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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
APPROACHING
THE VERDICT
The Voucher Destroying
Case Goes to Jury
This Morning.

| After the prosecution had rested In
the trial of Solomon Meheula for de-
stroying vouchers Of the House of Rep
resentatives while it's clerk, Mr.. Ash
ford moved for n directed verdict i'm
favor of the defendant. The main
ground of the motion was that proof
had not been made that the vouchers
alleged to have been destroyed had ever
existed.
Judge Dole overruled the motion.
holding that defendants own admis-
| sions made 1t a case to go to the jury
John II. Wise, the first witness for
the defense, testified that the vouchers
| and other documents were loosely kept
upon the House clerks desk and there
| fore might easily have been distracted
or lost. A cross question by Mr.. Dunno,
to ascertain II the witness was not the
endorser of warrant for which the
voucher is missing, was shut out upon
objection.
Other witnesses subpoenaed for the
defendant Were Speaker Beckley, AS
sistant Clerk Makainai and Janitor Pa
olo, officers of the House. Defendant
also testified in his own behalf. The
| case is ready for presentation to the
jury this morning.
Andrew Adams, member of the grand
| jury that indicted Meheula, resumed
n 10 fn,
terday morning. He testified among
other things that Meheula brought the
| books of vouchers before the grand jury
| and stated there, in reply to question:
| ing, that all of the vouchers We're con-
tanned in the volumes. When asked
about No. sol, which was in Meheula's
favor for $50, he replied that 1t was
probably for salary, but the remark was
made that this could not be so, as there
were other vouchers for all of his salary
at $40 a day.
Witness further said that Meheula
testified that 1t was his custom to draw
warrants only on vouchers approved by
the chairman of the committee incur
ring the expense and by that of the
committee on accounts When Mehe-
ula's attention was drawn to some
vouchers that bore no evidence of such
formalities, Meheula told the grand
jury that he had sometimes issued war
rants without having vouchers Wit
ness identified twenty-five such irregu-
lar vouchers. AS to keeping the vouch-
ers in his custody, which he informed
the grand jury he had done since the
legislative session, Meheula told the
grand jury he considered them the
property of the committee on accounts.
and further that he would not yield
them up to newspapermen because ne
thought they would be used to help In
DISTINGUISHING the natives. Being ask
ed how the vouchers could be put to
such use If they were aboveboard and
honorable, Meheula made no reply to
the grand jury.
An Advertiser reporter and Geo. r.
Henshall of the Star We're called, after
Mr.. Adams concluded, both testifying
to interviews with Meheula in which
he maintained that the vouchers be-
longed to the committee on accounts
and were not, at the times interview
ed, In his possession.
Henry Hapai, Registrar or Puphc
Accounts, went over the punches OF
warrants in court, Identifying those tor
which vouchers are missing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
WORK OF TERRITORIAL: !
SURVEY DEPARTMENT
Surveyor W. W. Wall Makes Interim Report to
Governor Carter Of This Years
Operations to Date.

