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Carpenters Convention.

CHICAGO. Aug. 5.-The Carmen.
teIs' National Convention cccupi,-,
today rs 4 committee uf the wbo,a
on revision Of the constitution. The
OLD constitution was practicaIIv
wiped out, and, in the words vi
secretary Mcclure, .'the new co, :
stitutiou, 80 far as adopted. is upt1
the times" The eiSht-huur uue,-
ton was given 4 prominent piac.
anu strict enforcement Of the eight
hour rule Is strongly urged.
Secretary Mcclure denies III.
probability Of a consolidation wiz
the Amalgamated BrotherhooI
which has its headquarters In En-.
land. -
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Siorr,s az rr.Icrc.

LEONARD, y. d, Au.. -
heavy thunder and hailslGm, q,
c0mFanieI by q cyclone. did grea
damage in the parish Of -. Ann
Madawasua County, yesterday. Tho
cyclone covered territory tWu
miles wide. Thirty buildings were
blown down, Us fur as heard from
Tvlegraph.c communication is il
terrup,ed, and much damage Ia
been done 10 tine crluz.
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The TAN ROLL

The assessment roll of City As
SCISSOR and Collector Clute is com.
pleted. It shows a valuation Of $50.
S55.7i0. The Council, decided upon
an ad valorem tax OF four mills OH
the dollar for ls9e. This will give 4
revenue from this source for the
present gear of S2l7, 1880.
The Council decided that, as COM
pensation, AIr. Cute is to receive
y per cent. Of all he collects. In
case he should succeed in raking in
the whole amount which il, how.
e=er, rs near an impossible feat rs
need be, his personal income for the
year would be 3, 1856. Allowing
a reasonable margin for uncollect-
able taxes, through the removal Of
owners Of personal property and
other causes, would reduce tine
amount to about 5000, which,
considering the rather laborious
work Of the assessor and collector
is not excessive, but reasonable,
when clerk hire and other expen-
ses are weighed in connection with
the question Of remuneration.
The assessed valuation Is enorn-
GUS, and has an inflated appearance.
Assuming the population to be
IS 00O-it is not probable that the
official rvport will show it 10 be
much in excess Of that figure-if the
So4.S53s 40 were equally divided
among the people it would give TO
each individual soul the sum of
Sl2OT.sS. If the tax were made
per capita, it would require a pay
ment by each woman and child in
salt Lake City Of the sum Of Si.s3.
From this fact and the enormous
assessed valuation rs 4 whole, prop
erty holders are liable to have cold
chills succeeded by hot fiusbes when
they receive their Individual tax
and the impression will be !
ieepened that "Liberal'' rule is ex-
pensive anu Cumbersome, with a
10 be ruinous.
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diminutive bottle. 1t Is Of no more
force or consequence than little
froth, but it ,nanifests what is with
in and sizes up and fixes the value
Of that from which it came. The
Governor may lie I dig Methodist
for the occasion, but he certainly is
rot much If a man.
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Gone to Help

VICTORIA. b. C., Aug. at tb'
request Of several magnateS q
Nanainio, four batteries VI artiller.
have been sent to the scene OF III.
Wellington col!ieTie~' strike to -
sist the special police il maintain
ing order and FOR the protection %.
property. The strikers have show
no Opcu hostiiitirs yet, further thai
the parade and boot ~ the uOI
union woFkmen-
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i.ONpoN, Aug. THE Queen haH
an unpleasant experience this morn.
ing. She left Osborne for drive Ia
witness the yacht squad on parade
at COweS. Her carriage lad Ia
cross a stream by n pont0on ferry.
y too sudden letting down Of tn,
platform on which the Queens ca
rage stood caused n rush Of water
which partially submerged the ION
to0n- The Queen and spectators
were Tor n moment pauiC-Strickeu.
but the pOntOon soon righted itself
and iiuatei free the Queen Wa
then conveyed safely to her dcst-
nation.
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President CeIman's Resizu,,Io,

VALPARAISO. Aug. "a dispatch
received here says that President
Celman Of the Argentine Republic
presented his resignation To Con
gress, giving As his reason the poli..
cal and financial difficulties through
which the Republic is passing. lie
has been succeeded. the dispatch
says. rs President by Dr. Pellc-
gTiu.
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THE GOVERNOR A. 4 METHO.
DIST.

