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VOL. XL!. No. 13 HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, TUESDAY, KEBUUAttY ij, nx WUOLK 2772
HAWAII AT I HE CRAZE JAPS AM) ON ROAD TO DIPLOMACY
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WASHINGTON COI E HI PRQSPEHITY GUIDES THEM
Delegates Are Promised
a Satisfactory
Hearing.
(Mall Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. February 1.
Everything hero with to Ha-
watl still waits on the coming of tlie
delegation from Honolulu and tho hear
ing before the Commltteo on Territories.
Chairman Hamilton, of that
committee. Bald today that the hearing
would be given soon after the delega
tlon arrives, the date of their expeclel
arrival being Saturday, February 3.
"We shall give the delegation a full
and thorough hearing," sa'.d Mr. Hamil
ton. "You know the matter Is also to
be taken un by the House Committee
on appropriations, with a view to getting
the provision on an appropriation
bill. We are going ahead with tho
oroccedlngs here contemporaneously, as
it will be well to have a legislative
committee consider the matter and
reach some conclusion thereon."
"What chance Is there for such legis
lation by this Congress"." was asked
tot Mr. Hamilton.
"Of course It Is a little early )y$P
nake any definite statement,'' replied
iMr. Hamilton. "I think, however, that
there is much senllmentJvr jsttme such
legislation. I look for it to' be
Ixbly considered. I believe some legis
lation of the character asked will get
khrnnch. Probablv the bill Will be
Iimpnded eo as to Include harbor im
provements. I hear considerable talk
In favor of tnat oeing done."
As has already been stated in these
letters It was Col. "Pete" Hepburn s
Idea that the effort be made to put the
lefundlnj? bill one one of the
Ilrfm bills, he believing that it, can be
if awn so as to be germane. After .many
ijinuultatlons It was deemed -wisest to
'roceed immediately before'-the appro
lHattons committee, whereby the Ter
Itory would have two strings to, its
KW.
The House Committee on elections
fo. 3 has not yet acted finally on the
I nun nr Delegate Kalanlanaolo and
.V w
'urtls Iaukea. Several meetings have
icen held since the arguments ot
ounsel were concluded but tho com
nlttee has been busy with' other con-
otL It la certain, as already In
itiated In thepo letters, that tho re-
ort will be favorabln to tho Delegate.
t Is expected that tho report of the
lommltteo will be nearly unanimous.
landell, of Texas, has been somewhat
i opposition, probably because of a
ontest from his own state. Chairman
rlscoll, of the committee, said today
hat he did not apprehend nny
itlon, that uould be serious at all,
mt the report would be In
naole's favor, and that It would be
strongly In his favor that there
ould bo no debate on the case In the
rouse. Where n, report In an election
intest Is resisted stoutly, there Is often
Prolonged debate on the case in tho
louse. But wnero tne commuieu i
nearly unanimous, the report
presented and a -vote taken at onco
lithout debate.
The developments in the Philippine
I riff bill now before the Commltteo on
hlllpplncs of tho Senate, continue to
interesting. It Is stated today, and
e statement seems to be pretty au-
orltatlvo, that there will be an
nendment to tho bill, making tho
ity on sugar and also on tobacco GO
r cent, of the present DIngley rates.
le bill has such strong opposition In
e commltteo and In tho Senate that
me such amendment Is deemed
to Improve its chances of en-
tment Into law. Tho president is
Itvltally Interested In the passage
the bill and would throw It over-
ard, If necessary, to save other
were It not for the Interest of
cretary Toft In tho Filipinos.
The fato of tho measure Is somewhat
pendent upon an agreement between
Senate and the President on the
halation for this session.
Ins regarding this program are now
1 progress,
fudge F SI. Hatch has naa a win
Ith Sir George" II. SIcClellan about
Intter Mr SIcClellan wrote to tho Is-
Iids regarding Judgo Hatch's work
l-e. Tho Judgo said mis anernoon
it h imii to sav about It.
hough It I plain that lie thinks Sir.