| taro lands, buildings, trees, etc. A sur
vey and description of the Board of
| Health lot at Kapalama leased from
| the Bishop Estate were furnished. rhe
were located and plated, a tracing
thereof being furnished to the Super
intendent of Public Works. These
lands are occupied by squatters.
on Lanai boundary was run near
Maunalei, showing that the water
source was on Government land, in
posed. This makes an important diff
ference in fixing the rental.
Field work in Pololu valley, Kohala,
was finished in February, and the map
in March.
A tile study was made in April of
the Iii of Kahaumakaawe, Manoa val
ley, for defining the line between the
Government and the Bishop Estate. 1t
is yet pending a decision.
OFFICE WORK.
An important work was undertaken
in March, at the instance of the SUI
perintendent of Public Instruction, be-
ing a projection sheet for a group map
of the Hawaiian Islands. All of the
old works of this kind have become
obsolete, excepting the sea charts and
thes> are not all that is wanted. The
lack of such map is particularly felt
in the schools.
Tracings so many that it would be
tedious to enumerate them have been
furnished to other departments of the
Government, as we'll as to the Land
Registration Court.
The Water Works Bureau has been
supplied by the Survey Department
tracing of the city of Honolulu, on
which the entire water distribution
system may be marked.
No less than twenty descriptions of
street widenings We're furnished to the
Public Works Department, and fifteen
of homesteads to the Land Once, these
in March alone. Blue prints included
those of Tantalus Park reservation,
School street extension, Kalihi deten-
ton camp, reservoir and quarries and
proposed Normal school site.
Among tracings furnished, one par
ticularly noted is of the Island of
Nihau for the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey. When Prof w.
d. Alexander was making triangula-
lions on Kauai for determining the
location of Niihau, the Territorial Sur
vey sent man along with him.
All the time work is going on index
ing the data of the office. Grants and
deeds are plotted on office maps, this
work being kept up to date.
SPECIAL WORK.
The present month a survey of Wal
kki beach has been made, to locate
the various bulkheads and seawalls
along it. There is a lawsuit pending
between the Government and a pri-
vate owner with regard to beach line
title.
Meteorological records have been
kept up to date and the last annual
report thereof is in press. The Federal
Government will take charge of this
division on July /. Tide gauge rec
ords and sun observations for time
have been maintained
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
ONE PORTUGUESE
PLEADS GUILTY

The trial Of the Portuguese In whom
the consul has Interested himself Nas
bugun yesterday before Judge Lindsay
n police court ono If lhp men chars
"a win aellmH lllupr u uorHoH. an-
unl d plu of guliig ana paa hnai
400 and euH fsnanies Ia moss
pu ulal and lhf rhafar NJ uhairpfllRH
tbe taVl al iuallt a.ll b. han m.
Aaf fHul NsmfaHo hHa haH ~
RI ii# uHl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29

As the site owned by Mystic Lodge,
X, OF H., at Union street and Adams
lane, Is triangular the proposed Pylhlnn
temple Viii be of shape 10 correspond,
10th site and building Viii thus He'ofd
win an emhlim Of The order, The lrl'
angle
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
HOMESTEADS, ETC.


Government remnants in Kaneohe,
Oahu, were in January located and
plated, a description of them being
furnished to the Commissioner of Pub
lie Lands. Similar work was done with
respect to a Government land remnant
at HonaIo, Kona, Hawaii.
Surveys of homesteads in Laupahoe-
hoe, Hawaii, We're begun the middle of
January and have been carried on to
map and descriptions in April. Descrip-
lions of Alae homesteads, on Maui,
and Puma and Kaimu homesteads, on
Hawaii, We're made and checked the
first month. The upper Olaa and the
Puma homestead descriptions We're
checked in February.
"Pupukea- Paumalu survey in prog
ress," is note appearing for February,
which refers to an important discovery
of homestead lands on this island. They
consist of two tracts of good land ag-
gregating 1000 acres just northeast of
Waimea Bay, and the oahu railway
runs through the lower portion on The
seashore, The map was finished tais
month,
Map and data of Kamale homestead
lands, Hawaii, were completed In Jan
uary,
OTHER PUBLIC LANDS
A calculation, map aud description
were made IN January Of kaipppau
Valley, oahu, which the former adj
mlnlslrAt lion agreed 90 give 10 Jas, u,
Castle iu psrhanga far land needed fnf
atfert Widening Tho eidrs If lns fals
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
TMN u H..

Walter E. Wall, Surveyor of the Ter
ritory, has made an interim report to
the Survey Department between jan
uary l and April 81 of this year. The
Governor expresses himself as being
agreeably surprised at both the amount
of work done by that department and
it's great value to the Territory. Some
of the details are of much public in
terest, such as those relating to home
steads and to city improvements in Ho-
nolulu and Hilo.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
IN THROES OF
DISSOLUTION

1t is reported that since the with
drawal of Kalauokalani Opio, John
Wise and other prominent Hawaiians
from the ranks Of the Home Rulers
that party In In the throes of dlssolu-
ton,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
HILO TOWN.

