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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
FOUR SAILORS TIE UP
THE SCHOONER
HERMAN
CAPTAIN BROWN AND HIS FELL
Low ARGONAUTS CLAIM THEY
ARE ANXIOUS TO GET AWAY.
JUSTICE BY TELEPHONE

The treasure hunting schooner Her
man is tied up with a libel filed in the
United States Court. Captain Brown
says he is all ready to sail and anxious
to get away.
Four sailors of the Herman, Alexan-
der Swanson, Charles Reed, Benjamin
Thompson and X. Kaspersen, by their
proctor Thomas 1. Dillon, libelle.- the
vessel yesterday on claim for wages,
and the vessel was attached by United
States Marshal Hendry. The sailors
claim that the bread supplied them was
bad and they mace complaint of it to
Captain Brown. He admitted it was
mot fit for a dog to eat" Upon other
complaint being made by them he told
them they could get their wages and
leave the vessel. This they did at once
but were refused their pay when they
called for it. Hence the application for
an order to show cause why he should
not pay them their wages which was
secured yesterday, and the libel for
wages which followed.
The order to show cause was made
returnable before Commissioner Gill at
10 o'clock this morning. Captain Brown
was there together with three others
of the treasure hunters. Mr.. Chetwynd,
member of the California bar, and
one of the Argonauts of the Herman,
appeared as next friend for Captain
Brown. The rule to show cause why
he should not pay the sailors their
money had dropped into insignificance
after the libel was filed. Still it was
the only thing before the Commission
er. Mr.. Chetwynd wanted an imme-
diate hearing on the libel, but it was
explained that that was a matter that
could only be heard by the court either
directly or in reference to the Commits
sioner Judge Estee is at Waialua and
is not expected back until 2 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. The Argonauts de-
cided that they would try and reach
him by telephone and try and get an
order from him directing Commissioner
Gill to proceed with the hearing of the
libel at O'Clock this afternoon. On
this Commissioner Gill continued the
hearing of the rule to show cause un-
til , o'clock tomorrow afternoon with
the understanding that if the libel is
ordered for a hearing this afternoon the
rule to show cause may be taken up at
| the same time.
The four sailors claim wages due as
follows Alexander Swanson, $780,
Charles Reed, $21; Benjamin Thomp-
son, $265O and X. Kaspersen, $25.S5.
In addition each claims a months wa
ges as damages under the statute.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
ALCOHOL AS FUEL.

EDITOR STAR: Much has lately been
said about kerosene as fuel but what
of alcohol Although the application Of
said substance to heating and lighting
purposes or to the production of motor
power was still in it's infancy in 1900,
Germany consumed that year about
fifty millions of gallons of denaturalized
(as it is called alcohol. That year
there were six firms constructing alco-
hol motors, for Churns as well as for so
horse power ploughs In France near
ly all the automobiles use alcohol. In
ST. Etienne the great ribbon and in
Lyons the great silk weaving centers
of that country many looms of the
home working weaVers are set in mo-
ton by alcohol. The governments OF
these two countries have so well under
stood the advantages of said fuel, that
they remit all excise duties on denatu-
rallied 1--WE suppose this to be methy-
lated) alcohol. In 1900 alcohol was pro-
duced for about lSC a gallon from spoil
ed potatoes or grain, beet refuse etc
AS alcohol can be easily denaturalized
so as to make it altogether unfit for
human consumption no bad consequent
ces are to be feared from it's application
as motor power to plOughs, traction en-
gines, pumps etc on our plantations.
Would it not pay the mill owners to
distill their molasses instead of paying
for dear coal, saving beside the wages
of a fireman.. r. d, II.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
WILL NOT Use OIL FIrEL.

President Wight of the Wilder S. S.
Company stated this morning that it
had been decided not to convert the S.
5. Kinau into an old burning boat She
is now in San Francisco undergoing ex-
tensiVe repairs. Coal is very cheap
now, so is was decided unnecessary to
undertake the extra expense that would
be necessary to change the style of fuel.
The boilers are out of the vessel and
her hull is reported to be practically m
tact. She will be given four additional
staterooms. The superstructure along
the upper deck will extend of there be-
length of that deck instead of there be-
ing an open space midships. The ves-
Der /.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
ALIVE
WITH FIRE AND
LAVA FLOWS
SECOND OUTBREAK TAKES PLACE
ON SUNDAY - RENEWAL NOT
so GREAT AS LAST UPHEAVAL-
MESSAGE FROM VOLCANO.

