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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09
Fraternal Meetings
HAWAIIAN LODGE NO. 81, T. &
A. M

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL
meeting of Hawaiian Lodge No Il, f.
& A. NJ. at, its hall, Masonic Temple.
corner OF Hotel and Alakea streets,
THIS wednesday, EVENING. Jan. 3,
1907, at 7:30 o'clock.
WORK IN THIRD DEGREE.
Members of Pacific Lodge. Oceanic
Lodge. and all visiting brethren. are
fraternally invited to attend
BY order OF the w. NJ.
r. X G. WALLACE.
Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

HARMONY LODGE NO. 8, I. o. o. T.
Meets every Monday evening. at 7.So
IN odd Fellows Hail, Fort street. Wis
ting brothers cordially invited to at
tend.
CHAS. A. SIMPSON, n. G.
e. r. HENDRY, Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

EXCELSIOR LODGE NO. l., L o. o. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening, at 1880,
In Odd Fellows Hall, Fort street.
Visiting brothers cordially invited to
attend.
r.. A. ROBBINS, N. @.
l. L. LA PIERRE, Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09
Fraternal Meetings
POLYNESIA ENcARMENT, NO. 1.

Meets every first and third Friday
of the month, at 1880 p. m. In Odd
Fellows Hall. Fort street. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
NJ. T. SIMONTON. c. P.
l. L. LA PIERRE, Scribe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

HONOLULU LODGE GIG. B. p. o. z
Honolulu Lodge No. GIG, B. p. o. b.
will meet in their hall, King street.
near Fort. every Friday evening. BY
order Of the z. r.
HARRY E. MURRAY z. r.
HARRY n, SIMPSON. Secy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

have opened a horse-shoeing depart
ment in connection with their carriage
shop, etc. Having secured the services
of a first-class sheer, they are prepar-
ed to do all work intrusted to them In
q first-class manner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

HONOLULU SCOTTISH THISTLE
CLUB.
Meets on the first aud third Friday,
ct 1880 o'clock p. m, In rooms In Ore
rom Block. entrance on Union street.
JAS. l.. COCKBURN, Chief.
JOHN MACAULAY, Secy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

WILLIAM MCKINLEY LODGE, NO. 8,
Z. Of p.
Meets every Saturday evening, at 1880
o'clock. in Harmony Hall, King street.
Visiting brothers cordially invited to
attend.
L. n. WOLF, c. C.
E. A. JACOBSON, K of r. & s.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

LADIES' AUXILIARY, A. o. n,
DIVISION NO. /.
Meets every first and third Tuesday,
at p. m, in c. B. U. Hall. Fort street.
Visiting sisters are cordially invited to
attend.
MRS. NJ. COWES, Pres.
MAUD O'SULLIVAN, Secy.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
RAILROAD IS
FOUND Gull TY
ON 66 COUNTS
JUDGE WELLBoRN IMPOSES
$4,000 FOR EACH
GRANTS THIRTY DAYS TO FILE
BILL OF EXCEPTIONS
According to Amount Involved Mon
ster Fine Is Greatest Ever Inn
posed in Hlstory-Oscar
LawIer triumphant
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that the agencies of transportation en-
gagged in such commerce shall be open
to all questions and localities upon
terms of equality, and to this end the
statutes uniformly and sternly forbid
all. sorts of discrimination and favor
itism.
The evil practices thus sought to be
suppressed have been SO widespread
and malignant that they require no
comment at this time, and it need only
be said that the Elkins law and all
other acts upon the same subject
should be so construed and enorced
by the courts as to promote their poll
icies and expiate the evils against
which they are directed.
| pass now, by easy and logical
transition, from the foregoing observa-
walton to those particular circum-
stances Of the case at bar which were
suggested to the court by the counsel
for the government and defendant re-
snectively, when the case was last
before me some two days ago.
Had there been no mention by de-
fendant's counsel in the matter,
could not of course, be unmindful of
the salient fact that the unlawful
concessions made by defendant We're
small in amount. ranging from 80
cents to $14.S5, averaging $52l1s. and
aggregating sS4O-a5, which aggregate
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08