General detail street work in Hilo has
been going on all the time mentioned.
City block maps for Hilo have been in
preparation, anticipatory of the project
ed sewer system. A reduction of detail
maps of the town to single map of
the entire plot formed part of the opera
tions In February work was done on
Pitman street extension to Puueo and
Wainaku, also on Piopio street traverse.
The April record shows progress on
contour map of street system and pro-
file grade maps of street, together with
a plan of Hilo park for the landscape
gardener.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
A FATAL CAVE-IN.

MADRID April 2e-A coal mine Taocn Seville cav
covered
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-29
HONOLULU CITY. WORK.

For every one of the four months Ho-
nolulu city work has been carried on,
comprising street lines and grades for
buildings curbs, street construction,
Rapid Transit Co.'S tracks, etc. Street
monument work has also been steadily
advanced. The old way of erecting
stone pillars at street corners has prov
ed unsatisfactory, as private owners
would sometimes remove the landmarks
in making their own improvements.
Monuments are now being placed in the
streets. on lines parallel with street
bounds. They consist of pieces of pipe
enclosing copper bolts. Data concern
ing them are kept in the office and the
monuments serve also as bench marks
from which to calculate elevations.
Work was done in January on Bates
street grade and lines, but the con-
struction was discontinued. In Feb
ruary a survey, plan and description
We're furnished for the new site for
Government stables at Kewaio, also a
profile and cross section for grades of
School street extension. More was done
on the aforementioned work in March,
when also surveying was done at the
Palama pumping plant and levels for
the grading of Young street We're CIV
en-. The present month, April, the Ka-
pahulu and Monsarrat roads We're To-
Gated amongst other street construction
surveys.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30

@
Most OF the wedding guests were in the
parlor In o4lss corner OF the sitting room
were the hero and the heroine. OF what?
Oh! nothing much, only OF each other.
The room was bare Of furniture, FOR
dancing: she sat on o. footstool, claspng
her hands around her knees and looking
down at him; and he atom a music BOOK,
\ for the sake OF his clothes, at the hero-
Ines feet for the sake of her. y red-
headed girl and her escort We're over IN
the opposite corner, and she made COM
splimentary remarks about the heroine in
a stage undertone. Yhr remarks were
strictly true, but the heroine desplseG
( the rcad-headed girl, aid considered them
impertinent; the hero considered them
) supertuous.
..1f she does not stop talking about
me- said the heroine II shall go
away"
...And punish me Tor the sins OF the
red-headcd girl the hero asked, when
| have been SO COOL all the evening? Illls
is almost the only time have nlonopo-
lized you tonight.
yes; but YOU have been rewarded by
knowing that wanted to talk with you,
instead of the others.
.',rrying to believe that, by myself, isn't
over satisfactory
..Isn.t this satisfactory Her eyes had
u slightly n,irt look in them that was
very effective.
IIc halfway reached his hand out to
hers; then remembered the red-headsd
girl. 1T is worth ages Of being good,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30

TO act as though there were only one
course open. He thought the train would
never come. and when 1t came, 1t did
not hasten away again us a well regu-
lated train should, but ioitered about,
pulling and painting like a brokers' wind
When the heroine was safe IN the hero
blackboard at last he sighed.
THAT was such sigh" she said.
Now am perfectly happy" iae said.
Are you, dear7' she answered. II
don't believe / have ever seen you per-
fectly happy before. It's worth some.
thing to make you so." She put out hor
hand an, took his again. and he gave 1t,
though there We're still corners to turn.
lie was willing to drive by faith.
f The trap took tho other road, and for
q time the heroine did not even worry
lest they should not get home as soon
as 1t. Tho splendor Of the moon de-
seconded on them. Late as tho hour was,
Il mere was not yet the feel Of morning
clt.lses the glorious night away. When
the road dipped into the hollows 1t was
cool-,so cool that the hero doubled the
rug and wrapped 1t all around tho hero.
Ines krecs-and sho did not protest at
i his deprivlng himself, but leaned q little
more toward him and thanked him.
rho horse travelled steadily along. He
ioCt'!iiSu " IHAicW Sili' W % SAtS y =
times when a horse should show his
sagacity. o. the long hill, into the warm
upper air.She horse walked.
we are going very slowly" the heroine
said
yes" he answered, and she said no
more.
The moonlt landscape stretched out Mt
their feet; 1t was hard to believe that
any thing sordd or wicked could exist
amid such beauty. Tho hero turned to
the heroine:
ut seems to mo now, dear, as Of, even
If we were married, should be satisfied
with this. don't SUPPOSE should. but
it seems 80 Tonight"
She did not answer, she only pressed
little closer to her bosom the hand
she held In hers. Tho horse began OF his
own accord to trot down the other side
OF the hill, and tho hero let the rcins
Zap on his back.
"Such a night as this, deSrest. is worth
dying for; It would mako a life worth
having lived HIS voice was so low that
she could hardly hear him.
Yes" she answered.
Far below, whefe the two roads canlc
together, they could hear the trap and
the hcof beats OF the horses.
1--WE must hurry a little now" she said.
turning to him.
He slapped tho rcins on the horses
back, and the horse jumped forward and
clnttered down the hill.
Copyright by 8. S. Mcclure COD
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30

