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The record-union., 1897-08-06
NED FOSTERS TARDY CLAIM,
A CASE OF THE BITTER BEING
BITTEN.
"Reminiscences of the Wachkorst
Diamond Robbery Some
Years Agone.

District Attorney Ryan has received
| letter from Carroll Cook, now a Su-
perior Judge in San Francisco. but who
! was one of the attorneys for Horace
Black, the hero of the great $4,000
Wachhorst diamond robbery a few
years back, regarding a couple of dia-
monds that We're in evidence at the
trial
Judge Cook claims that these two
particular gems We're the personal prop
erty Of Ned Foster, the Bella Union
melOdeon proprietor, from whom We're
obtained several of the diamonds stolen
by Black from WachhorSt He says
they We're taken from the settings and
put in with the either stones merely to
catch any witness who might presume
to swear to their identity, but that they
never came back"
The diamonds obtained from Foster
We're sent here in care of the Grand
Jury, and by that body turned over to
the court. When Blacks case was
called for trial that worthy-who was
out on bail-failed to show up. Mr..
Wachhorst identified several of the dia-
mOndS as among those stolen from him,
and the court assumed that they were
all his and ordered them turned over
to Wachhorst.
Now, after several years, Blacks at
torney demands the two particular
gems which Foster claims We're his own.
He goes so far in his letter to the
District Attorney as to say that if any
one swore that these two diamonds
were his he is guilty of perjury and
should be prosecuted.
Accompanying Judge Cooks letter is
a note from Prosecuting Attorney Pick
otto of San Francisco, stating that the
matter had been referred to him by
Judge Cook, and making a demand for
the feturn of the stones.
What are you going to do about it %
District Attorney Ryan was asked.
DO about it?" he responded. why,
nothing at all. This is a nice time to
ask for the diamonds, after the whole
thing has been outlawed. / have writ
ten to Judge Cook that the diamonds
were turned over by the court to Mr..
Wachhorst, and that if he or his client
laid claim to any of them they should
have made their demand more than two
years ago. I also told him that the
diamonds had doubtless long ago been
reset, sold and distributed far and wide.
LAS to somebody having committed
perjury, why it's ridiculous. Mr. Wach-
horst identified few of the diamonds,
and as they We're all returned as having
been disposed of by Black to Foster,
the court turned them all over to him.
They constitute, of course, only a por-
ton of his less.
Even if these two gems We're not
of the stolen ones" concluded MIR. Ry-
an, ''it is simply a case OF tie bitter be-
ing bitten. They sought to put some
one in a hole, but fell into it them
selves, even accepting their own state
ment as true"
Deputy County Clerk Eugene Wach-
horst, when shown the letter from
Blacks former attorney, thought it very
amusing.
They talk about these two diamonds
being F'ostersl" he said. What about
the stolen stones that Foster said he
gave to a man in San Rafael? Yes,
they'll get those two stones back
yiahff''
The record-union., 1897-08-06

bars are of white ash and are adj
Unstable so you can get any kind of
hump on that suits your fancy. 1t is
regulated largely by the load you put
on it. The bigger the load the more
you have to hump yourself.
BE careful and don't mar the en-
amel on the frame, and keep the ball
bearings well oiled SO they won't cut
into the cones The tire is absolutely
punctureless, so that you won't have
to take a pump and repair kit with
you
BY the time you have removed
that pile of ashes I think you will
have made a century run-alSo the
perspiration. You'd better come in to
dinner now"
The record-union., 1897-08-06
HIGH SCHOOL VACANCY.
Kiss Rose Ryan to Accept a Posi-
ton in San Francisco.

The City Board of Education will
have a vacancy to fill in the High
School before the next term opens, and
now is a good time for those members
who do not like to be stood up" at
every turn of the street to take to the
woods.
Miss Rose Ryan, one of the efficient
teachers of the High School, writes
from San Francisco to her brother,
District Attorney Ryan, that she has
accepted a position in the new High
School at the Mission in that city,
where her salary will be $3.50 per
month
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Sued for Damages.

Nearly two years ago John Black of
this city, who was then in feeble health,
was visiting San Francisco, and while
there he fell from a Sutter-street car
and received severe injuries. He died
three months later.
His family claim that his death was
the result of the fall he received, and
have sued the street railway company
for S25 600 DANA ges
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Death of Mrs. Trope.

