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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08
THE OPERA HOUSE.
Said Pasha Well Presented by the
Stantons.

The performance of "Said Pasha' last
night was an unfortunate combination of
a good show and a bad house.
"Said Pasha," of no great value music
ally, has always proved favorite with
the public on account of the chances for
spectacular display and the ridiculous sit
uations afforded by the plot. There is
good opportunity for a shapely star
to display her charms and Miss Stanton
makes the most of it as a very chic little
mariner in blue tights.
She didn't have much to sing-nobody
has in "Said Pasha'-and interpolated
Kentucky Babe with the same success
that attended its introduction last sea-
son. Van Dyne played "Said Pasha" suf-
ficiently well and Lyding made a good
looking Hasra Bey.
Hallam, while taking care of his
throat, sang Terano artistically and Mr..
Carl Formes deserves commentator for
his Rajah. despite perceptible dialect
that was decidedly not Hindu. Kunkel
and Harvey were funny, but I think a
larger house would have made them fun
nier. Kunkel has bad habit of gallop-
ing his lines, matinee fashion, when the
size of the house dispirits him.
Miss Wisdom as Balah and Miss Neil
son as Alti were both entirely satisfac-
tory. Egry, eccentric as ever, didn't feel
like playing Sarasate last night and play
ed Egry instead, in the shape of his own
variations On Coming Thro' the Rye" !"
He played magniicently, however. and
secured four encores. The chorus were
effectively costumed and well drilled.
Fra Diavolo' will be given Thursday
evening; said Pasha" at the 25-cent and
50-cent matinee on Saturday, with
Wang for the evening performance.
wang" ought to bring out good
house, ALLAN DUNN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08
{. S. Boyd Made
Commissioner Of
Public Lands.
A NEW HEALTH
BOARD APPOINTED
:. A. Mott-Smith for Its Presi.
dent, Henry Hapai, Registrar
of Public Accounts.

~ OVERNOR DOLE yesterday ap-
pointed Edward S. Boyd Com
missioner of Public Lands, to
bent of this important office has been
in the service of the Land Department
for about twelve years, and for the
past two years was chief clerk He
is surveyor, and is fully acquainted
with the public and private lands of
the Territory.
Edward S. Boyd is the brother of
Superintendent of Public Works ]. H.
Boyd. He is a Mason and a Shriner.
The Governor also appointed the fol-
lowing persons to serve as the Board
of Health in addition to Dr. Charles B.
Cooper, the only member of the for
mer board confirmed by the Senate.
DR.. c. L. Garvin,
E. A. Mott-Smith,
Fred c.. Smith,
William Aud
These, together with Attorney Cen
eral E. P. Dole, will constitute the
Board of Health. 1t is probable that
E.. A. Mott-Smith will become presi-
dent of that body. ~Dr Cooper posi-.
lively declines to serve as such, owing
to his private business. He is willing,
however, to stay in the board.
William Aud is a Hawaiian, and is
reckoned leader among his people.
He is politician, and is a warm per-
sonal friend of the Queen.
Dr. Garvin was for some time during
last year the executive officer of the
Health Department, and during the
plague epidemic was one of the boards
call physicians. He is now engaged in
private practice as physician.
Fred c. Smith is the general passen-
ger agent of the Oahu Railway.
Henry Hapai was yesterday appoint
ed Registrar of Public Accounts Of the
Territory by the Governor. Mr. Hapai
has been the head bookkeeper of the
Finance Department for the past four
years, and is competent man for
the position. He was we'll endorsed,
and the promotion was deserved.
The new registrar entered the ser
vice Of the Finance Department in
January 1894, as messenger. He was
promoted as a bookkeeper and assign
ed to the custom house, where he re-
mained for two months, and when he
returned, in 1897, to the Office of the
then Minister of Finance, Hon. S. NJ.
Damon, he received promotion as head
| bookkeeper, which position ne held un-
til yesterday.
| He was born in Hilo, and educated
at Oahu College, where he graduated
| in the class Of 1893. He is an athlete,
| and still holds the championship for
hurdling.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08

