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vcrcY You are aware, Of course,
that my previous contract of last
year expired some time ago. ] re-
main.
Your Obedcnt Servant,
JAMES KEAu.
OFFICE OF THr BOARD OF HEALTH, |
HoNoLuLU. July 10, 1884.
"To Hon. Jas. Keau:
Dear Sir---Your favor of this date
enquiring how many bidders there
were and the amount bid for supply
of poi to the branch hospital from
July /, 1884, up to December 81,
1884, is TO hand and ] beg to state
in reply that there were three bidders
for the contract, viz: lst., Chas.
Clark, for the estate of VIM. Buckle,
at 80 cents per pound 2nd, w. l..
Wilcox, at 3 cents per pound; Sd,
Mat Of yourseJ, at % cents per
pound.
GAS yours acdS the loaceSt bid, and
as you had previously supplied the
hospital with poi of good quality
your bid was accepted.
| have the honor to be.
Very Respectfully Yours.
G.. w. PARKER,
Secretary Board of Health
If Kean is satisfied with thi:
explanation, the BULLETIN has moth
ing further to say on the subject fol
the present.
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THE LEGISLATURE
TUESDAY, July 15-Continued


Mr.. Bishop introduced bill to
prevent bill posting on buildings
without the consent of the owners.
After somewhat humorous discus.
sion, it passed to second reading
and was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Minister Neumann gave notice of
a bill to amend Section 4, Chapter
sc, relating to common nuisance.
Mr.. Dole gave notice of a bill to
amend the Audit Act, to provide for
the use of artesian water in Homo
lulu, and relating to Sunday observ-
ance.
Mr.. Kaulukou gave notice of bill
to amend the Act relating to libel.
Mr.. Baker gave notice of q bill to
repeal Chapter l3 of the session
laws of 1878, relating to gas, read
first time and passed to second read
ing.
Mr. Dole introduced bill to pro-
hibit the use of explosive fire works,
which passed to second reading and
was referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
Mr. Kaunamano gave notice Of
bills relating TO opium, liquor and
water works in Honolulu.
Mr.. Widemann moved resolution
asking if the Ministers considered
road repairs an extraordinary
measure.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The bill to regulate the currency
came up for its third reading and
passed without further alteration.
Upon the bill to grant q subsidy
to the Oceanic Steamship Company
coming up for its third reading.
Mr.. Dole said he would have been
content to leave the matter as it was
left by the action of Saturday, but
he was informed that the Oceanic
Company had agreed to pay the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company for
the exclusive privilege of carrying
passengers and freight between Ho-
nolulu and San Francisco. He did
not think this Legislature would ask
the country to pay for such tran
saction as that. 1t would be paying
a large sum of money for the pur-
pose of injuring ourselves. He had
characterized this scheme as jobbery
the other day, but that term would
apply with still greater force if this
rumor was true. 1t shows what
immense influence this Oceanic
Steamship Company has over our
Government and Legislature. AS q
great many had voted for the subsidy
who would not have done so if they
knew of this bargain. If they were
not going to vote upon the merits of
questions, they might as well be
clocks wound up to go to certain
time. This subsidy, he was afraid,
would not stand discussion.
Mr. Bishop had heard the same
statement coming from California,
but did not know how true it was.
He argued against the subsidy on
the ground not only of the question
able circumstances surrounding it,
but because it was too large, and
there were other things having
greater claims upon the Treasury of
the Kingdom. If we had money to
spare it had better be given to such
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BANKING NOTICE.

THE UNDERSIGNED have formed
Il copnrlncrship under ihc hrm
name OF SPRECkELS ~ CO.. for the
purpose of carrying on II general bank.
Ing and exchange business ut Honolulu,
and such other places In the Hawaiian
Kingdom as may be deemed advisable
(Signed) CLAUS SPRECk ELS
VIM. G.. IRWIN.
f. f. LOW.
