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swi fy7! TvnSwfx it- --Nr "V-" V"5 v -$ X T I v THE HONOLULU REPUBLICAN. VOLiniE 3, NO. 130, HONOLULU, K T., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1900. PRICE FITE CENTS HUE AND EMI Tarrant & Co.'s Drug House Scene of Disaster. TWO BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS BURNED GREAT LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE IS FEAP.ED, AND BODIES BEING FOUND. Explosion Probably Due to Spon taneous Combustion in Work of rind- ing the Dead. NKW YOHK. Oct. 2!). A fire which rigiaied In the great drug bouse of Tarrant fc Co., corner Warren ami Greenwich streets, today, caused an which shook the lower end of Manhattan Wand like an earthquake. It hurled a seven-story building into the air awl set fire to two blocks' of with a Jos of life that is "appalling. The Tarrant building was complete! filial with chemtenls. In resMnse to an n'arra, btf Ire company had just whea a terrific explosion occurred inf threw the entire engine crew down '!i. ntitirway. The tiremen, realizing the lniier f their itioii. rushed from tin ''iildln; t0 the street. The explosion 'ui'l filled the street in front with n show- I of fatting claw And some dehris. which rem the crowd which had gathered on lli pite. jrfdewnlks. Engineer jmI Fireyua Brown were injured ' falling gbs. as was another fireman ' l Hiring to the coat'tnii.. nptalu IVvaiiuey of the company n-d hie crew Imrk into the building They were dragging the line to i1" oorway for the seeoud time when 're came another explosion, mote ter iif man the aret. ami tiie wliole crew wm- hartal across Greenwich street. was so bfcdly injtireI thnt he was -. in to a boplial. In th meantime other engine that lml Ntfpoiiderf to the alarm hail ted and the firemen were busy reset: ng people frnro surrounding buildings. I'tremeii had taken many girls 'I u the only fire cich iikii the build- , awl more persons Imd been carried l"n the escape of the Home Made restaurant next door, and the buildings upon Warreta street. The second explosion occurred alxuit fii' tniuutas after the first. From the .i i mint of the building Mfinetl to leap into the nir. and in a tfiiimK Mim of brick walls, timbers ;iml -tone were falling into the street. Tin- fcrrp of the explosion tore away the whIU of the Mg conimisdinn storehouses fronting on Washington street and caused them to collapse, falling all at on . in a mas of tlm1er. Nixes and barrels, from which the finnics. which burst fit? from the Tarrant building like the ofr a cannon, broke forth. Across Warren ttreet to the opposite buildings the tlnmes leaied. getting: them afire at once, the work of the explosion demolishing windows and all wooden Mtucture a Unit the bonses. In n moment Warren street was t linked with a mass of debris and the v liole place was alia me. The great explosion was followed by half a dozen more, scarcely lex intense, and by a countless number of smaller one.' The explosion and fire together ha-1 now assumed the proortioiw of a great tatastnmhe and it was thougitt that luin diwls of yves had been lost. Tle second expWlou carriel destruction in e?ry direction. That it did not tause wholettle of life whs due to the fact that ton minutes warning after the fiit cry of lire and fully fire minutes occurred between the hrvt and minor explosions, which warned eery one within hearing, and the second one. lust after the outbreak of fire from tb" vhukws oX the building a bouud train tupped at the Warren street station of the Ninth avenue elevated road. It imssel on in time to ajte the explosion and the few people w!k were left on the platform of the m Matkm are all thought to have escaiKsi. The station waster fled across the structure, carrying with him the receipts of the day and hi unused tickets, while two women who had stopicd on the platform to watch the fire.' frightened by the fnt explosiou. tied down the dowu town tracks in afety. The big explosion completely carried