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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
THE DARDANELLES.

The most exciting canard from Europe
by the Mariposa's mail is the reported
seizure OF Mitylene by detachment OF
bluejlckets and marines from British
ironclad name not given) accompanied
by battery of light field pieces and
several Calling guns on the 18th Sep
TENDER.
Miiylene, the ancient Lesbos is a
beautiful island on the coast of Asia
Minor about forty miles south of the
entrance to the Dardanelles, and lying
between the Cults OF Adramyti and
Smyrna. 1t has an area OF 276 square
miles, and a population estimated at
about 10000. 1t was formerly cele-
brated for the excellence OF its wine, but
little is known OF it now except that in
1924 the Greeks nearly destroyed Turk
ish feet off its coast. 1t is said that there
is good harbor at place called Sigri and
that there the British landed, took pos
session OF the island in the name OF the
Queen commenced to fortify it, and sur
rounded the harbor with torpedoes.
The Turkish Minister OF Interior tele-
graphed to the British Ambassador at
Constantinople asking an explanation
of the reports of the landing OF British
forces on Turkish territory, and the Am
bassador in reply said that he was en-
tirely ignorant OF the whole affair, but
thought it possible that the crews OF
some British war vessel might have
landed in Mitylene for drill and landing
exercise, and assured the Turkish Minis
ter that no Notifications had been con-
Ftructed on the island.
This view of the case was confirmed
during the night, when dispatches were
received stating that the force which had
landed had been re-embarked and that
the ship or ships had left the island for
Marmorito 4" - probably Marmar, a
little town on the Lyrian coast further
south.
However, the more alarming edition |
OF the story seems to have been current |
for at least twenty-four hours, and singu-
larly enough was never accompanied by
any accounts of the whereabouts OF the
British Mediterranean fleet, or any por-
ton Of it, and no name or names of the
ships reputed to have been concerned,
appeared at all
1t is stated authoritively that COM
plete % entente" had been arranged be-
tween Sir William White, the British
Ambassador, and the Sultan, but the
terms Of the restored harmony were not
given.
a New York dispatch of September
14th, says: q" A prominent Wall street
and London house has received a tele-
gram to the effect that the market has
been sold on rumors OF political CON-
plications and preparations for war. The
reports are sensational and untrue, and
were started by jobbers endeavoring TO
get cheap stocks'"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
THE U. S. S. PENSACOLA.

The United States ship-of-war Pensa.
cola, Captain Albert Kautz, arrived on
Friday morning, September 25th, nearly
fifteen days from San Francisco, and has
taken her anchorage in the naval row.
The Pensacola was here for several
months during 1881 80, and also visited
Hilo. She carries twelve 9-inch smooth
bore guns on the main deck, besides two
each so and 60 FOUNDER rifles. The Pensa-
cola will remain at this port for several
months. The complement of officers and
men is $50 all told. The following is her
list of officers:
Captain-Albert Kautz.
Lieutenants- +. Singer, w. II. Bech-
Ter, l.. G. Heilner, H. Morrell, D. w.
Cofiman, HI. s. Chase.
Ensigns- G. s. Stanworth, 4. II.
Scales, G. Ii. Burrage.
Naval Cadets-H. J. Ziegemeier, G. B.
McVay.
Chief Engineer-E. Laws
Past Assistant Engineer-R. T. Hall.
Assistant Engineer-V. Blue.
Paymaster-J. P. Loomis.
Medical Inspector-C. FL. White.
Assistant Surgeon-G G. II. Barber.
Captain of Marines M. G. Goodrell,
U. s. NJ G.
Chapain-R. r. Hoes.
Pay Clerk-H. T. Jackson.
GunDer-G. L. Albro.
Boatswain-J Costello.
Carpenter-P. T. Mayer.
Sailmaker-M. P Barr.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29