Honolulu, Jan. ith. 1884.
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FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE
PROSTITUTION OF OFFICIAL POWER.

By a regulation of the Board of
Health the Government physicians
are allowed two hundred dollars per
annum for the purchase of drugs
and medicines for gratuitous dis
tribution. The physicians have
purchased such drugs as they re-
quired from such druggists as they
chose. The arrangement was a
proper one and worked well. Some
physicians procured their supplies
from Benson & Smith, others from
Hollister & Co. or elsewhere. But
during the last of June or first week
of July the petition for the removal
of the Ministry was circulated, and
one or more of the members of the
firm of Benson & Smith signed it,
but Hollister & Co. did not. A few
days afterward Mr.. Gibson, as Pre-
sident of the Board of Health in
structed DR.. Parker, the Secretary
of the Board, to inform the Govern
ment physicians to send all orders
for drugs, in future, to Hollister &
Co.
Hearing of this, on the 7th of
July, Hon. w. O. Smith introduced
q Resolution to the House that the
President of the Board of Health
report whether any instructions to
Government physicians relating to
the purchase of drugs had been
issued during the previous few days.
Mr. Gibson Immediately arose and
stated that no instructions relating
to the matter had been given. But
the introducer of the Resolution was
not satisfied and demanded that the
reply should be in writing.
After much delay, and several re-
minders, the shuffiing Minister pre-
sented his report on Tuesday July
10Th, and stated that such directions
had been given out by the Secretary
under mistake; that he had given
instructions that the orders for drugs
be sent in future to the Secretary
but the Secretary had misunder-
stood him. He produced a copy of
one of the letters, which is as fol-
lows:
BOARD OF HEALTH OFFICE, l
Honolulu July 9TH, 1884. I
DR.. :. l.. THOMPSON,
Kohala.
DEAR SIR:-I am instructed by
the President of the Board of Health
to request you to send all orders fol
drugs, in future, to Hollister & Co.
This arrangement is not intended
to restrict you in regard to drugs fol-
private practice.
remain, dear sir,
Yours truly,
G.. w. PARKE,
Secretary of the Board of Health
Mr.. Gibson went on to say, that
after the introduction of the Resolu'
ton, and his "discooery" of the
mistake, new orders were issued, as
follows:
~ beg to inform you that, while
it is not the purpose of the Board tC
discriminate in regard to the sources
of supply of drugs for the Govern
ment physicians, all orders fol
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tive, etc., than presented TO a foreign
steamship company TO be paid out
by it to buy off its rivals. lie moved
that the subsidy be $1,000 II trip
instead of 81 300
Mr.. w. Q. Smith thought the
Legislature should wait to see what
other appropriations would require
before voting this heavy subsidy.
This matter should stand upon the
same footing as other objects of APP
preparation. He would move that
Section be amended by striking
out the words "and il is guaranteed y
and putting in their place "on con-
dition" no increase be made"
Mr.. Aholo said there was no evil
dence of the truth of the rumors in
question. He would move the
previous question.
The motion was carried.
Ayes and noes were then taken
on the motion TO Indefinitely post
pone as follows.
Ayes. Bishop, Kaae, G. Brown,
Kalua. Kanealii, w. O. Smith, Dole,
Nawahi, Hitchcock, Kauwila, Kau-
hane, Pilipo, G.. Brown, Rowell.
Total ID.
Noes. Gibson, Guliclt, Kapena,
Neumann, Parker, Wilder, Bush,
Mott Smith, Judd, Kanoa, Walker,
Martin, Macfarlane, Lilikalani, F.
Brown, Kuihelani, Kaulukou, Baker,
Amara, Kaulia, Aholo, Richardson,
Kamakele, Nahinu, Kaunamano
Palohau, Kupih ca, Nakaleka
Total 2S.
The motion to reduce the subsidy
from $1,000 to $1,000 was lost OF
the following vote:
Ayes. Bishop, j. Mott Smith
Kaae, Amara, G. Brown, Kalua, W.
