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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-03
STEALING CLOTHING.

Frank Collins (colored) was charged with
stealing two coats. three vests. and wv
pairs OF pants from William Banister. There
was present quite an array Of wit
nesses, when a police officer stated that he
would like the case TO 20 over one day. as
an important witness had not been sum-
m0ned. The case went over until to-day.
OTHER CASES.
Lucy Perry (colored) was charged with
cursing and creating disturbance in the
eating house OF Paul Fields. This case was
continued until to-day so as to be heard at
the same time that the case against John
Smith, proprietor Of a bar-room, who was
reported yesterday. will be tried, as the
cases are somewhat connected.
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INSURANCE TAX.
Mr. Pleasants otIered ihIs.

MIs 7 IEa5dHIs VUVIVU IUI6s
hesotued, That the Finance Committee
b. requested 10 report an amendment 10
chapter IL, section 10, OF the ordinance con-
corning the assessment Of tyxes. 90 as TO
provide that insurance companies shall DO
taxed Oh their gross income from premium
rsceipss Tor business done IN this city, and
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Royal BsHI,9 posD.Es
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CHANGING COMMITTEES.

rules. which he boldly and plainly stated
had for its object the placing of city patron
age In Democratic hands. The change con-
templated was the increasing Of the two
market committees from i've TO seven
members.
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Mr.. Burke offered the following:
BE IL Resolved, That a joint special COM
mittee OF i've. 10 consis. Of three from COM
mon Council and two from the Board of Al
dermen, he appointed 10 take into considera-
ton the expcdiency Of increasing the mum
Der OF election precincts in the several
wards Of the city, and they are authorized
10 make reports. together with their recon-
mendstion IN regard TO the same, 20 either
byanch OF the Council.
This was agreed 10.
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THIS PAPER

IS KEPT on FILE AT E. c. DAKE's ADvER-
L Using AGENCY, 81 and 65 Merchants Fx
change, Sa n Francisco, Cal, where contracts for
advertising can be made for it,
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HAILsT0NEs AS BIG AS TEACUPs.

/ a resident of Bowraville, about
twenty miles from Nambucca Heads
! and 349 miles north of Sydney, writ
ing to a relative at North Shore,
/ gives to the Sydney Daily Telegraph
I the following account of a hailstorm
on the Nambucca River: {" / will try
to describe to you a remarkable
storm, or hurricane if you like, that
visited us last Friday, 14th Decem
Der, about midday No one up here
has ever seen a storm to equal it, and
certainly have never seen anything
like it, especially in the immense
size Of the hailstOnes, or more pro
perly blocks of ice, that came with
the storm. The storm came from
the southwest, and for about a quar-
ter Of an hour before the sky was in
tensely black in that quarter. The
first notice of its approach was the
roaring of the wind, which we could
hear for fully ten minutes before it
reached rs in its fury. The force of
the wind was terrific while it lasted.
which fortunately was not more than
about twenty-five minutes. Huge
trees we're snapped off or torn up by
the roots and carried bodily to some
distance. The thunder and light
ming lasted the whole evening, indeed
there seemed to be a succession of
violent thunderstorms; the lightning
was grand and the thunderclaps
would brighten anyone, but the chief
feature of the storm was the i'm
mense hallstones. At Bowra we got
a great many larger than a large hen
egg, and next door to US they went
clean through the iron roof into the
kitchen. In another part of the dis
trict they were very much larger and
almost square in shape-some of
them as big as teacups. The roof in
Mr.. Mackay's house in that part is
just riddIed with holes. | need
hardly say that such storm has
done great damage to the crops: the
corn was just tasselling,' and now
much of it is leveIled to the ground.
The roads are blocked with fallen
trees IN all directions. A man might
just as we'll take his chance on 2
battlefield as be in the forest here
while such a storm is raging. and
large trees and limbs falling around |
him. Since this storm we have had !
a thunderstorm every day"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-16
MINISTERIAL INQUIRY.

