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1A1L.Y PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, AUGUST 10. ISUJ.
OFFICIAL DlllEUTOitY
General C?ttwrti5cr.irntc
LOCKED li INSANE
(cnrral ttujcrtistmrnts.
BITTER EXPERIENCE OF A FORMER
RUSSIAN MAJOR.
"VOim lie Told the Truth, Major 6 aero w
Wm Declared to Be Insane, bat by Re
sorting to CleTer Lie Be TVm Set at
ZJberty III But Was Successful.
F. E. O. Sucrow, the son of a gallant
Russian colonel, anl who himself was
cnce a major in the same army, has
recently been released from the "Ward's
island insane asylum by a clever ruse.
Its success, ho thinks, is proof enough,
if ho had no other, that he U mentally
sound.
Major Sucrow was at one time wealthy.
Until within a few years he did not find
it necessary to work for a living. He is
of noble family and was a great yachts
man, lie can recite offhand tho com
plete record of all the international
yacht races and says that ho has twice
been around the world in a yacht of his
own. lie is about 58 years old and
(peaks and writes well in English. He
lives at 43 Great Jones street. He
has not been on good terms with his
family for years, and his annual income
was stopped two years ago.
When this happened, he sought some
business enterprise, and his attention
was called to a discovery for making
hair grow on bald heads, which had been
successfully tried in two or three cases.
Ho bought a controlling interest in the
restorative and commenced to boom it.
He had read a great deal about Dr.
Chauncey M. Depew and thought it was
a pity that so great a man should bo com
pelled to go through life baldheaded.
Furthermore, he considered that his for
tune would be made if he could be the
means of giving Dr. Depew a genuine
pompadour.
"With this object in view Ma jor Sucrow
fixed up a package of his restorative and
called on Dr. Depew. The package, which
was neatly tied up, was about 11 inches
long, 9 inches wide and 3i inches thick.
His visit was just after the attempt to
blow up Russell Sage by dynamite.
"When Dr. Depew saw tho package and
heard tho major's foreign accent, he
thought it was a crank and remarked
hurriedly:
"My dear fellow, I am very busily en
gaged today on important business that
cannot be delayed. Leave me your name
and address, and I shall send you a letter
making an appointment for an interview
for some other day."
Sucrow went away and waited for the
letter, which never came. In its place
appeared an agent of the department of
charities and correction, who questioned
him concerning his personal history and
as to the effectiveness of his tonic. Su
crow was then taken before Dr. "Wash
burn of 43. Irving place and declared
insane. He spent one night at the in
sane pavilion at Bellevue hospital and
was then sent to "Ward's island. He
was examined several times by different
physicians at Bellevue and at "Ward's
island and was questioned as to the story
he had first told.
"My statements were all true," 6aid
Major Sucrow yesterday, "and so I had
to conscientiously persist in them.'
After his transfer to the island he kept
the attention of the physicians there cen
tered upon him by his frequent declara
tions that ho was not insane, accompa
nied by applications for his release. For
tho first five months of his incarceration
he made these applications at least every
week, and sometimes as often as twice or
three times a week. At the end of five
months, just as ho was beginning to de
spair cf ever regaining his liberty, he hit
upon a new idea.
"I began to change my system," he
said. "For the next month I did not say
a word about insanity, nor did I make
any further request for my discharge.
At the end of the month I went to Mr.
Peppard, tho head attendant, and asked
for permission to write to Dr. asn
bum. It was readily granted, but I
knew that tho missive would be opened
and read before it was sent, if, indeed, it
was sent at alL
"The substance of my letter to Dr.
Washburn was that I now realized I
was not in my right mind when I was
committed, that the statements I had
mado about belonging to a noblo Rus
sian family and having once teen rich
were delusions that had now been dis
pelled, and that I had made a gre:t mis
take in having anything to do with the
hair tonic busincs?. I told the doctor
that I was a humble mechanic and could
earn about $18 per week at my trade. 1
also said that this was a good lime of
the year to Becr.ro employment, and I
wanted to bo released. A few days later
I wroto letters to Drs. Adamson, Camp
bell and Pettit of exactly the same im
port. I had tho story down fine and did
not vary a single detail In any of them.
