TFTE OMAHA DAILY J113E : TUESDAY , TTE15KUAKY 15 , 1SOS. ! CE AF SCIilMER Quarterly Gathering of Methodists and Report of Their Doings , PASTOR ASSISTS IN RAISING BIG DEBT Ire < o Tiled Tilth lic Illation Airnlnfit the KfTort to llnio llic- Confer ence Jlcot ntAnother Tun n SCHUYLnn , iXcb , Feb. U. ( Special ) The second quarterly conference of the Methodist church convened this morning nnd WM presided over l > y lt v. Dr. D 1C. Tjn- ilall. The pastor reported certincates given to three and thrco funeral services conducted nnl the Epnorth league presidents rendered reports showing strength and activity very complimentary to the junior departments ol the church , all of which have been freed of Inncthe members and now consist of live , working membership. A spcchl committee , appointed November 14 , l&OO , made a report through Its chair man , 11. I ) Cameron , showing that during tht ) jear all claims against the church , ag gregating Ju.GOfl 03 , of uhlch amount { 2.SC3 13 was an old debt , had been paid elf , leaving the church free from debt. The committee assigned grent cndlt to the pastor Dr. Jen nings , for hli efforts In assisting to raise the debt and the conference adopted com plimentary resolutions , commending him for lili work. A vacation of ones month was also voted Dr. Jennings It was announced to the quirtcrly con ference that an endeavor had been made to remove the scat of the coming annual con ference from Schuylcr , where llie last ses sion decided It should be held , whereupon a committee was appointed to memorialize the bishop In strongest language possible that It was the earnest dcslro of the Schuy- lor Methodist church to have the decision of the last annual conference remain un changed. The news of the shooting of N. II. Ilollong la Seattle rrlday morning by Andrew An- ncn , as reported lu The Sunday lice , was the atwctbliiK topic among Schuyler people jca- torday. Hold of the men were well known here , Ilollong 1-avlng lived here In the neighborhood of twenty years , \nnen perhaps half of that time The Ilollongs were proml- ncn' ' business men In and around Sehuyler , being ( list known In coi-nectlon with n large , ranch , now known as the Whltfield ranch , which by many Is jet called the Motions ranch Later they were engaged In tdu buying end selling of stock , N II Dollong having been at one tlmo nscoclitcd with James Gadsdcn In the grain and stock busl- " ness. Finally they went west , N. II. going i J to Washington , his brother to California where ho Is now In buslnct-s at San Uer- nardlno. Andrew Annen owned a farm north of i- Schuylcc , which he sold , afterward going , west. Hoth men are remembered as being very quiet and pciceably disposed , which made tl.o surprlco upon hearing of the nf- ' " fair the more Intense. Some knew Anneu In Missouri , where as a bov end as u > oung 1 i man ho was quiet and unobtrusive Mr Annul has two testers here , one Mra II II. Pouts , a resident of Schu > Ier , the other Mrs Oeorgp Thrush , who resides In the adjacent community oast. "Molirnru NoU-H. NIOBUAIIA , Neb , Feb. It ( Special ) Samuel W Davis , a w ell-to-do Englishman of th's ' place and well acuqalntcd with the northland , hns been called to London by a syndicate of his countrymen , who dculrc him to guide n largo pirty to the Klondike. He left for New York Saturday cud will take the first steamer HP was for many years fa the royal , guards and located In India. The injunction suit of Ed A. Fry , pub lisher of the Nlobrars I'ionocr , against the eoioty officials restraining them from de- Iherlug any legal printing to the Tribune comes up for hearing before Judge Uoblnton toJay nt Pjerce. Try's bid for legal prlnt'ng ' was accepted by the county board January 12 , but after part had been performed by him , the board reversed Its action end gave the work to the Tribune , alleging that the ccnetructlcii of Fry's bid was euch that ho could collect full legal rates for delin quent tax list and also $20 for the board's proceedings , when they suppo ed ho would do all for $20 County Judge Thomas Issued a restraining order and It Is on this that the points will bo heard. x utsliliiiul. . Neb. , Fob. 14 ( Special ) Early this morning burglars effected an entrance Into the rear end of the general merchandise store on Silver street owned 1 > y William I' . Snell , by placing a ladder reach ing to the bccond story window , which they raised , then going downstairs and unbolting the back door. They secure ! several suits of clothes , boxes of shoes and some- small change. This Is the third tlmo Mr. Snell's store has been burglarized. Tbo business men of Ashland are raising a subscription of $23 to secure bloodhounds to put on the Ke'v. W D. niwcll preached Ills firewcll sermon as pastor of the First Baptist chinch yesterday and today left with his family for Story county , Iowa , to take charge of a circuit of Baptist churches , with residence at Ames. liflc ConiiultN Snli-ldc. PAULS CITY , Neb. , Teb. 14 ( Special ) Joseph Holcchek committed suicide In the county Jail hero some tlmo Sunday after noon by hanging himself. Ho used a hand kerchief and towel tied together and fast ened to the cross-bars of his cell. The prisoner wan nil right when dinner was Borved him , but when supper was brought to him his dend body was found suspended from the bars of his cell. Holechek shot and lulled his vvlfo near Humboldt some two or three months ago whllo In an Intoxicated condition and was awaiting trial. Ho was the only prisoner confined In the Jail at the tlmo of the iiiilclde l'rolinlil > II MlKtnUp. HUMHOLDT , Neb , Feb. 14. ( Special ) In the Chicago dispatches which appeared In The Dee of Saturday there was an article under the headline , "Goes Away with n Nebraska Girl. " In which It was statud that Etrl Conlcy , a lad 1G years old , of Chicago , had doped with Mlas Olllo Wilson , a Ne braska