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3' r. evtiw? iippiii!wwi iVOLL XXXII, NO. G6. HONOLULU, H. L: TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1S97. SEMI-WEEKLY. WHOLE NO. 1S90. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS W. R. FARRINGTON, EDITOR. 8TJBSCRTPTIOH BATES: Per month ... .SO Per month, .75 xTjr COO Per year, Porela . e.oo Payable Invnrlnnly in Advanoa. C. G. BALLENTYNE, Business Manages. BUSINESS CARDS. LYLE A. DICKEY, Attorney at Law. P. O. Box 196. Honolulu. H.I. WILLIAM C. PARKE. Attorney at Law and. Agent to take Acknowledgments. No. 13 Kaahumanu Street, Honolulu, H. I. W. R. CASTLE, Attorney at Law and Notary Attends all Courts of tha Republic. Honolulu, H. 1. W. F. ALLEN, Will be Dleased to transaot any business entrusted to his oa.ro. Office over Bishop's Bank. WHITNEY & NICHOLS. Rooms on Fort Street. Office Dental In Brewer's BIock, cor. Fort .and Hotel Sts; entrance. Hotel St. A. J. DERBY. D. D. S. Dentist. FORT AND HOTEL STREETS, Mott-Smith Block. Hours: 9 to 4. Telephone 615. W. C. ACHI & CO. Brokers and Dealers in Real Estate. We will buy or sell Real Estate In all parts of the group. We will sell properties on reasonable commissions. Office: No 10 West King Street M. S. GRIHBAUM & CO., Ltd. Importers and Commission Merchants. SAK FEASCISCO....ASD HONOLULU. 215 Front St. Queen St. ED. HOFFSCHLAEGER & CO., Importers and Commission Kin? and Bethel Streets, Honolulu, H. I. H. IIACKFELD CO., General Commission Agents. Queen Street. Honolulu, H. I. F. A. SCnAEFER & CO., Importers and Commission Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands. JOHN T. WATERHOUSE, and Dealer In General Importer Queen St., Honolulu. R.Lewers. F. J. Lowrey. C.M.Cooke. LEWERS & COOKE, Successors to Lewer fc Dickson. Importers and Dealers In Lumber and Building Materials. Fort St. WILDER & CO., vumber, Paints, Oils, Nalld, Salt, -& and Building Materials, all kinds. THE WESTERN HAWAIIAN Investment Company, L'd. Money Loaned for long or short periods n approved security. W. W. HALL, Manager. HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO., Machinery of every description made to order. H. E. McINTYRE it BRO., rocery and Feed Store. CortM King and Fort Sts., Honolulu. HAWAIIAN WINE CO., rrank Brown, Manager. 28 and SO Merchant St.. Honolulu, H.I. CMS. BREWER & CO.'S New York Line. The Bark FOOHNG SUEY will sail from New York for Honolulu ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 1ST, If sufficient inducement offers. Advances made on shipments on liberal terms. For further particulars, address Messrs. CHAS. BREWER & CO., 27 Kllby Street, Boston, or C. BREWER & CO, Ltd., Honolulu Agents. AT THB GAZETTE 07CTC3. FIRST GUN FIRED Committee American Moil Party t. ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONVENTION To Be Held in Honolulu August 30. One Delegate to Twenty-five Districts Nearly Equal. The first gun in the election cam paign was fired last night, and from now until the election takes place, Sep tember 29th, candidates and their friends will smoke the fragrant Manila early and often. The meeting last night was that of the Central Committee of the American Union party. J. A. Kennedy acted as chairman and Ed Towse secretary. There were present, besides, Messrs. F. B. McStocker, J. S. Martin, J. A. McCandless, W. R. Sim's, W: C. King, T. B. Murray, David Kelll pio and A. J. Campbell. The apportionment adopted was one delegate to 25 voters, or a majority fraction of 25. This gives the Fourth District 18 delegates and the Fifth DIs trict 15. It was decided that the precinct primaries for election of delegates to the Island Convention will be held in Honolulu on August 30th, and the con vention for outside precincts on August 28th. The following formal call for the election of delegates by precinct clubs and for the Island Nominating Con vention of the American Union party is dated August 16, 1897: A convention of the American Union party of the Island of Oahu will be held in the American League hall on Wednesday, September 15th, at 7:30 p. m., for the purpose of nominating three candidates for the House of Rep resentatives for the Fourth District and three for the Fifth District and for the adoption of a platform of prlnci pies. Delegates to the Nominating Conven tion will be chosen at club meetings on the evening of August 30th in Honolu lu, and August 28th in outside precincts. Only registered electors will be entitled to vote for delegates. Tht apportionmtnt of the various precincts is as follows: FOURTH DISTRICT. First Precinct: Government Nursery; two delegates. Second Precinct: Beretania School; six delegates. Third Precinct: Water gate: one delegate. Fourth Precinct: Royal School; three delegates. Fifth Precinct: Kapualwa building; three delegates. Sixth Precinct: Bell Tower; three delegates. FIFTH DISTRICT. First Precinct: Kaneohe; two dele gates. Second Precinct Kahuku; one dele-Waialua; gate. Third Precinct: one gate. Fourth Precinct: Waianae; one dele gate. Fifth Precinct: Ewa Mill; one dele gate. Sixth Precinct: Manana Court House; one delegate. Seventh Precinct: Reform School; two delegates. Eighth-Preclnct: Tram Stables; two delegates. Ninth Precinct: Kaluwala School; two delegates. Tenth Precinct: China Engine House; two delegates. The committee selected representatives of the Central Committee, who will call the neetings to order and open the club rolls for signatures and conduct the election of these officers: Chairman, secretary, Enrollment Committee of three, these five to constitute the club officers, and the organized meeting will proceed to the election of delegates to the Nominating Convention, whose election will be certified to by the chairman and secretary of the club. The proceedure of the previous Nominating Conventions will probably be followed. MAY BE CANDIDATES. Some of the Men to Sit in Next Legislature. Among the probable candidates for election to the next legislature are D. B. Smith, L. L. McCandless, E. C. Winston, James Campbell (of Hoaeae), D. I. Naone, D. Hoapili Baker and C. A. Brown. These gentlemen are so well known here as to require but brief mention. D. B. Smith has taken very little interest in politics, beyond that born in a man who wants good Government, since the formation of the Republic During the time the Provisional Government was in session Mr. Smith eat, as a member of the Advisory Council; but ceased his connection with tha Government when this body was succeeded by a regularly elected legislative body. L. L. McCandIes3, besides being interested in the well-boring business with his brothers, John and James, has been engaged in ranching along the line of the Oahu Railway. He has large interests In the country, and is anxious to protect them by having the Islands a part of the United States. Mr. attitude on the annexation question has never been open to criti cism; he has been an annexationist for so long that he does not remember when the feeling dawned upon him. He Is aggressive in politics, and a strong sympathizer with the present Govern ment. E. C. Winston made a good record in the Lower House last year, and is ready to go at the appropriation bill with the same ferociousness next session. He has considerable property interests in the Islands. James Campbell is of the firm of Campbell Bros., and is engaged in cultivating and shipping fruit. He has so far taken no active part in politics and consequently has not political enemies He is of rather quiet demeanor and may be considered conservative in his views. D. L. Naone was the Speaker of the last House, and Is a supporter of the Government in any of its measures. Mr. Naone was the Hawaiian delegate to the recent Christian Endeavorers Convention In San Francjsco. D. Hoapili Baker, a full Hawaiian, is a man of education and refinement, and was prominent in court circles during the Kalakaua reign. He was on the staff of the King and was with him at the time of his death. Since the establishment of the Republic he has filled several position of trust. C. A. Brown was Tax Assessor during the monarchy, and is at present a member of the Board of Health. Passed Through. Among the through passengers on the Miowera yesterday were the following: Rt Hon. G. H. Reed, P. C, Premier of New South Wales; Rt. Hon. C. C. Kingston, P. C, Premier of South Aus tralia; Rev. Dr. Bevan, LL. B D. D.J of Melbourne and Mrs. Bevan, all of whom are returning to their homes in the Colonies, after having been to England, to be present at the celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Mr. C. W. Matthews, Queen's Counsel, and Mrs. Matthews, wealthy tourists. Mr. E. Winchcombe, a Sydney wool merchant. Mr. Thel Huddet, one of the directors of the C.-A. S. S. Co. Think It a miill Matter. Regarding the Hawaiian Immigration question, the Japan Mail says: Whether application shall be made to Belgium or to Italy to lend its good offices as abitrator in the Hawaiian complication, is now the question of the moment, say the Tokyo newspapers. We trust that there is still a hope of settling the matter without recourse to arbitration. It is, after all, such a paltry business. Hawaii can not possibly hold to the manifestly untenable contention that by making a contract -with a steamship company for a return passage in case of failure to find employment, an immigrant ceases to be a free laborer. The notion is almost laughable in its extravagance. That point conceded, nothing remains but the question of comnensation. a paltry