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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-04
For Sale.

Two Houses containing 8 and 7
rooms situate on PunahOu street oppo.
site Pun.hOu College Prices, $4,000
and $500 Terms, $1,000 cash each
and balance In mortgage. Apply to
A. v. GEAR & CO.,
707-tf 2l0 King street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-04

p. F. Ryan, the genial manager
OF the reliable old Anchor, has Sc
cured an able assistant in William
Carlisle, late of the Hawaiian
Hotel. AT the Anchor the famous
Seattle beer is on tap, and half
and-half compounded at "two for
a quarter" The Anchor main.
tains its reputation for superior
brands of WHISTLES, as we'll as of
other liquors, wines, etc.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-04

BAH morning collections reach
General Post Office not later than 9:25
a. m and afternoon collections not
later than 8 20 p. m
Morning collections ONLY on Sat
urdays and Holidays.
September 90, 1897. 7A.1
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-04

The taking of extreme ven
gesnce upon the agent, for his
faithful carrying out of the law,
imports anarchy into the offense
and thus makes it so much more
aggravated. On the side of socie.
ty it is time to urge that the MUIR
dering and attempting to murder
peace officers in the exercise of
their duties should receive an ex-
emplary check. If the constituted
guardians of life and property
have to 60 about with their lives
in their hands, whose life and
whose property are then safe in
these islands !? Within the past
ten years as many lives have been
sacrificed, on account of resis-
lance to the leper segregation
law, as have been in the four re-
volutionary disturbances of that
period, besides sundry woundings
of officers from ambush.
Again, since discussion has been
compelled, it is proper to say that
the course of justice with regard
to any particular act of crime, for
which one or more accused or
condemned persons are now in
generated, should not be affected
in the smallest degree by
the incidence of any other
act of crime demanding the
action of the authorities at the
same time. 1t seems necessary to
say this, as talk is heard of the
relative bearings that may be
perceived, on the part of the
authorities, between the Molokai
murder awaiting final executive
action and the Iwilei and Kauai
cases awaiting judicial proceed
ings. Each of these cases ought
to be treated strictly as if the
other had never existed. The cir
cumstances of each homicide and
the motives are not alike in any
two of them-one being associat-
ed with robbery, another with
riot, and the third with revenge.
In making the foregoing obser-
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-04

In making the foregoing obser-
vations, we are not pleading the
law of life for a life, neither pre-
judging the guilt or innocence of
any accused persons Both of
these questions we leave to the
powers that be with confidence of
offended justice being requited.
What we are contending against
is the Fictitious creation of a
morbid sympathy for lawless
blood-letters, or the conjuring up
of mistaken notions of crime in
the public mind, as being liable
to unduly embarrass official res
possibility. But, in conclusion,
we should say that, if convicted
murderers are to be saved from
the extreme penalty of the law, it
will be incumbent upon the
authorities to mark the alternative
restraint of such with such differ
ence of treatment from that of
other criminals as will make their
cases a profound and perpetual
warning against all violations of
the sacredness of human life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
INFERRED nv SAME GRAVE.
victims Of the Indiana County (Pa.
Tragedy Laid to Rest.

victims Of the Indiana County (Pa.)
Tragedy Laid to Rest.
INDIANA, Pa, Dec. 29.-The funeral
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Milton Neal, the
victims of the tragedy of Christmas
day at Jacksonville, have been held at
the old home. Never in the history Of
that village did such crowds Of people
pass through.
The bod es were laid out in beautiful
caskets and placed side by side in the
lit le church. They were 30 terribly
mutilated that they were hardly recog-
nizable by many of their friends, but
everyone wanted to take one last look
at them, and curiosity that has been
running high for the past two days was
gratihed.
Rev. II. L. Mcclure of Blairville con-
Quoted most impressive funeral SER
vice, IN which he warned the people
present of the uncertainty Of life and
how many people were stricken down
in the midst of q seemingly happy and
prosperous life. After the services
were over an immense procession
formed and started for Indiana, where
the remains were inferred in Oakland
cemetery.
After brief service at the cemetery,
the bodies were both lowered into one
grave. Nothing has transpired which
will fix the guilt on outside parties. 1t
is now the general belief that the coro.
ner's jury will fix the responsibility on
Mr.. Neal himself.
In spite of their feelings on the mat
ter the ne ghbors begin to think that
the blaody deed which took from them
two goods friends was committed by
Mr.. Neal himself.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
mAye= ei1z wit FIGHT.

