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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
GENEAU TO Be
CHARGED WITH PERJURY

Upon evidence that was called to the
attention of the Attorney General yes
terday it is probable that Geneau, the
sailor who almost got a vote of thanks
for the shooting of the negro Ulysses
Harris, will be arrested today on a
charge of perjury.
1t viii be remembered that when &C.
neau was on the witness stand in his
own behalf in the Circuit Court. he
swore that he had no memory of the
killing of Harris, having been under
the influence of liquor at the time, and
having moreover been dazed because
the negro Kennard jumped upon his
head While he was lying on the ground.
1t appears from a statement made by
a Bulletin reporter that the reporter
saw Geneau in Jail Immediately after
the shooting of Harris and had an in
terview with the accused man, in the
course of which, according to the ac-
count printed in the Bulletin of July
1st last, Geneau told the story of the
shooting and told it in a remarkably
clear and connected way for a man who
was in a mental haze at the time.
1t is said that the matter was called
to the attention of the Territorial
Grand Jury, which was in session for
q short time yesterday; but however
that may have been the naval authori-
ties viii be notified of the new develop
ment today and Geneau will in all
probability be taken into custody again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
JUDGE LITTLt'S LAW
VO!DS A CONVICTION

While Judge Little is exploiting the
only genuine article of American patri-
otism at Panama, the odor of his judi
cial career at Hilo still abides in the
Territory of Hawaii-indeed is perpetu-
ated for all time in the declared law
of this country
The Supreme Court has just granted
a new trial to Wong Tim, on his ap-
peal from conviction for gross cheat,
because Judge Little. in charging the
jury, made a remark that was map
plicable to the case. improper, ungra-
cious and liable to mislead the jury.
He said he would give a particular in
struction asked for by the defendant,
but not as the law of this country"
AS the Supreme Court holds, in an
opinion written by Justice HartwelI, it
might have been inferred by the jury,
from the ''ungra cious'' remark, that
the instruction in question was con-
trary to the law. therefore that YER
dict of guilty would be the right one
to render
W. S. Fleming appeared for the Ter
ritory and Thayer & Hemenway for
the defendant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
ASSESSMENT OF
W|CHMAN CHANGED

II. F. Wichman & Co., Ltd, returned
its property for taxation at 49,, 552. %
The assessor assessed it at 1926, 900,
which a majority of the tax appeal
court confirmed. A minority thought
$97,297.45 right The Supreme Court, on
the taxpayers appeal, takes the in
ventoried value of $104, $50 10 to be an
appropriate assessment and so orders
1t was in evidence that the capital
stock of the company is $125,000. and
that its net profits in 1903 We're 500
1927. a little over IS per cent. The
assets of the corporation We're testified
to be worth $50. $50. %. In arriving at
its decision the court finds that the
case is within the provisions of section
$50. Civil Laws. since there are "sev-
eraf classes or kinds of personal prop
erty" which are combined and made
the basis of an enterprise for profit
requiring the property to ''be assessed
as a whole on its fair and reasona BILE
aggregate value" The statute requires
that in estimating the aggregate val
ue there shall be taken into consider
alton the net profits made by the same.
also the gross receipts and actual run
ming expenses"
Smith & Lewis for appellant; Rob
ertson & Wilder for assessor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28

