The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-02
DALLOU COL
THE MONEY

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. is--Mr
Sidney NJ Ballou, Of Honolulu, Ia still
here, having argued the Hawaiian Fish
cries case before the Supreme Court foi
the Bishop estate, last week. His ar
gument occupied about fifteen minutes
for which his fee. IL is stated here, will
be fifteen hundred dollars. He is now
awaiting the fling of brief by the
government, SO that he can file brief
for his clients. Mr.. Ballou is stopping
at the Shoreham.
Coming across the continent he had a
disastrous experience, in being in the
Union Pacific wreck, wherein nine peo
pie were killed. Mr.. Ballou escaped un.
hurt, but he lost practically all his
wardrobe and the Washington tailors
are now busy replenishIng it. He will
have all new clothes when he appears
again on the streets of Honolulu. Mr..
Ballou was the hero of the Union Pa
cifc wreck for many of the injured, In
that he Immediately enlisted himself in
behalf of those people. Serving as their
attorney without compensation, he Sc
cured immediate payment of damages
for some half dozen people. When the
railroad learned that he was lawyer
Supreme Court, they made haste in set
tling and these passengers of slender
means were saved the expense of long
litigation.
OUR JACK BUSY.
Secretary A. l.. G. Atkinson has been
here all of the past week, having re-
turned from New York, where he was
attending the conference on immigra-
tion under the auspices of the National
Civic Federation. He has completed
the arrangements for the Issue of Ha-
waiian bonds, has been working with
Delegate kalanianaole and Judge +. NJ.
Hatch upon a bill to carry out the rec
concentrations of the President 3 mes
sage to spend rs per cent of the Fed
eral taxes in the Territory, has been in
consultation with Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, in connection with immigra-
tion matters, and, in company with
Judge Hatch. has attended the hearings
before the Ways and Means Committee
of the House on the Philippine tariff
bill. Mr.. Atkinson has also been in con-
sultation considerably during the week
with Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, Chief Fores-
ter, who, as the personal representative
of the President, has been investigating
Hawaiian land and immigration.
''The third issue of Hawaiian bonds
for territorial improvements under the
act of two years ago for the sum of
$750,000," said Mr.. Atkinson today
has been approved by the President
and the Secretary of the Treasury has
extended the same privilege to this is.
sue as was extended to the former Is,
sues. These bonds are for three and a
half per cent, which is the lowest in
terest rate of any bonds so far issued by
the Territory. Copies of all papers
have been forwarded to Dillon & Hub
bard, attorneys for the Territory in
New York, for their opinion. That
opinion should be issued this week. Nc
trouble over this is anticipated as the
bonds are to be issued under the same
law and same circumstances as the
former improvement bonds. While the
appropriation bill, for which these
bonds are to be issued, amounted to
$1,377, 900, Gov. Carter decided to spend
only $750,000 of that amount and the
President has upheld HIM in that de-
cIsion.'
Mr.. Atkinson will leave Washington
in day or two for New York, and pos
sibly for Chicago also, to look into mat
ters pertaining to the sale of the bonds
II was not the original intention that
he should have anything to do with
that on this trip, but he is now comply
ing with cablegrams from Gov. Carter
There is much he can do here to ad
vance other matters of interest to the
Territory, ana, accordingly, as soon as
he can execute this mission, will re-
turn to Washington again, probably by
the end of the week
THE REFIJNDING RITZ