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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-17
Homesteads on KuIaokahua.

The sale of Government lots situated
on the block bounded by Beretania,
Young and Keeaumoku streets. on the
kulaokahua plains, took place at noon
on Thursday in front of the Government
building, Mr.. John \. Hassinger, Chief
Clerk of the Interior Department., offici-
ating. Lots \ and B fronting on Bere-
tania street and VI and n fronting on
Young street were bought by Mr.. j Nc
Guire at $500 each. Lot c fronting on
Beretania street was sold to +. Cary for
800, and lot Q fronting Young street to
Mrs. Rebeka Akiau for $40. Lots p
and q with frontage on Young street
were bought by Mr.. Andrews for $4O5
each. a +. Metros paid $500 for lot +
facing on Beretania street. Applications
are advertised for, by the Minister OF the
Interior, for fifteen lots remaining I'M
sold
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THE DAILY
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JURY LAW.

An examination of the provisions
of the Statute relative to the con
stitutiOn of juries, the manner of
selecting them, their duties and
other closely related matters, sug
gests several improvements which
would facilitate the administration
of justice, and at the same time
render jury duty less Onerous and
unpopular to our citizens.
In the first place, the mode Of
drawing should be more flexible, and
at the same time afford less chance
for undue partiality. Instead of an
arbitrarily limited number, to be
drawn at specified dates only, it
should be possible for a panel to be
drawn at any time when in the judy
ment of the Supreme Court the in
tarests of justice SO require, and the
number of persons from whom such
drawing is made should not be re-
stricted to the present limit.
As things now are, the opportun
tiles for the exercise of favoritism
are altogether too great, and in fact,
practically unlimited. The law ap-
pears to place no restriction upon
the discretion of the officials pre-
pairing the lists. They may, If they
please, impose most unreasonable
and unjust burdens in the way of
frequent jury duty upon certain in
dividuals, and see to it that any one
they may chance to favor is never
summoned during his whole natural
life. We do not assert that thew
ever Intentionally abuse the powers
with which they are vested, to plague
their enemies and make things pleas
ant for their friends, but considering
the weakness of human nature, and
the absence of any necessity for
their being subjected to such a
temptation, it seems decidedly bet
ter that they should be relieved
from it,
1t would be in the direction of
fairness and an equalization of pub
lie burdens, if there were some pro
vision by which any person sitting a
certain number of days in any one
term, should thereby be exempt
from further duty for a specified
period, say two years. This would
be material relief to those un-
fortunate individuals who, from
some cause or other, seem to be
drawn with unreasonable frequency,
and called upon to do far more than
their fair share of jury service. We
think, however, that a more radical
measure of reform in this direction
would be much more equitable and
satisfactory.
Onlttlng unnecessary details. our
plan is substantially as follows. Let
it be made the duty of some compe-
tent and presumably impartial trib-
unal-we care not how constituted
to make mp, and from time to time
revise, a complete list OF all the resi-
dents of this district, native and for
eign' who are legally qualified, and
believed to be mentally and morally
Int to act as jurors. From this list.
let jurors be drawn by lot as re-
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den to be taken to the Settlement.
some have been taken there never
theless, and 1t seems to be very diff
cult to prevent it altogether.
Believing that [ have stated what
has transpired of some interest Ibeg
to close my report herewith
l am, Gentlemen,
Yours respectfully,
r. w MEYER,
Agent Board of Health.
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Builders Gf Steam Machinery
In all its branches.


Steamboat, steamship. Land Engines & Boilers
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built coror1o..
with hulIs OF wood, iron or composite
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when adj
Yisable. az
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed tonnage and
draft of water guaran teed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Macbipar,
made after the most approved plans Also Ill
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith,
WATER PIPE, of Boiler OF Sheet Iron ~ any,
size, made in suitable lengths for connectjrg1
together or Sheets rolled, punched and nactsS
for shipment, ready to be riyeted On fbe
ground. ZIG
HYDRAULIC RIVETINCi, Boiler Work a nd Wa+or
Pipes made by this establishment riye+cd nv
hydraulIc rlVeuRg machinery, that quality ~
WORK being far superior to hand work
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans steor,
Mlnches, Air and Circulating Pumns Tnoda
after the most approved plans "->'e
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pact6,
Coast OF the Heine Safety Boiler. -N'
Acting Pumps for irritation ~
city works purposes, built with the ceIabra.e5
DaVy valve Motion, superior to anv otbe-
pump. O'Iief
4l-Sm Room No. 3. upstairs, spreckeIs' BIook
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EVENTS OF TODAY.

