Newspaper Page Text
yjtw4-"' .'jhwhi
-"m
W
"TOTfc
THE PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN PPER S
?iHBiBrntemFiP?ftMM
pa pa faPainTifcli Pn
! Evening Bulletin i
.1
f
lw
THE PEOPLE'S PAPER.
jytQSJ
t H fl ls Itti
NininhftinrtiainMm
-r
Voii. X. No. 182i.
HONOLULU. TERRITORY OP HAWAII. THURSDAY. APRIL 23. 1901
PniOK 5 Oentb.
ffwfv7wStliil.
GMatM&$3 r
3a5y
a
.1
iwn it
i
R, H. Long of Waimea, a
Survivor, Arrived
in the China,
GIVES VIVID STORY
OF MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
His(?7 of Rios Last Ten Minutes
Above Water Told by Honolu-
luan Who Thought She
Would Float.
H. H. Loug, who went to the bottom
of Sau Francisco bay with the KIo,
and by miraculous chance, was saved,
nrrhnl homo yesterday la tho China.
Ho Is a market gardener at Waimea,
Hawaii, and Is one ot the few pussen
Ecru on the Rio from Honolulu that
lived to tell tho story of tho wreck.
When tho boat sank, Mr. Long was
on deck talking to Harry Ouyon, ot
the Evva plantation, who was on a trip
to the Mainland to bring his family
home. The first officer, Johnson and
the (luartermastcr were taking part In
the talk
"We four met on tho deck," said Mr.
Long "Harry Ouyon came up, say
ing. 'Long, my God wc arc lost, tho
boat will sink.' I did not believe, she
would fink. The first officer was say
ing to the quartermaster, 'why don't
ou get your boats down?' The quarter
master said 'the Chinese crew has de-
Belied me.' At this moment I turned
uml lobked toward the stern ot the
vessel, where all the Chinese were
huddlol, frantic with fear. At this
moment, the Rio lunged down. A
great wave leaped oer us and I was
pinned to the deck by Its weight, I
ncer saw my three companions again.
All three were lost. .
"In falling forward ) had time to
fill my lungs with air and as soon as
J wat engulfed bythe.water I bcg,n
to think of means of.escnpc. I'remem
bored that the awning over the deik,
Mopped short of the guard rail by a
distance of two and one half feet. I
bent m energeles to moll tho nwnlng
by reaching this space, when the
boat careened on her side I seised a
stanchion and dragged myself out of
the entanglement of tho awning and
then realized that my big fight was
to reach tho surface and air. The
suffocating weight of waters was un
endurable. It was forcing Into my
lungs and I seemed to be swallowing
barrels of It.
"Suddenly I came to tho surface,
nearly dead, managed to grasp a
floating board, which supported me. I
glanced about, and It roomed to mo an
acre of space was flllej with floating
wreckage, with here and there a shriek
lug Chinaman and the waving arms of
drowning men. The first thought that
swept through my brain was tho sick
cnlng I now ledge that more than a hun
dred human beings were dying In the
wreck a fow fathoms beneath me. That
sight of death and wrcckago on the
smooth waters, haunted mo for a week.
I could not sleep for four or flvo nights
moic than twenty minutes at a time.
The whole ocean would rush Into vlow
nnd I kept living over nnd-over again
the nwful experience.
'Trora my lucky board I scramlbed
upon a floating Ufekrnft nnd was after
ward picked up."
"The great loss of life." continued
Mi, Long, "was owing to tho fact that
so few know the real I'angcr and be
came the Chinese crew becamo panic
Mile ken I was standing on deck when
she st-nck I ran to the bridge, and
hcaid Captain Ward give the ordcr-for
nil m'-n to their boats nnd to save tho
College Hills
Buye'J are beginning to
realize more and more that
College Hills
U lo be unquestionably
The Hem Suburb
Ol IIO.NOLUI.U
iOo.ooo wnrlli of these choice
home tltei li iv: brrn bought
since the auction sile of Mircli
sird You will have abetter
selection far your'f If you let
u liow ou I he urounJ Ihlt
week
II ItrrJ I P.lM 1iV'l reli
or CASTLE & UNSDALE
NHS
passengers. I did not believe wc would
sink, but went to my room below and
packed my grips. Mr. Jacox, whoso
berth was In my room, was out and on
deck. White I was packing my grips
the lights went out. I hunted for
matches and a candle, b) the light of
which t finished packlnt my things I
changed my coat and vest tor the best
ones t had and went upon deck with niv
luggage. There was gieot excitement
flndrbnfiislon. I made my way to tho
after pr.rt of the vessel, secured a llfn
preserver and was walking hack nnd
forth, feeling secure of our safety,
when I met Ouyon and the two orfl
cers as stated. These were the chief
Incidents. I did not see Jacox after ho
went on deck and do not remember of
seeing any other Honolulu people
whom I knew.
