The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-16

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gits confederation Co. ths claims in na4
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tween the two countries
INDEPENDENT or CONGRESS.
The hn introduced in ihe Horse at
the last session ~ Congress b. Repre-
sentative spalding oi North Dakoia.
providing f0f the elimination from Sec
/ ton ss NJ the organic act ~ the words
without the approval of Congress has
| been fayurahIy recommended by Acting
| Gov Atkinson IN letter 10 Secretary
] Hitchcock. Mr. Atkinson apologies for
| the delay in rcpuriing on the bill. which
in effect allows the Territorial Legisla-
Iurc 90 pass acts of Incorporation with
ont the approval Of Congress. Mr. NJ
I kinson expresses his belief that the in
tcrcsts of all concerned IN acts Of in
corporation can be as fully conserved
b ythe Legislature as elsewhere.
Mr.. Spalding. when Congress con-
vencs again. will probably press the bill
before the House Committee on Terri
tories. OF which he is a member, and
also before the House itself.
No action has yet been taken by the
State Department in the case of the
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laims that he is a native born American
citizen. This is the dullest season OF
the year in Washington, as has been told
in previous letters. Practically no work
of importance is being done in the de-
partments and most of the cabinet mem
bers and assistant secretaries are away.
1t is not likely that a decision in the
case of Chunk will be reached for sew
eral weeks.
BERIBERI.
Surgeon General Wyman of the Pub
lie Health and Marine Hospital Bureau
has published in the weekly bulletin of
that bureau an account of case of beri-
beri on the bark Foohng Suey which
arrived with cargo of sugar at Della
ware Breakwater after a voyage of I46
days from Honolulu, via Kahului. The
bark carried crew of ID all told. Pass
ed Assistant Surgeon Lavinder reported
that, upon boarding the vessel, he learn
ed death had occurred among the crew
at sea July 10, 'the cause of which the
master thought to be beriberi The his
tory of the case confirmed, in my opini-
on. the masters diagnosis. | then in
spected the crew, finding well-marked
case of beriberi (wet form), 3 cases
with unmistakable evidences of the
disease, and several others complaining
of some of the early symptoms OF the
disease, but with no physical evidences
of it, Glandular examination was made
of the crew, and, nothing suspicious be-
ing found, the vessel was granted pratt
que. The one well-developed case was
admitted to the hospital at this station
with the vessel the next day bound for
Philadelphia.
''The case which was admitted to the
hospital at this station displayed as his
most marked symptoms and signs gen.
eral oedema (anasarca) disturbed car
diac action, urgent dyspnoea, tenderness
of calf muscles, and muscular weak
ness. Since his admission he has pro-
gressed very favorably and is rapidly inn
proving"
A patent has been granted to Henry
G. Ginaca and H. o. c. Isenberg OF
Honolulu, for an invention on a valve.
BURTON OSTRACIZED.
Senator Burton, of Kansas, one of the
special committee that visited Hawaii
two years ago and now under sentence
of fine and imprisonment by the federal
court in St. Louis, is in Washington at
present He walked up Fifteenth Street
past the Treasury Department this fore
noon being in town to look after some
personal matters. He has secured a
writ of error on which there will be |
a hearing OF his case before the United
States Supreme Court AS he is entire
ly out of politics now, although still |
holding his commission as United States |
Senator. Mr.. Burton finds himself os-
tracized in Washington, as well as in
Kansas. Should the verdict of the
court be set aside and he be ultimately
acquitted he would undoubtedly insist
on resuming his seat in the Senate. In
any event, however, his usefulness as a
Senator is at an end and, even if he re-
mains as member of the Senate Com
mittee on Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico. he will never again figure as an
influence in matters of Hawaiian legis-
laton.
FRIENDS OF HAWAII.
Senator Foraker, chairman of the Pa
,ifc Islands Committee who has so
frequently befrended Hawaii in Con-
gress and elsewhere, has been frequently
in and out of town this summer. He is
aking an active part in the Republican
and after the middle OF Sep
ember will be on the stump consider
ably. One of his first speeches will be
1t Parkersburg, w. Va, at the opening
If the Republican state campaign.
Representative Hit, of Illinois. one
,f the good friends Of Hawaii in Con-
cress and member of the commission
hat visited the islands and helped frame
he organic law, has been very i'll at
Bar Harbor, At times his life has been
eSpsired Of He has been improving a
title OF late, but his health has broken
robably permanently Mr. Hit is now
early II years old, He was renominat-
d for twelfth successive term in Con-
ress by the Thirteenth Illinois District
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