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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

Managing the finances has often
proved the rock on which Latin-Amer-
lean government has been wrecked
The fact that American rule of Cuba,
while meeting all expenses, has been
such that Gov Magoon will turn over
81. 500, 900 to the new native admins.
tration constitutes an object lesson
that may be highly valuable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

One of the most interesting conclu.
sions reached by the first Information.
all Congress on Good Roads, recently
held in Paris, is that automobiles do
little harm to the roads If their av-
erage speed is not more than ten
miles, and their maximum speed Is
miles an hour. If that is the case, the
remedy looks simple.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

.sThe largest national task Of to-
day." is what President Roosevelt
calls the work of conservation of the
natural resources of the country. 1t
must be pleasing to the president to
realize how great an impetus he has
given to the performance of that task.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

That the magnetic influence of the
coast OF Lapland drew his iron ship
ashore and wrecked it was the sworn
statement of the captain of the Brit
ish steamer Sandal to the British
board of trade.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

Have Old Friendship with the TaftA
Gen. and Mrs Corbin and Gen. and
Mrs. Edwards will be prominent in the
social encourage of the next White
House regime. Gen. Corbin comes
from Ohio Mrs. Corbin was Miss
Edith Patten of Washington, formerly
OF California. Their friendship with
MI. and Mrs. Taft is of long standing.
They were all in the Philippines to-
gether. Gen. and Mrs. Corbin have re-
Gently completed a handsome country
home at Chevy Chase, Washington's
most fashionable suburb.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

Electricity is looming large as a mo-
tive power for railroads. A scheme is
on foot to employ electricity in carry
ing trains over the Rocky mountains
The steam engine has served valu-
able purpose in bringing about trans.
continental traffic, but possibly it
xvilI soon be eclipsed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

"Grafters" in Australia are worthy
people, for ito graft" there means to
work hard. But the origin of that
meaning of the word is as obscure as
Of the meaning now common in this
country-to plumber the public.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

France has voted by a substantial
majority to continue the death pen
atty. This will be injurious to those
persons only who commit crimes
worthy of death.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

Wealthy natives of India have
formed company. with $7,5OO0OO cap.
ital to erect at Bombay blast furnaces
and complete steel plant for the
utilization of native ores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

1t cost China $4,2O0,OOO to bury it's
dead emperor. If the maintenance of
a live one is equally expensive mon
archy in the orient certainly comes
high.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
DESIGN FOR VISITING DRESS.
In Russet-Brown VeIVeteen and Fine
Face Cloth.

Here is a very elegant combination
Of russet-brown velveteen and fine face
cloth. The plain trained skirt is Of
velveteen, so are the tight-ftting I'M
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

FEWER marriages this year mean
that fewer men have had jobs good
enough for two, and have been sure
of keeping them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

Germany will establish three airship
passenger lines next year. But for
some time there will be no guarantee
of the schedules.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

diamonds have been found in Ger
man southwest Africa, and already
Won Buelow is trying to get revenues
from them to build battleships.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

Indiana took the first prize at the
omaha corn show. There was no frost
on the fodder that was responsible
for that ear.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

English prime minister says the
mouse OF lords is a set of irresponsi-
Dies. Now let the lords respond.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
IS SCENIC MIRACLE
GREAT FALLS n sPoToF MARVEL
Gus BEAUTY.
Source of the Water Supply for the
City OF Washington Succession of
Majestic Gashes, Seams
and Gorges.

The water supply of the nationa!
capital is a subject of more or less
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
CONVICTION. LOUISIANA

The annual chestnut about the opti-
mist who eats them in the dark is also
with us.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30

WGW So WVOp
Iy worn away
as to expose
the gneiss, ge-
ologists can
not agree.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
WILL WRITE UP
THE ISLANDS

G. E. Ferguson of California, whd
arrived on the Alameda, accompanied
by his wife, is here to get material fol
writeup of the Islands to appear il,
the Overland Magazine. He brings
letters from the White House and
many prominent men of the mainland
including government officials, bank
ers, publishers and capitalists.
Mr.. Ferguson will not only write
generally of the Islands, but will dwell
particularly on their resources from tn,
standpoint of the settler and investor
"There is tremendous amount o.
inquiry concerning the Hawaiian Is
lands all over the country" said Mr.
Ferguson last evening. "You have n{
idea how much the Islands have sprung
into prominence recently. 1t is foi
this reason that 1 have come here Il
make arrangements to write them up
/ have heard from everyone who hal
visited the Islands of the hospitality
of the people and the charm of the en-
vironment.
81 want to get down to the bottom
of things, learn all about the resources
what lands you have that will attrac
settfsrs and what there is in sight 70
the investor The mainland, just nov
is full of ready money, and it coul(
come down here just as well as g
somewhere else.
81 have many letters from prcmi
nent people on the mainland to peopl,
of the Islands, whom-I have been TOLD
can give me the information I'm af
ter'
Among these letters is one iron
VIM. Loeb. secretary to the President
addressed to Governor Frear; ancthe
from former Secretary of the Nav,
Metca'f; others from Lieut.. .-Governo
Oglesby of Illinois; George w. Brown
leading attorney and representative
of eastern capital in Chicago; Johi
Farson, head of the great New Yorl
banking firm of Farson, Son & Co.. an,
Geo. N. West, American Consul zen
eral at Vancouver, formerly privat
secretary to Senator Frye of Maine
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson are register
ed at the Young.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
MYSTERY SHROUDS LOSS OF
OFFICER ON THE ALAMEDA

