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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
EARL oF STANFORD DEAD.
Instantly Killed by a Cambridge
Express Train.

LONDON, May 16. = The Earl of
STAFFORD, who married Mrs. Samuel j.
Colgate in Grace Church, New York
City, last December, was instantly
killed this evening at Potter's Bar by
the Cambridge express
The Earl was seen standing upon
the platform awaiting "a train from
London. When the express ap-
preached at a high rate of speed he
suddenly fell forward upon the rails
The body, decapitated and mangled,
was taken to the nearest hotel, where
it awaits the Coroner's inquest.
Lord STAFFORD left London this morn
ing for his country seat, Wretham
Park, Barnet, Herts He was then
apparently in good health.
While ON duty at Windsor Castle last
FEBRUARY as an equerry to the Queen,
the Earl was seized with fit. and his
condition ever since has been a source
of anxiety. He was in his sixty-eighth
wear
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
White Starts for The Hague.

BERLIN, May 16.-United States En-
bassador Andrew D. White, chief rep
resentative of the United States dis
armament conference. which is 20 open
at The Hague on Thursday afternoon
started for the Netherlands this morn
ing, accompanied by Frederick w. Hollis
of New York, Secretary CT the United
States delegation, and the SU1ss and
Roumanian Ministers, both Of whom are
delegates to the conference. The fani-
lies of the delegates do not accom-
pany them. Mr.. White has planned
to return to Berlin early in June
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
General Funston.

KANSAS CITY, May 16.-A special to
the Star" from San Francisco says:
Captain F. E. Buchan of the Twentieth
Kansas Regiment, who arrived from
Manila yesterday on the Valencia, said ::
General Funston has no political am
billions, and does not care TO mingle in
politics in any shape or form. When
l last saw him, Just before leaving Ma
lolos, April 18th. his plans We're to go
to Cuba as soon as the Filipino rebellion
was over, and engage in cattle ranch
ing in one of the interior provinces. He
said that he had had al the adventures
he wanted ~
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17

WILLOWS, May 16-Interest in the
Murdoch case is increasing daily. Every
conceivable inch of space inside and out
the railing in Judge Pirkey's court
room was occupied to-day when Gen
eral w. H. L. Barnes commenced his
argument for the defense. General
Barnes made telling speech, in which
he paid a glowing tribute to Judge Pr
key in his management of the case.
General Barnes said that out Of near
ly 1000 signatures of William Murdoch
no two of them were alike, except the
1877. He said that if Mr. Murdoch
could make two signatures thirteen
years apart and be exactly alike. it
would be a miracle of miracles, but this
is what these two signatures show.
General Barnes demonstrated with a
pair of dividers, ON the engagements,
that there is not the one-hundredth
part of an inch difference in the sizes
of the signatures, to the note and the
deed of 1890, going to show the sigma
ture on the note was traced from the
signature to the deed of 1890.
General Barnes said that Cam Ash
urst filled his part in the great plot by
saying he paid Samuel Murdoch $4,000
the day before the big note was made,
which he borrowed of County Treasurer
Eby, when, in fact, Eby could not have
had more than three or four hundred
dollars, as shown by the records Of
the TreaSurer's office.
He said that Mrs. Murdoch hired a
man at Leesville to drive her home on
September 4, 1887, and was with the
man all day till II o'clock at night, yet
did not know his name.
Barnes said there was just one
bright sept in all this sea of perjury
and villainly, and that was that Mrs.
Murdoch had not asked her sons to
swear they ever saw or heard of the
note that was theirs and made them
worth 100000 apiece
Barnes wanted to know where GAVIN
Murdoch was all the time when his wife
was hawking this big note around try
ing to trade it for second grade Kear-
ney street lodging houses or old trot-
ting horses at Sacramento
He said that Megginson was willing
to make money any way he could, but
he was too smart man to get on the
stand and swear to a lie about that
note. He said that Thomas Kirkpatrick
had not begun to learn his part in the
drama until after 1890, when Mrs.
Murdoch learned that the note for
love and affection was not good, and
that then this devilish old man. had
manufactured that piece of paper de-
nominated an affidavit, signed Samuel,
as statement of the financial condi-
ton between himself and William Muir
dock
The attorney charged that it had been
torn out of an old book and the ink
watered to give it the appearance of
age.
At the hour of adjournment General
Barnes had high stack of notes he
had not gotten through with, but had
to stop, as his time was up.
Grove L. Johnson, for the plaintiff,
has two days in which to close. and
will begin to speak tomorrow at
o'clock.
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DECIDED IN FAVOR OF WIDOW.
Opinion of Interest to Fraternal
and Beneficiary ORGANIZATIONS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-United
States Judges Gilbert. Ross and Nor
row, sitting as a Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, to-day handed down an opinion
which win be of interest to fraternal
and beneficiary societies and other or
CARNATIONS OF which, insurance is fea-
ture.
The case was that of Lillian Beck VS..
the Supreme Lodge of Knights of
Pythias of the world. The plaintiff is
the widow of Frank E. Beck, mem
Der of the Endowment Rank, who blew
out his brains with a shotgun. The
Coroneu's jury returned a verdict of
suicide while temporarily insane, and
in accordance with the bylaws of the
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17