Mrs. Alexander Trope, one of the
earliest residents of Sacramento, has
passed away. She was a native of
France and 70 years of age. more than
half of which was passed in this city.
All the early, old and many of the later
residents knew Mrs. Trope, and es-
teemed her for her many womanly
qualities.
Deceased was the mother of Mrs.
Lucien Faure. Her husband also sur
wives her. He formerly conducted
hat store on street, but retired from
business many years ago.
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Guinea's Body Recovered.

On the 22d of last month John
Guinea committed suicide, while tenn
porarily insane by jumping into the
river Yesterday his body was recov-
ed down near the gas works and taken
to the morgue.
Deceased leaves a sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Shortliffe, who resides at Twenty-sec-
ond and K streets. He had been en-
plOyed on the river front.
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sCHOOLHOUSE BURNED.
The One at Reuter- Destroyed Yes
terday Morning.

1t is supposed that tramps occupying
the schoolhouse near Reuter- Station
We're the cause of its destruction by
fire at an early hour yesterday morn
ing.
The building was burned with all its
contents, including the library and fur
niture. 1t was built three years ago,
and was worth about 2,400, on which
there was insurance of S2,100. The
school has been closed since June LIST.
but there was nothing to prevent any
one from effecting an entrance.
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A Lucky Escape.

son had narrow escape from being
killed yesterday. The child was alone
in his fathers buggy when the horse
ran away and overturned the vehi-
Gle. Strange to say, the little fellow
WAS NOT burt
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A LOW GRADE WHEEL.
But It Had All the Good Points Of
the Best.

well, my boy" said citizen the
other day to his son, who wanted
wheel, ''you'll find one in the front of
that wheelbarrow, and there is a big
pile of coal ashes back of the house that
will have to be moved. The handle
The record-union., 1897-08-06
SHIPMENTS of Fruit.

Yesterdays fruit shipments for the
East amounted to 2714 cars of peaches,
11A of plums, 2414 of pears, "a of
grapes. and a half car of nectarines-
in all 66 carloads
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A Wasted Warning.

How many summer evening
Might be passed in comfort snug,
If mosquitoes showed a signal
Like the harmless lightning bug.
Washington Star.
Coronado water. Stockton sarsaparil
la and iron, champagne cider. ginger
ale. orange cider. j. McMorry. agent.
The record-union., 1897-08-06
Farm Hands Soliloquy.

Some folks sigh to be far away
Upon lofty mountain tops;
Others would loll around where they
Might watch the waving crops;
Some would sail on the dark blue sea
And think it was earthly bliss,
But under the pump is the place for me
On such a day as this,
Cleveland Leader
The record-union., 1897-08-06

KENT BROS, 1911 Third street. for car
riages. buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice. Telephones-New. 215: old. Sill.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
teething with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, ailays pain.
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and
is the best remedy for diarrhea whether
arising from teething or other causes For
sale by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
q bottle
The record-union., 1897-08-06
SPECIAL NOTICES

Vehicles-Baker & Observation-Disclosures.
Carts, Buggies, Carriages. Phaetons Balm
Farm and Header Wagons. Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
The record-union., 1897-08-06

All simple people are not great. but
all great people are simple.
The record-union., 1897-08-06
WHOLESALE LIQUORS.

EBNER BROS. COMPANY,
116-11S K street, Front and Second,
sacramento.
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE
dealers in Wines and Liquors Tel 364
The record-union., 1897-08-06

uITCuCACE Importer and Whole
ilOoIl NnoL ,Saler IN Foreign and Do
mestic Wines and Liquors. Proprietor of
mento-
The record-union., 1897-08-06

SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOUR
friends in the East.
The record-union., 1897-08-06
DEAD STUCK FOR BUG,

Kills Roaches, FIeas, Moths and Bedbugs. Nom
poisonous won't stain Large bottles, at druggists
and grocers, % cents. ly2l-5w
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FATALITIES

On the morning of September IA, 1876.
at the Capital Furniture Factory hre
John HeintZman, an employe Of the
said factory, while asleep in the build
ing was burned 10 death and his
charred remains We're found in the
ruins
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
AGAINST INCOME TAX.
Important Petitions Filed in the
Circuit Court.