Clellnn wrote somewhat recklessly
mt conditions In Washington.
tr W O, Smith Is expected back
o from Boston next Saturday.
amttel A. Amniu, or imwan, iw
ii nnnnlnteil keener of the Kawal-
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A Roller Skating Rink
Will Open March
Third,
It has been a long time coming,
many have thought, but it has arrived.
At least the preliminaries havo been
arranged for inaugurating tho "roller
skating craze" in Honolulu,
The Honolulu Skating Ilink Com
pany hag been organized bv a number
of young men. of whom Clifford Kim
ball is the business representative. A
skating boom has been in tho air for
somo timo and this ontcrpriso is its
culmination,
Having taken the Union Feed Co.'s
old warehouse at (jucen and Edinburgh
streets for u rink, tho company
will open it to the public on Saturday
evening, March 3. Lumber is already
on tho ground for tho skating floor. A
supply of skates is on tho wny. They
are or steel with ball bearings in fact
the type of skate in uso on the Coast
and in the roller skating rinks of New
York and Boston. On tho inauka siilo
of the building tho walls are to be
opened up for admitting the cool
breezes. This will make for comfort
in tho exhilarating sport. A lean-to on
tho Waikiki sido will bo fitted up. as a
ftr.injlaf nnrl. aiu uvMrtfofn.. fliAvn a
"Slsofjto be' a jiodnwator booth on the
premises, but ,no spirituous, malt or a
vinous liquor will bo sold. Arc lights
will bo -installed, which will make the
rink always brilliant.
Of course an admission feo will be
charged, as well as a skating feo. The
riuk will be run on a first-class basis,
in ehnrgo of a competent man. It is
believed by the promoters that tho
time for starling bucu a place of amusement
is opportune. For a long period
there has been' a dearth of popular entertainment
other than theatricals and
field Bports.
To tho younger generation of Honolulu
folks up to twenty-five years of
age skating will ba an absolute novelty,
for it is twenty years since tho
previous voguo of that amusement
here. And thero Is undoubtedly a
larger population of tlnW hankering
after that class of diversion, combining"
exorcise with rollicking fun, In Honolulu
now than then.
The craze will bo a pastimo, moreover,
for ninny onlookers of tho large
class who take enjoyment from seeing
others making joyful. At suitable intervals
there will bo masked or fancy
dress carnivals held for tho jollification
of tho town. In the former craze
theso wero highly successful features,
No doubt Bandmaster Bcrgcr will meet
me craze iiuiiwiiy aim uo prepared wmi ijn
special stunts of music for gala
Along.
HOTELS FILLING UP.
For onco the hotels were full to overflowing
Inst night. Every hotel was
a hive of humanity. In fact with the
210 cabin passengers arriving yester
day on the Mongolia, ninety-one of
whom were for Honolulu, and the three
hundred or more already In tho city,
accommodations generally were taxed
to the limit. Several rooming houses
wero added temporarily aa annexes for
tho evening,
Today conditions will be changed as
about forty or fifty people leave for
the Orient In the Mongolia.
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SAYS YOUNG SET
A BAD EXAMPLE
WASHINGTON, February 3. Al
though not sentenced to a public reprimand, '
there was made public today
the reprimand addressed by Secretary
Uonaparte to Commander Luclen
Young, who was In command of tho
Bennington when one of tho boilers
exploded In San Dlegb harbor last
summer. Commander Young was tried
by court-martial and convicted of remissness
of duty, In that ho had failed
to sign the smooth steam log of the
Bennington,
After quoting a portion of the Navy
regulations outlining the duties of a
commanding officer the Secretary
says:
"Those duties include tho obligations
of good example to all subject
to his authority. These responsibilities
Incur a share, In tho blamo incurred by . n
any among tho tatter, who may be led a
to think lightly of their own duties
becnusu they seem to think lightly of
his.
"In your case, sir, there was the
greater reason why you should havo as
been careful to comply, In letter and
spirit, with every provision of tho
regulations, becnuso your brilliant
serviccs In tho past and your merited
reputation for seamanship and gallantry
would surely render failure on It
your part to do nil that an officer
should do tho most subversive of truo her
principles of discipline among tho
younger members of your profession. to
"A bad exnmplo upon the .part of
one of your previous record is oxecp.
tlonnlly Injurious to tho vital Inter
ests of the service, and It Is, there tho
fore, the cause of profound regret tr
the department that remissness n The
your duty nn your part should have
been thus judicially established," (he
Two Boys Get Certificates
of Hawaiian
Birth.
