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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-04-03

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-12
GROwLING FOR WATER.

EDITOR BULLETIN% "A great
many complaints from residents
onthe upper slopes of hunchbowl,
especially from those who live on
.Kap;olani and streets adjacent,
Prospect street, etc., have been
filed at the water Office, but abso-
lutely no attention seems to have
been paid to them SO Ter.
1t seems to me that the order
from the water works department,
restricting citizens to the use of
water during certain hours, should
be so modified as to give to all por-
tons Of the town a reasonable
amount of water. Th9rr nay he
shortage of water, brCif Their Is
it would not only be infinitely
more satisfactory to consumers,
but stroke of economy on the
part of the government, to subdi-
vide Honolulu into districts, and
so divide the hours as would adj
NIT of all occupants having
supply for a portion of the day.
The way it now is there are hun
dreds who get no water iat,all for
days at q time. Those who live
on the fiat consume so much that
the dweller on the higher levels
obtainsnone.
Another thing: many of those
who have large lawns keep their
taps running most of the,time and
give as an excuse the fact that the
uncertainty of the supply makes
it impossible to keep their plants
. and shruhbery alive If they con-
form with the regulations. If
Kakaako and the residence dis
! trict comprised in the area from
Fort, Beretania and Punahou
streets were allowed to irrigate
for four hours per diem, Makiki
the ensuing four and the people
living onAthe hillsides smother
four, it Is almost certain that
everyone would have enough. The
present rule is about as arbitrary
. snd silly a enc as could have been
devised. KICKER.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-12
pahmk. - lis Nnnlc.

Climate ofrevery variety exerts
a. different iafuence on the de-
,sires of mankind for a stimulant.
In colder zones beverages of great
alcoholic strength are used to a
very much larger degree than in
the tropics. Beer is best suited
to,our climate and none found in
The market is better than that
bearing the brand of "PABsT,
Mil wAUKEE." Ut is brewed from
the best of maitland hops and is
great thirst qaercher and invi-
gorator and stimulates the nerves
and,muscles. AGthe Royal, Cos
mepolitan and Pacific saloons it
maybe found, colo and pure. In
Interchangeable checks are issued
whiGh may be used at any of the
three resorts. n
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-12

Nicely furnished rooms at the
Popular House, 154 Fort street,
from 500 per week Up. n
NJ. 1. Peixoto, proprietor of the
Union barber shop, next to the
Art Gallery, guarantees to give a
shave that will make your hair
curl With Joy. y
Sterling, the painter, is pre-
pared to quote prices or roof
painting. lie uses composition of
coal tar and cement. Cheapest
and best raof preparation in Ho-
nolulu.
Mechanics Home, corner Hotel
and Nuuanu streets, lodging by
day, week CT month. Terms: rs
snd so cents per night 81, and
81 .25 ner week.
Beautiful, artistic, accurate,
charming island views at King
Bros. Every prominent point on
the islands is photographed by us
and painted by the best of our
artists.
The Criterion Saloon is
pleasant place to go to and its
greatest attraction is the pure,
cold Seattle beer on draught
there. 1t makes ones mustache
curly and puts new life into the
failing eonsumptive.
Singers lead the world. Over
13,000,000 made and sold. High
est awards at the Worlds Column
bian Exposition for excellence of
construction, regularity of motion,
ease of motion, great speed, ad-
Instability, durability, ease of
learning and convenience of ar
rangement. B. Bergersen, agent,
King and Bethel streets. n
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-12
To N y Patrons:

It gives Inc much pleasure
to announce that MIR. M. r.
COUNTER, one of the most
skilled watchmakers ever in
these Islands, is now managing
my repairing department. No
watch is so complex in its
mechanism but we can give per-
feet satisfaction in correcting
the evils to which watches are
heir. Watches are delicate
things TO handle. We guarantee
that they will receive no injury
at our hands and will leave
our store in perfect repair.
Respectfully,
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
MAKING LIGHT or NkiWS SIOhf.

