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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-04
Gonuine Real Estate Barraing

N
 The Store and Tenement Property. No PIG Dublin St.. the two-famiiy house, with large lot No 26S Dublin St., the two double houses with large lots, No 293 Dublin St. the two-family house with large grounds, Nos 63 and 67 Dublin street.
 At the prices asked and on the terms they can be secured ought to enable us to close a deal on all the said places within the next few days.
 The owner of the said properties means business, as he expects to make his home in the future on the other side of the water
 For the above bargains, Loans on Real Estate. Fire and Plate Glass h. surance, Offices and Tenements. See w. !, SCHLEGEL Tn Lewis Building, No 65 Bank street
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-04
BOARD OF FINANCE
John Edmondson, Milk Dealer, Wants
 His Money Returned.

At the meeting of the board of finance last evening the report of City Treasurer George A. Gibson was re- ceived and oroe.ed on file. 1t was as follows:
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Defense Made by the Accused Is
Dissected and Its Falsity
Exposed.
Strong Points Made Over the Licensing of
Legislators, Editing Newspaper and
Appointing Lewis.

| ]. A. Mathewman said he wanted to
put himself on record. He was sorry
that the number which was now being
quoted as 81 had not been 3S, as it
would have been had he not been at the
Coast when the meeting was held. The
most important point, he said, was that
the judge had intended to make the
court political machine, through the
operations of the bailiff act, which was
why he wanted 10 endorse the original
resolutions and the present report.
L. A. Andrews said that the assertion
that the 81 members OF the association
who voted for the resolutions. or the
AZ who united in condemning the judge,
were actuated by politics, was absurd
Now that Judge Humphreys was back
here. he said, he would be treated with
respect and the Bar would expect to
be treated with the respect due it.
J. T. De Bolt said the dignity of the
Court must be respected, but the mem
bers asf the Bar must not lose their
own self respect. There was danger
GUS condition. he said, when the Bar
must crawl to the Bench.
J. a. Magoon said he admired the
manliness OF the men who would not
finch when 1t was necessary to make
such a report in the face of the fact
that they were being brought right into
contact daily with the very court. He
reviewed the history of the case and
said Attorney General Knox had said
that the Bar was wrong and had not
a foot on which to stand. He said he
was not there to commend or condemn
Humphreys but he was not IN favor OF
adopting the report. He got into an
argument with several members as to
the capacity of some OF the district
magistrates TO speak English. but
wound up with the statement that the
committee had acted as a judge in the
report and that he could not approve
of it.
w. c. Achi and P. L. Weaver spoke
in favor of the report and Secretary
Case explained that while he had no
love for the judge, he would ask to be
excused from voting from the fact that
any vote he might cast would be in
terpreted as the result of personal feel
ing over the events OF the week. The
vote was then taken, the only feature
being that Charles S. Dole. one Of the
new members, asked to be excused from
voting. AS soon as the report was
adopted Mr.. Brown moved that 1t be
printed in pamphlet form and the Asso-
citation. agreeing to this. adjourned.
Earlier in the evening, the following
were elected members OF the associa-
ton: Charles s. Dole, 1. NJ. Long. Z.
4. Mott-Smith, w. L. Rawlins, Charles
r Hemenway and Louis ]. Warren.
The full report of the committee Is as
follows:
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COMMITTEES REPORT.
To the Bar Association of the Hawaiian
Islands;