away the station. Immense masses of nmM.ury, piece of cornice, gnna beams window casings and an' indescribable mas of wreckage of every description tumbled nddenly into .the street in front of the building all at once. The force of the explosion below had thrown tfce firomeu back across the street, so that they were not taught, but their escaie from the raiu of debris across the street was almost miraculous. The wreckage was thrown across through the windows of the building in Avhich the "Irving National Itank Is. on the norfUeast corner of the street. The offices in the lnius lnk and of brothers, bankers and brokers, were needy wrecked. Captain IklcCluskey of the detective bureau, who hurriwl every arailable man on lili staff to the fire, ras to to protect the funds of the bank, he being told that they were in the vault, the door of which ra supposed to be unlocked. When the captain and his men went in. however, they fonwl about $10.- 000 scattered ik ceafusioaover countersi and Scuni. This was hist fly throws into the rank and th door tra locked. In Meekleai Brothers oSces ia th ljaenient there -were II. II. Mecklem and bis brother William, with Frank enbrry. a toy, Thomas Hacfcett. a clerk, and another man named Bruce and some girls, among them Ellen Yanden and May Dnnklemann. When the fire broke out ?IJ,00O in money lay upon the counter. was stationed at the floor while this was gathered together for putting into the vault- The first explosion filled the place with sulphurous smoke that nearly asphyxiated everybody. The second explosion blew in the windows and cut the two Mecklems The boy. Ileckenberry. found the two girls lying in a heap, fainted away. They -were carried to a place of safety. The others, when they came to their senses', gathered the money from the floor, put it in cfcar boxes and carried it to safety. As the result of the explosions a dor en buildings were blown down and a score of others badly damaged. The loss of life is not known tonight, bnt from all sources of information it is gathered there are perhaps the bodies of thirty persons in the ruins, though because of the hot debris and the slow ns of the moving of it nobody had been removed up to midnight. Chief Croker of the fire department said tonight that the loss is fully . i.500.000. Digging- for the Dead. NEW YOItK, Oct. :n. Only four bodies have been recovered from the ruins caused Monday by the explosion in the Tarrant drug house up to this morning. Of these only one lody has been identified, thnt of August Schmidt. The three unidentified bodies were gnthered piecemeal and never will be identified. The police claim that tbe portions of human anatomy found represent three bodies and that two of them were men and one a woman. Karly this, morning a litimlier of Iones were found. Insiectors Tench and Kenny of the building department found a woman's head at the northwest corner of Greenwich and Warren streets. Later the same men found a package of tools, a mail's apiou and hat. Inspector Graham of he building department, while hunting through the ruins, found two pieces of human llesh and the same found another piece of human flesh and a knee joint. Two ton of chlorate of jiotash and one ton of it appears, were in the building I occupied by Tarrant & Co. when it was icmoiiiiei iy lire and explosions on Monday noon. It has now been decided by Fire Chief Croker and Fire Commissioner Scannell to investigate all of the wholesale drug establishments in the city. Chief Croker said in the course of an interview : "1 know most of the wholesale drug houses curry explosives iu uch quantity ns to render them powder magazines to all purposes. They are a constant menace to public safety and I propose to see that storage houses are maintained at a safe distance outside the city. "In the past little attention has. leen paid to the requirements of the lnw. Experience in this cae has proved an expensive teacher, but we will profit by this lesson." Protracted litigation