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THE PACIFIC CCXSlLMjERCIAIj ADVERTISES: HOJS OliUIiU, DECEMBER 14, 1894. 3 BARK HESPER II! PORT AGAIN. WHITNEY' S (ME & COOKE I M P O R T E K S. Hardware and General Merchandise SPECIAL SALE In Froa Newcastle With a Load of Coal. OF FANCY FUBJ CHEISTMAS I T TJ E E Toys 1IISTOKV OF A M.UM.NK HOKKUK. How Thoina I.e Clair Murlrel th mod.I Mat While the Yeel Va At e A IMt to Kill Captain So!rKreB and Four Other. The Lark Htper, Captaiu J. F. O. Sodergren, arriveJ yesterday, sixty two days from Newcastle". She brought 11S3 tons of coal for W. G. Irwin & Co. Captain Sodergren re ports a tedious and stormy voyage. The Hesper is well known In this harbor and is widely known else where, on account of a mutiny that took place on board on January 13, 1593, while the vessel was at sea. The leader of the mutiny, Thomas Le Clair, was tried and convicted in San Francisco and sentenced to be hung. He has been respited three times since by President Cleveland. The date now set for the execution is the 23i inst. Captain Sodergren was indig nant yesterday when informed that the murderer had not been executed. The story of the mutiny is as follows: The plot was hatched by Thomas Le Clair, a sailor who shipped as a native of Norway, but it was afterwards learned that he was born in New York. Le Clair's partners in crime were four other sailors named Her man Sparf, Hans Hansen, Thomas Green and Edward Larsen. The men were shipped at Newcastle and, judging from their actions, they were very dangerous men. Their plot was to murder the captain, mate, second mate, cook and a Greek sailor In the forecastle, and then run the vessel either to the China or Chilean coast, sell the cargo and fit the bark out for a piratical cruise. The men were all on one watch and they had ample opportunity to for mulate their dastardly programme without the knowledge of the captain or the officers under him. They start ed In on the 13th of January to carry out their bloody work. They picked out a dark night and about 10:30 o'clock Le Clair cruelly murdered the second mate by attacking him with a hatchet. The murderer lay in wait about amidships, and when his victim came along he struck him a blow on the back of the head with the sharp edge of the hatchet and almost in stantly killed him. Alter the mate fell down the fiend ish mutineer struck and struck again with the weapon until his victim ceased to struggle. As soon as the murder was committed two of his ac complices, Sparf and Hansen, came along. They wanted to throw the body overboard and then remove all traces of the terrible crime by wash ing up the blood stains. Le Clair would not consent to this and imme diately proposed that they go after the captain and the other marked men and murder them also. His companions weakened and would not give their consent and Le Clair left them and went aft. The two men then picked up the body of the mur dered man, carried it to the side of the vessel and then threw it over board. The murderer was not satisfied with his night's work, and when he reached the wheel, he told the man on watch to call the captain from the cabin, with the intention of kiilinghimas soon as he made his appearance, but the wheelman would not obey Le Clair's command. The next day the captain placed Le Clair, Sparf and Hansen in irons, and then changed his course and made for Tahiti, which was reached after a voyage of fourteen days. While the vessel was on her way to the French settlement to turn over the men to the American consul, the other two mutineers. Green and Lar sen, attempted several times to release the imprisoned men, but without suc cess, when the Hesper reached Ta hiti, the five men were taken before United States Consul Doty at that place. He held an examination dur ing which Sparf and Hansen made a clean breast of everything, and finally Le Clair, the murderer and ringleader, made a full confession of bis crime. The men were afterward sent to San Francisco for trial. History at Gospel Tent. The lecture by the Evangelist Garvin at the tent last night wa3 well attended. The lecturer fol lowed the church through the po litical throe3 which brought about her final defection from "the faith once delivered to the gainta." Then came in the doctrine of baptism for "Original Sin", and it3 correla tive infant church membership, the assumption cf temporal as well as spiritual authority br the bish op at Rome, etc., etc. The present course will continue about three venings. Tonight's lecture will begin with the Inquisition and em brace the reformatory movements of Wicklitfe and Luther. Zand Law Considered. A portion of the new land law being drawn up by President Dole was considered by the Cabinet at the meeting yesterday afternoon. The section discussed related to the inalienable holdings. The scheme proposed follows the New Zealand plan and i3 in the nature of a per petual lesse. The remainder of the law will be submitted at a later meeting. Oir rtcc i the Iarees: Toys Oar assortment Ls