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The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
TWENTIETH IS
HOMELAND BOUND
Sheridan Reduces Oahu Garrison
to 2OoO-Burnham at
West Point.
(FrOm Sunday 8 Advertiser. J

AANAh oNAuoJ
'ewe are going away from Honolulu,
and it g like going away from home, .
said Maj. William P. Burnham, COM
handing the Twentieth Infantry bat
TALON which departed on the Sheridan
last night. And in this sentiment he
was joined by Lieutenant McOleery,
who said it seemed like going to for
eign land in going over to the main
land, for he had spent four very pleas
ant years in Honolulu.
My only hope is that may be sent
back to Oahu for another tour, of
duty, added Major Burnham. "How-
ever, l am going back to almost the
first post to which was assigned after
leaving West Point, and that is Fort
Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah, one of
the finest garrison post sites in the
country.
Major Burnham was one of the first
army officers to take detachment of
troops down through the Territory of
Utah during the days when federal
authority was opposed by the Mormons,
or more particularly by the polygamists,
he found only women and children.
When he explained that his mission
was not one carrying out certain laws,
the male population returned and as.
sisted him in many ways, especially in
supplying forage and provisions to his
command.
One incident which occurred at West
Point has always been associated With
Major Burnham when he was Cadet
Burnham. There was a colored cadet
at the Point and one morning he re.
ported that his ears had been slashed
during the night by cadets. Cadet
Burnham was suspected, but the Incl.
dent finally died out and Cadet Burn.
ham continued his studies and was grad
uated. The general belief was that the
eolored cadet slashed his own ears.
Aloha to Battalion.
The departure of the Twentieth was
made the occasion of demonstration,
and large part of Honolulu was on
the wharf to godspeed the command.
Officers, as well as enlisted men, seemed
to have plenty of friends and there
was considerable weeping, especially
on the part of the feminine part of the
crowd which saw the enlisted men out.
When the whistle blew as a signal
that the trOOpship was about to start
for the Golden Gate a mighty shout
went up, for it meant that all were
actually starting for the homeland. The
band very appropriately played, "Well,
well, the gangplank 8 up, what the
do we care,Y etc.
The departure of the battalion re-
duees the command under General Ma
comb materially and brings the actual
humber of men down to close to the
1000 mark.
Capt. Sterling p. Adams, Fourteenth
Cavalry, was ranking officer of the
Sheridan from Manila to Nagasaki, and
from the latter port Capt. Thomas N.
Kite, Philippine Scouts, was in com,
mand of troops, with Lieut. r. Z. smy.
ser, Fourteenth Cavalry, as adjutanf.
Yesterday Captain Kite turned over
his military charges to the care Of Mai.
w. p. Burnham, Twentieth Infantry.
Lieut.. A. NJ. Pardee will be adiutant,
as usual, to Major Burnham on the
journey TO the coast.
Captain Kite will retire from army
life and Mrs. Kite and himself. after
thirteen years Of Philippine life, will
live at PEBBLE, Ohio
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
BALLOON BERLIN WINS RACE.

KANeAs CITY, October Word
has beer received here Of the safe land
log ID the Slate Of Wisconsin Of ihe
balloon hefiln, thus winning the race
which started here fNa daga age Eight
balloons started. Boo mofl ~ theHi we're
foffff 40 itnffai en nffauni ~ b
storm
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
CITY Badly Damaged.
STRIKERS START RIOT
AND GUARD is INJURED

SAN fRAkCiHC0. October s iiioia
have broken eut in e0nneeilon slih iha
riflle NJ che rAopmen Ia ihe Southern
paelae ahep1 ana fesiefiay ihe strikers
aifafkoA zoe Hnnfds 10 fts hnilinF aHi
during iha ffli Nhlrh followed nha AZ
ihe guards we hqsif Injured
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10

nHRUAfATTsM.

Chronic determinations often attacks
the larger joints. internal treatment
Of any Kind would 30 worse than use.
ieas, but BY applying Chamberlain e
Pain Balm freely and massaginR the
AFFECTED parts three times a day, a
cure may be affected. II win afford
some relief at once and By continuing
the treatment. wiz eventually effect
complete cure. Some cases. hoeeYor,
require considerable paii6neo Ha
careful 20 keep the bowels regular FoF
aalH By Hll afsloFa. Benton. Smith q
Cos VA. nge1is faf ii4HalL
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10

Ask English TO intervene.

