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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-21
A BIZARRE CITY---HONOLULU
AS SEEN BY COLONIALS
One of the Australian Journalists Who P 1sed
Through Here En- Route to imperial
Conference Writes OF This Place.


Frank Fox, WHO came through Homo
lulu months ago en- route to the I'm
perial press conference in London, gives
his impressions Of Honolulu as fol-
lows:
Honolulu at night, lit by electric
lamps, traversed by swift electric trans,
paraded mostly by Asiatics and kama
kas, is a city of bizarre contrasts. Here
America faunts her wealthy civiliza-
ton in a setting which is barbaric and
Asian.
A broad, wen-paved street, fringed
with great hotels, emporiuns, banks,
newspaper Offices, is flanked by narrow
lanes of Chinese shops and laundries,
or little japanese dens, or Hawaiian
cafes The electric tram, {. superior
electric tram even to that of Sydney,
is filed with fat natives, Japanese, in
their national costume, Chinese fani-
lies, Portuguese coolies. Motor ears
Hash and glare past strings of patient
little japanese women, eluttering along
in wooden pattens. An electric light
standard is planted among grove of
coeoanut palms, and on one of the
trees is a notice Blocks for sale, on
terms. -
In the cafes curious tropical fruit is
served by Chinese or japanese walters,
but there is also on sale American pie,
five cents slice, and ice cream soda;
canned goods from Chicago jostle on
the shelves with dried devilfsh, and
You buy faro and avocado pears (Which
taste like the narrow of beef from
the same counter as candies and soda
fountain drinks. From little grove
comes the tinkling of a japanese guitar
and the nasal cry of a cheap phono-
graph. Over all, the tropical groves,
the modern hotels, the flashing motors,
the groups of natives and Asiatics is
the languid, vague smell of Asian
acrid smell, as though mingled Of vege-
tation growing too rankly, of meat in
corruption, and of the dead fumes of
incense burned to long sinee-dead gods.
Honolulu at first entrances. Its groves
are so beautiful. It's evidences of ma
terial wealth are so dazzling. With
but 10000 inhabitants, not one-sixth
of whom are Europeans, it boasts hotels
far superior TO any in Australia; its
public buildings are splendid, its pave
ments in the chief streets perfect. But
the early charm fades little. That
pervasivt, aerid smell OF Asia. gets on
the nerves of the citizen of Australia.
For little while only things seem to
taste of that smell, and 10 luxury can
take away It's faint.
1t is sugar that has made Honolulu
an Asiatic city Wherever sugar is
grown in the world there seems to be
try for cheap labor. In FIJI Garden
of Eden has been filed with indented
coolies for the sake of sugar. In
Australia the sugar industry was able
for many years to keep black faint
IN the population. OF Honolulu the
American sugar barons have made
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-21

