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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
UNRELIABLE SUGAR STATISTICS

In a recent issue of the Grocer,
one of the best-informed trade jour-
mails in the London market, is given
a statement of the wide diversity
of estimates of the new beet sugar
crops on the continent, and the
visible sugar supplies in all coun-
tries. This authority maintains
that at no time in the history of
the sugar industry have the estf-
mates differed so much from the
actual average of former years.
This extreme varisnce, instead of
assisting the trade in forming a
correct idea of what is likely to be
the aggregate yield for 1S95-96
has made it extremely perplexing
to those interested, in coming to
correct conclusion.
Granted that 1t is difficult, II
not impossible, at the very begin
ming of a new season to reckon
with precision what the crops. of
beet or any other kind of produce
are expected to amount to, it is
nevertheless, reasonable to suppose
that the authorities who take upon
the duty of enlighten-
ing the sugar trade as to the pro-
bable outturn of the next years
crop should agree with one another
pretty closely upon the same sub
ject, when all are understood to
possess equal means and facilities
for obtaining the fullest informa-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

ton on the question from the mos
reliable quarters. But, far from
being in unison, or anything ap'
preaching it, each authority is en-
tirely at variance with his neigh
Dor, and the inconsistencies and
contradictions in their estimates
which have been published. within
the last month or two have been
unaccountably gfaring in their
character, so as to deprive, in a
measure, the results arrived at of
their real worth and importance"
Toprove the truth of these asser-
tons, examples of the various pop
ular estimates of the continental
beet crop are given. The first was
given as 3,S30,000 to 4, 10000 tons,
the second 8 ,6S7 900, third 100000
and the fourth popular estimate"
was 3,S00,o0O tons. In consider
ing the weight Of visible supplies
of cane and beet sugars it is found
that the statistics have proven I'M
reliable through mistakes having
been detected in the totals repre-
senting the Cuban stocks, which,
it appears, shave been counted
twice over to the tune of about
10000 tons, and what is more the
mistakes are openly acknowledged
by their authors"
To this marked unreliability of
statistics, evidently the work OF
Spectators, is credited the extra |
caution that is shown by the home
.rade." The majority prefer wait
ng for chances which the future
nay unfold, to following the lead
II those who are obviously attempt
ng to manipulate the market.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
THE LEGISLATURE.
Arrangements for Opening One
Body i'm Executive Building.


Body i'm Executive Building.
All of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives now in Honolulu met
the members of the Cabinet yester-
day and talked over the arrange
ments for the sitting of the Legisla-
ture. The faulty arrangements of
the last session were referred to and
it was decided to have one body sit
in the Judiciary building and the
other in the old throne room in the
Executive building.
Which body will sit in the Ex-
ecutive building has not yet been
decided.
The manner of opening the Leg
islature was also discussed, and
after rather long session it was
decided to have a formal opening
by President Dole.
Invitations will be sent to the
and consular corps and
to the officers of the Bennington
this morning
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
Police Court News.

Eleven cases of drunkenness
paid the usual fine in the police
court yesterday morning.
Kaanaana plead guilty to the
charge of cruelty to animals by
riding horse with a sore back.
Sentence suspended.
Pipi plead not guilty to the
charge of assault and battery on
Wong Chock. In the course of the
examination enough evidence was
introduced to show that Pipi was
guilty, in consequence of which he
was sentenced to pay fine of S.
and costs, and his partner in dis
grace, Portuguese by the uncom-
mon name of Antoine, who assisted
in sweeping the sidewalks with
the Chinaman, was fined $12 and
costs.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

LEGISLATORS Of Rhode Island al
ter pondering over a new law re
quiring all persons performing the
marriage ceremony to register year.
ly, have discovered that a similar
law was passed seventy years age
and has been dead letter for the
past fifty years. Consequently all
marriages performed during the
last half century are illegal. This
is a good example of what laws
amount to when the customs Of a
people change. Legislators may
legislate TO their hearts content,
but the enforcement of laws de-
ponds upon the general consent of
the people to accept them or not.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