but the waves were not by any means
washing over the decks, and there is
apparently nothing disarranged on
which the man could have stumbled or
tripped overheard.
The suicide theory appears more
plausible in view of the fact that Nc.
Cracken was i'll some time ago. Two
trips before this one, he laid off in San
Francisco on account of illness, but
presented himself for duty again on
the return of the vessel. He was ask
ed then if he felt well enough to go
to work and he replied in the affirma
tive. 1t has developed, however, that
his wife in San Francisco is hopeless
invalid, and this fact, in addition to
his own troubles, probably set him
brooding and caused him to commit
suicide.
MeCracken was n native of Scotland,
and was fifty-fve years of age. He
had been in the employ of the Oceanic
company for about twenty-five years,
and was well.liked, being a capable
seaman and willing worker. He leaves
wife and son to mourn his loss.
He had had no trouble with his wife,
so far as is known on board the ship.
He was at one time master-at-arms
of the Sierra, sistership to the Ala
media, and was well known among all
seafaring men in Honolulu. He has
been sailing to this port for many
years and was on speaking terms with
almost every man of note on the wa
terfront.
The passengers on the Alameda were
not notified of the disappearance o.
McCracken, though some of them heart
of it before the ship docked. A gen
eral air of gloom pervaded the mel
of the vessel, for the mystery attach
ed to the loss of their companion ha
worried them greatly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09

The University Club ball, the climax
of the social season in Honolulu, given
rriday night in the clubhouse and the
Royal Hawaiian HOTEL was in all re-
spects quite the enjoyable affair that
had been anticipated, participated in
by hundreds from this and the other
islands. The one noticeable difference
between the affair of last night and
those heretofore given by the Uni
versity Club members was the addition
of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
officers and their wives to the social
circle, the number of uniforms seen
last night being commented on as
marking the advent of new and ap-
preciated element to local society.
The decorations were not as elabo-
rate, possibly, as last year, but were
beautiful and greatly admired never
theless, while the dancing arrangements
were etter than usual The ballroom,
into which the large hotel diningroom
had been converted for the occasion,
was in pink, the walls and ceiling be-
ing covered with draperies of this dain-
ty color, with great pink bells sus-
pnded from the ceiling. Against this
was arranged wreaths of male and
ferns, amid the green the lights of the
scores of incandescents being softened.
The windows and doorways were also
trimmed with green, while in the
panels thus formed were shields bear
ing the University Club monogram, in
the club colors of white and blue.
About the walls were white and blue
| Iannnrs tho numbe cnrrpsnondinu 10
the various colleges represented in the
membership of the club, each banner
bearing a different name. This ball
room decoration was effective in its
simplicity.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
University Ball
Brilliant Affair

