The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-05-22

Tue President informed his caller
that Admiral Walker had Received
instructions to formally acquire pos
session of the tract of land, survey
its approaches from the sea, take
soundings of the depth of watel
leading from the ocean 10 thu inner
harbor, and make estimates of the
cost of dredging a channel so as tC
give 4 draught for any of our wal
ships.
The Admiral will also survey the
land and decide on the best location
for piers, warehouses for storing coal
and other buildings which may be
necessary to give the Pacific station a
first class depot of supplies and coal
ing station, and place where minor
repairs may be made 10 ships.
San Francisco News.
The present grand jury is making
| things tropical for the wreckers OF the
Pacific and the Peoples Home banks.
The prominence of the men connected
with these institutions in this in
stance does not protect them from the
! clutches of the law. r. II. Mcdonald,
Jr., as the principal offender was the
first to be indicted and he has now
been in Jail week being unable to
secure bail of 100000. a second in
dictment has been found against him
and the bail increased to Sl5O,OO0. So
| il is expected that he will have to stay
\ in prison till after his trial unless bis
wealthy father, who is in New York,
assists him, and thus far the old gen.
! tleman has not offered to do so. r. H.
Mcdonald was president Of the Pacific
| Bank and has had control of the Peo-
| pies Home since its failure. On the
1Ith inst. another bombshell was fired
into the camp of the wreckers in the
shane of indictments of Frank V.
Mcdonald, a brother of R. H., Jr.,
Hiram t. Graves, ex-secretary of the
Pioneer Society, Charles Montgomery,
proprietor of the American Exchange
and Montgomery Hotels, and II. L.
jenkins. The three were released on
S5O,U0O bonds each and will stand for
trial. Frank V. Mcdonald has fled
to Japan to avoid explaining how
$4,000 of depOsitors' money disap-
peared while in his custody. The
charges are very grave, and it is
among the possibilities that r. H.
Mcdonald will get term in prison.
He declares he is innocent but the
facts look the other way.
The Chronicle has furnished the
city with a shooting scrape, but this
time no damage was done. The
shooter was Jake Rudolph, an old
time Buckley lamb, and who for
years acted as guide and bodyguard to
the ex-Boss. Rudolph got into
Erhtinn mood and IariIaI that ha
would kill Mike DeEoung, proprietor
of the Chronicle, for referring to the
fact that Rudolph was an ex-convict
and bad man generally. At the
business Office of the paper the would
be assassin in a loud voice called for
DeYoung. J. B. Eliot, business man.
ager of the paper, asked what he
wanted. The next moment a big
pistol flashed in Rudolph's hands,
thele was a struggle between the two
men, and the weapon was discharged.
The bullet struck some coins in Mr..
Eliot's left trousers pocket and
glanced downward, making q slight
abrasion of the skin on the inner side
of the thigh. But for the coin in the
left pocker the bullet would have sew
cred an artery and would undoubt-
edly have caused death in few min
utes. Mr.. Eliot succeeded in disarm-
ing Rudolph, and the latter was
thrown into the street, where police
man grabbed him. He is waiting
trial with bail fixed at $4,000, and
DeYoung is wearing piece Of boiler
iron under his vest.
The monument TO the memory of
the mother of George Washington
has at last been completed, and un-
veiled at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The President and Cabinet were
present, Mr.. Cleveland presiding at
the ceremonies.
William Oldham, of Nottingham,
England, will attempt TO cross the
in ten-foot boat.
Seven bandits entered the town of
Southwest City, Missouri, on the 10th |
instant, looted the banks of 5000, and !
shot down four citizens before they |
escaped from the town. 1t was the |
boldest robbery since the days of the |
James boys.
Dick Croker, the boss of Tammany,
has finally resigned, and will devote |
his time to enjoying life.
The drought in California grows |
more severe, and in western Fresno |
county is the worst known in twenty |
years. In the San Joaquin valley the |
grain crop is almost a complete failure. |
The fruit crops in many sections will |
be very short, but better prices will |
be paid than for any years past, as
crops of the same kind in the Eastern |
and Western States have been almost |
entirely ruined by frosts.
Wheat is now lower than ever be- |
fore in this and the New York market. |
John Patton, Jr., of Michigan, has
been appointed United States Senator /
TO succeed Senator Stockbridge, de-
ceased.
American News.
The coal strikers on the coal mine /
throughout the country are still out
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