while he was Seasick, giving time of day,
place and circumstances of each assault.
But later on in his evidence he stated
that he was assaulted the second day out
but could not remember the time of day,
whether morning or afternoon, nor could
he state how or why the assault came
about, thus contradicting the evidence
first given by him circumstantially set
ting forth three assaults on the day in
question.
The evidence of the captain and officers
that for some three days out the prose-
cutting witness was seasick and was not
able to work and did not work and did
not come in contact with the captain
at all, or have a chance to be assaulted
made a strong impression on the minds
of the jury as being inherently far more
probable than the story of the cabin boy
that though on his first voyage to sea
and seasick, he had washed out the cab
in, polished the brass-work waited on
the table, etc, during that period, and
for being seasick and slow was unmerci-
fully beaten by the defendant.
The above simply serves to illustrate
one out of many phases of the evidence,
some favorable to and some against the
defendant, but the net result was that
the jury entertained strong doubts as to
the story presented by the prosecution
and gave defendant the benefit of the
doubt as instructed by the Court to do.
The deliberations of the jury were calm
and dispassionate, and they arrived at
their verdict by careful analysis of the
evidence, and no one among them had
any idea that the verdict would be re-
ceived or interpreted as it was by the
losing side. AS a matter of fact, Mr..
Baird heard very little Of the evidence,
the case being conducted by Mr.. Dunno,
his assistant.
So much as to the bad faith of the
jury in rendering the verdict they did.
AS to the charge of disloyalty to the
Government, the jury feel that no de-
tense whatsoever is necessary, but the
accusation serves to illustrate, however,
how jaundiced and unfair the man really
is, and how reckless and irresponsible in
his accusations and how thoroughly un-
American and arbitrary at times in his
methods. There was no more excuse for
| the charge of bad faith in acQuitting de-
fendant than in the charge of disloyalty
| as to the motive for so doing. And there
| is neither merit nor fairness in either
| accusation. The majority of the jury are
native-born American citizens, several
| being such before Mr.. Baird was ever
| thought of, and one being a member Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
| balance are natura1ized citizens, against
whose loyalty nothing possibly can be
| urged except that fact, and which would
prove equally effective against millions
OF good and true men who have adopted
the United States unreservedly and In
absolute good faith as their home and
country. E. r. ADAMS.
CHARLES II. CARTER.
w. F. s. SHARRATT.
| o. G.. TRAPHAGEN.
E. C. WINSTON.
| EDGAR HENRIQUES.
| W. L. EATON.
| EDWARD C. ROWE.
| ]. X MERSEBURG.
| ST. C. SAYRES.
! A. B. SCRIMGEOUR.
! ]. H. STELLING.
Honolulu, May z. 1so1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08

America would always maintain the
deepest and warmest regard for one
another. and when the soldiers of Amer
lea were called to fight it would al
ways be with England and not against
her. Mrs. Watkins. in thanking Mr..
cambridge, said that it was unneces-
sary to state that his recital had de-
lighted the boys, and to put it briefly
they had spent a real good American
evening. The boys presented Mrs.
Bainbridge with some Hawaiian cur
los.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08
Ba,nbr,dge at Camp Mckinley.

Last evening Mr.. Bainbridge gave a
highly interesting and amusing recital
to the soldiers at Camp Mckinley. The
renewed applause that greeted Mr..
Bainbridge after each item showed that
they were truly appreciated. The boys
were very much pleased with the comic
sketches on the blackboard, accom-
panied with a humorous anecdote which
set them of to advantage. Mr.. Balm
bridge said he hoped that England and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08