Tdo not think Pilot Jordan was to
blame, and I happen to know how Cap
tain Ward felt from a conversation I
had with him the night before. Captain
Ward was very much fretted becauso
we were three days' late. He Bald to
me: 'The Rlo's bottom Is In very bad
condition. She has whiskers six Inches
long. Wo have been burning coal
enough on this trip to give us a speed
of 330 miles a day and have made only
232. Wo will havo to hustle to get In,
unload, clean up, and get out again
on time.' I know from this that Ward
was In a mood to tnk chances."
Mr. Long was on the streets today
and wan kept busy receiving congratu
lations from his friends and answering
questions from friends of those who
went down with him In the wreck, but
never came back.
"Tho curious thing about It all," said
Mr. Long In conclusion of his graphic
story, "Is that on the trip up, I fre
quently sat on deck and talked with
o Ulcers about the chances a man
would have to get from under that
nwnlng In caso the ship would sink.
It wnB at those times that I noticed the
nwnlng lacked two or three feet of
reaching to the guard rail So when
tho waters came over me over thing
left my mind except to get out In that
way."
Mr. Long will go to Hawaii at once
and resume his work. In spite of tho
wreck, he went on to Pctaluma, Cal and
visited his fnmlly. He expects to send
for them noxt fall.
OPERA WE TMT
Tha Josephine Stanton Opera Com
pany trens Its season, tonight nnd ad
vance sales promise n 'brtlllan: recep
tion for this operatic star and her ablo
company. Miss Stanton has already
in a do her reputation In Honolulu. She
Is now surrounded by t ronip-my jf
greater ability than her former asso
ciates. She has succeeded In getting
the best from the Boston I.rlcn nnd
drawing equally good material fioni
other companies. "Dorcas" Is tho lead
er for Miss Stanton's company The
Initial performance was given In Du
In tit, and of that first effort the Duluth
Now 8-Trlbuno said:
Tho Initial performance in any city
ot tho Josephine Stanton Opora Com
pany occurred at tho Lyceum last
evening before an audience that was
highly enthusiastic. The play was
"Dorcas," a delightful musical comedy.
Every entrance, every musical number
was encored heartily. "Dorcas" Is
pretty, sweet, and the music most de
lightful. The costumes were bright,
and tho chorus was noticeable for
on th nnd beauty.
The company is fortunate In having
at Ub head Josephine Stanton, whoso
work was painstaking to tho smallest
degree. Her personality Is of that sort
that makes one want to see and hear
her sing again nnd ngoln. Tho "Rose"
song in tho firs; act was beautifully
rendered. One of tho WU of the even
ing was a duet between J. Clarence
Harvey and Miss Mamie Setback. Har
vey, by tho way, Is clover and mndo
much of tho role of Lubln. Tho duct
between Miss Stanton and Mr. I.) ding
In tho third act was tho gem of the
evening, nnd certainly was one of the
Lpiqttleot numbers heard heie this sea
son.
Mr, Lydlng secured a hit as Roland,
Ills solo In the last act calling for an
encore. Mr. Gcorgo Kunkle ns Arnold
was equul to tho lequlremcnts, whllo
Miss Clara Wisdom and Miss llerthn
Nlllson were both good as (Ireseldu and
laidy Lambourne. Tho other charac
teis were In good hands.
Couch Squelched In Gcbp'h Court
In tho Circuit Court this morning
Judgn (lent ordered nolle prosequi to
hit entered III Inn Chinese gambling
lanes on motion of Deputy Attorney
General futhiurt Chum Slug, (barg
ed with iiHHimlt and bitter) was ulto
discharge-el upon entry of nolle prone
qui b) 111" piineiulor.