"A few days afterward Dr. Pettit sent
for me and made an examination, during
which he asked mo to tell my story
again. Then at Ehort intervals Drs.
Adamson and Campbell examined me
and asked questions regarding my latest
story. I told it to them all exactly as I
had written it in the four letters, and as
a result I was in a short time discharged
as cured.
"But," added Major Sucrow, "here is
just where the point comes in. The
story which proved to the doctors at
Ward's island that I was no longer in
sane, and secured my release was the
only lie I had told in connection with my
whole experience as a 'lunatic' Now
that I have been set free I repudiate it.
That shows how far circumstantial evi
dence will go, and how little some of
these doctors, upon whom rest tho gravest
responsibilities, know about the matters
upon which they are supposed to be spe
cialists." Major Sucrow says he has had enough
cf America. IIo is going to remain here
just long enough to raise funds to return
to Europe. New York "World.
His Xanhters Letter.
"Dear father, we are all well and hap
py. The baby has grown ever Bo'much
and has a great deal more sense than he
used to have. Hoping the saxae of yon,
I remain your daughter Molly."
The Illustrated. Tourists Oaido
That popular work, "Tarn Tourists
GriDa Through th Hawahah Isi
auds," is meeting with a steady sale
both at home and abroad. Tourists and
others visiting these islands should be
In possession cf a copy of it. It is a per
fect mine of information relating to the
scenes and attractions to be met with
here. Copies in wrappers y be had at
tho publication office, 46 Merchant
street, and at the News Dealers. Price
CO cent?.
Mr. Bryar.t's Books and the Tilden Trut.
Miss Julia S. Bryant, the younger
daughter of the poet, has presented to
the trustees of the Tilden trust nearly
1,000 volumes selected from her father's
library at Roelyn. To the books were
added some interesting old pamphlets
and several medallions taken from the
same collection. In reply to their reso
lutions gratefully acknowledging this do
nation the trustees have received the fol
lowing letter from Miss Bryant, dated
Paris, Nov. 24, and addressed to the Hon.
John Bigelow, president cf the trust:
I was much gratified by receiving yes
terday your very kind letter, and with it
the copy of the resolutions of thanks
from the Tilden trust for my gifts to the
Tilden library. It is indeed a source of
pleasure to me to know that these works
are whero they will be especially valued
as having formed a part of my father's
library at Roslyn; that they will be well
cared for, and that they will belong to
an institution which has ray warmest
sympathies.
Should the trustees desire it, I may
later be able to make very considerable
additions to my gift from the books and
articles collected by my father and left
to me. He had a great regard for Mr.
Tilden, who was one of his oldest and
most trusted friends, and I am sure that
he would have been glad to have his
name associated, even in this modest
way, with Mr. Tilden's in 6uch a noblo
enterpri se. Critic.
Shaves Her Husband.
"There is a society woman in this city
who shaves her husband three times a
week," said a smooth faced man at a desk
in the corner of the office. "It is 60, and
I know it. I ought to know it, for I'm
the man. The way of it is this: Last
summer we lived in the country, and in
the evening, three times a week, I used
to come into town to get shaved. Of
course I would meet somebody I knew
and often would go home late. Madam
didn't say anything, but she no doubt
kept up a diligent thinking, and one day
he said: 'Dearie, I hate to have you go
in town to get shaved; it keeps you up
late and gives you such headaches. Eriiig
me out a razor, and I'll wager I can shave
you.
"Of course I hooted at the idea, but she
persisted and claimed she was far mere
intelligent than the average barber, be
sides being equally talkative, so I finally
humored her by getting a nice case of
razors. Well, sir, she cut me slightly
only once or twice and can now shave
me like an expert. Did you ever see a
cleaner face than mine? I pay her a
fancy price, of course, but she promises
to take mo to Europe some day on her
barber shop perquisites." Chicago
Times.
Hope for Liberal Men.
A Texas paper lately assured its read
ers that "a man might possibly favor
woman suffrage and yet at last find a
welcome at the gate of heaven." This
assurance relieves U3 of any doubts as to
the fate of our friends Charles Kingsley,
Henry "Ward Beecher, George "William
Curtis, J. G. "Whittier and many others.