payment of something like a quarter of a million of dollars. Were there any principle involved, the case would be different, but the Hawaiian Cabinet, being com posed of clear-headed men, must be thoroughly sensible that the position taken by them is Impossible, and that to insist on carrying it to arbitration would be to Incur ridicule as well us additional expense. Is Not Concerned. KOBE, July 31. The Nippon states that a barrister has called at the Foreign Office in reference to the claim of the Hawaiian Government from the owner of the steamer but the Foreign Office authorities declined to discuss the matter on the ground that it was not a matter in which the Foreign Office was concerned. It is always gratifying to receive testimonials for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and when the endorsement is from a physician it Is especially so. "There is no more satisfactory or effective remedy than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes Dr. R. E. Robey, physician and pharmacist, of Olney, Mo.; and as he has used the Remedy in his own family and sold it in his drug store for six years, he should certainly know. For sale by all druggists and dealers, Benson, Smith & Co., agents for Hawaiian Islands. The 18th of September is Regatta Day. Business men and others, who generously contributed toward the sports of that day last year, and have such pleasant recollections of their success, should follow suit this year. The men Into whose hands the raising of funds has been placed, will soon-be around. A PRESENTATION Marshal Brawn Receives Totens From Police. HANDSOME SILVER TEA SERVICE Beautiful Memorial Designed by V. Jacobsen. Presentation Address by Deputy Marshal Cheers By cers and Clerks. The entire police force of Honolulu assembled in the- District Court at 7:30 o'clock last night for the purpose of receiving Marshal Brown and present- 11 MARSHAL A. M. BROWN. ing him with a token of their regard lor him as an individual and as the Marshal of the Republic. The police formed In line on the mauka side of the hall, and the guards of the jail and clerks of the department were seated opposite. As the Marshal, escorted by Deputy Marshal Hitchcock, entered the room, the men were brought to attention, and the Deputy Marshal, addressing the Marshal, said: "Marshal Brown: "I have been requested by the Police Department of Honolulu to present to you this silver tea service and scroll as a token of the esteem in which you are held by the men under you. A majority of us have been associated with you since you assumed the duties of Marshal, and we have found you always an indulgent, kind friend when reports of an annoying nature have been presented to you for investigation, and at all times and in all cases where a friend was needed, we feel that you have been ready to be that friend. "We would ask that you accept these gifts as a slight token of the appreciation we feel for the kindness you have shown us, and we wish, also, to extend our congratulations on your coming marriage and best wishes to yourself and bride for your future welfare." The Marshal was then escorted to the table, where the gifts Were exhibited, and after reading the names on the scroll, said: "Gentlemen: I hardly know what to say to you in acknowledging these beautiful gifts. I may say frankly that an occasion of this character and the one which I look forward to tomorrow are of a nature that I am not familiar with, except as a spectator. I knew this was to take place tonight, and if I had had my wits about me I would have had an impromptu speech prepared, but some of you know the feelings of a man on the eve of his marriage; he thinks of nothing else. "These beautiful gifts are accepted by me with a feeling of gratitude which I cannot express. This occasion signifies a feeling of good will existing between the police and myself as the head. You must know from my actions that I take an interest in every man on the force, from those at the top to the man last to receive a badge. The token assures me of the cordial feeling on your part, and I trust nothing may occur to change the relations now existing. I will always keep and fondly treasure the gifts as the most valuable that I could receive, and they are such as every man would feel proud to possess. But as I look upon them now, the thought occurs to me, how often I will be awakened by Mrs. Brown and informed that tbere is some one coming through the window to steal the silver. The thought of the additional responsibility which rests upon the police fcrce follows quickly on the heela of the other, and I can truthfully say woe be unto the man who steals this tea set. I do not believe you will allow him to escape, for with me, you have an interest In the