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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30

There are no new developments
in the yellow fever situation" said
Governor Frear at noon today. The
original case is in quarantine, and
there should be no new ones for
twelve days or So The president of
the Board of Health is turning a
daily report in to me at half-past
eleven o'clock in the morning, ana |
am being kept in touch with the stu
alton.
"The fumigation of the houses in
the Kalihi Camp has been done for
the first time, and the places when
opened this morning showed that all
sorts of large insects had succumbed
TO the larger than usual dose of sui
phur
These houses are so dark inside,
owing to the cracks all being blocked
up with paper, that mosquitoes were
not found dead-or alive. However,
if there were any inside, they are
surely killed off.
THE vegetation is being all cut
down, and it is thought that as the
shade provided by the trees and
shrubs is done away with, the mos
uuitoes will enter the houses, and,
afterward, will be killed off by the
fumigation.
"All the articles that were in the
camp rooms have been fumigated and
taken to quarantine. Anything de-
stroyed has been valued in advance
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30

Five thousand dollars worth of jew
elry and articles of value, according
to the estimate of the police, has
been stolen from the firm of II. F.
Wichman & Co. during the past ten
years, and no one connected with the
firm appears to have been any the
wiser
Lau Kit, a Chairman employed by
Wichman, removed the loot, piece by
piece, and if he hadn't been arrested
almost by chance on Saturday there
seems to be no reason why he should
not have amassed wealth at his en-
ployer's expense for another decade
Lau Kit has worked for Wichman
as stockman and showcase cleaner for
ten years, and until recently was
drawing the munificent salary of SO
week. He resides in Palama near
st. Elizabeth's chapel
The police believe that in the prop
erty recovered in Lau Kits rooms, at
the jewelry stores of w c. Luke and
Tai 10y, and in the store of John Ef'
finger, they have about everything
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
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Through the initiative of Hon. W..
o. Smith, luncheon party was held
at the University Club at 1890, for
the purpose of discussing methods Of
eXterminating the mosquito, especial
ly the kind that carries yellow fever
from Honolulu city proper and its en-
virons. Those who accepted the call
were Governor W. f. Frear Secretary
e. A. Mott-Smith, Gen. NJ. NJ. Macomb,
w. o. Smith, DR.. ]. S. Pratt, w. r.
Castle, J. p. Cooke, l.. A. Thurston,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
LAU KIT LOOTED THOUSANDS Or
DOLLARS WORTH OF RICH STOCK

that remains undisposed of, of the
stock which was purloined from Wich-
man by Lau Kit. A quantity Of jew
elry and other stuff has probably
been sold by Lau Kit and this it will
be next to impossible to recover,
The Arrest.
The arrest of Lau Kit was occas-
ioned by Merle Johnson, treasurer of
the Wichman corporation, reporting
to Mr., Wichman that he had seen a
chain in Luke's store which resembled
goods that Wichman was handling
Chief of Detectives McDufIie was noti-
fed and he and Wichman Went to
Luke's store and examined it.
Wichman identified the chain and
also about $500 worth of other things
belonging to him which Lau Kit had
given to Luke to handle on commits
sion basis.
Lau Kit was Immediately arrested
and taken. by McDuffie and Wichman
to his rooms. where several boxes OF
iewelry, plate and valuable table
Continued on page four.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
THRONE Offers CONSTITUTION
AILO WHARF QUESTION
FURTHER THRESHED OUT

At nine o'clock this morning, the
public meeting to consider the Hilo
wharf matter was reopened. About
thirty prominent Honolulu men ap-
peared, and there were no fireworks
to speak Of For three hours the pros
and cons of the matter were discuss
ed, and then the meeting adjourned
till two o'clock this afternoon.
The keynote of the opposition to
the proposed wharf was the cry that
the public money appropriated by the
last legislature, was to be used for the
benefit of two private corporations -
the HilO Railroad Co and the Ameri-
can-EIawaiian Steamship Co. Time
after time the statement was made
that the public should not pay for a
private enterprise.
Mr.. Thurston replied to the accusa-
ton by saying that the Hilo Railroad
Company had been only too willing
to build its own wharf upon getting
permission to runs it's tracks onto the
structure. There was a lot Of opposi-
tion to that scheme, and then the leg
islature, without any solicitation on
the part of the railway people, had APP
propriated 100000 for a wharf
The first speaker at the meeting
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30