On motion of Paul Neumann dm
cute against Mm Mou War. iiiuvlclid
In tho District Court for ussuiilt anil
buttery upon tho Chinese ihlld, Ah I In
wax dismissed 'I ho i inn I held Hint
Dm wrllli'ii iimipliillit In llie case. Hindi'
b) 1 1 mil riherllf llriivvii vviut ilifeittti
III Unit It in.nl lliu winds "I hill lie In
Infill Hied uml bus imisoii In billot"
Hi
Twiiiliu n iilpnni" win arretted this
inornliiK for soliciting.
GOV. DOLE MUST
COME TO TIME
Washington, I). C. April 14. It Is
understood nttlie Department of Jus
tice that there Is much dissatisfaction
over tho refusal of Oovcrnor Dole to
sot aside any building for the uso ot
the Federal Judiciary Department for
tho Territory of Hawaii
It Is said that tho temporary use of
the portion of n building was ottered
the Department ot Justice, but this was
peremptorily declined.
Tho matter Is n suuject of corres
pondence between the DepnrtmeuT of
Justice nnd Governor Dole nnd it Is
said that tho ultimatum of the Depart
ment will go to tho Governor by the
current steamei.
To show tho gravity of tho situation.
It Is intimated that tho ultimatum of
the Department of Justice has the per
sonal approval of tho President The
fa -tj & -r- -r- r -re -r- -
RAPID TRANSIT
AND
Directly after tho House opened for
business this morning, nmmelutl. sub
mitted a report on the Rapid Transit
Company as follows:
Hon. J. A. Aklna, Speaker of tnc House
of Representatives.
Sir. Youi Commltt'O on Judiciary,
to which was referred lions') Resolu
tion No. 109, relative to the Rapid
Transit Company, begj Pavo to report
as follows:
Upon receipt of the reaslutlon your
committee examined the locality re
ferred to ns being obstructo!, to wit:
Hotel street. Your committed found
the following to be the statui In so far
as the Rapid Transit railway's con
struction was concerned The Rapid
Transit Company had etcuvated a
width of trench sufficient to admit the
laying of the underlying sleepers and
of a depth to permit of these to bs
rested on the foundation while tho sur
face or the rails were Mush with the
street grades given to thj company.
Wo found Hotel atnet e-tenslci,
known as Palace Walk, In practically
an Impassablo condition, so far as the
roadway or crown of the street ww
Involved, by reason of tho height of
tho rolls above tho present street mn
cadam level. Dctween Richards hnd
Alakea streets your commutes e.une
across tho steam roller and other ap
pliances of the Government usually
operated In street construction, in the
act of filling In material andlrolllns
tho samo to the grade established tot
tho RaplA Transit tracks. Your com
mittee Is not aware whether this work
was dono at the expense of tho Rapid
Transit company or tho expense of the
Road Ilureau, but wo dtslre to call tho
attention ot tho Superintendent of
Public Works to tho terms ot the Rapid
Transit Company's charter, relative to
the width of road outside of tho rails,
to be constructed and maintained In
repair by tho railway company. If tho
Road Ilureau ot the government Is
going to pursue this policy of rebuild
ing tho streets In the wake of tho Rapid
Transit construction, then your com
mittee feels that a ehnrgo should be
made against the Rapid Transit Com
pany for their due proportion of the
material, labor and other Incidentals
In the expenso of such road making,
as wns contemplated by their franchise
The actual conditions on Hotel street,
between Fort and Alaheu were found
to bo as follows. Tho excavation nnd
laying of rails had lieen proceeded
with as far ns Union street, and right
hero jour committee niches to digress
'to call attention to nnothir feature of
annoanco to business interests.