Honolulu. May z. 1sol
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04

and others were anxious to have him
committed TO the asylum for treatment
and after two attempts TO have the man
adJudged insane kreisgen told his trou-
pies to Bob Metzger. a South Side poll
tician.
Metzger, as the story goes. told Kreisgen
he could arrange the matter 70 have his
cousin declared insane and said he would
see a justice OF the peace and tell him the
circumstances. Kreisgen felt much re-
lieved, and i'm a short time when he was
called TO Justice Lockman's office he be-
leved that a great care would be lifted
on him and his relatives who had been
exercised over the condition Of Braun. .
instead OF telling him that Braun was the
man he said that kreisgen was a lunatic
and should be declared insane, as he was
crazy on the question of having his cousin
sent to the asylum. Metzger told no one
Of the joke. He accompanied kreisgen TO
Lockman's office and heard Kreisgen tell
the justice how crazy his cousin was and
that he wanted him adjudged insane. LOCK-
man sat behind his desk and eyed Kreisgen
Will a look of pity. evidently feeling wor-
send such a robust man to the asylum.
Lockman did not question kreisgen very
thoroughly, but had his constable tele-
phone for Justice Stout, two doctors. po-
licemen and other witnesses necessary TO
hold an inquest.
Metzger sat by and chuckled with glee.
but when he heard that Justice Stout ana
other witnesses had been sent for he went
down stairs and met Justice Stout, telling
him the joke that was being played.
They went upstairs to Justice Lockman's
office and Lockman, 1T is claimed was
anxious to go on with the inquest. JUS
tice Stout called Lockman into a rear room
and told him the true state of AFFAIRS. Ihen
Lockman was angry and Kreisgen was
released without having been declared In
sane.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04

the prevention Of such abuse. Of power
and squandering OF public money as have
been revealed. and established for the
cases as the trust has been operating on.
Its corporators. directors Inc officers in
clude many OF the best known and most
Those living may be judged by those dead.
viz: Benjamin Harrison. Claude Mat
thews. M. J: osgood. J: +. Pratt and H. c.
Long. l refer TO the Union State Hospital.
under the entirely capable superintendency
OF DR.. John Kolmer. just removed from
Capitol avenue and Fourteenth street TO
more commodious quarters on the corner OF
Alabam and Michigan streets.
Its articles OF association declare that
one OF its objects is Ito furnish medical
ana surgical treatment TO espe-
cialiy persons suffering from nervous or
mental diseases or Affections" II is 10 act
as an intermediary between the public and
the legal insane asylum, often avoiding an
actual commitment for insanity. and the
exposure and stigma inseparable Herewith;
often allowing complete recovery IN mild
cases In a short time. and a proper dispo-
sition OF all others. and at a great hnan-
cial and physical saving, with less notori-
ETY.. and where the poor are TO have its
privileges and help without cost" And
yet. with all its advantages and fitness and
the great need for II. the Institution has
been practically neglected.
Persons afflicted with n mild mental dis
ease are as much entitled 10 care In a gen.
eral hospital as is any other class OF sick.
ana how much more so in an institution so
oIlSlnai ana inclusive as the ono men
toned. But IL is the fashion TO place them
on a par with animals. and thus attach. n
stigma 10 their public commitment Inc
expose OF the INSANITY trust ought TO go
Iurther and interest the general pubic IN
a reform along the line OF the abolition OF
the jail treatment of the mildly insane
II Is only along such lines. following the
examples OF Hahnemann. Pinel and Tuke,
that we can hope 10 cut down the unneces-
sarily enormous population OF our tsils
Vciept hospitals) for the insane.
The general public is really moro inter-
ested In the matter than may seem on the
surface. Charles Readc, in his Very
Hard CASH shows how easy ii was 10
MI madhouses in England. and recent local
events male true the words Shakespeare
puts IL Ophelia's mouth: I'VE know what
we are, but know not what we may be-"
and 1t makes no difference how mentally
strong VIC may be, or think we may be,
for, as Seneca says: There is no great
genius without a tincture of madness
Indeed, no satisfactory definition of what
constitutes insanity has yet been written.
and ii is still as true as when Dryden
wrote:
Great wits are sure to madness near al
lied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide"
w. b. CLARKE, NJ. ID.
Indianapolis, July 3.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04
CAPITAL STOCK REDUCED.


