davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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events, goes to show that in the family
which was settled in DingwaIl early III
the last century there was common
knowledge that a fortune or fortunes
waited to be claimed upon a we'll founded
statement of facts.
tralia by Dingwal1 Urquhart, who went
there at the time of the first gold rush.
became railway contractor. made his
pile and died without issue. Inquiries
that have been made in his case have
led TO the discovery of one brother who
was a soldier and who left one daugh-
ter. circumstances which would serve to
connect him with Gen. Urquhart, but
this has not been fully established as
yet. broker named Crquhart, in Sal
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is one that deals not only with the south.
but with our balance of trade. 1t affects
the cotton factories of New England as
we'll those of Great Britain and all
parts of Europe. 1t affects the lifework
Of millions of women and children and
the pocketbook of every man in the
country
1t is the story of plague greater than
that of the locusts which ate up Pha-
raoh's Egypt or of the grasshoppers
which some years ago chewed the heart
Of bleeding Kansas" 1t is the story of
a bug not one-tenth the size of a mans
finger nail, but which. uncontrolled. bade
fair to scratch prosperity from the face
Of the best states south of the line OF
Mason and Dixon. II is the story of the
boil weevil and of how Uncle Sans
army of 5000 demonstration farmers
scattered over the cotton belt are fighting
1t and thereby bringing in an era of
wealth the possibilities of which are be-
gond the widest dreams of that land
-
Have you ever thought how miG>>y
arch on the face of the globe He has an
and goods. worth billions of dollars, and
his Is steadily growing in value. Our
own share of the cotton crop has more
Than doubled within the past twenty
gears and has quadrupled within the past
1fty If the present rate of increase con-
.inues the demand will be twice great
within twenty years more, and by 1850
Ss shall be asked to supply more than
fifty millions of bales. This estimate is
sased on the worlds consumption of cot
,or of which We are bound to always be
pc chief factor. We are now making
more than seven-tenths of the whole.
and although England. Germany and
Russia have been spending millions to
compete with us. they have so far Ia
bored in vain. They have tried to de-
relop new fields in Africa. Asia and else
where, but the climate and labor In those
aelds are such that they have but little
hope for the future.
There is some cotton made In India and
Egypt and smaller amounts in Russian
rurkestan. Brazil and China. but of the
total crop of the world the United States
still produces a great deal more than two
thirds and the prospect is that she will
do that for all time to come. She would
certainly do more il 1t were not for the
boil weevil, and she can still do th-t. so
the scientists OF the Agricultural Depart
ment tell me, with the weevil to fight.
But before I go farther I want to tell
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A INVOLVEMENT of