A POLICE REPORT INTENDED TO DIscREpIr IT
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ROBBED. CoNI.IN SAYS.
Chief Of Police Conlin yesterday sent 10 the
Commissioners n report which was Intended 70
dscredit the story that William j. A. Mckim'
Justice Bischon's secretary, was beaten down WITH
a sandbag and robbed in Fifth-ave. OH Ihurs-
day evening The report declares that young MT
McKim could not have been long in the basement
of the building No. 50 Fifth-ayc. when he was
found there by the porter OF the Cohstao'e hu'iu-
ing. that the theory Of robbery IL disproved by
the fact that young Mr.. McKim had all his Jew
elry and spent several dollars after he was found
by the porter: that the young man drank liquor al
Sixth-ave. and Thirty y-nnth-st, and also IN the
Plaza Hotel before he taken TO his nome;
that he has been n regular patron OF the bar AT
the hotel and that to Acting Inspector Harley the
young man admitted that he lost consciousness
after leaving the St. Denis on Thursday evening
md could not remember having been assaulted
by anybody Chief Conns report contains the
following statements:
There IS not the slightest foundation for the
story that Mckim sandbaHged. ana Will
he claims to nave been robbed OF his watcn ana
chain and shoes and S2J In money. ii must DE re-
nembered that when found he had upon hls per-
son a scarfpin a diamond collar button two gold
studs n pair Of heavy gold sleeve buttons, soln
ring and several dollars In money. property Whicn
would not bc likely to be overlooked Dy thlei
He is according to the statement OF the BARTENDER
Of the Plaza. regular drinker, ana there is no. no1
the slghies' doubt OF his being under the influence
OF liquor when found. In fact. his appearance
showed that he had been on what Van Ianht, the
bartender. called "a regular bat.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
LOWER PRICES FOR STGAR EXPECTED.

40 BREAK. 1T Is SAID. BETWEEN THE TRUST
AND THE GROCERs ASSOCIATION.
Further reductions In the prices OF rciined sugar
hy the American Sugar Refining Company tSugar
Trusp are looked for. As consequence. buyers
are holding of. and the demand Is next 10 ho'hhe.
The net price OF standard granuated sugar IL "'>
cents while centrifugdls sell at cents IhuS Il
difference OF ~ cents hundred between the TWO
exists whereas the difference a year ago was ~
cents Large books OF foreign raw sugars nave
recently arrived and an additional factor Tor lower
prices is the Louisiana crop OF @"cD tons or MORE
which will soon be Oh the market
I, Is denied th,t there has been "A break between
IN. American Grocers' Association and the sugar
Trust There l. n proposition. however, TO osiap-
,sh certain new relations which are under discls-
sion hut when have not yet been DECIDED upon
Tn. tlr.c-slXtcenth cent rebate was lut lto eI..
,n October lC 1895 but not for any dennllc p'iou'
For som. time the question OF change III the r.
hate has been under consideration. Ihe pes, n
,rrmafton obialnahle IS tha, there VIII probaDy ~
nn chnuge I'm the rebate except In IT." New orleans
district, Their. the rebate may be reduced 10 on. .
.lphtn cent This district has 80 H.U'h SUGAR V'
io7nl production to market each year thht II u
tac,tly agreed that prices for II may bc cu,; III
order TO work on the stock In lhr'' OF loul
months These low prices are consiir''u auNhI
tag. enough TO the trade. The trade. II II sid, Vrt
uaily admits much. and no lInpoIl'ht oppVT',
lion IL expected to the reduction III me ieD"lc "
u.-cighth cent. plus the regular per cent
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
ARMY ORDERS.

