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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

ferring to some other instance of Sc
verify he said st. Vincent uses an
axe where would use a penknife.'
The present Earl Nelson is author
ity for the following little known
story which is told in his own words:
an January, 1901, he paid a special
visit to Honiton in Devonshire, to call
on the mother of Captain Westcott OF
the Majestic who had lost his life IN
the battle of the Nile. He writes on
the 18th Of January: I visited Cap
tain Westcotts mother, his brother
is a tailor, but had they been chin
ney sweepers, it was my duty to show
them respect He invited them to
breakfast at the inn. He asked her If
she had the Nile medal but hearing
she had not received one, he present
ed her with his own saying, You will
not value it the less because l have
worn it,"
The following from Manan illus
trates the same kindly trait. "Of these
days of preoccupation" (the three
weeks before Trafalgar, while in
hourly expectation of the issue, over
charged with official anXieties, and
facing, however fearlessly, a growing
impression that he himself would not
survive the conflict for which he
longed, an anecdote has been trans.
mitted that shows again how to the
end and whatever his personal cares,
his quick sympathy went out to men
of all classes. Word had been passed
through the fleet that a mail was
about to start for England, which
would not improbably be the last op'
portunity of writing home before the
enemy came forth. The letters had
been collected as usual, the bags were
all on board the departing vessel, and
she herself under full sail, had got al
ready some distance away, when Mel
son saw a midshipman come up and
sneak to Lieutenant Pasco, the sigma
officer, who, upon hearing what was
said, stamped his foot in evident veX
alton. The Admiral, of whose near
ness Pasco was not aware, called him
and asked what was the matter. Moth
ing that need trouble your lordship'
was the reply. You are not the mar
to lose your temper for nothing re
Joined Nelson. What was it?' Well
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

if YOU must know, my lord, | will tell
YOU. You see that cockswain,' point
ing to one of the most active OF the
petty officers, we have not better
man on board the Victory, and the
message which put me out was this:
7 was told that he was so busy re-
ceiying and getting off the mail bags
that he forgot to drop his own letter
to his wife into one of them, and he
has inst discovered it in his pocket.
Hoist a signal to bring her back was
Nelson's instant command, who knows
that he may not fall in action tomor
row. His letter shall go with the rest
and the dispatch vessel was brought
back for that alone. In telling the
story. Pasco used to say it was ne
wonder that the common sailors idol
lied Nelson, since he was always
thinking about them. and won thelI
hearts by showing his own
We find him in one letter polntins
out the way in which the vegetables
pork and beef were to be tested be
fore distributed among the crews, ant
in another, to the commissioners o.
the Admiralty, occurs this passage
"These flannel shirts being made hV'
or six inches too short exposed tho
men to sudden chills, so shirts hy'
or six inches longer would be one o
the best things yet introduced int'
the navy, and would perhaps saw
the lives of more than one goo'
sailor"
Such little, everyday actions he'll
us to realize how far his kind hear
and wise head had set him in advance
of his time. In this respect there i
a sharp contrast between Nelson
methods, and the almost universe
system of brutality and injustice tina
too often drove the sailor men to sui
eide or open mutiny and which partl!
explains the anomaly that the grea
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21
"TRAFALGAR."