A NNOUNCEM of
IA Existence of "Urquhart
Millions" Has Produced a
Host of Claimants for the
Money, Which Was Made by
Three Members of the Fam
lily in America, India and
Australia-A Lawyer in
Dingwall, the Native Place of
the Urquharts, Is Endeavor-
ing to Trace the Rightful
Owner From Among the
Mass of Claims Which Shows
Him Under Every Post
Time-Lucky Recipient Can
Eventually Boast the Long
est Pedigree in the World,
for Sir Thomas Urquhart, a
Member of the Clan Who
Flourished in the Time of
Charles I, Traced His De-
scent.
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John Fraser, irOnmOnRer OF DfBgwall,
descendant OF John Urquhart's
brother.
claimants belong, is one of the oldest
in Scotland: in fact, no family can well
Urquhart has traced his descent in all
seriousness right back to Adam and
Eve! Sir Thomas was a man Of great
learning, who f1ourished in the time of
Charles ] and Cromwell. He is re-
nowned for a wonderful translation OF
Rabelais which he made, and he also
wrote a treatise on The True Pedi-
gree and Lineal Descent OF the Most
Ancient and Honorable Family Of
Urquhart Since the Creation of the
World" In his treatise he says that
many ilustrious families from thence
descended as yet are in esteem in the
countries of Germany, Bohemia. Italy.
France. Spain. England. Scotland. Ire
land and several other nations OF
warmer climate adjacent to that ia
nous territory Of Greece, the lovely
mother of this most ancient and hon
orable STEM" Though thus tracing his
descent more directly to Greece. Sir
Thomas gives the first Of his ancestors
as Adam, and make out that he, '-the
said Sir Thomas, is by line from Adam
the 143d, from Noah the 134th, from
Esormon the 12Sth. ETC., down to his
own time.
His grand starting point in the family
annals occurs In the time Of Esormon,
1.-The fifth from Japhet. son OF Noah. to
whose inheritance befeli all the regions Of
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ford. the sister city of Manchester.
claims this fortune on the ground that
his grandfather was the brother of the
Australian fortune maker.
Although. as far as can be discovered
up to now. Gen. Urquhart left only one
son. who died soon after him, and one
daughter. who certainly had not married
at the time OF her disappearance, the
number of great-grandsons who have
suddenly come to life since the announce
ment OF the existence of the Urquhart
millions is little short Of marvellous. From
all over the kingdom they have written
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HERE the millions
are. there will the,
claimants be gath
cred together" is a
paraphrase of a
familiar quotation
which T. S. II.
Burns. a lawyer in
this town, murmurs
10 himself at post
time every day.
The reason is this.
7 Il r e e fortunes,
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proceedings having got by this time into
the clutches of the law, went so slowly
that he got tired OF 1t and returned to
Scotland. and there is no record as yet
when he gave up the pursuit. One great
difficulty is that the locality in which
John Urquhart lived just before he died
is not known, this fact having perished
the fire.
The history Of the second Urquhart for
tune Is still more romantic. The exact
amount of it is not known, but 1t was
made in India by a Gen. Urquhart who
was a close family connection to John,
probably a nephew or cousin. This Gen.
Crquhart. about whose Christian name
there seems to be considerable doubt
though one claimant says it was Hector
entered the army as a private and pro-
ceeded to India whether in the service
of the British India Company or in one of
the regular British regiments is not
stated. He was promising soldier
handsome and of a fine presence. After
while he came home to. Dingwall on
furlough. and there fell in love with
lady apparently much above him in sta
tion. She returned his affection and the
pair eloped. Her family, though they
did not approve of the match. wisely de-
was done. and bought a commission in the
army for the young soldier. who returned
to India with his bride. He repaid their
confidence In him by gaining rapid pro-
motion, eventually becoming general.
At this point, as in the affairs of John.
an incident occurred to alter the whole
course of after events. In his case,
though. 1t was tragic enough. for he was
impeached for treason. tried. convicted
and shot. After his death facts came to
light which demonstrated the generals
complete innocence. The authorities dealt
handsomely with the widow, but money
could not give her back her husband. and
the unhappy woman, Frustrated with
grief. died before she was able to leave
for her native land.
Gen. Urquhart was survived by at least
one son and one daughter. who started
home at once with the intention of buy
ing estate and settling in Skye, one
of the picturesque islands off the north
coast of Scotland; but ill-luck still pur-
sued them. During the voyage the son
died and the daughter proceeded alone
to Skye, where memories of her still
linger among the islanders. From Skye
she went one year to take the cure"
at the famous mineral wells at Strath-
PETER Spa, near Dingwall. and from the
moment she left there she seems to have
disappeared completely from history.
One of Mr. Burns tasks now is to en-
deavor from the mass Of information
which daily pours into his Office to trace
the subsequent movements of this lady,
for until this Is done there is a total
absence of proof to show the death of
the last survivor Of the generals family.
When did the daughter die. and where?
Where was she buried? Did she marry.
and has she left heirs. are vital ques-
tions all awaiting solution. The fortune
involved in this case is understood to
be considerable. Part of the money lies
In Edinburgh on deposit or under the
cognizance of state authorities.
In it's main features this story Is sub
stantiated by many correspondents:
others mix 1t up with the old story OF
the Californian fortune, which. at all
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Dingwall, and had four brothers. named
Roderick. Alexander. Thomas and Colin,
named Isabella. John left his native town
somewhere between 1920 and 1880, and
went to California. where he prospered
like the green bay tree. made a lot of
money, and after twenty or twenty-five
years returned to England. eventually
going the way of all flesh. and leaving a
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may retain documentary evidence
which would help to elucidate the
facts. The Indian story is not SO old
The facts are so striking and tragic
that they could not be completely for
gotten, and are certain to come out
before long. The Australian story is
also about the same age
The Urquhart clan, to which all these
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ATARnERSaCLUB
OF
ALABAMA \