Minister Thurston ConsuIts the SUI
preme Court on Street Widening
MISUNDERSTANDING to a Projected
Improvement of King street.
The following correspondence explains
itself. When the reply Of the Supreme
Court was copied it was signed by the
Chief Justice as below, but awaited the
signatures OF the Associate Justices on
opportunity:
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
HoSoLULU, Mar Is, 1889.
To the Honorable judges of the Supreme
Court
GENTLEMEN: The Cabinet respect
fully request the opinion OF the Judges
OF the Supreme Court upon the following
question:
Section 1s4 OF the Civil Code as
amended by chapter NNNII. OF the
Laws OF 1872 provides a method of decid-
ing upon the propriety OF opening, widen
ing and altering streets. Section 1S5 as
amended provides a method of ascer-
tanning who the claimants for damages
are and for filing their claims.
Section lS6 as amended provides the
method OF ascertaining the damages,
viz; by agreement between the Minister
of the Interior and the owner, or il no
agreement can be arrived at, by commits
sion or jury.
Section II authorizes the Minister OF
the Interior, under conditions, to pur-
chase lands for the use OF X
highways, etc.
Query lis the authority given in
Section Al subject to the prior consent of
the jury provided for in Section IS4?
Query Ill the answer is in the
affirmative, can the Minister, if he knows
all the parties interested, and can agree
on settlement with them, make such
settlement after the decision of the Jury
rendered under Section 1S4, or is it i'm
perative that he should proceed under
Section lS5 before he can make an agree
ment?
A matter in point and now pending is
as follows:
The Government proposes to widen
King street near Palama, at a certain
place.
The owners are DESTROYS of giving NJ
their land and settling the damages
without waiting for the forms TO be gone
through with mentioned in Section 1S5
and 8, as their obtaining a tenant de
ponds upon the immediate settlement O
the widening.
If the Court are of the opinion that the
Minister can proceed under Section II
without regard to the other Sections, he
| can arrive at an immediate settlement
| otherwise he will proceed under Section:
1886. l have the honor to be,
Your Obedt. Servt.,
L. A. THURsToN,
Minister of the Interior.
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BALLOT REFORM.