Have tho Japanese of Haws linn
birth decided to assert their right to
cltizcnshipf
The "first application for a certiucnto
of Hawaiian birth in behalf of n
child lias Lien mndo to tin Sec
retary's office, nml tin enrtidente has
issued. In fact, thero nr two np
ns, and the tvo have is
sued. Tho applications tre mnda by
Frank J. Sakamaki, of Ililo, and they
are made in behalf of his twu ions,
Fukuo Sakamaki nnd Oeorgo
one six years old and the ether
three, both of whom were born in I ho
Island of Hawaii. Tho proper proof
accompanies the application for the
certificates.
Thero is much more In this than appears
on tho surface, very probably.
The last Legislature, it will be remembered,
passed a law providing f r the
issuance by tho Secretary of certificates
of Hawaiian birth to all persona
who could establish the fact that they
had been born in these Islands, upon
tho payment of a feo of $7.50 for each
such certificate issued. Thero has been
great demand for these certificates,
especially among Chinese, to nhom
they might become of the last importance
in the matter of getting by the
barrier of the Exclusion Act, but that
was nut exactly the idea of the
in passing the law, as is proved
by the following extract from the law
itself:
"Any certificate of Hawaiian birth
issued in conformity with tho provisions
hereof, shall be deemed and lipid
prima facie ovidonce of tho facts herein
stated, before any registration or
election board, and in all tho courts of
the Territory."
Now, of course, the nction of the
Secretnrv in issuing certificates of Ha
waiian birth to the, two little Japanese
boys who are both. fine, sturdylooking
chap,nMQrdii!B!wUliri"phot03ianlia.
wjiicn Hccuuii'uuy ijio .ujipiicriiiuii
docs not of itself constitute nnturalizn
tion, but it may bo interesting to spec
ulfito upon whether it will not of itself
form a largo part of tho act of tho
naturalization of tho boys. Tho law in
question very clearly, from its wording
was intended to have a bearing upon
tho constitution of tho electorate. Is
tho net of Sakamaki in calling its aid
to his sons tho first indication of tho
purpose among tho Japanese to share
tn0 electorate?
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BIG WHALE SPOUTED
OFF THE HARBOR
While the customs and Immigration
and ciuarantlno launches were bobbing
about near tho Mongolia outside tho
channel yesterday afternoon, the shout
went ur:
"There she blows!"
True enough, a big fluked tall swished
out of the water and then tho
went down. In about five minutes
the whalo rose to tho surface again
and sent up a cloud of spray, possibly
ten or twelve feet high. This performance
was repeated several times, tho
last being about 100 feet off the port
bow of the Mongolia.
The appearance of the whale caused
considerable excitement among the passengers.
It Is not often that a
comes so close to tho mouth of the
chnnnel.
It Is estimated that tho whalo had
flukes measuring ten to twelve feet
across.
ABDUCTED FROM
THESE ISLANDS j
NEW YORK, February 5. A complaint
of abduction arising out of litigation
over an estate abroad has been
made to the New York police against
member of tho Westchester Country
Club, ana an investigation is In progress.
Llttlo definite about the case is allowed
to come out here, but as nearly
can bo learned, tho daughter of an
English famllv. said tn tin nnhln ,il
.appeared from Honolulu several years
ago. has finally succeeded In
Icatlng with her relatives from a sanl
tarlum In this county. She was born.
is said, in Paris, and Is 27 years of
ago. Upon learning her wherenbouts
relatives communicated with the
police hero. A French Countess Is said
flguro In tho enso In somo way.
It was learned yesterday that a
had u police court on
Baturday, nnd had boon looking nt
Country flub for tho man complained
of, hut without finding him,
man wanted, It was said, had
been nt the within
pant few weeks.