To the Bar Association of the Hawaiian
Islands:
AS chairman OF the committee of five,
meeting of May 2sth. a .. 1901, 10 for
muIate charges and specifications against
Judge Humphreys. First Judge of the
Circuit Court of the First Circuit, Terri
tory Of Hawaii, and TO take dispositions
and statements OF the members of this
Association and others of and concerning
the conduct and acts of the said A. S.
HUMPHREYS: to provide for the presenta-
ton of said charges and dispositions TO
the President and Attorney General of
the United States, and to urge the re-
moval OF said Judge Humphreys from Of
flee. L beg leave to submit the following
report:
Your committee, IN formulating the
charges and specifications under said
resolution. followed very closely the pre-
anble contained therein. Our report
would have been presented sooner but
for the non-arrival OF F. w. Hankey.
ESQ. our representative at Washington,
from whom your committee wished
personal report before making it's own.
Mr.. Hankey has, however, been delayed
on his way by Illness, and is likely to be
DELAYED still further on that account.
Your committee therefore decided to pre-
sent their report forthWlth. Inc SUD
stance of the charges and specifications
preferred against respondent, and sum-
mary of the evidence adduced thereunder
together with brief comment on respond
ent's answer thereto and on certain por-
tions of the report of Attorney General
Knox, are set forth hereunder. Your
committee has not sought 70 deal with
every statement contaiEed In respond
ent's answer deemed to be a misrepresen-
tation or untrue. The bulk of these are
left untouched. Most of those comment
ed on cover matter OF general knowledge
to residents OF the Territory
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I him that he did so under instructions
| from respondent, although he cons 4dered
| IL unjusihable. That affiant saw re-
spondent about it, and respondent said
that 1t was done by his instructions, un-
der misapprehension as to the facts,
and that he would instruct the editor to
! make public apology for the attack.
but such course was not pursued at the
request of aff1ant.
That as illustrative of the absolute con-
troll by respondent. affiant having refused
to get out a special edition OF the paper
at time when job work required prece-
dence, the editor appealed to respondent,
who wrote a personal letter to affiant.
directing him to give the newspaper
work precedence over the job work
That during four weeks succeeding
April 10th of this year, the editor being
absent on vacation. respondent prac-
tically took his place as editor of the
paper. and wrote most of the editorials.
Affiant Identifies a number of the ex-
hibits filed by the committee as being
editorials from the Republican" which
were personally handed to affiant by re-
spondent for publication. part of them
being in his own handwriting.
The editorials so identified contain most
violent denunciation of Governor Dole
and others, and are unQuestionably par
tisan.
FE|AidACIS FROM THE HONOLULU
REPUBLICAN,"
In addition to the foregoing affidavits
the committee filed 313 extracts from the
said Honolulu Republican showing
continuous personal and partisan attacks
upon the other Circuit Judges, the Su-
preme Court, the Territorial Executive
and others, thus establishing the partI-
san character of the paper.
Respondent does not deny a single
statement of fact above stated by Mr..
McCandless, and limits his denial of
Johnson'S statements to the fact that he
had for four weeks acted as editor and
wrote the articles identified by Mr.. John
son.
He practically admits the correctness of
the substance of that charge by saying:
= With the general policy of the paper
upon public questions 1 was and am IN
accord" .
members of the Executive Department
terests of the people, / have not endeav-
ored to restrain Mr. Gilrs proper criti-
cism of men or measures and to that
extent L admit the responsibility arising
from my connection with the newspaper
in question
In other words. respondent admits that
during the entire period which he has
sat upon the bench he has owned the
control of a paper which has In the past
and still continues to be violently partI-
san, continuously engaging in most bitter
and personal denunciat!on of men and In
terests which are compelled to come and
are coming daily before him suitors
and attorneys.
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SECOND CHARGE.

