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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-20
lFrom wednesday Adver.iser.l

lfrom Nednesd
Henry r. Macfarlane. kamaaina of
Honolulu, and n member of the we'll
known family Of that name. died short
ly before noon yesterday, having suf-
fered stroke of paralysis an hour
before. Mr.. Macfarlane had not been
well in recent months, but there was
no intimation that the final stroke was
about to come. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at clock from
the residence of Major and Mrs.
George G. Potter, Nuuanu Valley.
where Mr.. Macfarlane died
Mr.. Macfarlane was the eldest of the
Macfarlanes, being 60 years of age. He
is survived by his brothers Fred w.
Macfarlane, Colonel George Macfar-
lane, now abroad, and Clarence Mac.
farlane. Another brother. Edward. died
few years ago, and his only sister,
Mrs. Cornwall. also died several wears
since Mr.. Macfarlane is also sur
yived by widow, who was formerly
Emma Widemann, and by his son,
Harry r.. Macfarlane, and by his
daughters, Mrs. George c. Potter,
Helen and Mabel Maefarane
in his early years Mr. MaefarIane
was at one time newsgatherer for
the Advertiser. He engaged in various
enterprises, the Macfarlanes generally
holding together in most of their bust
ness matters. OF late years Mr.. Mac.
farlane made his home largely at
Ahuimanu. beautiful country place
on the Koolau side of this island
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-20

people who visit the volcano are awed
by the sight and say it is hell. /, on
the contrary, regard the volcano as a
part of the creation. There one sees
word in chaos One sees the upgorg-
ing of the elements within the earth,
rising to the surface and spreading over
it, and eventually becoming earth in
which nature Is face smiles and becomes
productive for man. To watch the
forces at work in and about n volcano
is TO see the manner in which order was
brought out of chaos in the creation
of things
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-20
PIT OF HALEMAUMAU MORE
LIKE CREATION THAN A HELL

81 most heartily endorse the plan of
Prof. Jaggar of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology to establish a
volcano observatory near the crater of
Kilauea," said w. d. Westervelt yes
terday. ut is a move in the right di-
rection, and ! hope that matters will
so shape themselves that the obsewa-
tory will be established there.
d" 1t certainly is good plan to obtain
data of volcano matter, and record
whatever is taking place in them. Many
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
New YOrk'S Next Mayor

The nomination of Justice William
Gaylor as the democratic candidate
for the headship of Americas cher
city in the next four years, is ausplcl-
GUS and hopeful He is an honest and
sensible reformer and he has a large
personal following. He is so much
of a reformer that Tammany has been
twitted with his acceptance from fear
of defeat. The truth of this would be
evidence of the good qualities of the
nominee. He stands committed at
any rate to an uplifting of the city's
government. He will. if elected, en-
deavor to make his four-year term
useful to the city and useful to him
self. 1t should be remembered that
it was Judge Gaynor who acted first
and most decisively against John Y.
McKane and the ballot box suffers.
Judge Gaynor stands on an excellent
platform. He stands pledged to state
rights. downward revision of the tariff
and the income tax. Strangely enough
the platform does not refer to the
retiring mayor and his administration.
Each administration must, however,
tote its own load.
The republican nominee is Banker
Barnard, who has no personal follow
ing and is unknown even by name to
nine men out of every ten in the big
city. he has no winning qualities
that will bring him votes in hot cam
paign. He is not a reformer-he is a
banker
If the contest be left between Gay
nor and Barnard the former will have
a walkover. There is not room for
reasonable doubt. The Hearst con-
tingent is, however, an element Of
doubt What that lot of men will do
has not been developed. They may
not possess the voting strength they
once did, yet they have enough to rem
der the situation complicated. AT pres
ent they show no signs of activity or
organization, but in New York single
week may cnange the complexion Of
city affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04