club, assisted by Mesdames Frear,
Dunning, Long, Mott-Smith, c. II.
Cooke, Gartley and Cooper, welcomed
the many guests. Each of the ladies
in the receiving line carried blue and
white violets, the colors of the club.
Throughout, the scheme of the able
committee in charge was to make the
affair typically University Club func-
ton, and to this end the one double
cotillion figure danced was to carry out
the general plan. The eotillion dancers
were one representative each of the
universities and their partners, the
ladies wearing a rosette of the college
colors of her partner, the man carry
ing his college pennant, while IN the
pretty figures distribution of favors
brought other pennants to the ladies
and ribbons to their partners
Supper was served in the library and
card rooms of the club and on the Ia
mai, the caterer proving himself worthy
of the occasion.
Probably in no former assemblage
in Honolulu society have more hand
some gowns been seen than at the func-
ton last night. Mrs. Frear was gown
ed in white silk, heavily embroidered
in white roses; Mrs. Dillingham; wore
black satin trimmed with duehesse lace
and gold braid interlacings; Mrs. Dun
ming was in pink silk, directoire; Mrs.
Long was gowned in yellow; Mrs. Deer
ing wore white lace, shot with silver,
over satin; Mrs. Francis Gay had
handsome gown of heavy brocade of
Copenhagen blue, trimmed with real
lace; Mrs. Mott-Smith was gowned In
pale blue silk; Mrs. Clarence Cooke had
handsome gown of white silk; Mrs.
George Augur was gowned in blue silk,
trimmed with Irish point; Mrs. Faxon
Bishop had beautiful pink crepe de
chine gown trimmed with rose point
lace; Mrs. Charles Wilder was in blue
satin, and Mrs. Ranney Scott wore
pink satin, empire style. Mrs. Leeds,
of Los Angeles, was gowned in hand
! some pink satin directoire. Miss Scott
wore black and gold, Mrs. Ernest
W1aterhouse had an empire gown of
pink satin trimmed with black and sill
yer; Mrs. w. l.. Whitney wore a white
and gold empire gown with directoire
sash; Mr.. Herman Robinson's costume
was of peachblow crepe de chine en-
| bellished with lace; Mrs. Moses was
Hdnusoiue III Plhh plnd MIS-. We NJ
Graham wore gray silk pima over
gray satin; Miss Beatrice Castle was
in pale blue; Miss Alice Spalding wore
very becoming frock of cream silk
trimmed with blue; Mrs. Henry Along
was in white and gold; Miss Mae Klue-
gel had a pink satin directoire; Miss
Soper wore pink silk trimmed in sill
yer spangles; Mrs. Lewton-Brain wore
white brocaded satin; Miss Charlotte
Halls gown was of blue silk trimmed
with real lace. These are only few
of the hundreds of handsome costumes
L | nntnl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09

Leaving absolutely no word or trace
behind him to account for what ap-
pears to be a suicide at sea, William
McCracken, boatswain of the Oceanic
Steamship Alameda, and for over twen'
ty.fve years an employe of the com.
pany, disappeared yesterday morning
while performing his duties on the YES
sci and has not been heard of since.
Down in the ships official log is the
record Of another victim claimed by
the sea-another man gone to Davy
Jones locker. Just the bare details
are given-for in fact, nothing further
is known-the statement of the disap'
pearance and the record of the time
and the search of the ship that was
maLe.
Last Seen by Sailor.
Shortly after six o clock yesterday
morning, while the Alameda was stili
over 100 miles from Oahu. McCracken
set several sailors to work holystoning
the deck. He was last seen by one
of these men, T. Knudsen, who at the
time noticed nothing out of the ordi'
| nary in the manner of the doomed Of
ficer who gave him his orders. 1t was
not fifteen minutes afterwards when
First officer Dawson of the Alameda
wanted McCracken for some special
duty, and called for him. He was moi
to be found, though no particular sig
nificance was attached to the fact a
that moment, as there were hundred
places on the ship where McCrackeI
might have been. Later, however, thu
Inflated mans absence was marked
and Immediately thorough search o
the entire vessel began.
Thorough Search Instituted.
The search lasted an hour, and EN-
braced every part of the ship, but al
solutely no trace of McCracken Iva
found. The ships boats on the top o
the deck were examined, in fact, ever
/. | NuuNclNabAS hAuAhS paw va AhN -AAs
media was looked into, but it was a
without avail 1t would have been to
late to stop the already delayed pa
senger baat as she was travelling /
the rate of fifteen knots au hour. E
erything possible was done by the o
feers and men of the Alameda in Il
vain attempt to find their conrad
and no blame whatsoever can be a
taehed to them. 1t was simply som
" thing that, so far as is known on Il
ship, could not be helped.
- y Although no specific reason can
/, devised, il is the general opinion
" the men on the Alameda that N
Craeken leaped to death with into
tion. The seas were rolling to sol
ns extent and the Alameda pitched et
siderable at that time in the mornil
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
A POPULAR REMEDY IN SOUTH
AFRICA.

Chamberlain S Cough Remedy has
been in South Africa for a number Of
years, and the fact that it still re.
tains its popularity as cure of coughs,
it gives satisfaction. Morum Bros,
general merchants at Tarkastad, Cape
Colony, make the following statement:
Chamberlain preparations have a
steady demand all the year round and
continue TO be popular. We always
keep a stock of these medicines on
hand" For sale at all dealers. Ben
ron. Smith & Co., Ltd, agents fol
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
JAMES MAKEE GOES
TO MAUI TO AID
A WRECKED VEssE
(From Saturdays Advertiser }