mas issued and list of jurors issued
for defendants.
September 10 = Additional United
States subpoenas issued.
September IA - Additional United
States subpoenas issued.
September 23-United States subpoe-
mas served.
September 3O-Case came to trial be-
fore Judge Olin Wellborn in United
States district court, with United
States District Attorney Lawler in
charge of prosecution.
October 11-Verdlct of guilty re-
turned by jury.
October 14-Order entered continu-
ing sentence.
october 22-Santa Fe filed motion for
arrest of judgment.
October 31-Motion for arrest of
judgment denied.
November 7-Sentence pronounced.
Intimates Appeal
When a correspondent called at the law
department of the Santa Fe in Chicago
yesterday the officials there declined to
make any statement about the fine, but
one member of the staff of attorneys said
an appeal would probably be taken.
President Ripley was seen at his office
and said:
I'VE don't care to make criticism on
judicial decision, except to say that we
don't think we were guilty of any viola
ton of law and that we shall carry the
case to the court of last resort"
Judge Wellborn
Judge Olin Wellborn, the jurist whose
decision has brought CONSERVATION into
the camps of rebating railroads, has long
been krown as one of the foremost at
torneys of California.
Judge Wellborn was born at Commlng,
Ca, June IS, 1913. and was educated at
Emory college and at the University OF
North Carolina. At the outbreak of the
Civil War he left the latter place and
enlisted In the Confederate army. He was
made a captain at the time his regiment
was formed and served through the war
in that capacity
AT Chickamauga he was severely
wounded, but after passing some time In
a hospital was able to return to his COM
mand. From the time of his return until
the end of the war he served under Gen.
Joe Wheeler and emerged from the army
as a brevet colonel.
In 1867 Judge Wellborn was admitted to
the bar and a short time later he moved
10 Dallas, Tex There he soon became
popular and before many years was
known as power in politics. He was a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08

the corporation at all times. yesterday re-
ceived hundreds of <congratulatory mes
sages on the success which had come to
his efforts.
The case against the Santa Fe was re-
markable for a number of reasons. Not
the least of these was the fact that the
Indictments were built largely on evil
cence given by discharged employe OF
the company, v. A. Sappenfield. This
young man was discharged from the
service of the railroad late in 1906 and
few days after his discharge appeared
before Oscar Lawler and volunteered the
information the attorney was seeking.
This information was of incalculable val
ue, and it is improbable 1t could have
been obtained from any other source.
At the request of Attorney Lawler Sap
perfield appeared before the grand jury
composed of Daniel Innes, foreman; AL
bert H. Busch Edwin Anderson, Charles
o. Butler, H. d. Barrows, Franklin
Pooth, W. F. Ball, Oscar Doolittle, e. H.
Dalton, Henry Donates, Francisco Estu-
dillo, Albert P. Green, j. F. Holbrook, AL
fred Jones, Edison ]. King, Richard H.
Lacy, J. M. C. Marble, l.. j. Mathews,
George W. Parsons, Henry w. Petite
hone Richard D. stephens, H. l.. Tubbs
and Jesse M. Umsted.
There Sappenfieid repeated the testi-
mOny ne ndu given W <AbtOAhCJ Law ioA
and after several weeks investigation
the indictments were returned and sum-
mons issued.
Following is the chronology of the re-
bate case:
January 8, ACCOMPLISHMENTS filed and
summons issued.
January 17--Notice of indictments
served on E. w. Camp, acting agent
of Santa Fe.
January 1-Order entered granting
time to plead.
January 2S-Motion filed to quash in
dictments and order for continuance
entered.
February 4-Order for continuance
entered.
February 11-Order made submitting
motion to quash.
March 13-Three briefs filed by
United States district attorney and re-
ply brief by counsel for defendant
railroad.
April 11-order entered denying mo-
tion to quash.
April 1S-Demurrer filed by Santa Fe.
April 22-Santa Fe's demurrer over
ruled.
July S-order entered setting trial
for September 80.
September 6-United States subpoe-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08