Tho nbstiuctlon of the streets and
sidewalks of tho city, which forms
one of tho most serious and pernicious
obstructions to business lies in tho
practice, permitted by law, by which
for long periods of time tho roads or
sldo walks of tho city aro obstructed
by solid board fences, enclosing areas
n. 1 1 ill li which minding operations are
going forward This lr. an antiquated
system, wlikh, coupled with tho nar
rownesH of tho streets of our city taakn
It an unbearable, nuisance, Tho prar
tloe, elsewhere Is to erect n substantia)
striatum over tho sidewalk, open on
the street side und covered with until
rl(iill) strong timbers to prevent debris
froli nbcivo chopping tit thu Hlhmiilku.
ami thus safeguarding the lives of foot
passengers without mi necessary oh
Slructlon of cither shUwnlk or stint
Your iciinmlttiii while leionnlzlng this
It outside of our explicit liistiuctlcini
nnd tho subject mutter ns sot forth
by the i solution, fetus Unit tills nccn
slim lei cull ultcntloii to this form of
miWuiuo should nut lo passed,
Youi loiumltiici foiinl Hint In Motel
Mint, bcl nun Niiiiaini mid Fori
Mints llti'M' wus (minting n londlllon
ol tli I n us whh h would ho Jiikt i'uiiso for
Dm luwuite of thu ronoiuiion umlir
wlUli tliU Inquiry wus miidv. Iluicl
authorities hero arc somewhat Incensed
over the absence of rourtosj to tho
Federal officials In tho Islands
A reporter of the Ilulletln called
upon one of the Federal officials this
morning to ascertain what Information
i If any, ha had upon the above subject.
anil was informed iy mm mat he nan
received nothing from the Department
on,the matter, ns It had been taken up
by W, II. Mojer, the special agent of
the Department of Justice,
Governor Dole, who Is detalped at
Sans Soticl by III health, was nsked
over the telephone If he would make
known the contents of the communica
tion. If any had been received from the
Department of Justice. Ills reply was
"I have not opened n.v mall, receiv
ed by tho last boats "
re -re -re -re -re -re -.
. ii-t- i
THE
FIRE LIMITS
street, had" been opened to the width as
aforesaid, permitting- the sleepers to
be dropped In placcnnd the rntls to
be anchored thereon. The ralU wero
In place nnd at points were as much
as eight Inches above the level of the
roadway. Iletwccn the rails the road
had been filled In, but on the outside of
the tracks, to n width ot three or four
feet, the excavation had been left.
without even the debris having brcn
refilled Into the openings. A matter
of surprlso to your committee was the
evident fact that tho material excavat
ed from tho track laying had been ro
(Continued on page, 4.)
IT Hli) 17
Governor Dolo has refused to extend
the session of the Legislature. This
refusal was transmitted to the Senate
this afternoon The Gov ernor sn s this
sessions ends April 30th.
PAY BONDSJHAY DAY
Messrs. Maclennan and Ludlow,
agents of tho United States Treasury
Department, arrived in the China last
evening with 11,250,000 In gold, green
backs and gold certificates, with which
to redeem the Hawaiian Government
bonds made payable by the annexation
resolution
On May 1st tho bonds held here and
nmountlng to about one million dol
lars will be redeemed. On that clato
Interest will cease. Of the S per cent
bonds outstanding only those Issued
prior to July 7, 18M will be redeemed,
It Is estimated that of the four millions
of bonds to bo redeemed besides the
million here there aro a million and a
quarter In Snn Franclfo and a million
in London.
MACHINISTS GO TO WORK.
Tvvclvo machinists arrived In tho
China lust evening and went to work
this morning at the Honolulu Iron
Works, In places made vucant by tho
strlka Inaugurated by the local Ma
chinist' Union.
Tho Oregon Ilulhllng Co , Ltd., re
cently Incorporated have let the con
tract for it handsome two Btory brick
block on Hotel street. Tho building
will adjoin tho Kllto block and have
an Hotel Btreet frontage of 110 feet and
no feet front on Union ftreet.
Thero will bo four stores on Hotel
street and three on Union street with
tho second story fitted for oIIIcoh and
lodge rooms,
The building is to be finished Sep
tember 1st und will cost 110,000. Tho
owners nro A. V. Gear, Jacob l-ando,
V. Hoffmun, J. T. Rlely nnd L. A. Hew
tln. Thu home-made candy, which has al
ways been so popular at the. (lleauer's
lawn parties Is being inmlu In oxtin
largo amounts this )ir w that there
will hn no ilaiigei of Its giving nut us
it did lit thu .Miiteinlt) Home Fair.