ARTHUR L. THOMAS, who by the
unrepublican territorial system is
forced upon Utah as its Governor,
took advantage Of a religious occa-
sion at Ogden yesterday, to vomit
a stream II bitterness and falsehood
against the Mormon Church and
It's leaders. The occasion was the
laying of the corner stone Of a
Me hodist University. The speech
Is reported in his organ in this CITY.
1t Is from beginning to end an anti
Mormon" stump speech, and with
the exception Of two ideas, expressed
In about half a dozen lines, has no
Felevance TO the ceremony.
Here are the two ideas. This at
the beginning:
We regard II as one more agency estab-
Asheo to help accomplish the ensncipstion
q inc majority of the peOpls OF the Tern
tory OF Ut1h from the thralIdon of iutoIef-
anee and bigotry."
And this at the close.
Because the Methods, EplssOu.lchurss
MS never approved the uttersnee Of dIs.
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MONTREAL. Aug. "a cyclone
unparalleled IN violence in this To-
cality swept over Lake -. Louis and
the -. Lawrence in the vicinity q
Montreal last evening. doing gree
dlmage ON land and wafer.
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SENT THRoUoH THE BODY.

How long this was kept in action
no one knows. To the excited grDun
anout the chair 1t seemed an inte--
minRbie time. DR.. Daniel, who
looked at his watch excitedly, ana
who thought he had an approximate
idea OF the time. at least, said it was
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RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS

rs the group OF hOrror-stricken wit.
neSses stood helplessly by.
All eyes were fixed on the chair.
Reminders lips began 10 drop spit:Ie
and in 4 moment more the chest
novel, and from the mouth came \
heavy stertOrous sound, quicEenint-
and increasing with every respira-
ton. There was no voice but that
Ofthe warden crying 90 the operator
10 turn on the current. and a wheez-
ing sound, a half GrOan. forced it.
self past the tightly closed lips ami
sounded through tine still chamber
with CHASTITY distinctness. Some
Of the witnesses turned away
from the sight ami one tainted
ltseemPd long time i'm reaching IN.
climax. In reality there were hu,
seventy three seconds in the inter
val which elapsed between the mo-
ment when the first sound i<sue,i
from Reminders lips until the re-
Spouse % the signal came from the
dynamo room. IL came with The
same suddenness that marked ibe
first shock which passed through
Reminders body. The sound which
had Mortified the listeners about
the chair WAS cut or shsrn-
ly a. the body once more
became rigid. \ Shiny ooze still
dropped from the mouth and SLOWLY
down the beard and ON the gray |
vest. Twice there were twitchib1s
of the body as the electricians in the [
next room threw the current on
AMI OIL. There was to be no mistake I
this tune about the killing. The I
dynamo was run up to highest |
speed and again the fun current OF |
210O volts
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Indications HoEF, At Gan, lead
toward the execution Of kemmler
he!Ore 5 O'Clock. The doctors were
all around their hotel at 5 O'Clock,
anu = nunloef o. Witnesses, icchid-
ing two clergymen who had been
al along offering spiritual console
ton 10 kemmler, are within the
prison walls.
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AUBURN, $50 4. NJ, August C.
The invited guests" are now all
in the prison. There il a large crowd
on the outside awaiting develop.
ments
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"a sIlICI Win U u
heir conviction that
FIRST SHOCK

killed kemmler instantly. Doctor
DAME and Dr.. SguthwiCE, father Of
the system Of eleCtricide, " believed
that Esmmier was dead, hut the!
think the current should have been
continued longer tAsn seventeen
seconds, which was Tic official uni'
Of the first contact. There is NJ
way In which a positive deiermin-
alton II this question can he made.
IL will always rymaiu uusolved.
The autopsy Legan q, @ O'Clock
1t was found when ihs hoty Wa
spread out on the table tlI1- very
severe rigyr mortis had 81; in; thcrr
was little relaxation anu il was witr
difficulty that the corpse Wa
Strengthened out. On eXami
nation Il was found that the
second sleetF0de had burned through
the skin aud into the flesh Al this
base Of the sniue, making I sea
nearly five inches In diameter.
The heart. lungs and other organ
were taken out and found 20 lie ~.
good, healthy condition. They vii
he preserved for further examine
ton. The brain was also taken out.
IL, too, will be carefully examined.
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The sentence Of the law has been
passed rpon Semmlsr and he has
been exc cutCd.
EIENmER TORTURED To DEATH.
The trial Of q new means Of tax
Ing human life, while prompted by
humane motives, has resulted IN q
sicAeuing spectacle, presented by
piuioued wretch at whose vital cen
ter was kept pending for some mo-
Tneuts au alternating current Of
electricity, which, though 1t ultim'
atsly DESTROYED his life. subjected
the criminal 10 n torture Of which
no living being has q knowledge,
and nOHe tan describe the impeT-
feet reyistery Of the currents press
ure CT faulty contact Of the cleo
trOdes which prevented instan-
taneUus death. The hyman may
gain scnlc conception Of the pro.
cess o. this killing 10y the state
ment male that 4 person whose
body should be shaken into frag-
ments could not have suffered such
pain ss did kemnleG, whose nerve
cells anu tissues were disintsgra.ed.
not by 4 flash, as designed, hut by
the relatively slJw sirJkes Of the
electric hammers upon them.
Whether the blood retains Its nor
NAL consistency or whether i is
partially or wholly fluicized 10y the
divorce Of oxygen from the blood
oOrpuscles can only be determined
by the autopsy, which is about ~
ngs commenced,
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His breathing was heavy and
labored and he turned and tossed
several times while they were look
ing at him. His face had 4 weary
look, which made it almost CHASTITY,
by the yellow light Of the corridor
lamps. He plainly showed traces Of
his long and almost solitary confine-
ment in the loose skin Of his throat
and parchment-like skin OF his
hands. They then examined the
death chair and wires and found
everything in good order.
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kE,nLLER,s NrRvE

