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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
INVESTIGATING ESCAPES.
San Francisco Grand Jury and The
Runaway Chinese.

SAN FRANCISCO, December IS
The United States Grand Jury has
thrown down the gauntlet to the big
Oriental steamship companies, and Will
endeavor to compel them to pay many
thousand of dollars as penalty for the
escape of Chinese from the Mail dock
this year there have been about q
dozen unceremonious leave-takings
and in former years as many or more
For each escape a fine Of $500 should
have been paid into the Golfers OF
Uncle Sam, but up to the present time
the money has not been paid. The
Grand Jury has subpOenaed steamship
officials Chinese bureau officials, GUS
toms inspectors and others cognizant
of the facts In the case, and is expected
after completing the investigation to
order actions brought against the
steamship companies. The companies
involved are the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, the Occidental and
Oriental Steamship Company and the
Togo Kisen Kaisha.
The last escapes from the Hotel de
Mongolia were effected in January OF
this year Only five Chinese escaped,
but las others would have flown but
for the accidental discovery of the plot.
A cleaver was struggled into the shed
and a hole cut through the roof,
HnrOuSn the mole I'VE teleSlldlS tItpN'
but a watchful guardian of the place
to see a sixth sliding down a
pipe to liberty and prevented any more
escapes. A few months previously
twelve Chinese escaped.
When the escapes were reported to
the Secretary of the Treasury he in
structed Collector of Customs STRAIT
ton to require bond of $500 for every
Chinese detained in the shed as guar
antee of their safe keeping. 1t appears
that the Secretary thought that there
was no hope of collecting any fines
from the companies after escapes had
been made on account of the difficulty
of proving the cOnniVance of the com
panes. as provided by law. The com
panes, however, refused to furnish
such bonds and the matter has been at
a standstill ever since. The Chinese
bureau keeps a corps of watchmen at
the dock, and the companies claim that
those men are equally responsible with
the watchmen of the steamship cor
porations
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
CHRISTMAS DAY
IN HONOLULU
THE WEATHER AIDING, LOCAL
CITIZENS SPENT A HAPPY HOLI-
DAY IN VARIED FASHION.

All Honolulu spent a Joyous Christ
mas yesterday, a Christmas differing
in many respects from those spent in
earlier years by many of her citizens,
yet eminently Christmas. The rain, so
prevalent at this season, generously
forbore to mar the holiday and looked
mistily down yon the city from the
mountain tops. In the morning it in
deed required but little Imagination to
see a snow storm on the range, the
sun shining athwart the clouds of fine
rain presenting just such an effect.
In town church bells rang while many
responded. Friends called on friends
and relatives exchanging greetings of
the season. The fine weather tempted
many to spend at least a part of their
Christmas out of doors. They went
driving and riding in carriages, on
horses and in the trolley cars while
many bathed in the warm waters of the
| Pacific and many listened to the after
noon band concert at Thomas square.
1t was in the evening, when lights
were lit, the table set with all the good
things of a Christmas menu, with the
elders drinking healths and the young
sters waiting impatiently for the re-
vaeling of that Christmas tree in the
| next room, that the little inCOngruities
| of a semi-tropical Christmas inevitably
| made in old time customs There was
no snow without, neither were there
any half frozen hungry waits of north
| ern Christmastide, but within were
gathered all the attributes of the holi-
| day, good cheer, good things to eat
good fellowship, mirth, harmony and
good will toward men.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
UNDER
THE DEATH WATCH
GOVERNOR DOLE's RETRIEVE RE-
GARDBD AS ONLY A Temporal
Try STAY FOR TANBAT1A.