Napoleon's maxims was to let SOL
dlers grumble. Few care to risk
their interests by indulging Gf there
should ever be cause for it, in COM
plants against decisions of judges.
But jurymen mingle with the COM
munity, and are sure to be made
targets for criticism if they stray
wide from the mark.
Popular justice may not always
be of the ideal sort, but it answers
for everyday needs. AS for acquit-
tails of accused persons, if the
trained lawyers who conduct the
public prosecutions, cannot obtain
convictions, especially in Hawaii,
when verdict of nine out of the
twelve jurors can be given, it is
extremely likely that they have
failed to get together evidence to
justify a conviction.
Judges have large powers in
stating the rules of law which
govern jury case, as we'll as in
the large class of cases which
come within the jurisdiction OF
equity and do not admit of trial by
jury. If in addition to equity
cases and to controlling and direct
ing the law in jury eases, the
judges were to have the sole and
exclusive power of deciding upon
the evidence and finding the facts
in civil and criminal matters, their
human fallibility would soon bring
results which would tend to bring
into even undeserved dlsfavor and
disrespect the exercise of their
judicial functions. Such result
WOulU WCdhOIl lu6 nOlu WulCu law
has, and ought to have, upon every
respectable community, and would
be of itself a great misfortune.
Judges ought not to be brought
into unnecessary conflict with So
cial interests. The chances are
great also, that the best of men
will sometimes use uncontrolled
power unwiseIy and unfairly. |
While judges are arbiters of much |
that vitality affects the welfare of |
the community, to make the same
men both judge and jury would be
to create a despotism or legal
tyranny which would be unendur-
able, besides seriously hindering
exercise of legitimate judicial func-
lions.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
TRIAL BY JURY.

The Hilo Record voices a COM
mon sentiment against jury trials.
The main grounds for the want of
OF confidence in the jury system
which many persons entertain may
thus be stated Most jurors are
utterl y unfamiliar with law terms
and rules of weighing evidence,
and are likely to misunderstood or
misapply the rules of law laid down
for their guidance by the Court.
The average jury is almost sure to
have some members who are biased
on the one or the other side of
the controversy. The facility with
which persons are acquitted on
criminal charges often leads to the
inference that either the jury did
not understand the case or were in
different to their responsibility. On
the other hand, educated lawyers
occupying the responsible position
OF judges are more likely than are
inexperienced jurors to be free
from bias, interest or prejudice, and
more likely to give the proper
weight to evidence, and to DIS
tlnguish correctly between evil
dence which is material, relevant
and competent, and that which IS
lmmaterial, irrelevant or incom-
petent.
Everyone who is familiar with
jury trials knows that all this is
true. But it would be unwise, for
these reasons, to discard jury trials.
Ihe jury system is, to begin with,
prominent feature in a repre-
sentative form of government
among English speaking people. |
Ii the people have an active part to |
take in the administration of ms |
tice and decline to perform their
duty, either by avoiding jury duty |
or giving lax attention to it, thew
nave themselves to blame. 1t is
worth good deal to a community
20 have something to growl at with
comparative immunity. One Of
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
BALMACEDA'S FAILURE.

BalmaceGa is beaten after a hard
fought fight. The Junta is in pos.
session and Chile is in the hands of
government not elected by the
people, but imposed upon her by
force of arms. This seems right to
number of our people who believe
that constitutional ways and not
war should prevail in republic,
and who bravely resisted and put
down rebellion in their own midst.
How they can consistently believe
that majority in Congress is right
when it carries it's opposition to
the duly elected president to the
extent of making war upon him,
passeth our understanding. For
navy officers to seize the fleet and
fight the government they had
sworn to be loyal to is a treacher-
Gus act of rebellion that has hardly
parallel in history. For people
to swear by Blaine as almost infal-
lible and in the next breath curse
him for having recognized the
Government instead of the rebels
of Chile is to demonstrate that
there are not few soft-pated
people around. The ground on
which the officers took their ships
into rebellion gives us not little
sympathy for Balmaceda. The
navy had been constituted during
the war with Peru, and the Presi.
dent believed the country no longer
could afford to keep all the vessels
in commission. For this the officers
rebelled and have succeeded, but
are not right. As to what Balma-
ceda was in other respects let the
very highest authority in this
country speak. The Hon. Thomas
81. Nelson was long United States
Minister to Chile, and distinguished
himself in that capacity. He has
this to say: "The Congressionalist
party was in power when 1 was
there, and, of course, 1 am inter-
ested in the success of my friends
for such they were-but my con-
victions are with Balmaceda. He is
the representative of the masses
against the classes. The people
are for him. The rich and priv
legged few are with the Congress.
sionalists. Balmaceda was very
rich man before he took office.
Think of the most honest man you
know in town-the man who is
your ideal in honesty. Well, he is
not more strict in integrity than
Balmaceda. He is a true reformer.
He desired the complete divorce
ment of church and state and many |
other much to be desired changes"
That is pretty high endorsement. |
Besides, within four months of |
their beginning war, the Congress.
sionalists could, if IN a majority,
have elected Balmaceda's success
'or. Where, then, was the justif.
cation of resorting to arms instead
'f ballots2 AS a matter of fact, the
opposition knew and admitted they
would be defeated. Hence their
Iuccess means the overthrow OF
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
SCARCITY OF FOOD IN
RUSSIA.

