The San Francisco call., 1898-10-20
THREE IMPORTANT AILMENTS
MALARIA, RHEUMATISM AND
 DYSENTERY FIND VICTIMS.
There Will Be No Delay in Establish ing at the Islands a Con- siderable Naval
 Station.
Correspondence of The Call.

HONOLULU, Oct. 12.-Private James M Wall, Company c, First New York, is in the military hospital paralyzed from head to feet and suffering from a severe concussion. He will recover, but after several weeks of careful nursing. Yesterday he could not move a muscle in his body; last night, however, he could bend his fingers and talk His condition is due to a dive in shallow water at Waikiki his head coming in contact with a rock at the bottom.
 There were last night 130 patients in the military hospital. One is quite low of fever and may die Malaria, rheu- matism and dysentery are the principal ailments. Homesickness does not help matters any. The rheumatism patients are all from northern attitudes, which is considered strange. There is more malaria in the camps than was reason ably to be expected. This is for the most part due to the habits of the men.
 Captain Tanner, U. s. N, has made draft on the Public Works Office here for wharf and excavation plans so that he may call for bids for United States water front work here upon his return to the coast. Much information was given Captain Tanner by Superintend- ent Rowell. It is now certain that there will be no delay in establishing here a considerable naval station.
 In the case of Rose Berliner, who sued the City of Columbia for s5e00 damages for false Imprisonment. and whose case was thrown out of court by Judge Perry, an appeal has been taken by her attorney, who sets up the fol- lowing grounds: That the evidence was conclusive and establishes beyond question that the libelant was unlaw- fully and improperly imprisoned, h. suited, assaulted and shamefully treat ed by the master of the vessel; that the evidence does not sustain the findings of fact of the trial court in favor of :he respondent nor is there any justifica- tion or excuse made upon the part of the master or the respondents. The findings Of the court and to the deci- sion and decree entered.
 In the matter of licenses, about which so much controversy has been had of late, a retail spirit license was issued to-day, which, in addition to the usual printed matter, contained the following in red ink: Tt is further conditioned that there shall be no screens nor other things obstructing the view of the ipte- rior from passers-by, erected or maln- tained at the entrance of the licensed place"
 If this is all that is asked by the present Government it will not trouble many of the saloons. and will not make the saloon more attractive than il Is already. On inquiry among the saloon keepers they say unanimously that they are willing to accept any fair re- strictiOns upon their traffic and that they feel that Messrs. Thurston and Hatch, who have both represented the former Hawaiian Government at Wash ington, will see that their cause Is properly argued.
 Justice W. F. Frear leaves for Wash ington to attend sessions of the Ha- waiian Commission before Congress as- sembles. He takes away huge mass of documentary evidence from the Gov ernment departments.