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! 0 4 iJ V. I f a ! ft v.- -tabtfd Jnly 3 1856. BO)L. XXVn., XO. 4892. HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, WEDNESDAY, AI'IUL IS, 1S0S. I'KICE FIVE OENCJf. i i; 1 Ul III lit 51 if H tf !, X li i EH. M. I t - n r j t i I if ;,1 I" IV Hi .-Y r 'i :3 I! j. q. o()), Attorney at Law. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE: Corner King Streets. and Bethel nn. c. n. high, DentlSt Philadelphia Dental College 1892. Ilasonic Temple. Telephone 318. A. C. WALL, J). I). S. Dentist. LOVE BUILDING, : FORT STREET. M. J3. GKOSSMAX, D.D.S. Dentist. 58 HOTEL STREET, HONOLULU. Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. 1R. A. J. D.EIU5V, Dentist. CORNER FORT AND HOTEL STS. MOTT-SMITH BLOCK. .BiPiJiiuuva. vjmctf, oia, aveiiueuct;, my. llUUitO . y tO 4. ' GKKO. II. IIUJDy" l)O.S. Dentist. FORT STREET, OPPOSITE CATHO LIC MISSION. Hours: From 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. DR. M. WACHS. Dentist. University of California. Beretania near Fort street. Office Hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 4 C. L. GARVIN, M.D. Office 2sTo. 52 King street, near Punchbowl. Hours 8:30 to 11 a. m.; 3 to 5 p. m 7 to 8 p. m. Telephone No. 44S. i DR. OWEN PAGET. Office: Masonic Temple. Office hours: 10-1, 3-5, 7-8. Telephone No. 7SG. Private residence: GS0 King street. Telephone No. 326. THE HONOLULU SANITARIUM. 1082 KING ST. A quiet home-like place, where train ed, nurses, massage, "Swedish move ments;" baths, electricity and physical training may be obtained. P. S. KELLOGG, M.D., Telephone 639. Supt. CIIAS. F. PETERSON, Attorney at Law. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 15 Kaahumanu St. lyle a. dickey, Attorney at Law. 14 KAAHUMANU STREET. Telephone, 6S2. WLLLiIA3I C. PAIiKE, Attorney at Law. AND AGENT TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDG MENTS. Office: Kaahumanu St., Honolulu. O. Gr. TILVrilAGEX, ARCHITECT. 223 Merchant Street between Fort and Alakea, Telephone 734. Honolulu, H. I. H. HACKFELD & CO.. Ltd. flflPI Cor. Fort and Queen Sts., : Honolulu. P. O. Box 430 L Telephone 478 New and First-Claw SECOND-HAND FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. Cighest Cash Price paid for 8econd-Hand Furniture at L Corier King tnd Nuuanu Streets. S. tAS. L.EDERER. General commission Do Not Buy Or Seil Stocks or (Jg Without Employing a Broker, Our charges are well known and we adhere strictly to them. There is a chance that we can save some money for you. Hawaiian Safe Deposit and Investment Company. GEORGE n. CARTER, Manager. Office ia rear of Bank of Hawaii. Ltd. SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS. IF YOU BUY A SINGER, You will receive careful instruction from a competent teacher at your home. YOU Can Obtain neeessarv ao.ftfasnrlea direct from the company's offices. I Vrvil will trof nrftmml otromHnn In o n tr part of the world, as our offices are ev- eryWbere and We giVe CarefuI atten"on machine may have been purchased. You will be dealing with, the leading company in the sewing machine busi ness, having an unequalled experience and an unrivalled reputation the strongest guarantee of excellence. Sold on easy payments. Repairing done. B. BERGERSEN, Agent. 16Y2 Bethel Street, Honolulu. The City Carriage Company possess only first-class hacks and employ only careful, steady drivers. Carriages at all hours. Telephone 113. JOHN S. ANDRADE. I GUIDE THROUGH HAWAII. PRICE, 60c. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS WOMAN'S EXCHANGE. 215 Merchant St. HAWAIIAN CURIOS Lei s, Kapa, Niihau Mats, Calabashes, Idols, Fans, Shells, Seeds, etc., etc. SAMOAN TAPAS, Carved Emu Eggs, Hula Drums, Gourds, etc., etc. Point Lace Handkerchiefs, Doylies, Fayal work and Hawaiian Dolls. Telephone 659. DR. GEO. J. AUGUR. Homcepathic Practitioner Surgeon. and Special attention Given to Chronic Diseases. Richards street, near Hawaiian hotel. Office and Residence the same. Office hours: 10 to 12 a. m.; 3 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. Telephone 733. At. W. AkCHESNEY & SONS. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Leather and Shoe Findings. Agents Honolulu Soap Works Company and Honolulu Tannery. LESSONS ON CORNET. The undersigned will give lessons on the Cornet to a limited number of pu pils. Individual instruction. For terms apply to C. KREUTER, Music Dept. Wall, Nichols Co. AH Kinds of Boats Built to Order. CHAS. D. WALKER. 