4
! THE SECOND CHARGE IS THAT
RESPONDENT, WHILE OCCUPYING
THE OFFICE OF JUDGE. HAS TAX
EN- AND CONTINUES TO TAKE AN
ACTIVE AND LEADING PART IN BIT
TER POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF HA-
WAII, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
WITHIN THE CIRCUIT IN WHICH
HE PRESIDES.
The evidence produced in support of
| this charge is the fact of his active con-
troll of and contributions to the newspa-
per referred to in the first charge, and
also the affidavits (see Exhibits 319 and
300 of A NJ. Brown and Lorr.n Andrews,
of their personal knowledge, that, during
the session of the legislature respondent
held personal caucuSes exclusively with
Home Rule members of the legislature
at his house and private office, in which
matters purely political Were discussed
and debated, and particularly that re-
Spondent addressed a meeting of such
legislators. urging them to vote against
a bill introduced by Achi, republican
senator. providing for apportionment of
senators for the different terms, warn
ing them not to be fooled by 1t, as under
1t the republicans could secure some Of
the senators for the long term" And on
another occasion caucussed with such
legislators about confirming or rejecting
nominations to office made by the gov
ernor.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
In support of this charge there are also
fled the aff1davits of r II. Makekau. Ke-
liikoa and J. X. Kekaula (see Exhibits
32l 322 and 323), members Of the legisla-
ture and Home Rule party, to the effect
that respondent was the recognized
friend and adviser of the Home Rule
M -. l.
members were In constant consultation
with respondent, and their principal
measures were first submitted to and ap-
proved by MIN, one of said affiants stat
ing that respondent was spoken CT as
father of Home Rule legislators.
Respondents reply to this, as to all
other charges, is unsworn to and Is
limited to his own statements. which
constitute a denial that he ever advised
with the Home Rule legislators on mat
ters that were political in their nature
thus making straight issue of veracity
between himself on the one hand, and
high sheriff of the Territory and Attor-
ney Andrews on the other. Mr.. Andrews
evidence on that point, or part of it, Is
as follows. refuting clearly respondents
version Of the character of these eau
cuses.
Upon the occasion Of atlantis first vs-
It to his Office at night when he found
Judge Humphreys in caucus with certain
Home Rulers as aforesaid, affiant, be-
fore reaching his office and while IN the
street, noticed that the Office of Mr.
whiting was lighted up, and heard the
sCrHd Of a39'suss coming frDiu th-se
offices, atlIant not knowing at the time
what It mcaT. and uprn entering the
hallway affiant looked through open door
way and saw Judge Humphreys stand
ing at his desk addressing The home
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THIRD CHARGE.

THE THIRD CHARGE IS THAT
WHILE HOLDING THE OFFICE OF
JUDGE, RESPONDENT HAS USED
HIS POSITION ON THE BENCH AND
THE POWERS AND PRIVILEGES OF
HIS OFFICE IMPROPERLY TO PRO
MOTE HIS PERSONAL AND POLITI-
CAL ENDS.
Under this charge your committee
proves by the affidavit of J. a. Thomp-
son (see Exhibit 326):
F'irst-The issuance to seventeen mem
bers of the legislature, said legislature
then being in sssion, of licenses to prac-
tice law in the district or justice courts
at chambers on appeal, throughout the
Territory, twelve of said licenses being
granted within a period of ten days.
Second-That said licenses were issued
without examination upon the law in
brief hearings of a few minutes each. IN
the Office of respondent often without
clerk, and at no time with the publici-
~ of hearing in an open court room
and on occasions without any written
application first filed by the petitioner.
Third-That most OF said licensees can
not speak English, the official language
OF the courts. having required an inter
prefer In making their applications to
respondent.
Fourth-That they reside in circuits
under the control OF judges of the same
class as respondent and having equal
powers to grant licenses to practice law.
None of the above evidence was denied
by respondent. except that the licenses
covered the right to practice in any court
outside the district courts.
The licenses distinctly give the right 10
practice in Circuit Courts at chambers on
appeal, to wit, a court of record, and
respondent cannot plead ignorance of
that fact, for he not only granted the IL
censes in question but drew the form
of the petition and had n number struck
Off in advance on a typewriter ready for
Immediate use (See Exhibit 32e.)
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FIRST CHARGE.