girl. The young woman In question when at homo rcshlru In this city She Is at prc&ont In Chicago , end has been heard from slnco the article reports fier to have lied from Chicago. Her parents and friends hero bcllevo a mistake has bceu made. She la the daughter of ono of Humboldt's boat families. nmlioulrr on Trial. CR\ND ISLAND , Nob. Feb. 14 , ( Spec ial Telegram ) The case of the state against 11 , P. Hockenbergcr for embezzlement of $1,000 of Hcbool district money while nc- ousod wns-Btcretary of the HoanS of 'Educa ' tion about four years ago was begun In the district court today , Judge J. 11 , Thompson lire-siding. Nearly all of tbo day vvus con sumes ! In securing a JuryA low witnesses were examined by tlio state , showing Hock- enbcrger to have been secretary of the board at < ho time. In securing the Jury the regular panel was exhausted ami about a Uozen talesmen were called. lltirulnrx ut .NfbranUii City. NnniUSKA CITY , Fell. 14. ( Spe cial Telegram. ) The residence of William Vowell , a Duillngtem section foreman , was cnteTcd by burglars early this morning and ransacked of everything of value and then net on lire , Mr. Yowcll acid his son , tun only members of the family at home , sar- rowly i'scaped cremation , llrjau AVI11 lAttciul tint Conference LINCOLN , Feb. 14. W. J. Bryan left today for Minneapolis to bo present at the confer ence of leading silver advocates of the north- su.-r miniMi , TijTrnH , IC/.UMI _ T1HB3 distressing skin dlsciuca rcllmcsl by one application. Dr. Agnow'ti Ointment Is a intent cure for nil eruptions of tlio skin. Jan. Gaston , Wllkeabarre , najs : "For nine yean * I waa disfigured with Tetter on my hands. Dr. Agnon'g Ointment cured It. " 36 cents. Kuliu Co. , 15th und Denying ; Ehcrnnni & McOccusU prug Co. , 1513 Dodge. Wf t , The conference will continue three da ) a , Senator Marlon Duller , chairman ol the ( ic-pullst national central committee ! Congressman Hartruan of Montana nnd many other leading silver advocates will be pres ent. It la ald the conference will bo aecril and the plans for the fall campaign In the various states < nlll bo the theme. Mr. Bryan was urged to be protcnt by a largo number of the men who Intended going. School I'rlnclpnl OttETXA , Neb , Teh , 14. { Special ) - Trof. T. II. Oahln principal of the QretnJ school * , has tender his resignation , to take effect Immediately or as soon as a successor can bo secured ( Ho has been Buffering from quick consumption for some months past anJ cannot continue his work. Win his family , a wife nnd three children , he will soon IP.VO for his old home In Now Jersey. He came hero from Fremont last fall. S..lil nt Slu-rlfT * Sale. WKSTOiV. Neb. , Feb. H ( Special ) Last Saturday the stock of goods onncd by James Kcay nag sold at sheriff enlo under chattel mortgage foreclosure. The amount was $1,22525 , and the Wcston bank was the mortgagee. iMr. Kcay Is one of the pioneer merchants of Wcston , having located hereabout about twenty jears ago. Ho has sustained ono almost total loss by fire during that time. t Oftcrnln. OSOnOLA , Neb , Kcb. 14. ( Speciil. ) The Mctholtels have Just started In on their six teenth week of their revival services here. The work has been done mostly by Pastor Ilcv. L. A. Smith. MIOIiini : HUVM.M ; AWAY. Ucn AVIio AVrre v ltli MnrcliprM Toll ' lory of ( lit * SliootltiK. WILKESlJAnRE. Pa. , Pcb. 14. The four teenth day of the trial of Sheriff Martin nml his deputies , charged with the kilting of the strikers at Lattlmcr , opened today with John I'liHtlon on the stand. Ho testified : "I was with the strikers when the ahoot- Ing occurred at Lattlmer. When wo approached preached the sheriff ho walked to the mid dle of the road and told us to stop , Some fctt of the men went forward nnd I then hoard two llejs from the deputies. I was shot In the right arm and as I started to run I wns shot In the right leg I saw fixer or cc\en ot the deputies leave the line and shoot as they walked away. " Andrew Stult testified "I carried the nag In the march of the strikers. Vi'o were stopped at West Ha leton by the sheriff , who had a revolver In his hand. A similar scene occurred nt Lattlmer , where the sheriff seized one of our men nnd wo pulled the man awnj from him I saw the sheriff pul the trigger of his revolver three or four times " XInrcy Guncavugo testified that lie was marching with the strikers at West Uazlo- ton when the sheriff seized him. Ho begged to be let go , whereupon the sheriff said "You seem a good fellow ; you had better got away from this , there's gong to be trouble. " \lleliael Malony , the next witness , said Sheriff Martin stopped the men and held In his hand n revolver The strikers pushed ihead of the sheriff and the firing then be gin George Ilosotcr , In a 'on ; ? story of tl o shooting , brought out th' tict not given be fore that at the firing of the first shot the flag bearer at the head of the column of strikers fell dend. The witness did not l > nou the inan'o fame. Andrew Slvnr , No 1 , ns lu > Is cilled to dlstlngu'sh him from his ii'jhew , No 2 , told how , after the vo"p. * fired by the depu ties at Lattlmer , n large number of them inn after the strikers and Kept llrlng ns they ran. Under Fovero cross osamlmtlon he finally said ho was at an arteslinvl \ at Hirnood when the firing took place This well Is quite out of sight cf any part of the score. Thomas Rachsztclc , sneikli.K about I he meeting at Harwood the night before the shootliiL' , said a delegate , Joseph GaltlcK , came over from Lattlmci anil asked them to march over there the next d ly anil jnvl'e the men cniplojed there to join the stiikr The giving of this delegate s namo-is new o'dence. ' . Other witnesses examined to lay gave no testimony of Importance. As tomorrow la election iiy ! Judge Wood ward decided to hold no rourt In the moin- Ing , to allow some of the jurois to vote. Court will convene