Now THAT the United States
Congress has raised Its voice
against prize-fghting in the Terri
tories, the sporting element have
no safe place within the country TO
win fame and fortune by bsttering
each. others physiognomy. Now if
Congress and the Legislatures of
the several States will bar the
pugilists from fighting their battles
through the newspapers, they will
have. accomplished something far
more beneficial.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

0YE writer has said, True
humanity consists not in squeam-
ish ear, but in listening 10 the
story of human suffering and en-
deavoring to relieve IT." Accord
ing to Lord Sslisbury's idea, the
squeamish ear is sufficient when
there's danger OF diplomatic COM
plications arising from an endeavor
to relieve human suffering.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
FILTERS.

The report of the execu-
tive officer of the Board of
Health relative to the
condition of the Nuuanu
reservoirs is suggestive of
something dangerous to
health. 1t also suggests fill
tiers, good filters, something
that will effectually separate
the water from mud and filth.
Nature has done much
toward providing the people
with neceSsarieS; it has also
done a little toward securing
for the people, luxuries In
some localities a filter is a
luxury, in others, Honolulu
for instance, it is a necessity,
but the natural filters that are
sold have been much i'm
proved by the ingenuity of
man.
Charcoal is admitted to be
the most thorough purifying
agent known, consequently
MaSSrS. Slack & BroWnlow Sc
lected it for use in the manu-
facture of their filters. And
we are the agents for this
particular brand of filter in
Honolulu, sufficient guaran-
tee, by the. way, of the
character of the article.
The latest invoices show
three different, styles of the
S. & B. Filters and these we
have in stock, just opened
them, in fact, and we
want your attention.
No 1, 1--WE will call it No.
y is fitted with a movable
plate, so that when neces-
Sary, the carbon may be taken
put and washed. 1t has also
4 movable lining allow
ng access to every part
)f the interior, which
nay be kept perfectly sweet
md clean.
No. 2 and 3 are provided
With the same conveniences
or cleaning as the other, but
hey have the important adj
iltlon that every part, in
,luding the pure water
.hamber, is accessible, Civ
ng them allthe requirements
If a Perfect Filter"
The price of the S. & B.
liter is below the others.
'ou should have one, be-
ause it is a necessity.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
ASSERTIONS OF I'VE THE
PEOPLE"

The oracle who has presided over
the destinies of the Hilo Tribune
in saying his last farewell to his
former readers, states that he has
made a failure in endeavoring to
cater to a people "of a hetero-
geneous nature" He has come to
the conclusion that it will be i'm
possible for the Tribune to satisfy
those in direct control and receive
the commentator of all classes or
in other words, the majority of the
people of the island of Hawaii.
Had he not been new conner to
the country, he would have known
this before he started. Further
along in his editorial remarks, he
shows how well he has learned his
lesson, by giving voice to a few ill
chosen remarks on the subject of
secession.
He tells his readers that, in order
to secede, they must first have
something to secede from that
there is no union between Hawaii
and Oahu; that the Government
is constituted of men from Homo
lulu and Oahu might be annexed
to the United States if it were not
for Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. No
one will doubt in the least that this
self-confessed neophyte has COM
mitted his lesson to the letter. In
this parting shot, the forty or fifty
men which the paper speaks about,
have gathered together and, after
discussing the situation, decided
that they are the people. Even
though we were not acquainted
with the long ears of the creature
we could recognize its place in the
community by the distinguishing
bray. The late editor speaks of
the establishers of his paper and
associates with them the majority
OF the people of Hawaii" In this
last statement he has made his
fatal mistake. When the Tribune
makes such foolish statements re-
garding the assertion of rights"
and the lack of union," it is well
known that "such stuff is utter
The organ of the forty tailors of
Hawaii says that ''the time is not
Tar distant when one, if not all, the
portfolios of State will be asked to |
be given to some one on this island |
(Hawaii) and it will be granted. !"
No one has ever objected to any of
he good men of Hawaii occupying
| position in the Cabinet, but it is
very well known that the people of
he island of Hawaii or the country
# Hawaii will not accept second
ate lawyers or men anxious to
urther personal ends at the ex-
'ense of the country. Our con-
temporary, in talking of the asser-
ion of rights by the people +" of
appears to be suffering
rom quite as serious an attack of
alking through its hat as was evil
lenced in the diagnosis of its relics
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