Accep'suce. Win strings Attached, Of
Oilers From McUov and Corbett.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2'.-Martin Julian on
behalf of Robert t'itzsim1ons has
made the following statement:
b "E'itzsmmons will defend his right
to the title of champion. Mrs. Fitz
simmons has re eased him from his
promise of retirement"
Referring to the conditions on which
Fitzsimmons will fight Corbett and
Mccoy Julian's statement says:
'These conditions are as follows:
Let Corbett beat man like Maher
o. Choynski and establish his right as a
member of Eob's class let Mccoy beat
his way mp to commanding pos ton
and come along with his challenge aft.
erward. ut first Mccoy must fight q
fit opponent at the middleweight limit,
ana not at catchweights."
The statement concludes as follows
IL am not going to allow Mr.. Fitz-
simmons to accept offers from inferior
men. When the proper time comes
Fitzsmmons will meet them all one
after the other in the same ring IL
need be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
MURDER MYSTERY uNsoLvep.
Investigation Throws Little Light on tn
IUdiana County Tragedy.

Investigation Throws Little Light on the
Iudiana County Tragedy.
INDIANA, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The murder
theory is still held by the friends of J..
Milton Neal and wife, who were found
dead from gunshot wounds at their
home near Jacksonville Saturday nightl
The coroner's inquest is not concluded,
it being adjourned until Thursday
noon. no trace of the murderer has
been found so far as the public is in
formed. Frank Douglas of Indiana,
son-in law of the dead couple, scouts
the idea that Mr.. Neal killed his wife
and himself. He points out that they
were in the best of circumstances,
deeply attached to each other and all
their family relations pleasant.
Mr.. Douglas would not state what
motive could have induced the murder,
but believes robbery was the main one
Members of the family think that on
Friday before the murder Mr.. Neal
had 5 0 on his person. Now only half
that sum can be found. Again, they
say it was the habit of the murdered
man to carry large sums in big leather
pocketboOk. The latter was found in
the usual place, but only few papers
were within. one thing which the
relatives think upholds the idea of sui.
eide is that after the bodies were found
one shell was still in the gun. They
say that both barrels were always
loaded.
Across Mr.. Meals forehead there is a
deep dent, wonderfully like blow
produced by poker. No one can &C.
count for this, and some think the
murderer first felled him before firing
the fatal shot. The fender in front of
the fireplace, instead Of facing in the
proper direction, was turned out towar
the centre Of the room, showing signs
of scuti.e. The relatives believe that
after Mr.. and Mrs. Neal were murdered
the murderers locked all the doors in
the house and made their exit through
the cellar. BY the stove stood bucket
heaped full of coal, and that is taken as
evidence that the husband and wife
were preparing for the night and car.
ried in the coal either late in the after
noon or early in the evening. r
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
JOHN 3. keTcHAM,s WILL.
Testimony Regarding Its Admission to
Probate Heard In Chicago.

Testimony Regarding Its Admission to
Probate Heard In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Judge Kohlsaat
has heard testimony in regard to the
admission to probate of the will of the
late John B. Ketcham and the demand
of the dead clubman's widow. Mrs.
Minnie Wallace Ketcham, that she be
made sole executor of the will. Mrs.
Ketcham dressed in deep mourning
was present.
Joe Kellar, the butler, was the first
witness called. On the morning of
Nov. he said Mrs. Wallace Ketcham
called him into Mr.. Ketcham's room.
Mr.. Ketcham, who was sick in bed,
read the will to him and asked him to
sign IL as a witness. Kellar said Mr..
Ketcham's signature was affixed to the
will before he himself had signed it.
The butler testified that he had known
Mr.. Ketcham for about two years and
that he was drunk most of the time.
Kellar added, however, that Mr..
Ketchams mind did not seem affected
when he was drunk or sober.
Mrs. Torrey, also witness to the
will, was then placed on the witness
stand and testified to the signing of
the will. The case was continued until
Monday.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
A BOON TO FARMERS.
Letter, Sr,, Calls His Son a
Benefsctor.
HELD UP THE PRICE or WHEAT.
rhe Young Man Now Believed 10 Have
Taken q Turn at Oats while the oppe-
sItion was watching HIS wheat Trich.
A Squeeze likely.