x,,osh,rg.on Oct 6-Captain James Z. Ayres.
Ordnance Department will make four visits "a
month during October November ana Decemoer'
,sos from Governors Island, n. T., 10 the worhs
NJ the Pond Machine Tool Company flainnein
n T. on business pertaining to the Inspection OF
tho 10-Inch disappearing gun carriages
The following transfers In the 9Th infantry are
made. Second Lieutenant Harry II. Bandholtz,
from Company to Company ]; Second Lleuteh-
ant Dwight W. Rythcr. from Company to COM
pany G.
First Lieutenant b. W. Dunn. Ordnance Depart
mont will proceed from Frankford Arsenal. Penn
svlvana TO the works Of the American Ordnance
Company bridgeport. Conn on business pertain
ing TO the inspection OF shrapnel under manufact
at that pl &C.
First Lieutenant Robert l.. MOVIES 9th Cavalry
at his own request. will he relieved from duty at
the United States Military Academy West Point
November l. and will proceed TO join his troop.
Fra Lieutenant John T. Ryan. 9Th Cavalry, VIII
report for duty the Superintendent OF the United
States Military Academy Wes, Point. November l..
The following transfers In the 18th Infantry are
made: Second Lieutenant Henry j. Hunt, from
ducks from Company q to Company ]: Second
enenant T. L Ip9 uora"y TUBE. 10
from Company, = to Company c. ,,,,a,
IG @ ol E na
to the commanding officer Of that post for service
with the trooos engaged In October field exercises
First Lieutenant Edwin NJ. suples, de
Kan. will be relieved from further duty AT that
post on the arrival there Of Second Lieutenant
John Il. Christian, I'd Cavalry and will proceed to
Join his troop at Jefferson Barracks Missouri
The. Retiring Board appointed TO meet at the
has been dissolved and The following Board ap-
pointed to meet there: Colonel Samuel s. Gunner.
9Th Cavalry; Major Robert NJ. ORelly. surgeon;
Major Jacob r. Rawles 4th Artillery. Major
George w. Adair surgeon: Major Thomas :. L.bo.
9th Cavalry; First Lieutenant George L. Anderson.
4th Artillery recorder.
Captain Charles NJ. Rockefeller. 9th Infantry. has
been relieve. from further duty at Mount Union
College Alliance. Ohio. and ordered to duty
professor Of military science and tactics at DENT
son University. Granville Ohio
Captain Edward &. Mathey. 7th Cavalry. having
been found by examining board untitled for
promotion. on account Of physical disability con-
tracted In the line OF duty. will proceed to his
home and report by letter 10 the Adjutant. General
Of the Army.
The following transfers OF officers are ordered
to take effect this date: Major David II. Kinzie.
from the 5th Artillery TO the Sd Artillery; Ma
John X Myrick. from the Sd Artillery to the 5th
Artillery. Major Myrick will report by letter to
the commanding general OF the Department of the
East for assignment TO q station.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
WORTHLESS VIRGINIA BONDS.
ro,-cur AT AN EXPRESS CoMPANY's PACKAGE
SALE THEY TURN Up OCCASIONALLY
IN THE MARKET.

A notice was sent out over the st0ck-tcker yes
terday to look out for 900 per cent Virginia state
bonds of the issue of 1882, signed III H. DYSON
Second Auditor" and I'D. r. Raveley. treasurer OF
the Commonwealth" The notice asked that Cap
tain o. Brien Of the Detective Bureau. might DE
informed II any OF the bonds turned up In the
market.
Detective Sergeant McCauley. who Is Temporarily
IN charge of the Detective Bureau when asked
about the notice said that the bonds were worth
less In 1882 the Commonwealth OF Virginia award
ed a contract TO the Kendall Bank Note Company,
of this city. for printing certain number OF bonds
of the kind described, but before the company
completed the bones the contract was rescinded
and given to the American Bank Note Company.
The Kendall Bank Note Company, however. con-
tin,ed printing the bonds In accordance with the
original contract. When all were completed they
were shipped to Virginia by the Adams Express
Company. They We're not received, and the pack
age remained In the care Of the Adams Express
Company as unclaimed property. At one OF the
cOmpany's regular sales of unclaimed goods 1t was
sold. The people who purchased the bonds, Nc.
Cauley said have succeeded in negotiating some OF
Them and occasionally one finds its way into the
market. AS a matter of fact the bonds not
worth the paper which they are printed
The stock-tcker notice yesterday. ii was learned,
was by the police. and they had re-
ceivcd notice that any one had been swindled
by means Of the bonds
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS.