between insurance companies may ensue relative to the explosions in the ruined buildings Plate glass insurance companies deny their liability for the many insured windows which were shattered throughout the wrecked area in the downtown business section and their officials have refused large claims. They have referred patmns who suffered losses to the fire insurance companies. The latter have determined either not to pay or still have the matter under consideration. BUSINESS MEN EXPECT M'KINLEY'S ELECTION Colonel Sopor Returns From an Extended Tour of the States The Herald Estimate. "Nine out of ten of the business men whom 1 met in my travels in the States are confident thnt President McKinley will be re-elected." said Col. .1. II. Soper. who returned yesterday on the Alameda. l do not claim to sieak for the laboring ehis, for 1 did uot see so much of them. but the business men, who are certainly in a lietter position to judge than I am. are wry confident. 'tv. -s, ,i,:..i- ...:n w jv lutufi .uviuiii.i Mill .4lll. New lorkl was asked. "1 do not say o of my own knowledge." replied the colonel, "but the people whom I met ay that he will. "You have seen the estimates' of the New- York Herald aud Sau Francisco Calli" asked Col. Soper of the reporter. "Well, those pajvers are in a far better position to speak than I am and their forecast is thought to be about right. The two forecasts were made in conjunction and are identical. Col. Sojier went from here to Victoria in the latter days of August. He went east by the Canadian Taeifie to Toronto. He came back by New York. Chicago, St. Paul. Siwkaue. Portland and San Francisco, lie remained in tlie last named city three weeks. As Colonel Soper did not visit Washington he had uot the opportunity to look personally after the matter of equipment for the National guard. He says he had a fine time on his trip and is glad to Iks home. Alameda's Passengers. Anion?; the well known kaamalnas returning in the Alameda yesterday were A." H.'Afong, 1. II. Case and wife. W. AV. Geodale.'F. D. Greasy. W. . Grieg, F. L. Hoogs, Mrs. W. L. Hopper. "Miss Hopper. W. P. Johsston Tv It. Lucas, Mrs. W. JToasafrat, J. Ui Joper and wife. ' OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE ELECTION Parker's Plurality Two Hundred and Five-Legislature Divided Between Republicans and Democrats-Democrats Elect J. P. Makainai. . Parker's plurality as delegate to congress for the fifty-seventh session is just ten votes higher than the forecast in yesterday's Republican, 20o. Tbe republicans did not maintain their vote on the senatorial ticket and therefore elected' but four candidates Achi. Cecil Brown, George Carter and Clarence Crabbe. Henry Waterhoue and Pahia fell outside the breastworks, and Kanuha on the independent ticket beating them. The republicans elected their entire rcproentative ticket in the Fourth Aylett, A. F. Gilfillan, W. II. Hoogs. A. G. M. Robertson, Jonah Kumulne and J. II. K. Keiki. In the Fifth district the democrats snatched from the iwlitieal conflagration their one single brand, 'electing .7. P. Makainai. The independents take the others. John Emmeluth. S. K. Mahoe. W. J. Mossman, John IC. Prendergast and James I. Paele. The official figures given herewith in tabular form give the result of Tuesday's election in detail. The first returns to be handed iu at the registrar's office were those of at 7':40 o'clock. The last came in at 11:4." from the Second precinct of the Fourth district. In this precinct 011 votes were registered and Soli were counted. There will be no further count of the votes unless there is a contest. Captain George Townsend of the schooner Eclipse, which arrived from Lahaina yesterday, took the trouble while there to get the returns of the election so far as he could before ing. In the race for congress Wilcox was ahead up to the time the Eclipse sailed. News of a big row in Wailuku during the election is re'iorted, but what the trouble was about is not known. Follow- ? s a a n Precincts. " First 170 205 1S5 101 105 Second 300 47!) 