he had exploded giant powder sat or
near the house Of Halao.
i charge you that such admissions
must be received with caution and
subjected to careful scrutiny, as no
class of evidence il more subject to
error or abuse. and no class Of tes1inlo-
nv offers such temptation or opportun-
inv for INSCRIPTIONS witnesses TO tor
tura the facts, or commit open perjury.
and it IS often impossible TO contradict
their testimony except by the defend
ant himself.
If this alleged admission admits Of
two interpretations. one consistent
with guilt and one consistent with in
rocence, you must accept the one con-
sistent with innocence.
I charge you that there is no di-
rect proof that the defendant caused
the alleged explosion, the evidence in
the case being entirely circumstantial"
On presenting the verdict Mr.. Rankin
as foreman orally preferred a request
of the jury that the court place the
defendant under bonds to keep the
peace toward Halao and family. Judge
De Bolt denied the request as outside
the competence of the court to grant.
FORECLOSURE DECREED.
Judge De Bolt granted decree of
foreclosure of mortgage in the suit OF
w. F. Allen. trustee, VS.. George Hag-|
CART ct al. P. D. Kellett Jr. was ap-
pointed commissioner of sale and the
date of sale fixed as Saturday. Feb. 4
Holmes & Stanley appeared for plain
tiff, whose deposition had been taken
by George Lucas, under a motion
granted by the court, on account of his
feeble health. The property is situated
at Waikiki and the mortgage debt is
$500.
COURT ITEMS.
In the assumpsit suit of Rothchild
and others against Leechu, the plain
tiffs called upon the defendant to adj
nit that they were partners under the
firm name of Hoffman, Rothchild &
Co. as alleged in their complaint. The
defendant admits the fact on the same
PAPER
In the divorce suit of Cecilia L. Davis
VS.. Thomas Davis, Judge De Bolt or
ders that the libellee forthwith pay
$40 costs, $25 attorneys fee and $12I
alimony
Respondents in the foreclosure suit
of William O. Smith, trustee, VS.. ]. H.
Fisher ct al. are given five days in
which to plead.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
SIDE QUESTIONS.

Juror Medeiros, for himself and an
other, in the afternoon inquired as to
whether the jury We're to be taken to
view the premises
Judge Robinson, on consultation with
counsel after the jury left the court
room, ruled that a view of the prem
ises would depend on further develop
ments. If deemed necessary later it
would be granted
Mr. Peters then, on behalf of the
balliff, asked if that officer was to have
discretion regarding visits of the jury
IN night recesses to places of amuse-
ment such as theaters, prize fights,
etc.
Mr.. Robertson thought if the bailiff
wanted any further instructions to
what he had already received, he should
go direct to His Honor therefor.
Il think So" Judge Robinson assent
ed.
1T is immaterial to me, Your Honor"
Mr.. Peters said, and the incident was
closed.
ALLEGED DYNAMITER ACQUIT-
TED.
Lupini Gomez was found not guilty
by the jury. before Judge De Bolt yes
terday morning, of unlawfully explod-
ing giant powder Ito terrify and
frighten one Halao." Among the in
structions given for defendant by the
court were the following:
That as TO the alleged statement
o defendant, You have escaped but if
/ do it again you Will all be killed I
charge You that the same was allowed
TO be introduced for what it was worth,
as an admission by defendant that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
SD FAR TWO
WITNESSES
Slow Progress in
Jones Murder
Trial.
Strange Request Added
to AcquittaI of
Gomez.
Foreclosure on Property at Wal
kiki-DaVis Divorce Decree.
Court Items.

The actual trial of Edward Mitchell
Jones for murder in the first degree be-
gan at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
before Judge Robinson with a succinct
opening statement of the case by Depu-
ty Attorney General E. C. Peters. He
told of the beginning of conjugaI infe-
licity between Jones and his wife.
From bitter words it came to physical
and Mrs. Jones warned him that if he
assaulted her again she would seek a
divorce. He did assault her again and
shortly before the fatal Saturday night
a divorce was obtained by the wife.
Then, in the meantime, Mrs. Jones be-
gan keeping company with a motor
Jones had threatened her that if she
divorced him he would kill her and then
himself.
On the evening of August %, 1908,
Jones saw Mrs. Jones riding on car
operated by her intended husband. He
went and procured a revolver and arm
ed with that weapon proceeded to the
residence of Mrs Parmenter, mother
of Mrs. Jones, where, shortly after
midnight, or early on August %, he
fired two shots at his wife, one of which
took effect in the side of her head, caus-
ing her then and there to die. No ref
erence was made by, Mr.. Peters to the
killing of Mrs. Parmenter at the same
time.
Having concluded his statement Mr..
Feters produced purported map of
the Parmenter premises and asked if
the defense would consent to its ad-
mission as evidence.
A. G. NJ. Robertson, after consulting
with ]. J. Dunno, associate counsel for
Jones, replied:
AS this is a capital case, we do not
consider it proper to admit anything"
Mr.. Peters thereupon called Albert
Lucas, brother-in-law of the late
Mrs. Jones, who testified to acquant-
ance with the Parmenter premises for
several years prior to the tragedy, and
to his having visited the premises yes
tically in the same condition as they
We're in August %, 1903. The hibiscus
hedge might, for lack of trimming be
a little higher That was all.
Mr.. Dunno interposed several OBJ
jections to the evidence in quick sue
cession, most of which were overruled
with exceptions noted in every instance !
S. NJ. Kanakanui, first assistant of
the Territorial Survey, was then call |
ed to prove the map. which was his
kandiwork. Witness had visited the /,
PREMISES that morning in company
with Mr.. Peters and Mr.. Lucas He /,
was examined infinitely, with scale in |
hand, upon dimensions, directions, con- |
struction, fences. gates, doors, Win |
dows, lanai, bearings to streets, etc. |
His examination in chief continued till |
well on in the afternoon session.
The cross examination was brief. At
about 345 the trial was continued I'M
til 10 o'clock this morning.
There is but a small public attend
ance on the trial.
Jones in court looks healthy. but
anxious and alert. Mr. Dunno occa-
sionally consulted him while evidence |
was being given yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
WEDNESDAY, FEB. IS, 1905,
AT II O'CLOCK NOON,

