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1 SECOND EDITION.
VOL. XIX.
TWELVt PAGES.
HONOLULU. HAWAII. TllAV. APRIL lit. 1VU
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IPROPOSE EIGHT
SENATORS FROM
THIS ISLAND
iItMtttRUMMHt wm brought to a
ID' ItHKntaUve Williamson
tjite lnemhiK 1h a oeneurrsnt resolu
tion. In (he H&use.
PhS preamble Bhows that, pureu
,ant to the provisions of the Organic
ilat, It Is now inoumheiit upon the
JLgglslaturw to reapportion the mem
hard of Uie Lagtslatuie on the basis
Of oltlsenshlp rb determined by the
lust U. S. census and then declares
Umt "It is evident that tho basis of
oltlzQiialilp flxod by said Organic Act
is Inequitable, and that suah reap
Dortionmont should be based upon the
Jtmt registration of voters."
Ask Congress to Act.
,lt Is thon resolved that tho Congress
.of tho Unltod Stntog bo requested to
oniqnd the Organic Act by striking
out tho words providing the basis of
citizenship and inserting lnstoad
.thereof tho words:
"Tho Legislature Bhall ovory ten
.yqars reapportion tho membership In
jthoSenato and Houso of Representa
tives among the senatorial and repre
sentative districts on the basis of
tho' voters (n oach of said districts
registered for tho then last general
-oleotlon."
It is further resolved that tho Con
gress bo "requested to provide in
such amendatory act that for the next
ten year period the electors In the
several senatorial and representative
(districts shall be entitled to elect
senators and representatives, respec
tively, as follows:
Eight Oahu Senators.
"In tho first senatorial district,
three senators,
"In tho second senatorial district,
three senators.
"Jn the third senatorial district?
weight senators.
"in the fourth sonatorisl district,
one settator.
"In the Oral rafirceentaUve district,
four rsttreMHtAUvM.
"In Uie wound MttresBttive dis
trict, three rnr9ttle.
In the Uiiid reproeentatlve dis
trict, five representatives.
"In the feurth representative dls
trlot, eight representatives.
"In the fifth representative district,
eight representatives.
"In the sixth representative dis
trict, two representatives."
The proposed Oongremional reap
portLomnont would give OaJiu two
more senators and four more rop
rosonlutivos than now, Hawaii one less
sonator and one less representative,
Waul tho same number of senators
and one loss representative, and
Kauai one less senator and two loss
.'dprosontatives.
According to the statement by Sec
rotary Mott-Smith appended to the
resolution, the citizen basis, as now
required by the Organic Act, would
give Oahu soven senators instead of
the .present six, and fourteen rop re
.Boutatives instead of twelve (seven
oach in tho fourth and the flfttl dis
tricts); Hawaii four senators as at
j. resent, and eight representatives as
now (live in the first and three in
second district instead of four in each,
as at present); Maul two senators
instead of throe, and five -representatives'
instead of the present six; and
Kauai two senators the same as now,
and three representatives instead of
the present four.
Williamson moved the resolution be
considered In committee of the whole,
but it the suggestion of Speaker
Holsteln It was ordered first to be
printed.
MTE LAND COMMITTEE
URGES PLAN WHICH IT SAYS
ILL SETTLE PUBLIC LID!
(Committee of ways and means of It would result in tho Territory oven;
thc .Senate, of which Senator Fair-
.child Is chairman, this morning re
ported on Senate joint resolution t,
substituting concurrent resolution B
therefor, the'-flnal consideration of
tho matter being deferred until to
morrow, "Tho committee has so amended
tho original resolution that it now rec-
ually losing all these lands and water,
and at a price much below their real
worth.
Would Advance Homesteadlng.
"To tho few ultra conserfatIvcs
who oppose the passage of this resola
tion, fearing it may he considered a
radical or retrogressive stop and be
regarded by Washington as Indicating
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Mexican insurrecto representah.r at Washington.
BATTLE ENDS
WITH FEDERALS
THE VICTOR:
(Associated Press Cable to the Star.)