Fire has again appeared in the vol
cano. The cessation of activity was
not of ry long duration. Last Sun
day the fire reappeared and the fresh
lava is now running from various
cracks. THE center of activity is the
crater of Halemaumau.
President Wight of the Wilder S. s..
Company received the following dis
patch this morning from f. Waldron of
the Volcano House reporting the re-
newal of activity: Fire returned in
crater Kilauea Sunday morning. No
lake formed. Lava flowing out from
cracks"
This message came by Wireless
telegraph and was evidently delayed in
transmission. Purser Simerson of the
steamer Mauna LOa which arrived this
morning from Hawaii, brought the
same report. According to the infor-
nation given Mr. Simerson, the lava
appeared to be about one-third as
great as marked the flow during the
recent outbreak a few weeks ago.
The renewal of the volcanic activity
could hardly come at a more satsfac-
tory period. The Senatorial Commits
sion and numerous guests will depart
on the Claudine tomorrow morning for
Hilo and while there will take the OPP
pOrtunity of visiting Kilauea. A very
| large crowd will depart on the Clau-
dine tomorrow the majority of the
passengers being members of the Sen
atorial party. Most of the passengers
will go direct to HilO.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
MORE CELLS FOR THE
CONDEMNED
NEEDED
JAILOR HENRY FORCED TO PRO
VIDE ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODA-
TIONS FOR MURDERERS-FIV
MEN AWAITING THE HANGMAN.

Condemned murderers are becoming
altogether too numerous at the prison
to suit Jailor Henry. He now has no
less than five men in his care to await
the imposition of the death sentence
and as appeals have been noted in near
ly every instance, it will probably be
months before any of the sentences are
carried into execution.
So numerous in fact have the con-
demned murderers become, that the
public works department has been fore
ed to increase the number of cells for
condemned men. There was formerly
four such cells but the sudden influx OF
condemned murderers has caused a de-
mand for an increase and four more are
being made into this special character
of cell.
These cells are different from the cells
occupied by prisoners convicted of les
ser crimes. With the ordinary cell,
! the doors are of heavy wooden material
with a small peep hole in the top
| through which the food and drink are
passed. The cells for the condemned
men are provided with heavy iron graf
| ed doors. This change enables the Of
| ficer on the death watch to keep a
closer watch on the men in his care,
and also make the cells more secure.
This is the largest number of con-
| demned murderers that has been in
the prison for years and they are the
first who are likely to be executed un-
der the American law. Fujihara was
the first Japanese convicted of murder
and sentenced to be hanged but he es-
capped from the Jail at Hilo and has
been ant large ever since.
1t is not unlikely that a little con-
fict of authority between Judge Lit
tie and High Sheriff Brown may occur
over the execution of two of the men
These murderers are Japanese and were
sent from Hawaii to Honolulu Judge
Little is reported to have said that con-
demned men convicted on Hawaii, shat
be executed in HilO, so is is not i'm
probable that he will try to enforce this
ruling.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
THE sPRINGLEss sCALEs.

w. A. Lingham representing the To-
ledo Automatic Computing scale is in
the city. He has placed scales with the
Metropolitan Meat Co.. Yee Hop Co.,
May & Co., Lewis & Co., and c. j. Day
for trial. These scales are balanced on
six bearings and are springless. They
compute the price of anything, at 21a
cents to 40 cents per pound, from an
ounce to 80 pounds instantaneously.
You put the article on the scale and
the handle shows the weight and price
on the computing dial to the smallest
fraction. Mr.. Lingham has office with
J. w. Podmore, corner King and
Bethel streets and is ready to talk on
the merits of his scales to anyone in
terested. Within the last six months
over 5000 have been placed on the con-
tinent An agency will shortly be es-
tablished here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
Defence NOT READY
TO FACE THE
CHARGE
JUDGE GEAR COMES IN FOR CEN
SURE FOR REDUCING THE BAIL
JUDGE WILCOX REsENTs AC-
TION OF HIGHER COURT.

