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THE HONOLULU REPUBLICAN.
VOLUME L NO. I-JO. HONOLULU, H. T., TVEDXESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1S0O. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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COURT WOULD PUNISH
EDITOR
REPORTER
A Republican Article
Arouses Judge
Humphreys.
HIS ORDER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
ATTORNEY-GENERAL REFUSES
TO COMPLY WITH THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
Says that the Newspapers Have a
Right to Publish All Proceedings
Taken in Open
Court.
A genuine nawatioB. of tbe variety
to be expected in a public court room,
M pmnr pwwj1 morning by J stipe
llsmpbreys. It threatened to involve
the editor and tbe won reporter of Th
Uepobikan in the form of proceedings
agnhttt tbem for contempt but before
toe end f tb day it cmne to naught.
At the eiMMing of court. jut as the
Mtow divorce cat waa to be taA np
for the third oaf- of ite trial. Judge
UoMphreyi. called Attorney General E.
I. iJole to the bar and aid a an introduction
to the matter in uand that the
eotirt bad aent for tbe attorney general.
On November 17, said the judge, in the
Miner divorce case an amended and
answer of Dr. Miner to the
complaint of bis wife was pending. The
answer bad been filed tbe evening lteforc
and on the 17th a motion was argued
to strike the amended and supplementary
antfwer from the flies oh the ground
that Jt contained matter that was irrelevant.
Immaterial awl of a scandalous
nature. The court held that it was not
itt dirty to Depurate the relevant matter
from tbe other.
The attention of tbe court had been
called to an article on the sixth page
of Tbe Republican of yesterday ulornlng
with tbe following headlines:
"Has Answer Stricken From Court
Tilea Dr. Miner's Allegations Were of
Scandalous Nature Would Reconcile
tbe Connie Circuit Judge Humphreys
Make Appeal to Christian Persons
Notable Divorce Suit on Trial Saturday
DtsreloiKMl a Variety of Situations Dr.
Day Testifies."
The judge stated that the article contained
a resume of the amended and
supplementary answer from the
of the proceedings upon it in court
on Saturday.
Then the judge with much emphasis
toW the attorney general that the ends
of that court proceeding by that publication
bad been thwarted and frustrated :
that Dr. Miner's answor had been taken
from the records of the court and scaled
up in an enreloic ami marked in red
ink. "Expunged and stricken from the
files of the court by order of the court."
Tbe judge said that newspapers arc entitled
lo the use of matter that is of
record, but after it was stricken it was
a question awl the attorney general
oonld make this a test case if he so desired.
At any rate the article had hindered
ami obstructed the object of the
rentavftl of tbe scandalous paper from
tbe files.
Judge IIum4ircys then ordered the
attorney general to brlug proceedings
against "the reporter who wrote the article
aw) the editor who permitted it to
W pubUsteyl," for indirect criminal contempt,
and went on to say that upon
conviction a substantial punishment of
inturteottweut would he meted out.
Mr. Dole in reply merely said that it
was his present impression that the court
had jurisdiction in a matter of indirect
contempt am) that he wonld look into
tbe matter.
Darin? tbe afternoon session Mr.
1"J rotMrned to tbe court room and read
the fallowing,' asserting that he was uot
subject to the order of the court n the
matter, exonerating the members of The
RetmbltoHa staff who were involved and
declining to take any action whatsoever:
"In the Circuit Court of the First Judicial
Circuit. For tbe Territory of
Hawaii. November Term. 1900.
"la the-Matter of the Alleged Contempt
of Edwin S. Gill, et al.
"To the Honorable A. S. Humphreys.
First Judge of Said Court:
"Now comes tbe attorney general of
saW territory awl says that on the 20th
day of Norumtar.. 1900. the first judge
of said court, in ojen court, called the
attention of the attorney general to a
jHtUICMtiou in the Honolulu Republican,
a Hawaiian newspaper, of the same date,
entitled. "Has Answer Strickeu from
Court Files, and requested, and, so far
as might be in the power of said judge,
ordered the attorney general to institute
proceeding foe contempt of court acainst
one Edwin S. Gill, editor of said newspaper,
and acaint the reporter who
wrote said publication.