order regarding suicide the widow was
rendered S13S instead of $1,000, the
sum for which Beck's life was in
sured.
The widow brought suit, got judgment
for $4,000, and the Supreme Lodge APP
pealed from the decision of the Circuit
Court of Montana, where 1t was tried.
The Court of Appeals, in affirming the
judgment of the lower court, holds that
the defendant should have proved that
the deceased came to his death with
suicidal intent, and it did not devol1e
upon the widow to prove by prepon-
derance of evidence that his death re-
suited from the actual discharge of his
gun.
The widow will receive the $1,000
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
British in Possession of Kow Loon.

HONGKONG, May 16.--Part of the
British troops sent into the disturbed
territory near here have returned. al
ter taking possession of kow Loon CITY.
Chinese garrisons were disarmed, the
British flag was hoisted without Gls-
turbance, and fifty men of the Welsh
regiment were left to garrison the
town. No news has been received from
the Hinterland expedition.
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Sentenced to Penal servitude.

ST. PETERSBURG. May 16.-A trial
which has caused a great sensation here
owing to the high station of the Dris-
oner, has just been concluded. The evil
dence disclosed that the accused, Maria
MerShwiseka, a woman of noble birth,
had led an extraordinary career of in
trigue and crime The court found her
guilty of poisoning her lover and Two
women, owing to jealousy; kidnapping
a child and forging documents and bills
of exchange. She was sentenced to fif-
teen years penal servitude in Siberia,
and to be deprived of her title of no.
bility.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17

LOS ANGELES, May 16.-To-morrow
any cigar dealer or other merchant
found using nickel -the-slot machines
will be at once arrested. and his money
making devices carried to the police
station, there to remain as evidence I'M
til his case is settled in the courts. Sa-
loonkeepers will not only be treated to
similar course, but their license to
dispense liquor will be revoked This
was the edict promulgated this morn
ing by the Board of Police after a
lengthy discussion.
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TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.
A Number of British officers Under
Arrest.

CAPE TOWN, May 16.-The Argus
of this city. to-day published dispatch
from Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal
or South African Republic, saying that
p. w Reitz, the Secretary of State,
confirms the report that number OF
unusual arrests have been made there,
and it is rumored the prisoners are
British officers.
According to advices from Pretoria
the charge against the prisoners is
that, while staying in the Rand pri-
vately they are really engaged in en-
listing men for the purpose of rebellion
when they We're ready to give the sig
nal. 1t is said that the enlistment
roster included 1900 men, and that a
number of discriminating documents
We're found at the time the arrests were
made.
NAMES OF THE OFFICERS.
JOHANNESBURG,M May 1.-THE Of
ficers arrested to-day, who are eight
in number, instead Of seven, as pre-
viously cabled, are Captain Patterson,
formerly of the Lancers; Colonel r. F.
Nichols, Lieutenant ]. Trembott, c. A
Ellis, lately a private detective at
formerly of the Horse Artillery; Quar-
termaster Mitchell former Sergeant ].
Fries and former Sergeant J P Hoop
er None of them have been in the
employ of the British South Africa
Chartered Company.
1t is said that the Commissioner of
Police, who had the affair in hand, had
been working up the case four months.
Mr.. Beatty, the detective who effected
the arrests, received his instructions
last week, and secured the necessary
warrants yesterday. The Executive
Council Of the Transvaal is sitting in
secret session this evening considering
the arrests.
Further warrants have been issued
1t is asserted that the officers already
arrested were also preparing to organ
ize corps in Natal, the British colony
between the Orange Free State and
the Indian Ocean, to assist the pro-
jected movement at Johannesburg.
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sam F1ancIScO data. MaXlmum tenn
perature 60, minimum 46, mean SO.
The pressure has fallen slowly over
the northern portion of California, and
there is a slight tendency TO the for1na-
ton of a low over Eastern California
and Northern Arizona. There is another
depression central over the interna-
tional boundary.
The temperature has risen about s
degrees in tha interior of this State and
Western Nevada. The Temperatures
are more nearly normal now than they
have been for some days past
No rain has fallen in California.
Showers have fallen in Utah.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
Suicide at jacksonville.