Ncw-Haven Conn. oct. 'Spe'''"' i"' ''''''
=, ,ho INTERCOLLEGIATE tennis tournament.
Itch hcr,n here to-day. were marked by some
capital playing Ten colleges are represented h''
.ral Of which have entered men for the hrst une
in several years Harvard has sent down strong
,oo,n and her chances Of winning the ih'eiCoi-
lcgiate cup excellent The surprise oi III, u'y
..'r,'oa M ,r tho defeat Of Budlong who is doing
hattlo for Brown by Drscoll. OF Georgetown. a
"nmnarativclV unknown player. The score:
singles preliminary roundlH II. ~ iiackeiL fae beat
t',ns Prureton 60. e. g =. Rogers fehifl
vania bea, T l.. Goodho-iy, Williams g - -
Ware IIarVar6 beat q. T. Anderson. wesleyan
% .: A. sankey Princeton beat l.. frrry. W. W.
ams fo--s 6. n = Foster Harvard pea' w. u VIZ
son fr PENNSYLVANIA. g. So ,,.
First round-F. " Heltcam9 Cornell beat G. w. Ma
Nuien Columbia by default T a. Drsc.!. georgetown
beat c. Il. Budlons brown "a: sna II u HAfksH
g.. psrvsri beat |. A. Sankcy. Princeton. 60 g;
8 G. thompson. Princeton. beat W O. Genner' Colum-
80 hv defauli X. Hooker Yale. beat A. A. barrows
pr,wn Ra, 4-G Ga G-3: ". D. Whitman. Harvard beat
I r Neely Cornell. 60 6-3
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
SAVED FROM SUICIDE BY POLIcEhAN'
MRS wEIpEMEYER'S HUSBAND WHO LIVES AT
THE ENDIcOTT PROMISES TO TAKE
CARE OF HER.


CARE OF HER.
Young woman dressed In black and closely
,ouod vos taken TO Yorkviic Court yesterday morn
,, hv policeman Samuel T.. Totten. OF the West
six,v-,ighth-st station. The wor"ans name. as it
anne, red on the police returns, was Rose We1de-
meyer twcnU-n years old. OF No LOS west
sixiy-sixth-st She was charged by Policeman Tot
ten with attempted suicide.
The officer said that at II 10 O'Clock MONDAY hlsh'
he saw the woman going west in Seventy 'ohd-
st crying and wrnglng her hands lie Followed
her and she hurried along.
At Seventy -second-st. and Riverside Drive Is Il
high stone embankment built some forty or ntty
ft above the freight tracks of the New ork Cen
trail Railroad The woman ran TO this wall ana was
&, tho act OF throwing herself headlong 10 the
cks below when Tottcn seized her. she resisted
at ars and then pleaded to be permitted TO die. as
She was in great trouble The of1cer talked sooh-
become aueter Suddenly. however. she broke away
from him and had he been less agile than he was
She would have gone over the eInDankihtht LOT
Zen seized her in the nick OF time. lie then took
her to the station. - ,,,,,
The woman said she Mrs. Rose Weidemeyer
and tha, she did not live with her hus band re
was living she said. at the Hotel End,cott with
his family. They had one child about year DID,
she said. - ,,.. c,..,.. -.
Word was sent the Endicott Columbus-ave
and Eight second st. and II was learned that
Harry Weidemeycr. banker. llved there lie ad-
officer said The husband went 10 court yesterday
morning and assured Magistrate Deuel. That ne
would SEQ that the woman was taken care OF, ana
she was released In his custody.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
GEORGE ". VAN NAME WANTED.
A SHORTAGE IN HIS ACCOUNTS AND WARRANT
OFT FOR HIS ARREST.