vat in which all the cheap labor ma
tions of the earth are mixed, and in
which the japanese, and not the Amer
lean, is now the dominant nationality.
At first the native Hawaiians were
tried. They did not work hard enough.
and now do but little plantation work,
except when old families employ them
for sentimental considerations. Chinese,
japanese, kanakas from other Pacific
islands, Italians, Portuguese, were all
imported. The latest proposal is to
get negroes and negroids from Puerto
Rico, because the supply of Japs and
Chinese has been cut off.
1T is difficult to walk the streets of
Honolulu and feel easy that it will
remain an American city. The popula
ton is so overwhelmingly Asiatic. At
the great fshmarket of the city, where,
presumably, European as well as Ash
attic householders are supplied, the Ash
attic is in full of filthy possession. Meat
(beef and pork mostly, poultry
(chiefiy dueks)-the Chinese duck
farms on one flank of the city are
marvels of high power in smell fish
of all sorts, vegetables, and fruits, all
mingled in one mass The merchants
are all Asiatlcs With the Asiatic Gus
toners mingle few whites and a great
many Hawaiians. The smell of Asia
here reaches its full intensity, and,
shifting it, famine itself would find its
rage for food quenched.
The white race puts in a claim here
and there for notice Cards in the
shops invite young men to mission,
and offer the bait of 'sPungent Preach
ments on Practical Problems. - The
Christian Science folk have a ball. and
hot buekwheat cakes and the like are
on sale in all the cafes, to make Chris
tian Science or some other cure for
stomach ache necessary. In the hotels
you call whisky and soda sshigh-
ball. - But all these together can not
effaee the impression of the Asiatic
crowds in the streets, the swarming
Asiatie children in the alleys, and the
all-conquering smell of Asia which is
everywhere.
Balzac, in one of the books of the
Coincide Humane" (ssThe Quest Of
the Absolute / think it isl. stresses
the values of the clues which the
architecture of people gives the OBJ
server as to their character. In the
building of Honolulu. certainly, Amer
lea IS character has displayed itself
slick, ambitious, fluid. In FIJI the Eng
lish have built English houses, with
some few reluctant concessions to the
climate. In Honolulu the Americans
have, in domestic and public architee
ture, boldly adopted notions from the
old native huts and temples, given
them modern scope, and produced
buildings which are distinctly Hawai-
ian. thoroughly comfortable. and even
suited to the climate The tropical
vegetation. too, has been utilized for
public parks and private gardens with
such elegance and holiness as to make
the good suburbs of the city as beauti-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-21

full as it is possible to imagine earthly
spots to be.
Yet that languia, aerid smell Of Asia
obtrndes, and the exile signs for Au-
stralia and its clean, eucalyptie air.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-21
INVENTORS"


INVENTOR'
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and S
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INVENTOR"
who WE HALF DOZEN
SIZES AND SHAPES VARIOUS COLORS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-21
Adelina Patti

One of the most popular cigars in the market {
is not fault to be found in one of these cigars
the finest grade of tobacco grown in Southern
cigar because none is made. We can supply y
single cigar to thousands.
The satisfaction in these cigars lies in their
especially selected for this feature.
We have the largest stock of cigars, tobac
jars, tobacco pouches, match boxes, cleaning u
stock and the goods fresh.
We make up vacation packages OF articles
shape for easy handling. We want your daily
ing the best and you will have no other cigars.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
WOULD MOVE BARN BY PRAYER.
Improvement Club Seeks the Aid Of a
Preacher Of Great Faith.

omaha, Neb.. Special: The Rev.
oharies W sayidge. pastor OF the
reople's Church OF Omaha. is one of
me strongest believers in the efficacy
a. prayer Knowing OF this faith. an
improvement club. OF which he Is a
member. has invoked his prayerful
alu IN securing the removal OF a barn
= fifteen years has
been an eyesore.
- Led all legal methods
and having been unsuccessful. the
property owners and the Improvement
ciub members have called Pastor Saw.
ldse IN, and he has promised 10 see
Mnat ne can do in the way OF barn
moving.
Inc hrst act has been performed.
,or Al recent meeting Of the club
ne onered up a prayer. heseeching
the Lord 10 take hand and see that
the old red barn gets down and out
without further ado.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
PLANS A 1000 MILE PARK.
Hartman Will Create Green Strip
From Omaha to the Coast.

Omaha. Neb.. Special: Union Pa
cific officials have inaugurated the
most stupendous campaign for beauti-
flying the right of way of that railroad
that any railroad in this country has
ever yet undertaken. Briefly. the
scheme is TO so embellish and adorn
the right of way that the passenger
trains will travel in a continual park
all the way from the Missouri River TO
the Pacific Ocean, a distance of nearly
1000 miles.
To carry out this project will cost
hundreds OF thousands of dollars. but
when completed the Hartman officials
expect the increased traffic soon to re
pay the outlay. Some OF the benefits
which will accrue TO passengers via
the Overland route will be an absolute
absence of dust and the pleasant sen
sations of riding for days through a
beautiful park-a park in which the
passenger will see. as he is whirled
along at rapid speed. all gradations OF
scenery from the placid farm mead
ows OF eastern Nebraska to the dark
canons of the Rockies and the tremen-
dous waterfalls OF the Cascades.
Years will be required TO carry out
and complete the scheme. but a great
railroad system pays little attention
TO time in matters OF this kind. AL
ready work on the big project has
been commenced. Kearney. Neb.. be
ing the starting point from which
place the work will be carried forward.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
SENSATION At NIAGARA
WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH WITH
HUSBAND AFTER HER.
MAN SAVED BY KESCUERS
Heroic Struggle Lasts More Than an
HoHr Within Few Feet Of
Great Cataract.

