Davis County Clipper | 1902-10-03 | Page 2 | Senate Committee Visits Hawaii

belnato finito A Ila hawaiian wallan cablegram says the subcommittee of the hie senate committee on pacific islands and porto rico has had a very busy week on the island of hawaii they devoted two days to public hearings bearings at and one at mountain view tile the principal matters presented to them were testimony regail ing the hawaiian land laws the public improvements needed deeded on the land island particularly y harbor improvements at aillo and an light dlight houses at various points on the coast and tile the subject of compensation pensa tion to the ex queen for the loss ot of the crown lands one day wras was devoted by tile the senators to a visit to the volcano of kilauea Kilau ea the committee returned to flono honolulu lulu sunday almost the whole of monday was devoted to a consideration of the fire claims matter testimony was beard as to the origin progress and incidents of the bubonic plague epidemic and the efforts made to end it it is expected that the commission will complete its work sept 0 29 9 and sail the next day tor for san francisco by the steamer peru