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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
ROBBERIES
WERE MANY
The Parker Homestead
Often Visited By
Thieves.

| The police are still working on the
Parker robbery but with no success.
Every place in the city where the
stolen diamonds may have been sold
was visited but without result. Final
ly Col. Parker is reported TO have told
the police to let the matter drop if
there seemed to be no promise of sue
cess. This however will not be done,
so Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth said
yesterday, though he stated that there
was absolutely no clue to work upon.
Mr. Parker is confident of the honesty
of all the employees and servants about
the house.
The diamond robbery is said to be
one of a series of thefts from which
the inmates of the Parker homestead
have suffered within the past six
months. Not long ago Mr.. Parker was
great value. The match safe was a
present and Mr.. Parker raised a great
hue and cry over the loss. All his
clothing was searched without result
but no trace of it would be found. FL
nally few days afterwards the match
safe was discovered in a pocket of a
coat which had just been returned by
drxyr Nha y,ofz 80 &c
supposed to have been placed there by
the thief who took this means of con-
cealing his theft.
Miss Chrystal who has been visiting
robbed on three different occasions.
Once a valuable diamond brooch which
she had worn at an evening party was
taken. On another occasion the chain
worn with the brooch was stolen. Still
another time she was robbed of twenty
dollars in gold and some silver.
OF the blue diamond taken the other
night there is but one other in the
United States, so there should be no
difficulty in detecting the thief If he
tries to sell it. The three blue dia-
monds were imported a number of
years ago by Vanderslice of San Fran
cisco for the Baroness Won Schroeder.
she would not take them
and Col. Parker's first wife purchased
two of the stones for 1850 which were
set in a ring. The third stone is said
to be still in the possession of the i'm
porter, and is the only one of its kind
on the mainland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
LAW SUMMARIZED.

Directors stand toward the corpor-
alton in the relation of trustees to a
cestui que trust, and when they vote
to themselves salaries or other COM
pensation or services such salaries or
other compensation cannot be allowed
to stand unless shown to be fair and
reasonable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07

the subject are not all agreed as TO
what would be reasonable compensa-
ton for a manager and assistant man
ayers under circumstances such as
those surrounding the Club Stables,
Limited, we find, upon all the evidence
! thus far adduced, that the salaries al
lowed TO the three respondents are eX-
orbitant and excessive
FAIRNESS MUST BE SHOWN.
Directors stand toward the corpora
ton which they represent and act for
in the relation of trustees to a cestui
que trust. Some of the authorities go
to the extent of holding that they may
not, lawfully, vote to themselves COM
pensation for services and that any
such attempted vote would be illegal,
but it is unnecessary to go to that ex-
tent in the case at bar. We will as
sumo for the purposes of this appeal
that if directors do vote to themselves
salaries or other compensation, such
salaries may be allowed to stand if
their entire reasonableness and fair
ness is shown by the parties benefited
thereby but not otherwise, and a rule
more favorable than this the respond
Ients cannot expect Directors can no
more use the property of their princi-
pal for their own private gain than
any other agent or trustee. They must
act in good faith and for the inter
ests of the stockholders whom they
represent. MANY authorities are here
quoted) Not only have the respond
ents failed to show the entire fairness
and reasonableness of the salaries, but
the showing thus far is that the sala-
ries are unfair TO the corporation.
LACHES NOT PROVED.
On the plea of laches. or sleeping
on their rights. raised against the COM
plainants the court remarks on a lack
Of evidence. saying that if more will
yet be adduced the court will then be
in better position to pass upon the
whole subject. In reversing the decree
the court says the motion to dismiss
the suit should have been denied and
the respondents should have been re-
quired to present their defense.
Robertson & Wilder conducted the
case and successful appeal for the
complainants.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
.BOLTE VS..
BELL|NAS
Perry Reverses the
Decree of De
Bolt.
Club Stables Case Sent
Back To Trial
Court.
Salaries Paid Manager and AS
sistant Found to Be Exorbit-
ant and Excessive.