In the afteinoon The prosecution committee of the Lattimcr strikers gave out a report tonight that two of the ex-strikers who went on the stand to testify last week have lost their employ ment. It says that when the men went back to work the foreman of the mine told them there was no more work for them. The names of the discharged men are Joseph Mlkka and John Sorrovitch. Tbo foreman who , It Is claimed , ordered the > discharge of the men could not be seen tonight , but it Is said ho denies that the discharge had anything to do with the Martin trial. KNOCKni > OUT ON A TKCIIMC VMTV. Tliri'o Aiitl-TriiHt Suits IOH | lij tlic ( iOM-rilllK'llt. ST. LOUIS , Feb 14. The United States government lost three anti-trust cases today In the United States court of appeals. The original suits were brought by United States Attorney J. W. Judd of Utah against P. II. Moore , D J. Sharp an ! E. L Carpc'nter. A technicality In reference to Jurisdiction In tl o change from a territory to a state was the cause of the court's action. P. H. Moore Is the agent for the Union Pacific In Salt Lake county , and manages the company's coal business. Sharp and Carpenter are largo operators and belong to the Salt Lake Coal Exchange. It was as serted bj the government that an agree ment existed whereby the prices of coal wcro so manipulated as to shut off competi tion and deter1 the progress of trade Indict ments werp found and the cases tried In the terrltoiial court The men were found guilty ot seeking to establish a monopoly and were each fined $200 and costs Some of the pro ceedings went over to the circuit court tint was formed when Utah was admitted to the union and a successful appeal was made upon a technical legal point. Judge Hlnor dollvorcd the opinion- the court. IIOMKS ITS ANMMI.I CO. % VIJVJ'IOV National Alii ANxm-Inticm Klvc-tH KM Olllflul llontrr. TOPCKA. Kan. , Teh. 14 The ninth an nual convention of the National Aid associa tion , a fraternal beneficiary organization , opened hero today and will continue tonight and tomorrow. The membership during the year just closed has Increased from 5,500 to 7,300 , the- most prosperous year In the his tory The work of pushing the membership Is being carried on mainly in Kansas , Ne < - braska and loiva , although It Is getting a strong foothold In 4ho Dakotas , Texas , rior- Ua and Colorado The following officers for the ensuing year have been elected : President , Alonzo War- dall , Topcka , first vice president , Evan Jones , Dublin , Tex ; second vice president , Helen S. Johnson , Corry , Pa. ; se-cretary , S. 1) Cooley , Topcka , Kan ; medical director , Dr M , Ware- , Lady Lake > , Kla ; auditing com mittee , W. II. lllddlo , Emporla , Kan ; A IJ Smith , Topeka , P , E ( Moss , Lincoln , Neb , chairman of committee on woman's work , Elizabeth M. Wardall , Topcka. Aucmnvr TO t > ocirTv > Irn. "JuoU. " Hard n IT of Iluxfon HUN 11 IlroKrii 1,1-1 ; BOSTON , reb , Mts. Jack Gardner has broken ono of her legs. Just how and when the accident occurred the public U not per mitted to know , but the queen of Beaten society is cctitlncd to a couch , surrounded by devoted attendants , who do all that duty and affection can prompt , It U Bald that the- break la a bad cxio and that Mrs. "Jack" Is having a hard time with It. All the social functions In which she was Interested as promoter have bi-en declared off. At present iCie receives close friends at the bedside , Thcso not prlvllegd to call until ehe can ceo tbum nlth iuore > of the formality exacted by conventionalities leave their condolences aud best wishes. Notwithstanding her ailllctlon. Mrs. Gard ner will attend the Pugno concert at Miwlc hall next Friday afternoon , Shu will bo lifted from her carriage at the door of the hall and after being depoklted In a ratling Invalid chair will bo wheeled across the floor to her scat. DREAMY ISLES OF HAWAII lenities and Charms of the Republic of Dole and Company. D-EP BLUE OF SEA AND SKY Ornccn of N'ntlve "Women IlrHc Ilncli- clorn to C < > \ cr jMnxtnilloc'K ami HutolN OH c Tourist * tlic ( ilnil Iliuiil. A correspondent writing from Honolulu to the Hrooklyn Eagle , entertainingly sketches life In what Kate Field named "The IMradlae of the Pacific. " The entrance to the harbor nt Honolulu , says the writer , Is one of the most charming that may come Into one's travels anywhere on this globe of ours. The water Is a peculiar deep blue , the breezes blow soft as a caress to one's checks , the air Is delicious with the pungency of tropi cal verdure and the great crescent bay Is fringed by rolling hills that rlso one above another and are green thatched by thousands of picturesque -cocoanut trees , waving palms and banana trees. Broken , lazy clouds as white as cotton hang over the wooden town and arc set off by tlio mighty black wall of torn and serrated lava mountains that rear ( hemselvcs as a background to all Surely , the dense , deep blue of far-famed Coprl bay cannot 1 > o quite as beautiful as this. There can hardly bo more attractive dooryards - yards the world over than there are In Honolulu. They are all ample and In some cases cover six acres. The poorest laborer In 'Hawaii must liave a profusion of palms , roses and a dozen varieties of trailing , flow- ei'.ng ' vines about his cheap , whitewashed house or hut of palm branches. Geraniums grow twenty feet high , like enormous bushes and heliotrope grows In stalks as high as one's head and Is cut away with a hatchet when It gets too luxuriant Mignonette grows In clumps a yard high along the streets , Surrounded as the city homes arp by trees of the tropics , they give Honolulu the i ap- pcaranco of a land of country villas. Even the Cli'neso ' and Japanese have dwellings an environments that appeal to the artistic taste And why not ? Land Is cheap ; airy , structures suit the graceful , pagoda-like climate and do not rob the purse , while