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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-18

IT APPEARS that the Seventh Day Ad-
emonious manner in which their Bill
was killed in the Legislature, and they
propose to introduce another which will
bring about IN slightly different way
the same object as the first. It may as
we'll be said at once that this is not a
question of religious liberation. If it
were we should advocate giving the Adj
ventists all they claim as a matter of
course. If any one is foolish enough to
make keeping Saturday holy instead of
Sunday a matter of conscience, it is
nobody's business but his own. He has
perfect right to his views. AZ the same
time he must naturally expect that his
eccentric convictions will entail upon
him certain amount of inconvenience
No one will hinder him from resting on
Saturday if he wishes to, and surely he
does not consider himself morally bound
to work on Sunday. Let him take the
enforced rest of the present Sabbath as a
little bit of suffering for conscience sake.
1t will fortify his faith. tits hardly rea-
sonahle to expect the country to modify
it's civil laws and observances in order to
obviate the inconvenience in which
somebody's religious views might other
wise involve him. The Government has
no right to legislate in the interests of
any sect whatever, be they Second Ad
ventists or Mormons, or good old ortho-
dox Presbyterians. What the Second
Adventists are asking for is legislation in
the interests of their body. The Gov
eminent is interested in the Sabbath
purely as a social convenience, it regards,
or should regard the day in it's civil as
pect entirely, and laws intended to pro-
tect the sanctity of the Sabbath or in any
way to enforce it's observance as a relig-
ious ceremonial, are improper. When,
the new bill comes before the
House, what they have to consider is
simply whether Sunday, as a civil day of
rest, is worth protecting against the
incursions of petty bands of
religionists
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THE DAILY


ORAToRY is steadily on the increase in
the House, and as a result business IS
very dull there, and steadily waning. Why
would it not be we'll for the lawmakers
to take a recess Of a fortnight, and give
the committees a chance to resuscitate
the bills which lie buried beyond sight,
memory and hearing. If a recess is de-
cided upon, it should come at once, in
order to let the lawyers do little work
before the July term closes.
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RECONSIDERATION.
Afternoon.
The House resumed at l o'clock.
RESOLUTION.

The House resumed at 1 o'clock.
RESOLUTION.
Rep. Paehaole moved that the Clerk no
tify the President of the Board of Health
of the report of the special committee on
the claim of Mrs. Rebeka Nakuina.
Adopted.
NEW BILL.
Rep. Paehaole read, first time, a bill to
amend a section of the Civil Code, relating
to licenses Of practitioners in courts.
SPECIAL ORDER.
Taxation. Consideration of the answer
of the Minister of Finance to Noble Wide
mann's resolution relative to assessment of
bankers and others.
Rep. G. Brown moved postpOnement
until the Judiciary Committee shall have
reported on other and similar matters.
Minister Green and Noble Widemann dis
cussed the general question al some length,
after which the motion was adopted.
Pounds. Second reading of the bill: to
amend and consolidate the law relating to
pounds, estrays, brands and marks, intro
duced by Noble Dole, June 4, and amended
by the Judiciary Committee, July 7. Con-
sidered section by section. The several
provisions of the first II sections were dis
cussed at length by the Minister of Inter
Tor, Reps c. Brown, F. Brown, Kauhi,
Kinney, Kalaukoa, Kamauoha, Deacon,
Kauhane, PaehaOle, Nawahine, Mobiles
Richardson, Baldwin, Young, Smith,
Wight, Hitchcock. Eleven sections passed
with amendments. Section II, relating to
hogs All owners of swine shall keep such
animals within an Enclosure. 1t shall be
lawful for any owner or lessee of land to
kill any swine trespassing upon his land,
and the owner of such swine shall have no
right Of damages against such land holder
for such killing'-was under considera-
ton, when the hour of adjournment ar
rived, and the House adjourned to 10
O'Clock Wednesday morning.
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Bp Autboritp.
Foreign Office Notice.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
HoNoLULU, July II, 1885,

