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uu .'T Established July 2, ig3a. VOIi. XXI.. .NO. 3917. HONOIiUIiU. HAWAIIAN ISIAJOTS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAEY 13, 1895. PBICE: 5 CENTS. iff itftttf It I II If ' " ' ill ii - rf- "" "v I S ft BW1 -T-" ' -: liV'-'V'-'- '-- C. BREWER & CO, LIMITED Queen Street, Honolulu, H. J. AGENTS FOR Hawaiian Agricultural Co., Onomea Bufcar Co., Honoznu Bazar Co., Wail oka Sugar Co., Waihee Sugar Co., JIakee Sugar Co., Baleakala Ranch Co., Ka pa pal Bancb. Planters' Line San Francisco Packets. Chaa. Brewer & Co.'s Line of Boston Packets. Asrents Boston Board of Underwriters. JLgents Philadelphia Board of Under writers. LIST OF OFFICERS: P. C. Joxs8 President Gso. H. Robxbtsok Manager E. F. Brsnor Trea. and Secy. Cot. W. F. Allen Auditor 1XS A - e J .....Du O. M. Cooxx. H. Watxbhous . . .... -.Directors C. L. Caktzb THE HAWAIIAN SAFE DEPOSIT AND- INVESTMENT COMPANY, HONOLULU, H. I. Have Safe Deposit Boxes of various sizes to rent by the month or year. Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold AGENTS FOR Sun Insurance Office of London. AGENTS FOB Great Northern Railway. Tickets Sold to All Points. AGENTS FOB " The ' Hawaiian X.and and Improve ment Company (Limited). 'Some of the finest Coffee and Fruit Land on the Inlands for sale upon very favorable terms. 3878-tf The Hawaiian Investment Co. REAL ESTATE -AND- FOR SAIiE. Desirable Property in all parts of the City. Four Houses on Punchbowl street at a bargain. A 4-acre Lot at Makiki. Lots 4 and 5, Block 25, Pearl City. A2-acre Lot at Kali hi. Residence at Kalihi with barn, pig pens and chicken coop, 120x10; suitable for a Chicken Ranch. 13 and 15 Kaahnmana. Street" Telephone 639. Near Postoffice. Castle & Cooke L'd. ' LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS. AGENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL Life Insurance Company OF BOSTON. Stna Fire Insurance Company OF HARTFORD. HONOLULU CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY! WVW. WRIGHT, Iroprietor. Carriage : Builder AND REPAIHER. Us All orders from the other islands in the Carriage Building, Trimming and Painting Line, will meet with prompt attention. CO"P. O. BOX 321. HOS. 128 AND 130 FORT STREET 3863-y Massage. MRS. PRAY WOULD ANNOUNCE that sne will attend a limited nam. Suf -S?18- dress t II. M. Whitney's, King st. ; Bell Telephone 75. 8228-tf Business Cards. DR. R. I. MOORE ZDEJSTTIST. 02ce: irlinton Cottig, Hotel ('.re Jm Office hours : 9 a. u. to 12 x . and 1 r. u. to 4 p. m . 38601 m I M. E. Grossman, D.D.S. DENTIST, to HOTXL 8TXH7. rr-Orricw Hop&g 8i.ic.toif. u. S. NISHIMURA, COMMISSION MERCHANT, DEALER IN Japanese Provisions, Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Etc. PRICES VERT MODERATE. Foster Block, Nuuanu Street New Goods A FISE ASSORTMENT. TILES FOR FLOORS ! And for Decorating Purposes ; Mattzno or all Kinds, Manila Cxgahs. WING WO CHAN & CO. Ifo. N uuanu Strt. F. W. MAKINNEY, TYPEWRITKE, Conieyancer and Searcher of Records FIRE. LIFE AKD Accident : Insurance. All kinds of typewriting done, promptly, cheaply and accurately. ALSO GKNKRAXi COLLECTOR. fcXr-Qpncg; 318 post btbbst 3848tf WM. L. PETEJRSON, Notary :- Public, -: Typewriter AND COLLKCTOTt. Office: Over Bishop & Co.'aBank. 318-y DR. J. UCHTOA, Physician and Surgeon. No. 5, KUKUI LANE. Office Hours: 8 to 12 a. in. and 2 to 8 p. m. MntnalTel. 532. HONOLULU IROH WORKS CO., Steam Engines, Boilers, Sngmr Kill, Cooler, Brut and Id Callings, And machinery of every description made to order. Particular attention paid to ships' blacksmithing. Job work excuted on the shortest notic. LEWERS & COOKE, Successors to Lowers & Dickson. Importers and Dealers in Lumber And all Kinds of Building Materials. yO. 82 FORT 8TREET, HONOLPLP P.O. Box 3S6. Mutual Tel. 544. KAN-YD C011PASY, LIMITED, Commission Merchants I1IPOBTKK3 AND DEALEB8 TS Japanese -:- Provisions AND OOERAL HEECH1NDISS, 411 KING STREET, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. XCCNew Goods by every steamer. 3878-ly Uustnrss Cards. JENNIE L. HILDEBRAND, M. D. Homeopathic Physician. HOTEL. STREET. Oppoeite Y. M. C. A. lt"0ffice hours : 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m. Mutual Telephone No. 610. 3338-3 rn C. J. WHITNEY, Teacher of Elocution and Dra matic Art, Arlington Hotel. 3S84-lm 8. T. ALEXANDER. H. P. BALDWIN. ALEXANDER & BALDWIN', Commission Merchants No. 3 California St., San Francisco. EJ-island orders promptly filled. 