CHICAGO, Dec 27.- Friday, (which
will witness the close of the great
Letter deal in wheat on the board OF
trade, bids fair to prove memorable
day in the trade.
No great excitement is expected In
the wheat pit, but in oats q squeeze OF
shorts may occur.
"The wheat deal of my son has
brought to the farmers OF the United
States 10 or 10 cents more for their
wheat than if he had not gone into it,"
l.. u. Letter said, in talking of the great
battle betwecl Joseph Letter on the
one side anG the elevator companies on
the other. Ny son has been the benc-
factor of the agricultural industries OF
the country to that extent. The seller
is now debating the price Of his
product, not the purchaser. Chicago
makes the market price of wheat, not
Liverpool. And the local influences.
which have been so long for constantly
lower prices, have ceased to control
Chicago markets.
The first purchase Of wheat by Joseph
Letter were made in July last at "a
cents. The price for real wheat, such
as the farmer sells, has been between
90 cents and $l.00 for several days.
This makes total advance since July
of about 50 cents. Letter, ST., gives to
the ordinary course of the markets
credit for between 20 and 25 cents of
the rise. The remainder he attributes
to the substantial support given to
prices by Letter Jr., during the last six
months. 1t is believed that Mr.. Letter
has been turning trick on the trade in
oats while everybody was Watching
wheat. For weeks the oats pit has
been practically deserted.
Last week there was disaRreeable
surprise to the men who had sold G, 6,0O0,-
900 bushels of oats for december de-
livery when they learned chat no oats
were being delivered. Then they
Rwoke to the fact that in ell the Chi
oago elevators oats measured but 950,-
900 bushels of the contract grades.
1t was Wednesday when the disoov-
cry was made. The price Of December
oats was then 203a cents. On Friday
the market closed at 2258 cents. A cent
advance in oats is as good as or 5
cents in wheat. 1t is too late to rush
in supply to meet the calls which will
be made for the grain at the close of
bus ness on Friday. Those who have
not delivered the grain according to
contract will be called upon to settle at
the closing prices The situation has all
the elements of squeeze.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
TROUBLE OVER EVANS WILL.
Tho Document Said to BE Illegal
Brother to Contest.

Tho Document Said to BE IIlegai.-A
Brother to Contest.
PARIS, Dec. 29,--Rudolph Evans, the
only surviving brother of the late DR..
Thomas W. Evans, the famous Amer
lean dentist, who died in Paris on Nov.
Ia, has arrived here with his wife and
SON.
1t is learned from a reliable source
that the original will of DIR. Evans,
drawn up by Arthur Il. Valois of New
York, his attorney, was so badly copied
by DIR. Evans, who amended it and
added several codicils, that it is very
doubtful If it is legal.
It also appears that DIR. Evans made
two wills one for the United States
and another for France, which was
sworn to by the translator, who de-
mands So, 900 francs for the translation,
and having found difference in the two
wills, he refuses to deliver them until
both are probated here. The United
States consul, however, insists that the
wills be handed to him for veritication.
This adds to the complications.
Rudolph Evans, who, if his brother
had died intestate would have been en-
titled to half the fortune of the de-
ceased, which, after all, only amounts
to exactly $4,000, coo, received but $l0,-
900. Therefore, he is determined to
fight the will.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
a MESSAGE from M,klnleY.
Told Indiana Eepubiioans He Would
vindioste Repu ubiiosn Currency PLANK.

Told Indiana Eepubiioens He Would
vindiosto Republican Currency PLANK.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30. The Repub-
licans OF the state have held an i'm
portant conference here to further the
interests OF the party.
The chief speakers we're United
States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks
and Governor James A. Mount. Sena-
tor Fairbanks paid q high tribute to
the president. He said "1n my hum
BILE Judgment more patriotic citizen
OF the republic never Rraced the chair
of the chief executive"
Senator Fairbanks expressed the be-
lief That the Dingley law will prove Q
blessing and bring prosperity equaled
only by the Mckinley law itself.
On the subject of currency reform,
Senator Fairbanks spoke as follows;
"Our Democratic friends say to the
| old ~ Lemocrats, the Republican party
will not keep faith with us when the
Republicans declared in favor of sound
money at st. Louis they did not mean
it. The Republican party, with Nc
Kinley as our leader, intends to keep
faith to preserve the gold standard un-
impaired TO the American peop.e. The
| currency question is q great question.
and to it the president OF the United
States and his advisors are addressing
themselves with ardor and intelligence.
saw the president but q day before
coming here. asked him II he had any
message for the Republicans of Indi-
ana. He commissioned me to say To
you that he gratefully remembers the
encouragement and assistance which
the Republicans of this splendid state
have given him heretofore, and he fur
ther said: Il am going to keep the
bond. / am going to vindicate the
sound money plank in the st. Louis
PLATFORM /"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
WIN. n. 1nIrr 80 ~. .T.
Tho Former P-nnsyivanian Arrested q
at Denver.