The National Automobile and Electric
Company. of this city. notified the secretary
OF state, yesterday, that It had decided. at
a directors meeting, held March q. 10 re-
duce its capital stock from $3.50. zoo to 800
COO.
The Covington Gas, Oil and Coal Com
pany, with a capital of 1900, will prospect
for gas, coal and oil and sink and operate
gas and oil wells and mine for coal. The
directors are Mont Boord, William w.
Layton. James L. Allen. jr.. Michael May
er, Jr., George w. Diffenderfer. George VI.
Williams and James w. Furnish.
The Frankfort Fuel Company incorpo-
rated yesterday with a capital of s.. 600. to
deal In coal, wood and other articles OF
merchandise. at Frankfort. Ind. The direc-
tors are Ledru r.. Kramer. Dudley d.
Langton and Oliver j. Fatzinger.
The Evansville Elevator and Storage
Company. capitalized at 5000 will handle
grain, hay, seeds. merchandise and all
kinds OF personal property. The officers and
directors are: President, William H.. Small;
secretary and treasury, Morris l.. Johnson,
and Samuel Vickery.
Uneer the foreign incorporation law. yes
terday, the Jung Brewing Company, of Gin
cinnati, o., flied articles stating that $50, 900
of its 100000 capital is represented in In
diana. Its resident agent is John l.. Den
nerline, of Aurora.
The American Sewer Pipe Company, in
also fled articles. Its total capitalization
Is 81. 1874, 700, of which Sll7, l5227 is repre-
sented In this State. The resident agent is
j. q. Freeman, of Brazil. Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04

be OF Indefinite duration. II this theory is
correct II is worth while 10 inquire whether
the same principle does not apply TO other
public officials who have TO deal with de-
pendent classes or dispense public charity.
Recent developments tend to show that the
persons who have been working the in
sanity inquest business. including some at
taches OF the City Dispensary, have become
quite callous to legal as well as moral
restrictions and have reached a point
where they see nothing in a public Office
except a private snap" Their indifference
to the moral aspects of the question and
the outrage on personal rights involved in
sending a sane person to an insane hos
pital is shocking. This moral calIousness is
an evil that should be rooted out of every
branch OF the public service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04

w are going to have the finest Offices
In Indianapolis when that building Is fin
ished." said Wilbur s. Wynn. secretary
and actuary OF the State Life Insurance
Company. last night. as he stood in the
entrance OF the Denison Hotel looking at
the new Claypool building in process OF
erection AT the southwest corner Of Ohio
and Pennsylvania streets. Mr.. Wynn said
the State Life has leased all but a very
small portion of the sixth floor OF the new
building. and expects to remove all OF its
offices on the 18th OF October. He said the
floor will be partitioned off and fitted up in
accordance with plans drawn by officers OF
the company. and that the Offices will be
arranged In the most convenient method
imaginable. There will be one large room
on the east side, 10 tie occupied exclusively
by the bookkeeping and policy-writing de-
partment of the company. On the west side
q similar apartment VIII be used by the
agency department. The rooms OF the Of
hcers OF the company will front on the
north and Will be furnished in the most
comfortable style
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04
CORONER BRAYTON's VIEW.
He Advocates an Institution for Those
Charged with Insanity.

'This insanity inquest trouble is not
new" said DR.. A. w. Brayton, coroner.
yesterday afternoon. The judicial COM
mittee of tins Marion County Medical So
ciety discussed it some time ago and DR..
Fletcher read a paper or it at the meet
ing Of the State Medical Society at South
Bend. The young men at the Dispensary
are poor and they are working for INSULT
cient wages. They take every perquisite
they can get. OF course, IL is not right
that they should do what they are charged
with doing, but 1t is natural.
Another phase of this matter is that
there ought TO be A change in the method
of handling persons charged with insanity.
a man whose brain is of is in the Same
class with a man whose liver is off. The
brain is a tissue just as the other organ
OF the body are. II should not be an ever
lasting stigma on a man that he once has
had trouble with his brain. There ought
to be some kind of an institution where
persons charged with insanity can be kept
until it is sure that they are insane or
until their temporary trouble passes away.
When Il man once has been in the insane
hospital the public holds it against him all
his life"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04
ONE OF TAGGART's TRICKS.
Reason why Other Democrats Are
Being Sidetracked.