Judge Gear was put in the "butt-in''
class this morning by Judge Wilcox.
In fact the latter did not handle the
circuit judge with gloves but smashed
in characteristic fashion. The OCCASION
was the appearance of b. H. Wright the
former clerk of the public works de-
partment to answer to charge of en-
/ bezzling about $4,000 of public money.
When the defendants name was called,
he was not present in court so George
"A. Davis one of the attorneys for the
defence, asked that the case be con-
tinued for a week. Judge Wilcox re-
piled that he doubted the propriety OF
the attorneys making any such motion
unless the defendant was in court. Then
every body waited until Wright appear
ed.
Davis then renewed his motion for
the continuance saying that he desired
| time in which to prepare for the de-
! fence. High Sheriff Brown said that
! there was no objection to a continuance
but he preferred that the case be settled
this week, so far as the police court was
concerned. He was not adverse to a
continuance however as the Attorney
! Generals department had agreed to
| send deputy to prosecute, the matter
but the deputy had not appeared.
well gentlemen said Judge Wilcox
| II wish to get this case settled at once.
| am the committing magistrate and
want the thing cleared off my hands.
| The circuit court has already begun to
meddle in this matter in a way that L
do not believe that it had any right to
do. | named bail in a certain amount
to insure the appearance of the de-
! fendant in this court, but Judge Gear
| has begun to put his finger into the
matter already and as he seems SO
anxious to meddle in the case, guess
we had better go right ahead and send
it up to him. Judge Gear interfered
with this court in way that | do not
/ believe that he had any right to do.
| The case had not passed out of the jul
| risdiction of this court but he stepped
in and interferes with the bail that had
/ been named by this court"
Your honor" hotly responded Davis
amy court of record in this land would
have to take notice of such habeas cor
pus proceedings. The defendant was
entitled to such measure being brought
in his behalf. If the court insists on
going ahead with this case, we are
ready l will say that we will claim
| the right to secure our witnesses and it
will probably take as much time If the
examination is started now as if the
! continuance were granted"
High Sheriff Brown stated that if the
court desired to continue with the ex-
animation, various witnesses should be
summoned within a short time.
In view of the way" said Judge Will
cox that certain members of the At
! tOrney Generals department are occu-
pied at the present time before the COM
mission, / will grant the continuance
until next Tuesday morning at $3.50
o'clock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
ARE THE FIRE CLAIM
COURTS AWARDS
RENEWABLE
A CASE ON ARGUMENT BEFORE
JUDGE GEAR WHICH GOES TO
THE VERY INTEGRITY OF THE
AwARDs-CROP OF LITIGATION.

When the Fire Claims Commission
decided that the sums paid by insur-
ance companies on losses which were
the basis of claims before the commits
sion should be deducted from the
awards, they apparently sowed the seed
for a big crop of litigation. Some of
the first of the crop came before Judge
Gear this morning. 1t came in the
shape of the two mandamus suits
against the Commissioners which were
filed a little over a week ago. The pc
titioners are the Liverpool, London and
Globe Insurance company and the Sing
Chan Company
The Sing Chan Company composed of
a large number of Chinese filed a claim
with the Fire Claim Commission for
$11, ,S16.92 The commission found that
the amount of their loss was $7S77.95 Tine
Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance
company had paid $500 insurance on
this loss; the Fireman's Fund Insur-
ance company had paid $10O0 and the
Royal Insurance company $7S7,10 and
by assignment had been subrogated to
the claim of the Sing Chan company to
the amount of insurance paid. The
Fire Claims Commission, however. in
making the award, found the loss to be
$7S77.95, but as the firm had received
from the insurance company $32S71O,
$4590.S5
In the petition for mandamus the pc
titioners allege that by making this de-
duction the commissioners had denied
them justice, and they asked the court
to order the commission to so amend its
order of award as to do them this JUS
tice they claim has been denied, in other
words to add to the amount of the
| award the amount of insurance so that
the amount of loss as determined by
| the commission and the amount of the
award would be the same, $7S77.95
To the petition for mandamus the at
| torney general representing the COM
| missiOners demurred, alleging that suf-
| fiCient facts We're not set out to entitle
the petitioners to the relief they ask
| for. The argument before Judge Gear
this morning was on the demurrer.
| The Attorney General maintained that
the suits was in fact at attempt to sue
the territory which could not be sued
except in the specific cases provided by
law of which the present was not one
| He argued that the act under which
the award was made was one which re-
cognized the moral obligation of GER
| tain losses sustained by classes of peo-
Pile and provided a fund to be dis
trbuted among them, and created g
| commission to make the distribution;
! that TINS distribution having Deen maze
that absolutely defined all rights under
| the act.
r. d. Silliman representing the petl.
TONERS argued that whatever We're the
rights of the claimants before the legis.
| lature acted, when the act was passed
that created and defined rights, and un'
less the commission made it's award!
strictly according to the law they were
subject to review and correction. HI
maintained that mandamus was tht
proper method for review and correc
ton because it was the acts of officers
of the territory and not the acts of th'
territory itself which it was sought t.
correct.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
BURTON ASKS DOCTOR
INS|NUAT|NG
QUESTIONS
FATHER wENDELIN's CAUSE
CHAMPIoNED BY THE KANSAS
SENATOR-BOARD OF HEALTH
ACTING WITHOUT RESTRAINT.

