1
THE HAWAIIAN WAR, Tilt'KHUAv, At'dl'sT 24, l8iW.-fclTX PAGSI,
WHERE THE LAND WENT.
CLAUS AS
A FRIEND
NATIVE.
OF THE
His Real Estate Transactions With
the Princess Ruth -Some Tell-Tale
Deeds in Type.
The compliment paid Mr. Spreckels
when he went away that he had always
been a friend of the native, while grasp
ing missionaries and annexationists had
robbed the latter of his ancient heri
tage, des not show Up very well under,
analysis. The other day the Star
drew public notice to what a fine
estate Mr. Spreckels himself had pro
cured from one of the old chiefesses,
and to-day we add further information
in point.
One of Claus Spreckels' first invest
ments in Hawaiian real estate was
rather peculiar, to say the least. Refer
ence is made to the transaction be
tween himself and the Princess Ruth,
given at length below, in which he pur
chased all that lady's title in the
Crown Lands for the paltry sum of ten
thousand dollars. As the lady's in
terest was considered somewhat myth
ical, it was thought at the time that
Spreckels was purchasing a law suit.
But the old man knew better; he knew
a go d thing when he saw it, and took
his chances on a law suit and laid
claim to everything that little Ruth
thought she owned. How much that
was can be estimated by a perusal of
the follow ing deed :
Know all men by these presents that
I, Ruth Keelikolani of Honolulu, in
the island of Ohau, in consideration of
the sum of ten thousand dollars in
hand paid to me by Claus Spreckels of
San Francisco, in the State of California,
and of Honolulu aforesaid, the receipt
whereof I do hereby admit and ac
knowledge, do hereby bargain, sell,
remise, release and forever quitclaim
unto the said Claus Spreckels, his heirs
and assigns, all and singular the several
lands reserved by His late Majesty,
Kamehameha the Third, to himself as
his own private property and
mentioned and specified and de
clared in and by a certain
act, ordinance or law passed on the
seventh day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight, entitled "An Act relating
to the lands of His Majesty the King
and of the Government to be the
private lands of His Majesty Kameha
meha the Third, and commonly called
and known as the 'Crown Lands.' "
And all my estate, right,
title and interest both at law and in
equity of and to the said land and of
all other lands commonly called, known
or repented to be Crown Lands or to be
part, parcel or member thereof, and
whether belonging to me or to which I
may be now entitled as heir to his said
Majesty Kamehauieha the Third, or to
to their late Majesties Kaniehameha
the Fourth, Kamehameha the Fifth,
my father his Highness the late M.
Kekuanaoa, or in any other manner or
right whatsoever.
The above deed is signed by R.
Keelikolani, witnessed by Simon K
Kaai and acknowledged before Cecil
Brown, notary public. It was dated
on the 13th of December, 1880, and
recorded the same day in Book 64,
page 342, a $20 stamp heing affixed.
With the aid of King Kalakaua and
the subservient Legislature of 1882 a
bill was lobbyed through and passed
which granted to Claus Spreckels the
lands in the Ahupuaa of Wailuku in
consideration of his relinquishing all
his so-called interest in the Crown
Lands obtained under the above deed
from Ruth Keelikolani, and under and
by virtue of the authority conveyed by
that Act a deed of the Wailuku prop
erty was made by the Crown Lands
Commissioners to Spreckels. At the
same time he deeded to them his title
obtained from Ruth. By this little
deal Claus Spreckels showed his love
for native soil, if not for the natives
themselves, by obtaining possession of
24,000 acres of tne finest land in the
country tor $10,000, altnougn it may
have cost a little more for suitable
tokens of his regard to the King and
his friends in the Legislature.
Shortly afterward the Sugar King
transferred nearly all his interest in this
land to the Hawaiian Commercial and
Sugar Company, together with some of
Cornwells Waikapu lands, and that
h'jee concern has sprune out of the
original deal. It would take volume
to describe the various deals by which
Spreckels obtained possession or con
trol bv leases, deeds or otherwise of
the various water rights and other a
ourtenances which now form part of
the sugar company's property. By
careful business managf inert Spreckels
had made that property one of tht
finest sugar plantations in the world
There are in the neighborhood of 3000
acres under cultivation, which would
be largely increased 11 more water
could be obtained. A conservative
estimate of the value of the land, ex
elusive ot improvements ana growing
crops, places it at $300,000. What
the annual income obtained from this
ureat property is can only be told
the officials of the company, but it
must be enormous.