AQUA PRIBTA, April 18. Their ammunition giving out, the rebels,
after holding their own for eighteen H ours, evacuated the town and dispers
ed. .The two oommanders oressed the line and surrendered personally to
the Atncrioans.
All Quiet Now.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., April 18, The Federals have oeoupled the town ol
Agua Prleta unresisted and the river ports of Agua Prleta and Douglas
have been reopened.
No Intervention Now.
WASHINGTON, April 18. The required assurances from Mexico
have been received.. The President says It Is not his purpose to Intervene
at present.
Troops Kept at Home,
WASHINGTON, April 18. The departure of troops ordered to the Phil
ippines has been postponed for six months. Future service In the Islands
will be for two years and a half.
Refined Advances.
NEW YORK, April 18. Refined sugar has advanced ten cents a hun
dred. New Peace Proposals.
CHIHUAHUA, April 18. Gen Madero's father has pone to the field
conveying peace proposals.
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UR CENT
HITS NEW Y
Sugar sold in New York today at a sale today of 90 degree centrifugals,
fraction ovfir fnur cents, thouch not which does not affect the basis for
Unu'atlan oiit-nro n fr JL Or. rrtlia nf
il.iWV.lHlh 1.UC r',.l,o0 T.,n .l.lnmnnt Clio ..-no
sales- tliat do affect Uie Hawaiian basis to a Hpeculator.
were very close to the four cent mark. "There were two more sales today
Aloxander & Baldwin received the of flc degree centrifugals, which af
following cablegram at noon from its ct basis for Hawaiian sugars, at 3.05
cenis.
1U urallt-"- Yesterday's quotation to tho plant
"Now York, April 18 There was a crs was .3.92 cents.
MORNING CABLE REPORT.
PES CATION
OF THE ORTERIG
Tlie fedoral Grand Jury has under
taken an Investigation of tho con
ditions on board the steamer Orterlc,
on which 57 children died between
hero and Portugal. There is a dif
ference of opinion betweon the fede
ral doctors here and the physicians
on board the Octeric, the later de
claring that measles was the cause
of tho deaths, while the fedoral doc
tors think there was scarlet fever
aboard. Tho Grand Jury Investiga
tion in understood to be directed to
the matter of whothor the law regard
ing accommodations, hospitals, et.,
were carried out on the Octeric.
ommonds It be tabled, substituting an inimical attitude toward the home
concurrent resolution No. 9. steading of this Territory with white
"Tho object of this resolution Is, as immigrants, attention Is called to the
was the one it replaces, to withdraw
all of the developed public lands and
waters from tho operation of tlie Or
ganic Act, placing them in tho hands
of a commission for the purpose of
making them rendor the maximum
revenue in the interests of tho educa-
MOLE
CHOLERA
C
SE
WASHINGTON, April 18. In answer to a message from Governor
Sloan of Arizona urging the Government to stop the fighting at Agua
Prieta to protect the citizens of Douglas, the President replied expressing
his reluctance to intervene. It might bring on war and In any event would
Imperil the lives and property of thousands of Americans In Mexico.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., April 18. Seven Americans here, watching the bat
tle of Agua Prleta yesterday, were struck by stray bullets.
AGUA PRIETA, April 18. After seventeen hours' of fighting the con
tending forces still hold their positions. Garcia, one of the rebel chiefs, has
deserted the rebel garrison and crossed the line,
EL PASO, April 18. General Madero Is twelve miles from Juarez with
1600 .men and is expected to attack this morning.
CHIHUAHUA, April 18. The peace delegation from Diaz, which, was
detained en route by a burning bridge, Is expected to arrive here today.
ENSENADA, April 18. Berthold, the rebel leader, largely re-lnforced,
and with many Americans, has adva need to within a few miles of this city,
CHICAGO, April 18. Carter Harrison has been sworn In as mayor for
the fifth time.