By a unanimous opinion written by
Justice Perry the Supreme Court re-
verses the decree Of Judge De Bolt and
remands to him for such further pro-
ceedings as may be proper the case of
c. Bolte, E. K Bull, ]. ]. Sullivan and
Paul r. Isenberg. on behalf Of them
selves and all other stockholders in the
Club Stables. Limited, a corporation,
against C. H. Bellina, w. E. Bellina,
H. H. Perry and Club Stables. Limited.
THE CASE STATED.
1t was a bill in equity to restrain c.
II. Bellina, as manager Of the corpor-
alton, from paying to himself and to
w. (. Bellina and II. II. Perry, as as
sistant managers, certain salaries al
legged to be exorbitant and excessive,
and for an order requiring these three
respondents to repay to the corpora
ton all moneys received by them as
salary from September l, 1901, over
and above the amount of a reasona-
BILE compensation for the services rem
dered by them.
The court below, on motion of re-
spondents, dismissed the bill at the
close of the complainants case ''for
of proof and lack of equi-
ty." An appeal was taken from this
ruling by plaintiffs, but Isenberg and
Sullivan afterward withdrew their ap-
peals. The Supreme Court lays the
law down as follows in its syllabus of
opinion:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
THE PEOPLE ALL
In Chorus Cried, Give Us Newbro's
Herpicide

Herpicide.
This word of late has been in every
ones mouth, and many are wondering
what the word signifies, though no one
has yet been found, who will deny that
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE does the
work. Well, for the information of
thousands of people who like to know
all about a good thing, we would say
that HERPICIDE means, a destroyer
or killer of Herpes" Now Herpes"
is the family name of a disease caused
by various vegetable parasites. A SINH
lar microbe causes dandruff, itching
scalp. and falling hair; this is the
microbe that NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE
promptly destroys; after which the
hair grows. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co, Detroit, Mich. HOLSTER
Drug Co., Special Agents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
Sugar, Electric and
MinirgMachinery
For" Sale

One Quadruple Var Yam EVAPORA.
TOR
One VACUUM PAN. 7 feet diane
ter, feet deep.
One CORLISS ENGINE. 1S~x42".
Five 500-gallon Brass CLARIFIEi>
COILS.
One 60 H P Edison Bipolar 500 voLa
GENERATOR.
One so H P Fort waynee DIRECT
CURRENT MOTOR.
One so H ELECTRIC LOCOMO-
TIVE.
One 1ox12 Fly Wheel AIR COMPRESS
SOR.
Four Sullivan ROCK DRILLS.
Two Doble ROCK DRILLS.
Two American Pump Co 6x3x12 direct
acting AIR COMPRESSORS.
Two Speed Regulating PUMP GOV
ERNORS.
One SO inch vENTILATING FAN.
Two W. 1. LIGHT WEIGHT Pull
LEYS IS In diameter, 12h face.
One Duplex Worthington CIRCULA-
TING PUMP.
One T. c. Austin ROCK CRUSHER.
One Aveling G. Porter TRACTION
ENGINE.
One 10 Tyne FOWLER CULTIvA-
TOR
One Fowler STEAM SCOOP and
spares.
Twelve Dump COOLER CARS on
wheels; size SO"x3O"x30".
For further particulars and prices
apply to
The0, H. Davies & Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07

Tomorrow at noon, Jas. F. Morgan
will sell by order of the court a piece
of property in Robello lane, containing
44-IOO acre.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
FOR LEASE.

Piece Of land in Manoa Valley, having
a from ge Of $50 feet on the main gov
eminent road and depth of 220 feet to
the stream. Contains s7-100 acres.
Lease has 10 years to run.
Elegant for country residence: a
fine bathing pool can be had at the
stream.
For further particulars apply to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
PROTEST VOTED DOWN.

No formal complaint was made a
sainst the salaries until August ., 1902,
when, at a meeting of directors Bolte
moved, seconded by Isenberg, that the
,!lIee salaries be reduced 800 a month
each, but Perry and the two Bellinas
voting against 1t the motion was lost.
On December /, 1902, Bolte and Bull
addressed a letter to the board OF di-
rectors, protesting against the salaries,
as being unreasonably high. claiming
that each of the three men had been
overpaid 800 month, asking the
board to demand repayment of the
excess amounting TO S3933.S0 and, in
case of noncompliance, to institute
proceedings in the name of the cor
poration to compel such repayment, the
writer's giving notice that If the board
did not do so they would bring suit
themselves. At a meeting of directors
on December IL, 19O2-only the two Bel
linas and ]. ]. Carreiro being present
the board refused to comply with
the requests made or to reduce any
of the salaries and passed a resolu-
ton declaring the compensation to be
reasonable and ratifying it's own ac-
ton and that of the manager.
MAJORITY OF STOCK.
Perry left the employ of the corpora
ton in August. 1902. During all of the
time mentioned c. H. Bellina held Isl
shares of the stock, w. f. Bellina 10
shares and Perry. until the transfer of
portion OF his interest in August, los
shares. the total capital stock of the
| corporation being 500 shares. w. E.
Bellina is the brother of c. H. Bellina
The present suit was begun December
q, 1902. The opinion at this stage
says:
| SALARIES FOUND EXCESSIVE.
| While the experts who testified on
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-07
FACT AND Law.