O. Smith, Nawahi, Hitchcock, Kau
villa, Kauhane, Pilipo, Godfre,
Brown, Dole, Rowell. Total 10.
Noes. Gibson, Gulick, Kapena
Neumann, Parker, Wilder, Kuihe
lani, Bush, Judd, Kaae, Kanoa
Walker, Martin, Macfarlane, Kaulu
kou, Baker, Frank Brown, Kaulia
Aholo Richardson, Kamakele, Ma
hinu, Kaunamano, Palohau, Kupi
hea, Nakaleka. Total 20.
Mr.. Smiths amendment to Sectiol
/ was carried and the bill passe'
third reading.
The House adjourned at 5 :15P. NJ
WEDNESDAY, July 16.
The House met at 10 A. NJ.
After prayer by the Chaplain, tn
minutes Of the preceding day wer
read and adopted.
Mr.. Dole read, first time, a
amendment to Article 61 of tn
Constitution, relating to Represents
tives. Passed to second reading
The Hon. member also read, frs
time, bill to amend Sections 3S, 3
and 40, Chapter 43 of the laws c
1882, relating to the collection c
taxes. On suspension of the rules
the bill was read second time b
it's title land will be considered wit
bill Of q similar nature.
Mr.. Kaulukou read, first time,
bill to amend Section 32 Penal Code
relating to libels, by adding two ne
/ sections to be numbered IA and II
) Read second time by its title an
referred to Judiciary Committee.
, Mr.. Dole read, first time, hi
, for the cultivation of ramie an
other fibre producing plants, an
!, the cleansing and manufacturing {
fibres. Read second time by il
| title and referred to Committee o
, Commerce.
Mr.. Palohau read, first time,
, bill to amend Section 4, Chapter G
: of the Penal Code, relating to segr'
CATION of lepers. Read secon
: time by its title and referred t
Sanitary Committee.
) Mr.. Kaunamano gave notice of
t bill to amend Chapter 21 of the SCI
. sion Laws Of 1882, relating to til
r Board of Geanology.
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lCUulnS llc Whit W lHUuinUi hllu
furnishing a better light Laid on
table to be considered with the APP
preparation Bill.
Mr.. Pilipo introduced rcsolu-
ton, that the Minister of Interior
present an itemized statement Of the
amount of road tax money now in
the Treasury S47, ,705S7, how it
shall be spent, and whether the
Governments intend to spend money
on the roads in the district where
collected Carried.
Mr.. Dole introduced n resolution,
that $500 be appropriated for ex-
tending wharf at Nawiliwili, Kauai.
Laid on table to be considered with
Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. Nawahi presented report
from the Special Committee, on
bill for the encouragement and con-
struction of railroads district of Hilo
and Hamakua, Hawaii, that new
bill had been drawn out and the
Committee recommend its passage.
The new bill was read, first time,
and passed to second reading in
proper order.
Mr.. Aholo, resolution, that $500
be appropriated for repairing wharf
at Olowalu, Maui. Carried.
Mr.. Kanealii, a resolution, that
the Attorney General be requested
to provide two street lamps for Wal
hee, Maui, and two lights for port
of Kahului, Maui. Carried.
Mr.. Wilder, from Sanitary Com
mittec, reported on a bill to amend
Section A. Chapter 1G of the Penal
Code, relating to leprosy, that the
bill is the same as the existing law
and they recommend it be laid on
table. On motion of Mr.. Kalua, the
report was accepted and will be con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole
: on Saturday.
At II 40 the House took recess
until o'clock.
: On re-assembling after recess,
Mr.. Amara gave notice of q bill to
: facilitate the arrest of runaway
, prisoners.
: Mr.. Aholo moved the Order of
the Day. Carried.
Consideration of the Appropria-
1 ton Bill In Committee of the Whole,
Mr.. j. S. Walker in the Chair.