dear he said softly. 1T is worth so
much that l shan't even tease you to do
something which know you can't, but
which I do wish you could
what is that?"
ut is to drive down to the station with
me when the bride goes away. l know
you can't but wouldn't it be nice?"
The heroine sat q minute thinking.
Yes. it would be nice, She said slowly,
arenecting. Il don't suppose l could GO
ooh! cant your he cried eagerly, hope
springing UP where he had thought there
was no room for hope.
81 must go away now she said,
jumping to her feet She turned as she
reached the door iii see she called
back.
He would have followed her, except
that that would not have been good, :"
and he know he would lose everything
unless he We're good. II was all unfair
game; she could move swiftly away from
him without attracting attention; while
he could not move after her at all,
though really better walker than she.
But, then, he had so much moro to gain
than she. And by practice he had be-
come philosophic which Is q good thing
ii one become not SO phiosophic as to
seem indifferent-and even that has its
uses.
lie went into the parlor and danced
with the bride. They were very good
friends. and, had his mind not been filled
with the heroine, he would have regret
ted that so nice a girl should be mar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30
starlight without fear and without re-
proac h-or rather without fear of re.

fpTpaCn--Ori Tas nefE WITHOUT lear OIL Ie~
proach.''
mo, YOU can't, can look at you in
the starlight; but you. poor thing, have
to be circumspect, as though there were
+ a duzon people around, because the road
is narrow and on your driving depends
the unbrokenness of two very nice necks--
and it's so unroma1ltic to break girl 8
neck.'
They trotted swiftly along the sbt,u-
Gus undulatlng road. On the left the
dark, wooded hills rose steeply from the
edge or the road. while on the right
the meadow, three or four feet below
them, invited an easy upset. The red
Piedmont clay makes nNKht driving an
affair Of keen Sight, not rejecting that
glmnler OF light which dirt or gravel
roads do. Providence has wisely given
the red roads to the South, where such
obstacles to social intercourse are not
considered.
The heroine held The llero's left hand
between hers At times he had to snatch
1t suddenly away, to cave them from
driving over the edge of an ,lnprotect-
cd bridge or down into q more IMAM
usually encronching ditch; for driving a
not over-well-broken horse with one hand
requires more care than the hero was
willing to give, when the heroine was
beside him. The stars above them gave
that light more clear and uncarthly than
any moonlight; and for q time the hero
was content
When they got out on tho country road
he no longer had to pay SO much atten-
ton to tho horse. He looked at her pure,
starlit face beside him, and once or--twice
he leaned toward her til hrs check touch
cd hers.
Some one will seq she said gently,
but not moving $m him.
Please, na'an,, how good do YOU think
peoples sight is?" he asked
''But 1t Is getting lighter!" she pro-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30

gro be Continued tuesday,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-09