treasure. I accept the gifts, gentlemen, with profound gratitude. Again I thank you." Captain Parker again brought his men to attention, but before Marshal Brown could retire fromtheroom Chester A. Doyle called for three cheers, which were given with a will. Clerk Batchelor then proposed the same number for the future Mrs. Brown, and the men responded most heartily. "Arthur Morgan Brown. Esq., Marshal of the Republic of Hawaii, Honolulu: "Dear Sir: As members of the Ho nolulu Division of the Permanent Po lice Force of the Republic of Hawaii, of which body you are the able and pop ular Chler, we desire to tender our cordial felicitations upon the joyous occa sion of your marriage, and to beg your acceptance of the accompanying toicen of our 'Aloha.' Provoking the blessings of a benign Providence upon your matrimonial union and wishing you and your charming wife continual health, happiness and prosperity, we beg to subscribe ourselves, dear sir, very truly yours, (126 Signatures.) "Dated at Honolulu. H. I., August 17, 1897." The address, which is the work of Viggo Jacobsen, is engrossed in German round hand upon parchment ruled in small check pattern, and surrounded by a deep and very elaborate border In gold and water colors. On top appears the Hawaiian arms, flanked on eitner side by small medallions, bearing the letters "A." and "M.," joined In a monogram. At the foot are two smaller shields, held together by a lover's knot, emblazoned with the American and English colors, respectively, as indicating the national descent of the contracting parties. Two small panels halfway down the page are ornamented with wedding bells on a silver ground. Finally, the entire border is powdered with orange blossoms and decorated with more than twenty Cupids in various graceful poses, each figure grasping a large "A" or "M" alternately, being the initial letters gf the Christian names of bride and bridegroom. For this pretty idea, Mr. Jacobsen desires to state, he Is Indebted to a recent number of the Graphic. The frame, of white and gold, was made by the Pacific Hardware Company. The tea service is of solid silver, handsomely engraved. It consists of the conventional five pieces, and is very beautiful. It was imported through Frank Kruger. ITS MISTAKE. The Ottawa Government About to Reduce. tln Slzo of Mlnlnir Claims. OTTAWA, August 6. The Government Is considering the sending into the Yukon of more police, the rush to that territory being so great and the necessity imperative for maintaining order. The Government is being urged to appoint a strong executive officer to administer that territory and send him at once". Another point which the Government is said to be considering is the propriety of reducing the area of the claims. Under the regulations as they exist, a claim of 500 lineal feet, and Includes both sides of the stream. As the richest streams are the smallest, It is thought that this is much too great a claim, and it would seem to be so when it is considered that in the letter of Mr. Hart Humber, dated June 18th, it is stated that one Montana man took $96,000 out of 45 square feet, and that another took $140,000 out of 85 square feet, and it is added that there are many more strikes equally as rich. This being so, a single claim of 500 feet might yield several millions to one man. MR. FOSTER RETURNS. The United States Sealing Commissioner Rack From EnropiO NEW YORK, August 7. Mr. Foster. the Commissioner sent by President McKlnley to England to confer with Lord Salisbury relative to the Behring Sea matter and If possible obtain a reopening of the seal questions, arrived in this city last night. Mr. Foster per emptorily declined to be Interviewed. Notwithstanding reports that the con ference in the autumn of Great Britain, Japan and Russia at Washington will be one of naturalists to compare biolog ical notes, and that all reference to ex isting regulations are expressly barred from discussion. A passenger on board the St Louis said that Mr. Foster had told him he had an expectation of reopening the whole question in the fall, and that he had satisfactory assurances from Lord Salisbury to that effect Mr. Foster was seen and asked about the statement attributed to him, but he refused to affirm or deny It. 1 SILVER MINES CLOSED. Can't be Worked nt Present I'rlco or the Will to Motnl. PARK CITY, Utah, August 7. Superintendent Chambers of the Ontario and Daly mines, has received a telegram from New York, ordering him to close down both mines at once, owing to the recent decline in silver. These are two of the largest silver mines in the State and give employment to about 700 mer. It is claimed that these mines cannot be worked with profit at the present price of silver. 