Philippineslriwat
the Turning
Point,
"The Philippines are at the turning
point, and In my opinion they will
now progress nnd be prosperous"
Hon. W, Cameron Forbes, t mber
of the Philippines Commission, who Is
a through passenger on the Mongolia
en route to Manila, believes In the
Philippines. Although there ttavo been
financial disasters and .many other
things toxoid progress back, such an
cholera," plague, etc, Mr. ,Forbea believes
that Is all a matter of 'the past
and the Islands will now move up,
Mr. Forbes went to Washington recently
to be present at the opening of
bids for railway concessions In tho
Philippines. The government Is anxious
to havo railways bisect the Islands
and nrc Inviting capital far their
development. While all the bids that
were expected did not materialize, yet
Mr. Forbes says there Is a good start,
An to the bill before Congress for
reducing the tariff on sugar and tobacco,
as w ell as other general commodities,
iSIr. Forbes said the measure
passed the House and was now in the
Stnate. He hoped that the upper body
would take the same action as did the
House. TJhe reduction of tariff, if tho
bill passes, takes place in three years.
"No, the people of the Philippines
are no longer asking for Chinese labor."
Secretary Atkinson was on the dock
when the Mongolia passed In and Mr.
Forbes, to whom the Governor called,
was surprised to find that official In
Honolulu.
"Why, the last time I saw him he
was In Washington " he said.
jos mm the
Joe Marsden, the former Honolulan,
w)io Is now a wealthy resident of San
Francisco, Is believed by Col, Ram
Parker to be a man eminently fitted
for the agent of the Hawaiian Immigration
Board to go to the Azores to
select Portuguese settlers for Hawaii.
"I saw Joe Marsden when I was last
In San Francisco," said the Colonel
lost evening, "and Joo said he would
bo peifectly willing to undertake the
mission If, offered him. Joe has Independent
means and If he could use his
own pocket funds to further jthe Interests
nf Hawaii he would do o.
"Joe Is Intimately acquainted with
oyery Industry In Hawaii, and there Is
hardly a question that might be asked
about labor, and the sugar Industry In
general, that he could not answer.
"I will suggest his name to Acting
Governor Atkinson."
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PHILIPPINE PROMOTOE.
Dr. H. S. Lawrence, president nnd
general manager of tho Vermont
Philippine Plantation Co., arrived In
Honolulu via the S. S. Mongolia today,
en route to the Philippines whero this
corporation Is purchasing over two
thousand neres of plantation land for
the purposaofiralslng tropical products,
and will also engage -In a general commercial,
chipping and real estate busi
ness. The company s home office Is at
Burlington, -Vt., but havo branch offices
In San Francisco and Manila and
will at onco establish one In this city.
The officers nnd directors of this cor
poration consist of some of the most
Influential men of the Now England
states and a great future is predicted.
Tho mnjor part ot tho company's stock
will be floated at Manila during tho en-
suing month. ,,
OUE FIRST HISTORY.
Apropos of Mr. Lydecker's discovery
of a copy or the first Hawaiian
History, printed at Lahalnalunn, tho
following extract from the Introduction
of David Malo's Hawaiian Antiquities
may throw light on the subject:
"Tho first' 'Moolelo Hawaii' (I. e,,
Hawaiian History) wtswrltlim at I-a-
halnaluua about 1835-36 by Home of tbe
older studentB, among whom was
Davld'.Malo, then 42 years of age.
They formed the first Hawaiian Historical
Society. Tho work was revised
by Rev. Sheldon Dibble, nnd was pub
lished at LnHfilimlunn In 1638, A
translation nf It Into English by Rev,
R, Tinker w,ii published In the
Spectator In 1839, It has also
been translated Into French by M.
Jules Itemy, nnft was published In
Pari In '1862 " W. I), A.
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Cameron A. Owens, a Han JTnelpn
lo.WJry clrl. .rnmm'.tte'ij milrlile
rnuhl not mitk a a ruputathm
a a writer
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Preparations Made to Reopen the
Japanese legation in Capital
of the Czar.
(Associated Fross Cablegrams.)
ST. PETERSBURG, February i. Preparations are being
made for the reopeningof thejapanese Legation Here.