In the police court this morning
]. Murray, c. Anderson and Hiram
Kerr, a trio of inebriates, were fined
SO and costs.
S. Lawler, drunk and badly bat.
tered up, was sent to the reef for ten
days in order to give him chance
to pull himself together and receive
proper care.
Tanaka, charged with gambling
forfeited bail of SO, and Shione ditto,
the amount in the latter's case how
ever being $25.
Five gambling Japs were fined s.
and costs, but Iwamoto an old Of
fender similarly charged, had TO come
through with 500 and costs.
Sam Kaawe, charged with gambling,
was fined S. and costs.
Sam Ikaika, bicycle theft was
sentenced to spend six months on the
reef.
c. A. Gulick, charged with violating
an auto ordinance was remanded un-
til tomorrow.
former prominent local business
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
CITIZENS MOVEMENT
HAS Been INAUGURATED

Prof. j. w. Gilmore, Dr Carl Ramus,
B. Won Damn, e !. Spalding, f. O.
White, Maj Jas. NJ. Kennedy, DR.. f.
Muir, O Swezey, j. r. Gait p. l..
Horne, DR.. d. II. Currie, Dr.. n, p.
Emerson, W. A. Bryan, c. A. Stanton,
sThos. f. Sedgwick, DR.. w. c. Hobby
A. H. Ford, c. Desky, Maj. w. c. Ne
Vile, w. II. Hoogs J. G., Green an,
the press. At the last moment the
Governor found it impossible to at
tend in person.
The meeting developed the fact
that still further alarm is necessary
to call to vigilance and action some
of those present. Nothing short of
an epidemic will impress upon them
the need of immediate and drastic ac-
tion. 1t was astonishing to see that
some were still disposed to be some
what lackadaisaical and to favor a
Fabian policy in dealing with this
crisis.
Fortunately the majority of those
present felt more fully the necessity
of immediate and forceful action Not
able among these who expressed
themselves emphatically and tersely
on the subject were General MacOmb,
representing the army; Major Neville,
representing the navy in place of Ad-
miral Cowles, w. o. Smith and DR.
Continued on page five.l
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30

was Dr. Elliot, president of the Hilo
Board of Trade He commenced b.
reading the resolution passed by the
Hilo body, and then spoke for while
on the opposition that is felt on Ha-
waii toward the proposed wharf.
Judge Wise followed Dr. Elliot, ar
guing that the proposition to give the
Hilo Railroad and the American-Hu-
waiian Co. preference rights meant to
hand over for, possibly, twenty years
the monopoly of the wharf.
The Judge also spoke on the posi-.
bility Of changes in the future mana
gership of the railroad company. He
paid tribute to the fair mindedness Of
Mr. Thuston, but denounced in no n-
certain terms the proposal that public
money be spent in the interests Of a
private company.
The IIilo Railroad Company would
be the absolute dictators OF the new
wharf No one would have the righ-
to so there, except by permission Of
the company Shippers of small
amounts of freight might be held up
for week, and all sorts Of trouble
would eyentuate," wound up Judge
Wise.
Continued on Page ElghN
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Canton ReVOlutiOniStS Rise
Cspeclal Cables to the Liberty Newsl

Especial Liberty
SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. CABLE FROM STATES
THAT THE REVoLUToNsTs IN CANTON HAVE AND THAT
FIGHTING is IN PROGRESS
THE IMPERIAL ARMY IN MANCHURIA HAS MUTNIEO.
TAIYUANFU, THE CAPITAL sHANsI PROVINCE, BEEN
CAPTURED REVOLUToNISTS
MANCHUs LEAVING A RISING is EXPECTED.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
BEWARE
OF RUMORS

People will do well to pay no heed
to street rumors. The press will give
them the facts. A rumor of this aft
ernoon that there is another case OF
yellow fever is found to have no
foundation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Acceptance Doubtful

PEKING, OCTOBER 3o.-T THRONE OFFERS
STITUTONAL GOVERNMENT EXCLUDING .No
8LEs AND THE PARDON REBELS AND POLITICIANS THIS CA
PTULATlON FOLLOWED THE ULTIMATUM TWENTY SEVEN
THOUSAND RoYALsT SOLDIERS WHO ARE THREATENING TO At
TACK PENG UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION GRANTED ACCEPT
ANCE is DOUBTFUL HOWEVER, AS REVoLU.
TIONIsTS INSIST A REPUBLIC.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30

The fourth annual meeting of the
Mems League of Central Union church
will be held this evening, beginning
with a supper in the parish house at
6 o'clock. Among other features of the
meeting will be an address by Judge
Whitney.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
PoACHING.