1t is our present purpose to dispute
and confute the declaration that the
Scotch high ball is the national drink.
It Is true that there is drink, belf we'd
of many, called the Scotch high pall,
but 1t is only a popular del'ision that
the tall glass contains In It's depths.
in the midst of ingredients Of chunk
Of ice of geometrical squareness, a
piece of lemon peel carved with pre-
cision into an elliptical form, and the
general covering of effervescent water
anything that approximates what
the epicures consider Scotch whisky
with its smoky aroma, its boggy after
taste, its bitingly smooth suggestion OF
thistles and heather.
In proof Of the assertion we desire
to quote no less an authority than DR..
H. B. Wiley, chief Of the bureau OF
chemistry Of the department of agri.
culture. DR.. Wiley may not know
whisky, but he knows chemistry, and
the principles of that exact science he
has applied vigorously with view to
ascertainipg the purity Of the foods
which include the drinks-that are
imported into this country. Presently
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-09
Scotch Whisky a Fraud

he will enlarge the field OF his opera
tions, but now 1t is enough to know
that in his Investigations into the
quality of the eatables and turntables
sent us from the old world he has
discovered, and says boldly. that there
ia not a barrel of Scotch whisky in
the United States; that the importa'
lions of this article are all connections
and should be labeled compound"
This may be news to the public,
thirsty and unthirsty, but 1t Is borne
out by the story Of the London house
that was accustomed to send to Ia
vored correspondents in this country
three bottles of Scotch whisky every
Christmas as a reminder Of the pleas
ant feeling entertained by the home
concern Of the efforts Of its American
agents. Back in 1887 Christmas
brought, instead Of the three priced
bottles of Scotch, an apologize com
munication stating that the custom Of
long standing had necessarily been
abandoned because there was no
longer any Scotch whisky. In the light
of this statement we may conclude
that DR.. Wiley's disclosure Is belated.
but true.-Detroit Free Press.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-09

was once laying my hands, alone.
on little table which spun about the
room, writes Andrew Lang in Har.
per's Magazine. No doubt moved 1t,
but did so automatically" l did
not, consciously, exert any force. |
said: ASK the table question:" and
a lady remarked, Where are the
watches?" The table then tilted; the
others used the alphabet in the ordi-
nary way. did not know what was
tilted out, but they told me that the
message was, "The watches are In
Franks pocket In the children's
room" asked: What watches?" and
the lady said, 81 gave two to Frank
to take to the watch maker, and he
does not know what became Of them"
"No more do l." said; and thought
no more about it. Frank was boy, a
nephew of the lady. ! scarcely knew
him by sight. Two months later,
when | was in France, Franks father.
who had been present at the table
fitting, wrote to tell me that was
the devil! The watches had just
been found in an oil greatcoat Of
Franks, in q drawer in the children's
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-09
Bronze Star BADGE.

It may be interesting to note that
the Grand Army Is indebted to John 4.
Logan ("Black jack" as he was low
ingly called by the men who ser vet
under him) for two things irseparably
connected with the order. He gave it
its hallowed Memorial day, that day
sacred to tender memories, fragrant
flowers and the renewing of "Oid
Glory above the graves of countless
thousands of brave men who sleen
their dreamless sleep on hundreds If
well-fought battleields, or amid tie
peacefulness Of quiet cemeteries
throughout this broad land.
He gave it also the "bronze star"
for badge, for it was during his ad.
ministration as COMMANDMENT. chief
that it was adopted. 1t Is a badge
which costs but little in money, but
which a million of dollars cannot buy
the right to wear, the badge which
10000 men will wear through Boston's
streets on Tuesday, the badge that
nearly one million Of comrades have
worn in the past, but the badge that
scarcely 100 veterans will be living To
wear thirty years hence.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-09

Not only on account of his home,
but also on his own account, man
should not keep business in mind all
the time. A bow that is always bent
loses its elasticity, SO that it will not
send the arrow home with force when
here Is need. A man who is thinking
lay and night about his business
weakens his faculties and loses his
buoyancy and snap" by never allow.
ing them a chance to become fresh.
sued, strengthened and rejuvenated.
He becomes narrow and selfish; his
sympathies and affections become
atrophied or petrifed. Home reaction
broadens man, enlarges his sympa.
thies. and exercises many faculties
that necessarily lie dormant during
the stress of business hours.
If he will make a practice, in his
leisure hours, of giving himself up
completely to recreation, to having
grand, good romp with the children,
" a social game with the whoIe fam
lily, making up his mind that he will
have good time during the evening,
no matter what may happen on the