The Texan editor was born too late. He
should have lived in tho time of Boswell,
that abject admirer of Dr. Johnson, who
was present on the occasion of a discus
sion as to our prospects after death. A
Quaker lady present ventured to express
the hope "that in another world the sexes
would bo equal," and was put down by
Boswell with the retort: "That i3 being
too ambitious, madam. "We might as
well desire to be equal with the angels."
Wives and Daughters.
Society Superstition.
One of our society girls who was mar
ried recently had her wedding gown
made by a "swell" modiste in the empire
style. One of her dearest friends told
her that it would be an ill omen to wear
it, as it was so closely allied to the great
Napoleon's divorced wife. This was too
much for the superstitious bride elect,
and she ordered an entirely new bodice
to be made.
In these days of uncertainty things
which bring ill luck are not desirable,
and, like being married in black and
turning back after you have once started
on your honeymoon, sre best avoided.
Washington News.
Women in the Greenhouse Trade.
How many women are studying the
greenhouse trade in this country? None,
so far as we know; yet what a peaceful
and happy as well as profitable field it
is! It is one which is specially adapted
to women also, as the large feminine cor
respondence of horticultural journals
shows. There is a ladies horticultural
college at Swanley, England, where a
few students are taking a careful course
in this work; but they are so few that
several recent applications for ladies to
take the entire charge of greenhouses,
hothouses and flower gardens could not
be entertained. New York Tribune.
Didn't Mention Her Name.
That Oregon girl who the other night
saved a whole train from destruction and
then went on her way home, not even
telling her name, is a genuine heroine.
The report says: "She was on her way
home from a party when she discovered
that a rail had been removed on a high
trestle, and thereupon she procured a
lantern and signaled the approaching
train just in time. Having done a heroic
deed and saved many travelers from a
horrible death, she modestly went on her
way without waiting for thanks or re
ward and without mentioning her name.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Legal Knowledge for Women.
Mrs.-Mary Hall, attorney-at-law, con
ducts a class in civil government at
Woodside. The class is proving a great
success. One important branch, that of
the different property and marriage laws
of each state, will probably be taught so
that each young pupil will be convers
ant with the laws of her own state, at
least concerning matters so important to
her interests. The girls and women of
the past have been almost un pardonably
Ignorant of them, resulting, in many
lases, in disastrous consequences to them
jelves. Hartford Times.
For Sale.
A SURVEYOR'S OUTFIT. CAN
xjL be seen at
O. BREWER & CO'.S,
3434-lm Queen Street.
Provisional Government of the
Hawaiian Islands.
Executive Council.
S. B. Dole, President of the Provisional
Government of the Hawaiian Isl-
ands, and Minister of Foreign Af
fairs. J. A. King, Minister of the Interior.
S. M . Damon, Minister of Finance.
W. O. Smith, Attorney-General.
Advisoky Cocxcrx.
W. C. Wilder. Vice-President of the Pro
visional Government of the Hawaiian
Islands.
C. Bolte, John Emmelath,
Cecil Brown, E. D. Tenney,
John Nott, W. F. Allen,
John Ena, Henry Waterhouse,
James F. Morgan, A.Young,
Ed. Suhr F. M. Hatch.
Jos. P. Mendonca.
Chas. T. Rodgers, Secretary Ex. and
Adv. Councils.
SrPKEMB COCKT.
Hon. A. F. Jadd, Chief Justice.
Hon. R. F. Bicker ton, First Associate
Justice.
Hon. W. F. Frear, Second Associate
Justice.
Henry Smith, Chief Clerk.
Fred Wundenberg, Deputy Clerk .
Geo. Lucas, Second Deputy Clerk.
J. Walter Jones, Stenographer.
CiRCtrrr Judges.
First Circuit: Whit,
Second Circuit: (Maui) A.N. Kepoikai.
Third and Fourth Circuit: (Hawaii) S.
L. Austin.
Fifth Circuit: (Kauai) J. Hardy.
