The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-20

touft OF Appeals ~ fhe case OF the
Dowaglac Manufacturing Company W.
William I.ochner, which involves the
precise questiop that u pending before
Judge uilderslceve In the Standard
oil Company case.
ine uccision - favorable TO the con.
tention made by Mr.. lladlcy in the
STANDARD oil case.
The opinion. written by Justice san.
born. sets forth.
"lt is not the duty Of an auxiliary
court or judge, within whose jurisdic.
tion the testimony is being taken in
suit pending in n court of another iur.
isdiction. TO consider or determine the
competency. materiality or relevancy
Of the evidence which one Of the par.
ties seeks to elicit.
1t IL the duty of such court or
judge to compel the production of the
evidence, unless the witness OF the evi-
dence is privileged. or il clearly and
afiirmatively appears that it would bc
an abuse of the process of the court to
compel its production.
CHIEF JUSTICE DIES.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l0.-Judge
Thomas n. Mcclellan, chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Alabama, died
in private ear this morning as the
Louisville 4 Nashville train from
Montgomery was entering New Or.
leans. He had been in failing health
for some time and was on his way to
San Antonio. Death was caused by
heart failure.
PITTSBURG MINERS QUARREL.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 10.--A brief
hearing on the temporary injunction
secured yesterday by Patrick Dolan,
president of the Pittsburg district
miners, against l39 delegates attend.
ing the district convention, restrain.
ing them from interfering with his
power as president, was held today be-
fore Judge Frazer in Common Pleas
Court No. .. Additional time was re.
quested by the defendants. and
Wednesday afternoon Mt o'clock was
fixed by the court for the final hearing.
A session lasting an hour was held
by the convention this morning pre-
vious to going into court in body. II
was the stormiest meeting yet held and
there was opposition to every matter
presented by President Dolan. Ma
tional Vice-President Lewis announced
that President Mitchell had instructed
him to remain in Pittsburg for few
days. Mr. Lewis also read telegram
from President Mitchell advising the
executive board of the Pittsburg dis
trict miners that they were permitted
to draw on their treasury for funds to
retain legal talent in the Injunction
proceedings.
- personally am paying my attor-
neys, y shouted Dolan to Lewis and the
delegates, 'and the executive board
will do likewise. No money will be
taken from the treasury for that pur.
pose if can help il"
FEMALE ASSASSIN KILLED
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. lO.-The
Admiralty has received a report from
the Surgeon in Charge of Vice.Admiral
Chouknin, who was shot by a woman in
his office in Sebastopol yesterday, to
the effect that his wounds are not dan.
gerous. Rear Admiral Grigorovitch
has assumed command of the Black
Sea fleet in succession of Chouknin.
According to the morning papers
and subsequent dispatches from Sebas
topol, confirming the press accounts,
the attending surgeons are confident
that Chouknin will recover. The most
severe wound is in his breast. from
which the bullet has not been extract
ed. The other wounds are in the right
shoulder and both legs. His assailant,
who was shot and killed by an orderly,
who rushed to the Admiral's assist.
ance, is believed, like the murderess of
Lieutenant General Sakharoff, the
former War Minister, and the assassin
of General Shuvaloff, Prefect of Police
of Moscow, to have been an emissary
of the st. Petersburg group of Ter
rorlsts The woman has not been iden.
tined, but 1T is known that she arrived
at Sebastopol February and register
ed at hotel under the name of Krup-
nitzkai. She was well dressed, was
quiet in her manner and attracted no
attention. At 3 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon the woman appeared at the Of
fetal residence of Admiral Chouknin
and sent in her card saying she was a
daughter of Rear Admiral who was
an old acquaintance of Chouknin at St.
Petersburg and requested an interview.
Upon entering the Admiral 3 office she
drew rapid-fire pistol and fred four
shots at Chouknin with deliberate aim,
each bullet reaching the mark. She
then turned to flee, but was killed by
the orderly. Chouknin exhibited re-
markable nerve and continued to Issue
orders, even while being carried to
bed and during the examination by the
surgeons. Later he received personal
friends who came to sympathize with
him.
The news of the attempt on Chouk-
nin's life created great excitement
among the sailors at Sebastopol,
large proportion of whom are sullen
and on the verge of mutiny. The an
archists at sebastopol attempted to
organize a demonstration, but were not
successful.