you something about this little bug which
eats gold faster than the mercury used in
our smelters. / saw one during visit to
the Agricultural Department this after
noon. 1t was inclosed in glass bottle
no bigger around than a lead pencil, and
not an inch long. 1t is not as large as a
flea. and it is. in fact. a little greenish
gray creature about a quarter OF an inch
long. with a miniature snout of the same
character as that of a razor-back hog. 1t
is really a beetle which breeds in the
pods and seeds of the cotton plant, and
which seems to feed alone upon It,. 1t is
cunning creature. and. to use a vulgar
expression. is right on the job 1t has
small wings. and 1t flies upon the cotton
boil when just about forming. 1t bores a
hole in the pod with its snout. and then
turns around and lays its eggs in that
hole. 1t now takes some wax or gum
and smears over the hole. closing it
tight.
BY and by the eggs hatch into worms.
and they eat out the heart Of the boil SO
that it falls to the ground. The worms
continue to eat, and within a short time
grow into weevils just like their moth
ers- They in turn lay their eggs in more
bolls of cotton. increasing so rapidly that
in one season a single family will become
fifteen millions.
There has been wild talk about an army
of japanese joining with the Mexicans
and invading the United States. The
greatest Mexican invasion and the most
serious invasion is that OF this little bug
which came in from Mexico In 1892 1t
then crossed the Rio Grande. and began
to increase its army at this fifteen mil
lion per family ratio. You remember
Cadmus. who sowed the teeth of a drag
on, whereupon a regiment of armed men
sprang from the SOIL 1t is the same
with the boil weevil. only its regiments
come up by the billions. They continue
to hold every bit of ground that they
take, and increasing by geometrical ratio
they march onward. conquering every
year a strip Of territory which Is seventy
five or more miles wide
have before me map prepared by the
United States bureau of entomology
which marks out the lines of advance
ment In 1892 the boil weevil had infested
a short strip in south Texas In 1893 it
had moved farther north and west and
continued its progress each year until, in
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GoTTcN. BOIL
SHoW1NG:WEEv1L
.ATIWoRE

1900. aided by the storms and winds
1t had spread far beyond that city and
was eating its way into the heart of the
cotton belt.
A year later it had attacked a portion
Of Louisiana and now it has covered al
most the whole of the Texas cotton plan
tatons and cut deep into the heart of
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. 1t
has jumped the Mississippi and is raw
aging the states east of that river. 1t
is beginning to lay waste southern Ala
bama and 1t will soon be eating the best
cotton growing regions of Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida. from where 1t will go
on into the Carolinas as we'll
The scientists tell me that 1t Is bound
to proceed and that some of the states
which are yet free from 1t have been
raising funds to fight 1t. South Carolina
has already devoted $4,000 to getting
ready for 1t: the Alabama legislature has
set aside fund of 5000 to teach the
farmers how to fight 1t. and the general
education board of New York is putting
out through the Agricultural Department
at Washington $4,000 this year to pre-
pare Georgia against its attacks.
Until recently the path of this invading
army has been one of ruin to the planter.
1t has depopulated the counties, bank
spair. A few years ago 1t was prophesied
that 1t would blight our whole cotton
crop and cause a loss to the country of
more than 500, 900. 900 a year AS 1t is
now, Notwithstanding its ravages, by the
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farming. to make the farmer raise all of
his own supplies. all his farm animals
and their feed. and to have one patch
which should be planted to cotton to fur
nish the cash for the family. This last
fitted in with the conditions. for the boil
weevil destroys credit wherever 1t goes
and the farmers are compelled to raise
other things in order to live.
The work began in Texas In 1904 and
1t has now spread throughout the south.
The government has $50 agents in the
cotton belt. and more than 10000
demonstration farms, upon which the
of these agents and their assistants. are
raising cotton after government methods.
In the boil weevil region there are county
clubs of such farmers. and the stories of
the success OF their members have taken
the place of politics as a topic of con-
versation.
The government agent selects, as far as
possible. the best farmers and asks them
conspicuous place on his estate. 1t is.
If possible. at a crossroads, or at least
near some road SO that the people may
see the results as they go by. A sign
marking the spot as a government farm
is put up. and this place is visited by the
farmers for miles around and the opera
tions carefully watched. At the start
the farmers are always skeptical and 1t
is difficult to get them to make the eX-
pertinent. After the first year. however,
they are anxious to try, and the demon
stration farms multiply. In hundreds of
counties this work has revOlutioniZed the
methods of farming. and men who were
practically bankrupt have become rich.
The deposits in the savings banks have
increased and new banks are being start
ed in nearly all such regions.
The credit system is on the decline.
The planters are raising their own sup
plies, and with many of them the cotton
receipts are almost all clear gain.
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WANT 10 tell you
how Uncle Sam
has saved the cot
ton crop Of the ma
tion-how he has
kept his children
fro m bankruptcy
and thereby pre-
vented untold mil
lions of human be-
ings at home and
abroad from going
in rags. The story
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2lN5LE