WATSONVILLE, May 16 = c. NJ.
Sheppard, an old and respected resi-
dent of this city, committed suicide
last night by shooting himself He
had been in i'll health. He was IL
years of age, and a native of New
York. Mark Sheppard, a Calaveras
County mining man, lis brother of
deceased,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
Colyar Given Sixty Days.

NEW YORK, May 16.-Arthur S. COL
yer, Jr., the lawyer from Nashville.
pleaded guilty to-day in the General
Sessions to an attempt to kidnap Mich
elias A. Hickman, d witness in the
Molineux case, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for sixty days. He
went out of court laughing and waving
his hands.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
Shot and Killed His Sweetheart.

EATON RAPIDS 'M:ch.), May TO-
James Brum, aged 40, a we'll known
stock buyer, living near Dimonale, shot
and killed his sweetheart. Mollie Flag
Ter, aged %, to-day. The cause was
jealousy. Brum started toward Lans-
ing. The Sheriff and several men are
on his trail
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
Judge Grosscup Improving.

ASHLAND (Or), May 16.-Hon. T.
s. Grosscup, Circuit Judge for the
Northern District of Illinois, who has
been lying very i'll at his parents home
here, is much improved to-day. He is
very weak, but the action of the heart
is decidedly better.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
Cruiser Raleigh.

CHARLESTON Is. CO, May 16-The
cruiser Raleigh, Captain Coghlan,
sailed at noon to-day for Portsmouth.
where she goes out of commission. She
will be thoroughly overhauled and re
modelled.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A Rise in Temperature in the In
terror of the State.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-(5 p. M
Weather conditions and general fore
cast: The following are the seasonal
ra:nfalls to date as compared with
those of same date last season, and
rainfall in last tWenty-four hous:
oCt
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
mo WORRY over
CUBAN SITUATION.
War Department Not Alarmed at
the Condition Of Affairs.
Gen. Brooke Clothed With Full Power to
Deal With All Contingencies.

stand That No Overt Acts Will
be Permitted-The United States
Will Remain for the Present in
Absolute Control of the Island,
and the Orders of the Officers in
Command Will be Sustained by
the Government at Washington.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
MURDOCH SUIT
NEARING AN END,
But One More Argument, and Then
the Judges Charge.
General Barnes Closes for the Defense In
a Telling Address.

Charges That the Signature to the
Note Was Traced From a Deed,
and That the Paper Had Been
Torn Out of an Old Book and
the Ink Watered to Give It the
Appearance of Age-Grove L..
johnson to Begin the Closing
Argument for Plaintiff To-Day.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
DEL WING INTO new
YORK CITY AFFAIRS.
The Mazet Legislative Committee
Resumes Its Inquiry.
Mayor Van WICK Under Fire at Yester-
days Session Of the Board.

Indignantly Denies an Accusation
by the Counsel for the Commit
tee That He is financially In
terested in Poolrooms Running
in Violation of the Law at New
York, Challenging the Attorney
to Produce the Evidence.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
RACING EVENTS
ON MANY TRACKS.
The New Rochelle Handicap the
Feature at Morris Park.
Previous Comes With a Rush at the Finish,
Winning as He Pleased.