THE FIRST CHARGE IS THAT
JUDGE HUMPHREYS. WHILE ExER-
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also standing, and acting as interpreter.
Affiant only heard so much of said Hum
phreys' remarks as one would naturally
hear in walking through the open hall
way from the stairs to atlantis Office
door. Affiant remembers said Hum
phreyS' warning the Home Rulers
against AchPs apportionment bill, and
heard said Humphreys say that they
must not be fooled by 1t, that under 1t
the republicans could secure some of the
senators for the long term. The Achi
above referred to is one of the republican
senators elected from the Island of Oahu.
HUMPHREYS POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
To show the effect of respondents ac-
tivity in politics while holding judicial
position. and to illustrate how such con-
duct will sooner or later tinge his judi
cial acts, your committee presented
among the exhibits respondents charge
to the grand jury in February last. In
which he declared favorably for the es-
tablishment of self-government through
out the Territory. Respondents answer
on this point gives cut the impression
that the act complained of was in fact
that of an ingenious, ardent young pat
riot, seeking to break the bread of po-
iitical life to the incipient American cit
liens in our new possessions" AS n
matter of fact, the issue as to how far
ment of local self-government throughout
the Territory has been a vital living is
sue ever since civilized government was
established in these Islands and hardly
an election has taken place here In which
this issue has not played more or less
part During that period the pendulum
has swung both ways. at times toward
Capitalization, and again the other way.
The election of road boards by popular
vote, for instance, was tried not many
years ago, and after an experience of
several years, the proposition was abol-
ished by common effort of the conServa-
tive elements in all parties. The issue is
a very delicate one at best. involving as
it necessarily does racial issues as well,
and the net result of the past political
experience in this Territory along these
lines has been such as to put outside of
the pale of respectable politics any such
reckless advocacy of unchecked local
self-government as is contained In the
charge in question. AT the time 1t was
given all the political parties had made
declarations on the question, a struggle
was going on In the legislature over the
same issue, and the tendency and desire
among the more ignorant element to go
to extremes in this matter was only too
manifest. Great anxiety prevailed |
the Territory to what
would happen, and it was under these
thoroughly understood by
that the charge in questio-.
was interjected into the situation, backed
up by violent editorials in respondents
paper along the same line, respondent at
the same time caucussing freely with the
native party IN the legislature, but dis
cussing according to his own contention
matters. such as the exemp- |
ton law, etc. Your committee claim, un- |
der the circumstances, that respondents |
making the charge in question was doing !
politics and utilizing his judicial power to {
hat end.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18
SHEET PEOPLE FAILED TO
OPEN WELLSvILLE PLANT



mill men laugh at the claim and say
there are not enough men inside to
operate one mill properly.
Another Strike is scheduled to take
place at the CLARK mill in Pittsburg to-
morrow morning. The furnacemen to
the number of 125 are expected to go
out. Since Monday the strikers have
been prevailing upon the furnacemen to
join their ranks and when the night
turn went on duty tonight they prom
ised the strikers it should be their last
turn. The men are to be admitted into
the Amalgamated Association on Satur-
day afternoon The furnacenlen were
told semi-oflicially to-day that If they
quit work now they would never get
back, as the furnaces, which are old,
would be abandoned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE
Comforting With the British Govern.
ment c o erni ng Important
Treaties,

Comforting with the British Govern
ment G o Important
Treaties.
ulcNDctN, July 17.-Lord Paunce-
fote, British ambassador to the United
States, made the following statement
tonight to representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press:
81 am having conferences with the
Marquis of Lansdowne not only about
Nicaragua, but also with regard to half
dozen treaties pending between Great
Britain and the United States. These
are chiefly concerned with West Indian
reciprocity arrangements"
When asked if he thought there was
any possibility of arriving at an agree
ment regarding the Nicaragua canal
before congress reconvened, he replied:
Yes, | sincerely hope so. We are
now in the middle OF the negotiations
which, although they have not yet
reached any tangible result, show good
promise. Naturally / may not disclose
the details; but | may say that when
| return to the United States at the end
of October | hope to take with me a
Nicaragua treaty that will meet the
views of both President Mckinley and
the British cabinet. 1t goes without
saying that the President has made
himself cognizant of the opinions OF the
senate and the secretary of state.
There is no use wasting time over
treaties which the Senate is likely to
refuse. | really believe the differences
of opinion between the two nations
are capable of settlement in an agree
ment fair to both. If could finish my
delightful labors in the United States
by accomplishing this end, / should in
deed feel grateful. But the only way
this can be attained IS step by step,
with proposition followed by counter
| proposition, and eventually a happy
medium. 1t is slow, but l hope it is
sure. If | thought anything could be
| done before October l would return
prior to that date, but I don't believe
that anything could be gained"
At this point Lord Pauncefote paid a
warm tribute to the Americans.
They are the most genial people on
the face Of the earth" he declared.
"At the first grip of the hand they take
You to their hearts. So long as you do
not try to deal in an underhand way
and so long as you do not assume SUI
perior airs, they treat you as one of
their own and no one could say more
| than this"
| Reverting to the report that a ma
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Th, Steamer fremont Cut In Two
by u steam Yacht-Three Hundred
Passengers ImperileI.

