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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
The PUBLIC WORKS DEPART
MENT.

The attacks made in the Legislature
upon the Superintendent OF Public
Works is only another instance Of the
inability Of men. who can manage
their own affairs successfully. TO grasp
and wisely deal with matters outside
Of the lines OF their own experience.
We are not defending all OF Mr..
Rowelrs methods. Some OF them may
be open 10 criticism. It would be
strange if they were not, in view OF
the fact that he is called upon 10
deal practically with more details than
any man in the Republic He is not
allowed the assistance that he ought
10 have. He works more hours than
any man in public Office, excepting
perhaps the Attorney-General. More
over, the business OF the department
has increased three fold since he took
it, and then he has had little or no in
crease of his working force.
The Superintendent in dealing with
public matters. has had to deal with
a hand TO mouth policy on the part
of community. The adoption and ex-
ecution OF large and intelligent plans
has been prevented by the ignorance
and neglect OF previous Legislatures.
When the community comes to its
senses, it invariably demands a scape-
goat.
We know that the expeditions and
cheap method OF dredging out harbor
channels was the Superintendent
invention or discovery. We know that
for many years, it was assumed that
the cost of dredging out a ship chan
mel in Pearl harbor was fixed at near
a million OF dollars. We know that
this discovery of the Superintendent
that the sand and coral on the bar
could be rapidly pumped out, instead
OF being blasted out, reduced the esti-
mate 10 mere trif1e- We know that
Admirals Irwin and Walker fully ap-
preciated it and commended it. We
know that the present dredging
machine, furnished by the San Fran
cisco Dredging Co. was not especially
adapted to the material found in our
waters but was altered and changed
and made successful by the Superin-
tendent, so that it has become an
efficient apparatus. We know, also,
that the agent of that company, which
does dredging all over the world, has
adopted these improvements by the
Superintendent, and is now using
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

them in government work st Port
Royal, 5, c.
This is only one Of the many cases.
where the Superintendent has over
come serious engineering difficulties,
and saved large sums of money to the
Government. The discoverer of the
means by which Pearl harhor may be
cheaply dredged out is worthy of
public recognition
But the men who should know all
Of these facts. and act intelligently
upontheu. find neither time nor oppor-
tunity TO become familiar with them,
and therefore pass habby, immature
judgments upon them. To pass
thoughtful, intelligent Judgment upon
them requires time and study.
If the Superintendent was con-
demned after Just and careful re-
view of his methods. no one should
complain To. condemn him with a
,horse-shed" opinion is unjust
The Superintendent is s very poor
politician. We admit A good" civil
engineer in public life should bs
good political engineer. Nearly all
OF the American communities employ
the combination talent Of engineer
ing and politics in one man. 1t costs
heavily of course, and the community
is most numerically robbed, but this
method often provides places for many
worthy men. who have been kicked
ont OF other places for Incompetence
and drunkenness,
The. greatest scandals in municipal
and state governments are found in
the departments of public works.
Much of the engineering work is I'M
der ground or concealed. Frauds can
not be traced out.
So far, we have been Singularly
successful in the management of our
own department of Public Works.
Perhaps the Legislature and the pub
lie are getting q little tired of the
monotony of honesty in this Depart
ment. Let them be patient. The Com
ing political changes, whatever they
are, will soon enough I'LL this Depart
ment with scandals, and repeat the
history of extravaganza, ignorance,
and robbery that exists in nearly every |
and state
AS the Superintendent invariably |
refuses TO make any defense of him
self, we merely suggest that something
may be said in his behalf.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
The LEGISLATURE.