Niagara Falls, n. Y, Special: Louis
Cohen saw his young wife leap into
the river between Second and Third
Sister Islands Sunday afternoon. only
100 feet above the brink OF the cata-
ract Without a moments hesitation
he followed her, caught her hand and
struggled desperately TO save her.
Mrs. Cohen probably died in her
husbands arms. Before il was posi-
Bile 10 bring efficient help an hour had
passed, during all of which Cohen was
making frantic attempts TO reach the
shore. But the struggle against the
current-at this point il is about TWEEN
~ miles an hour-was beyond his
power.
Fortune aided him. With his wife
clasped TO him he felt himself bump
into a tree stump, and on this he got a
grip with his one free hand He lusti-
ly shouted for help and word was car
ried TO the reservation police, but il
was nearly an hour after Mrs. Cohen
Jumped into the river that Officer
James Martin arrived with Represent
alive James s. Simmonds and three
other men, carrying ropes.
Three times they threw the rope be-
fore ii was within Cohen's grasp.
When he did catch il he was too weak
to tie IL about his own or his wife's
waist. The two were twenty feet
away from shore and il was extremely
difficult. owing TO the precarious ma
ture OF the footing. to make a good
cast. Pinned against the tree stump
by the terrific rush OF water. all the
strength he had was gone, and he had
been unable to keep his wife's face
above water.
Once Cohen had hold Of the rope.
the men ashore began 10 pull and OFF,
Ger Martin. who was in the front.
slipped and fell into the stream. but
quickly regained his feet. When with
in fifteen feet of the shore Cohen lost
his grip on his wifes body and II was
carried of down stream and was lost
to view.
Cohen was so far gone when his res
cuers got him on shore that he could
not speak for ten minutes. His first
words were: She is out there. 20 and
get her. She is dead She died in my
arms" The woman's body was re-
covered.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
NEAR GOVERNORS MANSION
Negro Is Taken From Jail and Lynched
at Frankfort, KY.

Frankfort. Ky. Special: Within
sight and sound of the Governors
mansion. John Moxey, a negro. after
escaping from the hands of his own
race. was later taken from Jail by a
white mob and lynched from a bridge
over the Kentucky River. Moxey was
discovered by Bert c. Bower, Wichita.
Kan. superintendent of laborers with
the Howe circus. in the act OF ripping
the canvas. and when ordered TO de-
sist, turned on Bower and shot him in
the abdomen.
A mob of colored laborers from the
circus al once attacked Moxey and
was endeavoring TO lynch him when
local officials succeeded in getting him
away and placing him in Jail While
further attempts at a lynching were
feared, nothing was done TO prevent II,
and a mob of masked white men sur
rounded the Jail. took the negro from
Jailer Bridges and escorted him to the
bridge across the Kentucky River that
separates North and South Frankfort.
There, while the negro pleaded for
his life. rope was placed around his
neck and as he was swung from over
the beam OF an electric light pole his
body was riddled with bullets.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
SIX PLUNGE DOWN ALPS.
Climbers on Preeipitous Peak Meet
With Fearful Mishap.