In the Worlds story the pros.
perity of one nation is often linked
with the bitter, grinding needs OF
another. While the people of the
United States are planning to send
abroad a surplus of 100000, 600
bushels of one cereal, alone, the
people of Russia are even now, be-
fore a harvest which must destroy
nearly every hope of life, starv-
ing upon grass boiled in water,
and parents are advertising their
children '1or sale" in order not to
see them die before their eyes. 1t
is claimed that Russia has the best
and most abundant arabic land in
Europe, with a climate peculiarly
favorable to wheat growing, and q
population of the most laborious
on the face of the earth. For all
these advantages the crops Gas set
forth by q well-informed Russian
authority in twenty-six provinces
have been destroyed or almost des-
troyed, while only in the northern
Caucasus and few other prov
inces and districts is the harvest
expected to be above the average.
Famine comes to Russia every
three or four years, sometimes oft
ener. A general and very severe
famine occurred in 1880. In 1885
and 1886 there was famine, and
this years famine, it is feared, will
exceed the terrible ones of 1910
and 1873 and all others of record.
That of 1910 began only after the
harvest failed; this is already
begun before reapIng time. The
great Russian mass, iil-informed,
stolId, but quiet and industrious,
without reserve stores, live from
hand to mouth because of the fear
full burden of 40 per cent. of their
incomes imposed for taxes-not to
speak of interest to money lenders,
brides to officials and the like.
When crops fail they perish as so
many sheep or are supported by a
special relief fund, now nearly ex
hausted by repeated demands upon
it. To starve off starvation and
provide seed for next years crop
will require an enormous sum, the
restitution being widespread.
Who is responsible, or what, for
this state of things 7 Obviously
there is misgovernment of the worst
kind. While many millions are an
nually wasted upon increasing mill
tary forces already too large-an
increase that bears CORRESPONDENCE
bard upon the peasants and other
poor of all the great countries OF |
Europe-the Car closes the only |
nigh school of agriculture to re-
press political disaffection among
students; keeps the people in ig
torrance, retards the improvement
If country Astounding in natural
and squanders every
hing upon q landed aristocracy,
md dreams of conquest Wash
ngton Star.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29

feared many people were killed in
the smaller towns.
Later accounts say that several
hundred lives were lost, but full
details are not at hand. The loss
of life at Comasagua, in the center
of the disturbance, was very great.
The severity of the shocks at that
point may be judged by the fact
that cut of 800 houses only eight
remain standing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
Supreme Cont.
MONDAY, Sept. Dis