Under the constitutional Limitation,
the session OF the Legislature is close
10 its end. unless extended The Sen
ate finished with commemorate speed
its consideration of the appropriation
bills, while It is the general impression
that the House has dawdled a good
deal Just at present ii has q violent
attack OF economical grippe, and in
some instances has been nearly bent
double with the cramps Of stinginess.
Inmany respects the Legislative body
is q study. President Hosmer should
have taken the advanced students Of
Oahu College, in relays, and with
regularity, TO these Legislative ses-
sions. in order 10 give them object les
sons in the business OF making laws
If they did not obtain much instruction
IN the theory and art Of how TO do it, j"
they would have have obtained much
experience and practice in the art Of
"how not to do it
The community would DO gross in
justice if it did not recognize the value
OF the services OF intelligent. industri-
Gus men in both Senate and House.
Some Of them have made decided sacri-
fees in accepting legislative Office. Their
contribution 10 the good OF the coun-
Try should be and must be recognized.
The faults OF the legislative body are
those usually found in bodies Of this
character. composed of men without
party ties Al the beginning OF the
session, the members Of both branches
refused with some Indignation any
government leadership. Every mem
Der seems TO have carefully read the
political novel; GO It alone. or every
man his own Boss" This was especial
y the case with the "rosebuds" Of the
House. many Of whom felt very con-
seious Of profusely exhaling sweet leg
islative doors of knowledge. The
Ministers were insulted TO some ex-
tent. Each member Of the Cabinet
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
THE PAY OF TRAINED NURSES.

The average sum paid TO pupil
nurses is ten dollars a month for the
first year, and fourteen dollars month
during the second year, writes Eliza
beth Robinson Scovil on "The Life Of
a Trained Nurse" in the May Ladies'
Home Journal. The remuneration
varies in different institutions. In a
few training schools the nurses are
paid nothing. After graduation head
nurses in hospital wards receive from
twenty to thirty dollars per month;
superintendent from five hundred to
twelve hundred dollars year. Dis
.trict nurses, who are employed by
various churches, societies. and some
times by private beneyolence, to work
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
HOUSE.
Eighty-sixth Day, NJ,

Eighty-sixth Day, May 20.
Minister Cooper announced signed by
President Dole House bill 80, AN Act
creating an Auditor-General's De-
partment and to further regulate the
receipt, custody and disbursement of
public moneys, and provide for the
supervision of public accountants and
audit of public accounts, etc"
Rep. Isenberg introduced the follow
ing resolution which was referred to
special committee: BE it resolved
that an item of $500 be inserted in
the appropriation bill, current accounts
for the promotion of tourist travel =
This is in furtherance of E. c. Mac
farlane's advertising plan.
The appropriation bill was again
taken up. The salary of the Deputy
Collector-General was reduced from
1925 to s175. The Collector-G Generals
salary passed at $4,000.
Rep. McCandless wanted the item of
$4,000 for custom guards, all ports,
striker out The Customs Bureau had
already asked for half the earth, where
was the use of giving them the whole
of it. This proved a most unpopular
motion with the House Reps. Nc
Candless and Kahaulelio were the only
ones who voted it.
Rep. Gear introduced the subject of a
steam launch for the Customs Bureau.
An engineer must be had to run the
launch. He would recommend the in
sertion' of new item of $4,000 for an
engineer. The consideration of this
was deferred until the launch item
should be brought up.
Rep. Gear moved for the insertion
in the. appropriation bill of an item of
$4,000 for a food inspector. 1t was
necessary to have good man and
therefore he should have a good sal
ary Rep. McCandless moved the item
be made s2700 for IS months. Carried.
AT II noon the House took a recess
until 1870 p. m.
In the afternoon the Viee-Speaker
waited until nearly 2 o'clock. The
members who were present became
uneasy as it did not look as if quo
rum would arrive. The Vive-Speaker
announced that the tardy members
should be taught lesson and declared
the House adjourned.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
Great Xiolinfst Gone.

Edouard Remenyi, the Hungarian
violinist, fell dead on the stage of the
Orpheum theater at San Francisco.
He was quite well known here.
Remenyi was personally charming
man. By some of the critics it was
alleged that he was not really great
violinist. Nevertheless he had a firm
hold upon the affections of the music
loving people OF many countries and
became wealthy through his tours as
a soloist. Remenyi loved to tell Of the
time he was shipwrecked in the South
Seas and reported dead. To the writer
Remenyi once gave an extended ac-
count of his collection of curios. gath
cred in many lands.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
SCROFULA
1t is Foul Blood,s Advertise
ment
But 1t is Soon Cured by Hoods
SarSaparilIa.