, SHORTAGE IN HIS ACCOuNIS AMI NH""N'''
ot-T FOR HIS ARREST.
The police are still looking for George W. van
Name of Port Richmond. Staten Island. VINO Iei'
home week ago. having a shortage in his accounts
with the wholesale grocery firm Of r. c. Williams
a. Co. No. 5s-ss Hudson-st. OF several thousand
dollars A warrant has been issued for the
,ouny mans arrest through the firms counsel anu
he will be found and probably brought TO triai IL
possible Young Van Name. who Is twenty-e4ht
years old and has been the salesman ana COL
lector for the firm Staten Island for severai
years was a well-known figure on the country
roads near his home. He belongs to one oil the
oldest families the island and when. about eight
years ago he decided TO strike out for himself, he
had no trouble in obtaining work. and II Is said
that for time his income had amounted to
over 500 a month He became one of the best sales
OF several OF the best social organizations on
Staten Island His friends also say that he was
man Of good habits. and where he wasted his none!
H. still "A matter of conjecture =.
II l. understood that the peculations OF van
Name began about two and 0ne-half years ago. ana
that when first became dilatory In setting MS
accounts the firm lenient with him ana gave
him time. The final rub and investigation came
when one OF his Staten Island customers went 70
the main Office and wanted TO know why MS Boods
were not delivered He told that they wouiu
be sent to him as soon as he settled his account
He replied that he had paid the money 10 van
Name, and that he owed them nothing; An ex-
animation followed Van Name fled. ana the war
rant for his arrest issued.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
urvoPPBaGE FROM 4 BITTEN TONGUE
THE CAUSE OF LITTLE EDNA PARSONS DEATH
SHOWN RY THE AUTOPSY.

THE CAUSE OF LITTLE EDNA PARSONS pEATn
SHOWN RY THE AUTOPSY.
Donutv Coroner OHanlon yesterday perforned
an au,opsv on the body OF Edna Farson. the FOUR
vo,r-oId child who died while undergoing an oper-
alton The child had been accidentally KNOCKED
down in the street by an unknown man. ana
bitten her tongue almost in two. causing severe
hemorrhage The autopsy showed that death was
due to chloroform poisoning and loss OF blood Dr.
O'Hanlon says that the child would have died
from loss Of blood whether the choroform mao
been administered or not. The hemorrhage, ~
Saws. could not have been checked without tylng
up the arteries and to do this II was necessary 70
put the child under the influence OF the chloro.
form He thinks that the hospital surgeons are
not 10 blame In any way . -. em
Gustave Zerhst. thirty-one years old, or No ~.
Eeventhave yesterday surrendered TO the West
that he hurryng through West Forty nirsh; IN
st when he felt the hoop which the girl had
strike him from behind He looked around saw
the girl lying on the sidewalk. picked her up and
hurried on. He did not know that he had causeo
her fail and did not think that she was seriously
hurt He learned OF the death from the news
papers. Zerbst was much distressed over the %
FAIR and Coroner Hoeber let him 90 on his own
rccogniZance.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
ECHOES OF THE YACHTING SEASON.
THE ETHELwYNN SOLD FOR SoNG-A NE"
TALE OF THE DEFENDER-LONG ISLAND
YACHTSMEN TO MEET.

THE ETHELwYNN SOLD FOR soNG-A NEW
TALE OF THE DEFENDER-LoNG ISLAND
YACHTsMEN TO MEET.
According IN the best knowledge Of the facts. the
Ethelwynn. which so successfully defended the Sea-
wanhaka-Corin:hian Cup from the onslaught OF the
English boat the Spruce ". has disappeared from
boating scenes and incidents for good and all,
leaving behind her many story regarding unpaid
bills that will aid In keeping her memory green for
long years 10 come. The yacht was recently sold
under the hammer Manning's Basin In South
RrookIvn for 81 80 in attempted satisfaction Of a
claim for dockage against her. held by Mr.. Manning
himself Her sale was effected after she had been
damaged In the storm of week ago The Junk
dealer who bought her kept the spars and sails and
unknown. who carted 1t away for purposes Of his
own.
Every now and again stories crop out concerning
the possible sale OF the Defender. which has been
lying inside of Glen Island. at New w-Rochele. ever
since the hasco OF 1895 The latest tale Is in regard
TO the effort Of the owner Of winning schooner
to purchase her from w X Vanderbilt. The yacht
owner applied to Mr.. Vanderbilt saying he UNDER
stood the Defender was for sale for $4,000 Mr. Van
derbilt asked his Intentions and the yachsman boldly
replied that he wished TO transform her into a
schooner Thereupon. 1t is said. Mr.. Vanderbilt
piled that she not for sale any price for tina;
purpose. He added that he desired TO keep the De-
fender in shape as possible cup-defender against
future challenger at least have her orAhand
a trial yacht for any yacht that might be built
for the purpose OF defending the cup, and he sug-
gesed that he might take her to Europe year
racing In English waters under his own guidance.
meeting OF the Council Of the Yacht Racing
Union of Long Island Sound will be held tomorrow
evening at the Arena. Thirty-frst-st and Broadway
to for the G9ms Many
meeting Will be OF vital interest to yach;smen.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07