Don de Orc, Favorite With King
don in the Pools, Left at the
Post, While the Latter Only
Showed-Kris Kringle First I'm
der the Wire in the Owners
Handicap at Newport-Results
on Other Tracks.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-17
War on Slot Ma chimes.

he widow will receive the So, 900.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
3lS0,73O 90


Mothers comfort. Fathers delight
Gods dearest earthly gift TO man.
What happy sight; the healthy, re-
bust, vigorous, rollicking. always the
same baby. What sad sight; the pu-
ny, blue and pale. restless, crying ba-
by. Nine out OF ten times the child IL
troubled with worms. II shows II In
commissions. spasms. collie. And ten
times out OF ten Kickapo0 Indian
Worm Killer will drive out the pesky
life-eatlng worms. II Is natures rem
edy. and as the healthy child IL the nat
ural child, II must make the sickly
child healthy. The Indians living close
to nature. discovered the remedy. For
centuries they used II 10 make their
babies rugged. powerful. fearless. What
II has done for the child OF the forest.
IL will do Tor the child ~ the civilized
cure. That II what II has been dolng
for years. yon can get II ~ your
druggist for 20 cents lie sure aud get
the genuine, The child's life IL too
precious Ia irins with worthless sub
sululss, Hebron DRUG Co., agents fol
the Kickapoo Indian Remedies,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
'UcARAeUA Gill
Congressman Hepburn to
Introduce One.
Yoo FRIENDS Of the Watsswsy VIII
wholly O,sssssvd the New Ca.
nal Commission.

an.t,~-arA~. A.. ~ . -.
"AS'.>"io Wv o"e VI
- nrst measures OF importance in-
eRoduced In Congress will be the Mica
~>~ma canal h,il Tho fr,ends n, tho
-,
n'enu ~ "'sicss'u .nun..
- new commission appointed uhder
e:e PROVISION OF the law enacted IN tne
-csosing nours OF tne last session, Inis
ou viii De iuentical WIN tnat In.ro
Oeoed u Mr' heppurn III ene iasI 80 ooa- caa
gees which appropriated sIio'ooo,oVV'
aveshDIe IN sums OF $Io,VVV,Voo year
70 NE secured %! ponu ISSUE, anu pro-
Woed that tne Uanai snouIu De con-
eVcted Dy the ohiteu STATES SoVeih-
meM instead Oh py private enterprise.
Ime heppurh plli atso containeu u
ptOvis.on 70 the ehect tnat tne united
SOeD snouin exercise apsoiute soVer-
e1eDy over zone OF iahd wnlcn the
oovcrnmeht was empowered 10 secure
~ peTchasf vi treat!. inis iedture vi
nepOurn Dill was tne SUBJECT Oh crlti-
m IRON irlenus vi the cana ehein-
Seaves' ior Ine reason that IN ahe con
M.udlohs OF Nicaragua ana COSTA hica
II ss PROVIDED ina: heither government
nay aIenate ,errhory;
ussihs tne question: oi cahai reg
s ,i, tosnt , nep,eseheae.e nar,
-. 49, ~ .a a. onas a S ~. 81 S.,nr Soo .ho
1ar,,,,r, bill 7, e. NJ uanhnrn,s No
uef .hat nrac,ic,iIv sha san,a nbiec,
..r no accom- niishaS nv a mare chance
~ words bv which ,he Irni,ad S,ates
...iI he cin,bed with ahsoi,,,e conttoI
n the canal and given The nrivjleue NJ
Sn-ssS,,ng tba .,er,,,a, IN I'm, 80 u,a,
,ss,sia al tha same ,in,o .ha con s,i,u.
sL,nsl iri,ihi.ion ~, S,car,g,,a and
49,, R;ca will M. no v,nlateJ Mr.
Jenhnrn will unJophte5iv he rean.
.',,rtad chairman os tho Intersta,a ara
Nnre,gn Cnnnarca Cnm,nit.oa u,hinh
III, ~ cbaroa n, tha Hi a,I VI
Js.rban, q A. nonaIiv nro,,ahie vii, he
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,rh,ch IN. hiu wiI, ho roforrad
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ccrnora,a nv amorS,mant tn s,.nS
a. ,,,,,,sao Will andnayo. 80 saa,,ro
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
IN TIE CABINET.
Action Taken on Attorney Gsner'
nj GriRRs' Opinion.

