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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
JAPAN MAKES A PROTEST
sAE OBJECTS TO THE SHIPPING
BILL.
The Japanese Minister at Washington
Asks for Amendment or withdrawal
of the Measure.

YOKOHAMA, February 23.-Thc
Japan Gazette says: Naturally the
progress Of a Bill in Congress, provid-
ing the inclusion of Hawaii among the
coasting trade list of the United
States is watched with considerable
uneasiness by the Japanese concerned.
The Jinmin, writing on this subject,
says that the Bill has already passed
the House of Representatives in it's
second reading; and it is almost GER
tain 1t will become law unless the Jap
anese Government enter a vigorous
protest against the measure at this mo-
ment. The Government, evidently alive
to the gravity of the situation, a few
days ago telegraphed to the Washing
ton Government requesting the with
drawal or an amendment of the Bill.
and at the same time sent instructions
to Mr.. Komura, the Japanese Minister
to America, to exert himself in favor of
Japanese interests. Up to Thursday,
however, no reply had been received
either from the u. S. Government or the
japanese Representative.
1t is evident that the interests of all
the vessels trading between America
and the rest of the world, via Honolulu
will be greatly injured If the proposal
now before the u. S. Congress becomes
an accomplished fact. In that event all
vessels, other than those belonging to
the United States, will be deprived of
the right of carrying cargo or passen-
gers between Hawaii and America. For
instance, theToyo Kisen Kaisha, which
owes much to the Government support
in attaining it's present condition, will
suffer a serious blow to it's business by
the enactment of the present proposal
There are at present seven British,
six American, three Japanese, and one
Norwegian steamers that call at Homo.
lulu on their regular voyages between
| America and the East. These will also
have to suffer directly from the carry
ing out of the measure. 1t is also to be
feared that the designs of the United
Safes in this direction will not stoT
there, but that they will shortly apply
the same measure, as is now proposed
towards Hawaii, in respect to the Phi.
lippines. This will have far-reachine
consequences, as it means the transfer
into American hands of half the
! amount of the maritime trade in the
! Far East.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
SOME NEW JOBS IN SIGHT.
WATER FRONT oFFIC: :ALs TO BE
APPOINTED.
Increases In the Force C9llei for When
United States Laws Are Put in
Force.

There will be a new lot of jobs along
the water front when Uncle Sam takes
hold of the collecting of revenue and
looking after the harbor, and those in
terested are doing a great ieal Of hg
uring on the coming readjustmcnt Of
business. The present force is organ
lied under Hawaiian laws. The stat
utes of America provide for a number
of officers that are not now employed.
Who will get these political plums Is a
question that is being discussed al
ready.
The laws of the United States pro-
vide for much closer watching of GUS
toms than has been possible by the
small force available under present
conditions. One important change will
be in the matter of weighing coal. All
coal that comes from any foreign
country will have to be weighed under
government auspices for collection of
duty. This means the appointment of
an official weigher and an assistant,
with the necessary number of clerks.
Inspectors of hulls and boilers will
also have to be employed when Homo
lulu is really an American port. A
recent treasury department ruling pro-
vided for regular inspection of all YES
sells at stated intervals and Honolulu
will have to have the necessary in
spectors to examine vessels that want
to leave port. Several vessels have
left here lately in such condition that
if there had been inspectors here they
would have been held for repairs.
Government measurers are also need
ed, to fix tonnage, wharfage dues,etc
A deputy surveyor and naval officer
are other officers thot may be appointed
ed. Some of these officers may be dis
pensed with if it be decided that Homo
lulu is not a large enough port to need
! them all, but there are enough new
officers to be appointed to create a lot
of interest among those who have TO
deal with the business.
In the upper office there will, it is
thought, be several new clerks, among
/ them being recasting clerk and audi
! tor. On the outside it is expected that
there will be a large multiplication Of
the force, the number of guards and
inspectors at present employed being
admittedly far too small. Altogether
| there is a prospect of distribution OF
quite number of good jobs along the
water front as soon as Uncle Sam is
| really in charge.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
WORK ONE Day IN SEVEN
KONoHIKI ADOPTED FOR KALIHI
CAMP.
Superintendent McVeigh Gets Labor
Out of Beneficiaries for Their Keep.
The Paid Inspectors.