Secretary Cooper on Wednesday af-
ternoon received a message from Gov
ernor Dole reprieving Tanbara elsa
buro, who was under sentence to be
executed at 1890 this morning. The
telegram was as follows:
"Kona, December "a, 1902.
From Sanford b. Dole, Governor of
the Territory of Hawaii.
ITO Henry f.. Cooper, Secretary of
the Territory of Hawaii; Honolulu:
II hereby reprieve Tanbara lisa
buro, sentenced to be hanged on the
26th of December 1902. for murder, for
reference of his case to the President
of the United States. Official papers
can be made later. Notify Marshal
Hendry."
Tanbara Gisaburo is still under a
death watch, as the reprieve issued by
Secretary Cooper yesterday, on the au-
thority of a dispatch from Governor
Dole, is regarded as only a temporary
stay. If President Roosevelt should
approve it, and a new trial should be
secured on an appeal by writ of error,
the death watch will be withdrawn. In
the event of the President refusing to
grant a reprleve, Tanbara will be
brought into court and sentenced
again.
/ The reprieve came as a great sur
prise to those concerned. None of the
| federal officials having the matter in
/ hand were consulted, and the governor
did not examine the records in the
case. His brief dispatch from Kohala
simply ordered a reprieve, and there is
a good deal of local comment on the
action taken as ignoring the fedora
officials.
The proceeding in such cases al
| Washington, as shown in the govern
ment instructions to United States
Marshals and others, is as follows:
Applications for executive clemency
are filed n the Department of Justice
When such an application is received
it, with all the accompanying papers
is referred to the United States attor-
ney for the district in which the appli-
cant was convicted for report as to the
facts and for his recommendation as
/ to the eXpediency and justice of eX-
tending Clemency. He is also directed
to obtain, if possible, a recommends
ton from the judge who presided al
the trial If the attorney did not APP
pear in the case, he is directed to OBJ
tain the opinion of his predecessor.
1T is very important that a full re-
port of the facts in such case be made
as it is upon this official statement
that the President must largely depend
for his knowledge of the circumstance
surrounding the commission of the of
Tense of which this applicant was con
Victed.'
Neither Judge Estee nor District At
tOrney BreCkons express any opinion
now as to the result of the appeal 70
clemency, but when the matter is re
ferred to them from Washington it i!
likely that they will disapprOve the APP
peal, as both have previously express
ed themselves as thoroughly convinced
of the guilt of the prisoner. Inquiry
among members of the jury also show!
a Discrimination to lend their aid to ii
forts to secure clemency.
The record in the case with repor
of the action that has been taken, viii
be sent at once to the Department o
| Justice at Washington.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
PURCHASED A MANSION.

and Mrs. Stalz formerly of Kahului,
Maui, have purchased a choice resi-
dence location out near the Preside
and overlooking the Golden Gate which
has been known as the Hoyle mansion
and grounds, situated on the north side
of Jackson street, near the General
Macdougall gate to the Government
reservation.
There is a frontage of 100 feet on the
thoroughfare and the plot runs back to
the Preside wall. 1t is one of the
most desirable home sites in this
neighborhood and commands an unob-
structed marine view.
DR.. f. Petrie Hoyle is the seller and
the figure obtained by him was $50 O00.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
IMPATIENT AND
EXPECTANT PUBLIC

The tug Eleu got to the steamer al
most as soon as the launch carrying
DR.. Golfer and all the attaches Of the
federal quarantine service. Secretary
Cooper, Attorney General Dole, Land
Commissioner Boyd, Tax Assessor
Pratt, w. w. Hall, Col. j. II. Fisher,
Capt. Sam Johnson, Frank Davey r.
w. Perkins and others were on board.
AS soon as the Eleu was in shout
ing distance of the cable ship, there
were cheers on both boats. The tug
circled about the large steamer, bat
did not attempt to go alongside. While
the doctors We're examining those on
board the new arrival, the tug Fearless
relieved from duty of helping the Mp
pom Maru to leave the wharf, started
for the SilvertOwn. She had on board
as many members of the government
band as could be got together at short
notice, and a large crowd of citizens.
| She neared the cable ship with the
band playing a lively march, and the
Jackies of the SilVertOwn stamped their
feet to the music as they ran to and
fro with the ends of shore hawserS
which We're being brought M for dock
ing. Conspicuous on the upper deck of
the Spreckels tug was the irrepressi-
Bile Cammy and he showed his delight
at the arrival of the cable steamer by
Il
heavy rolling of tha tug.
There were cheers from the Fearless
and cheers from the Silvertown, and
| then Captain Berger $ "uck up God
Save the King" Hats were off at once
| on board the British vessel, and all
silently listened to the anthem. There
| was an argument between some of
! those on board who are not expert
musicians as to whether it was "Amei-
! lea or God Save the King" but ii
was decided to be the latter, and a
moment later Berger settled the ques-
ton by giving the Americans THE
Star Spangled Banner" and hats re-
manned off while a verse was played.
Asst the SilvertOwn started in the ke
| Au HOu started out. She was crowded
from stem to stern. with the Fear
less, the Eleu and a launch and some
shore boats, she helped to welcome the
new arrival. The band on the Fear.
less switched to the Hawaiian nationa
hmm. 1t gave aloha Oe" and a lot o
other native airs and then the whistles
butted in and the band was lost. Al
the whistles on shore We're set blowing
and the Fearless whistle helped then
out to the great discomfort of some
of those on board, for the Fearless
| whistle is a strong one and when one
listens to a long continuous blast, al
close quarters, he does not feel It's in
fluence to be soothing.
The crowd along the wharves grew
as the big steamer came slowly through
the channel. The streets up town were
nearly deserted for the time, and when
! the steamer finally locked at maya
! wharf number one, there was an i'm
mense crowd to meet her She was
recognized on all hands as the most
| important arrival any of those on The
wharf were likely ever to see steering
her course through the channel of Ho-
nolulu harbor. On her bridge was Cap
tain Lorenzen, who had the luck to be
! the pilot whose duty it was to guide
| the steamer in.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
MIR. WALLER. "

