The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-20
DIR. ARMITAGE REPLIES
Statement in the Advertiser was
Correct--other Maui News

Correct--other Maui News.
The following letter by DIR. Arml-
tage, and other local news, Is takes
from the Maui News of the 10Th in
slant: XIII ...
The letter written by Mr. Hons.
| which appeared In your paper Of
March Sd, in no way Invalidates my
communication to the Advertiser az
February oath; since the conLradio,-
ton by Mr.. Baldwin of that part o.
my statement referring to him in
counterbalanced by my absolute reAs,-
sertion that the facts were as related
Naturally, on reading that contradic-
ton on the day of receiving the paper.
| went in search of Mr.. Hons, and Wis
tied the sheriff in his company. By
quoting, verbatim, certain portions Of
! our conversation OF February 4th, I
endeavored to recall TO his mind the
substance OF my statement, but In
vain; and | finally left him, with tho
impression that the sheriff's memory
concerning our interview on the daY
in question was somewhat impaired.
During our visit Mr. Hons stated In
presence Of the sheriff that he had in
teryiewed Mr.. Hayselden, and that TINT
gentleman had fully corroborated tho
part of my statement which bore refer
ence to him-a piece of information f0g
which | herewith tender my thanks tn
Mr.. Hons. Certain portions of Mr..
, Hons letter are not quite clear to me
In criticising that part of my state
ment which refers TO cases and s. he
apparently fOrgets that the present
tense OF the verb consider" Is NOT
synonymous with the past, and thzf
nj, 81 \
the Advertiser psychological exami-
nation had already proved cases g. e
and z to be cases OF plague.
l must leave others to explain why
any expression OF opinion on my psEt
should have deferred the Government
officials from performing an autopsy.
on which they were determined, wheA
my representations in regard 10 case /
had not induced them TO make thor
ough post-mortem examination of the
body.
That DR.. Weddick, as reported By
Mr.. Hons, should trouble to emphati-
cally contradict an assertion which
did not refer TO him, Is another myS-
terry which is left unexplained by Mr.
Hons, since, as | have stated In my ae-
count of the events OF February 4th In
reference to case /, DR.. Weddick did
not see me about the case; In fac., tho
first remark concerning the case made
to me by DR.. Weddick was during oug
meeting at the house Of Sam Yeng nj
Kahului on February 9TH. three days
subsequent to the autopsy.
A large portion OF Mr.. Hons letaes
Is taken by attempts to prove diagnoses
made by me, which l have never at
tempted to deny; and when his letter
10 pnrafiIIlU red with tho EtufRs-
ment which appeared in the Advertiser
1t will be seen that with the exceptions
of the sheriffs contradiction the truth
of my statement remains undisputed-
EDWARD ARMITAGE-
Walluku, March 9Th.
The Iroquois Is now at Kihei en-
gagged in making Typographical sur
vey OF the harbor and shores. The sea
bottom at Kihei Is excellent for the
anchorage of vessels, and II Uncle Sam
ever builds wharf there the people
of Maui will have a harbor to b.
proud of.
The guards quarantined at Camp
Mansfield" in Waikiki were examined
by DIR. Garvin on Tuesday, prononaces
free from all danger of taking or Civ
ing the plague, and were turned loose.
much to their satisfaction, as the long
confinement was becoming very mo-
notonous.
James T. Taylor, Capt. Jacobson and
II. Pratt. wife and daughter reached
Maui Thursday morning by the Mika-
hala, from Honolulu. Mr.. Taylor In
the hydraulic engineer in charge Od
the construction of the Walluku wa
ter works, and will go to work at
once. Capt Jacobson has come 10 act
as pilot at Kahului until Bob English
returns to duty. Mr.. Pratt, who with
his family, has just returned from n
visit to England went to Haiku.
A rather serious runaway accidenh
occurred on Vineyard and Market
street about o'clock on Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Combs OF the Depot
store was delivering goods and On thr
corner of High and Vineyard Streets
a sack OF grain fell from his wagon
He went behind the wagon to pick IL
up, when his horse took fright and
ran down Vineyard street to Market
Instead OF turning to the right or left-
the horse ran directly across the
street and into a candy shop on the
opposite side OF the street, breaking
in the entire front OF the building. For
tunately, none OF the occupants were
injured and the only particular injury
to the horse was a number or severe
cuts on the head OF the animal.
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