There are now between 1000 and 1000
people at the detention camp at Ka-
lihi. Only about $50 of these are in
quarantine. The others are allowed to
remain and are there because they have
no other places to so. There is gra-
dual wedding out of this element as
work is found for the men elsewhere.
Everything at the camp is getting
along in the best possible way. Disci-
pline is perfect. The general health is
good although DIR. Howard has quite
a number of ordinary cases of illness
on his hands betimes.
Last week Superintendent McVeigh
reviewed and put into effect the old ko-
nohiki rights system of the aborigines
Under it, in the old days, all able bodi
ed men had to work one day each week
the camp are most comfortably cared
for this is not much, surely. At first
the Japanese kicked against the idea,
but have since fallen in with 1t and
appear to be satisfied. Under the sys-
tenn 400 days work was accomplished
last week and this week the total will
probably be greater. The effect was
Immediately to be noticed on the roads,
the grounds and buildings.
The camp is now connected with the
rev artesian well. There is a bountiful
supply of excellent water for regular
camp use and for flushing the sewers.
Mr.. Towse has left the camp and
was in the city this morning on bust
ness connected with the organization of
his force of paid inspectors. For the
present he will be quartered at the
rooms of the Sanitary Committee but
will ultimately have desk room at the
office of the Board of Health. william
McWayne, brother of the late DR. Nc
Wayne, who has been a volunteer in
spector in Manoa valley for thirty-six
days, was the first man selected on the
new force. He will have the entire
valley and will be mounted There
will be from four to six others mounted
and the rest will have wheels. They
will work all day.
Upon recommendation of the Citi-
Zens' Sanitary Committee and Presi-
dent Wood, Of the Board of Health"
explains Mr. Towse, preference on the
force of paid men will be given to vol
unteer inspectors, who have given a
Great deal of their time already gratui
tOueIV -
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
ANOTHER COMPANY PAYS
INSURANCE LOSSES IN THE BIG
FIRE.
Talk Of Policy Holders Pooling Issues
to Test Legal Questions-More Rigid
Insurance Laws Proposed.

The agents of the Liverpool and Lon
don and Globe Insurance Company re-
ceived cable instructions by the COptic
to pay accident claims arising out OF
the Chinatown fire, taking an assign
ment against the government.
AS is not unnatural, the decision of
the companies issuing the New York
Standard policy not to pay the fire
losses growing out of the accidental
burning of Chinatown, has aroused a
great deal of feeling among the in
sured, and among business men gener-
ally. The effect Of it will be more ser
iously felt than would be supposed
without inquiry into the subject. 1t af-
fects not only the insured themselves,
but their creditors and the merchants
with whom they did business.
Not all the companies doing business
here use the form of policy eXempting
themselves from liability where fire oc-
ours directly or indirectly by order or
the civil authorities. Some companies
have outstanding policies of the English
or Continental form, which do not con-
tain this provision. AS to these IT
seems to be a strictly legal question
whether they are liable or not, though
there are some who maintain that even
under the New York form the compa-
nies are liable in case like the China
town fire.
There is some talk of a pooling of is
sues among the sufferers by the fire
to test in the courts the question OF
the insurance companies liability. An
other proposition to which the present
situation has given rise is the enactment
of statute as soon as Hawaii has a
Legislature requiring that before an IN
surance company can do business mere
it must deposit in the public treasury
$50 900 or 100000 in bonds as a guaran-
tee of the fulfillment of its contracts
and the appointment here of an attor-
ney upon whom process can be served.
This would enable policy holders here
| to sue in the Hawaiian courts in cases
like the present, and if they secured
! judgment, to levy on the bonds deposit
ed by the company against whom the
| Judgment was recovered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
NO MORE CASES ON MAUI WAS BUT ALTTE SCARE
DEATH OF NATIVE WOMAN THIS
MORNING.
Post Mortem Showed Pneumonia and
Few Other Fatal Things to Have
Been the Matter.

