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VOL. XXIV., NO. 4401.
HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 189.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
J- Q. WOOD,
Attorney at Law
And Notary Public.
OFFICE:
Corner KIiik
streets.
and Itethel
Dr. C. B. HIGH.
Dentist.
Graduate Philadelphia Dental College
1892.
MASONIC TEMPLE.
A, C. WALL, D. D. S.
Dentist.
Hotel Street,
Arliiucton Cottasre.
4280-v
A. J. DERBY, D. D. S.
Dentist.
Alakea Street, Between Hotel and
Beretania Streets.
Hours, 9 to 4. Telephone 615.
M. E. GROSSMAN, D.D.S.
Dentist.
08 HOTEL STREET, HONOLULU.
Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
I. MORI, M.D.
OFFICE, Corner Fort and Kukui Sts
Res. Arlington Hotel.
Hours: 7 to 8:30 a.m.; 4 to 8:30 p.m
Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Telephone, 530.
H. MAY & CO.,
98 FORT STREET.
Telephone 22. P. O. Box470.
M. W. McCHESNEY &. SONS
WHOLESALE GROCERS
AND DEALERS IN
Leather and :-
-: Shoe Findings.
AGENTS
Honolulu Soap Works Company and
Honolulu Tannery.
LEWIS & CO.,
111 FORT STREET.
Telephone 240. P. O. Box 29.
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.,
Steam Engines,
BOILERS. SUGAR MILLS. COOLERS,
BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS.
And Machinery of every description
made to order. Particular attention
paid to ships' blacksmithing. Job work
xecutod on the shortest notice.
BEAVER SALOON,
Fort street, opposite Wilder & Co.'s,
H. J. NOLTE, Proprietor.
First-class Lunches Served With Tea
Coffee. Soda Water, Ginger Ale or Milk.
Open from 3 a. m. till 10 p. m.
Smoker's Requisites a specialty.
LEWERS & COOKE,
Successors to Lewers & Dickson.
Importers and Dealers In Lumber
And All Kinds of Building, Material.
NO. 82 FORT ST., HONOLULU.
H. HACKFELD & CO.,
Corner Fort and Queen Sts., Honolulu.
ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY
OF LONDON.
ASSETS : : : $10,000,000.
H. W. Schmidt & Sons,
Agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
THOMAS L COOK.
nffipo with Howard & Train.
Seven years' experience with M. D.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers
Wholesale and Mil Grocers
General
APIS
SURVEYOR
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.
J. T. Lund, 617 Fort street, opposite
Club Stables, makes Brass Signs to
order. Nickel Plating a Specialty. Bi
cycles repaired and for sale.
All kinds of SECOND HAND FURNI
TURE sold cheap for cash at the IXL,
corner Nuuanu and King streets.
If you want to sell out your furniture
in its entirety, or for bargains, call at
the IXL, corner Nuuanu and King
streets.
THE SINGER received 54 first awards
for sewing machines and embroidery
work at the World's Fair, Chicago, 111.,
being the largest number of awards ob
tained by any exhibitor, and more than
double the number given to all other
sewing machines. For sale, lease and
rent. Repairing, done. B. BERGER-
SEN, 113 Bethel street.
City Carriage Company have removed
to the corner of Fort and Merchant Sts.
Telephone No. 113. First-class carri
ages at all houFS. JOHN S. ANDRADE.
G. R. Harrison, Practical Piano and
Organ Maker and Tuner, can furnish
best factory references. Orders left at
the Hawaiian News Co. will receive
prompt attention. All work guaranteed
to be the same as done in factory.
FOR SALE.
KEGS OF
slond Bier
IN COLD STORAGE,
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: BY :
Henry Davis.
Tel. 225. 320 FORT STREET.
4358-tf.
WILLIAM C. PARKE,
Attorney at Law
AND
Agent to Take Acknowledgments
Office at Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
Sans Souci
Seaside Resort.