"The atorney general respectfully says
that according to his understanding of
the law, the attorney general is not subject
to tbe orders of the court in the
premises.
"The attorney general is credibly informed
that Dr. Miner's answer to Roe
Miner's divorce suit against him was
road, in open court, as a jwrt of the judicial
proeevdlnrs, before it was ordered
stricken from the fib's of the court. Section
Urtl of the penal laws of 1S97 provides
that: The publication of proceeding
Itefore any court or judge shall not
be deemed to be contempt, nor shall such
publication he punishable as contempt.
The attomev general believes that said
section is a legal defense to a charge
of contempt in said publication.
"For tbe foregoing reasons tie attorney
genera' considers it his duty to
decline to institute tbe proceedings requested.
E. P. DOLE,
"Attorney GeneraL
-Dated Honolulu, November 20, 1900."
When the attorney general had finished
reading tbe judge thank-d him and
taxi it was not tbe desire of tbe courtj
at that time to expres any difference of
opinion upon the matter, but -would challenge
the statement of the attorney general
that he was not subject to the order
of tbe court.
"The attorney general has stated his
view of the tow," said Mr. Dole.
"The court again thanks him," saki
Judge Humphreys.
At another time yesterday Judge Humphreys
talked about reporters. It was
in the morning, just after Mr. Dole bad
left with bis order to proceed agatn.it
tbe tw members of The Republican staff.
Judge Humphreys said newspapers were
entitled to reiort all the proceedings of
court, including testimony of witnesses
but he would say to any rejtorters in
the room that if they misquoted any
evidence of witnesses they did .o at thetr
peril. He concluded by saying that if
any reporter was brought Itefore him
for misquoting the evidence in the Miner
divorce case such reporter would be
severely dealt with.
NEPHEW OF A DEAD MAN
CRITICISES DR. PRATT
"The executive officer of the board of
health has not yet gien the public a
satisfactory statement of the cause of
tbe death of Silva, the florist." said M.
I. Silva last evening. "He hns not said
whether Silva died of heart failure, short-
newt of breath, kidney trouble or
right's disease. Furthermore, how dot
the executive officer know but it might
have been an unexieeted case of bubonic
plague, when there was no autopsy
'
held on the body of Silva? Or did he
drink the same kind of poison the three
other men died ofV There are such
things as X-ray machines, but there
never was n doctor or wood butcher having
X-ray eyes. The point is this, the
laws have Ieen violated by the executive
officer of the board of health and through
this violation it has not only caused the
death of three well known, good and
houest men. but it has cnuetl misery anil
tinhnppiness in three homes. -whose widows
still weep for their loving husbands,
while twenty-three or twenty-four children
still cry all -day long-for their de-.
parted fathers who should bring home
to them their bread and butter.
"Therefore. I say if the executive officer
is such a smart man who can see
the inside of a corpse without performing
an autopsy, he must be a second
Christ walking about the board of health
of Honolulu. To look at a corpse without
holding an autopsy and certify to the
cause of death is a different thine front
looking at a house plan and seeing how
much moulding it takes or how much a
planing mill can turn out per hour."
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BOOK CONTRACT &QES
OYER UNTIL FEBRUARY
Fully Discussed nnd Has
and Thanksgiving
Holidays Decided On.
t
The board of education held a session t
yesterday morning to establish Thanks- 1
giving and Christmas holidays and for the
discussion of the book contract. 1
it was resolved that the schools I
should close on Saturday. December 21,
1900, and reoien ou Monday, January
7, 1JKU. for the Christmas holidays.
It was also agreed that Thanksgiving
day, the 29th inst., and Friday, November
!0 be set aside as holidays.
There was some discussion relative to
teachers ordering books on their own account
and in this connection it was resolved
that the ordering, purchasing cr
procuring of any book for use in the
schools, connected with the department
of education, without the same having
first received the sanction of the board
is prohibited.