3397-6m A. PERRY, ATTORNEY AT LAW And Notary Public. Office: Over Bishop's Bank. 3692-ly ; WILLIAM C. PABKE. ATTORNEY -AT -LAW jLgmat to tak AeknowUdgmtau. Oft:cNo. 13 Kaahumann 8treet, Hono lulu, H.I. GONSALVES & CO, Wholesale Grocers and Wine Merchants. 225 Queen Street, Hoaoluln, H. I. :H. MAY & CO., Wholesale and Retail Grocers 98 FORT STREET. Telephones 22. P.O. Box 470, " : 3450-y HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO., HARDWARE, Cutlery and Glassware 307 Fort Street. 3575-ly BEAVER SALOON, TOBT 8TB BET, OPPOSITE WTLDEB & Ca'S H. J. NOLTE, Proprietor. First-class Lunches served with Tea, Cof fee, Soda Water, Ginger Ale or Milk. 'OPEN FBOK 3 A. M. TILL 10 P. X. Smokers' Requisites a specialty. WM. F. THRUM, SUEYE YOE. 4 Room No. 11, Spreckels' Block. 3859-6m LEWIS & CO., Wholesale and Retail Grocers 111 FORT STREET, Telephone 240. P. O. Box 897 Soda Water Works Company, Limited Zspluude, Corner Allen and Fort Sts. HOLLISTER & CO., 3710 1553-1 y Agents. II. W. UcCHESNEY 4 SONS WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DBALXBS IN Leather and Shoe Findings HONOLULU. AflFJNTS Honolulu 8oap Work! Co.,' fl.Vl.EH AO Honolnln Tannery. H. HACKFELD A CO., General Commission Agents Cor. Fort andQueen Pta.. Honolulu. T. E. LINDSAY, Manufacturer ef Native Jewelry DEALER IN Imported Jewelry, Gold and Silverware, Diamonds, Etc. Just the things suitable for the holidays. 2 OS MERCHANT ST.. Between Fort and Kaahnmana streets. 361-3m BUTTLE FOUR WALLS STl, Destruction of the Opera House by Fire Yesterday Morning. ORIGls OF THE FIRE UNKNOWN. Honolulu's Only Place of Amusement In Ruins A Tmct Tht Is Universally Regretted The Owners Carried In surance for 813.000 An Early Blaze. Jt Is a fact very much to be regret- 'ted that the Music Hall, Honolulu's only theater, which has stood since the year 1SS0, is now a complete ruin. Although the walls are left standincf . a glance at the interior will show! nothing but heaps of twisted iron and burnt wood lying about in rank disor der. A little over an hour was suffi cient to render the Music' Hall what it is at present a complete ruin. ' Yesterday morning at about 7:15, Charles Wichart, a member of the mounted police force, while going HAWAIIAN OPERA HOUSE DURING CONFLAGRATION. INSTANTAN EOUS PHOTOGRAPH MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE "ADVERTISER'! BY A. W. BOLSTER, FORT STREET. from his home to the police station for the purpose of reporting for duty, noticed a cloud of smoke issuing from the tower of the Music Hall as he was nearing that building. He put spurs to his horse and made for the engine house of Company No. 1. Finding that this company had gone out for practice with the engine, he tele phoned to No. 2, which responded im mediately to the call, arriving on the scene about 7 :25 o'clock. The other companies arrived coon after. Before the building was entered by the firemen, smoke was issuing from every door and window, showing that the fire had started a long time before the discovery by Wichart. As soon as the windows and doors were brok en open, great tongues of fire leaped forth, and for a moment drove the men back. Rallying, the ' gallant firemen -rushed into the auditorium and played a stream of water upon the rows of seats and the stage. Everything seemed to take fire at once. The front, back and sides of the building were in flames at one time, necessitating streams of water from all Mde3. The brightest blaze was seen when the drop curtain and the scenery took fire. Five minutes seemed all that was necessary to consume the whole stage with its effects. In a short time it was evident to every one that nothing could be done to save the building. Had the force of the streams directed on the fire at the start been good, there might have been some chance; but even then it is doubtful, for the fire had gained such good headway, and the draught was a stubborn enemy to cope with in such au open building. The attention of the firemen was directed to the prevention of any spreading of the tire to buildings iii the vicinity. The dnly house that seemed iu immediat danger of catch ing fiiv was the old Gibson residence. Several sparks fell ou the roof and be gan to burn the phinules, but a broom brigade, headed by Will Chamberlain, of the Advertiser office, climbed up and removed ihe danger. While the men in tti front hall were