4 Americana Barred Ont. TORONTO, Ont, August C. Canada has begun to take means to enforce the alien labor law against Americans. Commissioner McCreary is here on business In connection with work on the Crow's Nest Pass Railway through the Rocky Mountains, and he informed the Canadian Pacific Railway authorities that any American laborers en gaged for that work would be deported to their own country again. McCreary ha3 instructions from the. Canadian Government to strictly enforce the new law. 1 Another l'ver Shim. NEW YORK, August 6. Cable dispatches from London report a. further weakness In the sliver market there. The local market was sympathetically affected, with quotations declining ta new low-record figures. The parity of the commercial bar silver on the basis of this quotation was 55 Vi cents an ounce, but owing ta tha existence of a. moderate short Interest In the market, which was covering at the decline, the rate for actual business here was about 531 cents. t Germany Protest. WASHINGTON, August 6. The German Government has again entered a formal protest against the application to German sugar of section 5 of the new tariff act, by which German sugar would be taxed with a higher duty than other countries. It Is not denied, however, that the German sugar clearly comes within the provisions of-section 5 by reason of the payment'bt aa export duty. r To Shut tint Aliens. WINNIPEG, August 6. Immlgratiom Commissioner McGreary leaves tomor row for Lothbridge and MacLeod, to arrange for the enforcement of ta alien labor law. En route he will confer with Commissioner Herchmer of the Mounted Police as to the utilization of that force. - 1 . Secretary Wilson' GoocrapUy. CHICAGO. 111.. August 4. Mr. Wilson, United States Secretary of Agriculture, who has been visiting here, says he has. sent a number of experts to the Klondyke to look after the agricultural Interests of the United States there. CHINAMAN SUICIDES. Ah Fook's Body Found In Alleyway of Oahu J till. At 10:10 a. m. yesterday, Ah Fook, a Chinese prisoner at Oahu Jail, was found dead, having committed suicide by means of a short piece of clothesline and the cloth belt he usually wore about the waist. At 10 o'clock he was seen by Guards Kalmlhau and Huihul walking Into the dispensary. From there he went into the alleyway of the Jail proper where old Parsons Is to be found at all times. In just a very short space of time Parsons cried out that Ah Fook had committed suicide. Running to the alleyway, the guards found the body of Ah Fook on the ground. The cloth had been tied around his neck, and in the death struggle this parted from the rope. The man was quite dead 10 minutes after he was seen walking into the dispensary. Dr. Cooper examined the body. Soon after death a Coroner's Jury was called together before Deputy Marshal Hitchcock, and a verdict of suicide handed in. Ah Fook was convicted of unlawful possession of opium in Llhue some time ago, and upon removal to Jail escaped from the officers and came to Honolulu He was captured and sent to Oahu Jail to work out his time. When captured he remarked to one of the officers: It makes no difference where yon imprison me; I shall die anyway." Ah Fook was a leper suspect, also, and although he had not been examined, was being kept under close surveillance. Patent Fuel. The officers and sailors of the Ke Au Hou and Walaleale are nearly all suffering from -sore eyes, the result of discharging at Waimea and Koloa & lot of patent fuel, the gas from which, was according to the story told by them, all but unbearable. In Purser Radway's report of the Walaleale's trip is the following: "Have about six. tons left. Men unable to finish discharging IL Eyes all closed up." Some of the men were so overcome by the effects that they staggered like drunken men and others were even prostrated on the beach. They say that the sensation of burning, communicated to the eyes. Is something that no one can stand. Captain Gregory of the Walaleale, was one of the officers, who got a severe dose. Circuit Court News-Ah Yong was sentenced to two months yesterday for maintaining a lottery scheme. Ngo Llrx has withdrawn his appeal to the Circuit Court. Jury trial has been waived in the case of Kahanu Meek vs. Chong See et al. The jury rendered a verdict of acquittal in the case of the Republic vs. G. Walker. The guardian of Aug. Wanner has filed a petition of allowance of accounts and petition for discharge. J. F. administrator of the estate of Johann Drewes, has filed a petition for confirmation of sale, allowance of accounts and discharge. $ It has been stipulated that the case of M. G. Silva vs. M. J. Cabral should" be heard In vacation. " The accounts of Mary H. S. Carter. guardian of H. A. P.and Grace I. Car- ter, were filed yesterday.