A request was received from a number
of the first and second grades to be
allowed to close schools once a month at
noon to enable them to attend and take
IKirt in Kindergarten club. Tbe boa-d
considered tbe idea praiseworthy, but
Superintendent Atkinson thought it better
that the club meetings be arranged
for a time outside of school hours.
The proposition for a renewal of the
contract with the American Book
to supply the board with books
came up for consideration. It was
somewhat extensively discussed. Mr.
Gunn was present and e:cplained that he
was not ambitious about the matter:
that he had not come over here on this
business, but for pleasure and recreation,
with his family, and that he was
glad he bad come, ne said Hawaii was
now getting its books more cheaply thin
any state or territory, receiving the old
export discount. Any look that might
be displaced would be taken up dollar
for dollar in other books and the book
company would pay the freight. He referred
to the newspaper talk about book
trusts, but said there was no such trust
Mr. Ton Holt said the very arguments
advocated by the newspapers made him
feel the necessity of making contracts, j lowing the first publication by the
is necessary to keep down prices so j torlal officials themselves. Land Com-that
the children of the poor may hare jmissioner Jacob Brown said on
books as cheaply as the children of the
rich. I want to go on record as favoring;
a contract I believe we have the right
to make a contract.
Mr. Alexander thought the board had
the right to make a contract
The superintendent -said he, thought it
was best to have a conference with the
legislature and as the present contract
doesn't expire until then, the whole matter
went over.
UNGLE SAM WILL TEST
THOSEJLAND LEASES
Suit on Behalf of United
States to "be
Filed Soon.
DENIALS THAT FAIL TO DENY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BATRD
PROCEEDING TO FOLLOW
OUT INSTRUCTIONS.
And These Instructions are for
Him o Enter Suit Against
the Territory in Name
- of United States.
Within thirty days suits will be fil:sl
on behalf of the United States to set
aside all grants, sales and leases of public
lands made by the territorial government
of Hawaii since the 14th day of
June, 1900.
'.the Republican is in position to state
this as an nbolute fact despite the statement
sent out from Washington to the
effect that the department of justice denied
that Attorney General John W.
Griggs had instructed District Attorney
Baird to intitute suits to set aside nil
grants, sales, franchises and leases in
Hawaii granted since September 2S.
lS'.H).
Readers of The Republican will remember
that in publishing the dispatch
from Washington yesterday morning it
was accompanied by a short interview
with District Attorney Bainl, in which
that gentleman very diplomatically said:
"I see that this dispatch has
been carefully worded. Of course
you will say in your paper for me
that I have made any claim
as to what my instructions are. nor
have I divulged them to anyone. 1
will say. however, that there is
nothing in the above dispatch contrary
to the facts. My instructions
from Attorney General Griggs
are being observed and carried out,
"""and these I have not disclosed. My
instructions are exactly the same as
they were at the time The Republican,
published its first articles upon
the matter."
The Republican realizes the position
in wnich Mr. Raird is placed. Being
the district attorney for the United
States he has no right, even if he so desired,
'to talk nlxnit his instructions from
Washington, or to say in advance of the
filing of a suit on behalf of the nation.il
government that such a suit was. to be
filed, but The Republican knows whereof
it speaks when it says that such a suit
will be filed against the Territory of
Hawaii by Col. Baird, in the name of the
United States, which suit will seek ta
set aside and have declared void all
grants, sales and leases of public land
made by the territorial officials since the
14th day of June. 1900. It will only go
hack to this date for the reason that in
luei'illiii lui iuc sun it. n.is iuuiui iuul
no cr.,nt. sale or lease was made by the
iocai government between the 2Sth day
of September. 1S99. and the 14th day of
.1 tine. 1900. and all grants sales and
ieases ,naie between the 12th day of
August. 1S9S. and the 2Stb day of September.
1S99. were expressly approve.!
by congress in section 73 of the Organic
Act of the territory.