421 453 302 Third 75 st; 70 72 07 Fourth 2S1 .",00 .151, 25S Fifth -13!) 13S 140 140 123 Sixth 77 100 01 110 OS Seventh.... 4 0 0 13 FIFTH DIST. ! irst 74 71 72 05 03 Second Im in 40 43 50 Third 5S 52 40 40 4S Fourth..,.. 41 2S 34 20 30 Fifth... T. 2S 3S 34 2S 20 Sixth. ... 7:: 70 73 72 30 Seventh. . 187 151 155 100 Eighth.... 144 110 OS IIS 110 Ninth 124 140 13S 130 104 Tenth S2 02 55 54 53 Total . .2017 2175 19S4 20S1 179S S l Precincts. First 1S2 1S7 1S2 17S 107 Second 3S4 443 430 340 394 Third 73 74 SO 00 00 Fourth 20S 330 314 250 250 Fifth 124 140 140 104 132 Sixth 90 103 100 00 70 Seventh. 3 0 0 Total . .1154..12SG 1277-1010 1091 ft C Precinct. t First... 54 3S 00 03 04 7A Second.. 4S 39 47 4S 47 Third.. . 4.1 43 4S 43 41 Fourth. 32 27 31 30 '2S 2S Fifth.. . 120 23 20 2S 31 35 Sixth.,. 34 OS 04 93 94 g Seventh. 135 109 141 ,1-42 140 143- 8 Eighth.. 101 119 IIS 109 111 104 K Ninth.. 99 IIS 111 121 110 US X Tenth 50 7S 67 50 4G 1 Total G21 710 71S 723 721 092 ROAB KPARTMENT OPENS out A NEW ROCK HURRY the Thc road department has oxened a new rock quarrr near "Xunalilo Home above j of the old Makiki rifle range. It yields the " hardest and best stone. Heretofore the . rock used for macadamizing has been fJe obtained from the surface of the hills ' in that locality xithout extensive digging j or blasting. The new will, supM ply stone fjfr thecr3iac plant of the road department Theaetfcrmshcrs turn! ing'are the returns as given toCaptain Townsend : For delegate to the o(th congress Prince David 100 turner . T" Wilcox 30; For delegate to the 37th congress Prince David .' 210 II (. i 00t 4 Wailuku. the republican stronghold, and Lanai. with thirty jVotes. yet to be heard from. For senators Kaiue '. G22 Baldwin Z& White 541 Kepoikai 40" Iteuter 1 3ti Cornwell 2ST Clark . 240 Lyons 212 The above returns are as far as the count went on Maui up to sailing time of the Eclipse. Baldwin is a republican, Kaiue and White independents. For representatives Hihio (Ind) 170 Pali (Hep) 177 Beckley (Ind) 101 Hon (Hep) 14(! Kawaihoa (Ind) ......1-. 13fi Kauimakaole .- 112 Kahamaulelio. D. K 1U0 Ilayselden llo ICahaulelio. D. II ....... PH .t lClII IllAlltl 'am Hichardson 00 1 III .ti " l Paia Naki .' , v orsji in i Eldredge,'' 20 This vote only shows the strength of THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT. 2 I I E " Zm ' " ' - 107 52 105 51 5S 00 54 34!) 10l' 210 00 137 1SS 00 5S C5 SS OS 01 7S 40 237 12it 204 112 1S5 1SS 7S 110 00 103 t) 71 S7 ("5 41 02 30 44 05 10 3 9 1 2 Ai 3 . 11 S S 11 1 01 IS 31 23 21 13 17 4S 24 29 20 35 24 31 25 23 29 15 i 20 21 24 2S S 13 S 10 01 20 75 14 00 13 132 72 92 00 OS 04 42 SS' 54 55 41 42 39 32 100 75 100 39 70 77 49 4S 7S 3S 74 39 41 lOSl S04 1309 735 930 10S7 3S2 I E5 5 1 II . - ' zl " . tS .. "" , ? 127 142 131 130 130 115 11 li 217 230 21(5 225 220 1S5 17 8 12.1 137 134 124 117 10S 14 114 US 105 100 103 100 12 8 172 104 ISO 173 1S1 140 7 24 27 24 22 27 31 3 10 24 IS 21 22 14 0 FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. - o , r" 2 """ "? 1S4 01 51 53 93 00 137 422 110 105 124 151' 1 1 133 192 72 94 73 73 S5 -43 .74 IOS 310 133 119 149 172 S9 132 135 07 73 OS 92 00 90 172 102 33 3S 31 4S 20 .41 4 0 3 4 9 2 N 1235 310 402 524 050 340 307 7 FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. r '. " '. 12 17 11 16 10 43 24 27 25. 