The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-05-25
EUw the Cinnamon Enley the FeS.
tive Dope.
PACKED LIKE S4RDNES N A CAN.
rw~ury-sfSht Egnks IN \ Room That
should Hold Nc More Than -Four
FeopIe-Thr Blind Dope smoker
>4ualiG Position % Honolulu

There l. no. a city IN the world
IN which there are any Cinnamon,
where opium smoking Is not IN
6ulged IN 70 s greater or less sx-
tent. Honolulu i no exception TO
this rule. as 5 very casual inspec-
ton o. certain portions Of Chins-
town VIII show. The police al
tempt 70 stop It. the customs auth-
critics t-y 70 keep the drug out Of
the country. and the Councils leg
islzte agaius: i, bu: It still con-
tinuss. and viii, IS long IS there
there i 5 Celestial On the Islands.
An A1vEEr-sEE man strayed up
Nucznu street 5 few days ago, and
net s man who : always willing
% give sn item q news 70 the p2-
ps-s- In some way, the converse
ticc turned towards opium Smok-
inE. and the nan said be could
take acv one 20 an opium Joint
N full b-zst IN less than FIVE min
Ctss. L was then shout ) o'clock.
zcG the ADvER--SEE man asked
II he would De willing 10 take him
e one, zui he said he would do It.
Ire pair walked up NuCaru street
Until Be-s-4-la vas reached, and
then turned west until the Tong
E1-E Society building was reached.
Here. he turned into 3 dirty looking
vart. half filed with Chinese and
natives that looked a. though they
were half zs.sep.
In the rear Of the yard was !
small house. not over twenty feet
lccz zct nine O. ten wide As the
two strangers went towards this
house. seven O. eight Cinnamon.
zcc che O. two natives. evidently
warned BY some one On the outside
that some IutsrI0per was approach
Iczca-z oC-.Thsy wandered around
outside the building for : while.
staring s-u1idLv at the hzoIss Who
had i--s-t=red vita their pleasure.
z16 then disappeared N some Of
tbs many doors that surround the
uIzcs and look ike large rat holes
Nearly all Of them had the au-
psz-acce Of dope feuds-sal-
loE complexion. EstLsss eyes and
dull manner but the natives
seemed % sb0E the effects more
than the Chinese.
Inside the building the scene
Was che that would naturally dis
E-s- arv white man. unless he was
s victim OF the drug. and then It l.
impossible 70 d It. IN that small
ron. which was a. hot as tcphet.
znd s. sQua-i1 - can well be ina
glneC- there were hunks for twenty
eight smokers. Each bunk was
fitted cut wilh au the necessary
pa-auEe-ua-iz for su0kinz-the
pipes. the lamps aut the steel
needle which L u=ed for rolling the
opiu- into s ball ard inserting It
into the pipe
Most Of those n the roou we're
inncceniIy eating rice from
dirty dishes on I Girtier table
But the lighted lamps and the
presence Of q few tecrepit old Chi
uausu Still lying N their hunks
vas enough 70 show that the suok-
inE had been going on only Z few
Minutes before O1e Of them wn0
looked CO Be 3 hundred and fifty
years old but probably only sixty
vas totally blind and was cropping
around trying 70 get out Of his
bunk He still lad his pipe IN his
hand and he appeared 20 be very
much disguised a. the Interrupt
ton
TIE whole OF the 1sighborhood
L houeTcoubed with opium Joints
and other disrspCtzble houses. The
notorious Tong Hing society build
mz has 3 number Of opium deus
Il II. and / the resort Of the worst
class Of Cinnamon that iuf=st the
CITY. Il seems absolutely iupos-
She % coutroI the wee and the
police are as poEerlesE 10 stamp It
oct entirely IS TO keep men from
committing other crimes They
cz1 punish the offenders, but they
cannot reach and destroy the root
Of Ire trouble
Kurzizkez Speaks.