Mr. Bainl says: "My instructions
are exactly the same as they were at
the time The Republican published its
first articles upon the matter." The
Republican knows positively that dies
instructions were for Mr. Bainl to file
suit in the name of the United States
of America to set aside all grants, sales
and leases of the public land in this territory
made since the 14th day of June.
1!MX. Of course Mr. Baird could not
disclose his instructions, but this naper
has in its possession positive information
as to what bis instructions are.
Neither does the department of justice
want its plans known previous to their
leing carried into execution, but it will
lie observed by carefully reading the so-called
denial from Washington that jt
does not deny one word of what The
Republican published on the morning of
November G. It does specifically state,
however, in substantiation of what The
Republican published, that the attorney
general of the United States, in the period
between July 7. 1S9S. and April SO
1SKK). rendered two opinions to the effect
that under the Hawaiian laws then in
force there wa no power to sell franchises
and public lands. Attorney General
Griggs still holds to the same opinion
as twice rendered from his office and
it is because of his still holding to this
Opinion that the suits are to be filed by-District
Attorney Bainl under instructions
from the attorney general of the
United States.
If any confirmation of The Republican's
exclusive publication of the fact
that the suit was to be brought were
needed it was furnished immediately fo
bsr G. as published in The Republican
on the 7th, that the subject of the suits
had been discussed at the meeting of the j
executive council the day before and
that he bad brought up the question
himself, having been requested by District
Attorney Rain! to furnish the department
of justice with a list of all the
lands granted sold or leased since the
2Sth day of September, 1S99, by the
territorial government.
"Lest we forget." let The Republican
impress upon all doubtinr Thomases tbe J
fact that District Bainl will
file a suit ia behalf of the Tufted States
of America asking the court to set aside
all grants, sales and leases: of public
lands made by the Territory of Hawaii
since the 2Sth day of September. 1SJO.
or possibly since the 14 th day of June
lfJ0. which, in effect, is the same thiar.
as no grants, sales or leases were made
between thes two dates.
Japanese Xan of Affairs.
Torajiro Watase. member of tbe Japan
Higher industrial council, director of tbe
Tokio Plant and Seed company.; editor
of the Japan Agriculturist and a member
of the Tokio city council. wa a
through on the Nippon Maru.
Mr. Watase visited the Territorial nursery
during his stay here and made arrangements
for an exchange of seeds.
He goes to California to study insects
and blights and will return to Japan
in the course of a few months.
Durao Madeira.
Rev. J. F. Durao of Kohala. Hawaii,
and Miss Mary Madeira were married
last night at the Portuguese Protestant
church on Miller street. Rev. Mr. Soarss
Ierforined the ceremony iu the presence
of a lare number of friends of the parties.
A reception was given at the home
of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
John Madeira, on Kinau street after
the ceremony.
- Mr. and Mrs. Durao leave on the
for the mainland. After a tour
of the States they will return to Kohab,
where they will reside.
BATTLESHIP KENTUCKY
QUEEN OF TIE SEAS.
MAKES A RECORD-BREAKING
RUN FROM NEW YORK
TO GIBRALTAR.
An Average of Fourteen Knots an
Hour for Twelve Days
Beats the Oregon's
Record.
NEW YORK. Nov. S. The Queen of
the United States navy is now Uncle
Sam's splendid battleship Kentucky. She
is tbe big beautyfcthat went nuder the
Brooklyn bridge one night not long ago.
when the moon was high. There was a
car blockade and hundreds of people
watched the great fighting machine as
she slowly drifted under the bridge.
Everybody knew that she was a war vessel,
but none knew her name. She was
hailed :
"What ship are you?"
The answer came from a group of
men iu the fighting top. and it ran :
"She was bred in old Kentucky.
Where the meadow grass is blue."
Hundreds of cheers sounded and the
great battleship went on down the Narrows,
her jackies still singing.
And now comes news from Gibraltar
that the Kentucky has broken all
records for war ships. Even
the Oregon's marvelous performance during
the Spanish war must take the background
when the knot question is considered,
for the Kentucky has "beaten her.