The pleasantest, quietest, shadiest
and most perfectly appointed seaside
resort on the Islands. It Is only four
miles from the heart of the city and
within easy reach of the tramcars which
run every twenty minutes or oftener.
Elegantly furnished detached cottages
or rooms are obtained on easy terms
The table is superior to that of any of
the city hotels, and all the modern con-
niences are provided.
Picnics and bathing parties can ob
tain extra accommodations by telephon
ing in advance.
The bathing facilities of Sans Souci
are superior to those of any place on the
beach. 4167-tf
AGENCY OF
Kobe Immigratioi Company.
Robinson block, Eotel street.
F n Rm 11fi. Tp.lP.nhonfl R70
4211-tf
GONSALVES & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROC2RS
AND
WINI MERCHANTS.
25 Queen Street, Honolulu, H. L
SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE.'
Will do Massage at Unee or at Patient's
Besfdtnoe
M. MI2AWA.
Office and Residence: Cor. Nuuanu St.
and Kukui Lane. Upstairs.
RmencGii Uvery end Boarding StaDit
Cor. Merchant ai4 Richard St3.
LIVERY AND BOARftlNG STABLE
Carriages, Surreys ail HaAs at ail
hours. TELEPHONE 490.
orS.SC HCMAN, PROP. CH.BEm.IXA, MANAGER
CLUB STABLES,
Fort St., between Hotel ancBeretania.
Telephone 477. Honoltu, H. I.
HAWAIIAN HARDWAfc CO.,
Hordware, Cutlery onti Glnsware.
Livery
and
et
stoDles
i07 Fort Street
noluln.
MILITARY KANGE
ABOUT COMPLETED
Situated Near the Site of the
Old Saluting Station.
WILL BE FINEST ON ISLANDS.
Everything Looking to Comfort of Riflemen.
Shed With Compartment for Each Com
panyBulkheads Conveniently Arranged.
The Wind Will Not Bother Anyone.
Just a little over a week more now
and the military shootins: ranee, to
be the finest of any on the islands,
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POSITION OF NEW MILITARY RIFLE RANGE AT KAKAAKO TO BE
COMPLETED IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK.
will be completed and the eight com
panies constituting the First Regi
ment, N. G. H., will be confined to one
place like a big happy family instead
of being separated with one company
here and another there. It will be
more like complete organization and
Colonel McLean has the credit of start
ing the ball rolling as well as keeping
it moving up to a fine finish.
Reference to the accompanying cut
will at once define the exact position of
the butts with surrounding land and
"water' marks and will at once show
that the position with regard to light,
wind and other disturbing causes, is
the very best that could have been
chosen.
As soon as the scheme of having the
new range was put into shape the site
of the old battery was chosen and the
work of filling in a portion or the place
began, this giving the shooting shed
and bulkheads the position consider
ed best. About this filling was placed
a coral wall and alter tne wnole was
properly levelled off and the founda
tion for the bulkheads 200 yards out
to sea was completed, the construc
tion of the shed and bulkheads began
simultaneously.
The shooting shed is the one that
was at the old association range as
has already been stated in this paper;
but in putting it up in the new posi
tion, some alterations deemed to be
of the greatest advantage to men us
ing the butts, have been made.
In the first place the shed is 144
feet long and contains eight doors
entering eight separate places, one for
each company from A to H.
The roof is very high and conse
quently there is a freer play of air.
This will render obvious to any one
who has had any experience with
shooting sheds that there will be a
perceptibly decreased amount of con
lect such as it does in most of the
other sheds on this island.
On the front part of the roof there
is an eight-foot extension which will
prove perfect balm to the eyes of any
who may use the shed.
One of the most important features
of the shed is the fact that flooring
has been done away with and plain
white sand will take the place of the
previous creaking boards.
In other sheds on this island the
flooring proves the greatest kind of
nuisance. A man stands in the stall
with his gun at his shoulder just in the
act of firing. Some one tiptoes be
hind so as not to disturb the rifleman.