Democrat, and soon had a following
which decided that congress was the
proper place for the former Confederate
captain, and he was elected to that office.
After serving one term he ceased look
ing for political honors and in 1887 moved
to California He first located in San
Diego, but later moved to Los Angeles
and has since made his home here. In
1895 he received his appointment to the
federal bench. This appointment was
given him by President Cleveland.
Judge Wellborn has two sons, both at
torneys and engaged in the practice of
law in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
FORMER PATRoLMAN'S WIFE
SEEKS DIVORCE DECREE

Divorce proceedings were fled in the
superior court yesterday by Mollie
Beasley wife No. of the convicted
bigamist and former policeman, David
1. Beasley, who has just been sentenced
to one year in Folsom by Judge Curtis
d. Wilbur.
The complaint was issued by Deputy
Llstrict Attorney Asa Keyes. The suit
will be brought on the ground that
Beasley has been convicted Of q felony
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
TWO UNHAPPY HUSBANDS
SEEK DIVORCE DEGREES

Divorce complaint was filed in the
superior court yesterday afternoon by
George H. Starbuck, who seeks separa-
tion from his wife, Myrtle A. Starbuck.
s. S. Saunders is attorney for the plain
tiff AS yet it is not known if the wife
will file counter complaint or will
appear to contest the case.
John A. Walthery also sought a di-
vorce in a suit filed yesterday in the
superior court. Mrs. Jennie M. Wal
thery is the name of the wife from
whom he seeks a separation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
BAKERY OWNERS AGREE
TO INSTALL SCREENS
Few Stubborn Owners Acquiesce in
Inspectors Orders to Make
Shops Sanitary Without
Recourse to Courts

Bakery Inspector Jesse Caldwell reports
that three stubborn bakers who felt that
the new bakery ordinance was hardship
and were inclined to resist have come
into line without the necessity of prose-
cution in the courts.
These owners have been forced to put
screens In their windows where the bake
shop windows were alongside corrals or
unsanitary places.
One pie bakery owner was also obliged
to recosntruct part of his plant in order
to keep within the strict limit of the law.
Mayor Harper has had hobby that
clean restaurants, meat shops and bak-
cries were demanded by the people and
has backed up the inspectors in their
crusades.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
Important Factors


by the shipper to whom the concession
was made.
Important Factors
While these circumstances do not in
any way affect the abstract question
of innocence or guilt, they are mani
testify important factors in determin-
ing the punishment to be inflicted, and,
together with other matters of less
consequence appearing in the record,
which 1 will not take time to enumer-
ate, forbid the maximum penalty.
Any other conclusion upon the pc
culiar facts now before me would OBJ
literate all distinction as to- degree of
culpability and subvert our own sye-
tenn of penalogy, probably the best yet
known to human governments. by in
Producing the principle of that ruth
less legend, ascribed to a celebrated
law-giver of Athens, by which he justi-
fled the rigor of his laws, to the effect
that the least offense seemed to him
deserving of death, and he could devise
no greater punishment for the worst
crime.
To the claim by defendants counsel
that the testimony which was strick-
en- out by the court showed that these
concessions OF DOnd hue SeltlenSHtS
of claim against the defendant for loss
OF goods in transit, made under the be-
lief that the law permitted such set
tlements, and that this evidence, al
though stricken from the record,
should be taken into account in de-
termining the degree of punishment,
| have given careful attention
That such evidence may be properly
considered by me at this time will be
conceded, but / am unable to accept
counsels view as to the effect of that
evidence. 1t falls far short of con-
vincing me that the concessions were
bona fide settlements on claim; on the
contrary, there are many circum-
stances which point to the conclu-
sion that such was not the nature OF
the concession, but that many of them
particularly the later ones--were the
results of a preconceived plan by the
defendant to deviate from its pub
lished tariff in the interests of
shipper.
There is a suggestion somewhere In
the record, that defendants motive
was to stimulate the loading and use
of cars to their full capacity during
a period of car shortage. This motive,
aside from the fact that its execution
involved violations OF the law. would
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
$500 Automobile Given Awdy in Boy!

