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WP i 'ft Hawaii's Popular Sea Captains I Evening Bulletin Register Your Votes fop Your Favorite ! ONE VOTE FOR u Capt. u iTS THE MOST POPULAR CAP TAIN OF THE ISLAND FLEET. Vol. VIII. No. 1420. HONOLULU, U. I., PlilDAY, JANUARY 5, 1900. Priob 5 Oents. PLAGUE ADYANCE IS SLOW OFFICIAL FOR COMMERCE UNCLE SAM AND CARGOES THREE MORE ICE FACTORIES ZArArATArAVrArATAXArATArATA S Hartwell Cnllccl Down. 3 K Chief Justice Resigns. J t- 1 : i 4 J i 4 Action Continues In Against Its Progress. Fight Mr. Hatch a Member of the Health Board Council of State Appropriate- Fires in Chinatown Tomorrow. 2: So p. nt. Thero Is i( decided lull In tbo plnguo pltiiation today v Imt, notwithstanding this fact, tho officers of the Hoard of Health nro as busy its over doing every thing In their power to 8 1 temp out tho dread dlsciiBC. The caso near Knumakaplll church Is being closely watched, but ns " yet there Is nulling ho very aus picious. A caso on Queen near Nuttnnu street was rumored about town this morning, but Inquiry nt tho Hoard of Health office showed that thero was no such case on tho day's record. The cases of tho two Chinamen who died yesterday were both pro nounced bubonic plnguo nftcr post mortem examinations yesterday afternoon. Their bodies were crc jniited at Mnullola. Doth theso cases vero mentioned In yesterday afternoon's Bulletin. Tlio only case of tho plague to day Is an Hawaiian who wns sont to tho plagilo hospital In Knkaako this forenoon. Dr. Bouman has been given charge or the plaguo hospital In Knkaako. Work on tho quarantlno barracks at Wnlakamito Is being rapidly pushed to day. To Scare Awav Devils. Tho streets, of Chinatown are strewn with tho remains of firecrackers tint are flted ort dally by Chinnmcn to frighten nwny tho dovlls of tho blnck plague from tholr dwelling plnccs. Tho night time Is when most of tho firing Is done. Case of (i Japanese. Drs. Mltamuru and Mori reported tho case of u Japanese near Smith brldgo this morning. Their diagnosis was malarial fever. Dr. Scaparono was Mit to make an examination and ho teportcd tho enso na sllgtly suspicious. A post mortem examination wns nd vlhed. Council of Stutc. ' A meeting of tho Council of Stato Is In progress ns tho Bulletin coos to piess. Tho notlco to members called them for 2 o'clock. Tho matter under dlsuisslon Is tho request of tho Board of Health for mi appropriation of $250, IKIO to combat tho plnguo. ' Aloi'c Japanese Carpenters. Twenty-flvo more Japanese carpen ters wero taken out of qunrnuttuo this morning for work on tho detention hospital. Chester Doylo attended to , tho work of rounding up the men. J. ' Mitchell, a white man from tho quar antine district will bo tho foreman of tho gang. A Guard Posted. A guard has been posted at tho house of n Jnpancso just on tho other sldo of Kaumnkaplll church. The-Jap-uneso has qulta a high fever but Is nblo to get about and smolco and oat. His wife is living with him. There nro no developments in the case today. Medical Meeting. A meeting of tho Medical Association ' of Hawalhirlil bo held in Progress Hall f at 8 .o'clock tomorrow evening. All members-are requested to bo present- Tho'toplc for discussion win bo the nanltary condition of tho city and its lemeuy,' Block 10 Tomorrow. Chief Hunt of tbo Flro Department has been studying Block 10 In China town today in order to bo fully pro- pared in tho matter of stationing his onglnen and men for tho fire tomor row. Japanese, Chinese and natives of tho block liavo beon very busy today with the work of gottlng out their goods. Wniklki Inspectors. Tho inspcclors nt Walklkl nro doing good work under tho direction of Geo. Mason, who is' in charge of tho dis trict from Sunny South to tho Park. ,1. H. Boyd has chargo of that section from 8unny Boutli to Mnnson'a housoj Mr. Mnnson from his house- to Long Branch and Mr. dartenborg from Long Branch to tho Park. G. J. Waller has iburgo of that section along tho old Walklkl road; Georgo Castle and Percy Pond look nfter tho Park district. Houses nro visited twice each day and earoful watch kept of the cntlro dis trict. Damages for Orientals. Minister