This mornings session of the Sena-
torial Commission opened with DR..
Sloggett on the stand at $3.50. Senator
Burton conducted the inquiry asking
as to his credentials as a medico. The
doctor stated that he taken degrees in
both Edinburgh and Glasgow as M. d.
and C.. M, (Master Of Surgery. Inc
witness, in response to questioning,
stated that Father Wendelin had been
removed without preference of char
ges, having been a cause of friction,
siding with dsaffected lepers and jar
ring with the superintendent. All non
lepers are there on the approval of the
Board of Health, and they were within
their rights in asking for his removal,
and removing him as an element OF
discord The letters to the Bishop
merely constituted an act of courtesy.
The Bishop asked for charges to be
preferred and the Board refused, as 1t
was wholly within their legal rights to
remove.
Senator Burton asked if it was not
the policy of the Board of Health to
act without much restraint such sys-
tenn growing out of the monarchy, a
part of the general policy of the ISL
ands.
The witness stated that it was the
policy of the Board to allow no inside
or outside interference. They must be
absolute. Asked if they did not have
a very large fund at their disposal, DR..
Sloggett cited the aggregate as sew
eral hundred thousand dollars, and
that all government doctors were un-
der their charge.
Senator Burton particularized Wal
mea, asking the uses of a government
physician there. DR.. Sloggett stated
that he was there for the free treat
ment of poor natives, and the Senator
asked of the natives would not be as
we'll off without a doctor A letter was
then produced by the Commission and
handed to Doctor Sloggett for perusal,
Secretary Charlock was frequently re-
QUESTIONED by the witness TO aud nS-
ures together.
The witness stated that he had new
er seen the letter, that it was grossly
exaggerated and that it's writer eX-
ceeded his duty in not writing to the
Board of Health. The letter was ad-
dressed to Judge Humphreys from
Father Wendelin, asking for an impair
tial investigation. Cohabitation by sim
gle persons was charged and that the
majority of children were illegitimate.
The witness admitted the illegal COMA
bitation and its liberation by the
Board One-half of the children born
last year, sixteen in all were illegiti-
mate. The witness objected to the
term "wallowing in the mire" as ap-
piled to concubinage, and thought the
writer should have attended to his
clerical duties Senator Burton opinec
the Father was attending.
Drunkenness is favored" was alsC
excepted to by the witness, who stated
that no liquors were allowed, but much
smuggled despite efforts
vision was centralized, that there was
no Judge. That the acting superin'
tendent broke into houses without war
rant and arrests people, keeping then
in prison as long as he pleased. The
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
S. c. ALLEN FOR THE SOUND.

The bark S. C. Allen will sail in bal
last for Seattle this afternoon II cap
tain Johnson can settle up his business
by that time. This is the first time
the vessel has ever left here without a
cargo of sugar. 1t is planned by T. H.
Davies and company her owners to
have her secure a return cargo of mer-
chandise from Seattle if possible, and II
not to load lumber at some Sound port
for Honolulu. This means that the
boat is to be taken out of the San Fran
CISCO Honolulu trade.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
WRIGHT'S CASE GOES OVER
The Home Rule
Convention Is
Soon to be Held