NEW YORK, December T.-Edna
Wallace Hopper, the actress, is about
to enter the racing field. She will un-
dertake the raising of horses for the
American and foreign turf, and she
will race her thoroughbreds under her
own colors. Mrs. Hopper will be known
to the racing world as "Mr. Waller"
j. S. Mcdonald, who has purchased
largely both here and abroad, for such
owners as Mrs. Langtry, The Keenes,
Freddie Gerhard, William X. Wander
biilt, and others, has Mrs. Hopper 5
commission to secure such available
sires and dams as he considers likely
to prove most valuable to Mr.. Wal
lers' stable, and no expense will be
spared.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
ALBATROss INJURED.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 1.-TWO
thousand dollars damage was inflicted
upon the Fish Commission steamer AL
batross yesterday afternoon by the
American Hawaiian Company's freight
steamer Nebraskan as the result Of
a collision. The Nebraskan, bound
out for Honolulu, had just left her slip
a Steuart-street wharf, and in trying
to cross the bows of the Albatross in
the unusually strong ebb tide that was
running was carried against the star
bOrd side of the AlbatroES lying at an
Choir in midstream. The large cutter
Of the Albatross, moored to a boom,
was mashed, and a wherry or small
boat hanging in the forward davits was
ruined, and before the heavily laden
Nebraskan was carried clear of the AL
batToss the latter's jibbOOm and gang
way We're also scraped, but the Ne
bIaskan escaped with no apparent in
jury and proceeded to sea. Two sailors
of the AlbatrOss who were trying to
save the cutter had to be ordered
aboard to save them from possible in
jury in the collision that Immediately
followed. The Nebraskan is in com
mand of Captain Green, who lately sue
ceeded Captain Delano in command of
the big steamer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
BYAUTHORITY
Office of the Board of Health,
Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec "A, 1902.

On and after this date the manufsc-
ture of poi shall not be carried on in
the District Of Honolulu, Island of Ca
hu except in such places as a pure
supply of water is Obtainable and used
for that purpose; ana no supply of wa
ter shall be used for the manufacture
of poi unless a certificate has been OBJ
tanned from the Government Food
Commissioner stating that the same is
sufficiently pure for such use.
The above resolution was unanImous-
ly adopted at a meeting of the Board
of Health. held December Gath, 1902.
II. C. SLOGGETT.
President Board of Health.
Attest:
c. CHARLOCK,
Secretary Board of Health.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
NOVELIST CHURCHILL ILL

ST. LOUIS, December 1S.-Winston
Churchill, the novelist, recently elected
to the New Hampshire Legislature, is
i'll at the residence of his uncle, J. G..
Gazzam, No. 2S10 Pine street While
Mr. Churchill is confined to his bed his
condition is not regarded as serious, al
though his physician has ordered alb
solute rest for two or three days. 1t is
thought his illness is the result of eX-
posture to inclement weather during his
recent campaign.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
WILL SETTLE
TRAMWAYS DEAL

Colonel C. NJ. Davidson, chairman OF
the board of managers of the Hawaiian
Tramways Company, arrived with his
wife as passengers on the Sierra, hav-
ing made the trip from England in the
interests of his company in connection
with the proposed exchange for Rapid
Transit shares and the merging of the
two companies.
Some time ago Mr.. Moller as acting
attorney for the English stockholders
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
AMERICA MARU DUE.