Shortly after his transactions with
the fragile princess, his friend, Sam
uel Parker, made quite an investment
in real estate, purchasing from that
ladv (in the small consideration of
$80,000 eight lots situated on Queen
Merchant, Fort and Nuuanu streets, in
the city of Honolulu now owned by
Miss hmma Spreckels two tracts ot
land in Kail. Hawaii: three tracts in
Kohala, seven tracts in Hamakua, all
in Hawaii, one tract in the district of
l.ahaina and one in the district of
Kaanapali, Maui. The l.ahaina trad
contains 19,000 acres.
On the 10th of June, 1883, Samuel
Parker conveyed a half interest in the
Honolulu town lots to W. G. Irwin
and In October of the same year the
other half to Claus Spreckels Various
trades have taken place since then by
which most, if not all, of the city lots
originally conveyed to Samuel Parker
came into the possession of Claus
Spreckels, and recently to his daughter.
It would be interesting to follow up,
would space permit, the various deeds,
mortgages, leases, etc , by which Samuel
Parker became gradually divested of
the enormous quantity of land by the
purchase from Ruth Keelikolani. It is
asserted on good authority mat neariy
all of that land has been gradually
swallowed up by the capacious maw of
the sugar cormorant. What is not
actually owned by the corporations
under his control, or controlled by hnn
either as mortgagor, agent or otherwise,
said to be comprised only in
the small portion now standing in the
name of Samuel Parker or the Parker
estate. hilt- Mr. Spreckels has often
times told of his great aloha for the
natives in the alleyway of the "Union"
saloon, on the deck of the Australia
and elsewhere, he has never told of his
still greater love fur their lands. He
has left that to be told by his actions,
probably believing, as the Star does,
"that actions speak louder than words."
THE BLOUNT FORECAST.
It Elates the Friends of Good Govern
ment and Depresses the Royalists.
Phe news in the Examiner that
Minister Blount would report in favor
of annexation or a protectorate caused
as much activity on the streets as the
state of the weather would permit.
Fhere were several groups on Queen
street discussing it, including the usual
Royalist knot of hungry and thirsty
exiles Annexationists took occasion
to congratulate each other" on the cut
look, but the friends of the 1 x-Queen
seemed sicklied o,er with the pale cast
of thought. It oppressed them to find
that an anti-annexationist paper like
the Examiner and a Royalist syinpa
thizer like S. S. Chamberlain, the
Examiner's Washington correspondent
during 1 0111 William s absence at
Chicago, would write such things.
'It is no more than we expected,"
said a leading Annexationist. "Mr.
Mount's critical attitude towards the
American party did not continue
long after he came to know the
members of the Government and the
annexationists generally; and whatever
sympathy he had with the monarchist
leaders vanished in thin air after he
had sized them up arid weighed their
testimony. He went away from here
fully prepared to do justice to the work
of his countrymen in building up the
civilization ot these Islands and in pro
viding the group with a safe, pure and
economical Government. This report
about what he has recommended, com
ing as it does upon the heels of the
news that he told the ex Queen that
she need have no hope of restoration at
American hands, is most encouraging.
In trovernnient circles the report
was received with satisfaction, but not
surprise. "It is what we were looking
tor' expressed the gener.il view.
THE CUNSPIRACY CASES.
Evidence for the Prosecution Coming- in
Rapidly.
At yesterday s session ot the con
spiracy case Von Topaz recited the de
tails of conversBtion had with Walktr
Bowler and SiNclair, in which the latter
said that he hud arms for twenty men
and could get soldiers out of the guards
to use them against the missionary
government Walker said that an
underground connection with the pal
ace had been made, Bowler said that
the Queen would soon be restored.