'I hero will be enough for all ami va
riety iiiioiikIi to suit JVr taste. Hut
lliu i and) will nut be I lie only attrac
tion Thero will be liiilliy Inhlis ninny
iipiiituiillli'H for fun nnd even mom
putty girls Ihuu usual In imsm (ho Im
cream und show people the lni way In
spend tltt lr spurn puiulis-
Nolbei in ipiuiiil In Hie oslaln nf the
late IJui ilnii I'iriiuiiilej uppmrs iiuilir
lly Aillhi'lllv
ANOTHER NEW BLOCK
IE 11 Ml
I
As to Whether or No
He Will Extend
Session.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
MEETS THE GOVERNOR
Senate Is Now Wading Through
County Bill-Second Installment
This Afternoon Other
Business Done.
The Senate Is In tho midst of the
Count bill nnd will be all this iittei
noon, and probably a part of tomorrow.
After quite a llvcl llttlo tussle this
morning, the Republican! finally de
cided to allow the bill to Im real
through without comment on the iiioiu-
Isc of tho Independents that, on the
third reading, there would bo no at
tempt at railroading the bill through
without amendments
Another Important matter bro-ight
out In the Senate this morning was the
verbal report of the special committee
appointed to call on Governor Polo nnd
ask him to extend tho session. Mr
Knlaunkal.tnl stated for the committee
that the Gov et nor hnd promised to
send In his answer during thu lifter
noon session.
When tho Senate met this forenoon,
the clerk rend several communications
from the House on various matters.
Among these were three announcing
the passago In third reading of House
bills 99. 100 and 101. All these passed
first reading In the Senate.
The clerk lead a communication
from the Young Men's Research Club
for the Senate to attend the nwetlnt; of
that organization on tho evening of the
26th Inst.
The resolution passe 1 nt the mass
meeting In tho drill shed grounds last
evening was read be'oro the Senate
and placed on the table to lie consider
ed with tho County bill.
Mr. Carter presented the following
Ireport of the minority of the Taxation
vommitice or ine senate unci Mouse:
Tho minority of tho Commltteo on
Taxation has used all tbo time of the
session In examining Into tho affairs o
tho present system it r.ni'tlon and In
ilioi'ctelng tho same, vltlmu comln?
lo any definite ronelus'on A portion
of that committee, appreciating that
'he expersc of tl.e gcivirmuint mint
be met. tlu fin- ela'ms pal 1 and iridic
Improvements rarrlel nut throughout
the Territory during the biennial pe
rlod, and that only u fo.v das of tho
ierslon remain In wMeh to pass tho
necessary legislation, respectfully sub
mlt tile following:
Wo recommend that tho tax on prop
erty bo raised from one per cent lo one
and one-half per cent'
That tho Inherltanc e tax be ln reasccl
and graded.
That the tax on largo carts and wa
gons bo Increased,
And that the poll tax ho abolished,
We present the accompanying bills to
rover these points ami recommend
their prompt passage.
C. II. DICKEY.
O. II. CARTER,
J D. PARIS.
The report was received and placed
on the table to nwnlt the majority re
port. Rensto bill 110. the uct Introduc
ed by tho mnjorltj of tho commltteo
wus then reud the first time and
passed.
Tho report of Mr Kalauokalanl for
the special committee appointed to
confer with Governor Dolo with refer
ence to-nn extension of the session, was
accepted.
Tho County bill was then taken up
on tho list of unfinished business.
Whllo tho Senators wero deep In the
consideration of Chanter III, tho 12
o'clock whistle blew and a recess until
1:30 o'clock was taken.
LIQUOR
LICENSE
VIRTUE
The special House committee report
on liquor lice use s Is In partus follows
"Evidences of gross abuses of pow
er, of dlsretianl of tho rights of thv
people, of flagrant Irregularities, If no
woisk, in the grunting of licenses, mid
what may lie termed subservlcuc) to
thu wishes nf thu wholesale Intel i His.
us iiguliitt Hie small dealer, ull shown
In the evidence taken and which In
submitted herewith, nppeur In )iiur
eonilltie lei ill 1 1 feu iiiiniuillt mill In
tUKKont rimeilhil legislation ut Hits
HUM'
'U U In be noted Unit while nil ill r
nun Ipnil tin loliiy nf the department
liilcriiisl In tlie In cinlng of the liquor
Irani i' limy Im sHiumly iwirked uiisiii
when there comes to the front another
man the policy Is changed without
seeming reason In law though it Is
well known that all the while the real
power behind urtlon remains the same
InionslMencv marks e-ceh transaction
ns told In the testimon) before your
committee The range Is from iv dec
laration of one Minister that he would
resign before he would grant n llrene
for n certain place on Fort street to the.