A cHINAMAN ANXIOUS TO ASSUME THE CARE OF
A WHITE BABY.
In Part H. OF the Supreme Court. yesterday be-
fore Justice MacIean Mrs. Jennie Chin Foy. the
wife of Chin Foy, laundryman. OF No. Delancey-
ST. accompanied by her husband asked through
counsel for permission to adopt Ormond, the seven
months old son of Mamie Lynd. young Hebrew
woman of No. 1.523 Second-aVe.
Mrs Foy said that she was born OF Hebrew
parentage In Newark thirythree years ago Her
maiden name was Jennie Levy. She attended
Sunday y-schoo with her husband. and they had
been married fifteen years. They had no children,
and her husband had long been anxious to adopt a
child. The mother of the baby In question was
willing to rclinQuish it. and Ii was already In the
care Of Chin FOy. The latter fact was evident. as
the Chnaman sat In the courtroom with the child
on his lap nOurshing IL with nursing bottle.
Justice MacLean adjourned the case till next
Monday. that he might obtain testimony re-
garding the character of chin Foy and his wife,
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
BASEBtLL CONFERENCE ENDS.
THE CONDITION OF THE GAME ~ THIS CITY bt
PGoREp. BIT 80 PRACTICAL Brsi-
DONE

The meeting OF the Sai,f,ai League baseball solons
a, the Fifth Avenue Hotel brought 10 = cl'@ last
night There has been two-days' session. but II
the words OF the baseball maenaes can he taken scr-
ol,s,y no new baseball history has been MADE
According TO the club-owncrs all that was done
was TO deulorc the condition o baseball Affairs III tS
city and decide that the Nailona' League 'a ''o
,aIc,io, Il, ,he ouarrels OF the minor leagues. The
Indianapolis- Minneapolis squabhle Is l"t 70 inc
smarer league to settle they sec hi IL was agreed
,h,i in the future the League should nav"
IN settling such fights among the siha" I'D Vi '"'
Other weFhy baseball problems weI. yer a. dc,ertca 20
the annual meeting "n,n WI, We p ~ li,1 n,rneroms II
bas hc.n a striklncy uncVenifIl convention OF 'he
baseball men arOus.ng Hale puHhc atehUo"
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
LARCENY or HIS OWN MONEY.

James G.. Bentley. proprietor OF Bentley's Old
Country Circus, now showing at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
thirty -third-st. and the Southern Boulevard who
was arrested last Saturday on the charge OF grand
larceny. preferred by Marcus Moses. Of No l6o Cln
ton-st n city marshal was arraigned before Mag
istrate Simms I'm the Morrisania Court for cXamin-
alton Yesterday morning. city Marshal Moses tes-
titled that he went to the circus tent last Saturday
afternoon for the purpose of lcvying upon the ef-
fccts OF the circus company In satisfaction OF the
claim OF n soubrette for back wages Moses says
that Bentley refused TO give him the money and
resisted him forcibly. He finally caused the circus
mans arrest for larceny In retaining money that
Ind been levied on. Bcnlcy was held for trial.