playing a trtam of water into the auditorium a lare patch of plaster fell from the loof, nearly striding one or two of them. Rumors were abroad of a jrasoline tank in the froi.t part of the I tiilding. Guards were placed at the corners to warn the crowd away. It wu soon learned that there was no danger from the tank, and the crowd proceeded to get nearer. At about S o'clock the roof fell m completely, and a little while after that there was nothing to be seen of the woodwork. The Chinese Fire Company No. 5 were almo9t the last to arrive on the scene, but they made up for their tardi ness in the work they did. It is ad mitted by those who were present at the fire that they had the best streams of water, and did very efficient work. In a little over an hour the fire was under control, and one engine was left to look after the smouldering remains. The streets in the vicinity of the burning building were lined with spectators anxious to catch a glimpse of the fire. ... Special mention should be made of the gallant effort of the firemen under the most discouraging circumstances. Although the force of the water was very weak, they did not falter for one moment. They got as near to the fire as it Was possible for any human being to do. The Music Hall, completed in 1SS1, with E. B. Thomas in charge of both the stone and wood work, was owned by a stock company called the Music Hall Association, of which the late S. O. Wilder, of this city, was president. It soon became a well-known fact that the owners o the building were getting deeper and deeper into debt every day, and soon it was learned that the Music Hall was mortgaged to C. It. Bishop & Co. Later, .the mort gage was assigned to H. A. Wide mann, who, on July 28, 18S3, had it foreclosed, and the oulldlng sold at Sublic auction to Wm. G. Irwin and ohn D. Spreckels for the sum of $21,500. The building was insured for $12,000, divided as follows: London & Lan cashire Fire Insurance Co., in the office of the late C. O. Berger, $3,000: Boyal Fire Insurance Co., $6,000, and Lion Insurance Co., $3,000, both in the office or J. ts. waiter. . When the Music Hall was an nounced as completed, the pleasure- loving public of .this city was very much pleased at the thought that the old tumble-down theatre which used to stand on the ground now occupied by the Masonic Temple, was to be succeeded by such a substantial build insr. The first performance given in the new theatre was a play called "Marble Heart," a melodrama or theAdeJpm type, presented by the California Theatre Company under the manage ment of C. B. Wells. . This company scored a great success and played to good houses until the small-pox struck the city. From that time the audiences dwindled, and in a short period the Government gave the order to have the theatre closed. It will be remembered by those that were here at the time, that the wells' Company gave the first performance for the benefit of the building fund of the new theatre and gave the gross receipts ol to those in charge, paying their own expenses. The first performance after the small-pox - epidemic was the opera 'Pinafore," given by the Amateur Musical Society of this city; A. r. At kinson being the principal worker in the getting up of the play. When the Music Hall was conduct ed as a stock company Judge B. F. Bickerton, Godfrey Brown, J. F. Brown and Dr. Mc Wayne had charge of its affairs and took great interest in providing amusements. The father of the Wall boys was architect of the building. Honolulu people regret very much that the only theatre in the city is no more. Much more do they regret it on account of the fact that ill-luck be fell the first owners of the Music Hall, and further on account of the fact that W. G. Irwin says, "I have had enough i opera houses." frhe origin of the nre is unknown. ( More Prisoners Released. Fred Wundenberg, George Kit man and Jim Brown, political prisoners who have been confined for several weeks, were released yesterday morning on their own recognizance. Besides these, two old retainers of the ex-queen and two young native boys were dis charged. It is well to remind business men that they do not have to send abroad any more for rubber stamps. The Gazette Company make them to order. 010 STORIES TOffiii!, Kaili and Hutchinson en Trial for Misprision of Treason. ACCUSED DECLINED TO PLEAD. 