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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, MAY 8, 1S99.
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HAWAIIAN SOUVENIR FLAGS
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HAWAIIAN SOUVENIR PINS.
HAWAIIAN SCENIC CALENDARS
HAWAIIAN HATS AND CURIOS!
HAWAIIAN SHELL ILEIS!
HAWAIIAN SILK FLAGS !
FINE STATIONERY,
For Foreign Correspondence.
NOVELS! BOOKS! NOVELS?
316 Fort Street.
Castle & Cooke,
LIMITED.
LIFE anD FIRE
AGENTS FOR
Qeti Hill!
OF BOSTON.
. Etna fire Insurance
OF HARTFORD.
HOME BAKERY
and CAF E.
The Only First Class American
Restaurant in the City.
OmO
CAFE open from
:- 6 A. M. TILL MIDNIGHT.
BUSINESS LUNCH, from 11 a. m.
till 2 p. m 25 Cents.
DINNER, from 5 to 7 p. m.
50 Cents.
Ice Cream Parlors
IX CONNECTION.
Bread, Cakes, Etc., delivered to
any part of the city free.
Fort Street.
: HONOLULU, H. I,
BEAVER LUNCH ROOMS,
l Fort St., Opp. Wilder & Co.,
H. J. NOLT3, Prop.
First-Class Lunches Served
' -With Tea, Coffee, Soda t Water,
i Ginger Ale or Milk. Open
from 3 a. m. till 10 p. m.
Smoker' Requititea a Specialty.
HAWAII SHINPO SHA.
THE PIONEER JAPANESE PRINTING OFFICE.
The publishers of "Hawaii Shinpo."
The 'only dally Japanese paper pub
lished in the Islands. v
EDITOR M. TAKAHASHI.
PROPRIETOR C SHI0ZAWA.
Offl " W&nu avenue,' above Bere-
GOLDEN
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TBE LATE
S. J. FIELD
Kx-Jvistice 3. J. Field, "bf California,
who 4ied in Washngtoa on April 9th,
was born in 1S16 in Connecticut. After
being graduated from Williams College
in 1S37, he practiced law for ten or
twelve years with his brother in New
York. Then crime the discovery of gold
in California, and Mr. Field took pas-
j sage for San Francisco, where he ar
rive late in ISiK He himself has told
of his early experiences in a "book
"printed for a Yew friends," of "which
but a few copies were ever struck off.
From this "book, "Personal Reminis
cences of Early Days in California;" is
quoted:
"Upot larking from the steamer, my
baggage consisted of two trunks, and I
had -oiily .the-:sum of ten tHollars In xmy
pocket. I .might, perhaps, have carried
one rrunk,'but Icould not manage two;
so I 'was compelled to pay out "seven of
my ten. dollars io have them taken to a
roam, in an old adobe building on the
west 'Side of "what is tiorv known as
Portsmouth square. This room was
about ten feet long by eight feet wide,
aaid hud a beil in it- Far its occupation
the -aiim of Tthirty-frve dollars a week
vas -charged. Two of my fellow pas
sengers and myself engaged 'it. They
took the bed, and I ttuk the floor. I
do nut think they had much tlie advan
tage on the score of comfort. The next
morning'I started out 'early withthre.
dollars in my pocket. I hunted up
restaurant and ordered the cheapest
breakfast I could get. It cost me two
dollars A solitary dollar was, there
fore, all the money "in the -world I had
left."
No ore seemed u complain of CL.e
charges made:
"There was sn nppareBt disdain of
all . attempts id cheapen articles mid
reduce prices, Newspapers from ?v-w
Yorkere sold at a dollar apiece. I
had a. bundle of tbem, and seeing the
price-paid for snch papers, I gave them
to a fellow-passenger, telling him he
might have half he could get for them.
'There were sixty-four numbers, ff I
recollect right, and the third day after
our arrival, to my -astonishment, " lie
handed me thirty-two "dollars, statins:
that he !had so them a11 at a loTlar
apiece. Nearly ev.erytjiing else brought
this reminds me of an expsrience of my
own Avith some chamois-skins. Before
I left New York, 1 purchased a . lot tf
stationery and the usual accompani
ments of a writing-table, as I intended
to practice my profession' in California.
The stationer, learning from some re
mark made by my brother Cyrus, who
was with me at this time, that I in
tended to go to California, said that I
ought to buy some chamois-skins in
which to wrap the stationery, as they
would be needed there to make bags for
carrying gold-dust. Upon this sugges
tion"! bought a dozen skins for ten dol-
lars.'On unpacking my trunk. jn Marys-
ville, these chamois-skins were, of
course, exposed, and a gentleman call
ing at the tent which I then occupied,
asked me what I would take for them.