The hui of local sportsmen who hold
the shooting rights over the lands of
the Kaneohe Ranch Company have
been much troubled by poachers since
the opening of the shooting season
and the arrest of a we'll known local
man in this connection is extremely
likely.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
WEAKENS At
UlTIMATUM OF
ROYAL TROOPS

The
demanded constitutional Prince Ching
There a O
Disgusting themselves Chinese Pacad
will this
The rebels practical
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
The Two Fleets

NEW YORK 3QThe Atlantic mobized
miles, the Hudson
in line President Taft will review the fleet Thursday
The Pacific ALL sail
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
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DR.. w. c. Hobby, DR.. D. n.
; Currie, Hon. w. o. Smith, Prof.
w. A. Bryan, DR.. j. S. B. Pratt,
Senator A. F. Judd.
AT the meeting at the Uni
versity Club reported below,
the gentlemen named above
were appointed as a committee
charged with the duty of form
} ulating an organization and
plan of action to get rid of
mosquitoes in Honolulu at
once, and to prepare for a
} house to house investigation in
, case another case of yellow
fever develops.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Rebels Win In Canton
Especial Cables to The Liberty News)

Especial o Liberty News)
HoNGKoNG, OCTOBER 3o-Two REGIMENTS OF IMPERIAL Ar.
INFANTRY CANNON SURRENDER.
ED TO THE REVoLUTloNIsTs AT CANTON. CANTON
CHANTS PROFESS INDEPENDENCE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
HAPPENINGS OF HALF A DAY IN
POLICE COURT AND STATION CIRCLES

man was sent to the reef for six
months in order to give him a chance
to straighten out.
The charge of drunkenness against
Ben Whitney was nolle pressed de-
fendant having recently died, and the
prosecution having no other alterna-
tive in the matter.
Todays Arrests.
Antonita Long and Mrs. Lorita
Long were arrested this morning in
front of the Kentucky saloon, both
dead drunk They are wellknown
halG-whites residing in Manoa valley
Manuel Vasconcellas, an old-time
assault and battery artist, was locked
up this morning on charge of bat
tering Manuel de Faria.
George Hao is in the tolls on a
charge of embeZzlement.
NJ. Kamaunu and NJ. Nikigoroff are
charged with assault and battery and
Porto Rican named Ramon Rodri-
CUES is in the cells waiting to answer
to a charge of going extensively
aimed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Lumber HuStlers Strike
tspecIaI Wireless to The starl

3There trouble local lumber
a ping lumber
the leader with
against having union places filed with japanese.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Tobacco Trust Answered

NEW YORK, 3OThe filed
plan
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Mccarthy Endorsed

HLO merchants public generally
ence be made exclusive.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
New American Cardinals

WASHINGTON 8OMonsigno Domede Fcona
dnaae a November q
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
BarbarOuS Warfare

children.
Morning Cape Page Two
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-30
Swiss Radicals Win

BERNE o.
foryfour
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The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
A Mining Camp in Greenland

