The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-15


Chamberlain, leader of the Tariff Re
form Party. He states that although
Mr. Chamberlain is almost sevent.
years of age, he is still vigorous and full
of fight as ever. The great Statesman
felt grave doubts as to the success o
his tariff reform bill this season, bu
said that in the next campaign ne fel
he would come out victorious. Mr.. Ket
tIewell says this answer of the Leader
indicates that he has no idea of re
signing political power for some time Il
come.
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particular is also true of Porto Rico
Judge Perlheld, solicitor of the State
Department, said todayetflat no definite
progress had been made since Gov Car
ter's visit to Washington towards adj
iusting the claims of British subjects III
Hawaii.
I'VE are trying" said he, ito arrange
for commission to adjust the several
cross claims between this country and
Great Britain. If that effort is success
full the commission will take up and
give consideration to the claims in Ha-
wall in common with other claims be-
tween the two countries.
INDEPENDENT OF CONGRESS.
The bill introduced in the House at
the last session of Congress by Repre-
sentative Spalding, of North Dakota,
providing for the elimination from Sec
ton IS of the organic act of the words
without the approval of Congress has
been favorably recommended by Acting
Gov. Atkinson In letter to Secretary
Hitchcock. Mr. Atkinson apologies for
the delay in reporting on the bill, which
in effect allows. the Territorial Legisla-
ture to pass acts of Incorporation with
out the approval of Congress. Mr.. At
kinson expresses his belief that the in
terests of all concerned in acts of in
corporation can be as fully conserved
b ythe Legislature as elsewhere.
Mr.. Spalding, when Congress. con-
venes 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
Hawaiian Chinaman Chunk K Al, who
Iaims that he is 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
Dart1nents 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 Wyn1an of the Pub
ic Health and Marine Hospital Bureau
mas published in the weekly bulletin of
hat bureau an account of case of beri
peri on the bark Foohng Suey which
arrived with a cargo of sugar at Della
ware Breakwater after a voyage of LAO
lays from Honolulu, via Kahului. he
park carried crew of II all told. Pass
ID Assistant Surgeon Lavinder reported
hat upon boarding the vessel, he learn
I'd death had occurred among the crew
1t sea July 10. ''the cause of which the
master thought to be beriberi The his
DRY of the case confirmed, in my opini-
On, the masters diagnosis. | then in
;pected the crew, finding I well-narked
case of beriberi (wet form, 8 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
to the hospital at this station
for treatment All others proceeded
with the vessel the next day bound for
'.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-
crossed very favorably and is rapidly i'm
proving"
A patent has been granted to Henry
G. Ginaca and H. 0. c. Isenberg, of
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. Ffe 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
Senator Is at an end and, even if he re-
mains as a member of the Senate Com
mittee on. Pacific Islands and Porto