Turin, Gable: One OF the worst
accidents in the history OF the Alps
is reported from the Grand Dent.
Four Frenchmen are dead and two
Italians will die as a result of their
unsuccessful effort 10 conquer this
inaccessible point.
The party. which included noted
mountain climbers, had been staying
in the neighborhood for a fortnight
planning to ascend to the top of the
Grand Dent. which has heretofore
been inaccessible.
Working along a circuitous route,
the party of nine, all linked together.
slowly worked their way toward the
clouds. When about two-thirds of the
way TO the top one of the men in the
middle lost his balance and toppled.
striking the man Immediately below
him. The sudden jar parted the rope
which anchored the tourists TO the
guides. who had braced themselves
for the shock.
Gaining momentum, the six tourists
swept down the mountain side. which
was incrusted with ice, and. although
they frantically tried to check their
downward progress. they failed, and
all plunged into the valley below.
making one straight drop Of 200 feet.
The Mortified guides made their
way to their charges only to find all
OF the Frenchmen dead and the Ital-
ians, while still alive, terribly injured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Boys Show Too Realistic.

Atlanta, Ca, Special: Playing at
moving pictures five small boys
hanged one of their number. and two
physicians worked an hour to resus-
citate him after he was cut down. The
boys were playing in the rear OF the
Williams home on Spring street. They
were depicting the career of cattle
rustler. and James Williams. aged s,
was the rustler. AS a finale young
williams was strung 10 a limb OF
tree The other boys then went away
and left the little fellow hanging.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
PIG KILLER STAYS FIVE
cRAZED WORKMAN RUNS AMUck
IN PACKING PLANT.
LONG KNIFE DEATH WEAPON
sudden Insanity OF Powerful Man
Comes Without Warning in Mas
saehusetts Factory.
LONG KNIFE DEATH WEAPON

Somerville, Mass, Special: Five
men are dead and three others injured
as the result OF an attack by a work
man who became suddenly insane at
the North Packing Company's plant.
The workman. whose name is Thorn
as Murphy. was seized with the mania
while at work in the slaughter house
Armed with the big knife he used i'm
us work, he ran Though the factory
lunging at every one within reach.
rive OF the eight men attacked were
almost instantly killed
Murphy is a pig killer. The knife
ne uses is as keen as a razor and has
a blade about sixteen inches long.
Those near him received no warning
OF their danger. The first man at
tackled was DR.. Hayes. a government
meat Inspector, who probably was ia
tally injured by terrible cuts in the
neck and groin. Next John Cheever. a
Polander. was stabbed over the heart
There was no chance 10 oppose the
crazy man, and in the next few min
utes five men fell to the floor with
stab wounds through the heart or in
other vital parts. Another got a bad
cut.
Workmen out of Murphys path
seized clubs and barrel slaves and
rushed uIon him, but he ran down
stairs 10 the yard. There he was sur
rounded. beaten down. and captured.
he Is powerful man weighing about
200 pounds.
Two OF the dead men were negroes
and the others foreigners Murphy is
90 years old and lives with his family
in this city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
BIG NOISE At KuABE.
ROOSEVELT ARRIVES MID CHEERS
OF THE PoPULAcE.
TEDDY DELIGHTED WITH SCENERY
Roosevelt Party Now to Have Their
First Real Experience OF
African Jungle.

Kijabe, British East Africa. Cable
Amid the cheers of American mission.
aries. all the porters OF his expedition,
who had preceded him, and the general
populace, Theodore Roosevelt and
party arrived here Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Roosevelt was delighted with
the beauty of the scenery. especially
the Rift Valley, on the way up from
Nairobi.
The travellers spent the night
under canvas in camp that has been
established near the railroad station.
The expedition started for the Sotik
district Saturday.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Major Mearns
rode on the coYcatcher OF the locomo-
tive for % miles. On the way a n.y.
ena. which got on the rails was almost
run down.
Kiiabe is "A miles from Nairobi in a
southwesterly direction The country
between Nairobi and Kijabe is for the
most part thickly wooded aid high
The greatest elevation OF the Kikuyu
escarpment is 1880 feet. From this
point there is a most magnificent view.
The traveller looks down some 1000
feet into the great rift valley-a rift
can be traced from the Zambesi 10
Palestine. though IL reaches its finest
development at about this point Ele-
plants are plentiful in these forests,
but they are fairly safe from the hunt
er. for the thickness of the growth
renders their pursuit very difficult.
On this expedition the members of
the Roosevelt party will have their
first real experience of the African
Jungle: some sections Of the Sotik dis
trict are very little known to the white
man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
GREAT GAIN IN POPULATION.
Increase OF 1913 Per Cent In United
States Since 1858.

