The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-10
AUT0CRAT OF
THE ISLANDS
Governor Dole Reigns Supreme
at Honolulu.
AFFAIRS ARE IN BAD SHAPE
OFFICIALS SUSPENDED WITH
OUT WARRANT OF LAW.
AFFAIRS ARE IN BAD SHAPE

correspondence Of the Associated Press.}
II honolulu, Nov. L-James II.
Boyd. territorial superintendent
of public works. has been sus-
pended from Office by Governor Dole
and arrested on a warrant charging
him with the embezzlement of 81, $50 of
public funds The ousting of Boyd
makes vacant a third important terri
torial Office and has involved Governor
Dole in another legal tangle as to his
powers Of suspension of officials.
Boyd was in san Francisco when his
chief clerk, B. II. Wright. was ar
rested on a charge of alleged embezZle-
ment aggregating over $4,000, and when
Treasurer Wright was accused of alb
sconding with $4,000 of public money
and Auditor Austin was suspended un-
der grave charges. Boyd returned here
on Oct. % and was handed a letter
from the governor, notifying him that
Secretary Cooper would remain in
charge of his department until certain
Irregularities had been explained.
Boyd's explanations were the. payment
of $6,307 into the department, which
had not been accounted for. Governor
Dole advised Boyd by letter that his
explanation of where the money had
been and how it had been used during
the interval when it was not in the
public treasury was highly unsatisfac-
tory" and asked for an immediate res
jgnation. The superintendent reply
was a note stating that he would re-
sumo charge of his office.
Dole Is Mighty.
2 AS in the case of Auditor Austin,
Governor Dole placed police on guard
to keep Boyd out of his office. Boyd
appeared at the capitol building and
attempted to enter his office. An Off
Ger kept him out, and later he re-
turned with his attorney and some wit
nesses and renewed the effort. There
was a violent struggle in the corridor
of the building. and then Boyd gave up.
He VIII ask the courts for writ of
mandamus to compel the governor to
allow him to resume charge of the Of
fee. claiming that the governor has
no power to suspend him without the
consent of the senate.
The public works department is the
most important under the territorial
government, carrying on large con-
tracts and employing many persons.
The departmental difficulties leave
the administration in great embarrass-
ment owing to the doubt as to Gov
ernor Dole's power to suspend an Off
cial. 1t is understood that the gov
ernor has laid the situation before
President Roosevelt, and may receive
some instructions as TO how TO pro-
GEtu. III the meantime, secretary
Cooper is in charge of the department
of public WORKS.
Jap to Be Hanged.
Tanbara Gisaburo. a Japanese. who
was found guilty in the United States
court of the murder on the high seas
OF Captain Jacobsen of the schooner
Fred J. Wood, has been sentenced by
Judge Estee to be hanged on Dec. 20.
He is the first prisoner to be SEN
fenced to death in the federal court
here
The firm of. II. Hackfeld & Co. has
been found guilty in the federal court
of failing and neglecting to return to
Japan three japanese immigrants who
come here and were rejected at the
custom house as contract laborers.
Judge Estee imposed a fine of $500 in
each case
The supreme court has rendered a de-
cision reversing Judge Little of HilO 10
p the effect that the territorial law i'm
posing a stamp tax on certain dOcu-
ments is constitutional. Judge Little
held that the territorial government
had no power TO impose such tax, but
the supreme court declares that the
organic act gives the territory such
power.
United States Attorney Breckons las
begun suit to condemn the schooner
Julia f. Whalen, in which Captain
ROsehilI recently made his trip to
Marcus island in the hope of getting
the island away from the japanese.
w. c. Peacock. the owner of the
schooner, is the defendant in the ac-
ton, and he is charged with having
sworn that he is an American citizen,
in order to get American register for
his vessel when in fact he was a Brit
ish subject. The sum of $500 or the
vessel is demanded of him as a forfeit.
Murder by Agreement.
A remarkable story of murder by
agreement between two Japanese has
been unearthed by the finding of a
wOman's dead body in a cane field on
the island of Maui. The victim was
named Ichi. She is alleged TO have
signed an agreement with one Fugita
Kichita Kichita. whereby she agreed
TO leave her husband for him, with
further stipulation that if she failed
to carry out her agreement Fugita had
her permission to take her life. She
failed to keep her agreement and last
Thursday she was stabbed to death in
cane field. Fugita has been appre-
hended and held for murder.
Last night saw the end of the last
week of the most earnestly contested
political campaign Hawaii has seen.
There are practically only two parties
in the field the home rulers. headed
by Delegate TO Congress Wilcox, who
is a candidate for reelection and is
endorsed by the Democrats, and Re
pubicans led by Prince Cupid Kalani-
anaole for delegate to congress.
Insects imported here from Mexico
for the purpose of having them attack
the lantana. which is a most destruc-
tive weed throughout the islands, are
supposed to be doing what was ex-
pected of them on the island of Maui.
They have attacked some large tracts
that are overrun with Iantana and are
killing the weeds The Iantana covers
thousands of acres in Hawaii and is
almost ineradicable. except at very
heavy cost. Professor KOeDele. the
Hawaiian government entomOl0gist, is
now in Mexico collecting insects.
On the list of grand jurors drawn
for the November term of the First
circuit court is the name of Chinese,
Ho Fun. said to be the first of his
race to serve on an American grand
jury. He is a clerk in a local bsnk.
There is also a Chinese on The trial
jury for the term.
DANDRUFF WON'T WASH OUT.
The Germ That Causes It Has to BE
Dnsfroved To Cure Dandruff