There is just the slightest move
ment of the boards which when com
municated to the rifleman produces a
very tired feeling and a movement of
the rifle which is bound to have a
very disconcerting effect.
With the present sandy bottom a
half dozen people might dance a jig
to the rear of the rifleman without
producing any disconcerting effect.
Saw
The situation of the shed with re
gard to wind is good. There will be
more of it than at Makiki butts, but
it will come from the side so that the
men will be entirely unaffected. There
will be none of that disagreeable
blowing directly into the shed such as
is often experienced at the Makiki
butts.
The roof is of shingles instead of
rough boards and in the event of rain
storm one can sit down and read Du
Maurier's famous novel called "Tril
by" and about to be presented here
by the Palmer Company, without
thinking about a change of clothes
upon arrival home.
The gun racks in each of the eight
compartments of the shed will be
large enough to accommodate 15 guns.
The bulkheads for the eight com
panies are 146 feet long and 10 feet
wide. At high tide the water comes
within about an inch of the top of the
coral rock foundation upon which the
bulkheads stand.
The markers' bulkheads are 7 feet
high, 6 feet wide and 2 feet 6 inches
thick, being furnished with a bottom
which keeps the sand, contained there
in, from settling. There will be a
target on either side of each.
The target bulkheads are 7 feet high,
12 feet long and 16 inches wide, being
arranged with respect to sand just in
the same manner as are the markers'
bulkheads.
To the left of the Company A mar
kers bulkhead is a target bulkhead,
but 6 feet long and to the right of that
of Company H at the extreme right
is another of the same length. Now
the right markers' bulkhead of Com
pany A is joined to the left one of
Company B and so on to the left bulk
head of Company H. This joining of
two six foot bulkheads makes them
much stronger than if they were separated.
At the rear of each of the target
bulkheads is a locker where the tar
gets can be placed and sheltered from
the rain and snow when the latter is
liable to fall.
Before long a walk from the central
part of the shed to a corresponding
position at the bulkheads will be built.
Just at the end of the walk will be
erected a flagpole upon which a "dan
ger" flag will be hoisted whenever
there is any shooting going on.
When completed the butts will be
the finest on the islands, easily ac
cessible and just in a position where no
one can complain of the disturbing
crack of the rifle and fitted up with
all the latest improvements and de
vices calculated to remove disturbing
causes from the riflemen.
Probably the new military butts, en
tirely completed, with electric or other
signalling apparatus, will cost in the
neighborhood of $1000, a small sum,
when the excellence of the place is
taken into consideration.
Sergeant Elvin who is superintend
ing operations at the new butts very
kindly showed a reporter of this paper
about the place and furnished many
points of information.
D. McKinnon is superintending the
construction of the shed and Otto Oss
that of the bulkheads. Both are doing
their work well.
A BOLD PROPOSITION.
Sharpshooters and Denver Club
May Yet Compete.
The letter published In this pa"per a
few days ago from the representative
of the Denver Rifle Club seemed for
the time being to put an end to the
match negotiations between that club
and the Sharpshooters, which have
been pending for some time. Not hav
ing a 500-yard range at present, the
Sharpshooters would not entertain a
proposition to include that range in the
match. On the other hand, the Denver
Club could not obtain military rifles
that were serviceable for a match, and
on that account wished to use their
match rifles, allowing the Honolulu
X. m
team a nanaicap tnat would even lp
matters.
The result of the discussion is that a
proposition will likely go forward
by the Australia today, which is some
what unique in shooting events, the
Sharpshooters proposing to use their
military rifles against the match rifles
of the Denver Club, asking no handi
cap allowance whatever, shooting to
be at 200 yards only.