be -aetivity-is very unevenly distributed;
for while some industries and some Sec
lions of the country are enjoying the
f1ood-tide, there are others still patiently
awaiting their share, and some are facing
reactionary conditions. It cannot be con-
oealed that the falling of the cotton and
corn crops below expectations is a dis
tinet detriment. Some compensation may
be found in the high and very profitable
prices which these staples now command
but the planter who has little cotton to
sell and the consumer whose purchasing
abilities are dwarfed by the high prices
will hardly consider themselves in the
ranks of prosperity. 1t is we'll known also
that the high level of prices generally inn
poses more or less discontinue upon
many classes who are not sharing our
so-called prosperity. Moreover, the stu
alton is not favorable to large exports.
which are necessary to pay for our big
imports, unless we are ready to send gold
or securities instead. Tt must, also, be
recognized that the high price level of
many articles must soon begin to check
consumption, If it has not already done
so to an extent larger than supposed.
Retailers are exceedingly cautious in MAX
ing their purchases, not being inclined to
be caught with large stocks Of high
priced merchandise. Those with fixed in
comes must either deny@4hemselves many
purchases or save less and thus join the
procession of extravaganza.
1.-THE point of these remarks is that in
spite of the enthusiasm created by the
great rise In a few stocks considerations
of an adverse character now developing
are too easily lost sight Of Not only are
conditions charging, but men, too, are
shifting: several of the great leaders
having been lost lately either through
death or retirement. This market is still
under the control of few big operators
whose main interest Is to distribute their
heavy surplus holdings of stocks. 1t Is
an open secret that thus far they have
not succeeded as well as intended, and
their last resort is to keep the market as
active and as high as circumstances will
permit. Their resources have been
strained to the utmost for this end, the
great abundance and prolonged ease of
money having been a most powerful in
strument for that purpose. Now that
monetary conditions are changing it re-
able to continue their recent tactics. Bank
reserves are steadily declining. Money is
now being withdrawn for crop move
ments, and as prices are high the amount
of funds thus employed is large"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
STRANGE THEY DIDN'T MEET.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
The recent convention of the advertis-
ing men brought together people from
all over the United States. The great
est benefit resulting from a meeting like
this is the rubbing of elbows and get
ting to know the point of view of fell
low a thousand miles or SO from home
That tends to make provincialism disap-
pear. and until everybody understands
everybody else better there will always
be more or less of it found.
AS an indication that there is still some
work to be done along this line, one OF
the advertisers who lives in the west
told a story of having met man from
New York.
where are you from?" inquired the
New Yorker.
LOS Angeles" said the man from Cal
ifornia.
"Oh, I see," exclaimed the Empire state
inhabitant $50 you are from the west.
Well, I've been west some myself. NOW,
last year | was out as far as Cleveland,
and stopped awhile at Pittsburg. was
all around out west"
us that so?" said the man from Los
Angeles. with great show OF interest.
well, I was up east myself not SO very
long ago. / was in Denver and SAIL
Lake City, and all around. 1t is strange
We didn't meet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
La Maine and Kansas.

at was in Maine two years ago and
found constitutional prohibition worse
than a farce. for it had evidently, raised
up generation of men who were indiirer-
ent to law and who seemed to regard the
violation of law as a matter of course,
said T. C. Mcdonald, ex-chief of police
and now prosperous business man.
but as bad as constitutional prohibi-
ton works in Maine. it is even more
flagrantly ignored in Kansas. After visit
ing Maine I took a trip to Kansas. In
Kansas City, on the Kansas side, found
that the drug stores were selling whisky
in open defiance of law and every other
place of business seemed to be drug
store for the purpose of dispensing liquor.
And at Leavenworth I found saloons In
operation the same as in city that
licenses the whisky traffic.
'I was in Leavenworth on a Sunday
and found that in spite of the day the
bars we're crowded with groggy men.
There was no interference with the
illegal traffic or no effort as far as
could see on the part of the police to
compel a reasonable observance of Sun
day. I asked if the law was openly vio-
lated all the time, and was told that
there were occasional waves of law en-
forcement but that they soon subsidized.
IT only say these things because the
constitutional amenders in Alabama are
citing Kansas to show how well prohi-
bition as provided by the organic law
works out there"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
nAnardinn Wine Making.