Circuit Court.
The protest against the Income Tax
| has assumed tangible form by the filing
| of two petitions to the Circuit Court,
one by a private individual, James
| Campbell, and one by a corporation,
the Honolulu Iron Works, for injunc-
tions to restrain Tax Collector Shaw
from assessing and collecting the In
come Tax. The Tax Collector is given
the usual 10 days time for filing an
answer to the Court.
The plaintiffs name themselves spec
tally in the petitions, but in a sense
the whole community is interested, as
the decisions on the two cases will de-
termine the constitutionality of the In
come Tax Act in it's application to both
individuals and corporations.
In his petition, James Campbell
quotes the act relating to individuals,
and petitions for restraining injunc-
ton, first on the general ground Of the
unconstitutionality of an income tax.
He then enters into particulars and
gives a series of reasons for the petit
ton. Among them is the claim that the
act is unfair. To substantiate this he
quotes from the act the provision that
all individuals having an income under
$4,000 are exempt; that there is an ex-
emption of $4,000 for those having an
income under 81 900, but no exemption
for those having an income of over
$4,000.
Another reason is that there is a
provision for the exemption of profits
from the sale of real estate purchased
more than two years previous to the
date on which the act is to take effect,
but that no such provision is made for
improvements on buildings. A further
claim is that there is no return Of mer-
camille firms or partnership property.
There is also the claim that each mem
Der of the community is not required
to contribute his portion or share OF
taxes
The same general line of argument
is followed in the petition of the Ho-
nolulu Iron Works. After enumerat1ng
the conditions of incorporation and de-
scribing the companys property, the
plaintiff declares that the company is
willing to pay taxes on property under
the Act of 1896, relating to Internal
Taxes The petitioner claims that the
Income Tax is unconstitutional. One
reason is that it results in duplicate
taxation of all income received between
July 1 and January 1st of each year
and remaining on hand as money on
January 1st Another reason is that 1t
exempts corporations and like instltu-
tions organized for charitable pur-
poses, and beneficiary societies. 1t is
also claimed that the act is void relat-
ing to taxing the salaries of the Presi-
dent and Justices of the Supreme Court
as such a provision is contrary to the
Constitution of the Republic.
Both the petitions are elaborate and
review the whole Income Tax Act
thoroughly The development of the
cases promises to be interesting.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

as a subject of present discussion. The
insistence OF Judge Reagan In keeping IL
alive and urging review which is con-
tradicted by the best and amplest testi-
mony leaves him other alternative.
He is just free from any yust accusa-
tion of a purposed misreport OF any
Southern aspect of the history OF the war
as Judge Reagan is himself but he has
no personal motive. Judge Reagan
has, for making a special plea I'm behalf
of any particular view. 1t is a fact that
within less than co days of it's total col
lapse the Confederacy might have made
honorable and advantageous terms of
peace on the basis of the restoration OF
the Union, and IL is fact that commits
sioners sent to Fortress Monroe refused
ognition of the independence OF the Con-
federacy.
Whether il was best to let the col
lapse come is another matter. That il
was coming was in point of fact immi-
nent and we'll known in official circles at
Richmond. That within less than go days
ii actually came is history. Whether IL
was best for the Confederate President
and authorities to take time by the fore
lock and, with full knowledge OF the
impending disaster before their eyes TO
seek some other settlement than that OF
the impossible recognition of the indie
pendence of the Confederacy, or to leave
the bottom literally drop from the tub.
the Confederate armies at the mercy OF
Grant and Sherman, the Confederate cap
ital abandoned and the Confederate Gov
ernment in flight, belong to chapter or
speculative philosophy which we do not
care at present to explore"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
DELAYED SPREE IN PORT.
Damage to Machinery Rendered
Her HELPLESS.

