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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03
WAsHINGToN's GOVERNMENT BY COMMITS

Washingons government by commission
criticism and pa In the of its campaign change
the Washington Star edoay gives the following of how
the affairs of the district handled
Congress the legislature of the District Columbia
tued by the Constitution all the laws for the government
of the capital municipality and apropae all the funds required for
its and development In House day allotted
fortnight theory
perhaps three hours the time being often consumed in the delivery
of speeches political subjects wasted uniformed debate
trivial pertaining the conditions Considering
Legislators live here during least three months year and six
nCuhs the that they themselves the sufferers from
nadquaces the results of pocrasnaon enacng
laws amazing that little intelligent attention paid the affairs
of the District and that District day usually conspicuous by the fail
Cf members attend the session.
last MONDAY scheduled of these precious aotments
congressional the transaction of District business The mpor
brought before the House the bill granting the of
the pension building for the inaugural barecepon discuss
ed for nearly the entire session. without result SO small the
tendance that time single member could have blocked the
wheels entirely for hour and perhaps forced ourn
by calling quorum An amendment striking the grant
of the building adopted nearly
short quorum the House Yesterday the District
appropriation bill considered before amefuy meager member
ship Twice questions put and each time tirynine
members responded being twenty-five fourteen and the
other twenty-one eighteen
THE Representatives of members. Under
the and the Constitution is the duty of each of these members
attend the sessions whatever be the subject under discussion the
Districts affairs less than presidential message tariff bill
There much be done for the District It finished fully
equipped municipal organization is still lacking in practically every
of the system owing ongonnued neglect by Congress The
affairs of the capital attended to in the House by small cotere of
members whose committee assignments bring them into contact with
local subjects The debates participated in by dozen Of
legislators the recurring familay in the reports
he District feels that it is entitled larger of atten
on the part of its legislature AS long the Constitution the
regarding the organization of the federal capital
amended Congress should dchage its duty this respect quite
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

There be something in the city and mixup
after last nights meeting The Republican majority seeking
the salaries of the who worked during the month of Janu
ary while the other side offers payros of who admittedly didn't
do any work all but merely put list of unconhmed
nations The Advertiser its character of watchdog of the local
made quite howl when appeared that the six Repub
can supervisors going themselves $50 for the month Of
January when they hadn't formally till the fourth of the month";
missing the first holiday and the third Smday-though had
been working all the time preliminary conferences public
SO far have heard word of criticism of
presentation of roll of idle unconmed Notwithstanding
example, about the of the Democratic supervisor
salary for Road Supervisor Wilson, whose month
sisted simply of trying unuccessfuy get hold the job
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03
FOR SALE.

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A large variety of galvanized tanks.
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city.
Two Latrines, seat, suitable for
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03
HAWA1I's FIFTH LEGISLATURE.

Two weeks from today the fifth legislature of the Territory of
Hawaii will regular session We hope its record will be
continuance of the good records years which, for general
results and clean legislation give Hawaii pretty good standing The
first Territorial legislature strongly Home Rule made record of
both folly and Since then there has been steady improve
ment and the last legislature safely challenge comparison with
others cannss expeditions work In the coming session it is
be hoped that equally good better record may be made
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

The Washington Post of January gave exhibition of go
of conditions Hawaii calculated to break the
Promotion Committee three Hawaans playing guitars
the Temple Auditorium the travogue which Burton Holmes
gave and refers to them typical plantation hands, However
sting taken away little by enthusiastic oton-pictre
of srridng and Kaeas boiling pit which delighted large audi
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

When the President and his wife accused of aerng and
motheng snecues in Federal public services that
or the presidential term the citizens OF the City and County of Homo
lulu need the air if unnecessary benefcae of
the municipal treaty left ngeng superfuous the stage by
the County CT Oahu and the Territory before have been
the pressure of business the Inauguration gov
ernment
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

ocaaon OF government is being tried India The
British are slowly establishing segovenment among the natives
with view to developing political knowledge and experience upon
which to base Management of their own affairs
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

sn 1t bit early for farmnded people
local government and saying has gone already the bowwow 1t
was established Just month ago. and starting
involved legal difficulties growing of
act However public business has gone work
kept up and things will matter which the legal
vetsy" is decided.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

IT perhaps of significance that Congress- while
enraged at the President didn't into real fight with him
about leave the White House 1t generally
ceed that Roosevelt could have been president another
he had said the word Now that he leaving about
lose long slmbeng hostility coming out
and Senate
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

dhere necessarily question of Amercanis involved
the discussion of the proposition Many who now
urge suspension OF the regulations will be strongly apply
ing them again when subsidy begins be effective
certain that there be any passage subsidy this session
OF Congress- hence the added Support measure for the
immediate future }"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