LUCKNOW, India, October S.-The
great council of Moslems of India, in
session here, has appealed to the Brit
ish government to intervene in behalf
of Turkey in the war now ia progress
with Italy. The appeal win be for
warded to the home office.
The council also advises boycott
by all Moslems of italian merchandise
and this commercial crusade will be
advocated throughout all Mohammedan
countries.
Held Up Austrian Steamer.
ROME, italy, October s.-A sensa-
tional dispatch from Brindisi, in SOUTH
ern Italy, states that italian torpedo
boat destroyers stopped the Austrian
mail steamer and boarded her, appar-
emily seeking contraband.
ships Destroy Forts.
It is announced that severe en-
gagement has taken place between an
Italian squadron of warships and Turk
ish forts. The cruisers opened FIRE on
the batteries, which returned the FIRE
with much spirit. I
After a heavy bombardment the bat
teries were eventually destroyed and
the enemy's encampments as well,
many Turkish troops being killed.
Italians Take Derna.
According to reports here, the Ital-
ians have occupied Derna, city on the
Mediterranean Sea east of Benghazi,
Tripoli, and are preparing to enter on
an extensive Northern African cam
paign of conquest.
The new military governor of Tripoli
has sent wireless messages here that
order has been restored in Tripoli and
the natives are returning.
Women and children Killed.
coNSTANTINOPLE, October San
authentic report has been received by
the government that many women and
children were killed in the city of Tri-
poll during the bombardment by the
Turkish feet.
1t was decided yesterday that all
italian residents in Turkey shall be
banished.
Turkish Vessel Sunk.
FIUME, October IAN Italian
cruiser has sunk a Turkish sailing yes,
sci and bombarded Saint Jean de Me-
Qua.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
FIRST WOODROW WILSON
LEAGUE is ORGANIZED

sAcHAMENTO, California, October
s. The fret Woodrow Wilson PFefi.
dent leaRue IN thls State vac organiznd
here Last evening hy 10 Democrats az
this fiiY Al fnelRaiif enmpaiah win
he oafflel Ca On behalf ~ lhe N6f Jor.
seY Governor f0T che Democratic Hoini.
nHllor al rnaldeHi.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
.CLOUDBURSTS AND
FLOODS DEVASTATE
MANY DISTRICTS

DURANGO, Colorado, October g.
Southwest Colorado and northern New
Mexico are being devastated by the
worst floods which have visited these
regions in twenty seYen years.
Reports have been received here Of
many towns destroyed and n number OF
lives lost by eloudbursts and floods, and
all traffic is suspended. Dolores and
La Plata counties are heavy losers
through damage by the floods and the
Animas, Rio Pedro and de los Pinos
rivers are still rising
City Badly Damaged.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin,
October THE bursting Of Hatfield
power dam has almost wiped out this
city Sixty one buildings have been
demolished and the reecding waters
leave many people homeless and suffer
Ing.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
Moslem Council Of India Asks
Great Britain to Stop
the War.
AUSTRIAN STEAMER is HELD
italian Fleet Destroys Forts in
Severe Engagement
Derna Taken.
#**A**A****#*#*A =

4 In connection with the Ital- !
4 ian-Trkish war one OF the inn
4 portant developments is the
4 news that the Moslems OF India,
+ who constitute her most aggres-
4 sive population and revere the
+ Sultan as the head Of their
4 church, have asked the British !
+ government to intervene in be-
Y half Of Turkey.
y Fighting of desultOry- ma
X ture continues, and the Turkish
4 ships are reported always as the
X losers The Italians are stated
y to have occupied Derna, one Of
= the cities of Tripoli, and are
\ preparing to make an active
4 campaign in the interior.
x The holding up of an Aus
< trian mail steamer yesterday by J
4 italian warships may bring
x about complications, especially !
+ as Austria is none too friendly
x with Italy or its ambitions in
\ North Africa.
4 A report in Constantinople is !
y that women and children were
X killed in the bombardment of
x Tripoli. All Italians will be ex-
< He'd from Turkey.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
Kauai COST

City Engineer Gere takes strong ex.
ception to the statement that the Kauai
roads cost but FIVE thousand dollars a
mile, stating that this amount was the
cost of the macadam alone and that no
cost for grading was figured into this
sum.
"Speaking about the so.called high
cost of the belt road at Heeia," said
the city engineer, 81 notice that the
contract for the road work on Maui
calls for the expenditure of $4,000 for
three mile stretch for grading alone,
nothing being mentioned about mac
adam.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
CONTRACT DOES
NOT INCLUDE ALL
10000 Stretch WIN Have 10
Have Another $4,000 Within
Next Two Years.
tFfom enndayla AdvarlIael.l