Mott-Smlth stated yester day that tho Japaneso Consul, had tailed on him and that the Chinese Consul had written regarding damago to goods of their respective country men from tho firing of tho different portions of Chinatown. It was agreed that tho question of damages should bo left for futuro judicial sottlemont and tho assurance of tho cooperation of tho respecttvo consuls in fighting tho plaguo would bo given this government. Sharp More Talk of Adding to Mr. Mc- Kloley's Cabinet. Great Commercial Progress Forces Quesilcn to tin Frcot Cbanccs for Favorable Ac tion at Th!s Session. Washington, Dec. 26. Tho fact that President McKlnloy's administration has beon ono of marked commercial nnd Industrial activity will bo used as an argument before Congress this win ter for tho establishment of tho De partment of Commerce, with Its head a Cabinet officer. Tho movement In favor of such a department Is not now, for tho matter was discussed quito ful ly In commltteo last year. Bills liavo been Introduced in this Congress, both In tho Sennto nnd In the House, and will bo taken up by tho Senate Com mittee on Commcrco nnd tho House Committee on Interstato hint Foreign Commcrco nt nn early date. Senator Fryo and Representative Hepburn, chairman of tho committees, nro heartily In favor of tho now depart ment, which would mako tho present Cabinet consist of nine Instead of eight members. It Is urged that such an In creaso would bo entirely reasonable, as tho present number of Cabinet offi cers Is very small, when compared with tho Cabinets of other governments Canada, although In a senso a depend ent Government, has thirteen Cabinet officers, and Great Britain has no less than soventcen. Thero Is, however, nn nctlvo move ment on foot among tho mining Inter ests for tho establishment of n depart ment of mines nnd mining. Tho Cali fornia State Miners' Association has been foremost in tho agitation, and most of the other Western mining States nnd Territories have lent their Influence to tho same end. Western ers Bay that their section needs such representation In tho Federal Govern ment, nnd nrguo thnt tho Department of Commerce would bo more to the ad vantage of Eastern business Interests. Tho Commltteo on Mines nnd Mining, o. which Representative It. O. Crump of Michigan Is chairman, will t alto up n bill providing for tho creation of 'tho Department of Mines and Mining soon after tho holidays. Probably Bonio sort of a compromise will bo mndo eventu ally between tho advocates of tho two departments. Final legislation may not bo secured nt this session, but tho advocates of tho Department of Mines and Mining nro not unwilling, If neces sary, to accept n commissioner of such a bureau under tho Department of Commerce. Tho program Is to have tho mines nnd mining bill reported from tho commltteo beforo the depart ment of commcrco bill Is considered. If tho friends of tho two measures can como together It Is thought thcro might bo a chnnco for tho enactment of tho law this session. 4 MOANA DID NOT STOP. Tho mnll steamer Moanar Carey commander, arrived oft port early thld morning but-stayed 'only long enough to throw what mall she had for Hono lulu Into tho pilot bont. Nino passcn gers sho hnd on board for Honolulu wero carried on to San Francisco, and not oven a lotter from hero was taken on board. Captain Caroy of tho Moana stated to Fred Whitney of Irwin & Co., tho agents of tho steamer, that if it woro cholorn instead of bubonic plaguo present in Honolulu ho would not hesi tate to land his passengers and tako on tho United States mall, fumigating it on board on his way to San Francisco. Not knowing under what conditions his vessel would bo received at that port It ho touched at n port infected with tho black plague, In Justlco to his owners ho would not tako tbo chanco of being quarantined and bo delaying tho vessel, sho being a Royal mall steamer. v T On to Manila! A Complete History of the Campaign of the Vol unteer Troops in the Philippines, with an Ac count of their first Re ception in Honolulu. Superbly Illustrated. i ..A Limited Number on Sale at 25 ..cents eacn Dy Walu, Nichols Co., Thrum's Bookstore, Hawaiian News Co., Golden Rule Bazaar, E. W. Jordan. S (Speckil to the Bulletin). Washington Dec. at. An Inter esting Incident In Hawaii affairs oc curred the other night when Mr. Dole's unofficial delegate Hartwell and .Mr. W. O. Smith gave a din ner to a party of Congressmen and Senators frlendlv to the Island cause. I iB K Inclu Jed In the guests were members ju 2 of the Commission. 