Sarsaparilla.
Yes, Scrofula, If anything, may be called
the advertisement of foul blood. 1t is the
scou-g &c of the world offensive, painful,
facilitating, stubborn and well nigh
uncomfortable.
Outward applications do not cure, they
only drive the difficulty to new quarters.
Emollients may palliate, they cannot
abolish the evil. There is but one sure
way out, and that is to eliminate the
faint from the blood.
There is one remedy that can effect this,
and it is the only one that, so far as we
know, has almost invariably succeeded
even where the system has been poisoned
by long years OF faint, and the ravages to
be repaired are tremendous. That remedy
is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Read this:
"My daughter was afflicted with i'm
pure blood. There were running sores
all over her body and they caused her
much suffering. We tried medicines that
were recommended as blood purifiers,
but could not see that they did any good
A friend told me about Hoods Sarsapa-
rilIa and began giving the girlthis med
icine. The result was that she was per-
fectly cured after taking a few bottles
She has had no symptoms of scrofuIa.
sores since that time" MARIETTA NJ
SMITH, South Middleboro, Mass.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
CUBAN ALLIES

Some OF the political difficulties in
volved IN Cuban intervention already
appear. The insurgent government o.
Cuba seems 10 have resolved 70 be
taken q once into President Mehin-
legs counsels- The people OF the
United States acting by their Presi-
dent have entirely disregarded the
political situation in Cuba, excepting
as il was involved in relieving tie
starving and dovntrodden Cuo2ns and
the expulsion OF the Spaniards. The
President evidently has 10 abiding
faith II The political morality OF the
revolutionis-s, He refused TO recog-
niEe the Cuban government, because
he could no-. and cannot trust il
Congress under the popular movement
has taken more stock in il than
the President has, Remember the
Maine Is grand cry. but II does
NOS make the ignorant revoluuonists
any better than they are. They are
still cruel and bigoted, and proud by
inheritance, and viii. sooner OF later
refuse any gratitude 10 the Americans
for the splendid suceor now lavishly
given 10 them. No doubt General Lee
has made President Mckinley familiar
with the class OF people he IS TO deal
with The dispatches indicate trouble
between Gen. Gomez and the Junta in
New York. That party among the
insurgents that gets the ear OF the
American Government Will handle the
American coin which will be used for
political or varlike purposes.
The wisdom OF the President in re-
fusing to be placed under, or be bound
by. the so-calIed Cuban government
was evidently the result Of a very care
ful examination OF the situation.
Il may safely be predicted, that the
American Government viii have, in
the long run. more annoyance in deal
ing with the Cuban rebels than with
Spanish feet
There seems 10 be some reluctance
in Washington TO allow q very large
gift OF guns and ammunition 10 the
rebels. These may be used by them
in destroying the Spaniards. in the
first place, and than in annoying the
Americans, If they refuse TO follow the
dictates Of the Cuban government.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

among the sick poor. receive about the
same salary as head nurse in a hos
pital. exclusive Of board.
Private nurses receive from fifteen
to twenty-five dollars a week. They
have to pay the rent OF room to use
as headquarters. and their earnings
are more or less precarious. 1t is rare
for nurse to be employed all the
time. and her work is so arduors that
it would be impossible for her to stand
the strain OF continuous work.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

The many friends of Admiral Walker
will be delighted to read the following
notice regarding his daughters rapid
promotion TO one Of the most i'm
portant educational positions in the
United States:
"BRYN MAWR, Penn. April q
Miss Susan Grimes Walker, graduate
of Bryn Mawr College, has just been
appointed head of Fiske Hall, the new
hall OF residence for the women of
Barnard College, 10 be opened in octo-
Der. on Riverside Heights, New York
City.
Miss Walker is the daughter of
Admiral Walker. She was a member
Of the class of 80. and when at Bryn
Mawr was President of the Self-Gov-
eminent Association. Her special work
was in the departments of history
and political science.
After taking her a. B. she was
Secretary 10 the Dean of Bryn Mawr
and graduate student in sociology,
1881 In the following year. 1S94-5,
she filed the Office OF Secretary 10
the President, being enrolled also as
a graduate student in history. In
1856 she was teacher of science in
the McDonald-Ellis School. Washing
ton, D. C. For several years Miss
Walker has been active in the College
Settlements Association. OF which she
is one OF the chief officers
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