Washington. Special: Among the
peculiar facts concerning the growth
OF the United States from 1855 to 1905.
noted in the annual report of the New
York Chamber Of Commerce. soon TO
be issued. the following increases are
observed: Population. 1913 per cent:
the wealth OF the country. SOB per
cent; public debt. 1916 per cent; the
per capita debt from sl.5l 10 s10.76:
bank deposits. 3.4G0 per cent: receipts
OF the Government, 1,iS6 per cent:
war expenditures. 329 per cent: navy
expenditures. 745 per cent: imports
per capita. from $3.50 10 1870: ex-
ports per capita. from 1914 to s21.04.
and the consumption of wines and II.
quors. 2G6 per cent. or from 6.42 TO
1925 per capita gallon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
OUR WHEAT CROPS
Barely Sufficient Fer Home consump-
tion, Argues MIR. Hill.

Seattle. Wash Special: j. ]. Hill.
Chairman OF the Great Northern Board
OF Directors. Is visiting the Alaska-Yu-
kon-Pacific Exposition buildings Dis
cussing the recent wheat corner, he
said:
1t Is a mistake 10 say James A.
Patten cornered the wheat market. He
is merely a case OF a man taking ad-
vantage OF an opportunity. II is but a
few years since IL was estimated that
the average consumption OF wheat per
annum in this country was six bushels.
but now the experts argue that IL is
seven bushels and some pounds. The
census OF 1910 will show that we have
a population OF 10000. 900. which will
mean that we will require for our own
use 630000.000 bushels hereafter.
I'VE raise now probably 5O.OOOD0o
bushels of wheat In the United States
with good crop conditions. This will
leave us but 10000, 900 bushels as a
surplus for export. while in the past
We have exported upward OF 10000
600 bushels per year. So you can see
we will need all our wheat TO feed our
own people. Within the next FIVE
years the wheat OF Eastern Washing
Ton Will Dt Suipptu eastward 10 iced
the people Of the East and Central
West
And in considering these facts IL
must be remembered that the number
OF live stock slaughtered last year was
1000. 600 less than the year previous.
When farmers OF Iowa, Minnesota and
Nebraska can get G5 cents per bushel
for corn at the country station, they
will not endure the risk OF hog chol-
era and the labor incident TO hog rails
ing, but will sell all their grain"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Princes In Fatai Mix-up.

Tifiis, Cable: A fatal encounter be
tween the representatives of two
princely houses occurred at formal
dinner given at Tifiis. Prince Bagra.
ton. descendant OF Prince Peter Ba-
grafton, the Russian general who
served with distinction in the Napole.
onie wars. considering himself insult.
ed by a remark made by Prince Eris.
toff. struck the latter in the face.
Prince Eristoff drew a long dagger
and killed Prince Bagration on the
spot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
WILSON TALKS OF THE FARM
secretary Of Agriculture Goes to Mon
treal to Get a Decree.

Montreal. Can, Special "The
farmers daughter should be educated
% adorn the parlor, advise In the
kitchen and know herself"
This was one of the homely little
maSims with which Secretary Wilson,
o. me United States Department OF
Agriculture, RECALLED a large audience
assembled at ST. Anee de Bellevue.
near here. on the occasion of the ded.
icaiion Of Mac Donald College of Nc.
Gil University.
secretary Wilson, who spoke from
me viewpoint of the farmer. said IL
Vas necessary that life on the farm be
made less of struggle and that the
iafmer's daily existence be made more
attractive. This condition, he ex-
aimed. could only result from the ed
N'ation Of the northumberland the
need for such education he declared
pressing.