Tho Former P-nnsyIvanian Arrested at
at Denver.
New YORK, Dec. 29. According to q
dispatch received at police headquar-
ters, William II. Grifflths has been ar
rested in Denver by detective ser.
Reant from this city. Griffiths is
charged with having swindled Richard
j. Bowl ~, president OF the Denver min
ing exchange, out of $l4, ,0l6 on Nov. 26,
1892, in this city.
DENvtR, Dec. William II. Grif-
fifth, whose arrest OF an indictment
found in New ! ok for the alleged
larceny of $4,000 has occurred here. is
proprietor of the Leadville Herald
democrat and the Leadville Evening
Chronicle. He claims that the indict-
ment is simply an attemptito collect o
civil debt by criminal process, He
says there was nothing crooked in the
transaction between him and Bolles,
and that he has been in New York re-
peatedly since 1892. and could have
been arrested there had Bolles really
wanted TO prosecute him criminally.
Mr.. Griffith has been very prominent
In Colorado politics, being at one time
chairman of the Republican state COM
mittee. He is manager Of one OF the
richest mines in Leadville. Mr.. Griffith
was once owner of the Denver Sun.
He was formerly from Mercer, Pa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
AGED COUPLE MURDERED.
Farmer and Wife Found Dead by Their
Son, Near Indiana, Pa.


Son, Near Indiana, Pa.
INDIANA, Pa, Dec. 27.-Near the lit
tie village of Jacksonville, nine miles
southwest Of here, terrible tragedy
was enacted on Christmas day. The
bodies of Milton Neal and his aged
wife, cold in death and horribly dis
figured, were found at o'clock that
night by their son Harry, who was
passing the house and stopped to make
a Christmas call on his parents. Neal
was one of the most prominent and
prosperous farmers Of the vicinity in
which he lived. -
Officers are securing the country for
the murderer, but as yet he has not
been apprehended. Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
were last seen alive at 8 a. m. Saturday
by their grandson, Roy Knee, when he
left home to spend Christmas with
friends. !
A daughter, Mrs. Jacob Roger. is the
wife of a weli-known Homestead mer-
chant, and another daughter, Mrs.
Frank Douglass of Indiana. was visit
ing there at the time. There is nothing
to indicate that the crime was commit
ted for plumber as in Mr.. Meals pocket
was $40 bill and $50 bill lay on the
top of dresser. The friends say they
have ciew upon which they will at
once begin work to trace down the mur-
derer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
A WAGE CONFERENCE.
Miners and Operators to Meet
In Chicago.
AGREED TO CONFER ON JAN. II.
vhey Hope Then TO Permanently Settle
the Interstate Wage Question-A Pre-
Iiminary Meeting Held In Columbus.
A Joint Call Issued.