23 122 23 122 30 -30 20 30 S3 IS 09 IS 32 2 27 31 ilC 2S 10 21 11 9 14 10 11 39 '31 29 103 24 90 07 106 73 29S 70 244 34 1 1 71 37 18S 31 107 74 US 75 CO 149 37 12S 01 SI 57 41 110 53 393 393 43T 1172 342 OSS all grades of macadam. It is the expectation of Jailer Henry that the 123 odd long term convicts in Oahu prison will be put to work retting out stone for the. road depart- ment in this new quarry. The question prison reform, which has been agitated hitelv. has been a subject to -which, Mr. Brown has devoted considerable thought. has an Idea- that a farm for the ployment of the better class of criminals will be an improvement over th, pesenfc situation. A lighter foraf of would thus be afforded andat thet saa time a model farmVmigbt be the .f. fcC. - Lahaina. Uonokohan. Kahului and The following places are yet to lie heard from: Lanai. Wailuku. Ma- kawao. Hainakuapoko. Kipahulu, liana and Keanae. Captain Tullett of the James Makee. which arrived from Kauai yesterday, says that the voting was going on iu full blast when he left Kapaa. about o'clock Tuesday afternon. At that time it seemed to Captain Tnllett that Parker was the favorite on the Garden Isle and .Xiihnu. The Makee. which left last night, will return Friday with full returns. The Congressional Vota. . 4TII DISTJ 50th Congress."th Congress -n x Precincts. 5-5 First... 202 54 211 152 Second.. 474 OS 472 ia 232 Third.. . 77 1?. i:is 7:1 .140 Fourth.. 'J,"S 110 112 ;J47 11s 100 Fifth... ir; 7S 10:1 itn S5 205 Sixth iot; :io 101! 31; 30 Seventh. is s IS .'.Til DIST. Piccinctn. First... 04 11 5S 07 10 .)i Second., 45 25 121 47 10 125 Thitd... 25 ttf) 23 25 74 Fourth.. .12 :i2 28 32 27 Fifth... 35 4 12 .".7 5 10 Sixth... 102 27 l(K 00 2S 105 Seventh. 172 4S 201 170 51 2J)5 Eighth.. 124 :i7 100 127 54 102 Ninth. .. 14!) 01 V.W 140 ot; 183 Tenth... 05 4!) 7S ts: 4S 70 Total 2103 7S0 1074 21SS 7S5 10S3 41 51 40 49 39 S 112 125 US 111 113 94 13 52 00 53 57 00 40 S 2!) 40 34 31 33 4 S 9 10 7 10 S 3 100 137 130 101 122 105 0 257 29; j2S7 274 209 225 11 157 170 17S 177 192 141 3 121 129 125 129 121 102 9 71 7(5 OS 75 70 GO 1734 1973 1S71 1S12 1S43 1347 141 . M - 7 C X " 2T f ? ; - r ""' "v 139 140 120 123 131 12 220 23S 190 215 247 33 123 140 123 113 130 10 it 95 90 125 102 9S 125 17 190 201 173 1S5 201 21 22 24 2S 22" 20 43 2 17 22 25 1!) 20 17 IS 43 814 903 751 7S2 914 119 il k ". t t v ?;' f -.! ji' ?- r rr - - f: - : : : ?: 5S 10 50 49 44 10 4 y. 123 17 114 07 103' S 2S SO 29 G2 -41 33 4 S 40- 10 33 9 32 3 S 6 1 10 6 7 3 2 l 97 IS 123 S3 119 11 15 24S 19 244 243 264 20 39 ft 16S 10 137 165 153 9 21 ft 115 10 IIS 113 111 11 42 ii 7S733S0G0S4 5 S 1014 139 991 S74 970 SO 173 ft THE PRESIBENT ISSUES A THNKSeiYiN6 PROCLAMATION VTASHINGTOX. Oct, 29. The state department today issued the following? "By the President of the United States of America A Proclaaration. It has pleased Almighty t?od to hriajr our nation in safety aad honor through f. another year. The werki of religion and charity haye everywhere been manifest. Oar coantiT has been blessed with dant harvests. Labor and the- industries'; of the people have prospered beyond all precedent. All commerce has spread over th world. Our power and influence in the cause of freedom and enlightenment have extended over distant seas and lands. The lives of our otScial and many of our people a China have been marvelously preserved, A f have been renerallv exemnt from nes. lnN ami rtllipr rvrtfr" t ! even the tragic vlsiutlou which overwhelmed the city of made evident the sentiments of sympathy and Christian, charity, by virtue f which ws are one united people. v Xow. therefore. I. Wiliam. McKinley, presitlent of the United States do herebr apiint,and et apart Thursday, the 20th of November next, to be observed by all the people of the United States, at home or abroad, as a day of thanksgiving and praise to him who holds the cation in the hollow of his hand. I recommend that they gather in their several places of worship and devoutly rive him thanks for the prosperity wherewith he has endowed ns. for seed time and or the harvest, for the valor, devotion and humanity of our armies and navies, and for all his benefits to us as individuals and as a nation: and that they humbly pray for the continuance of his divine favor, for toncord and amity with other nation. and for righteousness and peace in all our ways. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "WILLIAM McKINLEY." BOARD OF HEALTH AND ITS SECRET SESSION COULDN'T BESIST HOLDING THAT IF IT NEVER DID ANOTHER THING. Dr. Pratt Selected to Succted Dr. Garvin, so tho Executive Officer Remains in the Ring. C. E. Moore was appointed plumbing inspector yesterday. Dr. Pratt was promoted to the position of executive officer, vacated by Dr. Garvin. lhe board of health convened day in regular mmiod. Dr. iu the chair and Executive Officer Gar vin was present. Other members pres ent were Dole. Cooier, Winston and Emeron. The application of Dr. Holland for an appointment as government physician was placed on file. Dr. James Malouey was apiointed government physician at North Kona. SiKeial Agent Paris of South Kona and Baldwin of Maui tendered their resignations, which were accepted. The report of Sanitary Officer Dr. Pratt was read. Among other things he recommended thnt the sanitary condition of the schools be taken up by the boaid at once. The reiwrt stated that the school board was encountering great inconvenience on account of the exactions of the plum tiers. The reports of the deputy sanitary insiieetors were lie-fore the board, giving detailed account of sanitary work performed. Dr. Johnson Weddicfc of Wailuku his reiort for the Mnluluni hospital. ' A letter from Dr. Deniger of Kihei asked for information as to his duties in the matter of illegal sale of poisonous drugs. A communication from the Hawaiian Cemetery association notified the board that the cemetery at" Ramond Grove, Pearl Harbor, is ready for the interment of bodies. A special funeral train will leave the depot at 2:13 p. m. daily. Arrangements have been made with the Catholic. Japanese and Chinese Cemetery association? whereby they cease to make burials elsewhere. The board of health, by resolution passed last May. prohibited the burial of bodies within certain limits in the city after October 1. The time was extended and yesterday the board adopted a resolution that no burial !ermits will be issued for interment within the city limits after January 1. 1901. This does not apply to burials in family lots. The last official act of Dr. Garvin was to submit a method for keeping a record of vital statistics. He offered a schedule blank which with slight amendments met the approval of the other members. Heretofore there have been no records made or kept of births or deaths and the many facts of value connected with them. Dr. Garvin also submitted other blanks and forms to be used in connection with the interment of bodies and in the handling of nuisance cases. C. E. Moore was elected plumbing inspector. The applicants were. C. E. Moore, E. W. Quinn, II. Ludwig and R. Morton. By a resolution adopted in executive session a week ago it was the sense of the board that the new plumbing inspector should be an engineer rather than a plumber. The experiment of using a plumber had been tried. ITence all names were dropjed except those of Moore and Morton. The vote was by ballot resulting in four votes for Moore and one for Morton. The subject of means of transporta tion for the plumbing inspector and his deputy was discussed. The appropriation of ?250 per month will only pay the salaries of the two officials. The territory- to be covered in the discharge cf their duties i so extensive that it was said they could not make the rounds on foot- The subject was deferred to another meedag. . Dr. Pratt was unanimously elected executive officer in the place of Dr. Gar vin, resigned. -The vacancy caused by Pratt's promotion was Jefc unfilled for the present. -The board then went into executive session. JURORS Bti SECURED in TflEjip m Only Two Peremptory Challenges for the Defense. j PROMISES LIVELY DEHOUEMEHT JUDGE HUaCPHBBTS C0TJB7 18 JJOT TO BE FOOLED WITH BY JURORS. He Orders Juror Bergerson. Imprisoned for Feigning Deafness Unworthy to Sit in the Trial. The jury for the trial of Charles Downing. charged with murderluiT George Poai, is being impanelled in the circuit court. Tbe defense has exhausted all but tw of its peremptory challenges the prosecution has usnl only one. nine jurors were excused for cause and one by consent. When court convened yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Downing was brought before the bar. Deputy Attorney General Cathcart stated that the plea of not guilty had been entered and the prosecution was ready. Leon M. Strauss, for the defense, said that a demurrer had been submitted and overruled and an exception taken. Tiie jurors drawn were Charles Everett. S. P. Woods. Carl Widemnnn. John Mitchell. Charles B. Lemon. C. U. Rhodes, Harlan T. Waity. George Macy. h S. Holt. Joseph O. Carter. Jr.. II. S. ..ving and Charles It. Dement. During the progress of the forenoou the following additional jurors were drawn and sworn: A. Petrie. J. W. Akana N. Rrehau. J. K. Merseberg. John Jones. C. Notley. E. II. Paris. J. C. Cluney. F. L. Dortclu William I. Eaton. Manly Hopkins. Fred Goudie and F. T. P. Waterhouse. During the morning- session Dement. Petrie. Carter. Everett. Merseberj; and Cluney were excused for cause. Notley Kana. Ewing. Paris. Hitchcock. Holt, Hopkins and Eaton by the defense. At 12:25 the court took a recess until 2 o'clock. In the afternoon the jurors drawn and sworn were II. Zerbe. John l.ood. J. S. Andrade. C. A. Bellina and II. Vida. Excused for cause were Zerbe. Good and Andrade. By the defense. Waterhouse. Bellina and Vida. By consent. It. Bergersen. At 3:49 a venire for twenty-five new jurors wns ordered by the court t0 nn pear at 10 o'clock this morning. At the morning session B. Bergersen did not npiiear. Judge Humphreys issued an attachment for him returnable at 2 p. 111. Bergersen made an excue and was assessed a fine of $25. When Bergersen was called to the jury box to W sworn he feigned deafness, holdiug his palm back of his ear like a funnel to catch the wind. He acted like he could not hear ijuite as well as a post while Mr. Cathcart was examining him. The court grew restive and asked if the attorneys would consent to excune the juror, which was readily granted. Bergersen was ordered to the bat of the court ami given the following dressing down by Judge Humphreys: "When you appeared as a juror you asked to lie excused on account of deafness, but you answered all iiuestiom spoken in an ordinary conversational tone. Now you pretend cot to hear. I cannot lose sight of the fact that I have had personal dealings with you for the past four or five years' and I never had any trouble in making" you hear. If a person from across the street were to ask you in a whisper for a bottle of machine oil or a package of needles you would hear all right. Y&u ore not acting in good faith aud are unworthy to act as a juror. I have fined you $25 for not appearing in court this morning. I will excue you as juror for the term. You will mow stand committed to jail until your line Is paid." Bergersen made a feeble effort at remonstrating, but the court would not hear him. It is said that Bergerseu used this ruse to get out "of serving as juror: that he was wjlling to pay the ?25. but being committed to jail was more than he bargained for. The fine of Henry Vida for failing to answer a jury summons on Monday was remitted except the costs of service. 6RAND PUBLIC GONGERT AT HAWAIIAN HOTEL There will be a public concert tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Hawaiian hotel. The program will be as follows: PART I. Overture Italian in Algier Rossini Fantasia The Gossiper (new)...GHIet Grand Selection HTrovatore ....Verdi (a) Malanai: (0) Pilipumehane, (c) The Blue and the Gray inew).... .-- 3IIss Keliiaa and Mrs. Alepai - PART II. Selection A Musical Review Riviere Piece Characteristic Wake Up, 'Coons, (new) Seltzer Intermezzo A Serenade (new) . .Gregh March Ma Tigr Lily Sloane The Star Spangled Banner. Stranded "Laborers. The Italian laborers who were to have come here in the Peking were stranded in San Francisco when the Alaniedx left. 3Iost of them had appealed to tltir sal for aid. One of them was arrest"! while trying to- dispose of his revolver-to a pawnbroker. ' A -ft -! - "-far y . . -s- -y- .OA- ?"J" - ; -" !-( ..ri .!