Offices and Court-room in Court House,
King street. Sitting in Honolulu
The first Monday in February, May,
August and November.
Department of Fobeign Affairs.
Office in Capitol Building, King street.
His Excellency Sanford B. Dole, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs .
Geo. C. Potter, Secretary.
W. Horace Wright, Ed. Stiles, Lionel
Hart, Clerks.
Department of the Interior.
Office in Capitol Building, King
street.
His Excellency J. A. King, Minister of
the Interior.
Chief Clerk, John A. Hassinger.
Assistant Clerks : James II. Boyd, M. K.
Keohokalole, James Aholo, Stephen
Mabaulu, George C. Ross, Edward
S. Boyd.
Bureau of Aghiculture and Forestry.
President : His Excellency the Minister
of Interior. Wm. G. Irwin, Allan
Ilerbait, John Ena. Joseph Mars
den, Commissioner and Secretary.
Chiefs of Bureaus, Interior Depabt-
iLKNT.
Surveyor-General, W. D. Alexander.
Supt. Public Works, W. E. Rowell.
Supt. Water Works, Andrew Brown.
Inspector, Electric Lights, John Cassidy.
Registrar of Conveyances, T. G. Thrum.
Road Supervisor, Honolulu, W. II. Cum
mings. Chief Engineer Fire Dept.,
Sapt. Insane Asylum, Dr. A. Mc Wayne
Department of Finance.
Office, Capital Building, KiDg
street.
Minister of Finance, His Excellency S.
M. Damon.
Auditor-General, George J. Ross.
Registrar of Accounts, Geo. E. Smithies.
Clerk to Finance Office, Carl Widemann.
Collector-General of Customs, Jas. B.
Castle.
Tax Assessor, Oahu, Jona. Shaw.
Deputy Tax Assessor, W. C. Weedon.
Postmaster-General, J. Mort Oat .
Customs Bureau.
Office, Custom House, Esplanade, Fort
street.
Collector-General,-Jas. B. Castle.
Deputy-Collector, F. B. McStocker.
Harbormaster, Captain A. Fuller.
Port Surveyor, M. N. Sanders.
Storekeeper, George C Stratemeyer.
Department of Attorney-General.
Office in Capitol Building, King
street.
Attorney-General, W. O. Smith.
Deputy Attorney-General, G. K. Wilder.
Clerk, J. M. Kea.
Marshal, E. G. Hitchcock.
Clerk to Marshal, H. M. Dow.
Deputy Marshal, Arthur M. Brown.
Jailor Oahu Prison, J. A. Low.
Prison Physician, Dr. C. B. Cooper.
Board of Immigration.
President, His Excellency J. A. King.
Members of the Board of Immigration :
Hon. J. B. Atherton, Jas. B. Castle,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, James G.
Spencer, Mark P. Robinson.
Secretary, Wray Taylor.
Board of Health.
Office in grounds of Court House Build
ing, corner of Mililani and Queen
streets.
Members Dr. Day, Dr. Miner, Dr.
Andrews, J.T. Waterhouse, Jr., John
Ena, Theo. F. Lansing and Attorney
General Smith.
President Hon. W. O. Smith.
Secretary Chas. Wilcox.
Executive Officer C. B. Reynolds.
Inspector and Manager of Garbage Ser
vice L. L. La Pierre.
Inspector G. W. C. Jones.
Port Physician, Dr. G. Trousseau.
Dispensary, Dr. H. McGrew.
Leper Settlement, Dr. R. K. Oliver.
Board of Education.
Court House Building, King street.
President, Hon. C. R. Bishop.
Secretary, W. James Smith.
Inspector of Schools, A. T. Atkinson.
District Court.
Police Station Building, Merchant street.
William Foster, Magistrate.
Jamea Thompson, Clerk.
isriirw goods
& Fine Assortment.
TILES FOR FLOOR
And for Decorating Purposes;
Matting of all Kinds,
Manila Cigars.
Chinese Fire Crackers, Rockets and
bombs, Japanese Provision and Soy.
Hand-painted Porcelain Dinner Set.