I answered by inquiring what he would
give for them. He replied at once, an
ounce apiece. My astonishment nearly
chocked me, for an ounce was taken for
sixteen dollars; at the mint it often
yielded eighteen or nineteen dollars in
coin. I, of course, let the skins go, and
blessed the hunter who brought the
chamois down. The purchaser made
bags of the skins, and the profit to him
from their sale amounted to two oun
ces on each skin. t rom this trans
action the story arose that I had sold
porte-monnaies in .Marysville before
practicing law.
Mr. Field did not have great success
in San Francisco; and when an offer
was made him of transportation up the
Sacramento he very gladly accepted it.
"Yubaville" is now Marysville:
Xo sooner had the vessel struck the
landing at Nye's Ranch than all the
pas singers, some forty or fifty in num
ber, as if moved by a common impulse,
started tor an old adobe building, wnich
stood upon the bank of the river, and j
near which were numerous tents. Judg
ing by the number of the tents, there
must have been from five hundred to a
thousand people " there. When we
reached the adobe and entered the
principal room, we saw a map spread
out upon the counter, containing the
plan of a town, which was called
Yubaville, and a man standing behind
it crying out: 'Gentlemen, put your
names down; put your names down, all
you that want lots.' He seemed to ad
dress himself to me, and I asked the
price of the lots. He answered, Two
hundred and fifty dollars each for lots
eighty by one hundred and sixty feet.
I replied, 'But suppose a man puts hi3
name down ana aiterwaras oon t
want the lots?' He rejoined, Oh,
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you need, not uiKe mem ir you
don't want to; put your names
down, gentlemen, you that want lots.'
I took him at his word and wrote my
name down for -sixty-five lots, aggre
gating in all $16,250. This produced a
great sensation. To the best of my
recollection I had only about twenty
dollars lft; but. it was immediately
noised about that a great capitalist had
come up from San Francisco to invest
in lots in the rising town. The conse
quence was that all the proprietors of
the place waited upon me and showed
me great attention."
Within three days he was elected al
calde. He tells of the first case before
him:
"To men i'ame up to me. one of
theia leading a horse. He said: 'Mr.
Alcalde, we hoth claim this horse, and
we want you to decide which of us is
eDtitled to St.' I turned to the man who
had the horse, administered an oath to
kim and then examined him as to
vhere he got the horse, of whom, and
when, whether he had a ill of sale,
whether there was any mark or brand
on the animal, and, in short, put all
those questions which wonld naturally
be asked in such a case to elicit the
truth. I then administered an oath-to
the other man, and put him through a
similar examination, paying careful at
tention to what each "said." When the
examination was completed I at once
decided the case. 'It Is very plain, gen
tlemen,' I said, 'that the horse belongs
to this man,"' (pointing to one of them),
-and the other must give him tip.' 'But,'
said the man who had lost, and who
held the horse, 'the bridle certainly he
longs to me; he does not take the ori
ole, does he? I said, 'Oh, no, the "bridle
is another matter.' As soon as I said
this, the owner of the bridle turned to
his adversary and said," 'What will you
take for the horse?' 'Two hundred ami
fifty dollars,' was the .instant reply.
'Agreed,' retorted the first, and then
turning to me, he continued "'And now,
Mr. Alcalde, I want you to draw meup
a bill of sale lr this horse which will
stick I, of course, did as he desired
I charged an ounce for trying the case
and an ounce for the bill of sale; char
ges wnieh were promptly paid. Both
parties -went off nerfectly satisfied. I
was also well pleased with my first "ju
dicial experience."
His speculations also turned" out
well;
"In a short time after going to
MarvsviTle and writine nvr tname rdown
for sivrv-fivo tnwr lot nmnprtv in-
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ninety days I sold over twenty-five
thousand dollars' worth, and still had
most of my lots left. My frame and
zinc houses brousrht me a rental of
over one thousand dollars a montb.
The emoluments of in y office of alcalde
were also large. In criminal cases I
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received nothiiru lor my services as
judge, and. in civil cases the fees were
sman: out as an omcer to take ac
Knowiecigments ana amdavits and rec
ord deeds, the fses I received amount
d to a large sum. At one time I had
fourteen thousand dollars in gold dust
in my safe, besides the rentals and
other property."