WIS treated SIS if he were the "niggeT
head" in the side show Of the circus,
and the members who had a high duty
n pe-foru, SHE'D missiles at him
Quite too many OF the members
spent their time in posting notices
aII over the Legislative garden warn
ing the Cabinet to Keep of the grass
or no Ministerial dogs permitted 10
bathe in this pond,
The consequence is that the Minis
ters. instead OF acting as leaders OF
the dominant party, Is they do in
other countries, have been in the po-
sidon OF kites without any tails 10
them.
# the members OF the Legislature
had chosen 10 study their relations 10
the people and government, they
would quickly have discovered that
they were Illustrating the political
blunde7s. and errors Of the members
OF the modern French Republican As
sembly. which refuses 10 trust the
government and vainly attempts
crude, diSorgauized parliamentary gov
eminent. in which every member is
the hero Of the political novel We have
quoted, Go II alone. or each man his
own Boss" II each branch OF the
Legislature would. ont OF its contin-
gent fund. purchase for each member
copy Of France, recently written
by !. E. c. Bodley. writer of much
power. there would appear before
them, in rather 3 ghastly way. the
strange. inconsistent, and at times
ludicrous acts Of the legislative body
of 3 new and great Republic. conduct
ed on the principle Of no party lines.
as II is here
Indeed. in reviewing the doings OF
the Legislature. up 10 the present
time, the ruling idea seems TO have
been. especially in the House. to re-
gard the Executive departments as
not above suspicion, and al any rate,
not worthy of party leadership.
While the government generally
announced its policy. in the opening
Of the session. it did not take the
usual means. commonly adopted in all
countries, Of organizing 2 machine
to carry through its policy. It is not
enough 10 declare policy. It is Just
as necessary TO hitch up legislative
teams that will pull ii through.
The government did not do this.
the members Of the Legislature did not
choose leader out Of their own body.
nor has the American Union party
-ried to enforce several very valuable
measures. contained in its platform,
through want OF leader.
This general aspect of the Legisla- I
i've body does not call for any severe
criticism. It is an old story in poliu- /
al growth. It shows how body of .
men almost unconsciously are doing
here, Just what other bodies of men
have done elsewhere. under similar
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

the European naval critics that the
spanish fleet has been imperfectly
trained in squadron practice. II il is
true. the battle will turn on this
important point of feet evolution.
During the naval fight between the
Chinese and Japanese on the Yalu,
the volumes of smoke from the rapid
firing so enveloped the ships that
systematic evolutions were made
more by instinct and habit than by
signals, At times. it was impossible
to read signals. In such critical mo-
ments training and practice tell.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

The correspondence regarding the
Carter Memorial is TO be regretted.
1t indicates the existence of some
bitter feeling towards the Legislature.
Whether or not this feeling is justi-
fed by its conduct need not now be
discussed. Men with high sentiments
can, if they choose to, gradually re-
move all misunderstanding In some
sense, We stand in the presence of the
dead. Soft and measured words only
are appropriate. Any appearances of
anger only bring sorrow TO hearts
that are yet in the shadows of the
Valley.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

Regarding thorough preparation for
war, a story is told of Moltke in 1870,
which is suggestive. When the war
against France was declared. a staff
officer brought him the news and woke
him up to receive it at two in the
morning. He simply said, The first
portfolio in the second drawer of my
table and then promptly turned over
and went to sleep again. This port
folio contained all the instructions
that were necessary for what is called
in military technology the 'disloca-
ton Of the army, so ready was every
thing in every department. The move
ment Of every regiment and division
and corps was provided for. The route
OF every commander was marked out.
BY the time Moltke had risen and
dressed, the mighty host was march
ing, with the precision Of the most
deadly science. to that astonishing
series ofvictories which in two months
had laid France at Bismarck's feet.
The army, too. was ready from cap
to shoes. This is what military men
in our day call preparation for war.
1t took years to make"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