At my salesrooms, S45 Kaahumanu
street, Honolulu, I will sell at public
auction, by order of the treasurer, Mr..
j. M. Riggs, the following certificates
Of stock in the Inter-Island Telegraph
Co., Ltd, unless the delinquent assess
ments, with interest thereon and adj
vertfsing expenses, are paid on or be-
fore the day and hour of the sale at
the office of the Inter-IsIand Telegraph
Co., Ltd, Honolulu:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28

De man dat reserves mos of his
piety foh Sunday said Uncle Eben,
cant blame de small boy for shown
off mos of his goodness de week befo'
Christmas. '-Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28
Castle z Cooke, Ltd
HONOLULU.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SUGAR FACTORS.

AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Co.
The Waialua Agricultural Co.. Its
The Kohala Sugar Co.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Co.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. L,ouis
The Standard Oil Co.
The George r. Blake Steam Puun.
WeSton's Centrifugals
The New England Mutual Life Inur-
ance Co, of Boston.
The Aetna Insurance Co, Of Hart
ford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Co., of Len.
don.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

tnere given, and continue to use the sack saw on that or a similar exercise, unul the shoulders of any tenons can oe sawed true and close to the knife line. oEcer no circumstances saa just little way from the line with the intention Of trimming up 10 the line with a chisel. satisfactory work cannot be done in .nis way Compel the saw to cut per. iecs shoulder for the tenon, and if 1t will not GO so, te assured that the fault is not Tn the saw. but because of the lacK oi sufficient practice in it's use by the operator.
 Alter the shoulders of tenon have teen cut, if the tenon is short say F inch in length, the piece is placed in ae bench wise, as shown in Fig. SS. and he sides of the tenon are sawed down .o 'he shoulders, always saving in the Nas'e wood. but close to the line. the
 ne as when saving the shoulder. 1t "'i DC necessary to use for this pvr.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
FUTURE OF NIAGARA FALLS
Will, in Few Thousand Years Anr- way, Have Entirely Dis
 appeared.

The earliest discussions of the re- cession of Niagara Falls led to appre- hension of danger and disaster, be- cause the continuance of the present gorge erosion must eventually extend 70 Lake Erie, the reservoir whence the river flows. It was thought, there lore, In the excited imagination of many ignorant readers. when the early geologic discussions of the history of Niagara were published that a de- structive flood would thus be let loose from Erie and the upper lakes, and would deluge the Ontario basin and the St. Lawrence valley. Prof. James Hall in 1S43 endeavored to allay these fears. The increasing southward dip of the rock strata between the pres ent falls and Lake Erie will cause the Niagara to cut into softer and easily eroded beds along the distance, SO that Its great cataract. which de- pends on the thick and hard Niagara limestone overlying soft shale. can no longer be maintained The river will then run. as Hall declared. in series Of rapids along its course from Lake Erie to Lewiston. with perhaps a low fall at the outlet of the lake.
 Another anxiety has been raised more recently by computation of a. probable tilting of the land which would slightly change its inclination in all the region of these great lakes so that ultimately the mouth of Lake Erie would be lifted higher than the very low water divide close to the southwest of Chicago From compu- tations of the heights of beach marks above the surface of the lakes, deter mined at successive dates separated by periods of from 20 to g years, Gil- bert computed in 1898 this lake region is being tilted toward the south southwest at the rate, during a cen tury, of five inches in 100 miles. He therefore concludes that Lake Mich igan. if such tilting continues, will be- gin to overflow across the natural wa tersheds to the Illinois river within LOGO years; that 1000 years from now this flow will take away half of the volume of the Niagara river, and that after $500 years there will be no Ni- agara. The basin of Lake Erie will be tributary to Lake Huron. the current of the Detroit and St Clair rivers be- ing reversed
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
One-Toed Women.

