The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-12
BAD FIRE TWEEN
DECKS ON THE TEXAN
FEDERAL JUDGE DISCUSSES THE
SECRECY PROPOSITION AND
VIOLATION OF MARRIAGE LAWS

VIOLATION OF MARRIAGE LAWS
The special term of the federal court
was opened this morning by United
states Judge Dole, and Grand jury
was sworn i'm and charged, and is this
afternoon engaged i'm investigating the
Porto Rican bigamy cases which have
had the attention of the district attor-
ney and marshal since the last term
expired J. a. Gilman was named
by the judge as foreman of the jury
The charge was mostly formal legal in
structions regarding the duties of
Grand jurors, but Judge Dole gave
some special remarks regarding the
policy of secrecy and the n ed for en-
forcement Of American laws relating
to marriage, among the new alien po-
pulation here His Honor said in part:
Your duty is a very responsible one,
not only i'm the direction Of the pro-
lection of the community against crime
but also for the conscientious investiga-
ton of charges, or of information which
might lead to charges against indivi-
duals, i'm order that those persons i'm
relation to whom there is sufficient
prima facie evidence to support a
charge of crime may be indicted for
the trial thereof, but also that such
persons against whom the information
which you may be able to reach is in
sufficient, may be discharged free of
suspicion or loss OF reputation; i'm the
latter case the rule of secrecy becomes
an important element The secrecy
of the deliberations of a Grand Jury is
also a necessary feature of it's work.
in that it promotes the freedom and IN
dependence of the individual members
trip down to receive sugar. Were the
burning cargo in the hold then it would
be simple matter to turn a stream
| of water into the vessel and flood the
place, but in consequence of the stuff
being slowed between decks this pro-
cess may not be done without putting
about 5000 tons of water aboard as
that entire compartment may have to
be flooded.
In order to avoid such a thing, Cap
tain Lyons began to have steam pump
ed down into the hatch yesterday with
! a view to checking the fire A hun
dred pounds pressure was the rate that
! the steam was put into the hatch. The
steam was pumped in for nearly
! twenty-four hours and this morning
| the fire was still going. Chief Thurs
ton of the local fire department was
consulted yesterday regarding the sit
uation and this morning he expressed
the opinion that about the only thing
/ that could be done was to flood that
/ section of the vessel with water. The
steam was evidently not having any
effect upon the fire.
The steel decks of the vessel were
very hot this morning but this condi-
ton was probably due to the fact that
o quantity of steam had been forced
into the vessel A force of men is en-
gagged i'm removing a quantity of coal
stored down Hatch No. 3. 1t is prob
able that the Texan will be detained in
| port. She was scheduled to leave for
Kahului with about 5000 tons of sugar
on Thursday, but the fire will be the
cause of her having to remain some
days longer. The hull of the vessel is
not likely to be injured in any way by
the fire and this morning the ultimate
effect of the fire did not seem to be
| serious.
Freight Agent Morse of the American
Hawaiian line had consulted with sew
| eral chemists and others this morning
regarding the best means of fighting
| the fire, 1t was thought that it might
not be necessary to flood the entire
compartment. Every effort is naturally
| to be made to try and avoid such an
| operation for it is very likely to cause
| great deal of trouble and expense. 1t
was decided to slack the lime and to
| try and confine the operation to the
! between decks section where the cargo
/ that is afire, is slowed. There is moth
/ ing in the hold the cargo being located
/ on the deck just above the hold.
! The hatch covering was put in over
| the hold and efforts were made to con-
! fine the flooding and steaming of the
| bOrning cargo to the particular be-
/ tive n decks section where the stuff is
stored. Shortly after 1 o'clock this
afternoon one of the engines from the
local fire department began to throw
a stream of water into the particular
section. Steam is also b ing pumped
into the fire section. If the fire can be
| extinguished by this means, it will not
/ be necessary to pump the entire COM
! partment of No. hatch full of water.
That compartment measures nearly s.
900 tons in extent and a vast volume of
water would have to be put into the
vessel. 1t Is regarded as highly i'm
/ portant to avoid such a thing.
A number of people expressed the
! opinion this morning that the operation
/ was not apt to be successful, although
Morse expressed the belief that the
prospects were excellent for putting
the fire out so that the work of dis
charging the cargo could be begun.
! What the extent of the damage will
! be is cOnjectural. All of the lime will
! be total loss There are 1900 bar
/ rels consigned to II. II. Davies and
! Company. The loss on this consign-
ment will be at least $4,000 and prob
ably more. There are 400 bundles of
shingles in the same section OF the ship
and these are likely to be loss. Some
/ feed and dn1r also In the conn