~ could have put $4,000 more on
that belt road coatract and yet looked
any man in the face and known that
all The money was 70 have been wen
spent,v said City Engineer Gere yes.
tcrday afternoon, defending the figures
in his specifications for the Heeia piece
Of belt road, for which an $4,000 con,
tract may be let.
"Thcro are two bridges in the five
mile stretch which should be replaced,
and these with reinforced concrete con.
struction would have cost that sum.
AS it is, one of these bridges will have
to be renewed in couple Of years, as
they are fiimsy wooden structures.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
Heavy Upkoop,

''We can build roads here and have
built them for FIVE thousand dollars
mile, but this is not economy. These
roads in Kauai, for instance, win have
to be kept up at cost of at least four
hundred dollars mile, annually
Gin the road at Heeia we do not an.
ticipate high upkeep cost. In this
way the road viii be much cheaper in
the end than one which cost less in the
first place; but which had heavy up
knnn -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
rd-Young Held Up.

1t was reported yesterday that the
successful bidders for the threatened
work, the Lord-Young Company, will,
not sign up the contract awarded them
nor file any bond until it is definitely
settled that they are to get the work.
The bond will cost $500, q too much to
spend for lawsuit,'' one contractor
remarks
The general impression about the
city is that the commission had best
call the whole matter OFF, before the
belt road money is tied up to await a
court decision, which, go as it will, win
be against the interests of the tax
payers. The commissioners should
awaken to the fact that the taxpayers
do not want to spend $4,000 for less
than five miles of road.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
Some KNOW roc Much.

Gere feels rather strongly about the
criticism which has been made of him
self and the board of commissioners,
and says that if he knew ms much about
some person Is business as they seem to
about building roads he would quit his
present job at once.
con account of the agitation now
going on, ] don t believe that the road
will be built under the present speeifica-
tions. but I maintain that it is not an
excessive cost, nor is the road too good
one to be built in that section.
"Under the specifications from which
tenders were called, that road win last
practically forever, with proper
amount of upkeep, and that is the part
to look at and consider he concluded
Bound TO Have It.
"Gere has always wanted to build
that particular bit OF new road, said
an ex.supervisor yesterday. "We had
to stop him once when he started in to
make a survey and we had to beg of
to the pineapple people because Of an
action for $500 they were going to
bring against the county for trespass.
Gere burned up some guRva to run his
lines.
"There is no reason whatever for
building the Heeia road where the belt
road commission has decided, that is,
there is no reason for undertaking any
such an expensive bit of work now.
People do not understand that the idea
of the commission is to leave the pres
ent road and run an entirely new one.
That is what makes a portion of this
road so expensive. For all practical
purposes the old road can be recon
structed, one heavy grade cut down and
some of the curves made less abrupt.
Then you will have gold road and it
will mt cost anvwhaPe near the aati.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10
Gymnastic Night.

On Friday Doctor Hand will demon
strate the advantages of the gymna-
stun and there viii also occur indoor
baseball games between the Is-ers and
the Was-ers, that is, between the has
beens and the fellows who fare now. -
r. A. Cooke will be the main power in
the ranks of the Was-ers, which Will
also include such veterans as John
Waterhouse and F. E. Steere.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-10

On Thursday the building will be
open from eight to ten CLOCK for in
spection. There will be invitations is-
sued, but all who come to see the new
building win be made welcome. Err.
nest Kaai's orchestra will furnish
music for the occasion. This is also
ladies night.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Cabinet Mystery Is Solved

rotary of state. Mr. Washburne con-
fessed knowledge of that prestige and
honor, and yet he frankly stated that
if he were to have any official APP
pointment from the new administra-
ton, he much preferred to be made
minister to France.
So the matter stood between the
two men until General Grant declared
fatty that only by appointing Mr..
Washburne secretary of state could
he express fully his appreciation of
the relation that had been estabt
lished between him and Mr.. Wash
burne But" the general added, IF
you still desire to go to France after
you have been secretary of state for
awhile, you can resign-you can re-
sign as soon as you care to do so after
you have taken the Office, and then
your name will be sent to the senate
Immediately as that of the new minis
ter to France"
So Elihu B. Washburne became sec
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24