From the undisputed evidence the
court, in the body of its opinion, gives
findings of fact and law. c. H. Belli-
ma was appointed manager by the di-
rectors at a meeting on September 9,
1901. In the end of that month he fix
ed the salaries of w. E. Bellins. and
h III. Perry as foremen or assistant
managers at 5000 each a month. Be-
sides these salaries the foremen had
the free use of a cottage belonging to
the corporation heretofore rented at
me rate of $50 month. At meeting
of directors on November IA, 1901
Bolte, Perry and the two Bellinas pres
ent-the salary IF the manager wds fix
ed at $500 month from September 10,
1901, Bolte vorins against the motion
on the ground that such salary would
be excessive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
A MISSIONARY SERVICE.
Exercises of Praise at First Presby'
 terian Church.

The Lizzie Wimbish Foreign Mission ary Society of the First Presbyterian Church., held it's annual Praise Serevice Monday afternoon. There was an excel- lent attendance, in spite of threatening weather, and the occasion was most in teresting to those present A thank-offer- ing was made, and a substantial sum was realized for the cause of Foreign Missions.
 The exercises were opened by the pas tor, Dr.. G. w. Patterson, who an- nounced the opening hymn, read the Scripture lesson. and led in prayer.
 Then followed trio by Mrs. C.. L.. Campbell, Miss Katie Booth and Mrs. O'Brien. The pastors letter to the So- ciety was read by Mrs. Booth, the Pres ident. Miss Clisby then sang solo, which was followed by an effective recitation by Miss Nettie May Graham. There was also a reading by Miss Gussie Woodruff. and recitation by Miss Julia May Hem derson. These. with the singing of the appointed hymns, and the routine order. filled up a pleasant hour. < The meeting was held in the Lecture Room of the First Presbyterian Church, which had been beautifully decorated with palms and vines.
 The work of this Society Is increasing in effectiveness, and it's members will have an honorable part in raising the $S5O which has been pledged by the First Church to the cause of Foreign Mis- sions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
SORE HANDS, Itching, Burning Palms, Painful Finger Ends, With Brittle, ShapeIess, DisColored Nails, As We'll as ROughneSS and
 RGdneSS.
One Night Treatment with Cuti- cuTa, the Great Skin Cure.

Soak the hands on retiring in strong, hot, creamy father of Cuticura Soap Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose kid gloves, or bandage lightly In old, soft cotton or linen. For red, rough and chapped hands. dry, Assured, itching, feverish palms, with brittle, shapeless nails and painful finger ends, this treatment is simply wonderful, fre- quently curing in single application.
 Complete local and constitutional treatment for every humour of the skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair, may now be had for one dollar. Bathe with hot water and Cuticura Soap,. to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing, and apply Cuti- cura Ointment freely, to allay itching, irritation and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly, take the Cuticura ResolYent, to cool and cleanse the blood. This treatment affords instant relief, permits rest and sleep in the severest forms of Eczema and other itching, burning and scaly humours, and points 70 O speedy, permanent and economical cure of torturing, dishguring humours, rom pimples to Scrofula, from infancy 10 age, when all other remedies and the best physicians fail.
 form of Chocolate Coated Plls DOT vial nf co Oinb nent soc, Soap. 2se Depot.s London. 2 charsrhouS Pciies Drug { chem. Corp, sole PFeplisiors.
 AS- sshdfor How to cSrsEvsry nnnaase
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
THE RAIN STORM.
Something About Cause of Weather
 Changes.