nature's landscape gardening cannot be sur passed. A tiny palm Is thrust into the ground and tain and sunshine do the rest Ueforo one Is tired of waiting , a slender , smooth trunk springs to a goodly height and bears a head dress of plumes and a necklace of cocoanuts. STREET SCENES. always Interest visitors The street scenes Ueie. White duck suits and Panama bate , the latter ribboned with delicate shades of silk , and muslin dresses with wide brimmed Leghorn hats are common among the upper classes and give an equatorial glamour to the passing show. The prevalent Kanaka male Is picturesque in a straw hat bound with flowers or peacock feathers , a neglle suit with floral circlets hung about the shoul ders , his feet unshod and his attitude su premely restful. The female native weirs a bright colored Mother Hubbard gown , a wreath of flowers which Is called lets , and she , too , goes barefooted. She Is always neit and never without a wreath of flowers or vines about. her head or wilst. No ono ac- "uscs her of prudlshness ind she is likely to have on unappeasable appetite for pol , raw fl.su and the hula dance. Quite often she cats so much pol and so little of anything else that she becomes afflicted with Incurable sores and dies before her time Death , In truth , has held high carnival In these Islands since Captain Cook's men landed. The Kan aka had enough of his own ways of dying , but Christendom gave him many more He- cause of gin , licentiousness and the Kahuna doctors , his race Is fast passing off the stage. It Is not the dress that determines one's standing In this cosmopolitan Hawaii , but his diet. The aristocratic may dine on oy sters 'from ' the Chesapeake bay , on mush rooms from the south of France and vIp Mumm'fi extra dry ; the British have their roasts of beef every day , notwithstanding t'ip warm temperature , the Chinese confine their diet to rice and the Portuguese have oil manner of dishes reeklnc with garlic and chills. For the Kanaka , there Is abunlant pol , an edible that might pass for bill poster's paste five days old , dried and smoked squU cooked seaweed , raw mullet , dog roasted In tl leaves eind a combustible drink inada from the fermentation of a root after it hab been chewed by native women , comprise the real delicacies of the Hawaiian cuisine. For the Japanese and their cousins of the Flowery Kingdom the Island supplies rice and shark's fins. Tons of home products for the Oriental table arrive on everv steimer from Yokohama and Hong Kong From all this provender , native and foreign , domestic or Imported , the civilized kitchens of the city are ab'e to make a d'scrlmlnating ' cho'ce which gives the bills of fare at some Honolulu entertainments a peculiar piquancy. THE FOUR HUNDRED. The color line divides society In Honolulu lulu The Americans are the top notch of society. The best class of white people are as refined , polished and accomplished as those of any other capital la the world , and their hospitality la superb. In this society- Is a largo admixture of the New England icliglouB clement , sprung from the mission ary families which came here between 1825 and 1850 To be sure , the men and women of this generation have lost about all the sternness end rigidity of their Puritan an cestors. Every one changes somewhat In thlb land of lasclv lousnesa and early ma turity. These descendants of the mlss'on- arles ore very proud of their lineage They support the churchro and back all rc'lgloun ' anti moral movements. Many of the half caste families are thoroughly educated and are familiar with European capitals acid languages. They live In luxurious homes filled with the products of American , Eugl'sh and French handicraft and art. At this time many of them are living upon allowances , their thriftless mode of life , now represented ! ri mortgaged estatc.1 , having made It neces sary to put their affairs In the hands of trustees. In the winter season when hun dreds of American , English and French tourists come here , there may bo weeks of plenlcs amcng the banana and cocoanut treeo , evening dancing at the hotel , dinner * and receptions at the great roomy residences of the English and Americana who came hero a generation ago , married a Kanaka girl , Inherited from her a great omousit of land and got rlrh In growing sugar and rice for the Unlt-d States Social restrictions are lax among all but the Americano and English In Hawaii. Ex- United States Minister Salmond said recently that It was lucKy for old St. Anthony In his hours of temptation that his visitors were not Hawallans. The native Kanaka women are models of cleanliness. They have clear , dark complexions , graceful necks and arms , black , sensuous eyes , petite figures end plump , round hands , white sound teeth and red lips They are the personification of good nature , and they love to bo graceful and pleasing They cannot Lo said to have the severest Ideas of morality , and the missionaries have found that characteristic 'the ' most formid able stumbling block In seeking their con version. The young Kanaka women are at their best on a feast day , when they are gorgeously decked with flowers and garlands of leaves , and when an orchestra begins to play , their black eyes melt and sparkle and their feet and arms move In sympathy with the music No Icia an authority than the duke of Sutherland , who spent a month In Hawaii , In his Journey about the world , said the young Kanaka women were the most charming of any dark skinned race In the world Is It any wonder that many a man from America or Europe , who has been buf feted by the hardships of the world , has found the cheer and Joyousncss of feminine acquaintance In Hawaii so Irresistible that ho has sunk Into languor and lethargy there , and never again left the Islands' Men and women do pretty much as they like In Hawaii , providing they keep the laws and never