electrical ma chinery with which to operate the many bells in the great Cathedral in this city has been considered from time to time, but the preponderance of sem timent of the church authorities has been against the proposed innovation.
 The bellringers are divided into day and night shifts. They are required to toll the hours with precision. It Is not necessary to carry a watch in Mexico unless one is travelling in the country out of sound of the church bells. At any hour, day or night a person can earn the time by listening to tn etoll- ing of the bells.
 Many of the bells which hang in the church towers of Mexico were brought from Spain in the early days of Span- ish rule. Some of them contain large amounts of precious metals which give to them a tone full of richness and clear sounding. The bellringers take great pride in their bells. and much care and attention Is given to keeping them we'll burnished and their parts filed and always in a state of good re- pair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
WILL SHIP BALLOON.
Two Americans. Congratulated. On
 Their Escape.


 Their Escape.
 Berlin, Oct, 12-A. Holland Forbes and Augustus c. Post, the two Ameri- can aeronauts who yesterday had such a narrow escape from death when their balloon. the Conqueror. burst in the air at an altitude of four thous- and feet have completely recovered this morning from the effects of their thrilling experience.
 Mir. Forbes drove out this morning and examined what was left of the balloon prior to shipping it back to New York whither 1t will be forward ed tomorrow. The envelope is torn into five pieces and there are also in it many holes as result of contact with roofs.
 Although nothing definite has been established. the general sopinion Is that the accident Wss' caused by the length Of the appendix, which did not permit the gas to escape with suf- ficient rRpidfty as it expanded with ascent, Y This occurred in spite of the fact Ahat the valve was completely opened and the result was the con centration of 8 great pressure at the top of the balloon. which ended in a break. It was the purpose of the aeronauts by this arrangement to get greater lighting capacity.
 Mir. Forbes said today that he could not find words adequately to express his thanks for the kindness and as- sistance received from all sides. Elm peror William has sent one of his per- sonal adjutants to make inquiries and expressed q desire to meet Mir. Forbes this evening.
 MT. Forbes probably will so to Eng land. where he will make other ascen- 6ions.
 No news has yet been received con- corning the positions of the other con- testants who started from here yes- terday in the race for the interna- tional cup.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

founded the wa1iron family in Amer ica, Baron Resolved Waldron was his name, and he came from Amsterdam in Holland to the New Amsterdam in of that name to hold land in the New World. He bought property on Broad way, near Wall street. and lived and worked there ,.s Sn.Il 1864: when the city York in name, He was not a baron, by the way-that was just one of his given names. It was the coming. of the He had to take the oath of allegiance to the new sovereign, but did 1t luke warmly, and shortly afterward quietly stepped off the earth" by moving up land" he had secured. bounded on the south by whatis now Elghty-third street. on the north by vague and shadowy limit and running from the Governor Peter Stuyvesant had granted him this property. and his title to 1t was confirmed by the English Cover nors Nichols in leSe. and Sir Thomas Dongan, ten years later.
 It was well across the border into the next century when Baron Resolved Waldron died, at the age of 96. leav- way along this history the waldrons seem to have had bigger families than fortunes. Despite the fact that this patriarch was the largest landholder in they came to strike a trial balance of his estate. that he was heavily in debt. Now, debt runs as a heriditary falling all through thIs brief history The crabbed chroniclers who set down the metes and bounds In the old deeds give no hint of what caused 1t.
 The Waldron children finally agreed among themselves that if Samuel, the fourth son, would assume his fathers s debts and take care of his mother so long as she lived. he could have the entire estate. This he did. The in herited tendency to get into debt seems to have jumped over Samuel. as such generation now and then, for he pros pered nightly. He not only cleared
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
THE BELLS OF MEXICO.

Requires . Very Great Army to Keep
 BraEen Tongues Going. Philadelphia Record.
 It takes a great army of men to keep the church bells going in Mexico . It Is estimated that in this city alone tn ere are more than 1000 bell-rihgers regularly employed. On days of re- ligious celebrations the number is aug mented, as the ringing of the bells must be kept up almost constantly through the day and night on such oc- casions.
 The most striking feature of Mexican life to the casual observer to Mexico Is the noise of the church bells. Every little hamlet and many Of the ranches in the country have one or more Cath olic churches, and each edifice ..ts equipped with one or more bell tow CTS. The great cathedral which stands near stha, Datiensf palace in this city has sixteen of these towers.
 In some towns the constant ringing of the, church bells is prohibited by the local authorities. though their sounding is permitted once or twice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
DEATH REVEALS FAMILY. Rich Man Found TO Have Wife And
 Hatzuala,n f,hAIhnnu

Waterbury. Conn, Oct, I2-David c. Cooper of Terreyville who made a fortune in the manufacture of oven thermometers for ranges was suppos- ed to have been bachelor all his life
 When he died several months ago his two nieces, who took care of his home and his office work. were sup posed to be heirs to his estate of $780, 900. His will. however, disclosed the fact that he had a wife and twelve children in Chile. South America, to whom the greater part of the estate goes. r..,
 Investigation showed that Cooper had legally married a South American woman and that the will simply ac- knowleged the legal rights of the widow and children of his estate. His nieces were much surprised
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
GAVEL TS NTTSsINc

San Francisco. Cali, Oct, I2-The handsome mounted gavel presented to the Trans Mississippi Congress by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Louisiana, Is missing and a careful search of the pavilion where the meet ings were held and of the heaIquarters Secretary Francis has failed to locate it.
 Every delegate 10 the Congress was reached by telephone. but no sign of the gavel was forthcoming.
 The gavel was made of a piece taken from one of the magnolia trees in the battlefield at Chalmette. La, where General Jackson defeated Pakenham's veterans in 1872
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
L. and N. Wins snit

Anniston. Oct. 12.-(Speoial )-The jury in the case of G. G. Pace against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad has rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant Mir Pace sued the rail- road for $50, ,000 damages for the loss of an eye the injury which deprived him of the sight of the optic alleged to have been rendered while in the employ of the company.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05
KITES ARE AN AID TO
WEATHER FORECASTS
Weather Bureau Is Doing Valuable Work at the Observatory
at Mount Weather.