At another time Walker told the
witness that the Provisional Govern
ment would be overpowered; he had
three hundred men; they had held
meeting; said Von Topaz was working
for money, but they working for blood;
'he promised me a position in the
Custom House after the restoration
told me if I got the names of those
who wouldn't fight he would take the
names to the Queen, that something
would be done for Die; this was at the
econd meeting; I went t j the Anchor
saloon to meet W.ilker, but did not
find him; found him afterwards at the
Royal saloon; I went and got Prescott
and took him to the p'aee; the rest
have told.''
Thomas Wright testified that he had
heard Walker say in the tram cars that
the Government would be blown u
anil that there would be no quarter
when he should give the word.
Captain Good testified as to certain
conversations he had had wiih V on
Topaz, and at 3:45 the Court adjourned
At this morning s session Attorney
Creighton complained that the head
lines in the Advertiser's account of
yesterday's proceedings criticised the
evidence and was unfair to the defend
ants. The Court stated that it would
look into the matter later.
The following witnesses have been
on the stand to-day for the prosecu
Hon: A. S. Prescott, Edwin A. Strout
George Marnham, F. P. Orlich, John
Brown, Mi . Kennedy and lames A
NcNabb.
The Cousins Meet.
The Hawaiian Mission Children'
Society will h"ld its next tegular meet
ing at the house of F, A. Hosmer, Sat
urday evening, the 26th inst.
SESSION.
AN ENCOURAGING
FINANCIAL
REPORT.
Additional Custom-House Guards to Be
Appointed New Bills Reported
and Considered.
Vice-President Hatch, in the absence
of President Dole, called the meeting
of the Executive and Advisory Cotlll
cits to order at 1:40 v. M all the mem
bers being present except President
Dole, the Attorney-General, and
Messrs. Mendonca, Nott, Suhr and
Wilder.
Phe minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Minister Damon read the following
weekly financial statement which was
approved and tiled :
FINANCE STATEMENT FOR WEEK END
ING AUGUST 23, 1893.
urrent account, balance
August 16. 1B9S
$120,103 04
Loan fund, account bal
ance
Total Treasury balance..
i2o.ioa,m
KECIIPTS.
Interior Department
$ 9,510 10
10,8j 00
13 2 SO
885 00
Customi
ties, penalties and costs.
Revenue stumps
San Francisco Consul fees.
Chinese passports
Water
200 00
0,825 00
sh Market
Postoffice
Prison
Registry office
Brands
Government realizations.
SO 50
nam 88
Electric light
Taxes
II1I0 water receipts
Koloa water receipts. . .
Sinking Fund, Act Dec. SI,
1S04
Sale of Government bonds.
13,77 24
4.000 00
Hawaiian Postal Savings
Bank
2.1S0 86
700 00
Crown Lands
84,969 5!
$188,072 56
fcXPGNDITURIS
Civil List, Permanent Set
tlemeiits anil LeKi-lature
Judiciary Department
UV 94
r.7 18
Department nt foreign
nlcrior 1 lepurtmcnt :-
Salaries and incidentals . .
Hureau of Survey
Registry of Conveyances.
Htneau of Immigration. . .
Hureau of Public Works. .
Water Works
o oo
100 78
8 50
1,574 36
541 80
57 8.'.
771 00
Hoard of Health
Miscellaneous. .
Finance Department ;
Salaries, Incidentals, etc..
Interest
Attorney General's De
partment
Bureau of Public Instruc
tion
Land sales ttansferred to
Sinking fund, Act Dec.
81, 1884
18,171 M
General Expenses Provis
ional Government
Road Tax to Special De-
uoait
V.'ns no
8,250 00
School Tax to Special De-
posit
Hospital Tax
Expense placing loan 98.
Postal Savings liank
withdrawals
National Debt Paid
Pavmeuls under Section 2
Current Account, balance. JI.'iO.lKll 19
i
oan Fund Account, bal
Total Treasury balance,
ance
above date
$150,061 10
$185,072 66
Outstanding Bonds.
