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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-21
Guardians Sale Of
RealEState

Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to an order of the Hon. w. L. Stanley,
Second Judge of the Circuit Court
of the First Judicial Circuit,
Hawaiian Islands, made and en-
tered on the 9th day of July, A. D.
1899, in the matter of the Estate of
August Podeyn, Frederick Podeyn and
Waldemar Podeyn, minors, in Probate,
at chambers, the undersigned guardian
of the estate of said minors, will ex-
pose for sale at public auction the
real estate belonging to said minors,
hereinafter described, at an upset
price of forty-five hundred dollars
($4,5OO) at the auction rooms of
J. F. Morgan. on Queen street, in Ho-
nolulu, on SATURDAY, THE 26th
DAY OF AUGUST, A. d. 1899, at II
O'Clock, noon, of said day.
The property to be sold consists of
a part of lot No. 1862 on Piikoi street,
in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaiian
Islands, and commencing on Piikoi
street on the makai corner Of LiSh-
mans OF and running 100 feet; thence
at right angles in a southerly direc-
ton 100 feet; thence at right angles in
a northeasterly direction 100 feet, and
thence 100 feet to the. point Of begin
ming. being the same premises con-
veyed to c. F. Wolfe by Royal Patent
No. 1869 from the Hawaiian Govern
ment, and by the said c. F. Wolfe con-
yeyed to Ida Podeyn on the I'd day of
April A D. 1856, all as will more
fully appear by reference to the deed of
c.. F. Wolfe recorded in the Register
office in said Oahu, in liber 80, page
191, together with the dwelling house
and other buildings and erections
standing thereon.
Terms, cash in United States gold
coin; deeds at expense Of purchaser,
and sale subject to confirmation by the
Court.
For further particulars apply to
WILLIAM A. HENSHALL, attorney
for said guardian, or to JAMES F.
MORGAN, auctioneer.
J. F. HUMBURG,
Guardian of the Estate of August Po-
deyn, Frederick Podeyn, and Waldo
mar POdeyn, minors.
Dated, Honolulu, H. l., July 2Sth, A.
D. 1899. 529S
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a o acres
Terms
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A Bargain!

An opportunity to get lot on Bere-
tania street a $1,6OO-$25O cash, bal
ance in monthly installments. Size of
lot rs by 1873. Call at office for par
ticulars.
WILL E. FISHER,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer, cor
ner Fort and Merchant streets.
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| am directed by the KAPIOLANI ES
ton at my salesroom. 33 Queen street.
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We. prescribe only when
necessary, and will cheerfully
tell you if no glasses are
needed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-21

There are no taX-appea1 cases in the
Second District, the only one filed hav-
ing been withdrawn.
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REAL
FOR SALE.

Ia few elegant lots at
Manoa on the road, with
unsurpassed view and
climate. On line pro-
posed Rapid Transit.
Easy terms.
2-Several town lots on Der.
etania Street, Eva sioe
of Geo. Ross.
Gone house and lot on
Beretania Street.
4-Lots in different parts 0.
Kewalo Tract.
5-Kapiolani Park Addition
Lots. on inStallmentS.
8--One home. New house.
and high grounds at
Kewalo. $IIoo, Cheap.
hollands in Nuuanu VALLEY
II--Long leasehold at Kaka
ako with good returns
I3--Only E more lots of al.
sizes in different parts
Of the most desirable To-
cations Of Kalihi, with
fine views, macadam-
lied streets, and water
supply from city. These
lots we sell at lowest
figures in monthly in
sta!lments without in
terest so as to put them
within reach of any,
body who wants a home.
I7--House and lot, well inn
proved, on wide, macad-
amized street in Kalihi,
Just past Kamehameha
Schools. Price $2,250.
2I--FOR SALE--A house lot
Ioox2oo in block ~ on
Lehua Avenue, Pearl
City.
a. "A few of the very choi-
ceSt lots, of various
sizes, in all Kalihi, Eva
side of H. c. Myers,
ESQ.,, commanding an
unsurpassed view, on
fine street with water
from city. A visit to
the grounds will con-
vince. Terms to suit
yourself.
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Due in August

CARS MILITARY HOUSEHOLD.
The military household OF the Car
is composed of ninety-eight officers of
various ranks, eighty-three Of whom
belong to the army and fifteen to the
navy. Nineteen members of the royal
family are included in this list.
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IRRIGATION NOTICE.