TRAFALGAR"
Save that here and there a solitary
gun still flashed defiance,
The great sea fight was ended; the
victory won.
The thunderous broadsides roared no
more,
The red October's suns declining
rays shone
Through clouds of stormy
beauty;
And the splendid sun of Nelson's life
was sinking fast to rest;
The heros work was finished, his
crown of glory nigh,
And as the great soul passed from it's
frail earthly clay,
His parched lips framed that last
triumphant cry:
THANK God, I've done my
duty
Wherefore l pray,
When smarting in some petty trial
That mars my little way
May Nelson's bright example help me
So to live each day,
That when life's sunset hour shall
come
I, too, may say
"Thank God, I've done my duty
HENRY A. TAYLOR.
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time when they were striving most
to serve him.
The picture of the practical, hard
headed Troubridge in tears, because
of a sharp unjust rebuke from Nell
son is one to be remembered. The
stern disciplinaran st. Vincent, whose
name is synonymous in the minds of
many with harshness and tyranny,
took him into his rough heart and
loved him as a favorite son, and was
patient and gentle with him even
when most hayward.
American and English Bographers.
1t is fortunate for his memory that
he did not survive the hour of his
final triumph, and We are fortunate
that in our day we have his life story
told by the two men who above all
others we're best fitted to perform
that task impartially. The American
Admiral Mahan, and the Englishman
Sir John Knox Laughton; the former
of whom has set this stately para.
graph in the forefront of his work
at is the appointed lot of some of
historys chosen few to come upon
the scene at the moment when a
great tendency is nearing its crisis
and elimination. Fewer still
but happiest of all, viewed from the
standpoint, are those whose departure
is as well timed as their appearance,
who do not survive the instant
of perfected success, to linger on
subjected to the searching tests
of common life, but pass from our
ken in a blaze of glory which hence.
forth forever encircles their names.
In that evening light break away and
vanish the ominous clouds where
with human frailties or tyrant pas
sions had threatened to darken their
renown, and their sun goes down with
lustre which the lapse of time is
powerless to dim. Such was the
privilege of the stainless Wolfe; such,
beyond all others, that of Nelson.
Rarely has a man been more favored
in the hour of his appearing; never
one so fortunate in the moment of his
death.
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A Fathers Love.

- FdL1GT LONGs
On the night of Friday, September
18th, 1905, something less than six
weeks before his death, he left home
forever. His last act was to visit the
bed where his little girl, then between
four and five years old, was sleeping
and pray over her. 1t is easy to I'M
agine the slight boy-like figure bowed
in prayer, the empty sleeve, the half
blinded face with its expression of
almost womanly tenderness, the frail
body mutilated by war, symbolic OF
the great soul within SCARED by the
storms of passion. With his heart
touched. possibly by remorse for his
shortcomings, and filled with love for
the sleeping child, is it not likely that
, the burden of his prayer was Like as
father pitieth his children; pity
! Thou me-"
The solemn anticipation Of death
which from this time forward deem
ened more and more over his fear
less spirit as the hour of battle ap
preached, is apparent in the record oil
his departure made in his private
diary:
Friday night, September 18th.
At half past ten drove from dear
dear Merton, where | left all which
hold dear, to go to serve my King
and country. May the great Coz
whom | adore enable me to fulfil
the expectations of my country; am
if it be his good pleasure that
should return, my thanks will nevel
cease being offered up to the Throne
of His Mercy. If it be His good prov
idence to cut short my days upol
earth, bow with the greatest submis
sion, relying that He will protect those
so dear to me that l may leave be
hind. His will be done. Amen, amen
amen.
The hero whose genius for wa
had blazed in meteroic flight across
the political sky of Europe, ant
changed the history of mankind
started on the journey that was t
end thirty-eight days later in the in
mortal glory of Trafalgar, with :
fathers love for his baby girl, as tn
sweetest and perhaps the dominan
emotion in his heart.
Last Scene Of All.
The incidents of that great battl
are among the imperishable memorie
of the English people We all kno'
? how Nelson died, and that his las
words were Thank God I've done m
duty Each of us, in spirit, has kne
in the iagship's weltering cockpit
where he
, Who was the Battles Heart withol
peer
He who had seen all fearful sight
save fear,
p Was passing from all life save VII
tory
I There were some who even the
l could see that the grandeur of h
> death well nigh eclipsed the grea
? ness of his life, and with some sue
4 sentiment Lady Londonderry wrote
i her son: He has left to the BIRTHS
i navy legacy which it alone is alb
4 to improve. Had been the wife
70 mother of this man, | would rath,
I have mourned him now dead tina
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Nelson was by nature kind hearted,
a lover of children and forever help
ing some needy relative or friend, and
yet he was infeXible in the face of
any serious break of discipline, On
one occasion Earl St. Vincent had or
dered a mutineer to be hanged on a
Sunday morning, which was contrary
to custom; in reply to a criticism of
the order Nelson said, Had it been
Christmas day instead of Sunday
would have executed him. We know
not what might have been Matched by
Sundays grog, now your discipline
is SAFE On a different occasion re,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
ACCREDITED FARMS NAMED
T welve Selected in Wis., onsin Where
Agricultural Students May Gain
the Best of Experience.