Interfere with their neighbors The very balmlness of the air , the profusion of flowers , and the general ease and careless ness of the Islands beget a freer mode of living among people than people In colder zones know , UNDER TUB IUN. Almost the sole subject under ban In gen eral conversation everywhere In Hawaii Is that concerning leprc * > y. The good natural Kanaka will uhrug his bronzed shoulders ard become glum the moment a person be gins to talk about It. and the whites who have lUe.t hero for years wjlj turn the drill of conversation The visitor here , however , are always much Interested-st flr t In Information mation about lepers and their frightful dls- osso and the unlvertal 41lcWc of the resi dents Is tantalizing. Yet leprosy exists In every part of Hawaii utmost exclusively , however , among the pd6ri * natives. The Kanakas feel that the ( fitenfle Is a punish ment of the Great Spirit for * some horrible crime of their ancestors Itf the past twenty years about 100 white pcopld have contracted leprosy In Honolulu , tout they have almost entirely been sailors and Ignorant laborers , who have lived In the Kanakas' huts The most notable person In Honolulu , who ever became n leper , was a * slater of Queen Emma , who was on the jliiMho In the early 70s. Notwithstanding her royal blood , the unfortunate leprous uonna WAS removed to Moloknl , where she lived for several years , never speaking again of her children , her beautiful home , royal relatives and In fluential friends In Honolulu. Ill * THD 13EACH. The Coney Island of Honolulu la Walklkl. It la about four mllco from the city , and lo on a curved shore upon which the great blue ocean rolls a lazy surf all the year round Mammoth palms , giant cocoanut trees and ferrs covering over 100 square feet each rim the shore of the bay. The water Is the blue.it blue nnd la always warm nnd agreeable. Everyone except the Chinese goes to Walklkl at least once a week for n swim. The natives go there several tlmca a week. Some every day. They love to bathe and their feats of swimming are famouo everywhere. Mnny * a planter has complained of having had nil h'a ' Kanaka help desert him In the midst of n harvest of sugar cane , rlco or coffee to go for a few hours' swim at Wnlklkl. When Robert Louis Stvenson and his family lived In Honolulu In 1ESS they > pent months at Walklkl , which the dlotln- gulshed writer pronounced the fltirot spot for swimming and bathing ho had ever seen. seen.Tho scarcity of crime In Hawaii Is at tributed to the calming and languorous ef fects of this tropical climate. Hero are over 100,000 people of all nationalities and there are less than 100 prisoner * , and these , when not required on iiubllc works , are leased ns servants to private families. At 5 o'clock la the afternoon the prison bell rlnga and the convicts hurry to their bars It one Is late ho finds the gates locked nnd he cnanot enter except by going through the keeper's office , where , unlc s he can make a good excuse , he will lose his credit marks No prisoner ever thinks of ruraing away. THE FESTIVE MOSQUITO. Of course , Hawaii has her characteristic annoyances the same as other lands Here they nro the Insects. The mo qulto's name Is legion. In the old times there were no mosquitoes here In fact , the nameof them , except a variation of the English word , cannot be found In the Hawaiian lan guage. The whaling ships brought the pests In their ( stagnant water butts nnd over slnco the natives have held the har pooning gentry In distrust. Two varieties ol mosquitoes predominate the day and the night variety Doth Know their work well , but the night -variety Is more of a pest with Its poisonous boring apparatus The day variety Is not troublesome only In inld-auintncr months , when rain falls every few days and furnishes fertile spots for their hatching. The night variety rests all day long on walls and In the clumps of rank vegetation on every hand , and starts out nt sunset to feed on human blood , The average vlaltor In Honolulu Is at first frightened at the Information that taran tulas are as common as wasps In the tem perate zone. But the sting Is not BO painful as that of a hdney bee and Is not nearly eo common as bee stings The native-s caio nothing for the presence of tarantulas In the walls e > f their grass houses , and the writer has socn .Kanaka women brush the big , hairy spiders from off their biro shoulders as ono would n fly. Little nude Kanaka children , play In the sauds where tarantulas may sometimes bo seen by the half dozen. THE PLUTOCRATS. The rich men of the Islands , men HKe Dole , Bishop , Alexander and Smith , are Americans and Englishmen , -who have made their fortunes growing sugar cane during the days of the reciprocity treaty with the Lnlted States. Mr. , BLsliop Is popularly- supposed to bo worth , upv > ard of $1,000OUO and Is the wealthiest man here. Slnco President Dole went Into office the govern ment has done all possible to encouiago coffee growing in Hawaii. In 1S93 the ex ports of coffee from Honolulu were $90,000. In 1S9G they -were over $270,000 , Most of what Is worn and used and much of what is eaten In Hawaii comes from over the sea , some from the east nnd the remainder from the west. Canned goods , groceries , cai- riages , hats , shoes , furniture , crockery , household effects , nearly eveiy thing except coffee , bananas , tnro , straw berries , poultry , grass mats and sugar Is imported. Even hay Is brought from California. A growing and prime factor In the wealth production of Honolulu , beycod what It ue- rlves from retail merchandizing , politics nad tilling of Its tributary soil , Is the opulent tourist. Ho Is a continual ccatrlbutor of largess. To make him d egorge the hotel keeper lies In ambush and the hackman plica the brigand's trade. For the tourist the prlco of everything he wants that white man can supply soars on