Holders of water privileges, or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified
that the hours for irrigation purposes
are from to O'Clock a. m. and from,
to o'clock p. m.
ANDREW BROWN,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Appropev by:
]. A. KING,
Minister of Interior.
Honolulu, June IA, 1899. 1855
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Kapahulu
Dairy Tract.

KAPAHULU DAIRY TRACT NOW
divided into lots and offered for sale at
$3.50 per lot; $25 cash, balances in
monthly installments of $40 each; lots
ready to build on facing the Kapahulu
or White road. For maps and further
particulars see undersigned. First come
first served. WILL E. FISHER,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer, cor
ner Merchant and Fort. 5301
The evening times., 1899-05-10
A WOMhN'S TRIAL
FOR MA4RICIDE
Bertha Beilstein Tells Why
She Killed Her Mother.
Shot Her Because She Believed it a
Duty.
Thought They Should Join Her
Father ON the .'Farside."

Pittsburg. May 10.-Bertha Beilstein.
who is on trial for the murder of her
mother, went on the stand in her own be-
half yesterday. The girl is twenty-cne
years old. good looking. well educated, and
is worth $30. 900 in her own right. early
one morning last October Bertha shot fer
mother four times and fired four bullets
at herself.
On the stand Bertha said that she re-
membered nothing that happened from the
time she shot herself until several weeks
afterward. She shot her mother, she said.
because she felt 1t her duty to do so. Her
mother had taught her to believe in spirit
ualism. and mediums told te.- that her dead
father wanted her and her mother to fol-
place for the other world. When she came
home she could not resist the wish to join
her father. She bought a bottle Of lauda-
mum. II tossed about nearly all night,
she continued, land walked about the room
until heard the clock strike 3. ] knew
there was a command coming for me to
take my mothers life. While the clock
was striking ! was pouring the laudanum
into bottle. Suddenly the command
came. The bottle dropped from my grasp.
My arms became like steel. l went TO the
cupboard. seized a revolver and went to
my mothers bedside. l discharged the re-
yolver at her. From that time until De-
cember do not remember what happened.
l remember shooting myself once"
The evening times., 1899-05-10
-FOUR v1cr111s OF A DUEL
Desperate ARRAY With Revolver
aud Knives In q Mississippi Town.

Desperate ARRAY With Revoivers
anL KNIVES In Mississippi Town.
Okalona. Miss. May 10.-Four men
fought for five minutes in street Of this
town yesterday, and at the end three were
dead and one was dying.
The men were DIR. j. N. Murfee. aged
sixty; his son Howard. aged twenty-one;
Attorney Charles Clark. and his brother
Walter.
The Murfee and Clark families live in
adjoining houses in one Of the prettiest
residence streets in the town.
They were warm friends until recently.
when a dispute arose between the doctor
and Charles Clark over bill presented by
the former for professional services. The
two had several meetings over the matter.
but we're unable to reach an agreement.
and at each successive failure their bitter
ness toward each other increased.
They met yesterday about noon in front
OF the Murfee house and the dispute was
renewed. 1t soon became violent quar-
rel At last Clark started away. DIR. Muir
fee called out to him:
when will you be ready to settle that
way"
Right now" said Clark, walking to the
middle of the street.
DT- MuTlee SOn, having utdFu tHt d.
,tercation. rushed out of the house to de-
fend his father. The doctor ordered him
back and followed Clark to the street. The
men squared eff and Murfee knocked Clark
down. Clark struggled to his feet. drew
a dirk knife. leaped upon the doctor and
cut his throat. The victim fell and Led
almost instantly.
Young Howard Murfee then drew his re-
volver and began firing at Clark. At al
most the same instant Walter Clark dash
ed out of the Clark house with a revolver
in his hand and opened fusillade on
young Murfee.
Murfee killed Charles Clark with a bull
let square in the forehead. then turned and
fired three times at Walter. Every shot
took effect. one striking Walter in the
head.
Fatally wounded Walter Clark sank to
the ground then raised himself on his ell
bow and shot young Murfee in the heart.
Murfee's death was instantaneous. Walter
Clark died three hours later.
Dr. Murfee was unarmed.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
FAILURE TO CLOSE
ISSUES With CANADA
Prospects of a Treaty With the
Dominion Fading.
Trials for a Settlement Of Difficult
ties Not Yet Abandoned.
An Agreement Mny BE Effected by
Negotiations Between British and
American Foreign Offices.