built to live in. with double doors, double
floors and double windows, and fitted up
with the best of coal-burning stoves. The
coal, which was brought from Denmark
was stored in huge bins close by, and places
to hold other supplies sufficient for three years
were built and filed
The cryolite deposit was found to be COW
cred over with gray granite. When this was
removed, there was disclosed mass of the
mineral, pure white two hundred feet wide
and SIX hundred feet long. This was found
to be the top of pocket that plunged down
into the mountain which rose there
The working Of the deposit did not pay,
and III 1864 the Pennsylvania Salt Manufac-
turing Company contracted to take twothirds
OF all which the mine could produce. Since
good return from ther Investment, besides
paving a royalty to the Danish government
Inc deposit Is worked Just as stone quarry
IS. There has now been dug out an open
hole, four hundred and fifty feet long by
deep.
In summer the miners blast up the bottom
ana cut down the sides of the hole; the
Donate oil iron with which the mineral is
mixed Is separated from it, The whole is
then hauled up an incline railroad oDerTtrd
by steam, the refuse being used in making
are loaded. f
j., The community consists of 13O men and
thee women in summer, and sixty men in
Tmtsr; VII The three women are The wife Of
Jolly odd Eskimo, who is employed as a St, s%ry. :.
ant. 81
The steamer Fox, which made the search
ISG %bt SG on GRn fbo fsF fFFanEn and threw the inst
two and sometimes three trips each srm'MeS
from tTon Copenhagen to the camp with Supplies
ne ships which go from American ports Often
ta!TS M vegetables and canned goods
hn ltgy~ Il. !.
bread and coffee to live on; ducEs s,ar Hr1acS,
about the ford; the mountains are the home m
OF ytarmlgan and rabbits and the finest .UmIt tromt
anT Tbsgd salmon on are to be had for the taking
the minoq lofty mountain. Fru'es grcat sIanar nGai
and the ruins Of the homes Of The EuToncor
people who settled there nine centuries @@o r"5
b II II were G not for the masses of field ice whicI
to lyigut would be one full Of novelty nov yuSt sS5
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

@2ASHINGTON is growing so very fast,
HkI in its efforts to keep pace with the
IMI growth Of the government, that many
visitors in their re endeayor de- SG to See, See az \
is safe to say. that very few miss the
National Museum, which is an institution un-
like anything else in the world.
1t is not library like the British Museum,
and it does not exhibit freaks, like the or
dinary museum, and Il might he called curlo
hall In Indian antiquities and ancient Amer
ican relics it surpasses any other museum,
and in the line of Jewels and precious brlc-a-
brac it is as rich as the Sultan's treasury.
Stored away, in the National Museum mar are
bushels of gold. quarts of precious stones;
handfuls of beautiful pearls, and china ana
cut glass worth their weight in gold. 1t takes
four, large cases to contain the uncut gems
alone, and three cases are filled with the cut
stones. Many of them come from America,
some are from India, and several have strange
histories connected with them:
The United States is the only nation which
does not allow its officers to accept presents
from foreign nations or rulers, ana that ac-
counts for many Of the exhibits in the mu-
scum.
The most precious. perhaps, is the collec-
tion of jewels which the Sultan OF Muscat,
in Arabia, gave to President Van Burcn,
comprising two large pearls big as pigeons
and one hundred and thirty diamonds.
There is a cat's-eye ring from Siam, an
other from Ceylon, another from Bavaria,
and a native Indian necklace made OF cats
eye beads; one of the most beautiful cats
eyes came from Rhode Island. and this en-
phasizes point which few people know
that so many precious stones are indigenous
to this country.
In the cases are turquoises, beryls anne
thysts, garnets, pearls and emeralds-all found
on our own soil. and equal to anything i'm
ported.
Models Of all the great diamonds Of the
world are here, and there are emeralds from
New Mexico and from South America. -Four
long bottle-green Brazilian emeralds, of two
carats each, are very fne and another, which
Professor Dana bought in Peru. is more than
an inch long.
There are topaHes from Siberia. sapphires
from North Carolina, and garnetS from Bo
hernia, Ceylon. South Africa and New Mex
60. New Mexico furnishes the finest garnets
in the world in point of color, and it seems
TO be the precious-stone region of the United
States.
A curious stone exhibited has just been re
ceived from Siberia. It is a bowl of fruit
made of precious stones, carved out 80 natur
ally that one would mistake them for the
original There are red 1spberries and lus
cious black cherries, Strawberries and cur
rants, resting on leaves of green serpentine
which are extremely natural.
The most valuable of the Jewels, however
and canes presented to our great men, to sa!
nothing of the workmanship. These jewel
are SO valuable that guard is detailed t.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
The National Museum