Everybody has heard of the small feet of the ladies of China But 1t is not so generally known that they commonly have but one toe. This is. however. the fact The great toe of the females of the first rank and of some of the inferior classes also, is the only one left to act with any freedom: the rest are doubled down under the foot in their tenderest infancy, and re- tained by congresses and tight band ages till they unite with and are buried in the sole.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

kerf is made in triangular manner as shown, until the shoulder is reached when the wood Is reversed and the same process repeated. Then place the piece vertically and complete the whole cut.
 In carpentry. when the mortise and tenon extend through and through the side piece of frame it is the usual practice, for the purpose of securing greater firmness and strength, to wedge the tenons as shown at A in Fig. 90. The wedges spread the tenon, making it slightly wider at the end than at the shoulder. as illustrated at B, compress ing the tibers of the wood and forcing
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
LAND OF THE CUillEMOTS.
eiin-Homes of the Birds Where Egg. Gatherers Pursue Danger
 ous Calling.

Immense and lonely. like the batt,s mented walls of forgotten city of giants, Flam borough's white clifYs lowered high and sleepy and indiffer. ent above the restless sea which Tapped their bases and broke in creamy foam on the submerged rock fragments at their feet. Strangely like are those cliffs to the work of man-towers and basSons and barbicans great fiankine walls Of solid white masonry. 800 courses high: here and there narrow Gothic arches, flying buttresses and all the intricate stonework of an old cathedral. Who laid those beds of huge stone with the regular mortarlike in. terspaces?
 Tt was all deposited as sea bot. tom. says my geological companion. as We scramble along the grassy top with perpetual quiver of fright at the tre. mendous depths beneath, relates . London writer.
 But If so, how comes it that those thin horizontal layers of darker cclor are so regularly spaced? Did the sea hold a sort of centenary carnival. and deposit gravel instead of chalk for | few months at the end of every hun. dred years?
 These lonely rocks are not really lonely. They are the cities of the | guillemot. and every ledge and nook and recess in their steep battlements is | crowded with those quaint clumsy birds Down on the green water below guillemotS are sprinkled thickly as though by pepper box. squawking and disputing and chattering with a ter. rible din. On the lodges they stand in their white breasted thousands, survey. ing the great flat sea like the Arab in his snowy burnoose looking out over the desert. And on little patches of | grass are their green and tawny eggs. bigger than hens, and pointed at one end like peg-top so that they shall not roll of
 And now we have a thrilling sight. For one of the egg gatherers is going i to descend. Tall. browny, bearded. with big helmet to save his head from loosened stones, he is let down at tho end of rope. and walks backwards
 
 down the rough perpendicular cliff. At each step he bounces himself away from the ro9k. sometimes ten yards or so, and yet he always manages to | swing back cn the other foot. As he descends showers of birds fall off the l cliff, for the guillemot turns back ward somersault into the air. when he wants to fly. It is a fearful sight to see that man swinging lower and lower till he gets no bigger than a bird, swinging to ledge. picking up a few eggs. and putting them into the satchel on his back, and always managing to approach those jagged rocks feet fore. most. At last he jerks the rope and begins to walk upward, bringing enough eggs to fill large market bas. ket. And after this desperate adven. I~ture one egg in five goes to the land owner for rent
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
THE YOUNGEST PRISONER.
Chinese Child Held by Government Authorities for Being Sold
 Into Slavery.