Keeper, Royal Mausoleum. ........ 5000
- Lunalilo 9 ......... 500
Expenses Royal ......... $50
Passed.
On motion of Mr.. Wilder the next
o item "Custom House and Stores at
Mahukona 81, 800" was struck out
of the bill.
Mr.. Kanealii moved that an item
. of $4,000 be inserted for purchasing
a lot and building market at Wal
luku, Maui. The motion was
. carried.
n Mr.. Keau moved that an item of
q $4,000 be inserted for building a
market at Honolulu. The Hon.
member afterwards withdrew his
:, motion.
h Mr.. Nawahi moved an item of
$1,000 be inserted for market at
q Hilo. The motion was carried.
Custom House and Stores at Hilo,
y $4,000. Passed.
Repairs and Furniture for Alio-
d lani Hale, $4,000.
Mr.. w. o. Smith moved this item
Il be reduced to So, 500.
Il The item was passed as in bill.
Il Kerosene Warehouse, $1,000.
# This item was referred to Special
G Committee.
n Building and repairs of Court
Houses and Lock-ups, $40, ,000
9 Mr.. Hitchcock moved the item be
> increased to $12,500.
Mr.. Rowell moved it be referred
4 to special committee. Carried.
. Mr.. c. Brown moved that an item
of So, 800 be inserted for Court
q House and Lookup, District of
Koolauloa.
a Mr.. Aholo moved the item pass at
$4,000 Carried.
# Mr.. Pilipo moved an item OF
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plctc exposure that ever overlook Il
traitor politician or false trustee.
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THIS EVENINGS D0lNGS.
Mystic Lodge, No. 2, 1880.
T0-MoRR0W'S DOiNGS.

MORNING.
Legislature, 10.
Regular Cash Sale, at Sales Room
of Lyons & Levey at 10 o'clock.
AFTERNOON
Ladies' Prayer Meeting, Fort ST.
Church, at 3 O'Clock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
NEW YORK.
lspecial Telegram to the Globe. I


New YORK, April 29.-It has been one of
the liveliest days of the season in Wall street.
A fair days business was recorded before
the noon hour was reached. The worst
break during the morning was in
Central Pacific. 1t was off five
points from last evenings figures,
Union Pacific and Western Union Telegraph
received particular attention for the bears
each losing over two per cent. Lake Shore,
in the face of all this, advanced to 96L.
Denver acted very toppy, dropping below II.
The Coalers managed to make small gains,
also the Changers. Thare was almost a panic
at one time on Union Pacific and Western
Union Telegraph. The bears came to the
rescue later in the day, and immense line Of
shorts were purchased. This helped the stu
alton for time. As their support was with
erawn the market sagged. Missouri Pacific
looked very ragged, as did Western Tnion
Telegraph. Heavy selling characterized the
dealings in the closing moments. The
short interest is large and deliveries poor,
but there appears so be no power able to
check the decline, which continues from day
to day.
Henry Clews & Co. say: eff Mr.. Gould
would make another exhibition Of his secu-
rites after deducting those sold to-day, we
doubt very much if the show would excite
half the cupidity aroused by the former. West
ern Union was sold most literally declining
from CAS- to 81, and so closed, which price
is a commentary upon the confidence inves-
tors have in so-called per cent. dividend
earning stock. There is no doubt that Mr..
Gould has been the engineer controlling the
recent bear movement in the market. When
he discovered some time ago the impossibili-
ty of selling his Western Union and Missouri
Pacific, excepting in retail lots, it is very
clear he sold short against them a vast
amount of other stocks which had market,
and now uses Western Union and Missouri
Pacific as hammer to break prices. The
recent campaign since his return home has
been tlercely waged by that method,
his losses on long stock
being made up by his profits on the shorts
(proyiding he succeeds in covering in time).
