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THK WKUKI,Y HII.O TRIM!', IIII.O, HAWAII, I'RIDAY, AUOUST 21, 1903.
To the urcat popularity u.id
stciiiliK qualities of
White
Water
As put on the market ly the
Willie Rock Mineral Sprint;
Company of Wnukesha. Wis
consin, (i number of poor iiuita
lions have been offered to the
public, mid we herewith he); to
cnulinu all consumers or WhiL
Hock Water not to he misled hv
offerings of an article hearing a
Similar
Name
to
lite
And of greatly inferior quality
W.C. PEACOCK
& CO., LIMITED
Sole
Agents
for
the
Territory
of
Hawaii
Time Table
The steamers of this line will ar
rive and leave this port as here
under: FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Sonoma July 22
Alameda July 31
Ventura ; Aug. 12
Alameda Aug. 21
Sierra Sept. 2
Alameda Sept. 11
Sonoma Sept. 23,
Alameda Oct. 2
FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
Ventura July 21
Alameda Aug. 5
Sierra , Aug. it
Alameda, Aug. 26
Sonoma Sept. 1
Alameda Sept. 16
Ventura Sept. 22
Alameda Oct. 7
In connection with the sailing of the
above steamers the agents aie prepared to
issue, to niteiidint; passengers Coupon
Through Tickets by any railroad
from San Francisco to all points in the
United Slates, and from New York by
any steamship Hue to all P.uropcau ports,
for further particulars apply to
Wm. G. Irwin & Co.
LIM1THI)
General Agents Oceanic S. S. Co.
Union Barber Shop.
OARCIA K CANARIO. I'rops.
Ule Shave, Cut Ijair and Shampoo
at Kci-r.k'c Hates.
We also tale particular pains with Chil
dren's llaircuttiii;.
Union Huimhno,
Waiaiiuuuuu St,
Oceanic 55
Company
MOSQUITO CAM PA ION.
Honolulu "A Tin Ciiu Tom 11," ami
lliml In Oils) .Mosquitoes.
Honolulu, August 13, Tlifc
light on mosquitoes has al
ready been partially successful.
City Sanitary Officer Tracy, who
will probably be chosen to conduct
the Hoard of Health war against
the pest, says that experiments al
ready started in various parts of the
city show noticeable results in the
diminution of the number of mos
quitoes in the particular localities
where the war has been waged.
"There have already been practi
cal results from the use of oil," said
Mr. Tracy. "I know of one little
place where there are a dozen small
houses owned by the Campbell
estate on Punchbowl where the
fight has been effective. Mr. Ouruey,
the assistant plumbing inspector,
wa3 much bothered by mosquitoes
and he adopted a novel means to
get lid of them. He placed a
bucket below a water trap in the
yard and allowed it to remain filled
with water. Naturally the mos
quito breed in such a place by the
thousands.' He allows them to
breed, but at the end of every week
puts n little kerosene in the oil
bucket, with the result that he has
succeeded in materially decreasing
the number of mosquitoes that used
to infest the place.
"On Thurston avenue also the
residents have done a good deal ol
work to get rid of the pest. All
I the water tanks have been screened,
' for householders there get their
water from the mountains, and
naturally must keep large tanks
I for use. Now that the breeding
'places are cut off there has been a
noticeable decrease in the number
of mosquitoes.
"In Nuuanu valley, the hospital
was infested by mosquitoes so that
life became a burden to the patients.
The water tanks here were covered
with oil about four months ago and
now they are practically rid of the
mosquitoes.
"At the Ieper Settlement also,
! where six months ago nets were an
absolute necessity over beds, they
are now done without. The mos
quitoes were effectually cleaned out
and e lepers are not bothered
with them any more."
Mr. Tracy believes that one of
the things which must be elimin
ated before the mosquito can be
exterminated is the tin can. "This
is a tin can town," he said. "The
people of Honolulu use more canned
goods than any other town of its
size. These cans are taken up by
the Japanese and Chinese swill
gatherers and then thrown out
along the road side or piled up in
the valleys far from town. The
rain fills the cans and mosquitoes
breed by the million in them. The
first thing to do must be to fid the
town of empty cans.
"We must not expect too much
at once however. The campaign
must not only be vigorous,, but it
must be thorough and continuous.