The celebration Tuesday Of The an
uiYersary Of the birth OF Queen Vic
toria, was not only appropriate, but
enthusiastic. The community became
Englizhmen in their loyalty 10 the IN
blemished reign Of the British Queen
The Americans Of The Northern States
viii ever Be grateful TO the woman,
who firmly refused 10 terminate British
neutrality during the civil war, when
Napoleon III earnestly urged the Brit
ISL Government TO Join France in
breaking the blockade Of the Southern
ports
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

A correspondent suggests, that we
may not be correct in giving to Prot
b. s Northrup the credit OF original
ing 'Arbor Day" He tells us that ].
Sterling Morton is generally believed
10 be the author of it. Our authority
for the statement we made, is the
\. Y. Evangelist The State Board of
Education of Nebraska. in 1874, re-
commended a legal sanction of this
day, and after it was adopted by the
State Legislature, other States follow
ed the example. Mr.. Morton is TO be
credited with obtaining the legisla-
ton in Nebraska. We presume
that Prof. Northrup obtained credit
for suggesting the day, in New
England. before legislation was made
in Nebraska.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

The dispatches indicate that the
Spaniards have chosen 70 cross the
Atlantic, and fight the Americans near
their own base. If this was their plan,
the battle has probably been fought
by this time. II fought it was not a
Cayite affair. The more serious Amer
lean journals admit the superiority
of the Spanish cruisers, over the Amer
lean cruisers in speed, but hardly an
equality in battleships. 1t is said by
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27

According to the newspapers, an
Ohio husband became the happy father
of seven children not long ago. Of the
seven al lived but one. 1t is to be
hoped he laid in supply CT Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, the only sure
be hoped he laid in q supply OF Cham
berain's Cough Remedy, the only sure
cure for Group, whooping- cough, colds
and coughs, and so insured his children
against these diseases. For sale by all
druggists and dealers. Benson, Smith
& Co, Agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-27
Hoods s sssi1is

Is the best-infact the One True Blood Purifier
Insist upon HOOPS; take no substitute.
Hoods Pills f Gaod RsF ssassss4Ia WITH
HoBRoN DRUG COMPANY,
Wholesale Agents.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-11

MONEY to loan on real estate at lowest
rates. RIEGER-MOORE REALTY CO.,
HeiSt bldg
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


NORMAN G. ROBERTSON. proprietors
of abstracts and examiners of land titles,
No. Ii East Sixth street. furnish daily the
er'S office at Kansas City. Mo.
Notice-All transfers appearing in the
daily reports contain covenants of general
warranty. unless otherwise stated.
January 10. 1895.
Addie NJ. Davis to Juliette c. John
son: lot A.. Neva place ....-......$ IT'S
S. NJ. Wiberg and wife to German
American Savings and Loan Assoc
citation No. /: lot /, block 10, Winter
N. S. Gilbert and wife to L. ]. Jones:
part lot 8. block 4. Prospect heights 900
Thomas G. Wiles and wife to Harriet
F. Wiles; part lot Il. Bouton's addi-
Walnut Street Improvement Com,
pany to II. X. levers: lots IS. 81,
block "a. CentropoliS 800. ....... 225
Emma B. W~inningham and husband
to w. F. Deatherage: lot II. part lot
16. Bethesda place ............ LIS
OUITCLAIM DEEDS.
c. E. Perkins and wife to st. Louis
and Kansas City Land Company:
part southwest quarter of section
Z. township 40. range SIS .......... /
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail-
way to same: part northwest quar-
ter of section {. township 40, range
Fred Mcdonald and wife to Meyer
Bros. Drug Company: lot 4,
Springfield park ......... ........... /
TRUSTEES DEED.
Martha A. Ingraham and husband to
John Lake: lots 6, Z, Independence
Avenue addition Observation-Disclosures. 1000