The Kentucky left New York October
20th. and has, therefore, made the distance
to Gibraltnr in just twelve days.
From Sandy Hook to the big rock is
about four thousand miles, and the Kentucky,
therefore, has made speed averaging
14 knots all the way across. For a
war ship the officers of the Brooklyn
navy yard say this performance is marvelous,
as the trip when made by the big
ocean greyhounds of the Hamburg-American
line consumed at least eight day-.
The Kentucky's making the distance in
twelve days under natural draft proves
her to be more than her builders claimed
for her, when it is taken into consideration
that liners are under forced draft
the entire distance.
The Oregon, on her voyage around the
norn, maintained a sea speed of 13 1-2
knots an hour, and until the.perfonnance
of the Kentucky was made known the
Oregon held the record for rapid transit
by fighting ships. The Kentucky was
obliged to put back to New York twice
before her start across the Atlantic be
cause of slight defects found in her gun
mounts. Everything must have been satisfactory,
however, for nothing more was
heard from her until today, when a cable
reached tbe navy yanl officials giving the
brief news of her arrivaland saying that
she had broken all long distance records
for war ships. The navy yard officials
were loth surprised and delighted to hear
of the Kentucky's marvelous run. and
they immediately cabled Captain Chester
their congratulations.
When Admiral Dewey came home from
Manila last year he made the trip from
Gibraltar to New York in the fast cruiser
Olympia in nine days, arriving here two
days ahead of time. Even this, naval
officers say. is not so remarkable a performance
as the Kentucky's trip has;
proved to be because the Olympia was
built for speed and as a cruiser, while
the Kentucky is a battleship of the first
class, and of course- more ponderous and I
built on heavier lines than the handsome i
vessel which led; the fighting line at Ma -
nils. 1
NEW YORK. Nov. 13. A dispatch to
the Herald from Algiers says: Tbo i
United States ltttleship Kentucky has, j
arrived here. All Km board are well, ner.it now, but Mr. Magoon made a few
captain reports &at tbe ship behaved strokes of gesticulation behind an
splendidly In :le heavy weather en- j Inary pulpit and said the divine law up-countered
in theAttantic. and scarcely on Tsrhich tbe missionary fathers founded
rolled at alL T Kentucky will leave the Hawaiian law was aimed against di- i
on Thursday, af fA coaling, for the China I
station.
STATUTES Of HAWAII
PERMIT HO ALIMONY
A Wife and Child are
Not Entitled to
Support.
MORE OF HER LIFE OF CRUELTY
MRS. MINER'S PITIFUL STORY
ONLY HALF TOLD IN
COURT.
Her Wearing Apparel and Personal
Effects Held- hy Dr. Miner-Mr.
Magoon Quotes
Scripture.
The divorce suit of Mrs. Miner against
Dr. Frank Leslie Miner occupied the
day yesterday again in the circuit court.
In the morning session Mrs. Miner resumed
her testimony and was on the
witness stand until noon telling a story
of cruelty perpetrated by her husliaud
the like of which perhaps has never
been the product of a family of supposed
culture and refinement in these islands.
The entire afternoon session was given
up to argument about the allowance of
alimony and the support of the child.
The court decided that the laws here
are such that neither alimony nor
are allowed except where the
ground of divorce is adultery, which is
not alleged in this case.
Mrs. Miner told yesterday of once
when she said the doctor abused her
about some soup that Mrs. Gertz the
kitchen servant, had prepared. He
blamed his wife for this and said she
didn't have brains enough to prepare him
a decent meal. This wn:s followed by violence.
He threw a bottle and a tum
bler of ice water upon her. He ordered
her to go upstairs and change her dress.
She shivered from the effects of the
drenching and contracted a very Cad
cold. Another time when she wa a
few moments late to breakfast the doctor
called her to account, accusing her
of spoiling the meal because Mrs. Gertz
had understood Mrs. Miner to say not
to fry the bananas too long, when in
fact she said not to fry the bacon too
long. Mrs. Miner related the occurrence
of the doctor kicking her when she hai
fallen on the stairs. August lit last he
bad kicked her. saying. "TaSe that:"
kicked her again and said. "Take that."