The Cabine. met In regular session
yesterday morning.
The most important matter coming
~ for consideration was the opinion
at United States Attorney General
0riggs, delivered 20 President Me.
kInley upon u request from the lia-
waiian Government. through Hon, 4,
H. Hsrtwell. Special Agent, for recon.
sideration of the Y, y, Executive order
IN che matter of Public lapds IN iia'
wall.
The opinloD VI t0e Attorney Genera
sss read and, after egiended discus
sl0n, tho Cabinet DE ii'd fbs entlr,
matter bad better resi uail Congr,s
wst aud anled upon lL The discussion
howsysr, de,slopfd the fast that lh
i'sbiasi feels assured that coRgres,
~ view NJ the rlreumslanrfs surround
ins Tbs Land lfansa'li0ns, Nil pal
issislsiion aaylDg sll purchasers irol
AssdsLlp
tauhsf alsepsslog sas bad 500 ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
A DELICATE WORK
Pathfinder's Instruments
in Judiciary Grounds.
How the Officers are Finding Out
the Dsfiectior In the Bearing
OF Their Compasses.

Officers from the coast survey ship
have erected tent under the great
banyan tree behind the judiciary
Building, and are now engaged there
In testing certain Of their instruments,
and also are determining the magnetic
declination which these islands pro-
duce in their compasses. This Is 20
discover the true bearing Of the COM
pass. so that 1t may be set straight in
their calculations for the coast survey
work here. The delicately balanced
needle in the instrument is set with its
edges in a vertical position just oppo-
site to the adjustment Of a compass
needle which lays In a horizontal posi-
tion. The dip OF this keenly sensitive
magnetic needle il to discover the dip
below the horizontal position in the
compass.
The Hawaiian Islands on account Of
their volcanic origin, the officers state,
afford great deal of magnetic at
traction which affects the results Oi
their calculations very much and this
instrument discovers the attraction OF
the magnetic force as well as its in
tensity.
The constant passage of bicycles
along the pathway near. the place
where the instrument has been set up
Is annoying in making tests, as h
steel and iron causes a detection to oc
Icur in the needle
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08

suggestion. lately received from Mr.
Hsrtwcll. that President Dole and
Judge rrcar proceed to Washington u
Hawaiian Interests; bus the cablne'
deemed u inadyissble to send either
gentleman a, the present time.
The application Of T. J. Aluli for
another spirit license a, wailuku. Ma.
nj. was tabled for several reasons Civ
en- during discussion.
The matter " the extension OF Ala
Moana from the Kerosene warehouse
to the head OF Allen street at the Fish
market was taken up. II was stated
that satisfactory arrangements have
been made with the Bishop Estate for
the possession Of the necessary Ka-
kaako lands for the road. which will
be one hundred fee; wide.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08

Al alarm ~ NE MAS turned IN ~
about $40 yesterday afternoon from
lhe home VI q, ! li0li ~ NaklkL IN,
piala's ensine Mas avichly op ihp sppI
ana distinguished the blsse before ana
sorians damass Mas donn, lihe hr'
saa foDansd 90 The root ol lhe kltrbon
rausfd probably from . spalk iron
no stove plps iropplns ppop Tho drl
shlgFlo
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
TRAN NSPORTACION DlFFlLUL
TIES.
Ground Broken by the Rapid
Transit Company.

Manager c. G. Ballentyne OF the
Rapid Transit Co., expects to return
before Christmas. He writes to En-
sineer p. J. Amweg from New York
under date 10th November, that trans
pOrtation is a very difficult matter to
arrange and he is experiencing con-
siderable trouble over II.
Up to the present, three shipments
round the Horn have been sent OF,
and may be looked for here about the
end Of January next.
Ground was broken yesterday on the
site OF the power house on Beretania
street and the work will be pushed
ahead without delay.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
SON Of An ONO MERCHANT
CURED Of CHRONIC DIAR
UIlDEA

~ son has been troubled lpr ysags
With chronic diarrhaea, Some time ago
prrsuadsd him 10 lake some ~ cham
hsrlaln's Calls, Cholera and plarrh0ea
h,mrdy Anrr nslng iva boltels ~
lha sblenl sife he MAS rurei, ! fi,e
Ills tnslimoDial, hnplhs pOmo one slnl
llaflY AFFLICTED may read u and bg bon
euisd Thomas q, ttossr, nlenros, ~
Fpr sale W sll dlysslsls and dealers
,shson, Smith 4 co. iid assnls for
"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-08
Real Estate for Two Weeks.

Berrey's Hawaiian real estate circu-
lar states that during the latter half
OF November the mortgage indebted
ness OF the Islands increased by over
$4,000 and that many large transfers
of property have been recorded lately
The following is a list OF recorded in
struments for the last two weeks OF
November: