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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-18
Eighty-eishth Day.

TUEPAY, Sept. II.
The House met st 10 O'Clock. the PreSi-
dent, Hon W. Z. Castle, IN the chair.
Present: Ministers Green, ThurSton,
Ashford; MOBILES Wilder. Robinson,
Young, Jaeger, Smith, WarsrhouSe, Lu-
hiau. Wight, Motley, Wall. Hitch
cock. Bailey. Richardson, Widensnn,
Makee. Wilcox. Dole; Reps HuS-
tsce, D0wsetr halau kOz. Naone, kauhi,
c Brown. Z. Brown, Deacon. kansi. MS-
suirs, KSuhSne, Kauauohz. Paris, Nswa-
hine, Daniels, HslekunIhi, Homer, ka-
walnut. Wilcox. Rice, Cav. NskAlskS. Pas-
hzOle- Minutes read and confirmed
BILLS SIGNED 81 TIE KING
Minister Thurston reported the follow
ing Acts signed BY His Majesty:
To authorize and promote the construc-
riou Of steam railroads on the island Of
Oahu.
To surhorize the Minister OF Interior TO
remit the postage on the Paradise Of the
Pacific
To authorize the Minister Of the Interior
70 convey an scre Of land on Pensscols
street, u trustees, for charitable purposes.
KEPoEr OF Committee
Noble Smith rsSd the report, in English.
Of the special committee appointed. Sth
inst, 70 investigate the charges Of bribery
preferred, same day, sgainst Reps Ks
mzuohS and ksnhi. snd with the report
the record Of evidence taken 81 the meet
inEs Of the committee
The reading Of the English version occu-
pied the time from 10 20 70 II 30
Interpreter Wilcox then proceeded with
the reading Of the report N Hawaiian Snd
continued until - 81 . u, when recess
Vas taken until lis.
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not want sn indemnity bin 50 much as
named IN this Act He moved 20 strike
the section out.
Minister ThurStou said he Was Of the
opinion himself that for the future there
should be no indemnity bills. The indem-
nlty bill Of last session WIS for three items.
the expenses OF elections. the Makiki
claims and the running OF the steam tug.
These expenditures were called for under
extrao nhnsry circumstances The hrSt
named. especially. WAS the result. Of 3 reyo-
luton.
The motion WAS lost.
The reading OF the Appropriation bill
was got through with az SIS.
Noble Smith moved the House adjourn
70 70 O'Clock Tuesday morning, and also
intimSte6 that the Investigating Commit
tee On the bribery charges would meet
forthwith.
Adjourned TO 10 O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-18
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,.
MoNp,Y. Sept. 10.

MONDAY. Sept, 10.
The House met ~ 10o'eloek. the Presi-
dent Hon. W. r CSStie, in the chair.
PrSyer BY the ChSplziu. Rev. +. ;. limo
teo- Minutes read and confirmed
ospEE OF raE DAY.
Remit Possage-ThirG reading Of the
bill 20 authorize the Minister OF Interior 70
remit postage on the e Paradise Of the Pa
che Passed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Noble Smith said the report OF the inves-
tiEzrinE committee on the bribery charges
vas aot quite ready oar would De com
plste6 during the dzy.
Rep. Rics for ne Enrolment Committee
reported the Appropriation bJu nearly
ready for third reading
A. I0-2o the House took recess 70
O'Clock 2. II
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-18

cause aforesaid.
s. Resolved. That Representative o.
NSwahiue be called before the bar Of this
House. there 70 receive. from the President
Of the Legislature, the cenSure OF the
House, for the cause Aforesaid.
I. Resolved. That the Acknowledgement
De instructed 10 institute such proSecu-
tons. as the facts shall, in his opinion,
Justify, against all persons engaged in such
conspiracy.
Respectfully submitted,
". .. SIXTH, Chairman,
u. H Dom.
A. ;. WILCOX.
U,,,fs,ft,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-18

The Attorney General showed TO Mr.
EauaUoha = $50 bill Was L similar 10
thiS2
Eamauohs-It was
Attorusy-GenerzI-W L Il noT2
kamsuohs-I paid It TO 4 Pzks tailor OF
Nuuzuu street
Attorney 4JeuerzL-Did not you feel SUI
icieut interest % ask what Il vas for. etc ?
kzmauoaz-I dI1 not
Att0rney-IeueTzI-W II Z matter Of
such common occurrence that you did not
feel sufficient interest 70 ask what 1t vas
for9
Eamau0ha-I did not ask At that time
If the Attorney General came 70 me and
gave ne $50 biII would think II was on
account Of some measure passed II the
House
Artoruey-General-Toq thought It vas
On account Of something passed II the
H0Gse2
kamG1ohz-Tes-
Arrorney-GenerzI-W What was passed OF
lsrs 10 which yea could have referred the
gift
KsuzuOha-I associated the $50 % with
the defeat OF the Constitutional amend
msur-
y-GenerzI-Do you know the cir
cumstzuess Of Kzahi 70 Be such that he
could not have given the $50 % sat Of ais
own pocket
Eamzuohz-I an not acquainted With
his Circumstance l don : know where he
lives
ArtorueT-GeuerzI- you suppose It
VISA present from Mr. Eauhi Or that Il
wss present from some one else acting
through him.
EaFz1oha-I only thought IL was Mr..
Eauhf's own money ne E1s giving 70 me
y-GeneFzI--Dbd you not converse
With M EauhI previous 10 the vote about
the Constitutional auendmeutl
Eamsuoha-Nr. KaQhi net ne and
asked ne how feIf q the suendnEnt
said vas zzzi1st t. Different members
q ne H01se EaFe sid % ne how Ezch
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
ESCAPED JUSTICE.

The st. Louis Chinese Highbintlers Set
Free-A History of the Case.
ST. LOUIS. JAN 5-The Chinese High
binder murder cases were dismissed Tues
day, and the four Cinnamon under conyc-
tion of murder We're released. The Others
had been released four months ago on their
own recognizanca.
lChio Coon. Chic Chiagi, Chyo Poek, Pocls
Sig Hook Laisk and You Sing were fornd
guilty of murder in the first degree Two ye eafs
ago on the confession of Cong Sing, who was
seen leaving the room Of Lou johnson. q fellow
Chinaman. q short time before he was fornd
standing on his head in . bucket Of rice witt. a
dozen gashes N his body. The dead man had
headed police raid on the above gamblers
and the murder was supposed to be for revenge.
Cong Sing was arrested q little later at Muir
physborough, Ill, heavily armed and smeared
with blood. He claimed he did not commit
the murder. but carried the body to the place 1t
was found. lie accused the above-named Chi
namen OF the crime and they were convicted On
his testimony. The Supreme Court granted q
new trial on the ground OF insufficient evidence.
Cong Sing went crazy, and despairing OF anoth.
er conviction the prose cution entered nellie
prosequl and the men were rcleased.l
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
dana: Kerr, Iowa; Bowicn, Virginia, Laid

uIaL1. lAGFf, IOWA. lt0WIEu Virginia, L8iu-
law, New York.
war Ciaims-s.onc, OF Kentucky, Chairman;
Bliss, New York: Law.er. Illinois: Sfocadale.
Miss sss:pri. Granger, Connecticut: ONeall,
Indiana; Pennington, Delaware; Wilkinson.
Louisiana; Teistind Pennsylvania. Thomas.
Wisconsin: Grouse, Ohio, Gaines, Virginia;
Brewer, North Carolina.
Reform in the Civil Servicc-Clements. Of
Georgia. Chairman: Dargan, South Carolina:
Stone, Mis- our: Bryce. New York; Rusk,
Maryland. Pnelan, Tennessee: Abbott, Texas;
Anderson, Louisiana: Bayne, Pennsy,van' 0;
Hopkins, I'll nos: Spooner, Rhode Island;
Fitch. New Ycrk. Thomas. Kentucky.
The chairmanships OF the other COM
mi5tees are as follows:
Public Buildings and Grounds-DbDle. Of
South Carolina
Private Land Claims-McCreary, Of Ken
| lucky.
District Of co,umbia-Henphill OF South
Carolina.
Revision Of the Laws-Oates, of Alabama.
Expenditures in State Dcpartment-Morse,
OF ofMassacLusetts.
Expenditures in Treasury Department
| Wheeler, OF Alabama.
| Expenditures in War Experimentation,
| of Kentucky.
Expenditures In Navy Department-Scott,
| OF Pennsylvania.
Expenditures in Post-oa,ce Department
| Dockery. OF Missouri.
| Expenditures in Iaterior Department-Hudd,
| OF Wisconsin.
| Expenditures ia Department OF Justice
| Cowles OF North Carolina.
Ext enditures on Public Buildings-Campbell,
| of Ner York.
/ Aceounts-Shaw, OF Maryland.
LihrGrs-Stahnecier, OF New York.
Enrolled Biils-F sher, OF Michigan.
| Printing-Richarason. OF Tennessee.
| Election o; President and Vice-President-
| Ernentrout, OF Pennsylvania.
/ Censgs-Coy. o: New York.
/ Indian Depreciation Claims-Whstthorne, OF
4 Tennessee.
1 Ventilation and Acoustics-Landes, Of Illi-
4 nois.
| Alcoholic Liquor rTrafIic-Campbell, OF Ohio.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
TIE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS,