The "nerve" of this proposition can
be appreciated when it is understood
that the term "match rifle" means one
equipped with globe and Vernier
sights, spirit level, etc., and using spe
cial ammunition, a patched bullet be
ing allowed, and a 3-pound trigger pull;
whereas the "military rifle" is the or
dinary one in use by the National
Guard and the Sharnshooters. naine
factory ammunition, and with a 6-
pound trigger pull.
This will be no "kindergarten"
shoot, as the officers of the Sharpshoot
ers know very well that their oppo
nents include some of the best shots
in the Rocky Mountain country. To
win under these conditions would be
glory, sure enough.
Case of Affray.
Young Tai and a native named Pii
lani were locked up on the charge of
affray late last night. It seems that
Young Tai was going up Maunakea
street and Piilani was coming down at
about 11:30 o'clock. The two were on
the same side of the street and Piilani
being a little "under the weather," ran
into the Chinaman, throwing him to
the ground. There was a scuffle which
resulted in very badly tattered clothes
and some scratches on the faces of the
principals. The case will come up in
the police court today.
The Advertiser 75 cents a month, de
livered by carrier.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Royal
ABSOLUTELY PURE
DR. liDSCflNEK ON
THE ROENTGEN HAY
Lecture and Demonstration Be
fore Prominent People
NOTHING KNOWN OF NEW FOUCK.
Outline of Discovery of " X-Ray "-Explanation
of Apparatus Use! In Generation.
Many Kinds of Tubes in Use Demonstra
tion Showing Bones of the Fingers. Etc.
Some seventy-five invited guests
gathered in the lecture room of Pauahi
Hall on the Punahou College grounds
last evening for the purpose of listen
ing to a lecture and demonstration on
the "X Ray" by Dr. Lauschner, acting
surgeon aboard the Australia. Dr.
Lauschner being a graduate of the
Berlin and Heidelberg universities and
a pupil of a number of the leading
scientific men of Germany coupled with
the fact of the gentlman's reputation
as a lecturer, called out nearly all of
those who had been invited.
Before the lecture those who came
in were shown plates of hands, legs and
arms with the bones visible. One of
these was the beautifully shaped
hands of a lady with an engagement
ring upon It. This caused more than
one question to be asked during the
evening. All the platen were made
by Dr. Lauschner.
President Hosmer introduced the lec
turer witii a few appropriate remarks
and Dr. Lauschner proceeded with hie
talk and demonstrations.
The Roentgen or "X Ray" had
created one of the greatest sensations
ever made by discoveries in the realm
of science.
Dr. Lauschner dwelt upon the Im
portance of demonstration in lectur
ing on such topics as the one under
discussion. He then explained the
apparatus for photographing by means
of the "X Ray." saying that each one
of the parts was nothing new but on
the contrary, something that had been
employed before in obtaining other re
sults. There was first of all the all
important current. Then there was
the Induction coil and last but not
least, the Crooks tubes. The last had
been used by Prof. Crooks for a num
ber of years, were taken up by Lenhart
and lastly, were employed by Roentgen
himself.
The discovery of the "X Ray" was
not merely accidental. Roentgen had
experimented on the nature of the
ray obtained from the cathode termi
nal for some time. Last year while
experimenting with a piece of paper
covered with a double salt he discov
ered what he found to be a new force.
At that time he thought that since the
force came from the cathode terminal
it must be some modification of the
cathode ray but he found he was mis
taken. In the "X Ray" the X repre
sents a totally unknown quantity. No
one knows what it is. No one knows
anything of the nature of the ray.
However, something is known of some
of its products and effects. It will be
some time before any one finds out
what the rays are.
Scientists have hesitated in making
assertions as to what the rays may be
because if they do they will have to
overthrow accepted theories that have
been in existence for many years.
Dr. Lauschner then told of the great
number of tubes that had been made
since the "X-Ray" discovery. The one
used by him was of English make and
was standard. Tho connection of one
of the terminals to the mirror of alu
minium and the concentration of the
ray.s at a point just befon the platinum
Baking
Powder
4399-lm
cussion and that smoke will not col-
Monsarrat.