Today-Plague deaths, 0; plague
cases, o. suspicious cases, 0.
There was one plague scare this
morning, but it failed to develop any
thing alarming and the situation is
now as clear as it has been for several
days.
A native woman named Hooapi Hoo
ipu, aged so, died quite unexpectedly
in Kalia near Waikiki. She was Wis
tied by DR.. Sinclair but too late for
treatment. The physicians opinion
was that the cause of death was ty-
Dhoid pneumonia, but reported the case
as one requiring an autopsy. Drs. Hoft-
man and Jobe went out. The body
was brought to the morgue and post
mortem held. The verdict was pneu-
monia with a general degeneration of
kidneys, liver and other vitals. "I do
not understand how the woman lived
so long" added one of the physicians
mentioned" Either one of her ailments
was enough to kill her"
The Mrs. Mitchell examined by DR..
Davis yesterday afternoon died during
the night. She was Sc years of age
and lived on Punchbowl street near the
quarry. General debility was the cause
of death.
| Mr.. Levy is no worse than he was
yesterday. Really, he is no longer a
sick man. At last reports his tempera-
ture was 9S.2 and pulse 6S He is IN
good spirits and taking life as easy as
could he expected under the circum-
| stances.
This morning dead rat was found
| in Pauoa valley near the bridge. Por-
tuguese and native policeman refused
| to go near the defunct rodent. Finally
some of the bystanders were induced
to pile faggots on the body and burr
! it.
President Wood, of the Board OF
Health, has made a diagram of the
progress of the plague since the frs
outbreak on December IL. 1t is on thu
lines of diagrams of the wheat market
etc. The sketch has as many ups anf
downs on it as a tracing of the Rocky
| mountains. The diagram is on exhibit
tion in the office of the Health Board
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
.CDOPER'S TRIP 70 kauai
ALL COURT BUSINESS FINISHED
YESTERDAY.
w. H. Rice Jr., to Succeed Prosser as
Deputy Sheriff of the Island-Cases
of Sickness.

Attorney General Cooper returned
by the w. G. Hall this morning from
Kauai, after having completed all the
business taking him to the Garden Isle.
In answer to questions regarding his
trip, he said:
Il landed at Hanamaulu Saturday
morning and went to Lihue. All of the
criminal cases on the calendar were
disposed of without trouble, the de-
PENDANTS either Withdrawing their pleas
or pleading guilty. BY last night all of
the cases were settled. Some of the
civil matters will have to go over,
though a few will possibly reach a
settlement at this term. Judge Hardy
is on the bench, and the sheriff repre-
sents the government before the court.
with respect to Deputy Sheriff Pros
ser 1 have little to say further than
that he is guilty of disobedience of
orders. He was suspended on February
10 on this charge. The position of dep
uty sheriff will most likely be offered
to w. H. Rice Jr. That is the intention
at present.
"The case of varioloid at Koloa is now
thing of the past. DIR. Waughop feels
positive of his diagnosis. 1 saw the
patient, a native policeman. The man
has entirely recovered. A quarantine
| was established over the courthouse,
I but this was removed after a proper
time. The policeman lived in this build
ing A case of measles was reported
while 1 was on the island, and the
house occupied by the patient was
| quarantined.
| Last Saturday the people of Maka-
we'll had an innovation in the depar-
ture of the steamer Charles Nelson FOR
| San Francisco. Everybody for miles
around was present to see her cast
off her lines. A foreign steamer is a
novelty to the oldest inhabitants of the
| Garden Isle"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
A CLEAN RECORD UP TO MONDAY
NIGHT.
The Steamer Lehua at Lahaina on
That Day-Molokai Fever Epidemic
Reported to be Abating.

No more cases of plague on the island
of Maui were reported up to last Mon
day evening, according to advices re-
ceived by the steamer Lehua last night,
The Lehua left Maui on Monday even
ing, calling on the way down at Mo-
1okai, where the health situation is also
improving, the number of cases of few
er being reported as less than formerly.
At Lahaina a very strict quarantine
was in force when the Lehua left, great
precautions being taken to prevent in
fection from any other part of the ISL
and. The Lehua had on board three
sisters who were bound from Kalau-
papa to Wailuku. 1t was ruled that
they could not land, except upon prom
Use to take a carriage at the dock and
drive outside Lahaina district at once.
AS there was no way of ascertaining
whether they would be allowed to cross
the line after they passed through La
haina, they decided not to land. The
Lehua took them to Kihei, where Man
ager Pogue personally interested him
self to see that they were looked after
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
TRANSPORTS NOT FOR HILO
THEY ARE TO CALL HERE IN
..r4ao FUTURE.
Colonel Bird. Chief of the Transport
Bureau, a Passenger on the Gaelic.
Will Issue an Order.