Changes.
 The continued drizzling rain of the rast few days eliminated here yesterday in regular northeast rainstorm.
 The local rainfall up to 8 a. m. yes- terday. wac 1:17 inch; by 8 o'clock last a total of 2.1 inches in about eighteen hours
 The rain was accompanied with, or rather accompanied, a stiff northeast disagreeable. These rains were quite gen. eral over the entire South. being heaviest over the middle Cotton Belt, and will furnish moisture enough to keep the ground wet for some time
 It Is thought. however, that the rains will. on the whole, be beneficial to both corn and cotton, which in many sections was suffering for moisture. up to few days ago.
 The heavy rains will cause a rise in the rivers of this section, though no dan gerous freshet is expected. as the run off into the rivers is not near as much from given amount of rain now, when the ground Is under cultivation, as in the winter season when the soil is hard and impervious to moisture.
 To those not versed in the laws of storms. the fact that these northeast rains are due to a disturbance moving up from the southwest seems quite strange, but such is the case. Several days ago general atmospheric depres- sion or low barometer area covered the southwest: at the same time thefe was quite high dense sbody of air oyer the northeast; the sfainnIng down from this t'high" towards the lpw.' gave the latter additional energH., and set up storm eddy, which bXiuYeSterday morning had moved to Middle Arkansas. The suction towards this stopmseady is what caused the brisk mort haAsterfv winds yesterday The upward fl8wf a6ftwsrin moist afr fo- wards the center of suctlG Gp Ga using it to rapid drift from West to east, condensed the moisture in -fhe shape of the rains, and caused the 4rai iR7 area to apparently travel eastward In, advance oe the center of suction. Asethe center of suction moves off to the, eastward today the wind here. still blowing towards the cen ter will shift to the southwest and then to west, with fair weather as the air drawn in from those directions lS cooler and contains comparatively little moIs. ture. mfN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
THE AFFAIRS OF SELMA
FULLY DISCUSSED BY MAYORS
 MCLEOD AND ATKINS.
Going Out of old and the Coming < in of the New Council Develops Much That is of
 Interest.
Advertiser Bureau.


 Selma, May i2. The last session of the "old" City Council and the first session of the new have been the piece de resistance in con- versational menus today and the transac- tions of last evening have served per- haps better than any previous similar business to present clearly to the minds of the citizens of Selma matters of great pith and moment.
 The first business of the meeting of the outgoing councillors caught the at tention of the audience that had gathered in the city hall to hear the resSs S erste 9ns SRns of accounts which is pretty poor sort of diversion: but somehow 1t was inter- esting last night.
 Then came the biennial report of the sinking fund commissioners, A. W. Caw- thon, B. J. Schuster and L. M. Hooper. It was read by Clerk H. H. Stewart. Here is @ copy of it with an additional report by MT. Stewart as clerk to the The City Council convened at 7:30 o'clock last night, Councilmen Stoddard and Don ner being absent. The accounts contracted by the old ad- ministration as well as accounts or on1- cers which were read out by Clerk Stew art were approved.
 Mir Stewakt presented the following re- port of the Sinking Fund Commission: To the Honorable President and City Council, Selma, Ala:
 Gentlemen-By authority of the Bonded Debt Commissioners, Messrs. A. W. Caw- thon, B. J. Schuster and Lloyd M. Hoop- CT. submit a biennial report of receipts and expenditures from May list, 1901, to May 1st, 1903, to wit:
 Receipts.
 May 1, 1901. To cash on hand. .....$ 6,070.05 May 1, 1901, to May l, 1903. To
 cash deposited by Tax Collector
 1A II lA.f Total cash receipts. .. ........$ .$60, 1sS. 7s May 1, 1901, to May 1, 1903.
 Disbursed. May 1, 1901. to May l, 1903- By interest coupons paid. .$22, 752 .Ot By bonds retired. .. ............-. 29,OOO .0C By premiums paid on bonds.
 ($15,O00 at 1.c3, SIS, 900 at 1.0O.... 730 .0C By telegram to Mobile..... ...... 50 By salary to Clerk for the two
 years at 500 per annum........ 2o0.00 Total expenditures. .. ......... .s5s. .6s2. 30
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
R.ain Prevented Trip.

The delegates to the convention of the Home Mission Society of the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church re- mained in Selma until this morning in expectation of visit to the Methodist Asylum for orphans in Summerfield, Tut a heavy ram which has fallen almost in- cessantIy since Il o'clock last night pre- vented the excursion.
 The trustees of the orphanage had made every preparation to make the visit a nleasant one and had engaged vehicles for all of the forty delegates. The im- possibility of going 10 Summerfeld was disappointing to the visitors, who had anticipated much pleasure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
County Bought Teams.