CHURCH SERvGCEs-St. Andrew Cathedral.
Up. m. Central Union Church, ladies
prayer meeting, 2:30 p. III.
HONOLULU RIFLEs-B Battalion muster for
encampment, 6:3O p. IN.
/. o. X. M.--Hawaiian Tribe, Oahu Lodge
room, 7:3O p. IN.
l. .. o. +. - Polynesia Encampment
1880 p. m.
Auction SALEs-By L. j. Levey, 10 a. m.
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Bn 1utIJorjtn
Government Land Notice.


Applications will be received at the
Interior Office until further novice for the
purchase of Fifteen Building Lots on
kulaokahua, between Beretauja, keaumo-
ku aud Young streets. Full particulars
can be had ON application to the Land
Office.
LORRIN \. THURSTON.
Minister OF Interior.
Interior Office May 10, 1850 III 81
fOstpOncmcnt.
The time for receiving the tenders for
furnishing "A supply of Water Pipes and
Fittings for the Water Works of Honolulu,
Hilo, Wailuku and Kolua, has been ex-
tended To MONDAY, May 20. 1889, AT T.
O'Clock noon.
l.. a. THURSTON,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, May II, 1850.
ll5-3t 15,172O
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Reretania Street.

The property owners on both sides OF
Beretania street between Alapai and
Punahou streets have, with two or three
exceptions, signed an agreement to do
nate ten feet frontage fer the proposed
widening OF that street. This viii add
twenty feet to the width Of the street.
which, ii carried out, will make one of
the finest avenues in the city The
street cars will run the entire length.
and the call for applications in the Off
cial column for the balance of lots for
sale on that street is an excellent chance
for those DESTROYS of obtaining a nice
home within easy access OF the town.
Jesse Grant, son of General L. S.
Grant, Is making money rapidly by
land speculatiOns in California. He
lives IN San Francisco, and has no
political ambitions.
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Total cost of support for food,
soap, oil, salt, meat, fish,
Observation-Disclosures. $40, 583 46
The average number of Iepers
supported by the Board has been 923
and 81 kOkuas, including the doctor,
priests and nurses, etc, making a
total of people fed of 954
Ration bills given out for clothing
and other necessities have been as
follows:
From April l, 1888, to Oct /,
1888, there were issued 1861
bill amounting to. .........$ /, 800 IS
From Oct. l, 1888, to March
81, 1899, there have been
issued 76l bills. 1888 40
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IMPROVEMENTS.