BE SURE AND SAVE EVEF
For purchases made in this department, you W
than you would have to pay elsewhere, even at
BOYS $500 DOUBLE
Best quality all wool cheviots and tweeds in
terms; straight or knickerbocker pants; coats
riveted suspender buttons; sizes 8 to 1o years.
$500 MILITARY OVERCOATS $500
Military style, double breasted and button to I
neck; have velvet collars and brass monogr
buttons; materials are the most servicea
tweeds; sizes for boys 8 to 9 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08

and no difficulty is contemplated by the
wronged wife in securing q verdict,
especially since Bealsey's second mar
riage has not been annulled.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08
if it had existed, perhaps not be

if it had existed, perhaps not be
censurable.
am inclined to think, however. that
the defendants underlying purpose in
the transaction complained of was to
foster on it's own lines of road an in
dustry which would permanently con-
tribute to its traffic against competi-
tors in other localities depending upon
other lines of transportation for ac-
cess to market. What the defendants
motives and purposes were, however,
cannot be certainly determined from
anything in the record, nor is 1t nee
essary now that this should be done.
am satisfied that the evidence
shows, as was succinctly and forcibly
stated by Mr.. Lawler, the district at
torney that the concessions were In
tentionally and systematically made,
and 1t is hard to believe that the de-
fendant did not know that they were
unlawful departures from the estab-
lished tariff.
At all events, ignorance of the law,
under the circumstances of this case,
would imply a degree OF negligence
we'll nigh equivalent to guilty knoWl-
edge These latter considerations VIII
not permit me to classify the present
case as one which calls for the low
est penalty the law allows.
Rejecting, then. as unsu1ted to the
present case, both the maximum and
minimum penalties, must find, some
where between the two such a medium
as, under all circumstances of the case
seems to meet its just requirements,
and thereupon pronounce the sem
tence, which, while not unduly Sc
we're, will yet effectively serve as
warning to all persons against like
offenses in the future.
First Fine otfKlnd
This is the first occasion on which a
fine for rebating has been assessed against
a railroad in California, and the an
of the fine attracted greai
attention on the streets, in offices anc
among people in all walks of life. All
day Yesterday the telephones at the office
az the clerk of the United States district
court were kept ringing by persons who
wished to know the outcome Of the case
Probably no case in Los Angeles has
attracted as much attention as the one
against the Santa Fe. Since January
8. the date on which the indictments were
returned. the progress of the case has
been watched with the greatest possible
Attorney Oscar Lawler. the man who
has been in charge of the case against
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08

not more than 1 per cent of the total
traffic of the same sort contributed
by the shipper to whom the concession
was made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-28

Princeton Society of which Mrs. A. D, Bryant Is President.
 "On Friday the children will be ta- ken to Mount Vernon, where annual eX- ercises around the society's tree. plant ed in 1896, will take place. The tree was brought from the neighhorhood Of old North Bridge. at Concord, Mass.
 "The children will then gather about the tomb of Washington. upon which they will place a wreath. according to annual custom The wreath this year is to be presented by the John Hart Society.
 Loving cups have been awarded for three successive years, the first being won in 1905 by Little Men and Wo- men of 76." of Brooklyn, N. !. The second, awarded last year by Mrs. George w Baird, was won by "Valen- tine Holt" Society of San Francisco, and the third, the gift of Mrs. Marsh. was awarded this year. A fourth loving cup was offered by Mrs. Daniel Loth- TOD, to be contested for next year. Pic lures of the cups and those of the do- nors will be hung in the board room of the society. All those who will go to Mount Vernon are requested to bring their luncheons. About SLIGO contributed by the children, has been used in the building of Continental Hall. The organization has now S1,50( on hand to be used in the children's room."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-28
NATURE FREAKS
HERE ARE BIRDS THAT SERVE
 BAROMETERS.
They Change Color With the Weather And Are Declared Never To
 Make Mistakes.

