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HONOLULU; STAB-BTJliETllN. MOITOAY, Vrx;EMB&n. riyi. -
F0RT.1ER NIGHT CLFillt AT ROYAL
!MRS. ftlATSON GETS
!- HAWAIIAN RECALLS OLD SCENES
MOST OF ESTATE
Manager George H. Fassett,
Who Sleeps in Nuuanu,
Paid High Tribute
Those "good old days" In Honolulu
are recalled vividly for kamaalaas la
an interesting description of Oeorge
IL Fassett, famous Western hotel man
and at one time manager of the Royal
Hawaiian hotel, written by Dan J.
Lyons In The Western Hotel Report
er. Lyons is manager of the AUsca
dero, Cal., Inn.
Extracts from Mr. Lyons article
tell of the days when monarchy held
away in these islands. Us author was
night clerk at the Royal Hawaiian
for a time under Manager Fassett:
"George Fassett years .ago was
chief clerk at the Deleran hotel at
Albany, New York. and waa a cloee
friend and companion of Grover
Cleveland and often went with the
former president of many of his fish
Ing excursions.
"He came to San Francisco Just 40
years ago as chief clerk of the Bald
win hotel, which at that time was un
der the management of the late Jotin
A. Rice, a hotel keeper of national
fame. Rice amassed a fortune by in
Testing In the stock market (on tips
furnished by . Lucky Baldwin) and
leased the Tremont house, which was
opened about 1880, and took Fassett
with him as chief clerk. Mr. Baldwin
; went to Chicago and coaxed Fassett
back to the coast by offering him the
management of the Baldwin hotel, and
he proved to be a magnet for the ho
tel, attracting many of the high-class
turfmen and theatrical celebrities to
the hotel by the charm of his won
derf ul mastery of men.
,But he was a man who would not
stand ' interference .In the manage
ment cf the hotel, and one day he re
signed and went to Honolulu, where
he accepted the management of tho
Xtoyal Hawaiian hotel and was the
most successful manager ever at, the
head of that famous hostelry. Hi as
sociate at the hotel was the celebrated
Joe Tllden of the Bohemian Club ot
B
HILO. V-Dec 21. When,; the licenss
commissioners met yesterday the ap
plications of three Japanese for res
taurant licenses were turned down on
were asked for. The three all wanted
mk m r Aaffnav V infl nAAIA
uld be sold with meals. This prop
position did not meet with ihe approval
'. of the board. .; '"
' The application of the Hawaii Wine
Co. for a" transfer ,'-c the; wholesale
liquor license -of the Serrao Liquor
board. The new company; had been
formed to do a wholesale liquor busi
ness and It wished to acquire the li
cense of the older company. , , !,
Inspector. Harry " Overend made an
application for a telephone to be in
stalled In his residence as he has a
Jot ot telephoning to do and has had
. high toils to pay in many instances.
The board decided to grant, the boon
. so the inspector win in future have
not to pay anything, out' of bis own
- pocket f r. ; '.V'v'. V-'
FRISCO MAN TO HEADS
FEDERAL TELEGRAPH v
COMPANY, IS REPORT
- SAN FRANCISCO, 'Dee 12.-Dr.
the Anglo and London-Par is National,
Dank, -has admitted that he will ac
cept the presidency of the Federal
Telegraph , Company '-"'which i ,-Is : 'the
operating company for ; the Poulscn
Wireless Corporation. - ". -;.'
This announcement may. be ao ;
cepted as marking the consummation
of a deal by which strong financial
backing - Is assured to the I'- Federal
Telegraph Company and the holding
concern. Poulaen Wireless ! Corpora
tion, here and In the East, and It
was said last night that the , con
' structlcn of wireless stations will
- begin immediately, through . which
efficient business communication will
be' established with South - America'
and Europe.:; r--' -;;.v" --.-V;.
It has been ascertained also that
during the last, few weeks the Poul-
: sen,. Company has secured, for- the
manufacturing end of ... its business,
large Government contracts, both
with the United States and European
; powers, .'"-y r-.yT yjyy ;;'i;
A party for enlisted men' is to be
given at the Outrigger club under the
chaperonage of the Women's Auxiliary
on Friday evening,! December 2SL r
OOZE LIMES
ARE1TGMED
v ; :We will -pay 6c a pound for clean cotton rags and
y Trill send our wagon to anjr address to geVtheni.
Bhdie
Sell your B acd Support a IVench Orphan
San Francisco, raconteur, wit and bon
vlvant, who was 1-ved by everybody
"At that time there was quite a col
ony of literary men and artists living
in Honolulu, among them being Rob
ert Louis Stevenson and Jules Taver
nier (who painted all the big volcano
pictures). Fassett was well known to
them and they all loved him for his
liberality and good 'nature; he also
enjoyed the personal friendship or
David Kalakaua, a former king of the
islands, who, when Fassett died, gave
him a royal funeral. The king's guari
was the guard of honor and the royal
kahilis were ordered out. which was
a rare compliment to the dead hotel
keeper.
"Joe Tllden was suffocated by fire
occurring In one of the hotel cottages,
being rescued by Col. Sam Parker,
who. being a llg man. was able to car
ry him out in his arms, but he onl
lived a few days. He also had a verr
large funeral, being esteemed by the
entire populace. Fassett and Tllden
both sleep In the pretty little Nuuanu
cemetery, and I wonder how many of
the visiting hotel men that make th-i
winter pilgrimage to Honolulu have
ever wandered up that way when
bound for the PalL The old gardener
will tell them about the two hotel
haoles (white men) who came to tho
islands long years ago and sleep side
by side, the one a famous Cordon Bleu
(but only to entertain his friends):
the other a fearless firefighter who, t
addition to his duties as manager of
the old hotel, was also a foreman of
Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and
always ran with "the old machine" In
spite of his. extreme weight (Fassett
was a very heavy man when he died).