hONOLCLCy OAg IL 4COO.l
This day had audience of His Majesty
the King:
His ExcelIency George w. Merrill,
Unites States Minister Resident;
Captain F. V. McNair, Z. S. N, Com
manding U. 8. s. " Omaha"
Lieutenant Commanding VIM. c. Rel
singer;
Lieutenant ]. NJ. Bowyer;
Lieutenant j. F. Murdoch
Lieutenant Henry Minnetti
Ensign NJ. L. Read;
Ensign A. c. Dieffenbach;
P. a. Surgeon Victor c. B Means;
Paymaster c. A. Mcdaniel;
Chief Engineer Edwin Wells;
Passed Asst. Engineer A. Y. Jane.
To which audience His Excellency Mr..
Merrill was introduced by Col. the Hon.
Curtis Plehu Iaukea, His Majesty's Cham
berlain, and Captain McNair by Mr.. Mer-
rill; Captain McNaIr then presenting the
the officers OF U. S. S. " Omaha"
His Majesty was attended on this occas-
ion by His Excellency Hon. John o. Dom
inis, Governor of Oahu; Col. the Hon.
Curtis Piehu Iaukea, His Majesty's Cham
berlain, and Major John Dominis Holt, of
the Governors Staff.
H. w. MIST, Secretary.
As 1228-1t
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-18

YESTERDAYS Gazette contains the full
text of three more bills which have re-
ceived the Royal signature. The first,
an Act to provide for the Communication of
the sentence of prisoners, is good law
in principle, but a rather curious one
1t contains an arithmetical progression,
and, as everyone knows, progressions are
dangerous things to handle, even for
legislators. The result of this one is to
abolish by implication all sentences of
imprisonment over about fifteen years
in length, in cases of good behavior, as
at the end of that time the number of
days to be deducted from each quarter
viii reach ninety! Of course it is not to
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be supposed that this consequence was
not contemplated by the trainers of the
measure, and yet it seems rather an ex-
IRENE consequence as well as a some
what astonishing one.
The other Acts published are the Mar
ried Women's Property Act and the Act
relating to Patents.
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statement of the rate Of commissions paid
to the assessors and collectors of each dis
trict for 1887, and the amount paid to each,
Adopted.
Noble Foster, for the Committee on the
AnUi-AsiatiC petition and kindred matters,
moved the following:
Whereas, there are now before the Leg
islature certain matters involving an im-
pOrtant question OF law, hereinafter set
forth, and whereas by Article 70 Of the
Constitution the Legislature is authorized
to require the opinion OF the Justices OF
the Supreme Court upon important Ques
lions Of law, therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the Legislature does
hereby require the opinion OF the Justices
of the Supreme Court upon the following
important questions of law, viz:
l. Has the Legislature, under the Con-
StitutlOn, power to enact a law, making it
unlawful for any person to carry on any
trade, business or occupation without
license, and giving some designated person
or body absolute discretionary authority
to grant or refuse to grant said license, or
2. Can the granting or refusal to grant
such licenses be based upon the recon-
mendation of a specified number or pro-
portion of the legal voters of any district?
And be it further
Resolved, That the Clerk of the Legisla-
ture is hereby directed to transmit imme-
diately to the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court a duly authenticated copy hereof.
Adopted.
NOTICES OF NEW BILLS.
Noble Smith gave notice of:
l. An Act to amend Section of Chapter
XI. of the Penal CODE relating to the Of
Tense of seduction.
9 An Act authorizing the Minister of
the Interior to convey to the Trustees, I'M
der the Will of His late Majesty w. G.
Lunalilo, certain land at Kaiwiokoihu,
district of KOna, Island of Oahu, adjoining
LunaliiO Home premises.
Rep. Rice gave notice of a bill to provide
that Hawaiian children in Government
English schools be taught TO read Ha-
Wallan.
RECONSIDERATION.
Noble WaterhOuse moved reconsidera-
ton of the vote passed in Committee of
the Whole, Monday afternoon, indefinitely
pOstpOning the Fishbourne claim. He had
obtained more light on the matter. Car
ried, and referred back TO Committee of
the Whole.
Noon recess, one hour.
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RESOLUTIONS.

Noble Smith moved the following:
Resolved That the Minister of Finance
present written statement to this House
of the amount of taxes assessed, and the
amount collected, in each taxation district
of the Kingdom for the year 1887. Also,
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The passport bore is not, however, a
consideration, in comparison with the
Hospital Tax Swindle. It is bad enough
to tax travellers for coming here in any
case, but to inveigle them out of their
money on the specious pretence that it
is for the benefit of the Hospital, leaving
them of course to infer that if they are
strangers and sick they will be taken in
themselves, is an unwarrantable hoax
and fraud. The truth is that there are
reasonable and proper ways of raising
money by taxation, and there are OPP
pressive and absurd ways. This,
we submit, is one of the latter, and the
sooner it is done away with, the better.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-18