Damage to Machinery Rendered
Her Helpless.
QUEENSTOWN, July 9.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Spree, Captain
Meier, which sailed from New York on
June 26th for Bremen via Cherbourg,
and which should have arrived there
on July 4th, reached here today in tow
of the British steamer Maine, from
Philadelphia for London. All the
Sprees passengers and crew are well.
The delay was caused by the crack
ing of her crank shaft on July I'd, while
$50 miles off the coast of Ireland. The
sea was calm at the time of the acci-
dent, and the Spree drifted until $3.50
p. M. July 9Th, when the Maine hove in
sight and steamed close to the North
German Lloyd vessel. The captain Of
the Spree sent one of his boats to the
Maine, and arrangements were made
to tow the disabled steamer to this
port.
There was no excitement, and the
passengers enjoyed themselves as best
they could under the circumstances.
The passengers will be landed and for
warded by special trains and boats to
their destinations.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
Delayed Ocean Vessel Ar.
riVeS in Port.
Did President Lincoln Propose
Paying Indemnity to South
ern States?

LONDON, July 9.-In the House of
cussion of the Irish estimates, Gerald
Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
after fierce attack by Timothy Healy
on the Irish Board of Works, made a
statement as to the manner in which
the Government proposed to eXpend the
f500, 900 voted by Parliament last year
for the development of the resources
of Ireland.
''The scheme said the Chief Secre-
tary, proposes the construction of
light railways through the congested
districts of North Donegal and to open
up by means of steamboats, and coaches
a new tourist route across the west of
Ireland. A steamer service a hundred
miles up the Shannon will begin on the
1st of August, while other lines of
steamers and coaches will connect the
Killarney district with Connemara"
Then occurred a curious scene. The
Nationalists, who had been previously
abusing the Government for it's wanton
disregard of ireland, arose, one after
the other, and effusively thanked Ger
aid Balfour for the broad and gener-
the problem, all admitting that he had
done the best possible with the funds
at his command.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
MAY BE A RACER.
The Lena l.. is Offered for Sale
at Low Price.

The Lena L. is Offered for Sale
at Low Price.
Captain Prelling, of the Lena L., has
decided to give up trading, and now
offers his fast-sailing schooner for sale
at low figure. The Lena L. cleared
at Port Townsend on June I'd for Mex
leo, but got lost in the fog or some
thing else, shortly afterward, and could
not get any nearer Mexico than Makua
Bay, on this island, which place, it is
said, she visited on Saturday night
last.
This distance was made in AZ days,
and Captain Prelling evidently feels
that such long journeys are not profit
able, and for that reason proposes to
sell out and return to the Coast by the
Australia The climate of Hawaii be-
ing so salubrious and conducive to good
health, the sick passenger may remain
here for the present.
The captain of an island trading
schooner says the Lena L. is a right
he saw skirting along the coast under
jib and mainsail and pass into Makua
Bay about o'clock Saturday evening.
She was not seen again by him during
the half hour he was in the vicinity.
This captain states that about the
only vessel that could overhaul the Le-
ma l.. would be a swift revenue cutter.
Now that she is for sale, it is probable
she will be bought by local yachtsmen
and entered in the next races.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
MEXICAN PEARLS.
English Capitalists Form Syndicate
TO Purchase Fisheries.

TO Purchase Fisheries.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, July n.-Advices
have been received from Lower Califor-
MIA that the Compania Perlfera de la
Baja California QIower California Pearl
Fishery Company has sold its conces-
sions and other property in the Gulf of
California to an English syndicate for
900 pounds. The sale was negotiated
by Senor Carlos G. Cornejo, agent Of the
company that has operated the fisheries
almost ever since their discovery, with
but few changes in the personnel Of the
corporation. Many of the stockholders
of the concern have made large fortunes,
but of late years much of the proceeds
has been expended in new vessels and
new appliances calculated to enlarge the
output of pearls.
La Paz, near the southern end of the
peninsula, on the Gulf side, is the head
quarters of the company, and the place
where the boats rendezvous. few years
ago the fisheries were more productive
than at present. the output frequently
reaching s150,000 per year. But with the
exhaustion of the old beds, and the IA
talities among the natives on account of
the sharks, which are exceedingly nu-
profits fell off considerably.
The black pearls in the Gulf are more
in demand than the ordinary product,
and are regarded as superior to the Per-
sian black pearl. One was sold a few
years ago to the Emperor of Austria for
$4,000. With the modern appliances adj
opted by the company and under the man
agement of the English, il is expected
that the pearl fisheries will become a
much more prominent industry in the
Gulf.
don company covers an area extending
from point near Cape San Luis to "a
point near Mulege, several hundred miles
north, and from the peninsula to the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.
Successful Experimrnts on Pro-
fessOr'S Infant Son.


