The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-20
TO F0RTIFY THE
HAWAIIAN COAST
City of Honolulu is to be Made
Impregnable.
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SHIPS WRECKED BY STORMS
GENERAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST
RATS 10 BE BEGUN.
SHIPS WRECKED BY STORMS

Honolulu. r. H.. Nov. "a via san Fran
cisco. Nov 1N-Colonel William F. Heur.
president OF the army board which has
been selecting sites for fortiGcations Of
this island. leaves this afternoon on the
steamship Alameda for San Francisco.
taking with him the report adopted by
the board. which he Will take 10 Wash
ington.
The board is understood To have agreed
upon a very comprehensive scheme. Fer
over twenty miles the south coast OF the
island will be fortified i'm such "A manner
as to make Honolulu practically impreg-
nable The members of the board eN-
plOred the coast from KokO Head to "a
point below Pearl harbOr. ami some
twelve stations for batteries have been
settled upon. it is stated. There Is also
20 be one central artillery station at
some commanding point.
The other side of the island. IL Is
thought, does not need much atteluon-
The approaches to Honolulu from any
the points which were the limits of the
boards surveys are mountain passes,
easily guarded and defended
The Hawaiian sUUceme court has re-
dissenting. that afte~ the transfer Of SOW
e~eigHfy of these islands t. the United
States, persons could be lawfully con
yiCttd of crime without the intervention
OF a grand jury or by a verdict Of nine
Jurors The question turns on whether
tho United States constitution applied IN
Hawaii after the passage o. the New
lands resolution.
Judge Estee's Decisi~rs
Since the last supreme court decision
on the question. United States District
Judge Estee has rendered a decision the
other way, declaring convictions by ma
iarity verdicts to be void: also convictions
no
circuit courts continue TO hold the same
way as EStee. refusing to follow the
supreme court decision.
The ConstitUtionaity of the circuit court
bailiff act, under which all the circuit
courts of the islands have been proceed
ing ever since the legislature adjourned
las spring, has been attacked il Judge
Hung hreyS court in behalf of a defend
ant indicted for perjury. The act author
ICES bailiffs of the circuit courts to sum-
mon grand and trial jurors. If it should
be declared invalid the entire criminal
proceedings throughout the territory for
eight months past will fail win it and
scores Of prisoners will be set free or will
have to be indicted and tried again
There is much agitation going on lust
now for an extra session of the iegisla-
Jure. Most OF the government depart
meuts are seriously handicapped by lack
of funds. Governor Dole is reported 10
be firmly against such session
Heavy Rains in Islands.
Heavy rains are reported from all parts
Of the islands after the long drOUth. and
in some places the downfall was accom-
panied by high winds that did some dam
age. The schooner Blanche and Ella an
inteTisiapd vessel, was wrecked off the
coast of WaialUa, Kauai She is a total
loss, according 20 her captain and crew
who returned to Honolulu on another
vessel
The bark Rithet Captain McPhal.
which arrived here from san Francisco
reports encOuntering a most severe storm
off MOlOkat five days ago Everything
on deck was swept away and for time
the vessel was in serious peril.
At all of the plantations there is now
an abundant supply Of water
Honolulu is about TO begin general
campaign against rats, owing to the con-
tlnued reports of plague i'm Oriental ports
and IN Australia Two meetings of mer-
chants and members of the board Of
health have been held and yays and
means Of DISCRIMINATING the pest have
heen aIcn discussed. The plan that will
probably be adopted is a general funiga-
tiCn of the wharves.