bigh. The Chinese sell him curios and clothing cheaply , but hla Christian brother fleeces him until he has no wool. Most strangers who visit the Islands are given a chance to see the surviving forms of primitive life In the South oeas The hula dance Is one of these , and it Is the most complete d'splay of barbarism which thla quarter of the world affords The mo tive of the dance la grossly sensual. A do/cn young women , all partially nude , per form the dance Just as they learned It from their ancestors. Sometimes It is performed to tbo music of an orchestra , but the primi tive accompaniment is the thumping of cala bashes and a oong. HOT STUFF. The Hawallans are extraordinary eaters , Their luau , a monthly feast , Is eagerly an ticipated days ahead , as children reckon on Christmas It Is a grand spread , and the person who cannot devour then several pounds of focxl Is the subject of solicitous Interest among his associates The Hawaii- ana never sit at tables or in chairs , and this feast is served on mammoth palm branches spread on the floor of a house or more often on the hard earth In a grove. All who par take of It sit Trklsh fashion on the grass mat , where thea native delicacies are served. Pol In wooden bowls into which the feed ers dip their lingers when they want a mouthful has the plnco of honor Pol Is made from a tuber known as taro root It grows nowhere outside of Hawaii. Another delicacy is raw fish It takes strong nerves to sit and see a native woman reach Into an aquarium , pull out a writhing mullet and bite off Its head Yet that Is what she Is apt to do. Some of the more dal'ity onea who are well brought up felect a live min now and roll It under the tongue , finally swallowing It as wo do an oyster The dried flns of a species of small sharks Is an entree at all natives fbasts. The ranker the odor , so much the 'better The late King Kalakua used to consume barrels of dried sharks' fins every year. Sometimes thorn Is roast dog , ulili which Inquisitive tourists are served under the name of young sucking pig. Those who h3vo been deceived In thlo wleo say that unidentified dog Is a luxury only second tp pheasant and the soft shell crab. Among the entrees the live squid has an honored place It Is sliced , peppered and spiced , nnd handed about on tl leaves to the quests Then there are all manner of berries , spine are as hot as cayenne pepper and how anyone can ever chow them by the doze'na \ a wonder to the pale faces Raw shrimps , salted seaweed , a batter of sweet squashiand the Inevitable gin for those whom tiottast ) | has left un satisfied , are on the luau list of creature comforts. , The visitor at Honolulu fields many places of Interest outside of the city There is the lao valley , called the YoEcmlto of Hawaii , where stupendous cliffs of tasalt rear them selves 13,000 feet high and about their foct riiBh foaming rivers Then there ore the wonderful volcanoes and the acres and acres of hardened black lava. The sugar , rice and coffee plantations are unlike anything seen on the continent , and are picturesque In their setting of majestic mountains und groves of cocoanuts and palms all about The plantation : ! are worked by Chinese and Japanese and their little homes of bamboo and leaves their queer little gardens of flowers and strange vegetables , make the farms ecem like a bit of Asia dropped down hero Sir Kdwln Arnold has written beauti fully of the scene from Pall Heights Everyone ono fc'oca there while lo Honolulu aud Is well repaid The view from Pull sweeps the whole Islnnd , The land elopes slowly to the sea on the south for seven mllcd and U occupied by small farms of Chinese. JApsnrse nnd Kana kas , The farm ot rich nationality may b recognized by the mode ot Irrigation and the crops grown. To the north there Is a ttiarp descent of 60 d grees right down over 1,800 feet , The whole Island Is spread before one's pile. A mile away are hundreds of ecrcs ol green cane plantations , clwe beside them are groves of coccanuts , further ore the fields of rice and roundabout ar pln6app1c farms That area ot dark green a\vy off In the dla- tanco Is coffee plantations. Streams ot water like ribbons of silver twist hero" and there. In the distance Is the blue ocean , as smooth AS a mill pond as ftr AS the eye can reach. D i.si.ua : TUU iuuoi'nvv orricnus. fnnntirno Suitor * AKncIc th > Cnm- iitniulrrN of Thrlr YmNCl , 9AN FRANCISCO , Fcb 14. TUo Oriental and Occidental Steamship company's steamer Gaelic arrived Sunday from Hong Kong , Yo kohama and Honolulu , bringing the follow ing oriental advices : The Hong Kong Telegraph says that con tinual trouble Is being reported from ves sels manned by Japanese crews , the Japa nese resenting any Instructions or surveil lance from European officers and reserving an epcclal grudge for European passengers. Several cases have been reported where officers already marked for attack by the Japanese and warned to withdraw from the service , their retention of their positions being Invariably followed by a murderous attack from ambushed Japanese enemies. A case In point Is reported from the liner linkit a Maru , from Japan via Hong Kong. There were thirty-eight pa "tigers on board the liner , many of whom wcro repeatedly attacked by the Japanese crew whenever they left their own staterooms after night fall. On New Year's day , the Telegraph say a , all the Japanese sailors and waiters , "mad drunk" and clad only In breech clouts , made an organized attack on the English officers and passengers of the Hakata Miru. The Japanese were armed with knives , crowbars and belaying pins , brutally beat the chief engineer and hla third assistant , and attacked a passenger , Thomas Hall , In his berth , cutting his head open with n marlln spike. According to the account In the Telegraph , the officers and most of the passengers were kept from the bridge , where , unarmed , forty Englishmen kept 100 drink- maddened Javincse at bay during the entire might by brandishing their walking sticks The Shanghai Recorder deplores any parti tion of China , which. It says , will cer tainly bo unfavorable to m's louary work , adding that It will be a sad thing not ccily for China but for nil concerned , It the pow ers undeitake such action , predicting that partltlcn would be the beg'nnlng ot unend ing strife and bloodshed. The Recorder calls upcn Great Drltaln to Interfere and sco that China shall not be divided , but that It shall be reformed and saved , predicting that In euch Interference Cnglcnd would have the support of Japan nnd the active acquiescence of the United States. Thrco Chltiese were hanged simultaneously In the Victoria jail at Hong Kong on Jan uary 12 , the drop being made to accommo date all three and the trio falling through together. The executed men were mem bers of an armed gang of shop thieves and In raiding a store killed a Chinese employe The criminals were disbanded soldiers. The annual cotton report from Shanghai says the year 1S97 was ono of extraordinary vicissitudes to those In this trade The year began with an enormous stock of un sold goods on hand. Prices declined stead ily until the end of August. Then came a stringency In the Chinese money market , the result being widespread disaster among the cotton dealers , very few Importers es caping heavy losses The turning point Is believed to have been reached , however , the year Is98 ! opening with an Improved demand and an Increased number of transactions , although Shanghai Jobbers can hardly con gratulate thcnibelves on the prices obtained The chartered transport Jclunga , from Hong Kong , arrived at Singapore on Janu ary C , bringing the first battalion of Prince of Wales' Own and taking away the follow ing day the departing rllle brigade Koyasu Shun , founder of the Yomlurl Shlmbunn , ono of the oldest papers In Japan , in 1871 , died on January 15 , aged 63. He was formerly junior secretary of the for eign ofllce Ho started the flrsU mutual life- insurance association In Japan , and among other achievements edited the best English- Japanese dictionary of its day in 1873. Kcnlchl Otoye , who is under arrest In San Francisco for the embezzlement of 27,000 y en from Favro Hrandt of Osaka , Is also suspected of forget y and the foreign office has communicated with Minister Hoshl with regard to his extradition. As eoon as the ratification treaty with Franco has been executed the date of the standard and conventional tariffs will be notified to the foreign powers and the tariffs themselves put Into operation. The receipts 'or the coming fiscal year , commencing April 1 , nro therefore estimated to an Increase of 0,000,000 yen. The Hochl Shlmbun siya a communication was originally made by the Japanese govern ment to the foreign powers with the object of placing Formosa beyond the pale of the new treaty , but as only Great Britain and one other power consented thereto Japan de cided to carry out the new treaties In Formosa mesa alone. The celebration of the coming of ago of the crown prince , Haruno-Mija , which was postponed last year owing to the coutt mourning for the late empress dowager , will bo held In March. Japan's foreign trade during the month of December last was as follows : Exports 19,27C,7G2 yen ; imports. 11,170,103 yen. The exports of gold and silver bullion amounted to 0,530,362 yen and the Imports to C70.1SJ yen. (7 < * ( H ii Contriiut from lliiT\all. CLEVniiAND , O , Feb. 13 Tlio City For e and Iron compiny of this city has jiifat received a big order for stiKiir-mukltiK machinery to bo put Into a refinery In Hawaii. The amount of the order has riot yet been estimated. KoitiaihT or TOD wsvi3TIIKII. . I'urtly Clomly , ros ll > l > Mulii SnoriH anil Ilivlilcilly Cnlilrr. "WASHINGTON' , Feb. 14 Forecast for Tuesday : For Nebraska Partly cloudy , nnd possibly light locil snows ; decidedly colder , north erly winds For South Dakota-Light locil snows ; colder : northerly wilnds. For Iowa Clearing weather , preceded by light snow In eastern portion ; much colder , northerly winds For iMIs ourl-Talr , preceded by Bhowors In eastern portion In early morning ; much colder , northieasterly winds For Kansas Partly cloudy nnd decidedly colder , brlk to high northerly winds. For Wyoming Local tnovvs ; colder , varia ble winds. l/dc-iil ItiTciril. OFFICE OF THI3 WEATHER BUREAU , OMAHA Fcb H Omaha record of temper- aim o nnd rainfall compared with the coric- bpondlng day of the last thrco years ; 1S9S. 1807.1S3C. IW Maximum temperature . . OJ > CJ 2J Minimum temperature . .30 g V\ \ 1 Average temperature . . . . 41 W 38 17 Italnfnll 07 .CO .00 T Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and bince March I , 1S97- . Normal for the day f „ > Excess for the day . . . . . . . . . . . . . i < Accumulated excess slnco March 1. . . . 1.07J Normal rainfall for the day 03 nch Hxccbs for the day . . . . . . , vY : ln < Total rainfall tdneo March 1 . . .SOW nc U-B Deficiency since March 1 . 1040 nil IPS Excess for cor period , U'.ifi . . .48. ) Inches Peficfcncy for cor. period. 