No more United States army trans
port are to go to Hilo. Colonel Charles
Bird, the chief of the transport bureau
at Washington, passed through here.
yesterday on the Gaelic on his way to
Washington from Manila. In an inter
view with Colonel Ruhlen, who has
charge of the transport work here, he
stated that on arriving at San Francis
co he would make an order that the
army steamers must call at Honolulu
hereafter as before.
Colonel Bird has been to Manila on
business connected with the transport
service. He was not very deeply ina
pressed with the dangerousness of the
plague epidemic, and thought that the
plague did not amount to enough to
warrant spending the extra sum needed
to handle animals at Hilo.
The transport Thomas is the next one
expected. She will probably not leave
San Francisco until after the arrival
of Colonel Bird.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
HOW 10 SAVE DOCTOR BILLS.

We have saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy in our home. We keep
bottle open all the time and when
ever any of my family or myself begin
to catch cold we begin to use the Cough
Remedy, and as a result we never have
to send away for doctor and incur a
large doctor bill, for Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy never fails to cure. 1t
is certainly a medicine OF great merit
and worth.-D. s. Mearkle, General
Merchant and farmer, Matte, Bedford
county, Pa. For sac by all dealers and
druggists. Benson, Smith & Co., gene
raj agents, Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
MEN OUT OF WORK.
Many Tradesmen Idle on Account of the
Plague.

Chinese and Japanese are not the only
people in Honolulu out of work and out
of luck generally on account of the
plague. There are not less than $50
white men walking the streets, with no.
thing to do and little or no cash. Most
of them are tradesmen, proficient in
their line. Some were laid off from the
iron works of the city. Others are car
penters and builders, blacksmiths and
some sailors.
These men can not leave Honolulu if
they wanted to, for they have not the
money for long quarantine or cabin
passage to the coast. Neither can they
stay here long without infringing upon
the vagrancy laws. 1t is a class for which
something must be done. The men are hon
est and are willing to work
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
SHIPPING sEAMEN.

There is howl along the water front
among those interested because 1t is
claimed that the manager of the Sea-
mems Club has done some shipping
business. There are plenty of shipping
men In the field to handle all the bust
ness, and they are on the warpath be-
cause of alleged shipping of men by the
Seamen's Club on the Inverness shire.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
CRANK sHAFT BROKEN.

About 1880 last night a crank shaft
in the power house of the Hawaiian
Electric Light Company broke and
threw one considerable circuit out OF
light and power. 1t was noon today
before the break had been repaired
and operations resumed.
"Oh, that frequently happens" ex.
planned Mr.. Buck, the manager. The
town quite agrees with him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
JAPANESE LOSSES.

YOKOHAMA, February 21.-A tele-
graphic despatch from Washington,
dated the 18th inst, received by the
Japanese Government reports that the
President of the United States has is
sued instructions to the Hawaiian au-
thorities ordering them to appoint a
Commission to conduct enquiries into
the trouble with japan owing to the
recent destruction of Japanese property
at Honolulu, and also to make a valu-
alton of the damage caused by the af-
fair.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
CAPTAIN sPILLNER PAU.

Captain August Spillner is no longer
head of the mounted patrol. His res
ignation was submitted to Marshal
Brown yesterday, and has been accept
ed. Financial difficulties was the I'M
mediate cause of the resignation. For
the present no successor will be ap-
pointed, the two lieutenants of the pa
troll carrying on the work
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
SUNS AGAINsT sPILLNER.

Two suits against Captain August
Spillner have been begun in the Circuit
Court. The plaintiff in one case is A..
M. Brown who claims 5000 on a promis-
sary note. The plaintiff in the other is
H. A. Vanricha who claims 1928 as a
balance due on note. An injunction
restraining the defendant from disposing
of his property until these claims have
been adjudicated is prayed for and has
been issued by Judge Perry.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
CHANGE OF CAPTAINS.