He kicked her about like a man kicking a
football. Large black marks upon her
body were the result.
Mrs. Miner then told how upon the
death of her mother she was the recipient
of $.".000 from the estate. The doctor
wanted to invest the money. He
took it to Harry Armitage under instructions
from the wife to invest it in
the name of "Mrs. Rose Miner." She
thought if she should die and the doctor
should marry again it would affect the
disnosition of the money if the
ment was in the name ""Mrs. F. L. Miner."
However, she learned that the request
had been disregarded nnd telephoned
Armitage about it. As she did
so the doctor said. "D n you, I hate
you!" and threatened to kill her. Her
gown was all torn in a struggle that
followed.
Threatened to Shoot" Gladys.
After Mrs. Mirier had left him while
at the Hawaiian hotel the doctor came
and shook the door and in a loud tone
commanded Gladys to come home at
ouce and said. "Gladys, if you don't open
the door I will shoot you." Mrs. Miner
also swore that Dr. Miner had a habit
of requiring Gladys to go into the bath
with him to wash his back.
"I considered that very improper," faltered
the wife. "He did it several
times."
Mrs. Miner said she had property iu
England worth about 1.754 pounds, from
which she gets about CO pounds yearly.
She has seventeen shares of sugar stock,
which yield an income at present of $Sj
per month. She has some $3,000 in different
banks of the city.
Attorney Silliman read a long inventory
of personal effects of Mrs. Miner
which she said were held by the doctor,
although a demand had been made for
the property. The list included wearing
apparel, numerous and costly, table silverware,
articles of jewelry and
books, and most important the certificate
for sugar stock. Mrs. Miner
swore to the list and the court ordered
the wearing apparel produced within
twenty-four hours.
The afternoon was devoted entitely
to arguments upon the question of alimony
and support for the child. Each
of the attorneys in turn had his say upon
the subject. j
Mr. Magoon Quotes St. Matthew.
The notable address was that of J. A.
Magoon. He told bow these islands were
settled by missionaries, who framed the
divorce laws. The law only allowed alimony
on the ground of adultery. He had
an open Bible in his hand and read a
selection from the "Gospel Acconling to
St Matthew." The scriptural reference
is a familiar one about how and why
a man shall "put away his wife." The
only canses justified were adultery and
fornication. Every Bible reader knows
the doctrine of the ancient author and t
it would not be exactly news to relate
roses in any but the two forms. In a j
toce exhortation he said it was a fine
I t
( thing that alicony is not allowed tor a s
j divorce upon the srousds of cruelty.
, At the dose of this reference Jmire
Humphreys caused a titter in court by
! saying something: to the effect that there
, would be no exception to the reading of
I the scriptures.
One Ground for Alimony.
Tbe court rendered a decision ia accordance
with the views of the defense
that no alimony or support for the child
is allowable: that the case Is purely
statutory, not one for chancery or equity
In South f!arnlina di-1
vorees are not allowed for any cause and
are prohibited by the state Constitution.
In some other states, the laws are very
much against tbem. Etcu here if a man
comes as a stranger he can drive his
wife from home, treat her with the most
extreme cruelty and no court has the
iwwer to entertain an application for
divorce or alimony.
"It is my opinion that the court is
without power to make any decree for
alimony for any cause other than adultery,"
said the judge. The decision is
left subject to further argument as the
trial proceeds.
Mrs. Miner will resume her testimony
this morning at 10 o'clock.
To Save and Protect.
In response to invitations sent out jy
the Rev. G. L. Pearson ami II. E. Coleman,
about forty men met at the Y. M.
C. A. hall Monday and tookthe first steu
towanl the organization of the Protective
League of Honolulu. There were present
men from all vocatious and it was In
every sense a representative body.
The object of the league is to promote
the civil and moral welfare of the community.