$2,624,000 Oil
treasury and r. at. c
notes
230,000 00
f.2.s,:V 9,-1
Uu- Postal Savings Bank.
ess Loan Fund, balance..
- $3,383,122 9.'.
$8,383,122 95
Net Indebtedness.
KX rC.S N ATORV.
This amount of $155,541 60
was paid from General
Revenue in the Treasury
to carry on Public Im
provements under sec. 2
to dale, and all receipts
from sale of bonds under
loan of 1893 pass into
General Cash as offsets
until this debt is can
celled $155,541 80
132,000 00 - $23,541 80
Less bonds of Act of 1898
sold to date. ,
Amount due from Postal
Savings Bank for ad
vances from General
Revenue to cover excess
of withdrawals over re
ceipt Amount due Treasury this
nate trom uoai. Act. . . .
$29,465 a;
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK MIMO.
Due depositors Postal Sav-
gs Bank this date. .
$528,622 96
Notices this dale of with
drawals maturing in Au
gust, September, Octo
ber and November, 1893 88,474 00
ash on hand Postal sav
ings Bank this day 17,889 18
EXPENSBS PROVISIONAL GOVEHNMKM MEMO.
Expenses Provisional Gov
ernment to date. ...... . $114, 29H 10
(This amount covers all
expenses, including Mil
itary and items not ap-
rropriated by the last
egislature.)
MHMO. ..AsM IN TREASURE.
Outstanding C'ertilic ,tes $259,000 Oil
Cerulicales withdrawn
from circulation and de
posited for safe keeping . 53,000 00
Casli in treasury tu re
deem Certificates
$269,000 00
$17,889 33
42,682 38
31.049 45
150,081 19
O. Savings Hank bal
K.iad - B jard Fund in
IVei'surv
School - Itoaid Fund in
treasury
Available Cash, as above
Total cash in Treasury.
$241,482 30
The Miscellaneous Expenditures in
the above table comprised in the item
of $541.61 were: Roads and Bridges,
Honolulu, special, $10.90; Roads and
Bridges, general $224.02; Insane Asy
lum, $17.79; Steam Tugs, $235.00;
Light Houses, $20.00; Road Ham
ages 4125.00.;
Minister Damon, referring to certain
criticisms in the K"yalist sheet, stated
that a comparison of the receipts and
expenditures of the first six months of
the present year with the same period
f last year showed that the present
liivernment had been much more
economical than the last, besides pay
ing its way as it goes, and while there
was on'y $60,000 in the Treasury at
this time last year, there is to-day over
$150,000.
I he Judiciary Committee reported a
bill appropriating $2800 for additional
Custom House guards. Report ac
cepted.
Minister Damon read a communica
tion from President Dole stating that
he was temporarily unable, by reason
of ill-health, to attend to the duties of
the office of President. This was ac
companied by the certificate of Dr.
S. G. Tucker, to the effect that a peri, d
of rest was absolutely necessary for Mr.
Dole's complete recovery. A resolu
tion, offered by Mr. Damon, authoriz
ing the Vice-President to assume the
iKGlSLATIVE
!dutics o( President until
Pfe.,,dmi
uoie s recovery, was passea,
The bill to regulate the sales of Gov
ernment lands by am tion was read
and passed, with an amendment
requiring all sales to be made at the
Executive building In Honolulu, but
upon discovery of the fact that a two
thirds quorum of the Council was not
present the vote was reconsidered and
further consideration of the bill de
ferred while the necessary members to
complete the quotum were sent for.
Messrs Suhr and Nutt having ar
rived and taken their seats the neces
sary quorum was obtained and the
bill passed.
The act to regulate peddling passed
its second reading.
An act relating to the powers and
duties of the Vice-Presidi ot wax
amended, so that in the case of the
absence or disability of the President
the Vice-President should also assume
the duties of Minister of Foreign
Affairs. The bill passed the first read
ing. On motion the rules were suspended
and the bill passed its second reading
The Councils then adjourned.
As the Star goes to press the Mio
wera is approaching the coast, bringing
several days' later news from Vancou
ver. Nothing has been heard about
the Monowai except the rumor that she
left San Francisco a day late.