When Kalauokalani returns
from his present campaign on
leeward Hawaii, Delegate Will
cox announces that the Home
Rule convention will be held and
nominations made for the house
and senate from the fourth and
fifth districts.
Kalauokalani was at Kailua
yesterday and is now on a tour
through Kohala. He is scheduled
to be at Kawaihae today. From
there he will go to Waimea and
thence generally through South
and North Kohala, returning to
Honolulu at the end of the week
by the steamer Claudine. His
reports to the party headquar-
ters that the Home Rule cause
is stronger than ever"
w. G. Achi received letters
from Kona by the Mauna Loa
this morning reporting that Ka-
lauokalani's meetings were not
being well attended, and that
the nomination of Prince Kuhio
was received with much en-
thusiasm.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
THREE STEAMERS THIS WEEK

There will be three steamers in port
this week from various places. The
Hong Kong Maru is due tomorrow af-
ternoon from San Francisco with a
week later mail and news files. On
Friday the S. S. Alameda is due from
San Francisco with two days later news
and mail, and on the same afternoon
the Nippon Maru will probably be
sighted from the Orient The Nippon
will sail for San Francisco Saturday.
The Hong Kong Maru will sail for the
Orient on Thursday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
.SLOGGETT ON THE GRILL
The Market Is
Short on Drum
Liquid Fuel

There is a serious shortage of
drum gasoline and drum distil-
late. Inquiry has developed the
fact that the supply of both ma
terials is so low now that people
using gasoline power are forced
to purchase case gasoline. This
shortage is likely to continue
for a couple of weeks.
The drum material sells for
about 25 cents a gallon while in
cases, the gasoline costs 80 cents
a gallon The drum or bulk gaso-
line and distillate are used
therefore by the various power
concerns in preference to the
case stuff.
There are a number of gaso-
line launches about the harbor
and these may all be forced to
use the case stuff before the
fresh supply of drum stuff ar
rives. The rice plantations on
the various islands are likely
to suffer for they use a large
amount of the bulk ma
terial.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16

In the case of John d. Paris VS.. j..
Alfred Magoon, Kinney, Ballou and
McClanahan, attorneys for Paris have
filed notice in the Circuit court that
they will object to the bill of eXcep-
tions presented by the other side on
the ground that the bill shows on it's
face that no motion for new trial was
made or refused by the court and that
no new trial is desired by the defend
ant
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
CHANGE OF TIME.

The piano recital to be given in the
new assembly hall at Punahou College
on Friday afternoon, Sept 19, will COM
mence at four o'clock instead of three
as previously advertised. This change
in time will give many business people
a chance to attend this musical feast.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
NEvADAN FOR COAST TODAY.

The S. S. Nevadan will sail for San
Francisco this afternoon at o'clock
from the Railway wharf. She will take
about 5000 tons of sugar and between
1000 and $500 bundles of bananas from
this place. The vessel arrived this
morning from Kahului. She will sail
on her return trip from San Francisco
October 3.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
CAME NEAR BEING A CRIPPLE.

Josh Westhafer, of Loogootee Ind, U.
S. A., is a poor man. but he says he
would not be without Chamberlain
Pain Balm if it cost five dollars a bot
tie, for it saved him from being a Grip
pie, No external application is equal
to this liniment for stiff and swollen
joints, contracted muscles, stiff neck,
sprains and rheumatic and muscular
pains. 1t has also cured numerous
cases of partial paralysis. 1t is for sale
by all dealers, Benson, Smith and Co.,
general agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
THE sTRONGEsT COMPANY.

1t Is well known that no policy con-
tracts are more readily sold than those
of the Prudential, many men of wealth
are buying large and high-premium
policies in this company, Just few
days ago a great and well known firm
issuel its check for over $2S,OOO.OO first
premium on a ten-year endowment
Prudential policy.-Hawaiian Trust
COMPANY agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
ARCHER BEGINS LOADING.

The barkentine Archer has beg"n
loading sugar for her return to San
Francisco She will take 4,2O0 bags
from the steamer Mauna Loa and $500
bags from the railway wharf. She will
probably SaiLat the end of the week.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
sEMI-WEEKL.Y STAR.

Honolulu people VINO are going
abroad can have the Semi-Weelly Star
mailed to any address for the small
sum of twenty-five cents a month. The
Semi Weekly Star contains all the local
news of Importance, besides the daily
stock quotations.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16
BARGAINS IN TOWELS.

You know you cannot do better else
where. L. B. Kerr & Co, Ltd, offer
genuine bargains in towels. Only 30
cents a dozen.