It can't be done all at once but
when a start is made the people
must help, for without cooperation
on the part of the public, the Board
of Health will not be able to do
anything."
Dr. D. L. Van Dine is of the
opinion that a vigorous crusade
against the mosquito will effect a
gradual reduction in, the number.
"In one year's time," said he, "I
should think that the number can
be reduced fifty or sixty per cent,
and we may be able to reduce the
number still more. The result
will be gradual and each succeeding
year will be more noticeable. I do
not see why this campaign should
not be carried on as a sanitary
measure just as well as the law
.compels the clearing up of garbage
and of disinfection where there have
I ... I! . ... I,
I oeeu contagious diseases.
1 In connection with the mosquito
1 war it is reported that the law com
pels a property owner to keep his
premises clean, and the presence ol
empty cans with the opportunity
for the breeding of mosquitoes, rec
ognized as carriers of disease, is
held to be insanitary. It is probable
I that this law may be tested by the
arrest of some property owners who
j are notorious for permitting breed
ing places for mosquitoes to remain
upon their laud.
HONOLULU'S IHMUMl.
.lapnuose .Murderer (Joes (o NrufTold
Without I'llnchlutc.
Honolulu, Aug. 14 Ati2!3t:.0
o'clock promptly this afternoon
Tanbarn Gisuburo expiated his
crime on the gallows in the yard of
Oalui prison.
The Japanese went to his death
with remarkable stoicism and in the
belief of Jesus Christ. He slept
well last night. This morning, a
meal of Japanese dainties was sent
him by Rev. Mr. Matakawa. Dr.
and Mrs. Mori were with him as he
ate heartily from the prepared
viands. Rev. Mr. Mctokawa stayed
with Tnnbara almost all the fore
noon speaking with him on spirit
ual matters. The reverend gentle
man is assured that Taubara went
to his death trusting in the mercy
of Jesus Christ.
Long before noon the crowd of
those who had permission to attend
the hanging, arrived in front of the
massive prison gate. They were
admitted one by one and shown
into the prison yard. Here the
gallows were erected, the platform
being in line with the main floor of
the jail. A walk of planks ran
from a door in the wall to the plat
form. Right in front of the gallows
a line of prison guards stood at rest
with guns at fixed bayonets. The
crowd comprised over one hundred
persons seated in a semi-circle
around the gallows.
At 12 o'clock promptly Marshal
Hendry began reading the charge
on which Tnnbara was sentenced to
die. The reading of this document,
which included a summary ol the
proceedings of the trial and appeal,
occupied just half an hour. Inter
preter Hakuole translated the
charges. Gisaburo was in his cell
while the official stood at the door
in the alleyway.
At the end ol the reading Tau
bara's legs and arms were firmly
strapped by trusties. He was then
led up to the gallows and placed on
the trap. He walked quietly and
firmly and showed no sign of weak
ening. The black cap was then
placed on his head and the fatal
noose adjusted around his neck.
Rev. Mr. Motokawa began read
ing Taubara's favorite chapter in
the Uible, that of the crucifixion of
Jesus Christ and the incident with
the two thieves which were suffer
ing death with him.
Taubara asked that he be allowed
to read it himself. On a sign by
Warden Henry the black cap and
the noose were removed. Taubara
took the Bible from the hands of
the minister and proceeded to read
the chapter in a loud and firm voice.
The scene was an impressive one.
After the reading, Taubara stated
that in his early youth he had em
braced the doctrines of Christianity.
He dwelt upon the treatment which
he had received at the hands of
Captain Jacobsen, whom he killed,
lie also spoke of the kindness with
which Warden Henry had treated
him during his stay in the Oahu
Jail. "I can't thank him in this world
but I hope to see him in the next,"
he said. "I am now ready to go
to my death in peace." These
words were all spoken in Japanese,
Rev, Mr. Motokawa interpreting
parts of them. Knding his speech
Taubara said in a clear voice "Good
bye, everybody."
The cap and the noose were then
again adjusted. Taubara asked
that his collar and tic be removed
but the rope was placed over the
collar. Rev. Mr. Motokawa knelt
on the scaffold and said n prayer.
At 12:31 the fatal sign was given,
the traj) suddenly swung open and
Taubara dropped to eternity. He
did not make the slightest gesture.