fessor's Infant Son.
BERKELEY, Cal, July 11.-Prof M.
e. Jaffa has sent on to Washington the
result of his experiments In dietetics con-
Quoted upon his infant son. Professor
Jaffa will not make the results of his in
vestigations public until they reach
Washington further than to say that
Baby Jaffa has thrived wonderfully un-
der the care of science.
The young Jaffa has the distinction Of
being the smallest child ever subjected
to a scientific dietary. All of Prof. w. o.
Atwater's experiments have been tried
with children at least 1 year old. AS he
is the Governments special agent on nu-
triton Investigations, Professor Jaffa has
furnished him with valuable information
Ever since the experts child was three
weeks old he has been subjected to the
most careful feeding. His food has been
weighed and measured daily and it's ef-
feet noted. Today Baby Jaffa is ! year
old, and is just three weeks short of haV-
ing lived a year on science. AS a result
the latest bulletins on dietetcs will con-
tain an ideal diet for a baby under the
year mark.
Professor Jaffa says that his son has
not been sick day of his young life.
The scales have not allowed his food to
be out of proportion and he as escaped
the diseases which usually attack infants
who are overfed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
CURTOS EVIDENCE.
Claim That Lincoln Contempled
Purchasing Slaves Freedom.

Claim That Lincoln Contempled
Purchasing Slaves Freedom.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July u.-Henry
Watterson publishes in the Courier-Jour-
nal tomorrow morning an elaborate reply
to Judge Reagan's denial that Mr.. Lin
coin contemplated payment for the slaves
under certain conditions, and that he
said to Mr.. Stephens: Let me write
Union at the top of this page and you
may write below it whatever you please"
Mr. Watterson sustains his position by
profuse documentary evidence. He
quotes Mr.. Stevens account of the Fort
ress Monroe conference and produces a
joint resolution, prepared by Mr.. Lincoln,
to prove that indemnity for the slaves
was contemplated. He cites several cred
ible witnesses, all of whom declare, as
Mr.. Watterson declares himself, that Mr..
Stephens did make the statement ascribed
to him.
In closing Mr.. Watterson says: "Mr.
Watterson regrets that Judge Reagan
has seen fit to recur to a question he
thought was settled. He was surprised
by the passage in Judge Reagan's Nash
vile address, but he concluded not to
revive an issue which, aside from SEEM
ing ungracious to a fraternal occasion
cannot in the nature of the case be very
agreeable as a retrospection or profitable
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and all but two or three are fond of
remaining aboard ship. The two or
three referred to are fond of a cup or
two. They all have a genuine
aloha for their shipmates. This
fact was well-proven last night when
one great strapping fellow went to the
boat landing with two Englishmen-
one member of the culinary and the
other of the engineering department.
on his arm, supporting them, as if they
We're children and placing them in a
shore boat, to be taken aboard. The
Englishmen had been visiting the sa-
looms too frequently. In addition to
this, the Fijian paid the boat hire.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.
IF YOU BUY A SINGER.


You will receive careful instruction
from competent teacher at your
home.
You can obtain necessary accessories
direct from the company's offices.
You will get prompt attention in any
part Of the world, as our offices are ev-
erywhere and we give careful attention
to all customers, no matter where the
machine may have been purchased.
You will be dealing with the leading
company in the sewing machine busi-
ness, having an unequalled experience
and an unrivalled reputation-the
strongest guarantee of excellence.
Sold on easy payments. Repairing
done. B. BERGERSEN, Agent.
1611 Bethel Street, Honolulu.
The City Carriage Company possess
only first-class hacks and employ only
careful, steady drivers.
Carriages at all hours.
Telephone 113.
JOHN S. ANDRADE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
SAILORS HOME.

Fine, cool, airy, comfortable rooms;
bath, reading and billiard rooms and
electric lights in connection with the
house. Rent, 81 a week and up; $5
month anG up. 4650-1m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-23
Eli Islands on Penguin.

There are nine Fiji Islanders aboard
the Penguin, and all of them are great
strapping fellows, over six feet tall,
cles of their bodies are very hard, and
they are as black as the African negro.
They are a good-natured set of fellows,