The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-25

rance. The old law, which required ap-
proval of building plans by the fire mar
shall, seems to have become ignored with
the abolition of that office, that duty not
having been specially placed upon the
chief of the fire department since its re-
organization on a salary basis. AS a
result proper attention to the erection of
ciimneys and of stairways for fire es-
capes is lost sight Of
The grand jury found six saloons es-
tablished in contracted area in the said
district of the city, and while it was in
formed by the high sheriff and the Ter
ritorial treasurer that beer licenses were
granted largely in order to diminish the
manufacture of and indulgence in swope
swipes and ''okolehao," which result had
/ been practically achieved with fewer ar
| rests for drunkenness than formerly by
| the police, nevertheless it would RECON-
mend that, as in heretofore indicated,
! the Federal authorities use the means
within their power to break up by sum
mary measures the Illicit manufacture
; of all kinds of liquor, so that amongst
other good results, the matter of the
granting of saloon licenses may be put
/ upon a legitimate basis.
In the matter of the discontinuance of
plight schools in the city of Honolulu,
the grand jury is of the opinion that
such action was unwise, for the general
reason that ignorance and crime often
go hand in hand, and for the special rea-
son that drunkenness at least, seems, by
reliable testimony, to have increased in
special localities since these schools Were
abandoned.
| The grand jury has seen fit to inquire
into the practice under the old estab-
lshed regulation of the Board of Health
which requires physical examination at
leas tonce a year by government ply
sicians of all children in public and pri-
| vate schools, not provided with health
! certificates in order to detect contagious
and infectious diseases. While this rule
undoubtedly acts as a safeguard to the
public health, the grand jury finds upon
investigation of the various methods I'M
der which it has been carried out on this
and other Islands and in the city of
Honolulu, that there is much in them
to condemn When it is known that the
authority given to the physicians under
this rule is without qualification or re-
strictions, so that boys and girls Often
times entirely disrobed) must submit to
the requirements arbitrarily fixed by the
respective physicians, it will at once be
/ apparent that positive rules of practice
should be adopted in the premises, so
that the proper sensibiities of parents
and children and of teachers who are
usually expected to be present at these
examinations, are not in any way ignor-
! ed. nor even affected. The grand jury
would therefore recommend that the
Board of Health hereafter employ wom-
en- physicians exclusively in the, annual
physical examination of school girls, and
provide also that no physical examina-
/ ton be made by any physician of any
children, unlesss due notice thereof be
first given to their parents or guardians.
The grand jury would respectfully call
the attention of your Honor to the trivial
character of many of the offenses ex-
amined into during its session just clos
ed, which included larceny cases where
the amount of loss involved did not ex-
coed fifteen cents in value. or consisted
+ perhaps of a battered hat, an old calico
dress, or a common roosters 1t deems it
just and proper that twenty business
men should freely serve the community
and preserve to every person suspected
of the commission of an Infamous crime
the constitutional right of a, secret inves-
tigaton as to his probable guilt or IN
nocence. but it submits to the candor of
; the court whether it be necessary and
proper to compel grand jurors to inquire
into the many petty offenses of daily
occurrence, which seem properly to be-
long within the Jurisdiction of police
judge or a district magistrate, and would
recommend that the next legislature take
proper action in the premises.
| The attention of the grand jury having
been called to the practice of certain
/ Territorial officials of paying to their
subordina ties and clerks amounts of sal
i airy less than the specific sum appropriat-
ed by the legislature for the respective
positions filed by said employees, it is
of the opinion that such practice should
be condemned, even though adopted in
good faith and ostensibly for the purpose
of VITO IfYocr Of
money.
/ In concluding its report, the grand fury
desires to express its appreciation of the
ability, thoroughness, fairness, dignity
and courtesy which has been the unfa:l-
ing characteristics throughout its ses-
sions of John w. Cathcart, Esquire, the
Deputy Attorney General of this Terri
tory, and would furthmore thank your
Honor for your kind efforts in our be-
half in securing for our use the commo-
dous and well ventilated room in which
our long session has been held, and we
are confident that the privilege has not
been abused, and that the room is now
in like good order and condition as when
first entered by us.
/ a list of all cases investigated by the
grand jury, including those in which true
bills of Indictment were found, and those
in which bills of indictment were ignored,
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; this report.
Respectfully submitted.
| DAVID KAWANANAKOA. Foreman,
HENRY WATERHOUSE,
| CHRIS. J. HOLT.
c. NJ l. FOSTER,
| Z. S. CUNHA.
Il. S KAPU,
| H G. MIDDLEDITCH.
HARRY T. LEWIS,
S. T. PECK,
! HORACE ]. CRAFT,
C. A. GRAHAM,
! MOSES K. NAKUINA
! H. DE FRIES,
! CHARLES 3. WILSON,
]. T. CRAWLEY
! CHARLES T WILDER
THE CRIMINAL REPORT.
! The report of the jury as to its Grim
! inal investigation is as follows:
INDICTMENTS
| Chida Manzabaro, murder, first degree.
| Humano Nichiro, murder first degree
Osah Mankichi, murder, first degree.
| Iharo Ichigoro, murder, first degree
| Geo Wade murder