3 8 Delegate Hartwell began talking y about Hawaii not being annexed, S S following out the fallacies contain- g S cd In the constitutional decisions of B Hawaii's supreme t-ourt. Un com- W pleting his talk Mr. Hartwell was C very promptly called down by one ui uic iiicmucrs vi uiiRress present ii'lii f"nrMf it, Itlm tltit tli tltits M . I , . expressed were very much In error, A that the Hawaiian Islands were so a much annexed that they could net fl get away from the United States g nor could the United States get 8 8 away from them. The prompt answer of his state ments took I lartwell's breath away, nnt nft.r n cnmnurlmf .ItctrAcctntr W silence the conversatlo.i was turned W to more general lir.es. ti TATAirATATXrzrAT.ArATATAr'W. $270,000 APPROPRIATED 'Iho Council of State convened nt 2 o'clock, President Dole In tho chair and theso Councillors present: C. Bol tc, secretnry; Ministers Mott-Smlth. Young and Damon: Paul It. Isenbcrg, .lolin linn, W. U. Aclil, John Nott, A. G. M. Robertson, A. V. Gear, Mark I Rob inson, P. C. Jones. S. K. Kn-nc, J. A. Kennedy nnd Cecil Brown nnd M. A. Gonsnlves. Minister Damon read a statement by tho President of tho Board of Health, relating tho financial nnd other steps taken thus far to suppress tho plague. President Dolo spolto of tlicreferenco o President McICInley of tho perma nent sanitary improvements, ns stat ed by the President of the Board of Health. Preslden McKlnley hnd very largo powers over tho affairs of tho Islands, nnd It wns deemed tho proper courso to consult him beforo Incurring obligations for permanent Improve ments. Tho amount now asked for was approximate to tho lmmcdlnto neces sities of tho Bltuntlon. Tho motion was to pass tho resolu tion appropriating $230,000 nnd $20,000 for garbage crematory passed by a vote of nlno to three. DAVID KELIIPIO RESIGNS David Kelllplo has resigned ns n member of tho Board of Health and F. M. Hatch has been appointed to tako his place. It will bo remembered that, at tho last mcotlng of tho Board Mr. Hatch gavo soma valuable suggestions for tho stamping out of tho plaguo. PRESIDENT C. B. WOOD. Dr. C. B. Wood was this afternoon appointed President of tho Board of Health. Minister Cooper continues a member. RETURNING EXHIBITS. Tho cases of prlvnto exhibits from Omnlia aro expected by tho next Aus tralia. With them aro some flno va rieties of seed corn from Nebraska for our farmers and mineral specimens from Colorado for St. Anthony's school, Watluku, tho latter obtained at tho request of Brother Francis, prin cipal. Tho corn secured by the secre tary Includes tho Egyptian variety, of which tho head is bushy and tho grains aro round. It makes an excellent meal, whllo tho wholo grains aro right for chicken feed. Tho superintendent of tho Douglas county, ..cbraskn, exhibit, who kindly donated tho seed, assured tho Hawaiian secretary that tho Egyp tian corn would flourish in our cllmato. The Irwin Mansion. Campbell & Pettus, San Francisco, will build W. G. Irwin's now homo nt Walklkl. Tho contract was signed on December 20. tho price in round figures being 550,000. Tho contracting firm built tho Cliff Houso at Golden Gate, tho Poodlo Dog in San Francisco, tho largo Navy buildings at Goat Island and other big structures. Tho tllo roof of Mr. Irwin's house and stable will bo replaced with terra cotta by tho Ak ron Tllo Co. of Ohio for $5,100. Theso contracts lncludo everything except tho electric wiring. Rlploy & Dickey nro tho nrchltccts of tho Irwin struc tures. Tho contract of Campbell & Pettus bents tho Honolulu bids by tho enormous flguro of about $30,000. Tho Evening Bulletin, 75 centH per month. Ofllcials Not Worried Over Action of Great Britain. Place Confidence In Decisions ol Prize Courts No Protest Will Be Hide Care for Rights of