After the occurrence of the heavy
freshet at Waikolu, which carried
away the reservoir, waterpipes and
bridges, Mr.. A NJ. SproulI was sent
up, and under his management the
pipes were relaid in such a manner,
that a similar accident is not likely
to happen again. In relaying the
pipes, the water has been taken from
never failing mountain spring Of
the purest water, instead of tapping
the stream which contains ALWAYS
more or less decayed organic mat
ters, especially after every little
rain. No new waterpipes were re-
quired, inasmuch as the source from
which the water is now taken is
less distant from the shore than
the place from where it was pre-
viously obtained Thus it may be
justly said, that the repairing and
relaying the waterpipes at Waikolu,
constituted the greatest improvement
during the year.
The cost Of these repairs for
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material and labor obtained at the
Settlement has been as follows:
For material -.-........$ $40 80
For labor. ............ .-.... 766 25
Making a total Of ....... $ 1916 Is
Other improvements made during
the year consist of: A second large
hospital for helpless cases in the
advanced stages of the disease; a
second large dOrmitOry for the Boys
Home at kalaWao with a new eating
house, large enough for 100 in
mates, and cOOkhouse built of stone
with cement floor, a new slaughter
house with cement floor and cattle
pens attached; additions to the
Bishop Home, a cook house for
private use of the Sisters of Charity,
cottage for the use of d servant
and his wife, for them; also a dwell
ing house for the chaplain of the
Sisters and a new dispensary at
kalaupapa, both nearly finished,
good sized stOrehOuse for kerosene
OIL and soap at KalawaO and a num-
Der of lines of waterpipes have been
laid for the use of the boys and
Bishop Home, the slaughter house,
the hospitals and to various clusters
of dwelling houses and watering
places for cattle.
Besides these improvements
great many repairs became neces-
sary on houses ~getting old and
which had been damaged from the
heavy gales, which occurred during
last summer and winter. Watering
places for stock running on the land
have also been provided with auto
matte action stop cocks.
The cost Of these improvements
on buildings, fences, etc, has been
as follows:
For Material ......$5 ,9O5 %
For Purchase of Houses $500 20 90
For Coolers, etc, with balls
and cocks. Observation-Disclosures. 104 90
For erection of new Slaughter
House ,............-=.... 1000 90
For Wages for Carpenters and
Blacksmith. ............... 1,G15 81
S 8,695 70
Added to this the cost of re-
pairs and relaying OF Water
pipes as before mentioned. l 1866 Is
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THE LEPER SETT FMENT.

Annual Report of Mr.. II. w. Meyer,
Agent or the Board OF Health, on the
Leper Settlement at KaIawao, Molo-
kai. for the Year Ending March
81, 1889.
To THE HoNoRABLE BOARD OF
HEALTH:
Gentlemen: Allow me to hand
you herewith brief report on mat
ters relating to the Leper Settlement
for the year ending March 81, 1889.
NUMBER OF LEPERs At THE SETTLEMENT.
On April l, 1888, there We're living,
males, 1872; females, 257; making
total of. .................. 749
To this number have been added
from kakaako, males, 322; fe-
males, POS; total of 527.
kOkuas living at the Settlement and
declared TO be lepers by the medi-
cal commission, males, II; fe-
males 6; total of Is.
Whole number entered i'm the books
as lepers. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 545
Total ,.........,............1,294
Deaths, males, 1872; females, 80;
making total number Of ...... 232
Discharged by medical commission,
males, 3; females, IL a total Of. II
Returned to Kakaako, males $500. ,
Escaped from the Settlement,
males, l; females, 1............ ?
Whole decrease ............... $50
Leaving living on April l, 1889, a
total Of l,O44 lepers, which includes
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Total
Whole decrease ............... 25C

Leaving living on April l, 1889, q
total of 1,044 lepers, which includes
20 boys and 10 girls under 10 years
of age.
Provisions consumed by Iepers,
kokuas in employ Of the Board, in
Guiding the doctor, priests and
nnrSnS etc
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$I1,684 28


issued 76l bills. 1888 40
$l1,684 rs
Up to October 1, 1888, ration bills
of So were given to each leper. young
and Old, for which, Whatever they
needed for six months, was given
out at the store. From October 1,
1888, this has been changed and in
stead of receiving semi-annual bills
of SIS each, animal bills of SO were
issued, which are presented for pay
ment IN goods any time between the
LIST of October, 1883, to LIST of
October, 1889.
Lepers who arrive after the Issue
Of these bills receive prOpOrtiOnally
smaller ones, deducting from each
month, or part of one, at the rate of
S3B cents, or about 20 cents per
week.
Beginning with the last issue of
ration bills change has been made.
Adults only were given these bills,
and none were issued to minors nor
to any inmates of the Homes or
Hospitals; the wants of these are
supplied by those in charge Of these
establishments, and those outside
are supplied by the matron of the
Bishop Home and the Assistant
Superintendent.
The total costs for clothing, uten-
sis, etc, needed for these estab-
hshments has been for the year,
S2,096 II.
The expenses of the local man
agement during the year foots up to
$6,433 81.
The total cost for the maintenance
of the lepers at the settlement for
the year has been as follows:
For food, meat, cash in lieu of
food, etc. Observation-Disclosures, SAC, 583 IS
Clothing for the Homes, hos
pitfalls, utensils, etc ....... 2,O96 II
For ration bills paid ....... II ,6S4 % |
For local management. $500. 6, 1873 81
For material for collins $500. 200 81 !
For doctors salary .......... $500 90 |
For salary of agent and man
agement. .............-.. 1000 90 /
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Sarertisfmeu18.