On February 8, IP&5, Ambn'ssadorvurhio by his KVflrrimefc
to leaVo St. Petersburg. Since that date, allhoiiKu tho peace commissioners
met at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on tho invitation of President Hoosovolt,
there 1ms been no formal of diplomatic rotations botwocn tho
powers that fought tho greatest war of modern times. Tho of tho
Japanese legation nt St. Petersburg marks tho uctuul resumption of pcacofui
relations between the two powers.
CHINA WILL PUNISH
THE CHANGPU RIOTERS
PEKING, February 13. The Government has ordered the im
mediate execution of the Changpu
rioters.
A cablegram from London yesterday afternoon stated that the British government
had made a demand that China compensate tho missionaries for the
destruction of their property by a mob nt Changpu, nnd also punish tho perpetrators
of the outrage. China has responded promptly, so far as tho punishment
clause of tho demand is concerned. Presumably tho Changpu riot leaders axe
in custody or, if they nre not, soon will be, and their dentil will bo speedy.
That costs tho Chinese government nothing but a few lives. Men nro tho,
cheapest product of China.
Tho mutter of demand for compensation is n different thing, and doubtless
China will take her time in giving satisfaction. Tho Chinese do not feel
to any Europeans at thjg time, nnd whilo there has boon nothing
that tho government" nt Poking shares' tliFhostiUty of
tho people, it is mora tlinn probable that some of tho anti-foreign feeling hn&
reached tho In that caso tho Changpu missionaries will probably
bo kept waiting long for their compensation.
BETTER LIFEBOAT SERVICE
ALONG VANCOUVER COAST
VICTORIA, B. C, February 13. -The government has ordered
the transfer of the eastern lifeboat service to the Vancouver Coast.
More boats have been ordered built, and better aids to navigation
are being prepared.
This will be good hearing to all men whose calling takes them to tho sea
along tho stormbound coast of tho North. Tho order has come, of course, because
of the awful wreck of tho steamer Valencia, which ship ran on tho roeka
near Capo llcale, with frightful Ions of life, but a short time since. Tho
Canadian and American governments, and tho government of tho state of Washington
lmve all undertaken investigations of tho wreck, and tho Canadians
havo been tho first to act. That is proper enough, tho ship having been lost in
Canadian waters. Certainly thero is need of 11 life saving .sorvice on thai
coast, and mariners hnve long known that it was not sufficiently lighted.
There is still need, however, for action on the part of the American government.
It is of record that tho captain of thd Valencia, who proved himself
a bravo man, did not know whero his ship wns when she Btruck.
NEWS OF THE WORLD CONDENSED.
General Felix Agnus is vory ill. ' ,
George Bernard Shaw is seriously ill,
Kuropo again fears tho Balknu situation,
Tho cruiser Tennessee has had her trial trip.
New York is to have a great national theater.
Five wero killed in a traiu wreck near Helena.
llarrimnn now has control of tho Illinois Central.
Chicago hospitaU aro crowded with consumptives. -
MrH. will claim $5,000,000 dower rights.
King Alfonso's marriage has been postponed until Juno.
Harriuiau has ncmiiird 1111 interest in tho Mercantile Bank of Mexico.
Tho Moxican Central Iiaiiroad, near Borinijiilo has bcon tied up by a washout.
Chicngo bunkers havo intimation that llarrimnn has secured the Illinoii
Central.
Fairbanks' friends tiling ho will havo tho next llcpublicnn nomination for
President,
Elder W, II, C'uuuin preached at ZlonClty Sunday nnd said Dowio's work
had failed.
Drummers propone to secure a law in Georgia compelling landlords to givu
fresh linen,
Iiiiy Itncliii, who killed Gilbert Johnson In Chihuahua, Mexico, goes to
prison for twenty yours.
Charles KIuIu'h new piny, "Thd Lion and tho Mouso," was a great succesa
In New York nml (llilnign.
Dr. Gnthrin Iliinkin says tho breakdown of tho English nervous syntom ii
becoming n national calamity,
Columbia luu renewed her demands for recompense from tho United Htnte
liecaimo (if the separation nf I'liiminu,
Michael J. O'f'omior, it rkh Naw York 1ms liought tho entlru
villigti nf l.vftrlin, Ireluml, lilt nutlvu pliiee.
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