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Show HAWAIIAN TREASURER SHORT. Territorial OMrer Defaulter for Nearly Hlafctcea Thousand Dollars. A dispatch from Honolulu says: William . Wright, treasurer of tha Territory of Hawaii, is an altsconder and a defaulter to the extent of S17.P49. It is believed he stowed money on the steamship Aluincdu, which left list Wednesday at noon. Secretary of Ve territory Ilenry E. Cooper has bctt appointed treasurer temporarily by Oovernor Dole. Wright's thefts from the treasury were confined to a special fnnd known as the Chinese fnnd. This Is a sum of money amounting to $irl,!Sn.2.", of which SJ0,.'i02.71, wus in cash, which was held as a special deposit for sending send-ing uimjr Chinese, the fund having been puid in by the planters several yeors ago when Chinese laborers were brought to the coantry. Under the territorial art, the treasurer treas-urer Is not required to give bonds, and the legislature ut Hr lust session failed to make any provision for bonds. |