A few of fhose fine hand-embroidered
8IJ-.lt. and SATIN SCKEENS,
EBONY FItAMES,
Assorted colors and patterns of Crepe
8ilk Shawls. Elegant Tete-a te Cups
and Saucers. A fine lot of
BOATS AND ACCESSORIES
A few of those handy Mosquito Urns.
Also, an assortment of new styles of
Rattan Chairs and Tables
Also, a small selection of JAPANESE
COSTUMES.
WING WO CHAN & CO.
No. fiS Nuuanu Gtrot.
2651-q
Hawaiian Stamps
WANTED.
I WILL PAY CASH, FOB EITHER
large or email quantities of used Ha
waiian Postage Stamps, as follows :
(These offers are per hundred and any
quantity will be accepted, no matter how
small, at the same rates.)
1 cent, violet $ 75
1 cent, blue 75
1 cent, green 40
2 cent, vermilion 1 50
2 cent, brown 75
2 cent, roao 30
2 c i?it, violet, 1S31 iasue 50
5 cent, dark blue '. ..... 1 50
5 cent, ultramarine blue 1 00
0 cent, gre?n 2 60
10 cent, black - 4 00
10 cent, vormilion 5 00
10 cent, brown . 2 60
12 cent, black 6 00
12 cent, mauve 6 00
15 cent, brown - 5 00
IS cent, red 10 00
25 cent, purple 10 00
60 cent, red 25 00
$1, carmine 25 00
1 cent envelope 60
2 cent envelope 75
4 cent envelope.. ...... 2 00
5 cent envelope 2 00
10 cent envelope 5 00
g&Xo torn stamps wanted at any
price. AddresB :
GEO. E. WASHBURN,
P. O. Bos 2068. San Francisco, Cal.
3021 1418-tf
The Hawaiian Newspapers
DAILY AND WEEKLY
With a combined Circulation of
4,800; COPIES
Furnish the best medium for
advertising: in the Hawaiian
language, and are the only
recognized leading Journals.
Gin Advertisements and
subscriptions received at the
olhce of the
Hawaiian Gazette Co.,
46 Merchant Street,
Honolulu.
The Planters Monthly
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
JULY
1893.
Notes.
Advance in the Price of Sugar.
Cocoanuts and other Palms.
Commissioner Marsden's Report.
Hawaiian Crown Lands Estate.
The Watsonville (Cal.) Beet Sugar
Factorv.
Report of the Hawaiian Forestry
Commission.
Palms.
Green Manuring.
Potatoes as a Crop.
The Cultivation of Rape.
The Banana Its Description, Varie
ties and Manner of Cultivation.
Cilifornia Fig Trees.
The Chicago Stock Yards.
Sandwiches.
The care of Tools.
MISS BURROW'S
Dressmaking Rooms
9 HOTEL STREET.
Prices lower than elsewhere in Hono
lulu. Latest styles as worn in London
and Paris. A specialty of Washing Dress
es. All work neatly and promptly
finished. 3340
Any kind of printing at the Ga
zette Office equal to work done
abroad.
KUOKOi
OBDWAY & POUTER,
Rcbiasoa Block, Hotel Strut, fcetTMn Fort and Nauana.
Furniture, Upholstery
AND
ELEGANT DESIGNS IN
WICKER WARE, ANTIQUE OAK,
BEDROOM SUITS, CHEFF0NIERS,
SIDE-BOARDS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
S3F"Matting laying a specialty. All orders attended to.
m BELL TELEPHONE 525. 1ST MUTUAL 045.
JOHN
IMPOUTEH Arr
Steel and Iron Jlanges, Stoves and Fixtures
HOUSEKEEPING G00L3 AND KITCHEN CTE2SILS,
AGATE WARE IN GREAT VAKlk'IV
White, Gray and giiver-platsd.
RUBBER HOSE I
LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS. WATER CLOSETS, METALS,
Plumbers Stock, Water and Soil Pipes.
Plumbing, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work,
DIMOND BLOCK, 95
AWAIIAN
ABSOLUTELY PUKE !
One Hundred Pounds Worth Two Hundred of Any Other.
-o-
M. W. McChesney & Sons
3301-ly
II! Great Clearance Sale
25
P
7h
COMMENCING
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1893.