rotary of state-and great was the sur
prise of the country, when after only
two weeks service in the cabinet ne
resigned therefrom and was at once
nominated as minister to France. All
sorts of surmises and explanations OF
the move were made, but here for the
first time Is told the real history OF
that unprecedented resignation OF
superior office to take a subordinate
place under 1t.
1t should be added that Mr.. Wash
burne's service as minister to France
has become traditional in diplomatic
history. He was the only diplomatic
representative who remained in Paris
throughout the bloody part OF the
commune During the Franco-Prus-
sian war he represented the German
interests in France and during the
siege of Paris he was of great serv-
ice not only to the United States but
also to the people of other nations
who were caught in Paris at that crit
ical period At one time he stood De-
tween them and the most desperate
danger.
Cartwright. 1911, by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Hitherto Unrelated Story Of General
Arthurss Nearly Fatal Illness on
Dispatch Boat After Paying
a Visit to Savannah.

The people of the United states
have hitherto never known how mar
rowly they escaped double preslden-
tial tragedy between the years 1881
and 1888. Of course, the ASSASSINATION
Of President Garfield was world
moving event. But there was time,
a night in April, 1888, when for few
hours the danger was grave that Presl-
dent Chester A. Arthur, who succeeded
Garfield, would fail to respond to med
ical treatment. Had the apprehension
of his physician proved correct, then
for the first time in our history the
duties of the Office of president would
have devolved upon the president pro
tempore of the United States senate.
In April, 1888, President Arthur was
invited to visit Florida. When the
citizens of Savannah learned that he
would on that excursion approach as
close to Savannah as the mouth OF
the river, they urged him with much
cordiality and earnestness to become
a guest of the city. The president felt
that he could not refuse so cordial an
invitation. He reached Savannah on
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24

with sets of three or four eggs, prob
ably do not on the average rear more
than two young for each breeding pair
1t is not surprising, therefore, that
birds of this family with their limited
powers of reproduction, melt away
under the relentless warfare waged
upon them. Until recent years shore
birds have had almost no protection.
Thus, the species most in need OF
stringent protection have really had
the least No useful birds which lay
only three or four eggs should be re-
tanned on the list of game birds. The
shorebirds should be relieved from
persecution, and If we desire to save
from determination a majority OF the
species, action must be prompt.
The protection of shorebtrds need
not be based solely on esthet1c or SEN
timental grounds, for few groups OF
birds more thoroughly deserve protec-
ton from an economic standpoint.
Shorebirds perform an important serV-
ice by their inroads upon mosquitoes,
some of which play so conspicuous
part in the dissemination OF disease.
Thus, nine species are known to feed
upon mosquitoes, and hundreds OF the
larvae or "wigglers" were found IN
several stomachs Fffty-three per
cent. of the food of 20 northern phala-
ropes from one locality consisted OF
MOSQUITO larvae. The insects eaten
include the salt-marsh mosquito, tor
the suppression of which the state OF
New Jersey has gone to great expense.
The nine species of shorebirds known
to eat mosquitoes are: Northern pnal-
arope. Wilson phalarope, St1lt SAND
piper. Pectoral sandpiper, Baird sand
piper. Least sandpiper, Semipalmated
sandpiper, Kildeer and Semlpaimateo
plover.
Cattle and other live stock also are
seriously molested by mosquitoes as
well as by another set OF pests, the
horse flies. Adults and larvae OF
these flies have been found in the
stomachs of the dowitcher, the pee
toral sandpiper, the hudsonian godWlt
and the killdeer. Two species OF
shorebirds, the killdeer and upland
plover, still further befriend cattle by
devouring the North American fever
tick. Among other fly larvae con-
sumed are those of the crane flies
(eatherjackets).
Another group of insects Of which
the shorebirds are very fond is grass
hoppers. Severe local infestations OF
grasshoppers, frequently involving the
destruction of many acres of corn, cot
ton and other crops, are by no means
exceptional Aughey found % species
of shorebirds feeding on Rocky Noun
tain locusts in Nebraska, some OF
them consuming large numbers. Even
under ordinary conditions grasshop-
pers are a staple food of many mem
bers of the shorebird family
Shorebirds are fond of other insect
pests of forage and grain crops, In
Guiding the army worm, which Is
known to be eaten by the killdeer and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
LEARNING AMONG THE SCOTS
MANY Man Who Never Had Any
"schooIine" Gets Surprisingly
Good Education.