A Row at the Judiciary Building.
Mrs T. B. Walker made herself con
spicuous this morning by getting into
nn altercation with the corporal on
guard at the Judiciary building and
afterwards going into hysterics. She
c aims that some of the soldiers have
insulted her, while the latter claim she
tried t i run over one of them yester
day afternoon while driving up to the
building. The matter is being in
vestigated by Captain Zeigler.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
The Custom
rearranged.
House office is being
Repairs to the
made about town.
tramways are being
The Hawaiian band
the hotel last evening.
was heard at
James Low's appointment as jailor is
likely to be permanent.
Our coast news to day was received
by the bark I list overy.
Pilot Lorenion has the thanks of the
Star for late coast papers.
The racing mare Lolokolani has been
sold, it is said, to C. V. Horner.
The Provisional Government
law:
have been issued in pamphlet for
About $125 more are needed to put
electric lights into the Kawaiahao
Church.
A sidewalk with stone curbing is
being laid around the Hawaiian Hotel
property.
The artesian well for the Electric
Light Company will be bored by Mc-
Candless Bros.
An elegant complimentary banq let
w a given at the Portland last evening
to Professor J. L. Howard.
The sidewalk in fmnt of the present
law office of Carter & Carter on Mer
chant street is being fixed up a much
needed improvement.
The Chronicle of August 5th re
ports the arrival of Pr 'lessor W. D.
Alexander and piys a high tribute to
his personal character.
There was a light calendar in tvt
Police Court this morning. Too near
the end of the week for drunks and
prowlers to have any din.
Finance Minister I) mon is still
piling up the cash balance in the Pro
visional Government Treasury. This
morning it was $150,061 19.
The Postal S .vings B ink has reduced
its indebtedness to the Government
dur ng the past week by $3000, leaving
only a little over $5000 m re to pay.
The meeting of the shareholders of
the Waimanalo Sugar Company has
been postponed until Saturday at 9 a.
m. at the office of the M-ssrs Cart
right. Ah Kew (leaded guilty to having
opium in his possession unlawfully in
Judge Roberts m's court this in rning.
Sentence was suspended at the reip.est
of the prosecution.
Ah Foo and Ah Lin were tried in
the Police Court this morning for selling
opium. The former was found guilty
and sentenced to a fine i.f $50 and
costs, and the latter was discharged.
It is observed that Claus Spree kels
is not in Washington yet, and, accord'
ing to the Star's advices printed some
time since, he is not likely to go there.
Claus is out of politics again.
The Clironiele of August 4th re
ports that a vessel will soon clear for
the south seas, via Honolulu, for black
birding purposes. It adds that but 30
percent, of the Montsei rat's last Guate
malan cargo is now alive.
PERSONAL.
Sir GerVM tilynn is booked t 1 leave
on tht Monowai.
U. S. Consul Kopus of Sydney
passed through on the Alameda.
Rev. (). P. Emerson and J. S Em
erson have gone on a visit to the States.
Thomas E. Wall succeeds W, 1).
Schmidt as bookkeeper in the Custom
House.
Dick Boi lh, the temperance lecturer,
was a passenger on the Alameda. D.i k
used to be a barber at Ithaca, M. Y.,
and his old acquaintances there take
girai interest in his progress.
1 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
FROMTHE
BARK DISCOVERY IN
COAST.
Alcmeda for San Francisco Makee to
Makaweli Awaiting the Liners
Briglets.
The American bark Discovery,
Christianson masler, sailed into poll
this morning at 8:30 o'clock, days
from San Francisco, with a light cargo
of general merchandise for local rner
chants, and one passengi r. Captain
Christiat son, who succeeded the late
Captain McNeill, was formerly mute
and is well and favorably known In
shipping circles as a mariner.
The maritime gang which congre
gate! at Nolte's on the morning that
ihe steamers are expected, was unusu
ally large todiy, and when, as the
cluck struck six, look-out Charlie
telephoned the Discovery off the Head,
the look 1 f expectancy on the crowd
dwindltd into disgust, lor the Monowai
was what they Wanted.