(From Saturdays Advertiser.)
Word came to Captain Miller lats
last evening that a boat had beeH
wrecked at Lahaina and he Immediate
ly got up steam on the James Makel
and started for Maui. He had oa
board full wrecking apparatus AM
diving outfit, and is prepared to saw
vessel, if the necessary tools AMI
the right kind of crew have any
thing to do with it. 1t was not learn
ed definitely what boat had come Il
grief on the other island, but rumol
last night said it was only steatl
launch. Captain Miller took the Jane
Makee out of the harbor about ten
thirty last night, prepared to "wreck
anything from launch to the biggesi
ship in the Pacific.
" ~ ~ " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ " ~ ~ ~ ~ < ~ y
back on Monday night, when he woul
have more to say.
Mrs. Atcherley on Warpath.
The doctor's good wife was far frod
being as calm as he was. She begal
to hand out compliments right and letl
as soon as she had thanked the fet
policemen and asylum guards AMI
others who stood in the darkness bd
low for coming. Much of her speed
is summarized in the opening parfl
graph above. She gave an interestinI
explanation of why DIR. Wayson dill
not telephone for the police on IL.
night Of the shooting, scouting tn
story that he had been asleep.
"The reason he did not send I'd
| the police was because he was afraiI
that when they came they would fin!
| him painting from the run he mad
from our house to his, with my hui
\ band after him. He knew he couldn
fool the police if they found him dresl
ed and putting, so he went to bed an
pretended to sleep through ID all. "
The oratress talked for at least d
hour, paying many compliments to I'll
Advertiser in the course of her RI
marks. She referred to this paper
journal that tried to run the couI
try, printed lies about the people an
did anything for dollars-dirty dollar
Most of the money Mrs. Atcherld
talked about, by the way, appeared
be dirty. She paid her respects TO II
police. to the Board of Health, to Il
government in all its branches and
the missionaries. She claimed to star
before the audience proud womd
because martyr for the public goo
owe broke that leprosy law" 81
stated, "and / am proud that we a
going to break this lunaey law.
we fail, there is nothing to preveI
anyone who has spite against any
; you getting You sent to the lunai
. asylum.
There was some little applause
; times during the discourses, the han
/ clapping being led by someone sittiI
o in a buggy, the top carefully raised
I hide the occupants. When a passi
r automobile would shoot its headiigA
4 under the buggy top, the ones sittil
I I.thereuAder would hide their faces vi
9 their hands.
Among the listeners were two
q three from the S. s. Aorangi, who
n peared to be much puzzled at the p
i formanee. but who were too polite
!. ask whether this was the regular thI
h in Honolulu or not.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
DIR. sERENo BISHOP STRICKEN

Serene E. Bishop, DID,, one of the
grand old men of Hawaii, venerable
scientist and theologian, has been
stricken with senile dementia, and, fol-
some reason, his friends have decided
to place him in the Asylum. 1t is saic
that DR.. Bishop seems TO realize hii
condition and consents to his remova
to the public institution. The Doetoi
suffered from stroke of paralysis /
little over year ago, but his mind ha
remained unimpaired until lately. H
has been critically i'll within the Jas
two weeks, but has physically improv
ed recently.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
MASS MEETING
A N UDDy
AFFAIR
(From Sundays Advertiser.)

(from SUNDAY s AdVertlser.)
About thirty persons stood in the rain
and mud and dark at the corner Of
Alakea and Merchant street last night
to listen to a variety of reasons why
DR.. Atcherley is charged with being in.
sane. Mrs. Atcher1ey supplied most of
the reasons. The slim crowd was in.
formed that DIR. Emerson conspired
against Atcherley and tried to railroad
him to the lunatic asylum in order that
he might keep his job as police surgeon
and prevent Atcherley from getting it;
Sheriff Jarrett conspired against At
eherley and trumped up evidence
against him in order to get out of grant
ing the demands of the common people
that Atcherley be appointed as police
surgeon, the cowardly Sheriff prefer
ring to listen to the prejudiced de-
mands of some Civic Federationists
posing as Democrats, who wanted to
keep Atcherley out of office; DR.. Way
son conspired against Atcherley be.
cause of professional Jealousy and to
rattempt to show that Atcherley was
bugs in order to shield himself from a
charge of attempted burglary; DR..
Brinckerhoff conspired against Atcher.
ley on general principles; the Adver.
tiser assisted in the conspiracy for the
sake of the dirty dollars that were to
be made, while the missionaries, who
train their children to rob, lie and mur'
der for the dollars-also dirty-were
back of the whole base conspiracy
These are some of the reasons advanced
by Mrs. Atcherley, who spoke from
one of the windows of J. A. Magoon': ,:
law offices.
The few who gathered to listen tC
the rawlings of Mrs. Atcherley and the
things DR.. Atcherley himself had tC
say, did so in answer to the following
call, this being verbatim copy of {
handbill distributed about the streets
yesterday afternoon:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09

Hartman has become a director in
the New York Central Railroad ana
may become chairman Of the hoard.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09

A special agent has gone to Alas
ia investigate charges agairst Fede
Judge. Reed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09

Japanese farmer in California
lately broke the potato famine by
shipping 5000 sacks Of potatoes to
market. lie got $4,000 for them.