Many a man who never had any
schooling" gets an education, ana
often a surprisingly good one.
A traveller in Scotland once met
farmer whose ground rent was about
$40 a year and who wrote poetry III
Gaelic that was of high order
This same traveller met youth In
Scotland who rode from home on
horseback to the seaport and then
across Scotland to Aberdeen, wnere
he sold his horse to enter the uniyer-
sity.
It is related of another Scotchman
that he was overheard repeating line
of Tennyson, whereupon some one
asked him what poet he liked best
Homer" he replied.
"Whose translation do you read!
81 rarely read translation, ne
said. wiping the fish scales from MS
aDrca- 81 like best to read Homer In
the original Greek "
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Ruling Passion Strong in Death

this information by limiting that if the
gambler wished to make any state
ment or to leave any message with
man of God, he had better send for
one Immediately That the gambler
had done, but his messengers could
find no clergyman anywhere, and
when they so reported, the gambler
had asked that / be sent for. You're
the governor explained the messen-
ger. and he says that's the best thing
to being a clergyman, and besides, he
likes you
Though not very experienced in
giving religious consolation, deter
mined to do what l could for the
gambler. Hurrying to his bedside /
saw at a glance that he was very near
death. He looked up at me and smiled
family. Well, jim, l said, you seem
to be pretty sick
I'm reply, he told me that he knew
his time had come, and that he felt
he had something to say-he wanted
to leave the world squarely. l knew
what he meant, and as well as l could
/ told MIN IndL Tic GOO0 DOOh S"AN
that If anyone confessed his sins, even
at the last moment, and was really
sorry for them, there was no doubt
of that mans pardon.
For a moment he lay still, with his
ewes closed. Then he looked earnest
ly into my face. And If | am really
sorry, will go to heaven| he asked.
eyes, jim, l said, i am sure you
will!' :,
"Do you expect to go to heaveng
he asked, after another pause. And /
fold him that l hoped to go there.
Shall we both be angels? he
asked. with all sincerity, like little
child. and with child's pathetic
yearning in his eyes.
81 could only answer, Yes.
"a beautiful smile fitted across the
MANS face. Governor he said, after
= nooment. and in the faintest of
voices. when we're both in heaven
and angels, I'll bet you I'VE dollars !
car fiy faster than you can.
of was the ruling passion strong In
aaotb And FIVE minutes later he was
dead" :,
(r,orvr,ght 1911, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-05-24
Why Elihu 3. Washburne, President
Grants First Secretary of State.
Resigned in Two Weeks to Be-
come Minister to France.

No comprehensive history of either
Lincoln or Grant could be written
without the appearance many times of
the name of Elihu B. Washburne. He
was one of Lincoln's closest friends.
All through the movement that result
ed In Lincoln's nomination for and
election to the presidency he was in
intimate touch with Lincoln. When
Lincoln slipped quietly into Washing
ton for the Inauguration, Washburne
and William H. Seward were the two
men who met him at the railroad sta
ton and conducted him to his hotel;
and all through the war Washburne's
counsel was sought by the president.
1t was due to Washburne's recon-
mendations that Lincoln nominated
Colonel q. s. Grant to be a brigadier
general, and many other times
throughout the war Grant had reason
to feel grateful for the friendship and
good offices OF Washburne, who repre-
sented the Galena Qll) district in
congress from 1885 to 1863
After Grant had become president
elect, and when he was turning over
in his mind the composition of his
cabinet, he fixed at once upon two
men for places in it. One was Elihu
B, Washburne for secretary of state,
and the other was Gen. Jacob D. Cox
OF Ohio, for secretary of the interior.
He felt sure that Washburne, espe-
cially, would be pleased to be called
to the premier cabinet position, but to
Grants surprise this shortly turned
out to be not the case.
Il appreciate greatly the honor you
have in mind to bestow upon me"
was Washburne's reply when Grant
offered him the state department, "but
l should rather serve as minister to
France. The situation in that empire
has been intensely interesting to me
for some time. | am sure that excit-
Ing times await France, and 1 would
like to witness them at first hand as
our minister at the French court.
Thereupon Grant intimated strongly
to Mr. Washburne that personally he
would greatly prefer to have his
friend remain in this country in
charge of the diplomatic business Of
the government; and he reminded Mr..
Washburne of the great prestige and
honor attached to the position or sec