Evening star., 1949-06-12

Inc star Tor June b, 1899. contained a list
Of persons appointed by Herbert Putnam
Libroy positions under his super. r.
Anoointnseofx vision. Among the num-
Der were: Allen Richards
Boyd. w. James Pitner. Hugh Williams. John
c. Fitzpatrick. Grace L. Sargent. Anna X.
Heger. Joseph Schneider. Charles A. Dun
nington. Bertha Z. Hyatt. Charles Henry
Lincoln Philip w. Phair and Steingrimar
Stefansson. Salaries mentioned ranged from
S720 to 81. 200. Mr.. Putnam told a reporter:
There aren't any rejected applicants.
We have rejected none" Names of 3l4
persons remained in pending" file.
A dispatch from San Francisco printed In
The Star on June 0. 1899. announced the
disappearance OF the remains
King BODY OF Lunalilo from his grave In
M;ss;na Honolulu. The Barefoot King
OF Hawaii" had been elected
sovereign Of the islands in 1873 but had died
OF consumption 10 months later. His body
had been inferred In q metal casket. But
thunderstorm on the day OF his burial had
disturbed the natives and nov that his tomb
was found empty IL was surmised that his
followers had removed his corpse TO a
heather grave In the mountains" Nobody.
however, could be sure. The empty grave
was an intriguing mystery. Lunalilo. very
rich but never willing 10 wear shoes. had
left his wealth TO endcw q home for aged
Hawaiians.
From San Francisco also came a report
which The Star featured on page i, June 7.
1899 1t dealt with Richard
FnsoneTs Daverkeson. a prisoner In the
Riches county iail for stealing 30 cents
from the poor box Of 81
Josephs Catholic Church. His crime was
accounted for the by the fact that he was
starving when he took the noney-and too
proud to beg Later. the German consul
in the Golden Gate city was notified that
Daverkeson was heir to Doc. 900 gulden. left
by his maternal aunt. The prisoner was The
son of one OF the best and most wealthy
families of Arnheim- ." II Is said he viii
inherit 100000 more on the death Of his
stepmother."
Morris Foley. O resident OF Sheepshead
Bay. ". Y, was reported suffering from Two
bullet wounds and SundFy
Shoofing other injuries which. as re-
provoked lated In The Star for June o.
1899. he had suffered at The
hands Of his wife and their eldest daughter.
Hannah. The women. however. dsniec
his story. They said they had been shopping
In Brooklyn and arrived home at o'clock.
Foley was drunk and had broken nearly all
the furniture In the house and q half dozen
panes Of glass In the wincowa." An they
entered they saw him beating his two
younger children, Hannah's sisters He
greeted them by throwing o lighted lamp
at them. Mother and daughter fought with
the father and finally put him out Thsy
knew nothing more about him until his
body was found In the basement" II, As he
insisted. he had been held by one woman
and shot by the other. the assault might
not have been entirely unproyoxed Foasv's
explanation o; the proceedings was: Tn~v
got mad because best the children"
The President this afternoon reported
The Star Of June 0. 1899. Appointed tire
following commission %
lSthmion Conel determine the most feast
ro~u,;sxsan bic and practicable route
for q canal across the
Isthmn OF Panama: Rear Admiral Jchn q.
waik@. q. q. N.: 1amnsa rases sk TiwsdA.