Hawaii has the right of way in Washington just These isl
ndS have the attention of the anything asked here
receives prompt attention While it proportion to size
and population big enough ordinarily deserve two fed
era Judges the amount of work here does call for two
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03

thoroughly faithfully though the local of
the profound political importance"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-03
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
LYNCH CLEARED
 IF UGLY CHARGE Judged Not Guilty Of Murder
 ing HandIey DECISION WAS APPLAUDED EnsIey Has Exciting Black Hand Case in Which Four BuIgarians Are
 lnvoIved-SociaI and Per
 sonaI EnsIey Notes.
DECISION WAS APPLAUDEO

Ensley, July 2S.-(Special.)-'T think the state has failed to make a case, therefore l dismiss the defendant" was the de- cision handed down by Judge c. F. Camp in the inferior court this afternoon in the preliminary trial of Hugh Lynch, charged with the murder of J. w. Handley at No. 8 mine last Saturday.
 The case was called at 1o:SO o'clock and concluded by 4:1O o'clock, including the arguments of the attorneys, who were C. P. Beddow of Birmingham and James E. Alexander for the state and Borden H. Burr for the defendant. About b0 Wit nesses were summoned but only about one-third of them were examined. The plea of the defendant was self-defense. It was claimed that Handley made cer- tain threats and demonstrations with revolver and ran Lynch away from his place of business. Lynch armed himself with a Winchester rifle, 32-calibre, and was returning to his work when he met Handley and cried to him to halt. Hand ley had his revolver in his hand and kept advancing, 1t was claimed, and Lynch fired. The first shot missed but the sec ond struck the deceased in the right lung and he died the following day. The de- cision of Judge Camp was greeted with cheers and loud applause. Lynch was at once surrounded by his friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
MASONS MAY BUY
 ROWAN RESIDENCE
FOR USE OF STATE HOME FOR AGED MEMBERS AND WIDOWS. COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CON- vENTION NOW IN SESSiUN.

Jacksonville, July 2S.-Negotiations ara still pending, looking to the purchase by the Masons of the beautiful and com Masonic home, a home for old Masons as well as for the orphans of Masons.
 The old brick residence, known as the Williams place. which was built by Tom Williams more than 50 years ago, was re- gently bought by pr. John F. Rowan for a home for himself and family The place will soon undergo considerable reno- vation and improvement. It is a beautiful spot and one of the best known 1n Cal houn county.
 Colly Stewart, formerly a merchant in Jacksonville, has recently embarked in a very interesting enterprise. He erected general warehouse for handling grain hay, flour, etc, near the Seaboard depot. In one end of this building he has a grist mill with set of runners for corn and run by an electric motor. The capacity is 10 to 20 bushels per hour. Some of the Calhoun farmers still have old corn which they brings this mill. At the present price of corn 1t is a paying in- vestment and the combination will furn- ish MT. Stewart regular and profitable employment.
 The Allegheny hotel after August l will be under new management. Mrs. w. H. Jackson, who has had charge for the past several months, goes with her fam fly to Piedmont Springs and later to her home in Anniston, and B. A. Johnson of Birmingham takes charge.
 The twentieth annual convention of the Calhoun County Sunday School assooia- tion meets today at White Plains Meth odst church, seven miles from Jackson vile. The programme extends through two days and covers five sessions. Prom inent among the state Sunday school workers who are on the programme are Miss Minnie Kennedy of Opelika and D. H. Marbury of Birmingham. The meet ing promises to be an interesting one and we'll attended. Quite a good delegation went over from here this morning.
 Preparations are about completed for the Confederate reunion which takes place at Schencks' Springs next week, and for the unveiling of the Confederate monument here on August S.
 Complimentary to her guests, Mrs. P. P. Daugette of Birmingham and Mrs. Jacob Forney of .Springville, Mrs. C.. w Daugette will dztertain at bid euchre at her home tomorrow evening"
 John c. Forney of Birmingham visited relatives and friends here this week.
 The Rev. A. w. Briscoe and family are spending several days with friends in Piedmont.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
CUSHMAN LEAVES
 MUCH PROPERTY