Central Pacific made a very good record Tor
one day, declining ~ points. The only
stocks that gave any evidence of strength
we're st. Paul, Northwestern, Lake Shore, the
Coalers and Northern Pacifics. This was
particularly noticeable owing to the efforts
made to break them. The Philadelphia mar
ket, which is usually perfectly happy to keep
within & per cent. of ours, had little fun
to-day all by itself, with Jersey Central run
ming the price up from 4 to points above
this market"
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| ing clause.'' The tariff reformers claim
however, they are gaining strength every
| day. and that the bill will certainly pass.
There is dissatisfaction among the Demo
Gratis who want the tobacco tax abolished al
the dilatoriness of the ways and means com
mittee on that subject.
WHERE'S DoRsEYl
Ex-senator Dorsey was expected to appear
before the Springer committee to-day, but
failed to put in an appearances.
HOUSE BILLS.
The house appropriations committee had
the army appropriation bill under considera-
ton to-day, and expected to complete it this
evening. The house committee on public
lands to-day agreed upon bill to repeal the
pre-emption and timber culture acts and
amend the homestead laws.
KKLLoGG's TRIAL.
The trial Of Ex-senator Kellogg, indicted
for receiving a bribe to increase pay on mail
routes in Louisiana and Texas, is exciting
considerable attention in view OF his political
prominence and delegateship to the Republi-
can national convention. TIE general opin-
ion is that he is too smart to be caught, and
will pull through somehow or other.
AN AMUSING STORY
Is current at the capitol concerning the new
method of collecting soiled towels and re-
placing them with clean ones in the various
committee rooms Of the senate. Mr.. Cana
day, the new sergeant alarms, is from the
wilds Of North Carolina, where towels are
doubtless objects Of great veneration. Being
advised that towels are not infrequently car
ried off, possibly by senators and employees,
and that this item Of expense trenches large
ly upon the senate incidental fund, he has
adopted an economic and novel plan to care
for this article Of government property.
Custodian Draper, accompanied by two stall
wart employees, one Of whom is bearer OF
soiled and the other Of clean towels, calls at
a committee room each morning. Draper
takes his stand at the door, while two colored
men advance majestically to the towel racks.
The first gathers up the soiled towels and
hauds them to the second man, who solemnly
announces their number, Draper repeats
the number and enters it in his memoran-
uuLu DOOh. NO. L tbCu i-ohAo ~NOs @A-
equal number of clean towels, the number
of which is also reported and entered in the
book, and the procession moves off to the
next committee room to go through the same
pantomime. Under this economical plan it
only costs the government $3.50 per an
mum to care for and distribute towels.
Drapers salary is 81, 800 and the two colored
men receive respectively 81, 900 and SS4O.
When Col Bright was sergeant at arms,
clean towels were handed out to committee
messengers without stint.
CATTLE AND PORK.
Secretary Teller awarded the contract for
975 barrels Of Indian pork at Chicago tc H..
o. Armour at s17 F. H. Evans, Of Sioux
CITY, obtained the contract for cattle, deliv-
cradle at Grow agency, Montana; $50 heifers
at $50. so; $50 COWS at s31 and 40 bulls at
$50.
COMMISSIONED.
Hans M. Hogestad has been appointed
postmaster at Camp, Minnesota, and Emma
n Griffin at Stetson, Dakota.
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prices firm on all the best. Shippers were
rather slow, but the dressed beef buyers
''pitched inn lively during the morning.
Butchers stock was in good demand and
steady. The demand for stocl1ers and feed
ers was rather slow. Prices yet seem too
high to draw out buyers. The supply is not
heavy, yet fully equal to to the demand at
present. There was fairly active demand
for hogs during the morning, with steady
ing 5(910c lower. The market barely av-
eraged sc decline. The packing company
were ON the market for the first time for the
summer season, and bought literally, but
Armour was out Of the market during the
forenoon, so that the demand from the new
buyers was offset by the absence Of some of
the old ones.
