The record-union., 1897-12-17
Another Frightful Murder on the
Island of Maui.
A COmely Young Chinese Woman Beaten TO
Death BY Rohher.
Brilliant Wedding of a United
States Naval Officer and n Phil
adelphia Lady-A San Francis
can Ends His Life by Taking
a Dose of Cyanide of Potassium.

HONOLULU, Dec. 9.-The Kinau to-
day brought word of another frightful
murder on Maui The victim this time
was comely young Chinese woman,
the wife of a fisherman, residing at
Wailuku. Attacked while alone in the
house, her head was beaten almost to a
jelly with some sort of a bludgeon.
The killing occurred on November
18th. The fisherman had left his home
at u o'clock in the morning TO attend to
his nets. When he returned for lunch
at Z. m he found the lifeless body of
his wife lying on the floor of the sitting
room. 1t was evident from the clotted
blood thar oozed through the gaping
wounds in the head that she had been
dead for several hours.
The murderer is supposed to he
native named Kamalo, aged % years.
who has served two terms for larceny.
Robbery is supposed to have been his
motive. According to the evidence at
hand, he was engaged in ransacking
the Chinese home when the woman re-
turned end caught him. He killed her
with a club in order to conceal his first
crime.
This is the fifth murder reported from
Maui this year, and all have been as
brutal. Only Orientals have been the
victims.
The Pacific Mail steamship Baracou-
ia, Captain Irwin, arrived from Nanai-
mo on the 9TH, after a hard trip of
twelve days. She brought 1000 tons
of coal. The Baracouta is now sailing
under provisional Hawaiian registry,
but Will have a permanent registry
u h. L..
arrangements had been made by Colo
mel George Macfarlane before he left
here. After discharging her coal the
Baracouta will sail for Panama, CALI
ing at several ports on the Central
American coast.
A brilliant wedding took place in the
ST. Andrews Cathedral at high noon
yesterday. The contracting parties were
ii. Bertrand Price, assistant engineer
on the flagship Baltimore and Miss
Catbartne French Banks Of PhiIadel-
phia me wedding was attended by
Admiral Miller, his staff. and d large
number of naval officers in full dress
uniform. Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Banks
and two sisters of the bride are here to
attend the wedding.
For the first time since she secured
her Hawaiian registry the Pacific Mail
steamship Aztec arrived at this port on
the 18th, coming from Nowau, Japan,
with 5000 tons of coal under her decks.
She VIII proceed to San Francisco from
here.
The agency of the MakaWell Planta-
ton at San Francisco has been trans
ferred from Spreckels & Co. TO Alexan-
der d Baldwin. A conservative esti-
mate made on the coming crop at Max
aWeli by the manager is from 14,0O0
to lo,cOO tons. This sugar will be
shipped to New York
Charles Therbach of San Francisco
committed suicide on the I'd inst. by
taking large dose of cyanide of po-
tassium. He left nothing to explain his
rash act, but on a<card was written
Notify c. Thierbach, 1889 Washing
ton street, San Francisco"
BY the last mail from the coast
Thierbach received word that mis- sweet
heart, who resides there. was at the
point OF death, and could not possibly
live. The news depressed him very
much. The young man had been Sc
riously i'll, and had not yet sufficiently
recovered to resume his business duties.
1t is supposed that his illness and the
bad news he had received led him to
believe that life was not worth liv-
ing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16.-The
youth referred to as Charles Thierbach,
the Eews of whose suicide at Honolulu
was brought here by the Doric to-day,
was Charles Kuhmeyer, the adopted
son of G. Thierbach of this city. He
left here some months ago with a YER
iscore exhibition, but the show not
being a financial success on the islands.
he abandoned it and obtained employ
ment IN one of the photograph CALLER
les there. While his recent letters to
Mr.. Thierbach contain reference to his
malady, an abcess of the ear, his adopt
ed father asserts Hnat he knew nothing
about the youths love affair.