Thai.ks to the Star and the skillful
and gratuitous Woik of watchmaker
Frank Krutger, the planing-mill clock
is again in repair and lempus fugits
with an Unaccustomed regularity along
the esplanade.
The Alameda sailed for San Fran
Cisco with a good sized cargo and a lull
list of passengers this morning at 9
o'clock, A big crowd was at the wharf
to see her 1 fT.
At 3 o'clock the Miowera was tele
phoned off Waimanalo, She will pro
bably leave for the Colonies to-morrow
morning,
The Irwin and Discovery aie both at
Brewer's wharf, the latter Vessel having
commenced unloading there this morn
ing. The biigantine Irwin leaves for San
Francisco and the ship Parthenope lor
Astoria next wetk.
The bark I.adstock left this morning
for the Royal Roads in ballast.
Steamer Mikahala due from Hawaii
to morrow.
THURSDAY.
AUGUST 24.
Diamond Hkah, 3 : 30
cloudy. Wind light, N. E.
. Weather
ARRIVALS.
Thursday, August 24.
Sloop Waianae from Waianae.
Am iik Discovery, McNeil, from San Fran.
S S Miowera, Stott, from the Coast.
DEPARTURES.
Thursday, August 24.
S s Alameda, Morse, fur San Kranciscu.
Stmr James Makee, llaglund, for Kapaa.
Sloop Waianae fur Waianae.
PASSENGERS.
AaatVAu.
Sail fiancisco, per
K Lowcnherg.
Prom
Aug 24
bk Discovery,
PROJECTED
DEPARTURES.
lir lk elocity, Martin,
.ilioul Aug 28.
lot
Hongkong on or
Cor lik lieu N Wilcox, for San
01 about Tuesday, Aug 29.
Am lik Parthenope, for Astoria
Kranrisco on
on or about
August 2H.
Am bgt W G Irwin, for San Francisco on
about August 29.
IMPORTS AND CONSIGNEES.
Ex Discovery; J500 hags llour, 1100 bag,
barley, 500 bales hay, 30,000 brick, 700 bbis
lime for Hackfeld & Co, 307 pkgs wine for V
C Peacock, 410 pkgs grain and grocs for
Kwong Sain Kee & Co, 565 kegs nailg fur
Castle & Cooke, 100 boxes soap, 73 cases
sauce for Heniy May Oc Co.
EXPORTS AND CONSIGNORS.
Per Alameda; 3038 bugs sugar by Wm G
Irwin & Co, 259 pkgs bananas by C Wilcox,
388 pkgs bananas bv CoiaV, Shaw and Lycur
gus, 427 pkgs bananas by Campbell, Marshall
& Co, 288 bills hides by F F Porier, 17 boxes
pine apples by J Kidwell.
VESSELS IN PORT.
naval vessels.
Day, San Francisco.
Nelson, San Francisco
U S S Boston,
II S S Adams,
ME KC II AM MEN.
(ier bk C N Wilcox, Walters, Liverpool.
Br bk Paillienupe, Heal, Newcastle.
Am bgt W (j Itwin, Williams, San Fran.
Ilawn schr Liliu, Ilitchheld, Jaluit, S S I.
Am seh Olga, Pugel Sound (at Kahj
Am bk A ex McNiel, Sorman, Departure Bay.
Am bk S C Allen, Thompson, San Fran.
Am bk Albert, Griffiths, S&n Francisco.
Br bk Velocity, Martin, Hongkong.
Am bk Kltkital, Cutler, I'ugcl Synod.
Am tern Halcyon, Humbolai Bay.
Am bark Alden Besse, Freeze, San Fran.
Am bk Discovery, McNeil, San Fran.
FOREIGN VESSELS EXPECTED.