It will undertake the
of children and will endeavor to promote
public decency and effect good legis
lation. A constitution was discussed and
adopted. On the first Monday in Decem
ber a meeting will be held for the election
of nine directors, from which will ne
selected the usual officers. Regular
meetings will be held annually and quae
terly.
i ne ooani win employ an agent or
agents to devote their whole, time to car
rying out the work of the league. Anyone
may become a memler of the league by
paying a fee of one dollar Sind receiving
the endorsement of the boani of directors.
This protective league is an outgrowth of
the fight made by The Republican against
Iwilei, and among its purposes that of
freeing women from !ondace in this city
will be prosecuted with determination and
vigor. At the meeting yestenlay a com
mittee consisting of the Rer. Wm. Morris
lviucaid. Major George Wood and Mr.
McCIellan was appointed to take immediate
steps to relieve a certain Chinese
young woman from a condition of the
worst slavery.
THANKSGIVING DAY RAGES
AT KAPIOLANI PARK 1.
The meeting of the members of xhe
Honolulu Driving association at the Hawaiian
hotel last evening was well attended.
A race program was decided
upon for Thanksgiving day at
park. Purses aggregating ?1,."00
were voted and the prospects are excellent
for a day of good driving sports on
this holiday. There are forty good
horses in training for races and if the
weather man at Diamond Head is in -a
good humor on Thanksgiving, Kapiolani
will be favored with a big crowd and fine
races. The list of races and purses are
as follows:
3;00 trotting or pacing, purse 'S100.
2:40 trotting or pacing, purse $100.
Hawaiian-bred" harness race. $100.
Free-for-all trotting or pacing, $300.
One and one-fourth miles running,
first $10. second' $2o.
vne mile running, first $12T, second
$2o.
Three-fourths mile running, first $100,
second $2.".
One-half mile running, first $100. second
$25.
One mile running. Hawaiian-bred,
first $100; second $25.
Five-eighths mile running, first $100,
second $25.
Three-eights mile pony race, firt $50,
second $25.
Team race. $100.
The onler of the races will be decided on
upon next Tuesday night at a meeting
of the association at the Hawaiian hotel.
The judges of the races selected are
J. W. McDonald. Capt..Soule and Dr.
Show. Dr. ilonsarrat will act as
The timekeepers are Frank Kragr
and W. S. Withers. Dr. Claphammer
will have charge of the saddling paddock.
W. n. Diggs will be cleri of the
course and Al. Moore will preside at the to
acales. of
The races will begin at 10 a. m. sharp.
The committee appointed to look after
finances, privileges and to have general
excutive charge of the racing consists of
Prince David. Mr. Cornwell, 3Ir.
and Archie Young.
The entries for the races will cloe
at S o'clock Tuesday evening. November
27.
Besides the cash prizes there will be
a number of trophies donated by the
business men. Mr. Almy. one of the
proprietors of the Waikiki Inn. was
present at the meeting and presented the
association with three, elegant gold and
silver cup?. The races for which these
trophies will be given will be decided
upon next Tuesday night.
All horsemen are requested to be
present at the meeting next Tuesday
night at the Hawaiian hotel, when all
entries must be in and final arrangements
will be made-
,
The postponed game of indoor baseball
between the boani of directors and
the committeemen at the Y. 31. C. A.
hall will not be played until next Satur
day At that time all the players
are requested to be present
how iran
THE WLEOFillLO
Probably Added Forgery
to His Other
Offenses.
MADE 6000 HAUL BEFORE LEAYIHS
COPY OF ONE OF HIS DRAFTS
ON WHICH HE OBTAINED
MONEY.
Showed Letter Purporting to oe
From His Father Telling of
Deposit to His Credit
ia San Francisco.
Vaother remiader of the career at H.
J. Met, by the grace f Mral Ray a
deputy United States marshal ia Hawaii
for a short time, has come i irckt. Men
cut a wide swath ag devry marsaai. He
whs more imued up than if be had been
tbe beribOotted and bedecked aish sjmris
of tbe Territory of Hawaii, and boasted
bow even tbe bigk sheriff wooM take orders
from him while be was a depatjr
marshal. Men lauded in Hawaii a little
over a yew ago between two days, te
wherefore of his coining and the reaaons '
for his departure from bis former abate
not being very dearly set fortu.