jleldlng of another license within the
next block Fast In addition, the
granting a. restricted llren-ce to one
man, and during tho term of such li
cense the granting of three spirit li
censes within n few hundred yards of
the location of the original licensee.
which practically ronrWnted the rights
of the original licensee under his li
cense privilege From compelling one
sufferer from the snnltnr fire to lose
the use of his license for months iiid
refusing him the right to open In a new
place, to the granting and Immediate
withdrawal of n license to nn Ameri
can cltlien and old resident, and the
Immediate Issuance of the desired
privilege to n Japanese. One Minister
refused to follow the rotd line In
measuring the distance to n church
from the plnce of one applicant, the
next allows three spirit licenses In
plain violation of law within half tho
distance from a similar church edifice.
"It Is Impossible to call attention to
nil the phases of peculiar actions which
have characterized tho Issuance of
liquor licenses In the past A few
only will be touched upon ns taken
from the evidence. It Is equallj Im
possible that we could hear this lestl-
monv ami not draw therefrom some
conclusions ns to usage which has
brought the entlro system Into disre
pute The mnt pernicious of nil the
methods of the license office must be
that custom which permits the whole
sale liquor dealer to hold a license for
the sale of liquors nt retail Next
comes the practice of permitting a
wholesaler to become bondsman for an
applicant for a tetall license. In effect
tho lnttpr nrnetlro makps the retailer
the bondman. for the' Is only the agent cf
his principal. In tho opinion of mem
bers of this committee there should be
no such close relations permitted. Th"
wholesale dealer must not he allowed
to hold tho whip hand over tho small
dealer, for to such conditions may be
traced some of the difficulties of the
past. When large dealers are per-
mltted to exercise leading Influence
with the licensing power, as may bo
traced In some Instances submitted
herewith, then will the Interests of tho
Bmall. the retail dealer be lost to
sight."
The committee cited the case of W.
C. J. Ottman as an example of the fa
voritism shown by the authorities. Ott
man bad been granted a light wine and
beer license In IS99r because his place
was S00 feet away from the neareit
church. Ottmnn put"$'C0O Into m
provements but nt the end of the yeai
failed to get his llcenso renewed "Xi
Hawaiian Annex nnd the Walklkl Inn
were granted full hotel licenses but
Ottman wns left In the old. Some ob
jection wob made to Ottman'a resort
owing to the fact that he was only
S92 feet awny from the church In a di
rect line, while Moana hotel right
across the road from the church was
grunted a license wltnout objection.
A J Juen. who wns burned nut
three months after taking out his li-
crnrc. w is nlso cited a nn in-tnr.c of
favoritism. All at'cnipts at gotttng n
new location were In vain until fully
six months had pwi'l, until he wns
finally granted permission to locate In
Aala, Slnco then licenses havo been
granted for saloons on tho samo loca
tion which ho asked for.
The committee recotr mended: First,
that A, J, J lien's llcensd be extended
over the time In which he was forced
out of business, second, that W, C. J.
Ottman's llcenso Im r-nrtwed; third,
that no retail llcensn bu granted to a
wholesale Arm; foui Hi, In taking bonds
for licenses, the clcpirlmetit shall nc
ceptonl) voters nnd ovvnere; fifth, thut
no license bo grnntel to any besides n
United States citizen,
Tlin WATERMAN IDEAL FOUN
TAIN PEN. All sizes, all shapes. H.
F. WICHM N
. o
The Hoard of Trustees of tho Hono
lulu Athrletlc Club will meet this even
ing nt 7.30 nt the drill shed.
SLIPPERS
L
I
P
P
E
R
S
FOR LADIES ANB
GENTLEMEN ,
Black Calf
HI.U Vici
Dliclc Gnat
111. ul hmlifolclcffcl
T.in C.tlf
Inn Vlrt
I .id (nut
IMU-iit I u.ithcr
NHS
0
k