The gravest apprehension is felt for the
continuance of the negotiations OF the An
glo- American Joint High Commission ap-
pointed to frame treaty between Ameri-
ca and Canada. This feeling is SO strong
that report was circulated yesterday that
the deliberations of the Commission would
not be continued.
There Is no authority, however, for say
ing that the Commission will not reassem-
BILE at Ottawa in August according to the
plan arranged at the time of adjournment
in Washington last February. II is ap-
parent that the State Department expects
no successful result from this meeting. A
good deal of irritation is felt on account
of the failure Of the Dominion government
to agree to the establishment Of a mOdus
vivendi on the Alaskan boundary question.
and the feeling is that II Canada is un-
willing to consent to a modus. the fact
does not argue well for the success of con-
tinued negotiations for a permanent set
tlement OF the Alaska dispute.
The State and Treasury Departments
have been stirred up a good deal too. on
account Of the recent action Of the Ontari-
on provincial legislature in prohibiting the
expectation OF logs to the United States
especially as the legislation was made re-
troactive. The Dominion government had
the power to disapprcye this legislation
within a certain limit of time. but did not
do It.. AS the lumber dispute was next to
the boundary question the greatest obsta-
Gle to the success of the Joint High Com
missions negotiations last winter. the
Washington officials are not encouraged
by the unfrendly act of Ontario which was
virtually approved by the Ottawa admin
istration.
1t now seems that the whole matter will
revert to diplomatic negotiations and be
handled by the State Department and the
British Foreign Office.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
DRANK POISON IN A PARK.
An Unknown WOman's Determined
Effort to Give Up Life.


New York, May lO.-A young woman.
unidentified. lies dead at the morgue. She
drank carbolic acid in St. Mary's Park on
Monday evening and died after suffering
intense agony. She swallowed the poison
while standing beside big tree near the
tool house in the park. opposite East 1iIth
atreet. staggered unsteadily down the hill.
and then waveringly went up the pathway
toward the circle
There she fell upon a bench. Mrs. So
phie Cocker, who is in charge Of the park
restaurant, saw her and ran to her side.
The young woman was conscious, but ut
tered no word.
An ambulance was called and efforts
were made TO induce her to swallow anti
dotes, but she would not do SO. She was
in such agony that. as was afterward
learned, she almost severed her tongue
with her teeth.
She gradually sank into unconsciousns SIS
and died five minutes after reaching the
Harlem Hospital.
The bottle that had contained the acid
was found. 1t was an odd-shaped toilet
bottle and bore no label
The girl was about twenty-three years
of age, with blue eyes and rather low fore
head. The nose is somewhat blunt at the
end. The upper teeth are curious in ap-
pearance. Four big ones in the centre
show prominently. They are extremely
broad. and one to the right of the centre
has square corner broken off. There are
wide spaces between the teeth. The hair
and eyebrows are brown. The hair Is done
up in coil and held by two white metal
pins and half a dozen plain black hair
pins.
Her hat has the mark of an East 125th
Street store. and is of kind sold there
three years ago. The girl had recently
retrimmed it. 1t was of green and white
straw, decorated with red roses.
She wore a dark green gown. jacket of
black. white gloves, button Shoes and a
black corset. She had no purse or jew
elry
The evening times., 1899-05-10
BLOCKED A YEAR IN ICE.
Experiences of the Belgian SOut
Polar Expedition.

Buenos Ayres. May 10.-Lieut. Adrian
de Gerlache. chief of the Belgian Antartic
expedition, which left St. Johns Bay on
January Il, 1885, has sent a dispatch to
La Prensa.- containing further details Of
the expedition. He stated that the So
called Hughes Bay is the entrance TO the
channel which separates Grahamland from
the group OF islands which explorers
called Palmer's Archipelago. On Febru-
ary l. the expedition began new jour-
ney southwark, and advanced until II de-
grees SO minutes was reached They re-
mained blocked there during whole
year.
Fearing they would have to remain
there another year. the explorers cut a
channel of $50 metres through the ice.
This passageway was finished in Febru-
airy. 1899. and on March ii the explorers
reached open waters. and sailed north
ward.
Lieut.. de Garlache praises the conduct
of all the members of the expedition. He
says that on his arrival in Buenos Ayres
he will remain some time to repair the
vessel. and then start for Europe.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Alexandria Electric Contracts.