In 1S50 District "Judge Turner came
to Marysville to hold court. He took
a great dislike . to Field. The trouble
besran with an exception to a rullmr.
field says:
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"I rose, and addressing the court,
remarked that I was .informed there
was a statutory provision applicable
to the point, and begged permission to
read it; when Judge Turner, addres-
sing : me and apparently i-rita ted, said
in a petulant manner: The court
knows the law the mind of the court
is made tin take your seat, sir.' 1
was amazed at hearing such language;
but in a respectful and quiet manner
stated that I excepted to the decision,
and appealed, or would appeal from
the ordvr. The judge instantly replied,
in a loud and boisterous manner: 'Fine
I replied iuietly, 'Very well,' or "Well,
sir.' He immediately added, in an an
gry tone: I fine him three hundred
dollars, and commit him to the custo-
dy of the sheriff eight hours.' I again
replied, 'Very well.' He instantly ex-j
clsiineJ, in the same violent manner:
'I fine him four hundred dollars and j
commit him tweive hours.' I then said
that it was my right by statute to ap- J
peal from any order of his honor, and
that it was no contempt of court to
give notice of an exception or an ap-
peal,, and asked the members of the
bar present if it could be so regarded.
But the judge, being very ignorant of
the practice of the law, regarded an ex
ception to his decision as an impeach-
ment of his judgment, and, therefore,
something like a personal affront, j
And so, upon my statement, he flew in-
to a perfect rage, and in a loud and
boisterous tone cried out: 'I fine him
five hundred dollars and commit him
twenty-four hours forty-eight hours
turn him out of court subpoena a
posse subpoena me.' "
Field, forced out of his profession,
was elected to the legislature, and sue-
ceeded in gerrymandering Judge Tur-
ner out of Marysville by dividing the
district When he returned to his prac-
tice he was bankrupt, but soon began
to make money again. In 1S5 he was
elected associate-justice of the Califor-
nia supreme court, and two years later,
when Chief-Justice Terry resigned in
order to ngnt the duel with BrodericK,
became chief-justice. In 1S63 Presi-
dent Lincoln appointed him to the sup
reme bench of the United States, where
he served for more than thirtv-four I
years.
Perhaps the most thrilling chapter
n Field's eventful life was that which
ended with his attempted assassina
tion at the hands of Judge David S.
Terrv. in 1SS9. Terrv had married, in
1S.. Sarah Althea Hill, who claimed
to be Senator Sharon's wife. 1 he
courts decided that'the alleged certifi-
car-e of marriage was forged, and di
rected Mrs. Terry to surrender the
papers:
"When Mrs. Terry Heard the words
concerning the surrender of the alleg
ed marriage contract for cancellation,
she first endeavored for a few seconds,
but unsuccessfully, to open the satchel
containing her pistol. For some rea
son the catch refused to yield. Then,
rising to her feet and placing the sat
chel before her on the table, she ad
dressed the presiding justice, saying:
'Are you going to make me give up my
marriage contract?
"Justice Field said: 'Be seated,
madam.'
"She repeated her question: 'Are
you going to take the responsibility of
ordering me to deliver up that con
tract?' "-She was again ordered to resume
her seat. At this she commenced rav
ing loudly and violently at the justice
in coarse terms. At the commence
ment of this tirade, and after her re
fusal to desist when twice ordered to
do so, the presiding justice directed
the marshal to remove her from the
court-room. She said, defiantly: 'I
will not be removed from the court
room; you dare not remove me from
the courtroom.'
"As the marshal moved toward the
offending woman, Judge Terry rose
from his -seat, nuder great excitement,
exclaiming among other things: 'No
living man shall touch my wife!' or
wor(ls of tnat import, and dealt th
marshal a violent blow in the face,
breaking one of his front teeth. The
marshal, with the assistance of a de
puty, then moved "Mrs. Terry from the
court-room, she struggling, scream
ing, kicking, striking, and scratching
them as she went, and pourirrg out Im-
precations upon Juages t leid and baw-
I yr, denouncing them as 'corrupt
scoundrels. and declaring she would
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kill them both.
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While Mrs. lerry was being re -
moved from the court-room, Terry was
held down by several strong men. He
was thns, by force alone, prevented
from drawing his knife on the mar
shal. "While thus heki he gave vent
to coarse and denunciatory language
against the officers. When Mrs. Terry
was removed from the court-room he
was allowed to rise. He at once made
a swift rush for the door leading to the
corridor on which was the marshal's
office. As he was about leavinir the
room, or immediately after stepping
out of it, he succeeded in drawing
knife.. As he crossed the threshold ne
brandished the knife above his. head.
saying, I am going to my wife.' There
pas a lernneu cry irom tne Dy-stami-
ers: "He has got a knife. His arm
were then seized by a deputy-marshal
antl others present, to prevent him
from using it, and a desperate struggle
c"OUtt'u-
Terry and Mrs. Terry were impris-
oned in the Alameda County Jail for
j contempt of court, the one for six
I months, . the other for thirty days,
I "Oth threatened openly to kill Justice
1 Field. Field was warned of his dan-
ger, but the next year made prepara
jtions for his usual trip to the coast
A deputy-marshal (Neagle) was quiet-
I ly ordered to meet him, to protect him
from vioJence:
"The deputy-marshal got out at all
the stations at which any stop was
made for any length of time, to ob
serve who got on board. Before retir
ling he asked the porter or the car to
be sure and wake him in time for him
to get dressed before they reached
Fresno. At Fresno, where they ar-
rived during the ciight, he got off the
train and went out on the platform.