COLUMBUS. Dec. 2S.-The executive
committee of tho United Mine Workers
Of America and coal operators from
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois have met here. West Virginia
was not represented.
1t was decided to hold Joint confer
ence in Chicago, Jan. II, following the
national miners convention in this
city. While neither the operators nor
the miners will say positively that an
interstate agreement will be made at
that time, they are all hopeful that the
meeting will result in an amicable adj
justmept of the wage scale for the en-
suing year. In the meantime, the
present conditions will remain undis-
turbed. The miners will decide at their
national convention upon the demands
to be made at the joint conference. An
advance OF probably not less than 10
cents per ton in the price Of mining
will be asked.
The following call was issued:
To the operators and miners OF Western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois:
GENTLENiEN--At a meeting of operators
and miners representatives, held at Col
umDusi on tnlS 2Uh day OF December,
IL z, 1t was unanimously agreed that a
.oint meeting of miners and operators of
this competitive coal field be held in the
Y. Nj. @. A. building, at Chicago, at 10
O'Clock a. m, on Monday, Jan. II, for the
purpose of establishing mutual relations
and formulating an annual scale of prices
to be paid for mining In the various fields
in the states aforesaid for the ensuing
scale year; and such adjustment of differ
entails, rs may be agreed on, and If pos
sible, the permanent establishment OF
interstate agreement on the mining ques.
tion; and the consideration of such other
matters as may properly come before such
meeting.
On behalf Of the operators,
II. l.. Robbins, Pennsylvania.
ii. n. Taylor, Illinois.
r. 5. Tennant, Indiana.
j. 5. Morton, Ohio.
Committee.
On behalf of miners,
w. 9. Pearce, Ohio.
Patrick Dolan, Pennsylvania.
j. NJ. Hunter, Illinois.
j. II. Kennedy, Indiana.
Committee.
NJ. d. Ratchford, on behalf of national
executive board.
Attest +. S. Brooks, Secretary.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
MISSIONARY TOUR OF CHINA.

American Board Decides to Send a
Deputation To That Country.
BosroN. Dec. 29.-At a meeting of
the prudential committee of the Amer
lean board of commissioners for foreign
missions it was voted to send deputa.
ton TO China, consisting of Rev. Jud.
son Smith. ID. D., secretary of the for
eign depar ment; Colonel Charles Haw-
kins and Samuel II. Shapleigh. of
Allston.
The visit is made in response to
urgent and repeated invitations from
the North China, Foo Chow and Shansi
missions. They wish theexecutive odi.
cials to know their work and its sur
roundings as they themselves know it,
by actual contact and observation.
The visit is TO be made during the
earlier months of the year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
REBELS IN CONTROL.
Manzanillo Province Built Up
Again by Cubans.
rnE ISLAND REPUBLIC A FACT.
This IL Ono of the Provinces Claimed by
the spanish 60 Have Been Pacined.
Soldiers of Spain In q Pitisbie Condi-
tion-Mere Boys and siokly.

OITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 29.-A gentle
man from Cuba, who has been in Man.
camilla in one Of the so.called pacified
provinces, say that in reality the war
has not begun there, for the country
has been abandoned to insurgents, who
have built towns which are supplied
with abundant provisions from the
neighboring estates established by reb.
els, who even manufacture gunpowder
and have arms factories, tanneries and
shoe factories, so they can supply their
troops with the most indispensable ar
ticles. Spanish authority is not recog-
n zed, and the inhabitants are comfort
ably settled under the authority of the
Cuban republic. Occasionally the Span
ish conveys pass over the high roads.
but the insurgents go out and meet
them and fighting occurs on the roads,
the patriots always taking the offen-
sive.
The poor Spanish soldiers are in
such condition that much sympathy
is aroused, they being merely boys,
thin. pale. i'll and complaining of the
wretched quality Of their scanty ratlons
and of not receiving any pay for
months. Only very sick soldiers are
admitted to the Spanish hospitals and
others who are really ill are compelled
to sleep in courtyards, exposed to the
weather. Their condition is pitiful in
the extreme, arousing sympathy among
the insurgents, who know that these
mere lads have been .conscripted and
sent to fight them under conditions
which no veteran troops would stand
without mutiny. The Cuban republic,
he says, is fact and over consider.
able part of the island its authority is
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-30
eoveaNoa BACKS GRIFFITH.
He Refuses to Honor Requisition II
the Former PennsyIvaDian.

He Refuses to Honor RequisitIon For
the Former Pennsyivapian.
DENVER, Dec. 29.--Governor Adams
has refused to honor the requisition of
Governor Black of New York in the
case of William H. Griffith of Lead
vile, Colo, proprietor Of The Herald
Democrat and Evening Chronicle of
that place. who was indicted by the
New York city grand jury on charge
of larceny. The indictment was found
on the complaint of Richard J. Bolles,
of New York. who claims that Griffith
secured a loan of $4,000 from him in
1892 by false representations.
Governor Adams refused the requisi-
tion, because it appeared to him that
the criminal prosecution was not begun
in good faith, but was an effort to force
Mr.. Gri eth to pay the debt
Mr.. Griffith announces that he will
60 to New York next summer prepared
to stand trial on the indictment.