Tlr 1lEIH NONIHESCs
WEDNESDAY, Jan 4-Congress reassem-
bled to-day. In the Senate petitions were
presented against any change in the
fishery treaties, favoring the tariff on
lumber, Government control OF tele-
graph lines, the restriction OF im,ni-
grafton. opposing the abolition Of the
whisky and tobacco tar, and favoring the
placing of salt, lumber, sugar, etc, on the
free lis;, also resolution to repeal the in
ternal revenue laws The appointment Of
Benton J. Hall, of Iowa, to be Commission
er of Patents. and the reappointment of the
present Interstate Commerce Commission
ers were received from the President In
the House bills were introduced to pro-
hlbit Chinese immigration; to abolish the
duty on sugar; to increase the circulation
OF silver; to abolish all rank distinctions in
pensions; to create q postal telegraph OF
the United States; to reduce letter postage
to one cent an ounce; to establish home
for dependent mothers, widows and
daughters OF the volunteer soldiers and
sailors of the army and navy; to prohibit
the purchase Of goods manufactured by
convict labor, and for constitutional
amendment granting women the right of
suffrage.
THURSDAY, Jan 5-In the Senate bills
were introduced to provide for a worlds
exposition at the National capital in
1892; to establish postal telegraph sys-
tenn. for the formation and admission into
the Union IS State of Dakota, and to
equaiize boun.ies Petitions were presented
favoring National prohibition amendment
and against the admission of Utah as q
State while 1t remains under Mormon con-
troll. Adjourned to the 9th. In the House
hn lsgf >G
Bills were introduced for the preservation
of woods and forests of the National domain
adjacent to the sources OF navigable rivers,
and authorizing National banks to take liens
on real estate for loans Of money.
Adjourned to the 9th
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
VOTING IN AUSTRALIA.
A System Which IL said to Assure Abst
lut0 Secrecy OF tho Ballot.

A System which IL said to Assure AbsO-
luto Secrecy OF tho Ballot.
This plan is the only one ever yet
devised for securing the absolute
secrecy Of the ballot cast. In brief,
it consists in having room adjacent
to and communicating with the poll
room. into which the electors are adj
mitted one at time; the voter selects
ticket on which is printed the names
of the offices and tho candidates to be
voted for Thus. for the sake Of Illus
tration. John Brown and James Robin
son are candidates. say for sheriff. Sam
Smith ard Tom Jones are candidates
for State Senator, and John Bull and
Sam Uncles are running for Assembly.
All these names will be printed on a
single ticket. furnished at State ex-
. pense, and will read as follows:
SHERIFF. ~.-.
John Brown.
James Robinson.
STATE SENATOR.
Sam Smith,
Tom Jones.
ASSEMBLY. -,
John Bull.
Sam Cncles
The voter enters the room in which
the ballots are put, to take one up
'glances over the names on it Gt is es.
sential that he be able to read), and,
blue lead pencil in hand. proceeds to
prepare the ticket. This is somewhat
the appearance it will bear after he is
through with it:
SHERIFF. .%
John Brown.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
INDIANA MINES.
The Coal Output Greatly Incrcased In tn
Moosier State During tho Past Year.

The Coal Output Greatly Increased In the
HoOsier State During tho Past Year.
BRAZIL, Ind. Jan. 6.-Stats Nine In
spector hcQuade's annual report places
the output OF Ind1ana's 22O mines ut
3,217.7I1 tons. an increase over last
year OF 2l7,71l tons But for strikes,
it is estimated that the output would
have reached 100000 tons, rank
ing Indiana fifth among coai-producing
States. The capital actively invested is
So. 49,. 600. an increase of $500. 600 over
LIST year. Owing to strikes and the Inter-
State Commerce law and cutting oil of
Eastern coal, the demand has been unpre-
cedented and beyond the capacity. The
total number of miners employed was
1904 Of thirty eight accidents seventeen
were fatalities, mostly from falling slate
and not from explosive gases, Of which the
mines seem free
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
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STATE SENATOR.
Sam Smith.
ASSEMBLY.
John Bull.