Madison. Students of agriculture
at the University of Wisconsin here
after will have an opportunity of OBJ
tanning experience on some of the
best conducted farms in the state
as a result of Arrangement just an
nOunccd between the college of agri-
culture and twelve well-known agri-
culturists of Wisconsin.
The twelve so-called accredited"
farms on which students will receive
practical training after leaving col
lege are: c. l.. Hill, Rosendale. the
newly elected president of the state
board of agriculture; j. O. Emery,
Edgerton, state dairy commissioner !;
X. w. Rowlands, Waukcsha, The new
secretary of the state board of agri-
culture; cX-Gov. w. ID. Hoard. Ft.
Atkinson; w. H. HanChott Sparta :
w NJ. Jones, Waukcsha; J. II. viii
lams, Waukesha; w. j Dougan, Be
lott H. T. Kruger. Beaver Dam; w.
j Gillett, ROsendale, and II W. Girls,
void, West Salem.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
SENATE URGES PENSION BILL
Resolution Is Adopted by Wisconsin
Legislators Favoring the SuIIoway
Measure Before Congress.

Madison. The senate adopted a
substitute for the Linley joint reso-
luton, requesting the Wisconsin
members in congress to vote for the
Sulloway pension bill. The resolu-
ton had been laid over, but on mo-
ton of Senator James that action
was reconsidered and then the sena-
tor introduced substitute which on
his motion was adopted and the
measure messaged over to the as
sembly
Senator Randolph, who opposed the
resolution. was elected presiding Of
fCcr in the absence of Lieut.. Gov.
Morris and President Pro TEN. Mar
tin, and as a result he was not in a
position to oppose Senator James
motion for reconsideration Of the
vote on which the resolution was laid
over.
Senator James, who is the former
department commander of the Wis
Consin g. A. r., was deeply inter
ested in the resolution and believes
that it would influence the Wisconsin
members in congress respecting their
attitIde on the Sulloway bill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
MRS. OURKEE DIES
At KEN0SHA HOME
WIDOW OF THIRD U. S, SENATOR
FROM WISCONSIN PASSED
LAST DAYS IN OBSCURiTY.
CLAIMANT TO S100.000,000
Recovery of Bonds Alleged to Have
Been Left With Government by
Senator Durkee Would Have Made
Her Worlds Wealthiest Woman.

keuosha.- Mrs. Caroline Durkee,
SIS years old, widow of Charles Dur
kee, third United States senator from
Wisconsin, and formerly territorial
governor of Utah, is dead at her
home in this city.
Mrs. Durkee was the sole claimant
10 the millions of dollars which have
been sought from the United States
government on the claim that Senator
Durkee left a large number Of rail-
way bonds in the United States treas
ury in 1865.
The courts Of the government de-
clared that the effort to collect the
value Of the bonds was a mammoth
swindle. Mrs. Durkcc never ques-
toned the decision of the courts, but
she held that she did not know
whether or not her husband had left
any bonds with the government.
Mrs. Durkee had lived secluded
life since the death of her husband
in 1872.
She had never taken any personal
part in pushing the claim. The last
demand made on the claim was for
something over S10O,0O0,00O.
At her bedside was just one old
friend and companion, who had re-
manned with her in the last fight
against death. Many persons believe
that had she secured her rights from
the United States government she
would have died the richest woman
in the country and one of the richest
in the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
FIGHT ON FLOOR OF HOUSE.
Wickersham and Mondell Como t
Blows.

Washington. Another bloodless
battle was fought on the floor OF the
house OF representatives Thursday
during a somewhat heated debate on
bill for the leasing of coal lands in
Alaska The lie was passed and as
the short aId ugly word rang out
Delegate James Wickersham OF Alas.
ka made rush for Representative
Frank w. Mondell of Wyoming. who
was seated at a nearby desk.
Delegate Wickersham, in opposing
the Mondell bill, quoted from his state
ment from the interior department.
THAT is a lie," said Mondell, in an
undertone turning In his seat to speak
to Senator Burt OF South Dakota
You are liar If you say that"
shouted Wickersham, who had over.
heard.
Then a half dozen members inter
posed and Representative Longworth
of Ohio literally sat on the shoulders
Of Mondell to hold him in his seat
At this junCture the mace made its
appearance and over the shouts OF the
angry men and their excited friends
was heard the steady crash, crash OF
the speakers gavel, welded by Acting
Speaker Olmsted
Both men then apologized to the
house for the language used.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
SENATE RATIFIES
NEW JAP TREATY
Western Senators Reluctantly Vote
for It's Discussed Two
Hours.