was something wonderful; lac never
fal,crej. He objected the adjust
mgut 0f himself IN the chair and
COunseied the warden 20 moderation
TO secure perfect -afety. The shock
was given at G:i3l and was con-
tinued about Is seconds. Two
minutes after the current was
cut oil there was respiration.
As soon as possible the current
was returned, then cut oil, and
again respiration was evident.
After 2 few moments saliva came
from the mouth, the chest heavcd,
ami therc was a Wheeling in the
throat. The stock was 9Caiu put 20
the prisoner, who, the doctors II.
marked, was Unconscious from the
moment n the hrst shock. Alter a
snort time smoke Appeared nj the
base.
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cENTEE or CURIOSITY.

Warden Durston stood no the lef;
Of tie chair, with his hand or the
hack Of it. and almost at the mo
nuut keumivg took his seat he ba-
gan to speak in short. quick periods:
wow, geutlcmru. he slid. this
Is William kcmmler. | have
warned him he has got 10 die, and
n he has anything 10 say he will
say it," As the warden flushed.
hemmicr, glanced up and said in a
mgL-zeyed voice, without any hest
;atiUn, and rs though he had ~,
pared himselfwith a speech, well.
/ wish everyone good luck ia this
world, and / think ! am going TO a
good place, though the papers have
been saying 4 lot Of stuff that il isn't
50. That's all have 90 say;
With the conclusion OF the speech
he turned this back tnwani the jury.
took Of bis coat and handed il 70 the
warden. This disclosed the fact that
q hole had been cut from the band
of the trousers uggu 30 as 10 EXPOSE
the h,se %! the spine.
When ihe coat WAS or Kemmler
uITneI in the direction Of the door
through which he h8u come into
the room anu began 10 Intuition hi,
vest. At the same time the Warden
drew tie interfering GTaPery Of his
his shirt through the hole ia the
trousers AMI cut II OIL, 50 IS To leave
a little surface u flesh, against
which
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oNE or rnE rLErrEopEs