American Citizens. Now York, Dec. 2S. A special to tho 'tribune from Washington says: Tho equanimity at tho Stato De partment Is not jt all disturbed over tho significance attached In legal and mercantile circles to tho stopping by British warships of British nnd Dutch merchant vessels bound for Delagoa Bay with cargoes exported from the United States. Tho omdalu express confldenco that tho British Govern ment will make full reparation for nn act committed by its naval agents if It turns out to have been Illegal or un justified nnd they profess n profound conviction thnt Englishmen nro not taking nny hazardous chances Just at i present of antagonizlnc nnv consider. nblo popular clement In America. It Is not known to tho Secretnry of Stato whether tho cargoes In this coun try hnvo been actually confiscated, nor precisely what ni tides Great Britain proposes to regard ns contraband dur ing tho continuance of tho South Af rican war. it Is said that every nation on becoming engaged In hostilities make? Its own rules ns rigid or as lax as tho occasion seems to demand and seldom takes other nations into Its confldenco on the subject. This wns tho caso when tho war with Spain be aan. Neither nation having subscribed to tho privateering clause of tho treaty of Paris, a proclamation wns Issued by tho President announcing adhesion to Its provisions. Tho Queen Regent Issued a decreo, which, while reserving tho right of p'rl vntecrlng announced thnt letters of mnrquo would not bo grunted. Hut Spain did not nnnounco whnt course sho Intended to pursuo In other mat ters, nor did the United States except In confidential general ordoro to naval officers, fix any definite policy us to splztires and contraband. Tho supremo bcrenlty of tho State Department regarding tho flour seiz ures Is perhaps best Illustrated by tho steps nlrcndy taken to ascertain the fncts of tho case, which aro nn essen tlal, preliminary to further nctlon. On tho receipt of complaints from American exporters that tholr products had been detained nnd that their deliv ery nt tho noutrnl ports of destination, Dolngoa Bay, had been refused, tho Secretary of Stnto Immediately trans mitted tho complaints to Embassador Choato at London and Consul Hollls nt Pretoria for Investigation and re port. Theso notes went by mnll and Mr. Choato has barely received his own by this time, whllo that of Coiibiil Hol lls will senrcely reach him beforo Mnrch 1, 1000. As agents of tho Stato Department reply to communications by tho snmo means of transmission ns tho original query, no official information Is npt to 00 in tno possession of tho authorities In Washington for weeks or months. Tho reason thero was no resort to the cablo to deternilno whether American Interests have been injuriously affect ed .s found in precedents established over a year ago, when, notwithstand ing tho scizuro of British nnd other vessels by American cruisers, Euro pean nStlons realized that this Gov ernment In its admiralty courts would dctormlno tho merits of ench caso as rapidly as possible as well as nmen ablo for damages In tho caso of every mistake and that tho greater tho mis tako tho longer tho delay, tho greater would bo tho damages to bo satisfied. Tho consideration shown by foreign ers whoso vessels hnd boen captured last year and sent under prizo crows to an American port of detention wns extremely gratifying to this Govern ment, which would liavo been Berlously embarrassed had neutral governments by a show of Impatience forced tho Exccutlvo into tho uttiludo of hasten lng tho judiciary. Tho point officials mako Is Unit tho British imperial authorities In Lou don aro not yet moro acquainted with nil tho facts in tho detention of ships off tho south coast of Africa than aro American officials and as these ships admittedly did not fly the American flag thoro is no national affront in volved calling for drastlo measures, as when tho Alliance was fired on or when Captain SlgBbeo brought to tho Rcstor mel. In tho latter caso tho British Government mndo no complnint whnt over. On the Warpath. Business men it tho city aro on tho war path today on account of tho ac tion of Captain Carey