The bark Solveig, with Captain jon
dahl as master, has cleared for the
Sound in ballast. Captain Tjostolson.
who brought the vessel here from New
castle, goes back on her as a passen-
ger. The five-masted schooner Lewis,
has also cleared for the Sound.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
"BRING THE JUDGE"

A subpoena came down from the Cir
cult Court yesterday directing B. B.
Fabian, clerk Of the District Court to
appear before the Circuit Court and to
"bring with him Judge Wilcox" and a
certain criminal record Judge Wilcox
said he didn't see any alternative but to
allow himself to be brought"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
FOR cAMARINos' REFRIGERATOR

Per S. S. Australia-Peaches, Grapes,
Oranges, Lemons, Lines, Celery, Cauli-
flower, Cabbage, Pears, Plums, Fresh
Salmon, Founders, Halibut Crabs
Eastern and California oysters lin Tin
and SHELLY, all Game i'm Season, Tur-
keys, Chickens. New crop of Nuts and
Dried Fruits. Onions, Burbank Potat-
oes, Swiss, Parmasan, Rockefort, New
Zealand and California Cream Cheese,
Olives. All kinds of Dried Fruits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
NEW SUBDIVISION.

Cyclomere Park has been subdivided
into lots which are now offered for
sale. These lots are particularly suit
able for manufacturing sites, storage
warehouses and residence purposes
parties seeking locations conveniently
near to the business portion of the city
will find this a most desirable proper
ty. For terms and particulars, apply
at the office of Bruce, Waring & Co.
Progress block
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
THE WEATHER.

Weather Bureau, Punahou, p. m.
Wind light southwest; weather
cloudy; light showers in town, none at
Punahou; likely to be more rain.
Morning minimum temperature, So;
midday maximum temperature, 70; ba-
Iometer, 9 a. M, 2993, steady, Correct
ed for gravity; rainfall, "a hours, 0
a. M, 0; dew point, a. m, 66; humi-
dity, a. m, 20 per cent.
CURTIS J. LYONS, Observer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
THE, CARTNTT

The time of the Cabinet today was
taken up with discussion on the appro-
priation bill to be submitted to the
Council of State. Estimates from the
Interior Department had the floor and
took up the whole morning. Minister
Young submitted about a dozen i'm
mense pages, describing requirements
and filled with figures. 1t is not ex-
pected that the estimates from the
other departments will be so long.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Noah Kauhane and Mr.. and Mrs John
L. Kaulukou the bereaved husband and
parents, join in acknowledgement OF the
many kindness and expressions of SYM
pathy from friends received in their sor-
row for the death of Mrs. Noah Kauhane
To the many who attended the funeral
or sent tokens of their kindly remem-
brance they also wish to express their
acknowledgements
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
SUGAR BOILER INJURED.

A. De Bretteville, sugar boiler at Wai-1
manalo plantation, disocated his hip
yesterday. DIR. Cooper received tele-
phone call and in the afternoon secured
a special permit from the Board OF
Health to visit the patient.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07

On account of the continued drought
and scarcity of water, no new irriga-
tion privileges will be granted by the
Bureau of Water Works, until further
notice.
A. BROWN,
Superintendent Honolulu Water Works.
Approved:
ALEX. YOUNG,
Minister of the Interior.
Honolulu, March Z, 1900.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
SAW HIS VESSEL.
An Unpleasant Surprise for a Doric
Passenger.

One of the Doric's passengers had a
somewhat startling and unpleasant
surprise as the steamer lay at anchor
a day ago. He was the owner of the
bark Sebastian Bach, which is at an
Choir outside the harbor in fair way
to be condemned as unseaworthy. The
vessel was supposed to be at the Sound
before now and would have been but
for the fearful storm that disabled her
and made it necessary for Captain
Wooley to put in here Captain Wooley
boat and told his vessels owner what
had occurred. He also informed him
that it was not likely that the vessel
would ever be able to leave Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
DIED.

ECKARDT-In San Francisco Febru-
ary "a, May Belle, beloved wife of
Charles F. Eckardt of Honolulu. and
daughter of Mrs. Alice B. and Henry
L. Tickner, aged 20 years and 10
months.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
HAS FEW EQUALS

For light running, easy adjustments
and good work the Singer Sewing ma
chine has few equals and no superiors-
B. Bergersen, agent, Bethel street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
FENCING wHARvEs

The fencing in of Kinau and the Inter-
Island wharves in order that shipments
may be made from them in accordance
with the new plan, is proceeding rap
idly Both wharves will be ready for
business in a day or two.