Washington. The new United
States-Japan treaty Of trade and
navigation was ratified after two
hour executive session OF the senate,
on the understanding that Japan VIII
not Impose coolie labor on the United
States
The objection to the convention has
consistently been that it did not throw
sufficient safeguards around the lmmi'
grafton Of japanese TO the United
States Opposition was made to IT
by the people OF California, and by
their state Legislature and by the peo'
pie Of the Pacific states generally.
President Taft personally pushed
the ratification Of the treaty by his
assurances to the governor OF Cali
fornia that the question OF immigra'
ton was effectively covered by the
Japanese declaration which appears
above and which has been declared
by other authorities to be inefficient.
The treaty was taken up for the
third time in the senate and after two
The western seaators who had con
tinuously opposed the treaty, reluct-
antly voted for It, it is understood,
while not surrendering any Of their
opinions that grave consequences
might ensue from this peculiar docu-
ment.
Inc solo oasis for the belief that
immigration Is safeguarded is the fol
lowing personal statement for his gov
eminent Of Baron Uchida:
In proceeding this day to the sig
nature Of the treaty OF commerce and
navigation between Japan and the
United States. the undersigned Japan
csc ambassador In Washington duly
authorized by his government, has
the honor to declare that the Imperial
japanese government are fully pre-
pared to maintain with equal effec.
tiveness the limitation and control
which they have for the past three
exercised in regulation Of the emigra.
ton Of laborers to the United States.
(Signed) "Y. UCHIDA.
FEB 81, 1911"
This was deemed sufficient certain.
ty by the president and the state de
partment and the president was ac-
tive in his efforts to impress the Cali
fornia legislature with his view OF
the treaty's efficiency and sufflciency
Although the text OF the treaty has
been published the Injunction Of Sc
crecy has not been removed and SO
far as the senate is considered it con,
tinues as a confidential document.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
URGES REFORMS IN LAW.
Roosevelt Lauds Initiative, Referen.
dunn, Recall and Vote for Senators.

Chicago An immense audi.
ence greeted exPresident Theodore
Roosevelt when he was introduced as
our foremost citizen" at the Auditor.
ium theater, and the welcome given
him was probably as warm as he ever
before received.
After which, under the auspices Of
the Union League club he spoke on
"Nationalism and Democracy"
The colonel put his seal OF ap-
prevail upon the initiative and refer.
endum. as well as upon the principle
OF recall, and declared himself EN-.
phatically In favor OF change in the
constitution which will permit the
election Of senators by popular vote
With regard to the three principles
mentioned, he averred that opponents
of the initiative. referendum and re-
call are wrong and that he believed
II the people OF the United States
would make a study OF those prin-
ciples in politics he had no doubt but
that they would become laws in every
state In the Union.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
OF
CANAL IS FAVORED
House Votes $4,000, 900 to Begin
the Work.
WILL LIKELY PASS SENATE
Sentiment In Upper Body Of Congress
Overwhelming for New Batteries
-Tawney Amendment De-
feated 1870 to SO.