...............,
What is Worth Advertising
Is Worth Advertising Well.
: Therefore. Advertise In the
DAILY ADVERTISER.
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Total
$66.4gS Is

And as the average number of
lepers for the year has been 923, the
cost per capita for that period was
S72 04.
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material and labor obtained at the
Settlement has been as follows:
For material .......$ $40 80
For labor. ............ .-.... 766 25
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~ - En- Honolulu
A-Sm Room No. 8, upstairs, sprsckels' Block.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-19

law-abiding citizens. All others must keep
away or take the consequences.-Philad
phia Inquirer.
THE colonization of the negro in Cuba ia
impracticable. and the acquisition is not
desirable on any other ground. Our terri
tory Is already too large and our popula-
tion already composed of too many div erse
and incompatible elements TO give any GER
tain assurance of the endurance of free and
stable goyernment-St. Louis Republic.
IT is the duty of Congress. at the earliest
possible moment. to adopt effective meas
ures TO impose check on lmmigratlon-n0t
TO forbid desirable immigrants our shores,
but TO keep out the dependent and criminal
classes and to prevent foreign nations from
unloading upon us great masses of their i'm
poverished opulations-CIevelandL Leader.
The spectacle of four Anarchists dangling
from the gallows did more than hundred
life sentences could have done 10 crush out
anarchlsin In Chicago and check its spread
throughout the country. The hanging of
1our Clan-na-Gael assassins would have
bud more effectively than any mere i'm
prisonment will.-New York Herald.
HE State says such citizen Ithe un-
educated man would be a danger to the
community; and as it will not let the father
deprive his child of medicine so it will not
allow him to deprive it of the schooling
needed TO make it a good citizen. The
compulsory education law Is enacted blythe
community after mature consideration, for
It's own protection, and is therefore right.
Chicago Tribune.
IHE government may do certain things
which an individual cannot, but we do not
see now any honest and conservative fiEar-
cler look with approval upon the un-
necessary and indefinite multiplication of
what are practically light-weight silver
dollars. Secretary WINDOWS proposition
may be wise or unwise, but il has at least
this merit. that it puts behind every dollar
of certificates a gold dollars worth of silver
bullion. which the holder may get when
age of 70-cent silver dollars.-Boston Jour
nal
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-19

IF American prosperity Is the result OF
protection, what is the cause Of free-trade
England's commercial supremacy?-Lotls-
vile COurier-Journal.
The entire commerce of the United
States, internal and external, exceeds
that of England. In foreign commerce
it is comparatively close second to
England. The English have given
twice the attention to foreign commerce
that Americans have. They have sup
ported the finest navy in the world for
the protection of their merchant marine,
they have enacted liberal maritime
laws, have granted generous subsidies
for mail carriage and the reserve right
of possession in case of war. have
pushed the work of discovery and con-
quest in distant quarters of the globe.
and have neglected no opportunity in
opening up and developing new lines OF
foreign trade. But. above all this, the
prime cause of England's great hold on
foreign commerce was the rebellion,
during which such piratical craft as the
Alabama drove the American merchant
men from the seas. During that war
American shipping was paralyzed, and
England obtained the magnificent foot
ing from which she has not yet been
diSlOdged,
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-19
THE case of the youthful Miami

THE case of the youthful Miami county
train-wrecker is curious one. His asser-
tiOn that in committing the act the thought
that people might possibly be killed did
not enter his mind seems to be the truth,
and to be accepted as such by those who
know and converse with him. That such
indifference could exist in the mind of a
boy of eighteen seems to argue deficiency
in intellect but his acquaintances. teachers
and school-mates agree that he is of aver
age brightness. The lack is probably in
his moral sense and emotiona. nature rather
than in the capacity to understand the
character and enormity of his crime. Had
his sympathies been easily reused and his
disposition and training such as to make
him considerate of others than himself. the
first thought, when his rage over fancied
injury suggested such a revenge. would
have been of the suffering he might infict.
Members of humane societies will say that
if he had been taught the principles of
kindness to man and beast which lie at the
basis of their organization he could not
have committed the deed for which he is
under arrest. and very likely they are
right.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-19