0 i i We will offer anything in our
Large Stock
At Greatly Reduced Prices!
Oil
fiF"Call and see for
i offering in all Departments.
25
h i Egan & Gnnn, Fort Street.
JXJST ARRIVED
PER BARK C. D. BRYAN'T.
BABY CARRIAGES of all style?,
CARPETS, RUGS, and MATS in the latest patterns,
" Household 55 Sewing Machines
Hand Sewing Machines, all with tho latest improvements.
Also on hand
Westeriiiayer's Celebrated Cottage Pianos !
Parlor Organs, Guitars and other Musical Instruments.
tSiTFor sale by
ED. HOFFSCHLAEGEPv & CO.,
King Street, opposite Castle & Cooke.
NOTT,
UICALB.W l"N
and 97 KING STREET.
.A-GKETNTTS.
of Goods S
yourself, the bargains we are i ; 5
ll
SOAP!
COAL
At MoKlli ley l-TK.'tTH
JDIIl'yVItTTJIlK HAY.
STOVE COAL
At $12 ton 1
T Delivered to any part of Hono
lulU FREE.
HUSTACE & CO.
King up No. 414 on Both Tele
phones.
3172-tf
THE HAWAIIAN GUIDE BOOK
1S92.
1892,
A
TOHKJSTSf (il'IJU-
Through ik Hawaiian Islartfs
M. M. WHITNEY, Kdito.
Price in Honolulu, 60 Cents per Copy
Th Hook has 17(3 1'Bgei of tell, will.
SI- Fall fige IlluBtiaticiiB of kind iutrj
uud & description of the l'curl JUrLoi
Hailway enterprise, and surrouinliiii;
conntry.
It has also r'UUKAlAI'S of lb luru
inlands, prepared ejxpres&Iy for it.
The OUIDK Kve a full description
each of the principal Islands and Settle
iuent8 in this Group, and will prove fin
invaluable hnnd-book for tourists, and for
redden tf to send to their friends abroad.
Bome of the illustrations in the new
book are very fine fcpecnuens of the l'hotn
tlnt process of engraving, and accurate)
represent the scenes portrayed.
SyFor sale at Hawaiian News Con.-
gany'a, and at T. O. Thrum's Up-town
tationery btore. d A u
The Guide will be muilcd to any part
the islands for H ('em a per Copy.
Or, to any foreign country for 70 Out?
Published by the
HAW111AN GAZETTE PUBLISHING
'X O MHrnhntii Hi..
THE HAWAIIAN
Fertilizing Company
While thankful to the Planters f-
their generous eupport duiinjr
the paet year do now
offer a few tons of
Various Grades of Fertilize
Still remaining cn hand, and ready for
immediate delivery:
Complete Uifch Grade Fertilizers,
FISH GUANO,
Rotted Stable Manure and Land Planter,
Sulphate Potash and Muriato Potash,
titrate of Soda and Iried Blood,
Dissolved Layeen Island Guano,
Pure Raw Bono Meal
Ground Coral Lime Stone,
fctc, Etc., Etc.
Having disponed of Large Quantities of
Manures and High Grade I-ertiliiers
during the year lb92, vre are now pre-
f wired to receive orders lor 1893, de
ivery in quantities to euit.
gjtj We will pve tenders for any
Quantity and of any Grades desired.
Fertilizers made to order, and any
analysis guaranteed.
While makin? your orJers for
ISkJ, pive us a call, cr e-end your
orders to
A. F. COOKE,
Manager Hawaiian Fertiiiiting Co.
HAWAIIAN
Pork Packing Co.
The above Company is prepared
to buy
HAWAIIAN HOGS J
In any quantitvat Highest Market
Price.
JSJ" rigs for Koasting, Dressed or on
Foot.
Manufacturers of
Extra Leaf Lard,
Guaranteed pcbb, and nade under the
inspection of the Board of Health.
Orpoet Office Box 314 ; Mutual Tel .
ee.
JCOSlaughter Yards and Tent. Iwilei.
UGTOffice, West cor. Mannakea and
King 6te.