The above is the title under
which the San Francisco Chron
icle OF February 10th reports a
mass meeting of citizens held at
Metropolitan Hall for the pur-
pose of giving vigorous express
sion to tho sentiments of the friends
of bill then before the State legis-
lature, by which the Australian
method of voting at elections was
proposed to be incorporated with the
laws of California. The speeches
made at that meeting abound in the
most vigorous and unqualified de-
nunciation Of the system heretofore
in operation, that is voting by means
of printed ballots, distributed out
side the polling places.
With reference to the last election
held in San Francisco, it was stated
that 1.-The count Of the ballots devel
oped a state of affairs that was a dis
grace to civilization" The election
of two years ago was cited as
''another sample Of the low order Of
things which now exists in this
State" At that timo one of the
bosses is stated to have hired men to
vote for his candidates, and sent
them to the polling place in charge
OF one of his understappers to see
that they earned the price of their in
fanny by depositing the identical
ballots with which he had furnished
them.
According to existing laws. no
person may come within one hun
dred feet of the poll to see how
another elector votes, but, said one
speaker, Eve have seen men stand
outside that charmed circle, mark
ballot, hand it to the slave whom he
has bought, who in turn holds it in
plain view between his thumb and
forefnger, and it is never out of the
sight Of the boss until it is dropped
into the ballot box" Another
speaker declared that, in Eastern
cities, he had seen voters driven in
droves from their factories to the
ballot boxes, where, in the presence
of one Of their bosses, they would
deposit the ballots given them be
fore leaving their places of employ
ment.
Statements like the foregoing
seem rather startling in view of the
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favorable political conditions some
times assumed to be inherent in the
exercise Of electoral functions
through the ballot box. The ques-
ton naturally suggests itself
whether the case Is not somewhat
exaggerated, and whether, if the
specific instances cited are correctly
given, they are in any true sense
representative Of the ordinary and
average condition of affairs. As a
matter Of fact, the cases related by
the speakers at the mass meeting
are extreme ones, and have compar-
atiyely little bearing upon the condi-
tiOns prevailing outside the large
cities. We feel justified, as the re-
suit Of no little personal observa-
ton Of such matters, in pronouncing
such subserviency of workmen to
/ their employers as above described,
/ to be something entirely out of the
ordinary course of things.
But after all possible allowances
and attachments have been made for
exaggerations in the statement of
/ particular instances. and generaliza-
[ tons based on exceptional occur
/ rences, the fact remains that the
/ abuses which have grown up in con-
nection with the present system of
voting are so grave in character, and
/ so widely difused in their operation
/ as to have seriously alarmed intelli-
( gent and patriotic men throughout
the English speaking portion of the
world. 1t IS coming to be generally
felt that something must be done,
and done promptly and in earnest
that the strain which is being put
upon representative institutions by
( these corrupt practices, is rapidly
nearing, if it has not already reached
/ the point of extreme danger; that
unless means are found for effec
lively checking the further growth
of existing and admitted evils,
things are likely to go from bad to
worse at constantly accelerating
pace.
Putting aside, for the present, all
. questions as to educational, financial
or any other qualification for voters
and considering, not who shall vote
but how they shall vote; what is
known as the Australian system
would seem to be the best yet pro
posed for eliminating some of the
grosser abuses which have attached
themselves to the older method
Bribery and intimidation, at least N
their present form, are made entirely
imperative by any means which
does not involve the active co-opera
ton Of the Inspectors of Election
A provision for having such officers
include members of both the politi-
cal parties, and perhaps the author
ling a limited number Of duly &C
credited representatives of opposing
candidates to be present for the pur
pose of observing operations anC
seeing fair play, ought to obviat,
any danger IN that direction.
Other alleged or suggested diff
culties in the practical working o
the Australian plan under condition.
different from those existing wher,
it was originally devised and pu
into operation, will be considered
hereafter The subject of ballot re
form is now a live one in widely
separated parts of the world. W.
shall probably have occasion to refel
to it a good many times before the
next general election.
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AatfrttE galFut.
In all its branches.


Steamboat, steamship. Land Engines x Boilers,
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS Of all kinds built complete
with hulls OF wood, iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ad-
visahle.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference TO the trade in which
they are 20 be emf Logged. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machinery
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith.
WATER PIPE, OF Boiler or Sheet Iron, of any
size, made n suitable lengths for con Meeting
together, or Sheets rolled, punched and packed
for shipment, ready TO be riveted on the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RINETING, Boiler Work and Water
Pipes made by this establishments riveted by
hydraulic CiveuRg mach merry, that quality Of
work being far superio TO hand work.
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans. Steam
Wlnches, Air and Circulating Pumps made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast of the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Dtrect Acting Pumps for irrigation or
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
DaVy valve Motion, superior to any other
pump.
"OAA-N - In '..........- HOnOI III u
Room No. 3, upstairs, Sprecke-s' Block.
| 4l-Sm Agent for the Hawn. Islands.
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EVENTS OF TODAY.

BLUE RIBBON LEAGUE-Concert, Y. VI. c.
A. hall 80 p. m.
KAPIOLANI PARK-Races, 10 a. m
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DRESSMAKING.