"one of the amender newspapers re-
marked a citizen, calls attention to an
interesting fact in these words The pro-
posed amendment to the constitution for
bids the making of any stimulant. There
can lbe no more wine made in Alabama
after the amendment is adopted. The
wording is plain. The amendment
has been published in all the papers and
it plainly forbids homemade wines or any
other wines to be made in Alabama
"of course it does; and hence the as
tonishment in some quarters at Governor
Comer's utterances in his speech Satur-
day. The Governor is sometimes given
to Joking He must certainly have been
talking in fun Saturday. Not only can no
wine made for home use without violating
the law. but if the amendment is adopted
the legislature will be almost sure to pass
a bill making If a crime for anyone to have
beer. wine or whisky in the house, no
matter who makes it or where 1t was
made. In view of the situation, no one, 1t
may be assumed, took the Governor seri-
ously"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
THE COLOR OF PARIS.
From Harper's Weekly

4 IOlu . SNCthiys
Inevitably, in its passage through Paris,
the blue and silver of the Seine's robe Is
blurred by contact with the volumes of
smoke which occasionally hang upon its
surface, and stained by the impurities
which reach 1t from the streets. Though
1t quickly RECEIVERS its pristine blueness
after the Notifications have been left be-
hind, 1t is never again quite the unso-
phisticated river that it was before its
Paris experience. It's waters are less
limpid it's course more nervous, while
its color and character have changed
completely. There the vast stretches of
mud over which it rolls, mud of Paris,
mud of Rouen, give to the waters of the
wide Seine estuary reaching from Trou-
vile to LIE Havre the half-dead MORE
tones of oxidized silver. The great Pa
risan river dies magnificently; and no
more gorgeous spectacle can be con-
ceived than when, on fine evening, the
sun sets upon the Seine at it's junction
with the sea, where it's ultimate cliffs
fade away behind the summer haze into
a powder of gold, and it burns a light
turquois blue with weird reflections, of
brazen yellow, old gold and cadaverous
green. How different from its gentler
and simpler aspect as it huddles round
the heart of Paris; warm purple and
FURNISHED gold when the sinking sun
strikes it as it softly laps against the
stone embanlsment of the Louvre. or
sparkling blue, dappled with milk-white,
beneath the silvery mists of the Paris
mornjngt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04

other standpatters of the middle west
to secure reelection, and they have
the task of their political lives on
their hands. His anti-ineome tax
views were in line with his stand
pattism. He stood by Secretary Bal
linger in relations to the country's
forests, as doubtless he would stand
by Secretary Wilson on occasion in
The matter of benzoate of soda. He is
loyal to the cabinet of his own selec-
ton but not to the mass of the people.
1t was at Denver that he made his
one departure from mediocrity Mr..
Hartman had just died, and the dead
financier had practically trusteed his
vast property This induced the Pres
ident to discuss swollen fortunes"
for he adopted Mr.. Roosevelts fayorite
phrase. He proceeded to discuss them
and then to evade them, for he de-
clared that the proper authority to
reduce the size of fortunes is the state,
rather than the central government
This is simply evasive and unsound.
Fortunes honestly acquired should
not be reduced at all-that is TO say,
fortunes acquired without public
favoritism or individual fraud. The
size of fortune should not enter into
the case. The manner of acquiring it
should. The three great modern for
tunes are those of Carnegie, Rookie
fellow and Hartman Inc first-named
was won through a high protective
tariff. The second came through the
crushing of competition in interstate
trade, and the third through the rise
in interstate railroad securities. Not
one of thees- fortunes could have been
regulated by a state or by half dozen
of states. The President very plainly
suggested at Denver that swollen for
tunes should be reduced, but he rem
dered this impossible when he put
the task on the states. The truth is,
wealth that it not due to favor or fraud
should be encouraged and when great
fortunes are studied it will be found
that most of them are due to either
national favor or interstate frauds.
Mr.. Taft's utterance, at Denver was
unsound because it suggested confsca-
ton, and it was evasiye because it
proposed to put on the states task
altogether beyond their reach.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
hmerlCaiS Pageant Cities

