Two dignitaries came into San Francisco last week from Honolulu. One was John Wingate Weeks, Secretary of War until last fall. He left the U. S. soon after a long and nearly, fatal illness, still a sick man. Accompanied by a party which included his wife, his bondhouse partner (Hornblower), his partner's wife, he went to South Africa, thence to Hawaii. Of the past he said that the climate and beauty of Hawaii even exceeded his recollection of 43 years ago. Of the future he said he had some farms in New Hampshire, "and...
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