AIRS. n e CAMPBELL HAS COMMENCED
- the business Of Dressmakng, Cutting and
Fitting, At her residence, No. - Beretania street
opposite the Hotel. The patronage of the ladies
Is respectfully solicited. satisfaction guara.n-
Feeu' Ss-tf 1243Iy
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Bn 1utboritr
Foreign once Notice.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
HOSOLULC, II l.. Mar Is. 1889

HONOLULU, II. L., Mar Is, 1889. (
His Majesty the King has received an
autograph Letter from Hi, Majesty the
King OF Italy, Of which the following is a
translation:
HUMBERT raE lsr, by the Grace OF
God and By the VIII of the Nation, King
of Italy, to His Majesty, KALAKACA
THE lsr, King Of the Hawaiian Islands
salutiug him
MosT DEAR AND PERFECT FRIEND.
With the greatest grief 1 announce TO
Your Majesty the death Of His Royal
Highness Eugenius Emanuel of Savoy.
Prince OF Carignano, my much beloved
Cousin, that happened at Turin on the
10th instant. The attestatjous Of amitv
which Your Majesty has constantly given
10 me make me assured that Your Majesty
will share in the sorrow which this pain
tul loss has caused TO me and TO my Royal
Family. In the same time l avail myself
OF this opportunity 70 repeat to Your
Majesty the assurance of the high estima-
ton and special friendship with which l am
the attectionate and sincere friend
Of Your Majesty,
On. RI UMBERTO,
Rome, p December, 1888
(COuntersigned) CRIsPJ
1862 65-lt
Sealed Tenders
VIII be received at the Interior Office until
MONDAY March rs, 1850, at y O'Clock
noon, 10 erect Fire Engine House on
Maunakea street.
Plans and specifications can be seen at
the Office of the superintendent of Public
Works.
All tenders must be endorsed Tenders
for Fire Engine House on Mauuakea st. a"
The Minister of the Interior does not
bind himself to accept the lowest or any
bid.
LORRIN 4. THURSTON,
Minister of Interior.
Interior Office, Feb. 26, 1850.
62-3t
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REPLY

We are of opinion in response to Query
l that the authority to the Government
to purchase land for the use of highways,
etc, is subject to the prior decision of a
jury in favor of the proPriety of the pro-
posed improvement as set forth in Sec
ton 1S4 of the Civil Code, as amended.
In answer to Query 2 we are of opinion
that the Minister of the Interior in pur-
suance of the authority conferred bv
Section Al OF the Civil Code can pur-
chase land for the use of highways after
the favorable decision of a jury under
said Section 184 and settle with the
owners of such land without proceeding
under Sections $50 ana $50 TOr the ascer-
tAir4naont and liquidation of the damages
to the owners Of the land taken.
Respectfully submitted,
A F. JUDD.
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Hawaiian TPanWayS Co.
(LlMITED.)
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
March 10Th and 18th
Half Hourly Service to Waikiki !
Half Hourly Service to Waikiki

The OAHU COLLEGE Car will not run
on Saturday.
No Car from PALA,1A at u 90 noon,
400 p. IN. and 800 p. m.
On and after go a. m, all Cars leav-
ing PALANA will run through to WAIKIKI
except OAHU COLLEGE Car on Sunday,
which will leave PALA1IA at 1920 p. m,
and $50 p. m, the other times as per
Time Table. 64-2t
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advertisements.

Subscribers to the DAILY ADVERTISER Of
WEEKLY GAZETTE, who 90 not receive their
papers promptly by the carriers, are re
quested to give immediate notice by tele-
phone or otherwise to the Gazette Office,
telephone number 80.
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THE DAILY

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1889.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-02
DEPEW AT WASHINGTON,
He Relates His Adventures There and
by the Way.