New Orleans and st. Louis have long
had the pageant habit. The Crewe of
Comus has visited annually the former
almost from time out of mind, while
the Yelled Prophets have been ready
these many years to entertain the
people of st. Louis. The Prophets
disregard Mardi Gras, but Comus ad-
hers strictly to the calendar.
The effort of New York last week to
acquire the pageant habit, although
made in an historical way, was not sue
eessful in any sense. The sum of
$500 900 was spent, so it is said, on 81
floats, but money alone cannot make
a. pageant successful. The New York
display of last Tuesday was misman-
aged. The floats were not presented
chronologically, and thousands of poll
ticians in plug hats and of local secret
orders were permitted to intervene be-
tween each float and its successor.
This destroyed the effectiveness of the
story and of it's telling in allegory.
But the chief fault after all coll
sisted in the selection of subjects that
could not be POLITICALLY treated. His
tory affords plenty of such subjects
and at least four-fifths of the 81 floats
were humdrum simply because stories
that could be presented in a dramatic
or imaginative manner had not been
selected. The artists employed were
excellent, but the manager behind the
sceens did not do his work we'll A
few of the floats were, however, be-
yond criticism. America was repre-
sented by huge eagle solitary and
alone. The eagle was the work of an
artist. The introduction of Croton
water was also finely and artisticaly
told.
But after all, floats are not made of
stone. They are not real, and they
should not be shown in the day time
It is like going to a circus in the day
time-one sees TOO much. Comus
never appears in daylight, neither
do the Yelled Prophets. The
New York display would have been
more pleasing to the eye if it had been
postponed until night had come, but
even then it would not have been suffi-
GENTLY poetical. The truth seems to be
that the New Workers could not ac-
quire the pageant habit on the jump.
1t is the outgrowth of education. 1t
comes in an evolutionary way. New
York has plenty of money, but money
will not put New York in the list of
our pageant cities, in which our own
Mobile has a well-established place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
Democratic Principles

The need of an early preliminary
democratic conference is not pressing.
The democratic party stands pledged
to maintain the rights of the states.
1t favors a tariff that will lessen the
burdens of the public even If the prof IS
of special interests be decreased. 1t
desires an income tax.
No convention is needed to set forth
these principles of the democratic
party. These principles will be at
stake in 1912. They will always be
at stake while the republic endures.
They underlie all that is worthy of pres
ervation in it. No man who does not
accept these principles is a democrat,
and, best of all, the democratic party
stands solidly today in support of these
principles, while the republican party
is rent and torn over the Aldrich tariff
and Aldrich bank Capitalization. The
best republicans in the middle west
at any rate are ready to fight the men
who are using the party to serve spe-
cial interests.
Let the democrats go along cult
waiting their historic principles and ap.
plying them to present problems. The
Taft trip is not consolidating the re-
publican party. Nothing can consoli.
date the special interests and the gen.
eral public. Let the democrats go on
gathering courage and hopefulness
standing true to principles all accept
and a great national victory three
years hence may be and almost surely
will be the outcome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
RAiDlNG HON Es.