The youngest prisoner in the United States is Yute Ho Ji. aged five. She has been prisoner of Uncle Sam for more than four years. The crime for which she is paying the penalty is the crime of being girl baby, which in China is a crime indeed. She was born in an interior village in China, l and her mother was very glad to take ten dollars offered by a woman who went there from San Francisco to buy slave girls for the San Francisco Chinatown.
 The buyer knew her bargain. for what were the risks of the childs aeath to the possible 5000, 5000 or s10,00O she would bring in a dozen years or so? She was young enough. too. to have her1 feet bound to be 2almed on as of a better class than that from which most slave girls come
 She was happy. this slave dealer, when she sighted San Francisco on her return journey. and she shuffied easily along the pier when she left the boat The inspectors all knew her, for she had teen back and forth many times. It was because they knew her that they questioned her about the little but:die in her arms. She told them the taby was her own, for it is a lie. that comes first to Chinaman's lips. This was her undoing. In the court she added lie to lie. but in the end the judge knew that the baby had not been born to her She had no right t9 bring it in without papers, and she had not thought of this. The infant could not be deported. because no amount of questioning could make the woman reveal the home of the child. Besides, the judge did not see that the child would be better off with a moth- CT who would sell her for ten dollars than with a woman who would pay that for her. On the other hand, she could not be entered, and babies under year are too little to go to jail At length the judge decided to turn his little prisoner over to a mission that makes a business of rescuing Chinese slave women, with the agreement of 10 cents a day for her board In the four years she has been al the mis- sion Yute Ho J has become the pet of the household. and 1t seems to be an instance of the punishment fitting the crime
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Gold Output of the Rand

Rand gold mines were rather slow in recovering from the BOer war, but they are now turning out more gold than ever before. The July production of little more than 5000, 900 was the largest on record for any one month, and the production of the last nine months is almost exactly equal to the production of the last full year before the Boer war broke out The produc. ton Is now proceeding at the rate of more than $100. 0.0O0.000 a year-Phila- delphia Record.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Baggage Easily Identified

Some English tourists who are in tho habit of travelling with a good many trunks have a way of marking their baggage for identification purposes which looks strange to American eyes. It is not at all unusual now to see landed on the steamship piers a big pile of trunks and bags. around each of which will be stripe of some vivid color. bright red stripe around a sole leather trunk may look queer, but it's usefulness is apparent in the ease with which the bagg2 ge is picked out by the owner. An Englishman who came over recently he'd his trunks not only decorated with white stripe, but on the top of each was his coat-of-arms in colors. His baggage was handled with much dispateh.-N. Y. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
JOKE OF ENGLISH LAWYER.
Writes Satirical Tale the Title of Which Catches an American
 Librarian.

How Became a Judge: Being the "Reminiscences of the Honorable Mir. Justice Rater," Is the title of an anus ing little book written by satirlcal lawyer recently.
 The Humorous sketches of life at the bar was widely appreciated and quick ly passed through three editions. A copy found it's way to the library of congress. Washington. and one of the librarians plainly jumped to the con- clusion that Justice Rater Is . real. live ornament to the English bench. At any rate. the librarian addressed a reply paid postal card to the author in care of his publishers. thus:
 Justice Chumley Rater. care of J. B. Nichols & Sons. parliament man.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Decimal System in Enyland

John Bull bids fair to learn of France and De wise concerning the decimal system. An important step to- ward England's adoption of decimal system of weights and measures was taken by the board of trade. which, in response to request of the association of the chambers of commerce, has au- thorized weights of 20 pounds. 10 pounds and five pounds as aliquot parts of the cental
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
SOME REGENT INVENTIONS
Many Remarkable Contrivances with Queer Names and for Va
 rious Uses.

Among remarkable recent inventions are the pneumoslito. the topodict. the telemeter. the teierhoneears and the thermophile. The pneumoslito is an automobile especially designed for use on Ice, but which can just as easily be used on land. It moves ny pro- peller wheel run by two and three quarters horsepower electric motor. the propeller turning In the air and moving the carriage at a speed of 20 miles an hour. The topodict Is a combination of a pantograph 6nd tele- scope, by means of which any person can make a drawing in correct per spectiye of any scene before him, even If he knows nothing whatever of draw ing. By means of the telemetcf the ex-