BERLIN, April 18. Herr Bergmann, leader of the Socialist party In
the Diet, is dead. ' rf f
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CHAC
GIVEN
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FURTHER TIME
fact that from our investigations we
lire inclined to believe that the with
drawal of all tho developed lands and
waters and tho offering for homo
steads of the undeveloped lands at
nominal prices would result in tlie
adoption of a safe, sane and sound
tion and health of tho inhabitants of homestead policy, with tho result that
this Territory, thereby removing them homesteadlng such as is desired, will
from the immlnenj danger of being come more quickly than under the
lost to the people under tle guise of present law. We have evidence to
homesteadlng at a fraction of their warrant tho belief that' so long as tho
real value. This action Is in accord valuable revenue producing lands aro
witu American principles under which subject to homesteadlng at a fraction
t.i coi 010 noma hnvA harm Rnf nafrltt nf tlintt vnlun flinrn will Tift nn nlo-
m'tho various states and territories, neer homesteadlng of the 100.000 consenting to tho extension and its
Giving Away $5,000,000. acres of undeveloped lands to which
"Committee, from Its Investigation, wo urge tho pioneer homostoader bo
lias found many reasons to urge tho givon free acess and every legitimate
passage of this resolution, which will encouragement.
Immediately result (n conserving to Speculation Stops Homesteadlng.
the people a mere remnant oft tho "One of tho rensons why 1,400 sup
most valuable asset onco possessed veyed homesteads, comprising nn area
by thorn from which to derive nn over of 44,2fl043 ncros, aro not taken up
Increasing roveno In tho Interests of Is due, In our opinion, to tho fact that
tho greatest good for tho greatost those desiring samo do not want to
number. Wo find that thoro aro 35,- forfeit their chnnco to homestead on
000 acres of public land with water valuable developed lands by taking
Improvements , etc., which In tho u ono of tho undeveloped homo
opinion of those competent to Judge, steads, Romovo UiIb bar nnd wo bo
is worth over $fi,000,000, Should this novo tho homesteads now awaiting
realty bo given to homesteaders at n occupants wi' bo taken up immodl
fraction of Its value, the temptation atoly,
for those most Interested to acquire U "To thoso who opposo tho rosolti
through homesteaders, upon term tlon.or fear of political cnnseqtioncou, olectloiu From a financial standpoint
which would Induce thorn to sell out wo venture tho opinion that tho party thoro Is everything to comnieud Its
their holdings, Is so great we bollovo whloh ospousos tho carrying Into or passage,"
Judge Uoblnson this morning
granted Prank B. Craig, the omlgraut
agent, twenty days moro in which to
answer or otherwise plead to the
complaint of tlie Hwa Plantation Com
pany, for an injunction, and this with
out prejudice to Craig's right to ob
ject to tho temporary Injunction In
tho moairtlmo. 13. M. Watson roprc-
! son ted (ho respondent nnd W. A.
Kinney tho complainant, the lattor
condition
This truce is probable due to tho
pendoncy of tho constitutionality of
the immigrant ngenoy laws of the
prbsont Legislature In tho Supreme
Court.
A youthful thief In the person of
Carlo Santos was sentenced to six
teen months ;all this morning In tho
polico court. Ho stole n Suit of clothes
nnd a sllvor watch from ono porson
and a pair of boots and unothor watch
from tv second person,
feet of this resolution will reap Its
reward, and that which opposos will
go down to defeat boforo a gonoral
Deaths to date 4
Suspects 1
There was a suspicious case of sick
ness, possibly icholera, reported to
the Board of Health this morning,
that of an employe of tho Honolulu
Iron Works, Hoaro by name, aged 33
and Hawaiian.
Tests aro now being made to ascer
tain whether or not the disease is the
Asiatic cholera. The patient still lives
in the Knlihi quarantine hospital.
There has been no cholera death
since the passing away of the Wai
pllopllo road laborer who was taken
sick last Saturday.
Other Diseases.
Another case of scarlet fever has
occurrod among the Immigrants, that
of a child on the channel wharf.
There have been about thirty cases
of scarlet -fever to date among ho
Portuguese and Spanish arrivals
aboard the Orteric,
There have been two more cases of
measles In tho last twenty-four hours
Cases of dysentery among the new-
comoro number between thirty and
forty.
