The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-10
San Francisco News.

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San Francisco News.
The people of Oakland are still wor-
rying with the Southern Pacific COM
pany over the efforts of the latter to
close streets leading to the water front.
This week the company fenced off
! Castro street, and mob of 5000 people
tore the structure down and defied the
efforts of the police to stop them. The
fighting feeling is growing so strong
that bloodshed will doubtless ensue.
On Sunday, the I'D, one of the most
heinous crimes in the history of San
Francisco was committed by unknown
persons supposed to be members of
! the coast seaman's union. The crime
consisted in the blowing up the sailor
| clearinghouse of John Curtin on
Main street, the killing of four men
| and the manning of several others.
Two were blown to atoms and two
died few hours later after suffering
great agony. John Curtin was wound
ed, and his son us years of age is not
expected to survive. The bomb was
placed in front of the house at mid
night, and exploded just as four sailors
were about to enter the house. Two
buildings were wrecked. Three sailors
who were found under suspicious cir
cumStances are under arrest, and the
police are confident they are the Gull
prits. They had a very clever scheme
TO put the blame on an innocent man,
but it did not work. The State, the
city, the coast seaman's union and the
shipowners' association have offered
large rewards for the capture and con-
viction of the dynamiters, and it is
believed they will be brought to JUS
tice. The men under arrest are union
sailors, and the place destroyed was q
non-union boarding house.
The waters of the bay have given
up more evidence of the murder of
Annie Gilmour, the Colusa milliner,
and this time the Identification of the
remains is complete. A large portion
of the body was found floating in a
five-gallon oil can by boys playing on
the Alameda shore, and with the arti-
cles found in the can, the remains
were ensily recognized by the dead
girls relatives. The alleged murder
er still declares his innocence, and
says another physician was the cause
of the girls death. However, there
seems to be no doubt of his guilt.
Annie Staley, the young woman
whom the prosecution proposed to
make a strong witness against West,
has outwitted the police by marry
ing the doctor by contract. She can
not now testify against him. The
man who was responsible for the
girls condition has not yet been
found, but is supposed to be wealthy
resident of Colusa.
Another tale of horror follows on
the GilmOur case and is of the same
nature. The victim was Clara Mat
thews, a beautiful country girl. She
was killed by a criminal operation
and carried out of a lodging house at
the dead of night. The burial took
place in the morning and the body
was placed in the pauper's field in a
rough box. Her betrayer was Harry
j. Gray of Lincoln, and he with DIR.
]. Won Werthern and E. p. DriscOll
of this city are now in Jail on a
charge of murder The evidence
against them is very strong.
Mrs. Louise Worthington, who
murdered on Badderly her former
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twenty-five years in San Quentin.
The judgment gives general satisfac-
ton.
The Midwinter fair is booming and /
there is 10 longer any doubt that it |
will be great success. Money is
coming in freely; exhibitors are more
than plentiful and nearly all foreign /
countries win be represented Work /
is now progressing on four of, the big .
and they are to be COM |
pleted by Jan. 1st. One of the fine /
features of the grounds will be an
electric tower to cost $4,000. 4 pros
pectus of the grounds and buildings
shows that they will be very beauti-
'ul.
The body of Henry Manson,
liquor dealer of this city who disap-
leared at Port Townsend seventeen
months ago, has been found in the
brush near that place. 1t is supposed
he became demented, was lost and
lied from exposure.
A new ferry is proposed to cross the
Jay and connect with Berkeley.