Republican. are laughing at the state
ment of City Chairman Tanning. OF the
Democratic committee. which appeared in
an afternoon paper yesterday. TO the effect
thai Mayor Taggart would be renominated
despite the fact that he did not desire the
office for another term. Such talk. they say,
is only intended TO pull the wool over the
eyes OF the people by making them believe
that Taggart is being forced to run against
his will.
The Republicans point to the fact that
every other available candidate that has
been announced for the Democratic noml-
nation has been scared off. and openly
charge that II is the shrewd mind OF Mayor
Taggart that is engineering the whole
thing. They argue that II no other candi-
date can be found TO accept the nomfna-
ton the Democratic party will be COM
PEELED TO nominate Taggart. which is just
what the willy mayor wants. The Republic
ans also point TO the fact that those who
are loudest I'm their demand that Taggart
shall be renominated are those who. at the
present time, are holding one OF his ap-
pointments or have done so In the past.
Mr.. Fanoing said to a Journal reporter.
last night, Ihat he believed Mayor Taggart
would undoubtedly be renominated. not
withstanding the fact that he did not want
the Office for another term. When asked IL
Mayor Taggart was apprised OF the fact
that he would be forced 10 accept the nomi-
nation, Mr.. Tanning smiled, but emphatf-
cally denied the soft impeachment. Il be-
neve that any Democrat can be elected
this time said Mr.. Tanning. but think
that Taggart would be at least two thou
sand votes stronger than any other man IN
the party. The people want him again. and I
sincerely believe he will be renominated."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04
ATTORNEY GENERALS ATTITUDE.
Investigation ShouId Be Made Of Per-
sons Confined in AsyIums.

Attorney General Taylor has not dropped
out of the insanity Investigation since ne
secured the release of Lillian Parks, Tues
day evening. He rave out a statement yes
terday, in which he said that rigid investi-
cations should be made of the cases OF per-
sons that have been sent TO the insane
asylum from Indianapolis during the past
few months. He said: 'Only two cases have
been investigated. and in each of those the
patient has been released and declared of
sound mind. IL the investigations had not
been started the two patients set at liberty
would be in there yet and would nave re-
NAMED there no telling how long. The
State officers have been aroused by the dis
closures concerning the alleged insanity
trust and through their efforts in CO.
operation with Attorney General Taylor,
arrangements have been made with DR..
Edenharter to conduct careful investiga-
tons of the cases of Indianapolis people In
his care.
Mr.. Taylor recalls an opinion given by
himself to A. D.. Sleeper, OF Fowler, more
than a year ago, in which he showed that
justices of the peace and attending. phy-
sicians in insanity %,nquests are entitled TO
no compensation except the per diem al
lowed by law. This rule. II adhered TO.
would, il is thought, remove a strong temp
tation TO trump up insanity charges
against people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04
INSANITY LAWS.
Provisions of California Statute Au-
thorixing Lunacy Commission.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
The present discussion of the insanity
laws of this State suggests that a brief
statement of the law in another State
might be Of interest. The writer had the
opportunity, during several years of resi-
dence in California. OF taking part in the
administrator of the insanity laws. and
regards the law of California as an i'm
provement in many ways over the Indiana
procedure. The first. and in some ways the
most important difference in the methods
of the two States Is that in California the
two Justices are replaced by the judge of
the District Court Two physicians. whose
credentials nave been approved by the
State insanity commissioners. are present
in an advisory capacity, and the district
attorney examines the witnesses who may
be called. The accused person is entitled
to counsel, 10 have witnesses for the de-
Tense called. either as TO the facts or as
experts. Any one may file the information
but in practice IL is usually doae by a
member of the family. the family physician
or an officer of the law.
The trial is a quasi criminal procedure,
and every safeguard is thrown around the
accused. The judge who finally decides the
case is learned in the law and accustomed
to weighing evidence. The medical men,
bers of the commission are selected for
their special proficiency in insanity cases.
trial operates for the beneht of the sup
rosedly insane person. Only one case of
wrongful committance ever came 10 the
writer's k~nowledge-that OF a reporter for
d yellow journal who deliberately simulat-
ed insanity.
Such a law. with the amendments neces-
sary 10. NJ II TO the Indiana judicial sys-
TEN. which differs I'm some respects from
that OF California. would doubtless be an
Improvement over the present. without
being any more expensive.
FLETCHER GARDNER, VI. d.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04

The output of American ~shipyards for
the fiscal year was 40l .2S5 ons-the largest
tonnage built in any one year since 1875
when the era of wooden s~hipbuilding be-
gan TO decline. AS IL is. the carrying ca.
pacity OF the ships built last year exceeds
that Of the previous period because 37.0N
tons of this years building represents fast
steel steamers. one of which will do more
carrying in a year than a fleet of sailing
vessels. OF the ships built 1900 tons are
designed for lake tramc-secured by Law
to American ships.