MONDAY, Sept. 81.
Estate OF Lizzie Kapoli Kamakau
Probate of will. A commission wa.
issued to R. W. Meyer, of Molokai, tc
examine the witnesses to the will-both
OF whom are residents of Molokai.
The case of kaakau VS.. E. Hutchinson
was discontinued.
The deposition of ]. D. Spreckels in
the case of the Hawaiian Commercial
vs.. Waikapu Sugar Co., was taken on
Saturday and signed and filed yesterday.
There was no appearance for the defend
ant.
PROBATE DlVIsIoN-BEFoRE JUDD, c. J.
TUESDAY, Sept. %.
In re estate J. E. Richardson. Guar
dams account for 1890 81. Ordered ap-
proved. Whiting, attorney for guardian.
In re estate Duncan McBryde. Or
dered that account herein be referred to
f. w. Wundenberg, Master in Chan
cery, for verifcation and report.
Thurston & Frear, attorneys for admin
istrator.
In re estate Jason Perry. Guardians
account for year ending April 80, 1891.
Ordered approved.
Polly Mokunui vs.. Mokunui. Action
for dissolution of marriage. Plaintiff
perfected her appeal to the Supreme
Court by filing bond.
TUESDAY, Sept. %.
Guardianship of Annie Basil Shaw.
Petition for appointment of guardian.
The Court appointed Kahalepouli Shaw
guardian, under bond of $3.50. j. w.
Monsarrat, attorney for petitioner.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. %.
In re estate of Patrick Gleason. Ac-
count of guardian. Ordered that the
guardians account for l890-91 be APP
proved. Guardian in person.
INTERMEDIARY DIVISION - BEFORE
JUDD, C. ].
THURSDAY, Sept. "a.
Manic vs.. A. j. Lopez. AsSumpsit.
Appeal from Police Court, Honolulu.
Heard and the Court takes the case I'M
der consideration. j. A. Magoon, at
torney for defendant; K. johnson, at
torney for plaintiff.
j. F. Colburn VS.. John Baker.
Assumpsit. Appeal from Police Court,
Honolulu Judgment for defendant for
want of prosecution.
T. A. Lloyd, Deputy Tax Collector, VS..
Joe Kalana. Personal taxes. appeal
from Police Court, Honolulu. Heard and
decision reserved. Deputy Attorney
General Creighton, attorney for plaintiff;
u. l.. Huntsman, attorney for defendant.
FRIDAY, Sept. %.
DIvIsIoN-BEFoRE JUDD,
All San VS.. j. A. Magoon ct al. W.
r. Castle attorney for plaintiff, ]. A.
Magoon for defendant. Trespass. The
Court finds that no trespass has been
committed and renders judgment in
avor of defendants.
EQUITY DIVISION.
G. w. Macfarlane W.. Waikapu Sugar |
20. Hartwell, Thurston & Frear and |
Carter attorneys for plaintiff, F. Nj.
latch for defendant. Defendants mo-
ION for leave to plead. Heard and the |
court takes case under consideration.
LAW DIVISION.
Bankruptcy OF Aka. j. A. Magoon
ttorney for claimant, w. r. Castle for
ssignee. Submission. Partly heard
nd continued until to-day.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29

the will of the people; a pretty
curious thing to go into ectasies
over in this country.-S. F. News
Letter Sept. 9Th.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
Administrators Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAy-
Il ing been duly appointed by the Hon. F. s.
Lyman. Circuit Judge Of the Third Jud cial Dis
trict, administrator of the Estate of ROBERT
KALANIPOO, deceased, Of Hookena, Kona Ha-
wall. late Of Honolulu, deceased, all persons
having claims against the said estate are noti-
fed that they must present the same duly veri-
fed. and with proper vouchers TO the undersigu-
ed within six months from the date of this
notice, or they will be forever barred, and ali
persons indebted to said estate are requested 10
make immediate payment TO the UNDERSIGNED.
T. K. X. AhALU
Administrator OF the Estate of Robert Kalani-
poo, deceased.
Hookena. kona. Hawaii Sept le 1891 1904 A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
Hawaiian Hardware Co, I'd. J
MONDAY, Sept. 28.

year drinking water every
where becomes impure from
different causes, and frequent
Ily disease follows its use. The
water here is no exception
not even that taken from arte-
sian wells. If you take a drop
of water and place it under a
powerful microscope you will
see more snakes than an anti
prohibitionist would see after
a prolonged spree. If you
drink ordinary water, fresh
from the taps, you take these
snakes, or whatever they are,
into the stomach, and then
trouble follows: Snakes won't
assimilate with plain every
day food, and the physicians
fee is so much per visit-good
fellows these physicians; it's
their medicines that are I'M
pleasant, and none of us like
to taste of bitter things when
we can get chance at the
sweets. Now then, to remedy
the trouble bad water has
caused, and prevent disaster
in the future-get a Filter.
You want the best and we
have it. Nothing equals a
Gate City Stone Filter to puri-
fy bad water. It's all natural
stone and nothing to get out
of order. Don't think because
you are drinking artesian
water that there's no bugs in
it. There are and you've got
to filter it to make it pure.
How often do you sweep
your carpets; one, two or three
times day? The oftener you
sweep the sooner you have to
get new ones. The best of
carpets are not made of iron
and the more you sweep the
thinner they get. Sweeping
takes the nap off. Have you
ever tried Carpet Sweeper;
one of those arrangements
with brushes, that you push
over the floor once and then
sit down and smile at the ease
with which you have done
what everyone who don't use
them growls about? No
Olisters on the hands no
oackache; nothing but an easy
push and a clean floor. We
haven't many, but what there
ire are good.
An article that has become
Utmost a necessary ornament
n a well furnished parlor is an
Easel. There are some per-
ect gems of art in Honolulu I
md one cannot always get a :
vail space where there is a
,ood light. An easel may be
placed in any corner and you
an hardly miss the light. We
AVE metal Easels in oxydized
liver or imitation of it that
ooks better than wood, and
hey are better in styles. Buy
ne, throw a scarf over the
oP and then place your Tav-
rnier, Hitchcock, Strong,
'tratemeyer or Furneaux on
and you'll be pleased.
If you have any brand new
abies around the house, you
hould have an alcohol Lamp I
n which to heat milk for it.
Dung babies have a fashion
# calling for meals at unusual
ours; and it's too much work
, make fire in a stove lust
\ ho0< n l.f%Ia Ill NJ
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29