The America Maru is expected this
afternoon from the Orient. She will
sail tomorrow morning for San Fran
cisco. She will probably take news of
either the arrival of the cable ship Sill
vertown at Honolulu or else sight the
vessel off this island.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
REMEMBERED CHARLIE.

Diamond Head Garlic the marine OBJ
server, received the usual Christmas
remembrance yesterday from the mer-
chants of the community. He was
presented with a purse of $3S2.5O. Col.
j. H. Soper collected the Christmas
gift for Charlie.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
NEBRAsKAN .FOR KAHULUI.

The S. S. Nebraskan finished dis
charging cargo at the railway wharf
yesterday afternoon and sailed about G
p. m. for Kahului. She will return
from Kahului December 80 and sail the
following evening for San Francisco.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
DETAILS OF
THE WORK
Continued from Page ~

rell were all taken at noon on the va
rious days. The exact amount of ca
BILE that had been laid to the point
where the cable was buoyed, has not
been estimated exactly by the cable
officials. The slack had averaged
about u per cent and in some instances
under 10 per cent. This percentage of
slack means that the actual distance
o fcable laid is about II per cent longer
than the actual distance on water.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
sTRIoKEN MITH PARALYsIs.

John Hancock, chief of the stationery
division of the Pension Bureau, father
in-law of the Director of the Census
and a relative of General Winfield
Scott, was stricken with paralysis at
his desk today and is in a serious con-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
ADMIRAL RODGERS.

When Admiral Rodgers was in Japa-
nese waters lately he entertained with
distinguished honor HiTai Sukekichi, u
poor fisherman, who was of consider
able service to Commodore Perry on
the latter's historic visit, which opened
Japan to the world Hirai is now nine
ty years old, and on his visit to Ad-
miral Rodgers was accompanied by his
son, grandson and great grandson.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
HRIBE WILL SOON BE EXTINCT.

DR.. Wyman, Government physician
at the Sac and Fox Indian agency in
Oklahoma, announces that large ma
jority of the tribe are afflicted with
tuberculosis, scrOfula and other incura-
BILE diseases, and adds that the tribe
will be practically annihilated within
a few years. The latest reports say
there are but 479 members of this once
powerful tribe left.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26

the run in days and hours. She
was delayed i'm sailing owning to the
failure of the British Colonial mail to
reach San Francisco on schedule time.
She brought an unusually large number
of passengers for Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
POPULAR SONGS.

All the late and popular songs of the
day, as well as classic and standard
music can be found at the Bergstrom
Music Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
SIERRA ARRIVED YESTERDAY

The S. s. Sierra arrived yesterday at
an early hour from San Francisco. She
came down in very good time making
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26
VIM. G.IrWin &c.,, Ltd,
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE AGENTS
AGENTS FOR THE.

scottish Union National Insurant
Company Of Edinburgh.
Wilhelma of Magdeburg General In
surance Company.
Associated Assurance Co., Ltd, OF
Munich and Berlin.
Alliance Marine and General Assur-
ance Co.. Ltd, Of London
Royal Insurance Company OF Liver
pool.
Alliance Assurance Company of Lon
don.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-26

For cocktails, rickeys and fizzes mix
ed by master hand, try the Column
bia.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08

rot be there. The Mercy and
help department OF the Epworth
League brought aged and inhrm
people to the church in carriages,
who could not walk. All in all, it
was a day never to be forgotten.
There were many Of the member
ship who could not be present, but
there were also some strangers
from abroad, among whom were Mr..
and Mrs. F. 0. Gold and son and
Mr.. Stabeck of Renville, Mrs. Pope
OF Minneapolis. Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Tasker OF S. D., Chas. Wallace
of Hamline. Lew Wallace, Adrian
Bennett, Mr.. anG Mrs. A. L. Task
er of Vesta, Messrs. Orth and New
house aud their wives of Wabasso.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08
CIT Y ELECTION.