From the MODlle Item.
The late nocturnal domiciiiary visits in
Birmingham in which two residences
were raided by police officers without
warrant, in search of intoxicants on prem
ises, is sufficient to show every American
citizen how the sanctity of homes is re-
garded under the provisions of the Fuller
bill. The privacy of hearthstones is not
to be considered under the operations Of
the Fuller bill. Any Alabama household
er after this need not be surprised to
have his home searched, the privacy Of
bedrooms invaded and his trunks sub
jected to custom house" inspection, at
any time by minions of the law paid to
make seizures Of intoxicants. The time
honored law, "a mans house is his cas-
tle," has now no force or authority in
Alabama, under the operation of the Full
Ter bill; and with existing conditions no.
toriously known, the man on the 18th OF
next November at the Alabama ballot
boxes who votes for the prohibition con-
stitutional amendment deserves to have
his house searched every night. and his
family subjected to the indignlties Incl
dent to such action.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
"AIRSHIP CRAZY"
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
A London paper the other day remarked
that the world was "airship crazy" So
far as New York is concerned the truth of
the statement is obvious. No other feat
ure of this weeks celebration has excited
more popular interest than the Worlds
Fulton flight contest and the trial flights
of Wright and Curtiss on Governors
Island. They have been the most spec
taeular and thrilling sensation in a week
of parades and other festivities, partly
because of the novelty of seeing men fly
like birds over land and water and partly
because of the powerful appeal to the i'm
agination made by new science Of trans
portation, of which only the experimental
beginnings are within actual sight.
And Europe is not less airship crazy
than New York. After the week of avia
tion contests at Rheims, where day after
day new records were achieved, Italy had
its week at Brescia. This week it has
been Berlin and the German capital has
seen Frenchman flying across its roofs
with the same ease that another French
man only few weeks before had trav-
ersed the channel from Calais to Dover on
canvas wings. The latter part of this
week Zurich will be the scene of aerial
races. in which Germany is represented
by 40 balloons, Switzerland by II, France
by five, Italy by four, Spain and Austria
by four each, and America and Great
Britain by one each
The Wrights, Curtisses, Bleriots, Lath-
ans Farnums and zeppelins are the he
roes of the hour, and the world, startled
suddenly out of It's Indifference by their
flights of high speed and great distance,
is preparing itself to accept aerial loco
motion as part of everyday life. If it
pitches its immediate expectations too
high 1t is no longer capable of being sur
prised by any flight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
GENTLEMEN-AT-AR

Thomas Wyatt's followers attacked
Whitehall to such purpose that they
overcame the Yeoman Guard and pene-
trated within the gates But tie Pen
sioners had eneamped the night before
In the presence chamber. much to the
distress of the ladies of the court "such
running and shriekng of gentlewomen,
such shutting of doors and windows"
wrote Stow, was appalling to hear"
When the rebels had been with difficulty
driven without the gate, the Pensioners
demanded to be led against them. The
queen came down herself and urged them
on. The gates were opened and the
rebels dispersed
The Pensioners had done the queen sig
nal service, and she expressed herself
very grateful for it. but beyond being
led into her presence ana allowed to kiss
her hand they do not seem to have gained
much
In the reign of Elizabeth the corps
rose to perhaps its highest pitch of splen-
dor. The queen would only have in her
guard the tallest and goodhest gentle
men and yeomen in the kingdom" and
one of them, who was worth 1900 year,
great sum in those days, said that he
did not know of poorer member of
the band than himself
Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Philip Sid
ney, Sir Christopher Hatton and many
another courtier of note were members
of the band in her reign.
Under James l there was a drop in
the consideration at which the Pension
ers had arrived. Money began to tell
as we'll as birth
The King was fond of money and fond
of saving it. He did not care for mil
itary display, and thought he might easl-
ly do without the Pensioners constant
attendance So he put them on board
wages, as it were, and only sent for them
when he really wanted them
1t must also be added that they found
it very difficult to get their pay, and
what with one thing and another they
were not the most contented part of the
kings household in the reign of James l.
AS the years went on the history of
the Gentlemen-at-Arms became less
eventful They always made a great
display on ceremonial occasions, but were
less and less called upon for actual mil
itary service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-04
The Public Library

The Board of Education did a good
thing when it opened the Birmingham
Public Library in the city hall as u
free library. The opening was with
out formal ceremony but the large at
tendance on both Friday and Saturday
last in response to the boards an
rcuncement was as significant as it
was gratifying. 1t showed clearly that
the people are eager for books. The
excellent reference library was ex.
tensively used on Saturday, while a
large number of books were borrowed
from the circulating library.
All visitors to the library must have
been favorably impressed with the