The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-20

Gust so many lives and 60 much money, Is over
with IN America for the present. That highly
important problem as 10 whether the North Pole
Is made OF Oregon pine or Central American
mahogany and that other Misunderstanding cues
ton rs TO whether there IL a continuous hole
through the Ice on the ragged edge Of the North
American Coast will remain unanswered for a
long time To eome-for verify a great sorrow.
generously tempered with disgust, is upon US.
The news came yesterday that the dead bodies of
Captain De Long, of the Jeanette, and ten of
his men, had been found. The fungus, a tribe
oil natives ranging about the mouth Of the Lena.
made the discovery, and it spread rapidly among
them until it reached jackson. the Herald clr-
respondent, who is travelling North, and Mel
vile. who is still at Irkutsk, and who sent the
news. lie hnal certainty As ~ the brave Cap
tain : death causes profound SORROW. Despite
the faint opes that were entertained. many be-
lieyed that he would pull through somehow, and
the death story caused a shock all over the Union.
The news is OF the most meager character as vet.
only tie fact at his death being known. All the
books and papers of the Expedition have been
found with the bodies. and full information con-
eerning the depiorable and Eitiiul struggle for
life will shortly be at hand. Along With this
discovery, preceding by only Il few days, comes
the news that the Rodgers (the relief vessel sent
to rescue DE Long, was burned in St. Lawrence
Bay, the captain and crew taking to the ice, over
which they wandered until they found a native
settlement, where they are at present. No fears
are entertained of any loss Of life but the L. ).
). Massachusetts has been dispatched to rescue
them. Which particular steamer will be sent to
rescue the Massachusetts crew after the vessel
has been crushed or burned, or sunk, or eaten bv
polar bears, has not been determined upon but
the probability is, that the Navy Department
will drop the Arctic exploration business hence
forth Press and public all over the Union are
lOud-vniced IN deDunciatlon o. the motives that
prompted the De Long expedition, and the
fashion in which lives have been ventured and
lost. without any adequate object
A QUEER DUET OF CRIMES.
1t has been remarked by those familiar with
the criminal annals of the city thar capital crimes
appear to come in epidemics az II we're. Among
the newspaper fraterDity-th the cold blooded traffic
ers in human frailties-two consecutive murders
invariably produce wagers that the morrow will
bring a third and the morrow. it NAV be re-
marked, Usually fulfls that obliging nGicc.
Lately, there has been quite a run al sanguinary
crimes, the most OF which rank among the com
monplaee. and are devoid OF marked interest.
Two at them rise above this level. however. and
singularly enough in both of them the women
of course there were wOmen-escape with their
lives, though badly wounded. The first was the
attempted murder by DIR. E. n. Woodward "a
wel-kDown dentist OF thIs city, of his mistress.
His victim WAS Mrs. Mamie Woodward-there
being no blood relation between them. though
the names were identical. She is n young woman
OF %, both iacially beautiful and anatOmically
~shapely. She has been lIv,ng with Woodward
for some months past, and was recently installed
by him in handsome rooms at No, 1887, Mission
street. On Thursday morning, the 9th of April,
he walked into his room and asked her if she
would marry him She repeated a refusal made
several times before, Woodward being Insanely
attached to her. He Immediately pulled a pistol
from his pocket and fired three shots at her, one
oI which entered below iier left eye. She SIN licked
for help, sprang from her bed, and fell on the
floor. A fourth shot Immediately echoed, and
Woodward fell beside her with II bullet through
his brain. lie was taken to the Morgue, and she
to the Hospital, where an examination showed
that the ball had ranged downward. and was pos
sibly not fatal. Since then she has improved
steadily, and will recover. Woodward was one
oil the quietest and most gentlemanly of men, and
the last man in the world to whom the authorship
OF such a tragedy would have been attributed.
de made every preparation for his act, however,
including the making of his will, and the compo-
sition of an Appropriate farewell note. He was q
bachelor. aged 35. Mrs. Woodward family is a
most respectable one. The theory OF tie crime is,
that she insisted, being only ms mistress, doing as
she pleased and dissipating naughtily. He could
not stand this, and. failing to induce her to give
him a legal title To contest her actions, concluded
with the clear and convincing logic of lovers to
help matters by shay ing her and himself.
The other crime comes from San Jose, and is
one Of the must horrible Tint that mandatory of
bric-d-brac criminallty la- YET produced. If the
garden city does not pIlue itaGii upon the par
tlcularly startling sins which 1T every now and
then develops, 1t ought To and admit at once the
truth of the popular theory that His Majesty
John Satan rents "a suite OF APARTMENTS by the
the year at the Auzerais uuuec. Barring details
which are Il trihe unpieasan, aui immorally
spicy, the facts are these G. n. Gelnghry, a
middle=aged wid0wer. lived in d small house in
San Jose with his daughter Mary. who bears the
best of regulations in tie neIghborhood, and is as
much esteemed as her father is disliked- On the
morning Of the 28tb, to use her own words, he
came into her room early in the morning, and
raid sume things which made her very angry. lie
approached her, when she sprang up and struck
hIm with everything she could lay her hands on.
She beat him away twice, when TIC went into the
other room, and, suspectins that he had gone for
a revolver, she ran into the Kitchen. tie followed
and fired at her, the FIRST shot missing. She ran
toward the door, when he pl ced the pistol to her
breast and fired. the ball entering her wrist, her
hands being raised for protection. The next
three cartridges refused to explode. but the sixth
went off, tie pistol being held so close to her
night-dress ut the time that it set it on fire. The
bali entered her back and came out ut the chest.
She fell on her knees, and he fired one more shot
which also struck her in the back. She staggered
to the bed, where she war found by a Mrs.
Thompson, who gave the alarm, and the brute
was locked up. San Jose revealed in horrible
sensationalism for days, and sill enjoys the
morsel, though Geinghry has not vet been tried.
wa JON6 10y - 'Nh WV 'NtNaJ uhA
she Is expected to recover. She says that her
father has frequently made lncestuous PROPOSE
tions before. and did not want her to marry Il
young gentleman TO WHOM she Was engaged, and
who was on his way from the East to marry her.
Geinghry is not in the least crazy. lie attempts
to excuse his act by d~eGaming his daughter-a
futile tack, Us her reputation is unimpeachable.
He gives every evidence Of being a brute of
purest ray serene.
THE sanctuary APACHE.
Our annual Indian war has come, and las
gone, having been suppressed this time in a sum-
mary fashion that is pleasant to read about.
The trouble began about April Goth, when the
Warm Spring Indians, w~earying Of living off the
Government, and hungry for their national past
time of snatching white scllps, suddenly donned
their war-paint and left the San Carlos n. NJ.
Reservation, killing a teamster OF two BY way of
merry prelude-just to get their hands in. The
Warm Spring Indians, who inaugurated the
break, were Immediately joined by their allies,
the Chiricabua Apaches, and their united forces