was 10 press, absolutely bare and
Warden DJrs.on called attention 20
the facs that Il was not necessary To
remove the vest. aud 1Lemmler
calmly ig.t0nei il again and care
fully arranged his tie.
Don't hurry about this matter, -
said the Warden; "be perfectly
co0l." Kemm!er was perfectly cool,
he vas hy all odds the coolest man
Ia the room.
When his tie WAS arranged he
sat down in the electric chair as
quietly Is though he was sitting
Town 10 dinner. Warden DustJn
stood on the right and General
Neeling, Of Albany, on the left.
They began Immediately to adjust
the straUs, the condemned man
holding up his arms - IS TO give
them every assistance. When the
straps bad heen adjusted about the
bOdy, the arms were fastened down
and then the warden leaned
over and parted Reminders
feet, so as to bring the legs
near the les OF the chair. While
the STRAPS were being arranged
KemmIer ssid, cake your time;
DON'T be in a hurry. BE sure that
everything Is all right.' Two OF
three times he repeated these
phrases. Warden DuTston reassgFed
him with the remark that it
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four and a half minutes In all; Inc
Isardef's assistant who STOOD over
the dynafio Esid that ON the second
signal the machinery ran only tnres
and a half minutes altogether
No one was anxious TO stop All
dreaded the responsibility OF Ohst-
ing TO the unfortunate man 2
chance to revive or give again M
least those appearances OF returning
animation which startled anu
sickened the Witnesses re"
uIinutes before. As The anxious
group stood silently watching the
body, suddenly there arose from II .
white vapor bearing with u a puhs-
ent and sickening Odor Of
A H0DY BURNING.
Agnin were there cries to stop :he
current, Eud agsin the warden
sprang 10 the door AMI gave quick
rrsier 10 the assistanLss The current
stoned and again there WIS relax
alton Of tic body. No dOubt Glis
time the current l-Ad done It's WORK.
X not well. az least completely. Dr.
Fell, who stood at the SIDE Of the
syeecial correspondent Of the $50
ciated Press, turned and said, Wei
there is no doubt about one thing.
the man never suffered an lot2 oil
pain.O In after consultations, other
physicians expressed the same be-
lief
1t was some mitigation OF the
horrors Of the sitnatiOn 10 believe
this, but the mi;Seati0n was eX-
trumsIy slight when il jsvsloPed on
another point that the sau1c doctor
disagreed veyy materially that
Kefnunle- was dead hen the chest
moved ai;d the lips gave forth those
strange, ghas;ly soHnds. Was ht
breathing or was there an involun-
tary and phenomenal action Of the
chest muscles? Some Of the emil
nent experts in attendance s7id :"
the Associated Press correspondent,
while the body was still warm in the
chair, that there were m dOub'
signs Of returning animation, that
respiration 'foE respiration they be-
IievedIit 10 bel was growing stronger,
and that in time, II the current haS
not been turned on again, nc 1Ouid
have revived. Others. amDrg them
Dr.. Spitzka, stated with equal posi-
tiveness their conviction that the
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WOULD So H. -.

and that he would be with him all
through. But Il vas not fear that
nsmmler feli; il was rather a crT-
tain pride Ia the exEctGsSs Of tine
experiment. He seemed % have
greater interest In its success than
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AUBURN, 5:l5 \. n, August g.
The sentence Of the law has been
passed rpon Semmler and he has
been exc catCd.
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WALKING To THE DEATH CHAM
Der.

AUBURS, y. Y, Aug. 6.-At
j:Ss the door at the right o, the exc
cU'iOn chair !.a'iing toward the exc
cutiOn room opened, and Warden
Durston's figure appeared in the
doorway. Behind him walked a
sWuce-iUokiuE, broad shOuldered
little man, full bearded. with care
fully arranged hRirClusteriug around
his forehead. lie was dressed in
suit Of new clothing, dagk coat, and
vest Of dark gray material, aut
trousers Ut mixed yellow pattern.
This was William kcmmler, the
man about - undergo the sentence
OF death. Behind him walked DR..
W. T.. HuuchtCu and Chaplain
lales. heumlcr was by far the
coolest man in the party. He did
not look about the room with any
special degree IL Interest. tut hesi
tItti "a the door closed behind him.
rs though he lid not know exactly
what to DO.
Give n. q chair, win your" said
tie wIg-cn. Someone quickly
hsaCe. Eim q wooden chair, which
he placed IN front and little 20 the !
nigh; Cf the execution chair. Within I
a little circle Of men kemluler sat |
down. composg,iiy looked about him |
and then up and down, without any |
-yiGeECe Cf fear or especial Interest !
in the event. His face was not l
stOiid EOc Indifferent. lie looked, |
i gnythiug,as though rather pleased /
1t being the
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The spectacle was most trying. The
man the doctors stated, however,
suffered no pain. The warden says
that the voltage 90 the frst shock
was lsHn volts, which ran down 20 n
point not uaro-d aflu- the third
contact yi t1us minutes Nemmler
WIS declared dead. The war
Gen's certificate o. death was
signed by al present. and
tie party broke mp at 7.an, 10 meet
- s:lS, when the body wOuld Oe
ready ioF the autopsy.
When the mask was taken OF
kemmiCT's face his eyes were iUuus
hall open, and his expression, while
not norma! OK iacid, waS no; horri-
lying 60 see.
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because the Methodist EpiseopsiChureh
MS never approved the uttersnee of dis.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-23
KAMEHAMEHA GLEE CLUB.
First Concert at the Hawaiian Opera
House-A Great Success.