Washington, July 2S.-(Special )-Repre- sentative Cushman of Washington, who died in New York recently, was gen. erally supposed by his friends and ac- quaintances to be A poor man. They thought he might have little money as he lived frugally and his tastes were simple but he was not credited with being worth more than $2500o.
 Yet it appears from his will filed at the county clerks office in Tacoma July 22, that he leaves an estate valued at something over a quarter of a million, just how much over cannot be ascertained until the value of his very large realty holdings in Washington state has been estimated.
 The will is brief. His personal memen- tos and keepsakes are left to his widow, mother and brother and the remainder of the estate is to be divided between the widow and mother. Mrs. Cushman has asked to be appointed administratrix of the estate as none Is named in the will.
 '"The men who now control legislation must pass away or be beaten for office before anything can be done for the .peo- pie.
 Congress is no more competent to make tariff bill without expert advice than it is to fix railroad rates. A tariff commission must be created
 v Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin re- lieved himself of these two thoughts when he left the White House this aft ernoon. He had half an hours confer ence with the President, during most of which they discussed the subject of a tariff commission bureau.
 A monument to the American soldiers who fell in the battle of Kings Noun tain, North Carolina, is to be unveiled October [, and an invitation to be pres ent was extended to President Taft to- day by Mrs. Finley, wife of Represen- tative Finley of South Carolina. She is official of the Kings Mountain chap ter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Yorkville, S. C., and this chapter will have charge of the cere- monies.
 Mrs. Finley was introduced to the Pres ident by Representatives Finley of South Carolina and Webb of North Carolina Kings Mountain Is near the dividing line of the two states. The President will be on the Pacific coast at that time and cannot be present.
 Statues of General Washington and Robert E. Lee, which are to represent the state of Virginia in Satuary hall, arrived at the capitol today. They will be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies at the next session of Congress. The Lee statute was designed by E. V. Valen- tine of Richmond. and the other is re- plica of the famous Houdon statute of the first President at Richmond.
 Idaho has also sent a statue of George L. Shoup, who was governor of Idaho Territory and later a senator from that state, which will be unveiled next winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
SEPARATED BUT
 MARRIED AGAIN

Scooba, Miss. July 2S.-Chancellor McCool rendered a decree yesterday annulling the marriage of c. H. Stuart and Annie Morrison Stuart, members or prominent families in this section, who were married just little more than week ago. A few hours afterward the same judge performed the ceremony re- uniting the young couple in marriage. After the first wedding in Bay St. Louis, following an elopement, the fath- CT of the bride obtained possession or his daughter through writ of habeas corpus and had the groom arrested on the charge of swearing falsely to her age which Is 15 years, in securing a marriage license. After yesterdays de- cree the intercession of friends proh e down the barrier of parental objection and the couple passed along again to the marriage altar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
BONES OF EXTINCT
 ANIMALS FOUND

Los Angeles, July 2s.-The Academy of Science yesterday asked the city council for an appropriation to be used in developing a remarkable deposit of bones of ante-diluvian animals in the asphalt beds near Hollywood
 There have been exhumed so far com plete skeletons of the giant sloth, an animal almost as big as street car, several sabre toothed tigers pre- historic lion of the African type, but larger; 8 giant camel; three species of historic wolves; horse that seems to have been larger than any that eN- ists today; giant eagles and condors; large number of miscellaneous TO- dents a small prehistoric cat; the skull of bird larger than an os- trich, and portions of skeletons of ele- plants.
 The greatest find was the skull of an extinct species of buffalo or pre-his- toric OK. So far as known there is not another like it in the world. The type of animals shown by these discoveries seem to have been common here several thousand years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
CONFEREES HAVE ENDED LABORS ON
 TARIFF MEASURE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D
whether that fact in any manner a counted for the decision.

whether that fact in any manner &C., counted for the decision.
 Tariff on Coal.
 Senators Elkns and Scot of West Vir- ginia and Clark of Wyoming epdeavored to get the oonferees to make the rate 45 cents ton on coal apply to the short ton. which, it is said, would make diff ference of about 5 cents a ton and oper- ate to advance the rate to an equivalent of 50 cents. In support of the suggested change it was argued that Canadas duty on coal applies to the short ton. The senators interested in getting all the pro- tection possible for coal were not success full in their mission. Just before the close of the session today the print paper schedule was re-opened and the rate fixed at $3.75 ton. This is only 25 cents less than the Senate rate and s1.75 more than the House rate. It is expected this rate will raise the ire of the members of the special committee of the House which investigated the wood pulp and paper ques- ton, especially as the chairman, Repre- sentative Mann of Illinois, has an- nounced that he would not vote for the conference report unless the g House rate was retained. The conference rate is g 25 a ton less than the existing rate.
 There was some discussion today of the iron ore question. Senator Burrows made an effort to get the rate fixed at 20 cents instead of 15 cents ton. Hides were left on the free list contingent upon the adoption of the rule In the House mak- ing the action of the conferees in going below the House rates final in fixing the rates on leather. If the report Is laid before the House on Friday, according to the present programme. 1t will be printed and taken up on Saturday. It Is not be- leved the House will discuss it more than one day. If this estimate of tims proves correct the Senate may begin with the report on Monday. It Is believed that 1t can be disposed of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29