Simon 8 Hartman, of Tunnelton,
West Va, has been subject to attacks
of collie about once a year, and vouId
have to call a doctor and then suffer
for about twelve hours as much as
some do when they die. He was tax
en- recently just the same as at other
times, and concluded to try Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. He says: 81 took one dose
OF 1t and 1t gave me relief in five
minutes. That Is more than any
thing else has ever done for me.n
For sale BY all druggists and dealers.
BENSON, SMITH d Co., agents for HI.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

JAPANESE competition in the
commerce of the United States is
proving a prominent arglmenta-
tive handle, not alone for the labor
agitator and the tariff tinker. The
advocates of free silver are taking
up the matter as well, and not
without reason. The expenses
of Oriental firms are paid in silver,
and as the products are sold in the
United States and England for
gold or Its equivalent, the manufac-
turers OF the Eastern countries
have an advantage of nearly 80 per
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
A Review and Parade.

Colonel Mclean, First Regiment,
N. G. H., has extended an invita-
ton to Brigadier-General R. H.
Warfield, N. G. c., and the officers
of the U. S. 4: now visiting in
Honolulu to be present at a review
and parade on Thursday next, at
7:45 p. m.
General Warfeld was seen at the
Hawaiian hotel last night by a
reporter for the ADVERTISER. He
stated that he had accepted the in
vitation.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

Ex-MINIsTER THURsToN's descrip-
ton Of the attitude OF the Amer
lean administration toward this
Government gives new prominence
10 the remark made in the halls OF
the United States Congress when
the news OF Charles Carriers death
was read-"His blood is on the
lintels of the White House
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
LANDIS' WEAK EXPLANATION.

Ex-Minister Thurston's inter
view, as published by the Chicago
Times-Herald, has stirred up quite
a commotion, particularly among
those who were interested in keep
ing quiet the inside history of his
treatment while in Washington.
The full text of Secretary Landis'
reply to statements made by Mr..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
ICIRCUlT COURT NEWS.
A Batch of Marriage Failures.
Engineer Walsh on Trial.


Engineer Walsh on Trial.
! ]. W. Smith, of Kona, Hawaii,
has filed his final accounts as guar
dian of Caroline Travis, minor,
and asks for his discharge.
J, Paaluhi, defendant in divorce
proceedings brought by his wife,
has been ordered to pay $50 attor-
news fee. The divorce proceedings
were withdrawn as the parties had
become reconciled.
Fosan has been granted divorce
from his wife Kaale Fosan on the
grounds of adultery. The custody
of two minor children has been
awarded to the father.
Judgment for $26.25 has been
tieled against Goo Kim, defendant
in suit for ejectment brought by r.
W. Holt.
Kamakakalani Malina has been
granted a divorce from George
Malina on the ground of extreme
cruelty.
James Walsh, the railway en-
gineer from Wailuku, charged with
manslaughter in killing a native in
railway wreck, was placed on
trial before Judge Carter late yes
terday, afternoon. DR.. Raymond |
was the only witness called up to 5
o'clock, when Mr.. Kinney, attorney
for Walsh, asked for a recess until
1880, when the trial was resumed.
At 10 o'clock the court adjourned
until $50 this morning. Only
three witnesses were examined up
to the hour. of adjournment.
In Judge Perry's court, the jury
in the case of Mrs. Ward VS.. The
of Hawaii for damages
ensuing in consequence of the ex-
of certain land along
the new beach boulevard, returned
a verdict of $500, with interest at
3 per cent. for five years. The case s
will probably be appealed TO the ,
Supreme Court. +.
l.. A. ThurstoE, administrator of
he estate of John Brodie, deceased,
has filed an inventory which shows,
besides large library and iurni-
,ure, book debts amounting to
1887 so and co-partnership book
lebts amounting to $892l SO.
Helen Hanson, defendant in di-
7orce proceedings brought by Henry
Hanson, asks for $25 counsel fees ,
md SIS per month alimony.
q Thurston & Stanley have fled a
,rief in the suit of Rudolph Spreck-
lis VS.. Paauhou Plantation Com |
oany asking that an injunction be
ssued restraining the plantation I
company from paying any divi-
lends due him on 5000 shares of
;apital stock of the company into
he bank of Spreckels & Co. The '
'fficers of the company have been {
:ited to appear within twenty days
ind shows cause why the injunc- {
ion should not be granted. /,
James Ashford has filed motion
md affidavit in answer to suit |
brought against him by Almira |
The affidavit recites {
7. V. Ashford is a necessary wit :
less, etc. c. J. Creighton for de- +
ense.
The sale of the Club Stables has
'een postponed by order of the t
curt until the Goth instant. a
c. H. White, charged with as \
aulting officer Needham was found !,
utility. /
II. Hanson, for driving an omni- I
JUS without license, was con- v
icted. r
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18
LORD SALISBURY'S SPEECH.