Am ichi Alice 1 ooke, Pugel Sound ....Due
Am ik Detroit, Departure Bay... Due
Am bgt J D Spreckels, S F (Kali) Due
Am bgt 1. inline, San F (Hilu) Due
Vm bkl S (J Wildet, San l'tan Due
Am I ..irk Harvester, S F (Hilnl Due
Am bkl llilu, San Fran Vug 24
m schr Robert I. ewers, San F Aug 25
Haw lik Leah), San Fran .....Aug 2b
ni bkt Irmgard, Liysan Island Aug 2b
jer Sum Culara, Yokohama, . Aug 28
Am bk Amelia, Paget Sound Aug K)
ier bk I 1 l inger, Bremen Oct 15
tier ll. Paul lsennerg, Liverpool Nov Is
(UO bk Manila Davis, Bust, in.
. . . Dec 5
THE ANNEXATION CLUB.
Some Statistics of the Nationality of ,'ts
Members
Viom Chairman McStocker, of the
Rxocutivt Committee of the Anntxa.
tion Club, sunn- interesting station si
facts ahout the nationality of the mem
twrihitj of the club s gained. The
club has no a Membership ot aboui
6200 anil members are still culling in.
This is more especially the case in
Hawaii and the other islands, the peo
ple of Oahu havmu pretty much de-
Clirofl themselves for or ag iiiist SI 111 v
ation some time since. I lie roll of
new memberij from Hawaii for the
month has nut et been received, but
it is understood to contain a . odly
' number of name. Taking the first
6ooo names of voters on the club roll,
Ian analysis of the nationality of the
""'1"'"1'' nM betn mida under Mr.
i( .iiocKcr s direction, wnn tne ioiiow
ing result 1 The Portuguese lead the
11st, tin 11 intRiDersnip Ming 40 per
cent, of the whole. The Americans
MOM next, with 23 per cent.; Hawai
tans, 20; Iremani) 6; l.tiglish, 3: scat
tering, 8, The entire Portuguese vote
at the last election was 3600. There art
2200 of those voters on the roll of the
Annexation Club. The American
members comprise 92 per cent, of the
entire American population of these
Islands.
Charges of Fraud in the Site Purchase
Irish Talks on the Subject.
WASHINGTON, August 7. Congress
man Bankhead docs not propose to
permit the construction of the San
Francisco pOSti ffice to proceed without
opp sitioti lrim him, and he promises
to lead an investigation of the methods
employed in purchasing the Mission
street site. Exactly what he hopes to
accomplish d'.es nut yet appear, but it
is quite apparent that he has determined
upon a course from which he cannot be
swerved. It will not be many days be
fure his resolution tor investigation win
be introduced, and of 1 nurse it will be
adopted with ut dissent, as such rtso
luti ms aiw.ys are.
As the matter now stands, with the
deal f' r the purchase 1 f the site clnsed,
the limit of the cost of the building
fixed and the supervising architect
ready to do his part, a Vi ry deep haze
uVtrcastS the situation, and no one is
ready tu say just what will or can be
done, or what the result will be after
the iiivestig ting committee has acted
Indeed, it seems to be Ihe general
i. pinion that such an investigation Can
not prevent the construction of the
PoStofBctj the matters have progressed
too far for that, and that all that can be
done is to expose any rascality that may
have been carried on.
Mr. Bankhead, as has already
been stated in the Chronicle, has been
in frequent consultation with the special
officers i f the Treasury Department,
with the result that he openly avows
that the people of San Francisco have
been shameful y swindli d, and he think--the
conspirators in the swindle should
be punished. Whether or not he hopes
to annul the sale of the ground on
which the 1'ostoftice is to stand has not
been learned, but he wiil undoubtedly
do so if he can.
He is loaded with information which
he is carefully guarding, but among
other facts in his possession, it is said,
is the sum paid to the owners of the
property by the persons who conducted
the sale and these figures, acci rding to
the report, are astonishing. There is a
vast difference between the amount
paid to the property owners and thc
amount appropriated by Congress, and
this sum, it is asserted, is so large that
no sane man will claim that it consti
tuted the amount of commission paid
to tne miuclienien. Jn other wi.rds, it
was roDuery committed upon the con
summation of a most audacious con
spiracy.
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HE Meeting of the Sltiteholders of
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August a3id, has been postponed to take
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C. BOLTE,
at Sec'y Waimanalo Sugar Co.
FOR SALE.
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