"Fassett gave me my first chance
to stand behind a hotel counter, ap
pointing ffle key clerk at the Baldwin
In 1881, and afterwards aa night clerk
at the Royal Hawaiian hotel in 1884,
and I revere the man for his many
fine qualities. James B. Marvin, now
living In San Francisco, can substan
tiate what I say about him and is one
of the few men living- who was con
nected with the Baldwin in those
years." '
IS KILLED WHEN HE
" FALLS FROM HORSE
(8peUl 6Ur-BaHatia Oaitwueaw)
HILO, Dec 21. By an-accident on
the plains of , Wai'mea Wednesday aft
ernoon, George Lindsay, a well-known
Parker ranch employe, was killed. His
body ; was found by searchers who
vent out when the horse of the ranch
man,.? discovered wandering about
without-, rider.' When found, the
body was cold,1 the skull was fractured.-;
... ;'
i Lindsay," who - was a , noted horse
man and who waa famous as a breaker
or . raw coltf r went rof f as usual on
Wednesday morning ' on horseback.
Nothing: score waa seen of him until
Lis dead tody was found ont in, the
center cf the plains on he ranch. The
hcrse tad wandered for some dis
tanced! it was that fact that made
the search party start out
It is surmised thai Lindsay . was
thrown from his horse in some man
ner and that he then was almost in
stantly killed or else that the animal
had kicked him on the head after he
had. fallen from it. A verdict of ac
cidental death was returned.
FAIRMONT. HOTEL TAKEN
'v; ;0yER BY D. M. LINNARD
D. II. . Linnard, well known in Ho
nolulu, has taken charge of the Fair
mont Hotel : in San Francisco which
has . been added to the California
Chain known as the Big Five. The
Chain Includes the Fairmont and
Palace of - Sai - Francisco and the
Maryland, Huntington and Green oi
Pasadena, ' :.;.'.,'.- . ;
Mr Linnard will be In direct
charge of the Fairmont and his ac
quaintance with many Honolulu 'peo
ple - Is - bound : to - bring- him custom
from i these ' islands. ,. The Fairmont
hav, a magnificent location; on Nob
Hill and overlooks. the 'city;----' :"
AILHAWA!'
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15. Mrs.
Lille B. MaUon. widow of Captain Wii
11am Matson. late head of the Matson
Steam Navigation Co., yesterday was
awarded a family allowance of 17500
a month pending the settlement of
the estate. The allowance was or
cered by Judge Graaam after Alex
ander Morrison, attorney for the
estate, had stated that the Income
from the estate la "more than tlO.O'JO
monthly."
The will was admitted to probate
and letters testamentary were granted
Mrs. Matson and Morrison. While the
estate has not been appraised, It was
said by Morrison that it is worth in
excess of J2.000.000.
The awarding of three-quarters of
the estate monthly income to Mrs.
Matson indicates, it is said, that the!
settlement effected between the rein!
of Captain Matson was on a basis ol !
75 per cent to Mrs. Matson and be; ;
daughter, Mrs. Lurline B. Roth, an4
the remaining 25 per cent to the five :
children by Captain Matson's first ,
marriage. j
In his will Captain Matson left
20,000 each to five children by hla
first marriage: Mrs. Ida Bernard. ?
Short street; Mra. Emily Forrest, 85
iJi street, Oakland; Arthur Matson,
lt"7 61st- street, Oakland; Theodore
Matson, 66 'Short street, and Walter J.
Matson, Hillsborough. .
One-half of the estate was bequeath
ed to Mrs. Matson and the remainder
was to go to Mrs. Roth.
MONEY ARRIVE? FOR
HAWAII GUARDSMEN
(Special 8Ur-BoUtlo Corrf&cn4neO
HILO, Hawaii, Dec. 21. Capt. J. S.
Rickard of Company 3, 2nd Regiment,
National Guard of Hawaii, has re
ceived from Washington a sum of
money exceeding two thousand dollars
and whlclv is intended for paying the'
men of the company, which was orig
inally known as Company F, for the
period ending December 31, 1916. The
money came by drafts and Is now
availably for those who are entitled
to it.
Captain Rickard announces thai
those men who have & claim on the
money should call upon him for the
cash. ' Many of the members of the
company have scattered throughout
the county and they cannot be found
at the present time. The pay will
prove to be a welcome surprise to thr
men who have waited a long time fot
their money.
From Captain Rickard it is learned
that 42 men responded to the call to
enlist before the date set, December
15, for the closing of the doors to
voluntary enlistment, and that this is
considered to be very satisfactory.
DROPPING THE GERMAN.
The Superior Court ot New York
has granted permission to the. German-American
Insurance Company of
New York and the German Alliance
Insurance Company to ' eliminate the
word "German" from their corporate
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We with our
Honolulu Iron Works Co
names, both companies being Ameri
can. Permission has been granted
to change the name 'of the German
Apierican io Great' American Insur
ance Company.of New York, and the
friends and patrons and all the other patriots of
Happiness and Prosperity
as their Christmas portion.
German Alliance to American Al
liance Insurance Company of New
York. As soon as legal requirements
havevbifen compiled with, both com-
panies wm operate" unaer meir new
for a
is extended to
all by
ENGINEERS
names.
"The telephone service in Plunkville
is very slow." ,
"Well, we aim to give our peopleisas
A hearty sh
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more than mere service,' said thf
bead of Plunkvllle's telephone syste hm.
"We like to keep 'em liappy by giving ;
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