The medical men present state that
this shows that his death was practi
cally instantaneous, his neck being
I broken by the shock of his fall.
j Taubara was hanging with his
j feet not a foot above the ground.
The black-clad figure was perfectly
motionless. The physicians stepped
up to the body and examined it
with stethoscopes and by feeling
the pulse While Taubara died
practically the second he dropped
pulsation continued until 12:44 P
m. The body was cut down at
12:50 p. in. and taken to a shed in
the yard. Here the medical men
011 examination found that the neck
had been broken nud that life had
fled from the mute form. Taubara
had paid the penalty of his crime
with death.
TltHASUKY NOTi;S U'.UM,.
AeconllnK to Opinion or Attorney
(Icnenil Amlreus.
Attorney-General Andrews be
lieves that the issuance of Treasury
notes by the Hawaiian Government
is legal, according to the following
opinion furnished by him to Gov
ernor Dole. Though not without
a trace of doubt, the opinion gives
reasons for thinking that the Terri
torial courts would sustain the
legality of this means of tiding over
a temporary lack of public funds;
Honolulu, Aug. 11, 1903.
To His Kxcellency Sanford B.
Dole, Governor of the Territory of
Hawaii.
Sir: In answer to your oral re
quest of August 7th, for an opinion
as to whether the issuance of
Treasury notes of the Hawaiian
Government is legal, I would state
as follows:
As I understand it, the notes are
issued under the authority' given
the Minister of Finance, now Terri
torial Treasurer, in Chapter 53 of
the Civil Laws of 1897, nnd it is
contended that the issuance of the
same is illegal, as the said chapter
is in contravention of Section 55 of
the Organic Act. Section 6 of the
Organic Act provides as follows:
"The laws of Hawaii not incon
sistent wkh the Constitution or
Laws of the United States, or the
provisions of this Act, shall con
tinue in force, subject to repeal or
amendment by the legislature of
Hawaii, or the Congress of the
United Stat :s."
It is claimed that Chapter 52
aforesaid, under which these notes
are issued, is inconsistent with the
provisions of said Act, as laid down
in Section 55. The answer to this
contention is, that the United States
Congress in 1886 passed a law gov-1
erning all territories, a portion of !
which reads as follows:
"Section 3. That no law of any
Territorial legislature shall author
ize any deht to be contracted hy or
on behalf of such Territory, except
in the following cases: To meet a
casual deficit in the revenues, to
pay the interest upon the Territorial
debt, to suppress insurrections, or
to provide for the public defense,
except that in addition to any in
debtedness created for such pur
pose, the legislature may authorize
a loan for the erection of penal,
charitable or educational institu
tions for such Territory, if the total
indebtedness of the Territory is not
thereby made to exceed one per
centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property in such Terri
tory as shown by the last general
assessments for taxation. And
nothing in this Act shall be con
structed to prohibit the refunding
of any existing indebtedness of
such Territory or of any political
or municipal corporation, county,
or other sub-division therein."
This was followed by the intro
duction into the Organic Act of the
various Territories of practically
similar wording, and was copied,
in substance, into our own Organic
Act, in Section 55, with the omis
sion of the words "to meet a casual j
deficit in the revenues." This lat-,
ter phrase exactly covers the cause 1
of the issuance of the Treasury
notes, and we are left to struggle 1
with the question as to whether j
the members of Congress intended
that we should have 110 remedy to j
meet a casual deficit 111 our revenues,
or whether they believe that by the
I laws of the Territory, already in
I force, we had such a clear and coin
I plete remedy, to wit: issuance of
Treasury notes, that the general
statement was omitted from our
Organic Act.
It seems to me that of these two
contentions the most plausible, as
shown by the failure to repeal the
Chapter in question, is that Congress
intended that we should clear up
all casual deficits hy the method
already in vogue in Hawaii, and
did not intend to have our remedy
repealed by implication and to
grant us no new remedy.
If we take the contrary opinion,
we place this Territory practically
alone among the States and Terri
tories 01 me union, in mat it can
not tide over a casual deficit and
nrotcct its credit by the issuance 0
proper certificates.
Under this state of facts, although
the question is by no means free
from doubt, I believe that the is
suance of the Treasury notes is
legal, and would be so held by the
courts of the Territory,
Respectfully submitted,
I.QKKIN ANDRKWS,
Attorney-General,
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