Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-25
A NICE LITTLE BILL TO PAY
What 1t Cost to Deport CranstOun,
Mueller and Johnston.
Donation Asked for the Management Of the
CaDadlan-AuStralan Line for
ArduOuS Efforts.

In his report to the Legislature
the Minister of Foreign Affairs
refers briefly to the claim of the
Canadian Australian Steamship
line and recommends that it be
paid, saying also that a statement
of the account of the steamship
line may be found in appendix
f.
Reference to pages 100, 101 and
102 of the report disloses copies
of two letters and the statement
of the Canadian Australian S. S.
Co. by which it appears that the
sum of $4,000, for which the suits
we're compromised with the three
plaintiffs, has now run up with
incidental expenses to S9439.l2,
with interest at 6 per cent from
May 20, 1897. The letters dis
close the liability of the
government and the history of the
case.
The fret letter ia from Minister
Hatch to Captain Bird, command
er of the steamship Warrimoo,
which says under date of Februa-
nv 2, 1895, "The Hawaiian Gov
eminent hereby obligates itself to
assume and protect you from any
expense which may be incurred
by you in consequence of trans
porting three passengers at the
request of the Hawaiian Govern
ment from Honolulu to Vancou-
yer, these passengers being named
Cranstoun, Mueller and John
ston."
The second letter is signed by
Theo. FL. Davies & Co. Ltd, f. NJ.
Swanzy director, and is addressed
to Minister Cooper under date Of
May 81, 1897, and recites that the
cases OF the three men have been
compromised in the Courts of
Vancouver for $4,000. 1t then
goes on to say:
ut will be within your recol-
lection that the above-named men
were forcibly placed on board the
8. s. Warrimoo, February 2, 1895
in the presence of Attorney Gen
eral, w. o. Smith; the Minister
: of Interior, j. A. King; Minister
of Finance, s. M. Damon, and
Marshal Hitchcock, and were
kept on board by posse of police
until the steamer was we'll outside
the harbor. Prior to her sailing
letter of indemnity was given tC
o Captain Bird (the master of thu
: Warrimoo) obligating the Hawai-
ian Government to assume any ex
pense incurred by the steamer il
y consequence of transporting thes
men. 1t is in pursuance OF thi
r undertaking that we now submit
n the enclosed memorandum of ex
penses incurred, which amount t
S9439.16.
ave are further instructed t
ask your consideration OF the gres
amount Of time and labor whic
. has been devoted by the manage
ment of the line to the protectlo
). of the interests of the Hawaiia
= Government in connection wit
these law suits, and OF the fac
that all possible economy ha
been studied which has been con
Ot sistent with proper care OF thes
interests. or course no remupel
alton in this regard is include
al in the memorandum no
submitted, but we woul
respectfully urge the addition I
;" moderate amount of money,
be awarded to the management I
the line in recognition OF the
arduous and faithful efforts in Il
defense of the suits.
"And we shall esteem it a fav
if you will, at your earliest co
venience, name a date when '
may wait on you for the purpo
r. of receiving payment"
What answer Minister Coop
made to this extremely polite mi
sive does not appear in the repo
The statement of the clai
K which accompanies the letter col
tains an interest accou
and cash paid accou
's' in parallel columns. ~