| 1t is not to be wondered that the
British are incensed over Lord
Salisbury's new role as an apollo
| gist. The sudden change OF hear
displayed in the recent speeches o.
both Salisbury and Balfour cannot
be otherwise than gratifying to
Americans who have been waiting
TO see which of the two nations,
whose feathers and fur have been
very much ruffied, would be the
first to back down. The situation
is a most extraordinary one. Lord
Salisbury, after giving a sharp re-
ply to Secretary Olney, fitting out
a fying.squadron intended to set
the hearts of all nations quaking,
and making a general display OF
arms, comes suddenly to the opin-
ion that England really isn't to be
held responsible for the conditions
in Armenia and that the Monroe
doctrine is after all a very proper
idea and should be accepted.
This sudden change. from a war
dance to a love feast, naturally
leads.to an inquiry as to the cause.
Whence this sudden love for the
cousins across the water? Why
this unsual discovery that the Sui
tan is not the instigator OF the
crimes of Armenian Is Salisbury
getting shaky over the ability of
Great Britain to subdue the world
single handed? After swinging
around the circle he has found
Americans ready to fight, Germans
none the less anxious, Russia quiet
but prepared, and France not par
ticularly friendly. Having taken
in this situation he decides that
arm is not long enough |
to extend a helping hand to Ar
menia, and the whole affair must
be left to the power of the "Sul-
tan's prestige, which is the only
power left in the country" And |
yet Salisbury says that the 'Sul-
tan's Government is weak, wretch
ID, impotent and powerless." Lord
has made an ignomini-
ous admission. If as he says,
arm is not long enough
to reach the weak, impotent and
powerless Sultan, it is not to be
that Uncle Sam is patted |
IN the back and coaxed with
meaningless phrases. Great Brit
inns Premier has represented his
country as being an expert on
bluff and blow, but utterly power
ess when called upon to act in the
'ause OF humanity, and in so doing
lie has sadly misrepresented the
ank and file of his countrymen.
Americans may be brother Anglo
Saxons, but it will be a long day
'efore they will ally themselves
With the British to be used as a
ats paw or the effective arm of
he flying squadron. Should the
'olicy mapped out at the meeting
f the Non-Conformist Unionists
'e followed out, there will be no
question as to whether Salisbury
nd his squadron are flying or
leeing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

The consolidation OF the Portu-
guese newspapers Of the city pres
ages greater unity and correspond
ing strength in the power OF the
Portuguese colony.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

of monarchy and straws. 1t for
gets that there are more than three
people on Hawaii and that Hilo
has not been recognized as the hub
of the universe or of the island of
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