His ticket is now complete, he folds
it, presents it to the officer. and vote
each goes into the ballot box for Brown.
Smith and Bull. No human being but
himself knows how he has voted, and
NO one ever will know unless he chooses
to tell. Leading men declare that ii
will cut up by the roots bribery in the
various open or secret forms in which
it was conducted at the last election,
and they propose to urge its adoption
upon the incoming Legislature, not as
party measure, but in the interests ot
an unpurehasable ballot box.-A I,
StGr.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.

The public debt statement for December
is as follows: Total debt Gncluding inter-
est) 81, ,69l, 800, 7O5; less cash items avail
able for reduction of debt and reserve bills
for redemption OF United States notes
tS395, ,919.42D. $1.295, AL, ,28l; cash in
treasury, 500, $40, $40; debt, less amount in
treasury, 81. 225. .39s, ,4O2 Decrease during
December, $li, 5s4,6 $50 Decrease since
June 30. 1887, S53. $40, 335.
DURING December the coinage Of the mints
was So, 762, ,675. of which s., 7S5. 200 were
standard silver dollars
On the Sd the visible supply of wheat in
the country was A. .42l, 1870 bushels; un in
crease of 173. 49O bushels The corn sup
ply was 8. .O25, 25s bushels; an increase Of
265.S51 bushels
VETERANS of the war of 1S1 now number
1,OO9. while widows of veterans survive to
the number OF IL. .S3l.
SENATOR SHERMAN, cf Ohio, in q reply to
the Presidents tariff-reduction message
In the United States Senate on the 4th
urged that the President had intentionally
ignored other methods of reducing the
Treasury surplus for the purpose of advo-
eating euch a reduction of customs taxa
ton as would strike severe blow at Amer
ican industry. Senator Voorhees, spoke in
defense OF the Presidents tariff views
The fire losses in December were $lO,-
3Os. 900, against 81 /, 200, 600 for the same
month il 1856. The total fire waste for
1887 WIS $129, 264, 600. about $I3, ,OOO,-
900 greater than In 1886
The Washing on reporter who some time
ago sent a sham internal machine to Chief
Justice Waite SO that he could write up the
story and sell it to the newspapers, was on
the 9Th fined 800 for attempting to obtain
money by false pretenses
The dinner given by the President to the
Cabinet on the evening of the 9Th was tue
first state dinner OF the season.
CHARLES J. CANDA resigned his position as
Assistant Treasurer of the United States on
the 9Th.
The House Committee on Elections heard
the testimony on the 9TH in the contest
over Speaker Carlisles seat 1t was claimed
that the returns were boldly manipulated
SO as to defeat Thoebe and elect Carlisle,
that the attorney originally employed by
Thoebe to contest the election was induced
by friends of Carlisle to neglect the matter,
that the returns Of six counties were with
held for five days. and that Mr.. Carlisle
had publicly confessed that he was defeated
THERE were 256 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 9th. against $50 the previous seven
days
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BLOWN INTO ETERNITY.
Three Killed and Many Injured by q
Premature Explosion Of o Blast.

Three Killed and Many Injured by the
Premature Explosion Of . Blast.
WuKEsBAREE, Pa, Jan Ga shocking
accident occurred yesterday on tho Pittston
branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad now
being constructed. A very heavy
blast had been prepared in .
deep cut Foreman Maurice Dona-
hue was standing within n foo of the b.as5
hole. three men were working at the foot OF
the bank, three stood on the top OF the
bank aal eleven were working saors dis
tance away The blast explo led prema-
turely, Morris Donahu, being hurled fifty
feet in the air, but landing on his feet was
only slightly injured. The three men
on the top OF the bank were blown fifty
feet away and badly hurt The three men
at the foot Of the lank were insanity
killed, their bodies being horribly mangled
The other eleven worhmen near by were
more or less injured They were all
Hungarians except one. who is an Italian
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THE EAST.