A visitor to the Blue Ridge noun
tain of Virginia might almost any day
lotice several large box kites flying at
liferent attitudes over one OF the val
leys, and on going nearer would see
that "A number Of men were earnestly
following every movement of the huge
lites. Boys play" the visitor would
probably comment sarcastically as he
naticed the men running wildly be-
meath the kites, following their every
move. but If he went still nearer, near
enough to ask a few questions, he
would learn that this particular bit Of
kite flying is far from being schoolboy
sport. II is scientific research by the
government TO ascertain by means OF
meteorological recording instruments
attached to these kites the condition of
the upper strata of atmosphere so as
TO enable the weather bureau to fore
cast with greater accuracy and a long
or range. By means Of instruments at
tached to kites which have been sent
as high as 1880 feet, much valuable
data as TO the pressure OF the atmos-
phere, the humidity. temperature and
velocity and direction of the wind has
been secured and has proved of consid-
cradle assistance in making forecasts.
The box type OF kite is used, the in
struments being attached to the frame,
and the kite is let out on piano wire,
which is the strongest wire for its
~ T.
volving tower, so every movement of
the kites may be followed by the ope-
rator, is used to let out the kites, from
ten to twelve miles of wind an hour
being required to start them, although
flights have been made with less sur
face wind. The pull of the kite, when
once launched into the air, is sufficient
to unwind the reel as the kite flies up
ward. Clock work mechanism in the
instruments records the time as the
conditions are being taken, and by u.s.
Ing the amount of wire out and the
angle at which the kite is flying the
operator is able to figure the altitude
attained.
At present the weather bureau is
able to forecast for two days ahead at
the most, and eve then a suddenly de-
veloped storm or the invasion of an
upper air current into the surface at
mosphere is likely to set their calcula-
tons at naught. so that it will be read
lily seen that a knowledge of the upper
layers of air will prove of great benefit
to the bureau and the country. For in
stance, a layer of cold air may envelop
a vicinity, resulting in a drop in tenn
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

Of the depth of a disturbance the OBJ
server can form a good idea as to its
intensity and the probable extent OF
territory affected by it, as in one case
at the observatory last summer the
early dissolution OF a law was fore
Swallowed by the fact that the wind
circulation proper TO it extended up
ward less than $500 feet above the sta
ton.
The depth of currents which belong
to the circulation of highs and lows
vary between wide limits. In the case
of easterly winds the attitudes attain
ed by such current were found to be
generally less than 1000 feet. although
one observation showed northeast
winds prevailed from the earth's sur
face to an altitude of 1855 feet. This,
however, was an exception. In south
winds the average depth was found to
be 1852 feet above the station. the
maximum depth 1881 and the mini
mum $40 feet, In the case Of winds
between north and east the average
depth in six cases was 3,033 feet and
the maximum depth 6,735 feet, caused
by an a~nti-cyclonic or high pressure
whose center was directly north of the
observatory. While it seems probable
that the winds up to at least two miles
above the earth's surface respond to
the barometric gradients observed in
the lower strata. this is by no mean
certain and will require further in
~vestigation.
The following general conclusions
have been drawn from the kite data so
far collected: The air column in the
low is warmer than that in the high;
the region of greatest cold is found in
the southeastern quadrant Of the high:
as the center of the high crossed the
observatory and passed TO the east
ward temperature conditions aloft be-
came more or less unstable, diversions
taking place and the rate of decrease
of temperature with the increase of al
titude diminished.
AS will be seen, much valuable
knowledge has been acquired by the
kite experiments, but much more is
still to be learned, and this is the rea-
son the government is hard at it every
day in the year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

perature, but this layer may be thin
and Immediately above II a heavy lay
er of warm air, which will soon dispel
the thin cold layer, resulting in warm
er conditions. Were the observers able
to ascertain this they would know
what to expect and would be able to
forecast warm weather Immediately.
BY means of the instruments now
perfected the bureau Is able to ascer-
tain the horizontal expanse Of a storm
area, but has no means of determining
the vertical expanse, and this is what
the experiments now going on at
Mount Weather, where the govern
ment observatory Is stationed, seek to
determine. Already by means of the
kites 1t has been a~scertained that the
temperature diminishes as the altitude
grows greater, although there are mum
o layers where the temperature is
warmer than the layer beneath. 1t has
been shown that there Is a decrease of
one degree for every 1873 feet of dry
air. Thus, IL the surface temperature
was As above, 300 feet further up it
would be A, and so on. At an altitude
of 1880 feet a temperature of "a be-
low was recorded and the decrease
continues as the altitude increases.
surface conditions have absolutely
nothing to do with the upper atmos-
phere. and at an altitude of 49, 900 feet
the temperature would be the same at
stance, the January temperature for ST.
IBERIA is So degrees below zero, while a
temperature taken at an elevation of
$1,000 feet would be but 81 degrees be-
low.