People who wish to send clothes to
tho women and children of tho imml
grants may address tho packages to
tho Board of Health headquarters.
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(Special mall report to Tho Star from San Francisco.)
GENERAL NEWS BULLETIN.
The steamer Prlnzoss Irene has
been worked clear of tho Long
Island sands whore' she wont
aground, and towed to her dock In
Now York.
Miss Helen Gould, philanthropist and
frlond of tho sailors, recently dined
with several hundred of the "tars" at
tho Norfolk, Va., naval training sta
tion.
A 1205,000 overdraft, unsecured,
caused tho failure of tho Bank of
Shasta County, California. There will
bo a grand Jury Investigation.
Over 6,000 geisha girls aro home
less in Tokio as a result of a flro
which practically destroyed the Yosh
IwaTa quarter, whero these women
lived.
A former Columbia University pro
fessor stylos President Butler, of that
institution, "a spokesman of material-
Ism and plutocracy, stifling all manly
ters, who are deeply Interested in
tho matter, and It is hoped that the
problem will be solved by tho trio
before they return to Honolulu.
Independence, shriveling all noble
Idealism," and that ho was becoming
a more Tammany boss In academic
administration.
Eagles to tho number of 100,000 are
expected to attend tho Grand Aerlp
session In San Francisco next August.
Democratic house committees dis
covered that among other Houso ex
penses, a girl of thirteen, daughter
of the chief doorkeeper, was on the
pay roll for $1,200 a- year. She isn't
thoro any more, though.
A plan is taking shape in the Sen
ate to investigate tho entlro postofflce
department, possibly readjust ratc3
and definitely determine tho relation
between first, second and third class
rates.
Mayor McCarthy, of San Francisco,
rescued one of the members or his
political club from Jail when tho for-
(Continued on page seven.)
TO
INVESTIGATE
DYING FORESTS
y
By tho Mauna Koa this morning It.
S. Hosmer, J. V. Itock and H. M.
Curran loft fo Maul In order to in
vestigate tho dying forosts in tho
ICoolau district.
Mr. Curran is an oxpert in forostry
work and in stationed at Manila.
He is on his way back to the Philip
pines, when it was resolved to ask
for permission for him to Investi
gate tho conditions on Maul in ordor
to ascertain If possible what Is tho
matter with tho forosts there. Wash
ington gavo tho necessary permission,
and ho stopped off Hero. It Is antici
pated that tho work will take about
ton days.
Both- moral and financial assist
ance Is being rendered by tho, plan-
LftDY
OIRDS
I ON
THES.jjJJMi
By tho Lurllne, which arrived hero
on Saturday morning, Entomologist
Ehrhorn roceivod 50,000 hyppodamia
convorgons. This name Is ronlly a
disguise, for the Insocts are nothing
but common or garden lady birds.
Thoy feed on nphlds (plant llco)
which are very Injurious to corn,
snrchum, molous, rose plants, taro
and different kinds of cabbages, nnd
tho Idoa Is ,of course, to exterminate
tho parasltos. They aro oxpoctod to
prove a decided acquisition and ma
terially assist tho raising of bettor
crops. Who cqunted tho lady birds
Is not stated, but if Ehrhorn should
doubt tho number, ho Is at llborty to
check It
TO
BE! APPOINTED
A new city nnd county physician
will probably bo appointed at tho
meeting of the Board of Supervisors
this evening. Dr ,J. T. Wnyson, It Is
said, will bo tho man. Dr. Wayson
has been asked if ho would take tho
position and signified his willingness
to do so, and ho will probably bo no
minated by Chairman Krugor of tho
Health Committee, It is said that he
will bo given an assistant.
M. KEAHOKALOLE DIVORCED.
Lolhulu Keahokalole has obtained a
decroo of divorce, givon by Judge Rob
inson, against Morris Keahokalolo, of
Wnlluku, formorly prlvato secretary
to ' tho Dolegato to Congress. Tho
ground Is falhiro to provide.
Tho Young Hotol laundry, phono
18GI, aoos good work on ladlos' silk
drossos and gentlemen's pongee suits.
Phone 1861.