Show CANNON IN HONOLULU He Leads Three Days Celebration Cele-bration in Hawaii I WAS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY I President Cannon Was One of Ten Who Were the First to Preach Mormon I I mon Doctrine in Islands FIfty Years AgoHe Visits Hawaii Now to Participate in Golden Jubilee There Are in the Islands About 5000 Mormons Nearly All of the Native Race t I Honolulu Dec ll via San Francisco i Dec 22The Mormons of Hawaii have just closed a three days celebration of I the fiftieth anniversary of the landing of the first Mormon missionaries on Hawaiian sell The meetings were led I by George Q Cannon who Is one of the I heads of the church and WK > came here from Utah to lake part In ryie celebration cele-bration He was one of a party of ten Mormons who were the first f to pXpadf the Mormon doctrine In Hawaii Xfly years ago Tho doctrine took root quXj rapidly among native HawaIIans and today there are about 5000 Mormons In I I the Territory nearly all of them of the I native race I CHINESE AS CITIZENS Chinese here who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii are preparing to make an appoal against the ruling of the Treasury department that they were not made citizens of the United States by the Territorial bill They base their appeal on section 1 of the bill which says that all citizens of the republic arc made citizens of the United 1 States There arc nearly 400 Chinese affected by the ruling of the Treasury department NOT ENTITLED TO DAMAGE A ruling has been received here from i the Slate department In the case of the I claim brought by George Cranston for I damages on account of his having been Imprisoned as a rebel In 1S03 Secretary Secre-tary Hay ruled that Cranston had been a conspirator against the existing government gov-ernment and was not entitled to any damages though he was exiled after bcing Imprisoned Thorp are many other claims principally of British residents resi-dents of Honolulu on account of their having been I confined during the times of revolution when the Government took summary steps in cases of suspicion suspi-cion It Is claimed that the Cranston ruling does not apply to these and they are Kllll hopeful for getting damages either from the Territory or from the national Government NATIONAL LAZARETTO The news that Congressman Kahn of California has prepared ablll to make the leper settlement on the Island of Molokai a national lazaretto has deeply deep-ly stirred all Hawaii There is strong opposition to the measure In every quarter and no efforts will be spared to prevent the bill from becoming a Jaw Objections to the bill are based l upon the grounds that It would be a deep and lasting injury to the Terri 1 tNy and would make the leper settle I ment Itself a place to which It woum be cruelty to send any hpman being l OPIUM LAW ATTACKED An assault Is being made by local attorneys at-torneys upon the Hawaiian law regarding re-garding opium The law on the ytatulo books makes It a crime to have opium In possession at all It Is I claimed and generally agreed nmong the attorneys that this is in conlllct with United States laws which allow the Importation Importa-tion and consequently possession of tho drug There is no other law regulating tho matter In Hawaii and If the lawyers knock out the possession clause use and sale of opium will be utterly unre strlcted until the Legislature makes anew a-new law NEGRO LABOR FROM U S The Rev J Cook a colored preacher from Mississippi who came Jlere to investigate in-vestigate the conditions with a view loa lo-a lslng his countrymen in the matter of their coming here to work on sugar + I plantations returns today on the steamship Zcalandla He has looked over 4he Held and it is understood that his report will be a favorable one TJb planters are ready to employ 2000 mon If they can get them and there is considerable con-siderable discussion about how labor is to be secured Some of the planta tlons will be crippled next year If they cannot get more men WANT WHITE WORKMAN I r I There Is a movement to secure white men It Is claimed that the work IB not as hard as the work in the inland coun tics of California and other Stateg where white men work all the year round and the planters would welcome a heavy Immlgatlon of American citizens citi-zens who could be employed The wages now paid arc from 20 to 30 a month with homes medical attendance attend-ance etc provided WIRELESS TELEGRAPH WORKING J Wireless telegraphy Is at last showing signs of being successful and regular communication Is established bctweevi here and Molokal Further stations axE being perfected now on Maul f |