95COU 51 Inches from htntloim at H p. 111 , LEAGUE WILL HELP CHRIS Base Ball Magnates Como to Belief of Their Companion , THEY WILL ADVANCE THE MONEY NEEDED Von Der Alip in to ttc I.lltornteil from lull Totlii ) mid HlN I'lnnm-lnl 'IruulilcN Settled fur Hint. PITTSDURO , IM. , Fcb. 14. Chris Von Dcr Abe U still behind the bars In the Alle gheny county jail , his friends In St , Louis having apparently deserted him. The prom ised money from the west failed to arrive today , but notwithstanding this failure the base ball magnate will bo likely released to morrow morning. This will bo accomplished by W H WiUktcis Mtlsfylng all of the de mands of ttio court , relying on the National league presidents to reimburse the club by a pro rota assessment. Walking visited Von Dcr Ahe In Jail to day and found the latter In rather bad shape physically from stomach trouble. Chris nsked the Plttoburg president to secure his release , promising Indemnification Liter Watklns then telegraphed National President Nick Young , requesting a tele-graphic votes of the club presidents on the proposition that each lay tils share ot court expenses In the case. Young nnswered that the vote would betaken taken nt once , and ho was doing all ho could to have a decision tonight or early In the morning. It Is understood that three favotiiblc replies have already been received , and the others are expected to full in line tomorrow. ST. LOUIS , Fob 14. In answer to ft oult filed by Mark Daldwln , the biso ball pitcher , against Chris Von Der Atio , to bccuro the payment of a Judgment rendered against Chris , a suit for $50,000 damages was filed by Von Dor Aho this evening , biscd on his being removed to Plttsburg from St Louis against his will John M. Glover. Von Dct Ahc'a attorney , refused to discuss the > mat ter. Mr. Muckciifuss said Attorney Glom left the cltv tonight en touto to Plttsbuig to consult with his client. nvi.M-h UN Tiin iu\M\ THVCICS. Goctil Wcnllirr , TiiMt Trnolc niul Six ruiorlti-H HrndMi. NEW ORLEANS , Teb ] I - il'lnoveither and a last track the/conditions loJny. All five fuvoiltcs wcro benten and the ring had a chance to even up icccnt losses Re sults ; First nee , so'llng1 , seven fin longs Crys talline iwcnlgglns s-ecoml. Octavo third. Time : 1 29 Second rncr , selling- , slfurlong" : Liurel Leaf won. Logistic second , Uluck Annie third Time. 1 IS Third race , selling , ono mileGlcnmoy no- won , Wh it Next oecoml , Pete. Kitchen third. Time1.12 Fourth race "oiling- six furlongs' "Uo- Adlei won , Dorih Wood s > ccoiul , W C T tlihd Tlmo : 1 H'J. Fifth nee , selling , six fin longs- Lillian n won , Necodih second , Dorothy III third Time : 1 15U SKLli nee , solllnir , one mile : E\orrst won Onl second. Mount Washington third. Time. 1.13 % SAN FRANCISCO Fell II-Weather cleir , tinclcfast at Oaklind to lay Results. First race , purse , six ; fin longsHurlov Hurley * won , \\oodfoi < l Tilly second. Yule third. Time. 1 IWj Second nee s' > ilinfr , 2-year-old ol iss , en-sixteenths of i mlle Amoltopcc win. Clarencescecml Vloris third , lime0 4-k Third lace , s-clllng. six furlongsDr Mirks won , Ablni ae-coml , Tovn Topics third. Time1 H'4. Fourth race , free-for-i'l ' hinilloip , ono mile : Flashlight won , Paul Grlggs hccond , Lincoln II third Time1 SO Fifth rico , sc'lling , mile and one-sixteenth : Treichoiy won Dr. Ikinayti beoond , Wa- wona third. Time : 1 I73i. Sixth race , soiling seven furlongs : Rofho won INIyth second. Montell idc. third. Time l:27vi. um i > ircn > TiM2D TO n VVHA rioirr. nn rmiiolHpn Spin In OfTVr n. UlfV I'urNi' for Curlii'd mill PTNIIIIIIOIIM. | SAX FRANCISCO , Fob II A syndicate of western hportlns men , the majority of whom are Sin Piancisco men , have de termined to bring- oft a finish ! tight between Hob Fitzsluimons nnd James J. Corbett , and to tint end will guarantee a purse of $50,000 , to bo divided between the lighters as they themselves imv determine. The companv will control all privilege1 * and stipulate that the battle mu t bo fought on a perfect day , to facilitate the taking of perfect verhcope jilcture-s There Is also a poss'bilitv of a finish fight being arranged between Kid McCoy and either Joe ChoyiiHhl or Peter iMalior. and If a match can be arranged a $10,000 jnn.so will be offered. Tlio eompany gmnntees i > ollcp protection In both Instanoos. The < lito and place of meeting have not yet lx > en decided on , but the articles will call for a meeting some place went of the ( Missouri rher In Jn'y. Joe Hnrver , a voll known San Fianclhco sporting man , Is arranging for the- carnival TWO MJW yiUKiSI113 : INSTITDTKIl. ( 'oiniiK'inorad'H ( lie I'nloii of MMV 1 < > rlc anil llrooUH n. NEW YORK , Feb 13 The Queens County Jockey club v\lll Institute a handi cap at Its summer meeting to bo known us the Greater New York handicap. At least (1,000 ( will be added to the subscriptions and In 1899 the event will be made to compare trom a purse standpoint favorably with the Metropolitan , Suburban and Brooklyn hnn- MifTlclcnt money bflng nddrd to ) mnku It Intereitlnp to the ownora of thS best class of stuKo horses. Tht consolidation itnkc will nl'o t > e it feature of the Aqueduct numnicr mooting. This will bo In nil probability nn event for ; 2-lcnr-olils. The names of the stakes nra given to commemorate the Joining of lirook * lyn nnd New York Into Gteater New York , ltlt > oilo < ! Ilnrum Arp llpltiK Void , NUW YORK , Feb. 14. An niiollon mile 08 horses , Including trotters , imeors , breeding stock nnd stnke winner ! " , wan begun today" , In Madison Square Harden nnd will be con tinued until IVIdny. The best silo today" , was Smith , ti. h. . Poorln-Allen Sjirague , ISsS. John l connrd , Now York City , JMW. Im eMlKiitlnu Voit llrr A lie Kldtint > ttu ? < BT. l.orm , Fcb 14-Tho kidnaping ol Chris Von dcr Ahr , the St Louis baseball magnate , was brought olllclnlly befoio th St Louln grand Jury today nnd a report on It will lie miulo later. I.elilRh KliMoti IMvi-ti it Cniitnln. nnTHLiiin\I , Pa. Feb. 14-Morror * Chamberlain ONO ) of Chattanooga , Tenn.f wn" tonight elee'tod captain of the Lohlgli unlv-frsl y foot tall eleven , slice-coding Jamej C llolderncss , who bun left college ( . 'hum * berlaln played left end on last full's toiun. lo < rolt lln N HIP Itoi-KfnrilN , UOCMvFORU III. Fob. 14 - The director * of the Rookford liasp. ball oluli have voted to accent proposition of Ptesldpnt Van * dorbark of the Doliolt Western IOIRUO fo the purchase of the entire Roe-Kford team. Most torturing aud disfiguring of Ilchluf * , burning , scaly sl.in mid scalp Immnn U In. 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