NUR Worst Mexican In
~ vasion and How It Is
Being Fought-A Bug Which
Eats Gold-How the Boil
Weevil Works-Uncle Sans
Army of Farm Demonstra-
tors-Seventy-hve Thousand
Farms Under Government
Directio n-A Talk With
the Agents-Converting the
Planters-A Wonderful In
dustrial Revolution.
Copyright. 1911, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
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JAMES GUTHRIE URQUHART,
A descendant Of Gen. Urquhart of India.
He IL q Liverpool business man, and
bases his claim ON the story that hiss
great.Grandfathef. q Scottish soldier,
elOped with a daughter Of Munro Of
MurrOes, FOrfarshire.
1t is almost certain that old timers in
California will recall John Urquhart.
or that their descendants will have
heard Of him. while 1t is not less likely
that among the many Urquhart con-
nections who have gone to America are
members Of this family, some OF whom
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special Correspondence Of The Star
DINGWALL. Scotland Nav p. 1911
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While at the Department of Agricul-
ture today 1 had long talk with two of
Uncle Sans agents who have been in
charge of this cooperative demonstration
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Copyright. 1911, by Frank G. Carpenter)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15
BOARD Of HEALTH
MEETING TODAY

There was no meeting of the Board
of Health yesterday afternoon, as q
quorum could not be obtained. The
voluntary" holiday accounted for the
lack Of attendance of The member
However, this afternoon a meeting vii
be held, aud at it DR. Mccoy will %.
introduced to the members
Merely routine matters win come IT,
for discussion this afternoon, although
talk over the sanitary question may
be INDUCED in.
Or Pratt said this morning that tn
outside islands, where some cases OF
diphtheria and scarlet fever have ex
listed for some time past, appear tn be
all right No more wireless message
have been received, and It is expected
that the Mauna Kea mail tomorrow
morning will bring news that an f..
well in the rest of the group.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15
HELD WHILE
COMRADE CUT

In the police court this morning
the case of Vicante Cruz. Porto
Rican charged with assault with a
weapon on a Russian, was remanded.
Cruz, it appears. did not actually
do the cutting, but he held the Rus
slams arms while some person i'm
known committed the assault.
The prosecuting officials have lie
cided to proceed against Cruz as if he
had actually committed the assault.
This morning the complaining wit
ness, who has Just been released from
the hospital failed to appear in court
and the police are searching for him.
1t is thought that an expressed
unwillingness on his part to proceed
against his assailants is due to fear
rather than to forgiving spirit
Mrs. Scott Of Kewalo, charged on
the complaint of Mrs Pavao with
threatening to pray the latter to
DEATH had her case nolle pressed and
Mrs. Pavao will be able to eat her
Christmas dinner in comfort, while
Mrs. Scott will partake of hers IN
sweet freedom
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15
EVIDENCE NOT
NEWLY FOUND