The city election was held vester-
day. The following were selected.
without opposition:
Mayor-H. NJ. Aune.
Recorder-A. R. A. Laudon.
Treasurer-H. A. Baldwin.
Aid. 1st. ward. A. Engelhart.
Aid. I'd ward A. Pease.
The only contest was on Judge of
the municipal court. When THE GA
zETTE went to press the indications
we're that light vote was going to
be polled. and that Joseph Chadder-
don would be elected to succeed him
self.
Mrs. Carrie Barker of Croton.
Falls, New York, is visiting with
the family of O. B. Turrell.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08
ROAD, BRIDGE AND SCHOOL.
What the Different Towns Expect From
the 1901 Tax.

The total amount Of money to be
raised for town revenue from the
1901 tax, according to the abstract
prepared by Auditor Tompkins, is
Sc, 1853. 81, and for town road and
bridge purposes $12,756.9 81. These
amounts are to be divided among
the several townships as follows:
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08
IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
The SOmerville Law is so Pronounced by
the Supreme Court.

The Somervilie law, requiring g
foreign corporations doing business
in this State, to file their articles of
incorporation with the secretary OF
State, apd also to pay certain fees
for the protection given them in the
courts of Minnesota, has been held
valid in a recent decision of the Su-
preme Court.
This law was passed at the 1899
session. 1t Was pat through the
senate by Senator>Somerville before
the corporations from other States
got on to its real import, and they
at once commenced making fight
against the measure in the house.
There the fight for the bill was led
by Representative Larson of this
county, Representative Jacobson
and several others After a slight
amendment and one of the most no.
ticeable fights of that session the
bill passed the house and was re-
turned to the senate for a concur
renee in the amendment. After a
little difficulty Senator Somerville
succeeded in having the bill passed,
as amended, and it was shortly
afterwards signed and became a
law.
The first attempt to test the con-
stitutionality Of the law was the
case of the Heilman Brewing Co., a
foreign corporation, appellant, VS..
John Plemeisl, a Waterville saloon
keeper, respondent, although all Of
the big corporations of other States,
doing business in this State, had
their attorneys look into the matter
thoroughly and satisfied themselves
that it was constitutional before
they complied with the terms of the
same. In the case Of the brewing
company VS.. Plemeisl that company
sued the latter for $195. so. due. by
reason OF liquor sold the latter
Plemeisl S attorney set up the de-
fense that the company had not com
piled with the State law. Before
trial Of the case the brewing COM
pany complied, but under the
courts ruling it's compliance was
too late to give it standing in the
Plemeisl case.
The syllabus in the Piemeisl case
is as follows:
A foreign corporation doing busi-
ness in this State without first com
plying with the provisions of laws
of 1899, chapter six. cannot maintain
an action in the courts OF this State
upon any contract OR demand grow
ing out of such unlawful business.
Nor will compliance by it with the
statute after the making of any such
contract, or after the commencement
of an action thereon, remove the bar
Of the statute which closes the
doors of the courts of the State to
foreign corporations doing business
in the State in defiance of its laws.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08
NEW BANK OFFICIALS.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Bank of Red wood
Falls was held Monday and resulted
In the selection Of c.. D. Gilfillan, J.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08

G. E. MCKAY,
Who succeeds the late WE. Dickinson as
President of the Bank of Redwood Falls. +
B. Robinson. n. Y. R. Hunter, G.
W. Dickinson and 6. p. Mckay as a
board of directors.
The directors have elected G.. E..
Mckay president, J. B. Robinson
vice e-president, G. W. Dickinson
cashier and Fred 81. Wilson assist
ant cashier.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08
Totals........ $685. 81 $12,756

The local one mill school tax for
the different towns of the county
will amount to Sc, 533 A, while the
special school tax will amount to
$50,581. %. The different townships
Ill fni To fallnruc.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-08

Pays after the Holidays
as we'll as we'll as before.
GAZETTE advertisers get
results.