regulation of the business of placing in suranee with such companies). To amend section 45ss of the code Of Alabama, 1907 (requiring the insurance solicitor of the circuit wherein any yio- lations occur).
 Bills Not in the Call.
 To authorize and provide for the de- posit h- life insurance companies or ganized under the laws of this state Of securities equal to or In excess of legal reserve on or value of policies issued by them and for the registration of such policies.
 To provide for the relinquishment of business of mutual aid or industrial asso- citations and corporations.
 To empower the insurance commissioner to cause the arrest of persons violating any of the insurance laws in any part or the state by warrants sworn out De- fore any court in Montgomery county, and served by the sheriff of the county wherein such violation or violations are committed, such violator to be then sup Ject to trial in the county of his resi- dence, or in the county wherein such ofense was committed.
 To define and regulate fraternal bene- ficiary orders, associations or societies; to provide penalties and for other pur- poses.
 To amend section 7424 of the code of Alabama 1907 Cthis bill simply changes the words secretary of state therein to the words insurance commissioner.
 To amend section 4591 of the code of 1907 (providing for investigation of vio- lations at the expense of insurance com- panies).
 To amend section 4557 of the code (allow- ing insurance companies credit for return premiums)
 To amend section 2OS9 of the code Gall owing companies credit for reinsurance placed in any companies authorized to do business in Alabafna only).
 To amend section 455S of the code of Alabama, 1907 following the publication of company statements in weekly IS we'll as daily papers of the state and pro- viding when such published statements shall be filed with the insurance commits sloner). N
 To amend sections 1608. 1909, 151o 151s. 1517, 1920. 1922 1523 and 7006 of the code of Alabama, 1907, and to repeal section 1514 of the code of Alabama, 1907 the amendment of these sections is for the purpose of transferring from the secre- tary of state to the insurance commits sioner all business by guarantee com- panies and requiring such companies to report to the insurance department, along with all other insurance companies, in stead of as at present reporting both to the secretary of state and to the insur- ance commissioner. The repeating of.seo- tion 1514 does away with the appointment of agent for service in view of such pro- vision being contained in section 15o9).
 To repeal sections 46O6 to 4610, inclusive, of the code of 1907. (These sections con- stitute a law passed at the 1907 regular session, providing for the incorporation and regulation of live stock insurance It Is incomplete and of such character as cannot be enforced)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
Social and Personal.

On Friday night of this week the Greater Ensley Social club will give a grand ball at the Red Mems hall Tho affair will be under the management of Professor Thaxton. Others in charge will be Dr. Robinson, J. w. Craig, Abe May nard and J. M Thompson.
 Clem Boswell, formerly a member of the Ensley police force, is in the city for a few days.
 City Attorney Fred Moore and Alder man Byrum have gone to Montgomery to attend the legislature and incidentally say a word to the lawmakers against Greater Birmingham.
 Sidney Holey was fined $50 for viola tion of the prohibition law in the police court this morning. The case was ap- pealed.
 Miss Lorraine Elliott and MT Carl Jones were married at Compton station last night. They left immediately for Colum- bus, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
BOARD OF REVENUE SITS AT BESSEMER
LEASE ON REBIE HALL EXPIRES AND COUNTY OFFICERS MAY GO TO M'DONALD BUILDING-BEs SEMER NEWS.

Bessemer, July 2S-(special) Members of the Board of Revenue were in Besse- mer today in regard to the proposed change in the quarters of the county officials located in the city. The lease on Rebie Hall has expired and the board was considering the advisability of nov ing the offices to the Mcdonald building, which is offered. It will be remembered that the Mcdonald building was offered the county at the same time as the Rebie hall. It is thought that the present quar- ters will be changed and in event that the Mcdonald building cannot be secured some other place will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-29
Financial Losses Cause Suicide.

Everett, Wash, July 2S.-John H. Stu art, who is said to have been confidential secretary of James Hagen Hyde when the latter was an official of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, committed suicide yesterday, a short dis tance from his cabin, near Mukilteo, by shooting. Stuart, who was witness against Hyde in the investigation that resulted in the latter losing control of the insurance company, sustained losses in Wall street speculation. He came west and lived alone until his wife, daughter of a railroad official in New York, Joined him last February. De- spondency over financial losses is given as the cause of the suicide.