The supreme court this morning
handed down a decision in the matter
of Maria Aiona, nee Maria I, versus
the Ponahawai Coffee Co., Ltd, oyer
ruling the plaintiffs exceptions dnd
refusing to allow new trial on the
ground of newly discovered evidence.
/ The court holds that the evidence re-
/ lied upon in the motion for a new trial
was not new but was known to coun.
sci for plaintiff before the trial was
concluded.
In the syllabus of its opinion the
court says:
"A decision of the trial court in a
jury-waived case which is amply sup
ported by evidence will not be dis
turbed because of the improper adj
mission of testimony when it appears
improbable that such testimony infiu-
enced the conclusion arrived at by
the trial court.
"A new trial will not be granted on
the ground of newly discovered evil
dence where the evidence referred to
was known to counsel before the trial
was concluded"
The action was one of ejectment TO
recover a half-interest in a parcel of
land at Mokuhonau, South Hilo, It
was decided in the defendants favor.
The plaintiff took exception to the
courts allowing the manager of the
Hilo Sugar Company to testify that at
no time did he have any interest in
the land, and to other testimony Civ
en-. Plaintiff also excepted on the
ground that the decision of the trial
court was contrary to the law and the
evidence, and to the overriding of her
motion for a new trial. As above
stated. the defendant again wins.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15
HERMAN HORN
PACKED GUN

Herman Horn, the well known
baker, was locked up this morning
shortly after eleven o'clock. He has
been acting strangely of late and q
few days ago he was arrested and
held for a short time at his wife's
request.
This morning, acting under instruc-
lions from Sheriff Jarrett, Officer
Nobriga went in search Of Horn and
located him in the Fashion saloon
He was placed under arrest and taken
to the police station.
On being searched 32-caliber re-
volver loaded in six chambers, was
found on his person
No charge has as yet been entered
against him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15
KUKAIAU FIGHT
IS STILL ON

So far as is known there are m
prospects of an amicable settlement OF
the trouble over the control Of Ku
kaiau plantation. Each side i'm the
controversy remains firm in its con
tentions and it is probable that the
matter will have to be finally settled
in the courts, the Robert Horner fac
ton having already appealed to them
The writ of mandamus served on Al
bert Horner, commanding him to ap
pear in the circuit court and show
cause why he should not immediately
call an annual meeting of the stock
holders, is returnable at 10 o'clock TO
morrow. morning in Judge Cooper
court.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15
FILED FOR RECORD.

Documents entered for record De-
cember Il, 1911, from 10. 80 a m. o
4:S0 p M;
Louisa f. Mendonca and husband to
Jose De Vasconcellos, ID.
Mile Morris to Mrs. Annie Mama,
keelua, D.
William c. Achi to Ching Lum d.
Rebecca X. Achi to Ching Lum, d.
Sumner S. PaXson and wife to Mu-
riel G. Rietow, d.
Muriel G. Rietow and husband 20
Trent Trust Co., Ltd, NJ.
Oahu College, by Trs., to Grace NJ.
Cooke, ID.
Documents entered for record De
cember 10, 1911, from $50 a. M to
1890 a. m:
Mota Yotaro to S. Hata, b. S.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-15

The exports to the Hawaiian Islands
increased Sal, 625 compared with 1909,
fertilizers being the principl factor in
this increase.
The imports from Hawaii were val
ued at $4311 and $7747 for 1909 and
1910, respectively, and consisted prin-
cipally of coffee.
The report from New South Wales
sayes: THE exports to Hawaii
amounted to 1901, 7O9, against $263,19S
in 1909. The principal shipmen. S
were coal, $164,472; sulphate of am
monia, $79,539 and manures, $25,972.'
At the same time a table is given
in the same report showing coal eN-
ports from Newcastle. \. S. w, of
$13S,546 in 1909 and $17S,514 in 1910,
which are different both from the
other statement and from the common
wealth figures of cOal-only matter
of twenty tons in the latter case, ac-
countable for by a typographical err
ror-but in the former case discrep-
ancy of 14,O42 tons. Another table
giving the tonnage of coal from New
castle to the Sandwich Islands
states the quantity for 1909 as PSI ,O37
and for 1910 1886 tons
The exports from South Australia to
Hawaii during 1910 amounted to $3.50,
consisting principally of sulphate Of
ammonia.
Victorias shipments to Hawaii last
year amounted to $3S,119, against ST.
213 (solely in butter) the year before,
the items for 1910 being sulphate of
ammonia, $34,O65 butter, sS919; all
other articles, $135.