Alexandria. Va, May 10.-The city coun-
ell held its regular meeting last night. a
quorum being present in both boards. The
Washington. Alexandria and Mount YER
non Electric Railway Company was au-
thorized for one year to furnish the cleo
trio motor power to drive the machinery of
fans. etc. The electric company is not al
lowed to furnish lights of any kind, al
though there is considerable demand for
incandescent electric illumination. The city
provides arc lights for the streets and also
$500 worth of arc lights per annum for the
Southern Railway Company. but there are
no incandescent lights here except those
at the electric railway Offices. The city
furnishes gas. and incandescent lights
would interfere with gas illumination
The evening times., 1899-05-10
CONTRACT IN BURMAH.
Lord George Hamilton Tells Causea
of Acceptance of Tender.

Lord George Hamilton Te1lH Causes
Of Acceptance of Tender.
London, May 10.-Replying to a ques-
tion in the House of Commons yesterday
as to whether or not the Indian govern
ment had given an order for the Goktick
viaduct In Burmah to an American firm.
and why British manufacturers had not
been asked to make a tender. the Secre-
tary of State for India. Lord George Ham
ilton, replied that the India government
had nothing to do with the contract. 1t
was given. he said. by the Burmah Rail-
way Company. which invited six English
and two American firms to make a tender.
Four of the former refused to bid. and the
most favorable English tender received re-
quired three years for completion Of tna
work at a cost of f11S,000. while the best
American tender proposed to complete the
work in one year at a cost Of ESQ. .125. The
company had. in these circumstances. ac-
cepted the tender of the American COM
pany.
Lord George added that the Indian rail-
ways always give preference to British
manufacturers, but he was sorry to say
that this was not the first contract in which
there was a marked difference in the
price and time Of delivery between British
and American tenders.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Needles. Fault. Of the Plumber.
crrou the Kansas CITY Star.) }

From the Kansas City Star.)
In discussing the faults and limitations
of the plumber it is discovered that one
Of his chief causes of offence is the noise
he makes. He has never yet learned to
come into the house quietly, like physi-
clan. for example. and proceed with his
task with the subdued decorum OF doc-
tor at the bedside Of sick child.
Another trait that makes him objec-
tiopable is his lack of prescience- He
never knows just what is to be done BE-
fore he reaches the house. Nothing could
be more annoying than to send for plum
ber. saying there is job for him to do.
and have him come out to see wnat II is.
He ought to know by instinct whether ne
ia expected to go up on the roof or to tin
ker a water pipe from the refrigerator.
Then, il the pipe to be mended is between
the floor and ceiling, one OF his exasper-
ating habits is to tear up the boards He
has never displayed the enterprise OF using
the x-rays in his business. to discover
leaks. Palmists can read the past, present
and future from the lines in the hand. and
why should not the plumber be abe to
tell. by the tone of his patrons voice.
what is the nature of the trouble to be
corrected?
II the plumber goes two miles to the
scene of disaster and adjusts valve in
fifteen minutes, il is obvious that he ought
not to charge for more than a quarter OF
an hour, because he is on earth. not to
make money, but to make the world bright
and pleasant for other people. The hour
which it takes to go and come is well paid
for in the happy anticipation Of securing
a fee for fifteen minutes.
The plumber has some other srievous
faults. When he turns off his work. In the
first place. it should be done in such way
that II will never get out Of order. All
other artisans do that. 1t is never neces-
sary to do over the work of the carpenter.
the bricklayer or the giazier Their wo:k
lasts forever. Besides. in cutting through
walls for new windows. masons and car
penters never leave any muss and dirt.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
DEATH IN HEADACHE POWDER
PittsburR's Fifth Victim of q New
N0struHs.