Among the passengers who took the
train at that station were Judge Terry
and wife. He immediately returned to
the sleeper and informed Justice Field,
who had been awakened bv the stop-
ng of the train, that Terry and his
wife had got on the train. He replied:
'Very well. I hope that they will have
a good sleep.'
"Justice Field got up before the train
reached Lathrop, and told the deputy
marshal that he was going to take his
breakfast in the dining-room at that
place. A ssoon as the train arrived,
Field, leaning on the arm of Neagle,
because of his lameness, proceeded to
the dining-room, where they took seats
for breakfast. Very soon after this
Judge Terry and his wife entered the
dining - room fr0m the east. They
walked up the aisle, between the east
and the middle rows of tables, so that
Justice Field and Neagle were faced
toward them. Judge Terry preceded
his wife. Justice Field saw them and
called Neaele's attention to them. He
had already seen them.
"As soon as Mrs. Terry had reached
a point nearly in front of Justice Field,
she turned suddenly around, and,
scowling viciously, went in great haste
out of the door at which she had come I
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in. This was for the purpose, as it
nffoT - Tr - - ..? oto r rrtK I
wiv J
had left In the c.ir. Judee Terrv ap
parently paid m attention to this
movement, but procc-eded to the next
table above and seated himself at the
uppr end of it."
Terry' had ben seated but a. -short
time when he rose and moved toward
the door. Justice Field thus describes
the assault:
"1 supposed, at the time, he was go
ing out to meet his wife, as she had
not returned, so I went on with my.
breakfast. It seems, however, that he
came around back of me. I did not see
him, and he struck me a violent blow
in the fare, followed instantly by an
other blow. Coming so immediately
together, the two blows seemed like
one assault. I heard 'Stop, stop!
cried by Neagle. Of course, I was for
a moment dazed by the blows. I turn
ed my head around and saw that great
form of Terry's, with his arm raised
and fist iclinched to strike me. I felt
that a terrific blow was coming, and
his arm was descending in a curved
way, as though to strike the side of my
temple, when I heard Neagle cry out:
'Stop, stop; I am an officer!' Instantly
two shots followed. I can only explain
the second shot from the fact that he
did not fall instantly. I did not get
up from my seat, although it is proper
for me to say that a friend of mine
thinks I did, but I did not. I looked
around and saw Terry on the floor. I
looked at him and saw that particular
movements of the eyes that indicates
the nresenee of death. Of course it
was a great shock to me. It is knpos
sible for anv one to ee a m:.n in the
full vigor of life, with all those facul
ties that constitute life, instantly ex
tingnished, without being affected, and
I- was."
Justice Field was a member of an il
lustrious family. One of his brothers
"David Dudley Field, achieved an inter
national fame as a lawyer; and anoth
er, Cyrus W. Field, laid the first At
lantic cable.
I consider it not only a pleasure but
a. rintv T nwp to m v noiprhlTnra tr toll
Ubout the wonderful cure effected in
my case by the timely use of Chamber-
1 lam's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. I was taken very badly with
I a l,roturea a ooiue oi mis rem-
ledy. A few doses of it effected a ner-
I tfl j : m iiit.
manent cm.e x tak nlp nsnrft ln rom
mending it to others suffering from
that dreadful disease. J. W. Lynch,
Dorr, W. Va. This remedy is sold by
all druggists. Benson, Smith & Co.,
HLtd., agents for II. I.
Hawaiian Scenic Photos
Whether you want to buy now o
not you are cordiilly invited to in
sptct pur etoi k of
Hawaiian Scenes aod Subjects
In the matter of Colored Photos
we yield the palm to none.
A collfction of a dozen or more
of these neatly mounted and done
up jn a natjve made Lauhala folder
I could not be excelled as a gift
Should we chance not to have
some desirable view we would en-
I gage to make it and be thankful for
the suggestion.
See our display of Island View
in our Show Case at the Post Office.
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SUGAR FACTORS.
AGENTS FOR
The Ewa Plantation Co.
The WaiaJua Agricultural C. Lt
The Kohala Sugar Co.
The Waimea Sugar, Mill Co.
The Koloa- Agricultural Co.
The Onomea Sugar Co.
The Fulton Iron Works. SL fccsi
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The Standard Oil Co.
The Geo. F. Blake Steam Pusipa.
weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Lifa
tnce Co., of Boston.
The .Aetna Fire Insurance &L,
aarttord, Conn.
. Alliance Assurance Co., cf
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