board 200 lunches bananas valued at
1870, and also fifty bags tree ferns, the
Monowai resumed her voyage to San
Francisco at noon on Thursday.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
KA WAIAHAO S. S. A.

About the year 1869 the Kawaiahao
Sunday School Association instituted a
system of quarterly exhibitions or re-
unions of the various Sunday Schools
connected with the organization. The
object was to give variety to the Sunday
exercises and to give chance for a
somewhat competitive exhibition to the
different branch or apana schools. The
system has been maintained continu-
ously since its inauguration, with mani
fold advantage. 1t has been followed in
this by the Kaumakapili and other Sun
day Schools throughout the country.
Sunday the usual quarterly exhibit
ton took place in Kawaiahao Church.
The following sections and branch
schools took part: kawaiahao Seminary,
Industrial Home, Pauoa, Lunaliio Home,
Manoa, Makiki, Waikiki, Keoneula,
Moiliili, Maunakiekie and Kakaako.
The schools are always permitted to pre-
pare their own exercises, and as might
be expected from the vel known fertility
of the Hawaiian genius, the result is
often extremely original and always in
teresting. 1t is a very common saying
that Hawaiians exhibit better than their
white brothers and sisters. 1t was ex-
emplified Sunday. Every school did
well, some with surprising excellence.
The music especially was of character
which enabled the listener to enjoy every
song without a tremor as to the per-
formers. Several of the songs were pre-
pared for the occasion. Some of the ex-
ercises called forth enthusiastic applause
with occasional smiles from the audi
ence. About six hundred Sunday School
children and teachers joined in the ex
ercises, which lasted from 10 till II.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-29
More Laborers From the Orient.

More LabOrers From the Orient.
The steamship Belgic, w. H. Walker
commander, was anchored off port on
Friday morning, September %. from
Hongkong via Yokohoma. She brings
for this port 10,0S3 packages Chinese
merchandise and has in transit 30,940
packages miscellaneous cargo. The pas
sengers for this port we're: Chinese
662-503 men, 76 women and IS children,
including % girls; Hawaiians 2 women
and 2 girls; Japanese 80 men, 3 women
and 2 children; total 7O3 passengers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-15
atDYOurODiniiOn?

Should any one ask your opinion about
the Histogenetic system of medicine just
answer boldly that il is no good. Should
he ask you the reason why it is no good.
tell hin-just because. If this answer
Goes not confonnd him by its profundity
and he still persists, tell him that il is a
ne"-iangled idea. This will probably
prove effective, as il bankrupted the FIRST
iron pillow establishment. Should you fail
IN that. too, don't give up bu, insist with
the powerful argument that your grand
mother never heard of it; that you can't
see nov mercury, arsenic, strychnine, etc,
can be improved upon, and that the Old
schools OF medicine must necessarily have
exhausted all the stock of wisdom, and
that there cannot possibly be anything
lett to learn. And if all your powerful
arguments have failed to convince hun of
the reasonableness of your position--you
have still one Parthian shot-tel him that
you are simply astonished; that you
thought him an intelligent man,
And still there are men-and women,
too-upon whom such arguments have no
effect, but they are thinking people who
are willing to investigate before they form
an opinion.