PittsbOrg's Fifth Victim of q New
Nostruns.
Pittsburg. Pa. May 10.-Twenty minutes
after she had swallowed what purported to
be harmless headache powder Mrs. Celie
Butler was dead-the fifth victim in Pitts
burg Of this newest drug. She died in ter
rible agony. All the symptoms Of corro
sive poisoning were present. and yesterday
the coroner's jury rendered this verdict.
which will result in legislation against
patent preparations which aim to cure
while they kill:
The jury finds that the deceased was
afflicted with fatty degeneration and val
yular disease OF the heart. and from the
evidence and result OF post -mortem exam
ination. the jury finds that death was
caused by the taking of a headache pow
der which SO depressed the hearts action
that death resulted
And the jury recommends that caution
notices be printed on all headache powders
containing coal tar preparations of aniline.
acetanyilid, and that State law be en-
acted to enforce the same
And while there is no State law to
prevent the sale Of same and owing to the
great number OF deaths resulting from the
taking of headache powders the jury fur
ther recommends that in the absence of
any law all druggists warn customers as
to the danger OF taking said powders
Mrs. Butler was perfectly well on Sunday
afternoon. save for slight headache.
| which hardly distressed her. She thought
that a headache powder might help fer.
She had never taken one before. but Ter
husband went to q drug store and bought
two powders which the druggist Iecom-
mended.
Mrs. Butler took one. This was at :: 80
p. m. Her husband took a seat by the
window to read.
Suddenly he said. Il noticed that II y
| wife was making queer faces. She did
| not utter a sound, though apparently try
| ing TO speak. She was i'll and l ran for a
| doctor. She died soon after he came,
| without being able to speak a word
When the doctor arrived he found Mrs.
Butler in a collapse. He hurriedly got
out his hypodermic syringe. but before
he could use it the patient lapsed into
horrible commissions and died. She had
been killed by the effects of the headache
powder within twenty minutes after taking
! it. 1t did not appear to the physician to
| be case OF heart trouble. but one af-
| fecting the stomach and plainly corrosive
| in action
Five people have been killed by these
| powders in Pittsburs alone. The mother
\ of the first victim has already sued the
| druggist who sold them for heavy damages.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
AN INSANE PoL1cEMAN's DEED
Fatally Shoots n Wheelmnn Without
the slightest Cause.

Fatally Shoots n Wheelmnn without
the Slightest Cause.
Norfolk, Va. May 10.-Policeman James
Tyson became violently insane last night
at o'clock. whipped out his pistol on Holt
Street, and shot James H. Stakes. sign
painter. who was unknown to him. The
officer fred three shots, of which two took
effect in Stakes spine and penetrated his
lung and the third pierced his arm. Stakes
death is expected momentarily.
After the shooting the policeman ran per-
haps half mile with pistol in hand to the
station, where he rushed in. screaming
They're after me, and came for protec-
tion." He was on duty Monday night and
last night asked to be excused. and was on
his way home when the frenzy seized him.
Several who talked with him few mo-
ments before the shooting said that he
seemed perfectly sane. but had wild look
in his eyes. He is in confinement now, a
raving maniac. Two years ago he lost a
son who was very dear to him. since which
he has been morose and silent, but that
his mind was affected no one knew until
tonight.
Stakes was riding a bicycle. and it de-
veloped after the shooting that the officer
imagined that men on bicycles were pur-
suing him. and he shot the first man he
met awheel
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Residence Destroyed by Fire.

Frederick, Nd, May 10.-A two-story
brick dwelling house of Joseph E. Har-
ley. at Burkettsville. Frederick county. was
totally destroyed by fire yesterday morn
ing with nearly all its contents. Mr.. Har-
ley burned his chimneys out Monday af-
ternoon, and about o'clock yesterday
morning he and his family were aroused
from their slumbers by the roaring of
flames. They barely escaped. and with
but few savings. The loss is estimated
at about S6.o00. on which there is an
insurance of $3.50 in the Royal Insur-
ance Company of England. Besides the
household effects. the family lost all their
silverware. about 81 COO worth of jeweIry,
and sum OF money.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
MARRIED SEVENTY YEARS.
Mr.. johnson LIS Ninety-five and His
Wife EiEhty-five.


New York, May 10.-Mr. and Mrs Har-
vey johnson celebrated on Monday, in
their picturesque little cottage in Union
township, four miles from Elizabeth. N.
j., their SEVENTEEN wedding anniversary.
The couple have spent sixty years of their
long and happy life in this o.d cottage,
and Mr.. Johnson titled the many acres ad-
joining 1t for more than half a century.
He is now ninety-five years old, bat for
the last five years has not done any work,
although his health has been good nearly
all through his long lifetime, and he at
tributes this to outdoor exercise and SIM
pie, regular habits. His wife is eighty.
FIVE years old and has been an invalid for
several years.
Mr.. johnson was taken suddenly i'll
about month ago, and for a couple Of
days it was feared he was going to die.
His wife's illness at that time took turn
for the worse and caused their neighbors
grave concern. The couple. however, ral-
lied. and now Mr.. Johnson seems as chip
per as he has been in several years, while
his wife's condition Is much improved.
The couple have raised family of thir-
teen, Of whom ten children are still liv-
ing.