the best. Toys Oar prices are the LOWEST of any in the city. Toys They are goirg fast, ec we wcld advise you to BUY NOW, and not wait till December 24th p. m., as our best things will be sold before then. WHITNEY'S HAWAIIAN WATERCOLOR Xraas Cards, Artistic and. Original. ART : STORE, 3557-1 w HOTEL STREET. rear. crr3 ia vcr w-.:h bo:a djczr xacth?r thror:-o-.: tie world, asd is co- ts- t3ther" in .lie, b-t l- f -i which iri w-.:h srresjta d :arr.:4 to rf-i-at the waki:j cfects of tc i weiibcr, ar.d c-5 JiTed the ci lioc3A--i A infant. To sy rsother stadia? tci f- - aid iscr.Cica cf Nt:.e Fcoi. TSiO. Lenirg Co.. Sole Ximj St., S. Y. The Axency for XESTEE'S 3IIL.K FOOD 13 WITH THE Holliste Drug Company, United 523 Fort Street, Honelcln, H. I. Horse Lost. A BAY HORSE WAS LOST yesterday. The finder will please aend word to this oZLce. SSWlt TNG BROS Glassware, Fine Theo. H Oak Screens, Fiiie -Easels, Plain Lamps, Rocking Chairs, Fancy Tables, Umbrella Stands, Mnsic Racks, Fancy Crockery in Royal Worcester, Crown Derby, Satsunia, Haviland, Cloisenne, Crescent China, etc.; Glassware in Fancy Vases, Cut Glass Decanters, Rose Bowls, Tumblers, Wine Glasses etc.; Bugs, Velvet Pile Center Rugs, Japanese Rugs, Sofa Rugs, Door Mats in Large Variety. A Large Assortment in Fancy Plates, Plaques, Cups and Saucers, to be sold singly or in sets. SOLID SILVEE AND PLATED WARE TO BE CLOSED OUT UNDER COST. DOLLS, TOTS, The Larsest Variety and Lowest Price of any House in Honolulu. 65 LARGE CASES received ex S. S. Alameda and more to arrive by the S.S. Australia December 1st. ALL GOODS were personally selected from the manufactures agents in New York, and comprise a complete assortment of most Desirable Articles for Xmas Gms too numerous to mention in this advertisement. BOOKS. The general verdict is : that we are showing this season, the finest aseortment ever offered for sale in this market. Our 25c. line of full cloth bouxd will astonish you. They are beauties. Xmas Cards, Artistic Calendars, New Year Cards The largest and finest line to select from in this city. AEOLIAN ORGAN. If you haven't seen this wonderful Mcsicial Instrtt met, it will pay you well to call and examine it. N. B. No trouble to show goods, everybody welcome. REMEMBER THAT THE LARGEST STOCK AND THE LOWEST PRICES Are to bo found only at THE HAWAIIAN NEWS LIMITED. SOMETHING NEW! Mexican FINE, Said to be Super ior to Havana ! HOLLISTEE & CO Importers or Toboco, , Crockery, Carpets, Hugs, Davies &: SPECIAL GAMES, COMPANY, Cigars ! TRY THEM, Clears, Smokers' Articles, "Wax Etc., Etc. Linoleum, lite,. Etc. Co., L'd. T -AND- Fee Warehouse TEAS. CEYLON, FLOWERY ORANGE PEKOE in 5 pound boxes and in quantities to suit. ASAM PRIMROSE in 25 pound boxes and in quantities to suit. ENGLISH BREAKFAST CONGO in 5 pound Boxes and quantities to suit. SHILLING'S BLOSSOM in canisters of 1 pound each. COMET OOLONG in 15 and SO pound boxes. SILVER STAT K OOLONG in IS and 36 jound boxes. FORMOSA OOLONG boxes. in 5 pound JAPAN, UNCOLOREI) in 5 pound boxe3. JAPAN, YOUNG HYSON in 5 pound boxes and in quantities to suit. CHINA, different grades in chests. HENRY MAY & CO.'S BLENDED in quantities to suit. Shortly Expected, CHOICE TEAS FROM KONA KOIST. COFFEE. FINE OLD SELECTED in bags of 100 pounds each. FINE SELECTED, 1 year old, in bags of ICO pounds each. ROASTED A.ND GROUND COFFEE a specialty; roasted and ground daily. O"F0R SALE BY EENRY MAY ft CO., Tea-: Dealers : and -: Coffee Roasters. FORT STREET. 3860-tf 0 Why not bay useful things for Christmas presents? They are just as welcome then, as at any other time, and serve the purpose for which they were intended. Does it strike you as a sensible idea? What is more suitable for a holiday gift than THE WIL COX & GIBBS light running AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINE. FEATHER DUSTERS, LAMPS, CUTLERY. A nice Chamois Skin or Carriage Whip; a light DOG CHAIN that will stand a ten sile strain of 1500 2: This is something new and decidedly the strongest chain of its kind made. You need a Step Lad der when you fix up your Christmas Tree. Pocket Knives for the little ones; Razors for the older ones. COOKING UTENSILS and HOUSEHOLD goods for the home. Do not some of these useful things impress you as acceptable presents? Would not a LIFE INSUR ANCE POLICY in the NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL be a joy forever or a FIRE INSUR ANCE POLICY in the iETNA be a welcome gift? Useful things always have a value and are always welcome. gr Remember, we sell Pearl Oil at S1.S0 per case, C. 0. DM to any part of the city. CASTLE & COOKE. IMPORTERS, Hardware and General Merchandise A FRESH LOT OF THIS CELEBRATED Mineral Water .last to hand per Paul Isenberg ! H.Hackfeld&Co. SOLE AGENTS. 36-2w I I WATCH WILL BE MADE TO KEEP EXCELLENT TIME II LEFT THREE DAYS WITH Farrer & Co., The Well-known and Ito liable "Watchmakers, 515 FORT STREET. If satisfaction ia not siren, your money will be returned in full. Ial&nd orders will receive prompt attention. 3850-y Saner milium OUR