watch them day and night, and each case
has a burglar alarm connected with it.
The Grant collection alone is worth a
pFncely fortune 1t comprises fse s0aS
which the only other set is in the Japanese
treasury; elephant tusks from Siam, num-
bers of diamondhilted swords and medals as
big around AZ Il teacup, some containing SOOo
worth Of gold.
Numerous cities gave General Grant boxes
containing the paper in which the freedom
of the city was presented to him. Ayr,
Scotland, gave one big as cigar box OF
solid gold Glasgow a still larger one, and the
London box is a marvel in size and artistic
workmanship. These are only few OF the
hundreds of gifts lie received and which are
now in the museum.
There are dozens of swords here, all ex-
tremely valuable and all relics Of soldiers,
sailors and statesmen. The star which the
Sultan of Turkey gave to Mrs. $. S. Cox is
also here. 1t is as large around as silver
dollar and sparkles with hundreds of dia-
monds. The wife Of Minister Strauss was
presented with similar star of the order of
Shefekat, and it will go into the museum
some day.
Then there are a number, of fine dresses in
the National Museum, and a cloak that is
valued at u million dollars, and casts into the
shade all the other cloaks in the world.
1t comes from the Sandwich Islands. and
it is made up of red and yellow feathers so
fastened together that they overlap each
u
These feathers shine like the finest of floss
silk, and the red feathers are far pretter than
the yellow ones. 1t is the yellow feathers,
however, that are expensive They are about
an inch long, and are worth, in the country
in which they are found, fifty cents apiece.
They were in times past received for taxes
by the Hawaiian kings.
They are taken from a little bird known
as the uho, which is very rare and very shy,
and very difficult to capture. Each bird has
two of these yellow feathers under his wing,
and the birds are caught in traps and the
feathers are pulled out and they are then
freed.
There is a letter in the museum from the
prince of the Sandwich Islands, who states
that it took more than a hundred years TO
make this cloak, and the authorities of the
museum say that according to the Sandwich
Islands estimate it is worth more than the
finest diamonds in the English regalia
This cloak belonged to n chief OF the Sand
wich Islands. who rebelled when slavery was
abolished there in 1919. He owned this
cloak, and, when he was killed in battle, ii
came into the hands Of the king, who gave
1T to Commodore Auick in 1S41. 1t still
belongs to the commodore's grandchildren. but
it is deposited in the museum for exhibition
In another quarter Of the museum is an ex
hibit Of gold in the rough-great Jumps Of
quartz, little nuggets the size Of n pea. and
big ones as large as your fist. They are not
very interesting to the general visitors, be
cause their value is not at once apparent
but they are very valuable and extremely in
teresting as showing our natural resources
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

Thcv are staunch ships. with the best OF
canvas and the strongest OF masts, ana nuns nuns
built solid at the bows ana armoreo 'ne'e
with steel plates.
The VOYAGE which lies before them Is an
arduous one. Masses of field ice, hundreds
of miles in extent, must be pushed through,
and when there are gales from the south anu
heavy fogs the battle is terrible one
Sometimes ship will come pack after hay
ing voinly tried to force passage throus1R
this icy barrier, its crew worn out anu nan
starved; and then again ship sails away 10
the far North and is never again heaTd OIL
These voyages are made TO carry PACK 10
Pbilndelphia the product Of the cryote NINE
in Greenand-the only mine OF the KIND IN
the world.
Crycltp is mineral which few people
ever heard Of, but it has many uses. trnn from ~
there are made alum, sal-soda ana plcarDo
nate OF soda; and it is also used IN the pro
duction of aluminium, the mineral being really
the cloride of sodium and aluminium.
1t was discovered in rather a strange, way
In 1888, a German prospector, named Gle
secke. went to Greenland, landing at cape
Farewell He lived with the Eskimos, and
travelled up the rugged coast with them as lar
as the Arsuki ford. H.,
native who lived there told him that a
few miles miles away there was a curious
stone, which his people called the "lee-that-
nevcr-mets"
Glesecke went to the place, and found at
the waters edge cropping OF soft white
rock, that when wet looked exactly like wet,
snow.mixed ice. He could form no idea as
to whatit was, but carried away samples
with him.
He retured home on a Danish ship. which
was boarded on the way by a British cruiser.
The cargo was seized, and Glesecke lost his
samples.
English chemists analyzed the stone. and
called it cryolte, which means ice-stone, but
they never seem TO have thought that il
could be put to practical use;
In 1860, however, Danish vessel brought
soma specimens Of the stone to Copenhagen
They were analysed by Professor j. Thom
sen, and experiments made by, him demon
stratcd the fact that many useful substances
could be obtained from cryohte.
A company was formed to work the mine
and men and materials were sent to Green
land, SO that the stone could be dug out and
shipped to Copenhagen.
The settlement Of Ivigut was then formed
and work was begun. Wooden houses werG