Passengers Imperfect.
NEW LONDON, Conn, July 17.-With
forty feet of her bow cut clean off in
collision. with the steam yacht Wild
Duck, at midnight the steamer Ire
mont, of the Joy line, which left Boston
yesterday for New York with 300 pas
sengers, was towed into New London
and beached to-day. All her passen-
gers had been transferred to other
steamers in the sound and continued
their trip to New York.
Captain Wilcox, of the fremont, says
the night was perfectly clear and the
steamer was proceeding on her usual
course when, about twelve miles west
of Cornfield light, schooner rugged
steam yacht was made out off the bow.
Inc officers of the fremont supposed
that the yacht would pass astern of
their vessel, as her course seemed to
be on line diagonal to that of the Ire
mont. No danger was thought OF I'M
til the yacht had approached to within
a quarter of a mile, when she was hail
ed from the fremont and no answer
was received. When too late, the Ire
mont attempted to change her course
to avoid the impending collision The
sharp PROV of the yacht struck her
about thirty feet back OF the port bow
and sheered diagonally across, coming
out on the starboard side.
The force of the impact was suffi-
cient to throw passengers from their
hunks and caused the greatest excite
ment among them for az time, but the
officers of the fremont maintained dis
cipline. and aid was-prck1y at hand
The steamer City of Worcester and the
City of Lowctf- were Doth nearby and
promptly went tosthe assistance Of the
fremont. Az lsoon-as- the extent of
the Tremont's injury was known, the
City of Lowehnran alongside and the
transfer of passengers from the dis
abled 'bozt was- qnickfye Effected. The
City of Lowell was'0oudd TO New York
and resumed her trip as soon as It was
seen that the fremont had all the as
sistance necessary. The crew of the
fremont remained on board their vessel
and accepted an offer of the steamer
New Hampshire for assistance to New
London. In tow OF that steamer the
fremont reached here to-day. g.
Immediately after the accident the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18

The manager of the visiting club call
ed at the Register Office last night to
state thatthe correct name of the team
- not "Muneie," but Matthews. The
r~ner of the franchise desires to get
what advertisement he can out of this
club CHS season. Matthews Is the name
% new town near Muncie and Ander-
son. The Matthews team consisted of
semi professionals and had made sue
cessful trip through Ohio and Tennes-
see when the Western Association fran
cnise was secured. or the old Indian
apolis club, Sutthof, Hickey, Donnelly,
Lawrence and Willis are with the Mat
thews club. The teams home games
VIII be played at Muncie, Anderson and
Matthews.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18

tators. who have criticised LaChance's
work In the field. The abuse had be-
come so severe that to-day, LaChance
had to be restrained from going into
the stand and resenting the abuse with
physical force. Manager McAieer tried
without avail to have LaChance recon-
slider his determination to quit the
Cleveland team and the first baseman
has agreed to stay here only until an
other first baseman has been secured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18
ENGINEER DAY BLAMED FOR
THE PADEN'S VALLEY WRECK


of July, In the year Nineteen Hundred
and One before H. G. Meek, Coroner OF
said county of Tyler, upon the view OF
the bodies of A. Courtrite and VIM.
Boothby, lying dead. The Jurors sworn
to inquire when, how and by What
means the said "A. Courtrite and VIM.
Boothby came to their deaths, upon
their oaths do say:
That on the evening Of July Is, 1901,
at about $50 p. M, at point one-halL
mile south of Paden's Valley, on the
Ohio River railroad, that the said A.
Courtrite and VIM. Boothby came to
their death, due to a collision of en-
CINE No. lei, of the West Virginia
Short Line Railroad Company, running
into train No. 10, of the Ohio River
Railroad Company, known as the Ohio
Valley Express train. The collision
was due to the negligence of Engineer
John Day, of engine No. 101, of the
West Virginia Short Line Railroad
Company.
We, the jury, exonerate the train crew
of train No. is, and the telegraph oper-
ators, from any negligence.