Washington.-By an overwhelming
majority the house has practically
settled the question Of the forti-
fication of the Panama canal, having
passed the sundry civil appro'
priation bill carrying an appropria-
ton of 100000 to start the work OF
terrifying the big waterway. 1t is es'
timated the total cost Of its protec,
ton will be s12,000,000
There is no doubt Of the result in
the senate, where the sentiment Is
said to be two to one in favor OF
protecting the waterway with land
batteries.
The house disposed Of the question
after nearly five hours of debate. The
real test cane on an amendment pro-
posed by Representative Tawney OF
Minnesota, chairman Of the committee
on appropriations. providing that no
part Of the 100000 should be used
until the president OF the United
States had attempted to negotiate
treaties with all of the leading mari
time nations guaranteeing the neutral
lty and international protection Of the
canal
Representative Sherley of Kentucky
bitterly attacked this amendment and
warned members that 1t had been In
troduced for the sole purpose of de-
feating the appropriation.
The Tawney amendment then was
voted down by 1870 to g. A motion
by Representative Keller Of Ohio to
strike out all provision for the fortif1-
cation OF the canal was lost by vote
of 1875 to 81
The real interest in the debate
seemed to center in the Tawney
amendment, and the speeches made
for and against It by Mr.. Tawney and
Mr.. Sherley. Mr.. Tawney, a stalwart
Republican, looked to the Democrat
ic side for sympathy and applause
and received both. Mr.. Sherley. one
of the Democratic leaders OF the
house, was accorded an ovation by
the Republican members. The de-
from the general policy Of fortiflca-
ton was Offset by similar detection
on the Democratic side In favor Of
fertilization.
In passing the sundry civil bill car
rying approximately $140 100000, and
Of which the canal fortification pro-
vision was the last feature to be con-
sidered, the house made a new record.
Never before has this biggest of all
supply bills been put through In two
days without any sort OF gag rule"
1t is taken as another evidence that
the house Is doing all 1t can to avoid
an extra session.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
LORIMER IN OWN DEFENSE.
Tells Senate He Is Not Guilty Of Bri
berry.

Washington. - Before a vast as
semblage of spectators and practi-
cally full membership Of the senate,
William Lorimer, senator from Illinois,
denied that he had either purchased or
authorized the purchase of votes in the
Illinois Legislature that he might gain
a seat In the United States senate.
Throughout Lorimer's final exposi.
ton OF his defense, he strove to make
It plain that the mysterious Demo.
cratic votes which enabled him to get
his senatorial seat were given him as
the gifts Of lifelong friendship,
Senator Lorimer closed his speech
with an impassioned appeal.
mo man has ever dared to charge
that | was even remotely guilty OF
briber yor corrupt practices. | never
did, not only In this nor In any other
election, use one dollar or allow the
use Of one dollar, or have the remotest
idea OF the use Of one dollar-the cor
rupt use OF II.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02
DECISION GIVES KONOP SEAT
Supreme Court Ruling Uph oids Ac'
ton of Canvassing Board in Ninth
District Congress ona Contest.

Madison supreme court has
ruled, in effect, that Thomas Konop
is the lega, choice of the Ninth Wis
consin district for congress TO sue
coed Gustav Kuestermann. The de-
cision of the court insures the seat
to Mr.. Konop unless the house itself
Gusts him.
The ruling was on the demurrer
filed by Kuestermann to the return
of the election made by the state
board of canvassers, in the manda-
mus action brought by Kuestermann
to compel the state board Of canvass
ers to award him the certificate of
election.
The whole contest turned on a
singular complication arising on the
returns from Oconto county.
The certificate of the county board
of canyassers of that county stated
that Konop received ,4jO votes in
the county. If he did. it is admitted
that he had majority Of one in the
district; but the tabulated statement
which is attached to the certificate
and Is made by law a part Of II, show
ing the votes cast in each precinct,
showed sixteen votes for KOnop as
cast in the first precinct of the town
rect vote in that precinct then konop
had only 14i4 votes in the county,
and such was the first footing at the
bottom of the column; but opposite
the number sixteen was written a
notation as follows. "TWenty-two
shown on the tally sheet, inspectors
statement, shows &c" and under the
first footing Of 1,444. six had been
added, making the total Of a so.
Kuestermann claimed that no at
tention could be paid by the canvass
ing board or by the court to the
memorandum, but that the figures
sixteen in the regular column must
control, and hence that on the face
of the returns it must be held that
only ,44i votes were cast for KOnop
in OcOntO county, and in that case
Kuestermann was elected by a ma
iority of five votes. The state can
vassers held that they must be con-
trolled by the certificate. which
stated that KonOp received 1850
votes, and awarded the certificate to
him
Representative Kuestermann has
issued "A statement at Washingt on in
timating that he may ask a recount
before the house of representatives.