From the New York Sun.
1.-The situation there Is a terrible common
tary on the spoils system. / nearly got into
trouble among the throngs down there Or Of
fees intent. 1t is very pleasant there, June has
been unusually cool, and ventured to say that
perhaps their chilly prospects had affected the
weather. 1t was a risky remark.
There never was su d, stu -tion in the his
tory of the whole worl'. There are 1000 ap-
piicants for $50 consulate =. and believ that
this proportion will be maintained if not in
creased, through all the department.. The
President. the members Of the cabinet, the
heads OF bureaus and the Representativ are
overrun and the public business is almos' at
standstill, The figures have given will show
how many must be disappointed. The whole
country seems to think that Cleveland removed
and replaced all the ofhce-holders and that
vacancies can be made everywhere. The fact
is that he removed only about one-third Of the
place-holders.
Il told the President that rosy expectations
and egotistical anticipations are seldom fully
thoroughly understood now in Washington for
1t fits in good many places. told him that
when was travelling to New Haven on an &C
commodation thought that the whole state of
Connecticut had its attention fixed on the fact
that was to make a speech to the law school
graduates at Yale. When a farmer got on at a
way station. and after looking at me Eve min
utes asked me if wasn't Chauncey Depew, 1
said to myself, Here Is an intelligent son Of an
intelligent state. He is going on to hear my
speech He confirmed my impression by ask
ing: Are you going up to New HavenY But
when answered Yes he simply said: Base
ball game, sposer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-02
KUNZE HAS TOLD ALL.
His Testimony Before the Grand Jury
Secured the Other Indictments.

twas stated in Chicago last night that the
German, John Kunze, who was indicted by the
grand jury Saturday last, together with six
others, for completely in the murder of DIR.
Cronin, is in the hands of the police and has
been for several days. 1t is stated further that
Kunze is the important witness whose testimony
before the grand jury Saturday fastened the
indictments and final report. 1t is understood
that Kunze has told the police all he knows
about the affair and confesses that he drove
Detective Coughlin to the Carlson cottage on
the night Of May 4, the horse and wagon used
being the property Of P. O'SuIlivan, the in
dicted iceman
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL.
The Irish nationalists in Philadelphia are
greatly stirred up over the suspension of eight
camps on account of their refusal to contribute
to the prosecution of the Cronin case, and also
on account of the wild charges and still wilder
rumors made by prominent patriots" against
each other. 1t is impossible to sift the truth
from the mass of stuff that is published and
spoken. The two people now most conspicu-
Gus on account of these charges are John J.
Bradley and DR.. Peter McCahey. These con-
tinue to issue Nominations against one another,
but tie general public is unable to make head
or tail OF their quarrel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-02
LINCOLN AND THE HERO.
The President Advises Him to Drink
just Enough, but Not Too Much.

From Harper's Weekly.
Among the inmates Of the National SOL
diers' home, at Togus, Me-, is Richard Row.
ley, who was captain of the guns on the
Kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama, of
the harbor of Cherbourg, France, and per-
formed an act of bravery which probably
saved his ship and her crew. The battle
bad ragged for over an hour and a half,
when a 100-pound rifle shell from the Alabama
struck the gun which Rowley was sighting
and fell on the deck, with the fuse still burn
ing. In an instant Rowley picked it up and
threw it into the sea, where it exploded just as
it touched the water. The sailors beard and
mustache were burned off by the fuse, but he
stepped back to his gun and sent shot into
the sinking Alabama Captain Winslow at
once gave the order to man the rigging and
give three cheers for Quartermaster Rowley.
The latter was greatly honized after his return
to this country. Congress voted him a gold
medal, he received other valuable gifts, and
President Lincoln personally thanked him. For
several days before his interview with the
President Rowley had accepted frequent invi-
tations to drink champagne, and probably
showed the effects. AS he arose to go Mr.. Lin
coin gave him 800, saying: Now, don't
drink too much liquor; drink just little, but
not too much. l know you old sailors all like
little grog, but be careful and not drink too
much"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-02
The Supposed Son is a Girl.

Troy, n. Y, July 2--Chas. Smith, aged forty
five, and Clarence Smith, aged sixteen, were
recently ares Id in Schagticok' charged with
robbing a sale ,. of $40. They claimed to be
father and sor, and seemed very much attached
to each other. They were committed to Troy
jail, and it has just been discovered there that
Clarence is a girl She claims that she does
not know who her parents are. When nine
years old she was placed in an orphan asylum
In Buffalo. After leaving that institution she
claims that she lived at Cory, Pa, and after
ward in Brooklyn. She met Smith short time
ago, and he compelled her to wear male attire
30 she could better assist him in thieyery.