The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-08

Men Who Shot Com.
mission Merchant
Are Held.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.-Police
Fudge Shortali Thursday held Ed
ward S. Boynton, Malcolm T. Vance
and George W. Simmons to answer
without bonds for the murder of H. c.
Tilden on the night of April 22d The
Judge stated that he was convinced of
the guilt of the accused Incidentally
he remarked that Lieutenant-C Colonel
| Kelly had erred grievously in accepting
| the services of men who We're not
| sworn III and We're not amenable to the
laws of the National Guard
| Little material testimony was heard
yesterday. Police Captain Anderson of
| the Mission Police Station, who had
| authorized P. L. Bannam to organize
| a patrol for the guarding of property
swore that he had no intimation that
| these men were to carry weapons.
Captain Bannam testified that he had
instructed his men to use their guns
only for self-defense.
Witness Fitzgerald established the
fact that the first shot was fired from
the street, thus disposing of the con-
tention of the defense that the persons
in the Red Cross automobile had open
ed fire While crossing the intersection
of Twenty-second and Guerrero streets
The three defendants were turned
l.+1 il, ftar.-
noon to be held until their appearance
before the Superior Court.
THE SURPLUS FLOUR Is
IN BIG DEMAND NOW.
Three of the big milling companies
finance committee of something like
500 tons of flour that has been accu
mulating in San Francisco during the
past few weeks. Shipments of flour
Kansas and all parts of the country
within a few days after San Fran
cisco's appeal for aid went out to the
world, and the flour shipments soon
ISdCuSO SuCi piODCi LIidl llie du-
thorities in charge of the relief sup
plies We're soon confronted with the |
serious problem of finding ways and |
means to dispose of the surplus.
The finance committee, which now
has charge of all supplies. found Thurs |
day that it had 5000 tons of flour
on hand, or something like 10000 bar
rels. For some days the situation |
has been considered quite alarming. |
The flour supply was greatly in ex-
cess of the city's requirements, and |
the storage facilities in and about the
city were SO inadequate. that the fin
ance committee determined to convert |
some of the flour into cash. An
other important consideration prompt
ed this decision. The accumulation of
flour in the hands of the relief au-
thorities was beginning to have a very |
depressing effect on the flour market.
The milling interests then came to
the committees relief by Offering TO |
take over all of the surplus flour not
needed in relieving the wants of the
city's charges and the local bakeries.
1t was decided after careful considera-
ton, that of the 5000 tons of flour on
hand, the committee could easily af
ford to dispose of 5000 tons, and at yes
terday's meeting of the finance COM
mittee deal with the milling interests
was closed whereby this flour, amount
ing to about 10000 barrels, will be /
taken and paid for in cash. The price
fixed for the flour is 1925 a barrel. so
that the deal will bring approximately |
5000 600 into the Golfers of the finance
committee. The three companies that
have formed the pool to take over the
pany the Crown Milling Company and
the Port Costa Milling Company.
The fact that the finance committee
is disposing of the flour at consider
ably less than the cheapest grades of
local flour is explained by the fact that
all of the flour will have to go back
to the mill and be put through the
hoppers again. and then resacked. 1t
will then be shipped to China, Lon
don and other foreign markets.
BEING USED
BY THE MAIL PEOPLE.
After the burning of the mail cars
of the United Railroads, which were
caught between the flames on the first
morning of the confia grafton a. H.
Stephens, superintendent of the Eighth
Division. Railway Mail Service. pro-
vided an emergency wagon service be-
tween the main office, sub-stations and !
ferry. The teams made two trips
daily to the sub-stations and seven to
the ferry. This service proved both
slow and costly. so Stephens, prompted
by the success of automobiles during
the height of the calamity. tried them
in carrying the mails and found them
so successful in the matter of speed
and economy that yesterday he inaug- =
urated the first regular automobile mail
service.