Tbe Republican ascertained that Metm.
or whatever his real name may be, landed
in Honolulu as a deserter from tbe Unit
ed States army awl published the tact.
but a little thing like being branded a a
deserter did uot disturb Metx. He west
right on holding tiown bis deputy
despite the charges sramst Urn
and incidentally bilking every
he had in Hawaii. Finally. aft?r
making a number of pretty good bant.
Metz went nboanl a sailing vessel tavnd
for Snn Francisco. Before doing thfc.
however, he presented sundry checks ,o
who had the honor of his
in Hilo, receiving; in return
gold coin of the mintage of the United
States, of America.
Not content with the checks drawn en
banks in which he had no funds, the enterprising
and industrious Mr. Metz
prolmbly utilized a portion of bis time
practicing forgery. Among other paper
ih his possession he had what purported
to be a letter from his father,' saying that
he (the father) had deposited $400 with
Williams. Dimond & Co. to the credit of
II. J. Metz. On the strength of tbtt
very nice letter, Metz of Hilo went to tliir
real estate firm of Ray Bros., of Hilo.
and asked for money on a draft for $3t00
drawn ngninst Williams. Dimond & Co.
E. Ray. the senior member of the firm,
was in the Stnte nt the tithe nnd Metx
induced the younger brother to let Idai
have some money on the draft. Awl
herein Metz showed that he wa no
swindler, but an adept nt the game.
one of experience, ns it were. He dM
not want to cash the draft. lie merely
wanted to deposit it with Rny Bros, for
collection, nnd he might want to draw
against it to sonie little extent before
they would get the money back on It.
but was it not all right, for did he not
have the letter from his father skotrinc
that there was a deiwsit with William.
Dimond & Co. of -400 to hi credit?
On the strength of this Metz drew $lJ5
from young Ray before taking hte departure
for pastures nw and where the peo
ple would not know that he was a de
serter from the United States army. Tlw
draft which Metz deposited with Ray
Hros. was as follows:
$300. HILO. Hawaii II. T
Aug. 20. lflQO.
Pay to the order of Ray Bros. (Himl.
Three Hundred and .00 Dollars. Vfcn
Received, and charge the same to ac
count of H. J. MHTZ.
Int. Rev. Stamp. Ac. Metx Bra.
To Wilmms. Dimond & Co- San Fra-
cisco. Cab
In due course of time Ray Bro. sent
the draft on for collection, ami it wm
returned with tbe following emJer&iMMit
the lock: ,
Ilnre no adriee and know nothing
about it."
Among the passengers oa the settlor
boat with Metz was Mr. Hfck of Mb.
Mr. Hick has since returned home ami
he says he observed that the rnt w?k
before reaching San Francfcco Metz be
came very nervoos and aaeasy and
set-med exceedingly anxious for the boat
reach land. Now that he has learned
3Ieu"s action in spreading broadeaac
worthless checks and drafts, and Mr.
worthless checks and drafts, Mr.
ness was due to a dread that news of ow
swindling operations might reach Snn
Francisco by steamer, together with a
warrant for his arrest, ahead of the sailing
3Ietx will long be remembered
in Hilo by his Tictims.
Dr. and Mrs. Day Depart.
Dr. and Mrs. F. It Day left in the
Hongkong Maru yestenlay on their way
around the world. From here they will
go to Yokohama, where a short stop will
be made. Hongkong will be the next ob
jective point. From there the couple
will call at Colombo, Bombay and Cal
cutta and travel extensively through India,
through the Suez canal to Brindlsi.
and then to Italy and Germany, where
the doctor will spend some time in hospital
work in the large German hospitals.
They expect to return to Honolulu in
about two years by way of London and
New York and Saa Francisco. There
were many friends at the steamer to
say good-bye.
Read the Honolulu Republican.
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