A CALL has been issued for mass
meeting of Democrats at Cleveland,
next Monday night, to protest against
the election of Calvin s. Brice to the
United States Senate. The call reminds
Democrats that theirs is ''the party of
the people," declares that the Demo-
cratic press of Ohio has been bought up
for Brice to such an extent that the peo-
pie have no mouthpiece, and therefore
urges them TO "come out and give their
voice and their influence to save the
party from impending dishonor, humili-
alton and consequent DISASTER They
are furthermore informed that their
"brethren in forty-two States are look
ing with anxiety to see whether in Ohio
senatorships can be had from Democrat
ic hands for a mess of pottage, or wheth-
er you will visit with your virtuous in
dignation whoever would dare TO trifie
with the honor and dignity of this high
place. All this looks well on paper.
aud sounds very virtuous, but as the
call is issued at the home of Coal-oil
Senator Payne and signed by numerous
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-19
THE ADMINISTRATIONS GROWING IN FAVOR.

The administration has been censured
less by Republicans than any of its Re-
publican predecessors. All of them have
been denounced during their first year.
1t is the natural result of so many good
men wanting office while there are so
few Offices. Every Congressman has his
friends for whom he desires to get posi-
tions. If he does not get them he will
be censured, and if he should get all
that his eager friends desire, one good
sized State would furnish enough excel
lent men to fill all the places which will
afford reasonable amount of bread
and butter. Even in the war Lincoln
was. not popular, largely because he
could not give all the offices Congressman
desired. General Grant was, criticised
vehemently, and made mortal enemy
of Carl Schurz because he could not give
him all the patronage he desired. Pres
ident Hayes suffered in the same man
ner, and the generous Garfield more
than any other, except Mr.. Cleveland,
who had as foe about every Democrat
In Congress the session after he was in
augurated. Indeed, President Harrison
is being criticised less than any of his
predecessors; and he is criticised because
of the civil-service law, and because he
adheres to the pledges made in the plat
form of the convention which nominated
him.
Since Congress met there is less of
this hostile criticism than there was
three months ago. Congress has met,
and its members have had their atten-
tion called to other and more important
matters. The President has delivered
his message, and so in accord with the
party platform and the party sentiment
is it that the political enemy has de-
clared that it must have been written
with the Chicago platform at his side.
The administration is proceeding slow
ly, the department officers attending to
their duties and ignoring party manage
ment, making the most intelligent set
of reports that have been made for years.
Thousands of appointments have been
made, but so carefully that no one of the
alert foes of the Republican party has
been able to assail the character of the
appOintees. In short, the administration
| is attending strictly to business. The
mass of silent, intelligent Republican
voters who desire a policy which will
| give confidence to the business and in
dustry of the country are satisfied, and
very soon the others will fall into line
because it is thoroughly Republican
administration. Even those who were
half misrepresented by Washington re.
porters regarding the course of the
President in making appointments, or ir
not making them, are silent or have ex.
perienced a change of sentiment.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-19
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE power of one man to prevent a ver-
dict should be removed. Judgment by a
bare majority of votes may be undesirable,
but there is good reason to suppose that the
judgment of two-thirds of jury might be
sound and true even in cases affecting the
liberty or life of the accused.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
THE theory of the peoples need of mas
ters for the due restraint of their passions
excites only jeers and laughter in the light
of the great Republics history. The world
is weary of maintaining kings and privi-
legged classes and will presently send them
all to the limbo of dlsused rubbish.
York World.
DIR. CRONIN's murder is avenged. and it
is probable that quietus has been put
upon crimes of this kind for years to come.
Chicago gave anarchy a blow from which
il has never recovered, and il is to be hoped
that il will have equal success in stamping
out conspiracies to murder citizens against
whom some objection is entertained This
country has no use for any bat peaceable.