In carrying tho Moana straight on to San Francisco without oven stopping for tho mnll. Thoy Btato that if tho mall was prop erly fumigated thcro could liavo been absolutely no harm in allowing it to go. It tho fumigation hero was not satisfactory tho mall could havo beon fumigated aboard tho ship. Another criticism Is on tho action of Captain Carey in roftiBlng passengers for this port to land. What harm could havo been dono by allowing pas sengers to land hero is not quito clear In tho minds of many. to Keep Pennsylvania People With Gov. Stone As Prime Mover -L. C. Abies and Thco. Hodman Also Have Their Plans. If all the lco In the speculative at mosphere of Honolulu crystallize, It will produco cold enough to consider ably affect tho climate. The par ticles are rumored to bo focusing nt threo or four centers. Whnt should nppear Inevitable Is that this tropic town will ero long receive tho boon of chenp cooling material, unless tho local history of tho subject repeat It self nnd tho people bo Inld out on dear Ico Instead of laying In cheap lco for tholr dally needs. Ono report Is of n company orcnnlzcd under tho laws of Pennsylvania, with Governor Stono nt tho head of It, to mako ico for Honolulu. Several local capitalists aro nnmed In this connec tlon. It Is said that tho plans aro here, tho machinery on tho wny nnd tho Bito of plant selected. This concern will havo a cqmprchcnslvo cold storage an nex. P. II. limnetic, stock broker, wns In terrogated regarding tho foregoing ru mor nnd made reply substantially as follows: "Mr. .locker from Philadelphia, who Is hero, has letters, plans and specifica tions with him, nnd ho can probably tell you something. "The capital Is $100,000. Ono of the lntest plants Is ordered, nnd I believe lias been shipped. It Is known ns the 'Mndo' Ico machine, nnd manufactured by Wolfe & Co., Chicago. "Tho in Ico will bo tho snmo ns tho other peoplo nro chnrglng 20 a ton. Cold storngo Is tho principal, object. "Yes, Governor Stono Is nt tho head of tho company. Tho principal own ers are lncmbcis of a leading law firm In Philadelphia, whero the head office will be, tho business managing ofllco bore." Another schemo mooted has tho cre dit, by common talk, of having nt Us head u C. Abies, tho hero of many fights for a fair slinro of tho Ico field. Tho capital mentioned Is $150,000. Mr. Abies was tho first man found, though this fact was purely accidental, by n Bulletin reporter hunting down fncts behind rumors. Tho most Mr. Abies would admit wns that tho rumors in general weio probably all tight and thnt ho Intended "getting In some where." Thco. Hoffman, lately manager of the Hawaiian Electric Company that has now for years been making nil tho Ice, selling Its cold storage surplus to sup ply tho public through tbo People's Ico Co., Is reported to havo bought the plant formerly used by the P. I. C, also rour lots at Kowalo as n site for the works. This rehabilitated outfit would uegln tne manufacture of Ico In about sixty dnys. Regarding whnt there Is In Ico hero. ono man who Is taking an active Inter est In thg coming battle for tho trado said: "Tho ice made nnd distributed for iho lust twelve months was about 5,000 toiiH. Tho manufacturing corporation received nbout $30,000 by selling It at $C 11 ton. Theso 5,000 tons were retail ed by tho purchasing company at a price averaging nt lenst $17.50 n ton. "In addition to its receipts for Ice, tho makers iccclvcd for cold storage room about $15,000. So that altogether tho. ico bill of tho community for the year amounts to nearly $100,000." With referenco to a statement that tho rumored competition would have new patent lco machinery from Chi cago, tho gentleman Just quoted mndo theso comments: "You always hear of n new patent from a now Competitor. But It Just nmounts to this, ro many pounds of coal aro required to produce so many pounds of Ice. "Thero Is llttlo doubt," ho added. In reply to another query, " that tho new brewery .will throw some of Its ico on tho market. It Is already rumored that tho Electric peoplo havo mado over tures to tho brewery people." Stump Machines for Olaa. F. Owens, of Ohm plantation, who ar rived In