8Mion of the MUltarj Court Yes terday Rather Xonotonoa Attor ney Kane First Appoaranea Hutchinson's Case Not Tot Finished. The Rev. S. K. Kaili was before the Military Commission yesterday morn ing on the charge of misprision 6f treason. S. K. Kane appeared as his counsel. The preliminary proceedings of the trial were quickly cleared up, the usual objection to the jurisdiction of the court meeting with the usual overruling in very short time. The objection was the exact counterpart of that offered by Mr. Neumann. The prisoner, on advice of counsel, declined to plead, and ft plea of not guilty was entered to each charge and specification. 1 . " ; , Sam Nowlein was the first witness called : Lived at Washington Place prior to arrest; was conspiring against the Government with Tilckard, Seward and Gulick; heard arms were coming' 1st of December in a schooner from some foreign port. The landing of the arms and the incidents with the event was told. ,' Johnny Paaoao : Li ve at Kahala; saw many Natives there Thursday ; Kaili was among them; was at Kahala that night ; slept there ; was wakened by a man - named Kasiike knocking on the door about 12 o'clock ; accused was sleeping in the home at the time; we went out and Kaai Ike disappeared; I noticed a boat, and wtdked along on the beach following it: I met It when it landed and saw the freight of guns ; we formed a line, and j:as3ed along to Ihegliora V guxiSiwera put tmder the , algaroba trsts; eaw;BoLeri;VVilcox b the , fence around - my house when I returned; as I approached the bouse Kalll came out; saw Kaili the next morning ; he went out of the house toward waiaiae to see white man about some; wood ; he went along the road ; gone . about hall an hour, and came back from behind the house. I did not talk to Kaili that day about landing the arms. ' - Cross-examined : On Friday morn ing saw accused going from the house toward Waiaiae, in the opposite direc tion from where the guns were landed. To Colonel WhitlngrKaili and his wife lived at Kahala off and on. I have lived there about six months. Kaili arrived only the night before. - Joseph Pabia : Live at Kahala ; know, the accused, he lives at Kahala' part of the time ; I saw accused morn ing of Friday outside the house; Kaili came around the Waiaiae end of the house ; had not seen him before that morning. When he came along the sun was up, and I had been up some time. I was with Kaili on the beach afterward to : go a fishing ; noticed many foot-prints on the sand. The fish ing net was put down near the tracks, and Kahanui called out something about cartridge belt ; I was asked if I had heard any news. Paring the night I heard some talking and whispering in the house; I don't know whether Kaili went out ; I staid in the house. Cross-examined: I dld't see whether cartridge belt was filled or not; don't know what was done with it; recog nized several voices In the whisper ing; did not recognize Kaili as one of the whisperers. Kaili left on Satur day morning and came back to town. Rede rick: There was more drag ging about of the fishing tackle on the sand than was necessary to repair it ; I suppose there was some cause for the extra dragging, but don't know what it was. Kahimalani sworn: Live in Hono lulu, sometimes at Antone Rosa's place near Diamond Head ; know the accused: I was in one of the boats that brought arms ashore Wednesday, January 2d; went again Thursday night at the request of Kauai ; I was in one of Bertelman's boats that landed at Kahala; guns were placed in the bushes; saw accused at time arms were landed: Robert Wilcox. Warren, Townsend and others were standing about; Wilcox and Warren spoke to Kalll; Wilcox told him to care for the things landed at Kahala and explained where they were hidden; told him to cover up tbe tracks on tbe beach in the mornlnp; Kalll agreed to do as he w3 told; we then came to Honolulu. Jn the cross examination reiterated the statements of his direct testimony. Charles Warren's preliminary state ments were the same as previously given. First. saw; Wilcox on night guns were landed on board the Wai manalo; saw Kaili same night out side the house on tbe beach; Wilcox, myself, George Townsend and a native were there at the time; I told Kaili where I had hidden the rifles, and told him to go in the morning to see if they were well concealed; Kalll con sented to do the work; I told him to see that the tracks were well oblit erated; saw nothing more of Kalll after that. CrOi?s examination: I told Kalll to