J. A. Minter and H. l.. Kirkpatrick, special Road Committee from the Court of County Revenues, today purchasfd from M. J. Meyer ten mules. The price paid was $1 $50, or $165 each. The mules are to be used in working the roads of the county and will be put to work at once.
 The scrapes and other utensils for road working were ordered through B. J. Schuster and will be received in few days.
 Mir. Minter stated this afternoon that the county was in communication with persons in Birmingham in regard to the purchase of slag to be used in ihe con struction of roads. For some time the Court of Revenues has been negotiating with owners of gravel beds, but no sat isfactory arrangements as to price has been made. and 1t is deemed possible that the slag would be not only better ma terial, but cheaper. Mir. Minter would say nothing more dehnite than this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
naath nf E. D. Lewis.

E. Peter Lewis died at half past 1 o'oclock this morning at his late resldence on East Water Street.
 MT. Lewis had been ill for a week and his death was caused by pneumonia. He was about fifty years of age and was well known. For many years he had over ten years had been justice of the peace in Valley Creek Precinct. He had 2 large nunrber of friends in Dallas Coun- tv and the news of his death is received
 Mr Lewis is survived by his etep- mother Mrs. NJ V. Lewis. by a brother, IT C Lewis resident in Whistler, and by three sisters, Mrs. G. w. Morris Mrs. Scott Meade and Mrs. R. Q. Harris.
 The funeral will occur tomorrow morn ing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
Sold EverYwhere. l5c.

IT your blood or liver Is out of order or If you suffer with indigestion, you should take Munyon's Blood Cure and Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure. The Blood Cure will eradicate all poisons from the system, and the Dyspepsia Cure will give you good appetite and enable you to digest everything you eat, thus making good, rich blood. These remedies in con nection with Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap will improve any complexion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
Iurv commission Meets.

The Jury Commissioners of Dallas County met this morning and selceeed the jurors who will serve during the June term of the City Court of Selma.
 The Commission IS composed of R. D. Craig. A, l.. Gilmer. S. G Todd. w. E. waiies, Theo. Lacy. E. J. Schuster. Judge P. H. Pitts of the Probate Court, pre- sided at the meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

The ladies wonder how Mrs. B. man. ages to preserve her youthful looks. The secret is she takes Priclly Ash Bit
 --ady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

More people brag about what they are going to do than about what they have done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
Personal and Local.

flames Parrish of Nashville was in Selma .yesterday visiting relatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

W. E. sanderson of Portland is a visitor to Selma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
Leaving total bonded indebted
 ness on May 1, 1908. ........:.... .$2S7, $50.

The law requires the retirement annu- ally or the counter purchase of other bonds of not less than $15,000. The in- terest on 2s7,S50 at per cent. amounts to H1,5l4. thus requiring an annual ex- penditure of s26.514. Should the assess ments of realty and personal property of 1903-1904 not exceed that of 1902 1908, of &S75,S11. as returned by the City Ap- praiser, we, could not recommend tax levy for payment of interest on the bonds and the retirement of bonds of less than six mills. Five mills would not cover the required sum. and while six mills may give small surplus the mar ginal difference would not justify a levy even of five and one-haf mills.
 II further submit for your considers ton and for second record on the minute book of the Council proceedings, that the term of office to which your commits sioners were elected expires as follows, or until their successors are elected:
 Dr. A. w. Cawthon's term expires on April 1o 1905.
 MT. B. J. schuster's term expires on February 15, 1906.
 MT; Lloyd M, M; Hooper's term expires It will be necessary, therefore, to elect a successor to MT. Lloyd M. Hooper for a term of six years from March 10, 1908.
 Respectfully submitted.
 H. H. Stewart,
 Clerk to Debt Commission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

Miss Permella Jones has returned from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

Hon. R. H. Tuck, prominent citizen of Eleanor, is in Selma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

San Antonio where she was the guest of relatives She was accompanied home by Miss Waltran of San Antonio who will visit her for several days. c. c. Cook of Pineapple is registered at the Albert.
 J. c. Robinson of Repton spent today in Selma.
 E. B. Randolph of Montgomery is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13

I. T. Potter, well known resident of Eleanor. spent today in Selma.