THE answer of the Minister of Finance
to the questions put to him with regard
to the Passport System show that only
an exceedingly small number are ever
stopped for debt, the number in the last
two years, 81, being about one per cent.
only OF the total number issued, we be-
lieve. 1t seems an imposition on the
debt paying portion of the public to COM
pei them all to invest in passports be-
cause it is wholesome for few sinners
to be compelled to do SO. The system
was probably not originally devised to
prevent debtors from absconding, and
we submit that its utility for that pur
pose is not sufficient reason for the re-
tention of an antiquated and burden
some arrangement, which smacks more
of autocratic government than of the
spirit of free institutions.
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Cottage to Let.

d. THE FINE COTTAGE on TIT
s,,; corner of Pilkoi and Berst,Ti.
A4sA streets, For rther parncnl9-,
apply at R. MORE X co. s. 70 King street
4n-tf
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
A BAD DAY AT DECATUR.
MR.. II. @. JONES, PRESIDENT OF TIE
RELIEF COMMITTEE, DIES.
Misses Rennison and Parker Will Die
Before Morning-Only One New Case
is Reported--Thirty-th three New Cases
at Jacksonville.

Special Dispatch to The Appeal.
DECATUR, Ala, Oct. 23.-Thc weather
continues to be very unfavorable, q
warm, drizzling rain having fallen inces-
sanity for the past two days, with no
prospects OF clearing Off Only one new
casa was reported this morning, colored
female nurse, but three cases are now at
the point OF death and two others are con-
sidered dangerous, and II. G. Jones, jr.,
president OF the relief committee, has
been emitting black vomit all day, and is
now hopeless. Misses. Rennison and Par
ker will die before morning without a ma
terial change takes place. Mr.. q. Kyle,
secretary OF the relief committee, who has
been sick for about ten days and was con-
sidered recovering, was reported worse
this morning, and fears are now enter
tanned for his recovery. Mr.. ]. NJ. Wick
roy, train dispatcher. is better today, and
it is thought that he will get through all
right All OF the other cases are reported
as being either mild or Oh the way to re-
| covery.
Later-Mr. II. c. Jones has Just died.
He will be given Christian burial here
| tomorrow.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL:s WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1885,

the golden bird come down over her ears
and nearly to her shoulders, while the
spread tail covers her hair behind, and
the head, with its cleaning ruby eyes,
stands erect over the brows, like horn.
Every feather OF the eagle is enamelled
in the richest colors, and from beneath the
helmet flows Mrs. Potter's long auburn
hair, strings OF pearls twisted among the
ruddy locks. About the neck hang three
necklaces, or, rather, collars OF jewels,
which cover her bosom and fall almost to
the waist. She wears gold corselet OF
fine scales, and in each scale is set dia-
monds so that she blazes withsight and
color at every slightest movement. The
skirts are made entirely OF heavy crimson
silk iringes, knotted deeply about the hips
and every knot tied through great ruby.
Her sandals are Of gold with jewelsed
thongs, and are turned up at the toes as
was the fashion OF that day. Hands and
arms are loaded with rings and barbaric
armlets, and she enters under great UNI
brella made OF peacock feathers held over
her head by an Ethiopian slave.
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PROHIBITION and DEMOCRACY.


PROHIBITION md DEMOCRACY
=, ,,n.o,t ol;tor-os The
hr. Johh III. MCpo"'''' '''O'
ToiLer. cannot he suspected Of lukewarm-
p.oLii,;,;or uIo ia
ness III the cause ol iioi'i''
one OF the most Jealous leaders OF the peo-
IN. Coz ,l,o rrobihitorv
P'e "no 'o'eo ias' l''' =.
amendment TO the State Constitution. lie
is still actiye,in that cause, but he believes
that its success can be better subserved
through the Democratic party than through
fourth or Prohibition party. "For the
life OF u.s." he saws in The 7oiler-
We cannot sec what good can be accomplished
~ p no ye y, p'1,, t,r Mr. Jobnson for GOV.
ernor No sane man. In our opinion, believes he
%s sn1 p o. eh9u'' 30 -. ..Sc NAV t,Ee OF
enough votes from a certain party to elect the
oHuT sa ., inc ono ,,i.,ods To- yotr for one
man gu principle to elect another you don't in
S 'raa nT,ning geln'l T Iyc van our bopes,
opinion, and that Is il Mr. J. c. Johusons vote is
ge enough 70 eau lno uv,r y,Y IN Tcnnesseo
thousands OF men in the party so defeated, who
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24