the Mariposa, is bringing down four stamping machines nnd a thrity-horso power engine to operato thorn. Ono of tho stumpers is capable of clearing nn nrea of threo ncres with out changing its position, tho pulling forco being exorted through a cable. Mr. Owens has had Klondike experi ence, and what he does not know about that gold region Is not worth going to school to learn. Omaha Exhibits for Paris. Secretary Logan left six cases of ex hibits from tho Greater American Ex position In storago nt Omaha for trans mission to tho Paris Exposition. Near ly four hundred framed pictures are In the lot, nlso tho exhibits of Kameha mehn nnd nt. Anthony schools, besides a variety of other articles. . American Mcssongor Service, Ma sonic Temple. Tel. 111. Schemes Galoro on Foot Honolulu Cool. n rresiueni uoie to-j.-iy continued the report published by the Bulle I tin some weeks ago regarding the rpctcrnntlnn nf Phff tuetli- li,.l.l 'V.e li. li ...I l l.t- ...! K a- aj :db vj 11 iiaaniii ill 3 ICMKIIU- Hon," the President replied to a uuestlun. "It has not been acted upon yet. j? "I have written to President Mc 8 Klnley, as It Is an Important mat- g ter. nreferrine to consult him." m s s rATATATATAJrArATAr-jrAYArATA PUT IN A BOX. inspectors In Chinatown on their regular lounds last night, discovered a young Japanese, lto by name, stowed awny In n box arrangement In tho rear of tho Japanese church on River street. This was reported to tho Board of Health at onco nnd Dr. Gnrvln was sent out to Investigate. It wns dis covered, contrary to tho statements of residents of the locality, that tbo Jap aneso was not suffering from tho plnguo. It semes thnt lto was about from placo to place trying to get a room but, on account of thu nnturo of his dis ease ho wns refused admittance every where. Ho then fixed up his bo in tbo placo mentioned nnd covered It with canvas to keep out tho rain. THE SINEWS OF WAR At this morning's session of tho Executive Council tho cntlro business rolnted to the ntnmplng out of tho plague. It wns voted to recommend to tho Council of Stnto tho appropriation of $20,000 for building n garbago crema tory, nnd $250,000 for tho suppression of tho plague. Tho Minister of Foreign Affairs wns authorized to Incur extra expense for tho maintenance of tho National dual d in connection with special du ties of tho prcbent emergency. Tho Minister of Finance renij no tices respecting storage for freight from Infected ports nnd tho relict of tho congested stnto of tho wharves. Purls Exposition Work. The following answer will be sent by Minister Mott-Smlth relative to Ha waii's exhibit at tho Paris Exposition. "During the piesenco of plague, steamers rcfuso nil freight from this port. Can special concession bo ob tained to Install exhibit say In April or May? Qitarnntino may continue two months. Lists of exhibitors sent by mall." ORIENTAL WAR CLOUDS. Victoria. 11. C. Dec. 27. Mnll ndvlccs received from tho Orient today stato that Russia and Franco nro conniving together In encroaching on Chinese territory nnd against England nnd that Japan Is buying Immense quantities of rice. It Is bollovcd thnt wnr will break out In tho spring. Mnscotte at the Orpheum. To night the Boston Lyrics will present Mnscotte, also at tomorrow's mntlneo and Saturday evening. Tho music Is light and catchy and tho play full of humor. At tomorrow's mntlneo children will bo ndmltted to any part of tho houso at 25 cents apiece, Band Concerts. Tho band will play on tho grounds of tho Executive Building nt 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon Instead of In Em ma Square. Monday night there will bo a con cert In Emma Squoro; Tuesday, Thom as square; Wednesday, Makco Island; Thursday, Thomas Square again. Just received the very thing to gladden the hearts of the ladies. The most accentabls Xinas tlft your wives, sisters or daughters 'a a pal' nf nnr m? ArPn STRAP l IPPFPSir l-i...,1 --...,, -,,-, ll 1 hese are Included In the 7000 pairs shoes just opened ex S. S. Australia an hold premier, place for beiuty. The Manufacturers' Shoe Co L1 t I t.i - I m . J J I V LH "3$ A3 J- .0,.'l. ' i rtftilM J'ltfJlK .1 .! " mt Uj-.J. '- k