Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-04-14

Of Health in carrying ous its regllla-
tions and accepted the appointments
Nt,u tIiis undJi stanuing. When the
time comes that the agents Of the
bodrd refuse To carry odt Instructions
from this Office. the BDiri cun no
longer recognize such agents as acting
for the Board"
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing the following cases were disposed
, Of: Francisco Marks cruelty &C. ami
mails, IS and costs; Jas. OMally an I
| GreeDberg, affIay. 50 and costs. Thus.
| Mcclure, vagrancy, go days .Iamts
smith, same charge, four months. Vir-
| gin Medeiros, malicious injury. rnlle
| pros'd; Ii. +. Ludwig, .idiny without
| 4 light, nolle pros'd Johr. Frotas,
malicious injury, nolle prosd; -
cases Of drunkenness, usual fine.
"Wednesday, April II.
Not the slightest impression has
| been made upon the position of the
| Executive Counvil by the lombard
ment of the Council Of State. The
Executive will, at all events, fly its
! flag this afternoon from the summit OF
| the same kopje as was assailed by the
Stockholders yesterday afternoon. 1t
| Is not flag Of defiance ana aggres-
| sion, however, but an ensign indicating
simply that the garrison is holding the
| works and has no idea that IL can be
dislodged by the besiegers.
Minister Mott-Smith talked freely
| this morning of the Governments po-
sition in the controversy. Speaking of
the attitude OF the Council of State,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs said:
| Are they satisfied with the Court
of Claims that President Mckinley has
formed' II they are not, then the
| Executive Council cannot go beyond
what President Mckinley has ordered.
| They appear to be going on the as
| sumption that IL was a mere board Of
| appraisers that was contemplated
| whose judgments on claims would
have to be paid by appropriations of
the Council of State. This view can
not be borne ont by the correspond
ence.
President Dole wrote TO President
| Mckinley on January "a, four days al
ter the great fire, saying, after giving
statement of facts which you do not
want to repeat:
1t mas been deemed advisable by
the Executive Council that immediate
measures be taken for providing the
machinery and funds for investigating.
fixing and paying the damages caused
by the action Of the Board OF Health In
destroying buildings ana goods. The
following resolution was passed by that
body yesterday:
Voted, That President Dole
write to President Mckinley by the
outgoing steamer requesting him
to provide Court of Claims of five
persons to adjudicate all claims
connected with the recent burnings
ordered by the Board OF Health or
incident thereto, and that this
Government be authorized to
spend up t. 100000 for the pay
ment of these claims when adjudi-
Gated
"If you shall. consider this action
favorably 1t will be desirable that such
Court be authorized to adjitdicate such
claims finally and be given exclusive
jurisdiction in the matter
I'm reply to this letter the following
telegram was received: ..s
Washington, d. c., Feb. 8, 1900
President Sanford d. Dole, Honolulu.
The President approves you appoint
Ing five persons to take evidence Of
losses caused by the burning of China
town in Honolulu and to make awards
or Judgments on such losses to be paid
out OF appropriation made by the Ha-
waiian Council of State IN conformity
with Hawaiian laws.
JOHN HAY
And this letter from Secretary Hay
confirms the telegram"
The letter is dated Washington, Feb
ruary IL, and simply confirms and re-
peats the text of the telegram.
Il consider Mr.. Jones thoroughly
patriotic" the Minister continued,
and earnestly DESTROYS Of having moth
ing but the right done. Still, his po-
sition is inconsistent. Yesterday he
said that all the losses should be paid,
and in the next breath declared that
II the legality of the Board of Health's
action were questioned he would have
nothing to do with the matter. These
sentiments hold to be utterly incon-
sistent with each other.
IF the Board of Health committed
no Illegal act there is no legal claim
against the Government. Remember
though, that the Executive has as
sumed no position that would bar
claimants from seeking compensation
through other channels than the
Court Of Claims.
THE idea of paying all claims Is I'M
tenable. IL would shake the credit of
the country to its center. The Japan
ese are actually claiming 500 apiece
for every Japanese servant from the
burnt district. They have told two of
my own servants to put in claims for
that amount"
Mr.. Mott-Smith spoke of the diff
Guilty, the impossibility indeed, of ac-
curately yaluing the losses of lease
holders. There was n possibility that
the loss upon lease, from being shut
out OF its benefits between the burning
and the rebuilding, would be more