of the valley will suit us. At present Col.
stovall, of Coahoma, is most numerously
mentioned. lie is both able and worthy.
Then Capt. Charley Scott, Of Bolivar, has
the making Of government in him. SO
has Major Collins, OF Sunnhower; Senator
Casey, OF Sharkey; and mayhap your own
fair Issaqucna may have a favorite whom
she would present to the sovereigns OF the
Delta. Washington county has quite
number who are competent and several
who arc willing TO have gubernatorial
honors thrust upon them. Unity is more
essential than the man, and above all we
must not split up"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
IMPORTANT TO NAvIGAToRs.
Capt. Chenoy's Address Before the Ma
tional Board OF Steam Navigation.

Capt. Chenoy's Address Before the Ma
tional Board OF Steam Navigation.
New YoRK, Oct. 23.-In his annual adj
dress TO the National Board OF Steam
Navigation this evening Capt. Cheney
said: "a question second TO none in its
Importance to the shipping interest Of this
country and OF the world is the regulation
Of navigation in fog. The codes prepared
with the utmost care for steering signals
during logs do not overcome the difficulty
caused by acoustic phenomena arising
from atmospheric condition. These pho
nomena often prevent the signals from
being heard. Al times no steam whistle
or fog horn ever invented can be heard at
a distance Of 500 yards."
Capt. Cheney detailed conspicuous in
stances illustrating this fact, among
others the collision between the Narragan-
sett and the Stoningion on Long Island
Sound and the ocean collision between the
Thingvalia and the Geiser. In both cases,
he said, the evidence WIS conclusive that
the usual signals were given and that they
were not heard. The existence OF this
difficulty alone will account for the con-
nictng evidence 80 often heard on the
trial Of cases Of admiralty. The only REM
edy against the danger which this condi.
ton entails Is that vessels 20 slow during
fogs; not at moderate speed" A collision
between two of our modern ocean grey.
hounds going Mt twenty knots an hour
would mean the humiliation Of both yes-
aala
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
Another Account.

Special Dispatch TO the Appeal
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. est was dis
covered this afternoon that J. A. Swan,
late trustee Of this Knox county, was a
defaulter in the sum Of S24, 500. He had
made his final settlement with the State,
county and city authorities, but County
Judge Maloney yesterday in looking over
the old books discovered that he had not
charged himself with the railroad taxes for
1885, 1856 and 1887. In 1885 they amount
cd to SS,6iS; in 1886, 50, 967, and in 1887,
S2,7S3. In addition various small defalca-
tons were discovered which will bring
the total up TO nearly $4,000
An attachment was issued today
in the chancery court and
about Sl7, 900 in money, houses and lots
and notes were seized. His bondsmen
are numerous, among them being DR..
William Morrow, OF Nashville; his father;
S. b. Suttrell, president Of the Mechanics
Bank, and who is his bIother-in-law;
Judge Maloney, who discovered the de.
ficit, and. various Others. Swan is some
where in the west, where he went several
days since. His friends claim that he will
be back Immediately. Swan was Re-
publican, and had been trustee for years,
aud deputy under his father for four years.
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For the Dcs,ruc,,on q, Injection.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.-Surgeon-G enera
Hamilton sent the following telegram I
DIR. Porter, at Jacksonville, Fla, ID
afternoon:
"lour authority TO keep refugees out q
the city must come from the city councu
With such authority you need nothing
further from the government. In rcgarl
10 disinfection OF bedding the GOVERNED
only proposes TO pay Tor destruction q
mattresses, pillows and comforts, necea
sariy destroyed in the houses OF the poor
Persons able must sustain their own loss
City council should pass ordinances, OK
acting penalty for conceilment OF iniecte,
articles in the houses. The use Of th
public laundry and distinction building
when constructed, will be free. Carpet
need not be destroyed, but should be sub
lectcd 10 steam process.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24