New York Press.
 With a collection of boars' tusks darts aerns and spears skins and strange birds, the Swedish bark, Norrkoping cast anchor on Sta, pleton. s. l.. yesterday after a trip oi F" Portuge~se East Africa. Friends o1 the crew were put off from shore. and soon the sailors were waltzing on deck with pretty girls to the music or that that universal solace and friend or the deep water rover, an accordion.
 In a cage of Morse architecture slept lazily on their perches a flock of small birds. of about the size of canaries, once gaudy ornaments of the mangrove trees of the East coast, but now sobered in color and temperament and abbreviated in plumage by climat- ic changes. ~ a game of scat with his officers, in the after cabin to tell of the wonder ful things he had seen at Pemba Bay. long, curving, gaudy tail feathers. like birds of Paradise. be bought collec- tion of them. They were many col. col ored, sweet voiced and clung to the
 A few weeks experience afloa showed the captain that these strange little creatures were both barometrlc ing color as the ship progressed north and their beautiful tail fethers came out. After the Norrkoping had crossed the equator the birds had become so- ber. gray black and uottled color; They grew yellow in sunshine and turned dark at the approach of foul weather:
 The birds had the faculty .S,ry s,s also ,sf of cat, which never offered to touch them: The Norrkoping started with lot Of goats, chickens and a monkey. but the crew ate the goats and the chickens. and the monkey, while gamboling along the bulwark. gave jump at the same moment the ship lurched, and if was a hood by to MT. Monk.
 While at Pemba Bay the captain, with two German. residents. sometimisss me s took a catboat to the opposite side of the two miles-wide, bay and camped out in a clearing in the forest. where, protected by mosquito netting. they were lulled to sleep by the roar or Ieopards. the grunting of wild boars' the snorting of river horses. the hiss, ing of snakes and the hummining or mosquitoes.
 In that strange country birdseed grows upon cobs. and when the stew ard of the Norrkoping fed the feathered barometers yesterday he just placed an unshelled ear of birdseed within each cage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-28
Magnolia Gardens.

Frances Duncan Is one of the forum. ates who have visited Magnolia, Charleston. the gardens where in March and April the azaleas bloom in radiant perfection, al the time of it's great est beauty; and her account of the fairy land which is ona of Charleston's greatest glorfes will be q feature of the Midsummer Holiday number of The Century. with illustrations-one page in color-by Anna Whelan Betts. The peculiar. almost dramatic effect at Magnolia. Miss Duncan explains. Is not only because the climate makes possible a wonderful variety of tender sorts impossible to Northern gardeners, but because here the azaleas are not the masters. but are overpowered by l their environment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-28
Historical.
EPITAPHS FRO-I ST. MICHAEL's CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia State.
 St. -1ichaeis Church of Charleston
 IS storehouse of memories and re-
 cords. While its history does not go so far back as that of St. Philips It's traditions are practically contem- poraneous with the most interesting and important life of the city. The
 preface of Miss Jervey's volume gives a brief record of tho founding and early history of the venerable church | The old St. Philips church was erect ed upon the present site of St Mi chaels, In 1883. and was used until | the present St. Philips was comple ted | in 1721. when the old edifice was talk 1 en down. St. Michael's Parish was or- l ganized in 1751 and the present church building was begun in 1752. But this Is considerable antiquity for our new world.
 The use of the site for lnterment was begun. however, even before the | erection of the first church, or prior to 1883 more than 274 years ago A coffin exhumed there bore the date 176S. It Is from this store of epitaphs
 and monumental records that Miss Clare Jervey has compiled her very remarkable and valuable work It would be impossible, fin reason able space. to give any satisfactory example of the wealth of tradjtional and historical information borne by these records. or an adequate taste
 of the curious and queer Inscriptions
 that have made the churchyard fla
 nous. These things the book itself
 must supply-and it can fully satisfy any desire in that direction.
 | The visitor is always shown the grave of George Augustus Clough brother of the famous poet. Arthur Hugh Clough, who. with another brother. wrote the epitaph. The Clouehs resided in Charleston a short tirae be- fore the death of George Augustus