/. Thurston is teeming with eyidenc
: of bitter feeling against the. eS
Minister, and he also says man
= things which he will find consider
, able trouble in explaining, whel
met with further expose of de
tails.
The Times-Herald, in referrin,
to this "new and interesting chap
ter in the history of the Hawaiian
embroglio," says: ''The truth il
that both Cleveland and Gresham
evinced viruient hostility to tn,
new Hawaiian Government from
the beginning. These demonstra
tons indicated what the Admins
tration intended, and although Mr.
Thurston was persistent in his
efforts in behalf of his Govern
ment, he met with much unde-
served contumely and indignity.
His story is straightforward and
undoubtedly truthful. He was
persona non grata with the admin
istration from the start, and no
pains were taken to make him
seem otherwise. He was not treat
ed with even diplomatic courtesy,
and it is small wonder that he
finally committed the indiscretion
he admits. That was precisely
what the administration was hop
ing for, and they made it the ex-
cuse for demanding his recall. If
he could only have been little
more self-restrained and observed
to the point of punctiliousness
every nice usage of the diplomatist,
he could more than have held his
own"
Secretary Lands has met with
cold comfort in his attempted de-
NAL of the facts set forth by Mr..
Thurston. His endeavors to'make
out case have been futile to an
extreme as will be discovered by |
those sufficiently interested to COM
pare carefully the statements of |
the two men. AS is remarked by the
Chronicle: There is no evidence
Of Thurston's having maintained a
press bureau in connection with
the Hawaiian Legation. 1t may
be true that he was too full of the
subject Of his country's woes, and
100 bitter against the Cleveland
administration, to be wholly dis
rect but this seems to be the
head and front of his offending.
md it will require something more
han the unsupported statemen, of
. private secretary of ex-Secretary
Gresham to convince the American
people that Minister Thurston was
not treated uniustly, or to make
hem believe that the real cause of
What VISA virtually his dismissal was
lot that he stood up for Hawaii
against Grover Cleveland, John G.
Carlisle and Paramount Blount."
We have often expressed our
elves as favorable to the establish
nent of an Hawaiian press bureau
n the United States, with Mr..
Thurston at the head. If this could
,ecome an accomplished fact we
re inclined to believe that even
lr. Lands would ask forgiveness
or ever having suggested Mr..
'hurston's name in connection
nth the newspapers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-18

A one-year-old colt by Amarino
arrived on the w. G. Hall from
Maui yesterday. 1t is the property
of Charles David.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-17

Hrtnfers' Jna cf6e fifffe sc8oos
master Of aeesrfisins', saps:
IT is eta mao for f6e 1ceasgtnefon
Stor, one proBa8fp fruf8suffp
efaim.o. f8af no offer new srapsr
In f6e eounfrp goes info SO farss
a percentage o. off f8e 8ouses
p.fetn a raotus Of fneenfp mifss
from f6e office Of publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-17
THE WATsON-BUTLER WAR.
1t Promises to Continue Until One is
Knocked Out Politically.

The merry little war between Thomas
Watson and Senator Butler is beginning to
get warm; the second round mas taken
place. This is the publication of Bdtler's
letter to Watson when the letter of ac-
ceptance of the vice presidential candidate
was received in which Butler refused to
make public the letter unless Watson mod
lied what Butler regarded as in effect ad-
vice 10 populists not to vote the fusion
electoral tickets, and in which the Senator
deiicately points cut the non-success of
Watson's policy Of non-fusion in his own
state
The next round is COW looked for and
w atson VIII force the fighting this time.
ne Will attack the North Carolina man in
vigorous fashion. Butler will counter and
there will be fun.
1t Is an interesting fact that Senator But
ier. mas carefully preserved every line of
correspondence between himself and Wat
son, and that if the latter goes too far the
senator Will give the whole matter to the
press. He does not propose that Watson
shaii abuse him as he did Sewall without
hdNiiiS 10 take pepper N return. 1t will
not De a one-sided affair this time. Each
man has a paper and each is a forcible
writer Their papers circulate about even
~ In populist circles. 1t is going TO be a
Knockout light and the lasc round must
De 1ought before 1900, when one or the
other VIII be dead politically in his own
party. Butler has the advantage of being
IN the Senate, which will give some add
ponal weight to what he has to say