First Concert at the Hawaiian Opera
House-A Great Success.
The Kamehameha School Glee
Club gave its first concert Monday,
Dec. 10 at the Hawaiian Opera House
before quite large and appreciative
audience. The object was to aid its
Athletic Association. The club was
under the direction of Mr.. Theo. III.
Richards, and consists of the follow
ing members:
First Tenor: A. X. Pahau, A. PHI,
E. Montgomery, E. G. Brown, G. E.
King, j. Wahinemaikai; Second
Tenor: S. Keliinoi, W. Meheula, w.
Rathburn, n Kauhane, S. Mahuka;
First Bass: S. Kauhane, A X. Kea-
weamahi, E. Quinn, W. G. Manaole,
G. Blake; Second Bass: j. K. Waia
mau, NJ. Hoonani, j. Harbottle, D.Ai.
The members were all attired in
white and presented very neat APP
pearance. Their singing during the
evening was most enjoyable, and
showed that they had received supe-
rior instruction. The warbling was
splendid, Land the club had to respond
to several encores.
Owing to severe cold, MIR. P. r.
Isenberg was unable to sing, which
was much regretted. The violin and
piano selections by Messrs. j. w.
Yarndley and Oscar Herold were a
rare treat, such music being seldom
heard in this city. They were com
PEELED to respond to an encore. The
club is to be congratulated on the
pronounced success of the concert.
II. r. Il. the Princess Liliuokalani,
Regent, Princess Poomaikalani, at
tended by Mr.. j. W. Robertson, Act
ing Chamberlain, and Mrs. G. Clark
were in the royal box.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-23
The Hawaiian. Treaty.

Senator Sherman said at Washing
ton, December 4th, that the two bills
in Congress, one in each house, pro
viding for reciprocity with the Ha-
waiian Islands, are only intended to
again put in force the provisions
of the old treaty in force before the
Mckinley bill was passed.
When the Mckinley bill was first
introduced it contained a section
providing that no existing treaties
be interfered with. After the close
the Secretary believed that there was
nothing in the bill affecting any
treaties with any nation, and the
section was dropped out. Afterward
the error was discovered, and now
all haste must be made to repair it.
Sugar, of course, is not affected
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-23
HILO NEWS.

On the 18th inst. there were six YES
sells in port. viz, steamers Kinau, Wal
, aisale, Hawaii, Kilauea Hou, bark Har-
/. yester and a schooner.
d. Howard Hitchcock, the artist, does
mot 60 TO France at present, but will re-
main at New York city for some time.
The bark Harvester has been trying
fcr week 10 get in enough ballast and
sail Tor San Francisco. The weather has
been very windy which has prevented
her sailing. Waiakea will give her about
$50 tons sugar and Wainaku about fifty
or more tons.
Waiakea mill commenced grinding on
the Sth inst.
Rev. Mr.. Peres, the Portuguese Minis
ger, has been with US five weeks. He
has met with a genial reception from
ais countrymen. He has been the
means OF accomplishing much good.
which We believe Will be lasting, and
leaves 4 missionary to take charge OF the
work, Rev. MIR. Baptiste, which he has
commenced. 1t is hoped that in a short
time money viii be secured for a chapel
II Hilo. The building formerly used as
the Chinese Mission will be used until a
better one can be secured and more
adapted 10 the purpose.
Chapels are TO be erected at Papaikou
and Henomu to be used as Protestant
and Japanese meeting houses. Mr.. Bap-
tiste. the Portuguese, and Mr.. Okahe,
tine Japanese missionaries will alternate
IN the use Of the chapels.
On the 18th inst theIe was literary
and musical treat at the usual place.
There was more variety of entertainment
than usual. Il opened with a piano duet
by Mrs. and Miss Severance; reading
from Dickens: Before Marriage" L.
Severance, and from same author a
reading after Marriage" Mrs. p. L.
Lord. 4 song by Master Ned Crabbe,
son Of the Collector of Customs, gave
much pleasure and did him great credit.
A song sung by Mrs. Corscadden was the
best ever heard from her Solo, vocal.
Mrs. Loebenstein; reading from o. w.
Holmes, Mr. II. G. Austin; recitation,
Mrs. W. c. Scott. Ear test of musical
sounds. Dialogue =" Culture versus
Cheek" Miss Severance and W. E.
Scott Piano solo, Miss Grace Porter.
Two tabeaux: Cophetua and the Beggar
Maid, DR.. Williams as the King and
Miss Rose as the Beggar Maid, dressed
IN character dresses very appropriate.
As shines the moon, in clouded skies,
She IN her poor attire was seen.
one praised her ankles, one her eyes,
one her dark hair and lOveSOme mein.
So sweet her face, such angel grace,
Tn all that land had never seen.
lJuhetua swore q royal oath
This Beggar Maid shall be my Queen.
-..-,a Tho D,5-. III, Richards ap2
W T.. Scott, the last mentioned was the
Dude. J. \. N.
Hilo, Dec. 18th