SIxTY-EIGHT collierteS are controlled by
the Reading Company in the Schuylkill
Pa) region, and sixty-twO OF these were
deserted on the 81, the twenty five thou
sand miners going on a strike. Nearly thir-
ty thousand men have already been on
strike i'll the Lchigh region for over three
months General Master Workman Pow
derry advised that no strike take place, and
teieeraphed to Reading that he considered
1t inadvisable
Ex-MAYoa CRAMER. OF Hackettstown, N.
j., who recently fled after defrauding sew
eral hus ness men, was betrothed to no less
than fifteen women, every one of whom he
swindcd out of money
TIE Legislature of New York convened ut
Albany on the Sd. Fremont Cole was
elected Speaker OF the House and Henry Il
Low President of the Senate
In drunken row between thirty Poles at
Wilkesbarre. Pa, on the Sd three men were
fatally injured and all were more or less
seriously wounded
AsuBTEnRASEAN fire was raging on farm
near Zolarsyiie, Pa, on the 4,h. Parties
making an investigation to discover the
cause found the ground so hot that they
were obliged to abandon the work.
ALL the mines of the Reading tPal Com
pany were stopped on the 4th, and twenty
thousand miners were luie. some placed
the number of idle men as high as fifty
thousand in the Schuylkill basin alone,
which with twenty thousand in the Lehigh,
make the strike great one.
THE next Republican State convention in
Pennsylvania will be held at Harrisburg.
April %.
On the new railroad near Laurel Run, Pa. !.
premature blast on the 9Th killed four
Italians and badly injured seven others
WILLIAM T. BAKER, aged sixty years, in
ventor of the Grover & Baker sewing ma
chine, died at his residence in Boston on
the 9Th
The sixth annual meeting of the United
States Law and Order League will be held
at Philadelphia February 81 and %.
A FIRE on the 9th destroyed the naviga-
ton building ut the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
entailing loss of 100000! Many valua-
BILE maps, plans and designs were burned
CN the 9th Oliver Ames was inaugurated
as Governor OF Massachuset s.
On the 9TH Dun 4 Co. 3 agency announced
fair business for the season at all points
reporting. but said the outlook was clouded
owing to the labor troubles
In Buffalo, N Y, Arnold q. Harris. aged
fifty two years. noted Union spy and vet
eran in the late war, dropped dead on the
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LATER.

BISMARCK will open tae l. nitag al
Berlin, Germany, on the 18th.
Sioux CRY, Ia, is to have a new Union
railway depot 10 cost $loO,eG0.
TnE Boston, Mass, Home Club will give
Senator Sherman reception Jan 26.
Two car loads Of horses were burned in q
collision near Albany, Ga, on the 7th.
WABAsHA, Minn., invested Sil4,40O in
building improvements in 1887.
BITUmISoUs coal of superior quality has
been discovered at San Antonio, Texas,
and will be Immediately de veloped.
THE snow fal on the upper Michigan PEN
insula Is unprecedented. paralyzing nearly
everything.
THE Farmers Institute at Monticello,
Mimi, on the 9th i 1th, was q great sue
cess, many prominent people attending.
Two en- at East Bend, KY, at work
pressing hay, got into q quarrel and one be-
beaded the other with q corn knife.
THE Christian & Co., and Northern Pa
clfic elevators with $4,000 bushels OF grain,
burned at New Bedford, OAK, on the 7th.
SATURDAY was generally observed by
the Democrats as Jackson's day, with cele-
New Orleans.
THE receipts of q two weeks engagement
that closed on the 7th, at New York City,
by Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett
were $4,000.
Fifty thousand dollars worth OF property
WAS destroyed on the 7th. at Waterloo,
Iowa, including furniture factory aud
soap factory. insurance $4,000.
AT Sioux Falls, Dak., Thos. Murry, q
| shot and killed his wife at Nine. Doyle's
assignation house, and afterwards took his
own life, on the ith.
On the 9th, the President nominated Gen.
Bragg of Wis, Minister to Mexico, and
s. NJ. stocklager Of Ind, Commissioner of
the General Land Office as the successor Of
Mr.. Sparks.
NYAcK, N. Y, was SO envelopsd with ice
on the 7th, that those who went about tho
walking being dangerous and abou. impos-
sible.
AT Pittshurg, Pa, Miss Annie Burcher,
with lighted lamp went into the CO lar OF
of her fathers house Saturday and a
natural gas explosion followed, wrecking
the dwelling and fatally burning Miss
Burcher.
be confirmed to the Supreme Court Judge
ship for which he is nominated las resigned
from the Interior department., go that there
may be no embarrassment in the transaction
of the public business. President Cleveland
! accepted the resignation.
ABOUT six o'clock Sunday morning a
freight on the Duluth r. r., ran into a
| sleeper attached to a train taking water ut
Hawthorne and Thos. Anderson, the
colored porter of the sleeper was scalded to
death. The coroner's jury censured the
freight engineer.
SPIRIT thermometers at Belgrade, Mont,
| on the 7th showed So degrees below zero, the
| coolest since 1865; stock suffered intensely.
A mau aud woman were frozen to death
near Helena, where the Thermometer regis
tered 81 degrees te.ow, at q. m., and IL be
low at night