BLAME, beside having emphasized his
reputation a. a deliberate iilsdcr oi facts,
has gaincd m uncn,iablc noloriciy Tor
misrepresentation. lie has attacked Sec
pciary fairchild ior keeping 10 large a limo
oi deposits In the National banks. thus
helping the trade Of the country without
cndangcring the money 81 the government,
regardless q the fnct that John sherman,
when scrrriary Of tho Treasury In Hayes
Cabinet, had an excess Of deposits over
called bonds and interest, from February
I, 1875. TO August !. ranging from Sl5, COO.
ono 20 ncnr sela,oooOor There was no,
month II ,hesc scvrn IN which the cxecs Of
the deposits vas nu, enormously greater
than the lar7st amount deposited by See.
riary fairrhiId, whose speech In Wall
sir'ci the other day was q clear defense Of
a well defined policy sustained by law and
justified 10y lhc cxirvncics Of trade.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24

TuE Democrats in Ciarksyillc who sup
port isnam a.. Harris Coz Unuod States
Senator have boltcd the party As 7hc
ClrtmAs Chronicle tells The story3 "Four
hundred Democrats met In the court.
house in August and nominated Good
pasture and Corban. About one dozen
men me, In an Office In the court house
and nominated Reynolds, aud said they
would nominate another fellow In a day
Or two, and that they felt SURF tho two
men named 10y them would secure the
election Of Republicans TO represent us. "
The Ob,n Duaocrui, supporting Senator
Harris In an editorial ON Gov. Taylors
election, condemns this sort Of thing. and
says True Democrats cannot afford TO
vote against u nominee, aud morc cs.
pccially Is this 30 In this instance, when n
failure TO 10 10 endingcn the success Of
ihc rarity"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
LOCAL BREvITIES.

A costly accident at the works Of thS
Electric Light company last night neees.
STATED the putting out Of all street and
railroad lights. Il appears that the wrist
pin Of one Of the engines was loosened and
lell out, causing the cylinder-hcad TO bio
out and smashing the crOss-head intd
pieces. The management hope to hayd
the damage repaired and everything in
working orker by tomorrow night.
The National Brickmakes' association
will meet In this city on Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, November II. Is and
10. Headquarters Tor the delegates have
been established NJ the GayOso hotel.
There arr expected not less than 800 mem.
bcrA
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24

Tur LiR's Roct n,1asrrui rrminds tn
ca'lcr- that the Claytons Of Arkansas are
exceedingly active and Aggressive this
year. Powell, John and BILLY arc all Ia
tho saddle. This shows that They have
hope OF Republicans victory. They had
high hopcs In iSsi--'spccially Powell -
who was perfectly crriaiu that New York
would ~ ior blaine by $4,000 Tho clcc-
ton rturns showed that he was mistaken
by ~, 40 vote,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24

Rrurr OF cotton IN McmphIs yc.,cr.
lay t2o balr- against i.5i3 bal,s same
lay last ycar 90 the receipts 2.Ois bales
came In 10y rail, i.2l5 bales 10y river aud
$50 bales hy wagons. sales s. iOl bales, ui
which 5000 bales wcrc taken by ca
rorlcr' aud Z. $40 balrs by spinncs. re-.
cripH sinc September I, IA. ipl bales
against lss,32, bales ior the corresponding
time lasi season. Shipments since Scp-
tembcr !, O2,sl7 bales against 90 bales
slmc time ldst scason. Stock on hand
$40 bales arains, ps.3,S balos same day
last ycat Shipments yesterday 2.iil
bales. Memphis Spo, market advanced
lc yesterday, middling closing At o7.iGc.
AZ New orlcius good uiddling WIS marked
mp l-lGc, other grades unchanged. IN
iurcs advanced . 10 points at New ork,
$50 opoinls a, New Orleans and to .
points nj Liyrrpool.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24

TuE IictsJug Commercial Herald IL right
The most important duty now before
the people Of vicksburg and the Delta
is to make Catching election sure beyond
oven the chance Of a contest in the House
az Representative, whether the House be
Democratic or Republican.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
A mo FIRE AT CALHOUN. GA.

ovor s7o.ooo Lost and Only 1850 In.
surance All Told.
Special pispatch 10 thu Appcfl
NASHVILLE, Tenn, oct. y. "A dcsiruc.
tive fire broke out At Calhoun. Ga, this
afternoon, which resulted In the total loss
Of nine stores and tho Tis'es paper offices,
owned by II. A. Chaplin 4 Co. The losscs
are as follows Tinics newspaper, sa0,O00,
II. A. Chaplin 4 Co. drugs, $4,000,
Hicks & Pii,s, $1,000, W. NJ Hughes.
siOon. McGlnnn & Fain, $500. There
was only $3.50 Insurance.