There was sharp demand for fresh re-
ceipts Of sheep. All sorts sold shade higher.
Prices averaged 45@50c over the lowest
prices of last week.
Crosby & Co. say: "We see no change in
the situation as result of the days bust
ness, and think the short interest is increas-
ing. After the deliveries Thursday we antici-
pate more activity and higher prtces,"
Milmine, Rodman & Co., say: " The whole
deal is now badly mixed and uncertain, and
many conservative dealers are standing
aside and doing nothing, waiting for the
clouds to roll by, so that they can catch their
bearings once more. The export demand
has been practically shut off by the advance,
and if higher prices are obtained now it tmust
come from further excitement in specula-
tive circles. We still have more faith in
corn than wheat, believing it possesses more
merit''
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Barrett and Mary Anderson.
Especial Cablegram to the Globe.l

LONDON, April 29.-Lawrence Barrett
made his first failure last night in the char
acter of Richelieu in which he appeared for
the first time at the Lyceum theater. His
support was wretched, and the tragedian
himself gave evidences of nervousness and
did not succeed during the whole
performance in warming the some
what small audience up to
the point of enthusiasm. This was the first
time Mr. Barrett had put himself in compar-
ison with Mr.. Irving in character which
the latter had frequently impersonated
before practically the same audience,
and it is to this fact that
the critics ascribe his failure.
They say Mr.. Barrett is not at all bad
Richelieu, but is not Mr.. Irving Richelieul
The Irving traditions are too strong at the
Lyceum to admit of appreciation
of an imporsonation on
lines widely dissimilar from his. Mr.. Bar
rett accepted the virdict of the audience with
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Committed for Trial.

DEs MONIES, Ia, April 29.-Wilson and
Smyth, accused Of the murder of Hiram Jell-
erson, their father-in-law, by hanging him to
tree last Friday night, for the alleged rea-
daughter. Wilson'S wife, waived prelim-
mary examination to-day. The parents and
wives of the prisoners visited them, to-day,
and the latter endeavored to induce their
brother Cicero to retract bis confession of
participation in the crime with the other two,
but he stoutly maintained the truth of his
story.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
CHICAGO FINANCIAL.
Ispecfal Telegram to the Globe. |

CHICAGO, April 29.-The supply of loana-
Bile funds being in excess of all legitimate
requirements, the market is easy at 5C07 per
cent. On sharp call loans there are lenders
at 4C@415 per cent. A firmer feeling pre-
vailed in the market for eastern exchange
and sales between city banks were at 60c
premium per 81 900. The bank clearings
were 81, 100000 against sS,O15,OOO yester-
day. Orders for currency were light.
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good grace, and is now considering tn
adyisibility of Withdrawing Richelieu and
substituting King Richard III, until Frances
ca da Rimmi can be got ready.
Miss Mary Anderson began her promised
tour last evening at Edinburgh in the char
acter of Parthenia in ''Ingomar to Barbar-
ian." She had splendid reception BY a
crowded house, and was calledin front Of the
curtain at the end of each act
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Illinois Central Gossip.


ST. LOUIS, April 29.-''I can't see what
the Illinois central people are thinking Of
said one of the Gould officials yesterday
speaking of Traffic Manager fuckers res
ignation. "They froze out Marvin Hughitt
and he was gobbled up by the Northwestern
and made vice president ahd general mana
ger before you could say Jack Robinson.
Now they have served Joe Tucker the same
way. These are two of the best railroad men
in America, and l am surprised to
see the Illinois Central so blind
to its own interests. am not
at all concerned about Tucker. A
man like him can have about any position he
wants. He says he has two offers from
western lines under consideration now.
saw paragraph to-day saying he would ac-
cept position in the Milwaukee & st. Paul.
don't believe that, for I think he will fol-
low Hughitt and go with the Northwestern.
He will be in a position then to make the
Illinois Central folks sorry they let him go,
and hope he will do it, too"