692 KING ST. Boo T Al IINlfiTrl UK 0W ZEf Fraofc Grace of Honolnln Writes From Ma. HE IS WORKING OH A CLAIM Hopes to Find the Gold Tells of Dog Teams Days of But Three Hours Flour S250 a Sack. There came by the last Coast mail a letter from Frank Grace, the Honolulu young man who is seeking fortune in the frozen north. Frank Grace lefc San Francisco for Alaska with two other former residents of Honolulu, about eight months ago. The first let ter received from the young man told a little of the journey and something I n? thf hpavv nnrl tn'inf plimafp Tie second letter, dated at the same town aS the firstRamPart ty-was writ- "vemuei olu, ui last tdi, jii, "As there is a possibility of a mail getting out over the pass, I write you these few words, to let you know that I am in excellent spirits and good health, and hopeful for the future. "It is pretty cold here now. It is 40 degrees below zero and getting colder every day. We expect to see it 70 de- wmicl 13 UVC1- Several of the men have been frost- bitten, but I seem to stand the cold quite well. ' r "I have been prospecting for the past month, but so far, have not found any thing. Perhaps I may be fortunate enough to strike a paying claim before long. There is plenty of gold in this country, if one appears to touch the right spot "Times look very, ibad up at Dawson now. Flour is quoted at $250 a sack and the reports are that it cannot be had even for that enormous amount. Four men arrived in .here yesterday from Dawson. They told us that more than one man would perish from star vation at Dawson before the winter ended and from what they say on the short food supply, it is easy to believe their predictions of hardship and suf fering and death. We have plenty of food at this place that is enough to last us all till the first steamer comes in the summer. We are better situated at this camp than the people of almost any other community in the whole of Alaska away from the old coast towns. "This is quite a change from Hono lulu for us who had lived in the Isl ands. We thave had three months of snow already and it will not be all gone for six months to come. The actual summer is never more than three and sometimes at the beginning and ending of the three months there are severe storms. "Yesterday I came in from the gulch where I am prospecting. The place is 16 miles from Rampart City and I had to move lively to keep warm. "It will take this letter three months to reach you, at least. Our mail nas to be carried 1,200 miles by dog team before it reaches Jueaun, where there is connection with steamers. "The dogs sued so extensively and generally for hauling up here, are re- markable creatures. A team of four of them can pull a load of 500 pound on a sleigh all day long without any trouble at all. I have used sometimes a team of the dogs in going to the gulch for prospecting work. It seemed odd in deed to me to be using dogs and driv ing them, after having all my life been accustomed to horses. The dogs stand the work much better than any one would think they could. 'The days are getting short here now. Daylight comes at 9 a. m. and ceases at 3:30 p m., so you see we have considerable darkness. By December 21st the days will be only two hours long. It is difficult at first to keep any track at all of the time. Your sleep ing and eating and working hours seem to be all crooked and unless you can interest jourself in something right along, the night seems like a whole week. We have not seen the sun for a full month now and do not expect to IS 40 BEL 10 1 get a glimpse of it again till next March or April." The remainder of the letter is per sonal. No Blight in Kona. Prof. A. Koebele, x.he Government entomologist has returned from the Kona district of Hawaii highly elate..; over the coffee prospect in that region I'rcr. KoeDeie says tnat tne conee in both North and South Kona is entire ly free from disease and is far ahead in every way of any coffee he saw in the whole of Mexico. He was shown one tree from which twelve pounds of coffee had been taken. This was a wild plant and of course an excellent one But few of the Japanese beetles were found n the Konas. The inoculated beetles taken to Hawaii by Prof. Koe bele were distributed and will be fol lowed up by a consignment of toads for general placing. The expert says the Kona coffee growers are certainly to be congratulated on the appearance of their plantations and on ,the pros pects for the culture iof the berry in that district. NOT FK03I ABROAD. Report of a Foreign Steamer a False Alarm. It was rainy last night and Lookout Charley could not see very well or Cen tral could not near very well. The con sequence was that the whistle sounded for a foreign steamer 'at 8:30 o'clock and the Waialeale came in an hour later from Oahu ports. In the meantime Cen tral was busy telephoning "Miowera off Diamond Head." The fact that the Miowera was coming in two days ahead of time sent a large crowd hurrying to the Pacific Mail wharf. Definite news of war was expected. A disgusted lot of p ople walked to their homes when the secret was out. Maritime Ililo. The Hilo Herald has a front page picture of a busy day scene in the har bor at that place. On April 3d there were 10 vessels in the port. Following is the list: G. W. Stetson, Kilauea Hou, Murial, C. B. Kenney, Claudine, Kau keouli, Aloha, Annie Johnson, Lehua, Hawaii. A couple of others were ex pected within a day or two. So soon as discharged, the schooner Aloha, Dable master, will sail for Honolulu. Much lumber and merchandise is now brought to Hilo direct from the Coast. The Aloha carries freight for H. Hack feld & Co. Ltd. Letters of Denization. The Cabinet has isued letters of den ization to A. B. Scrimgeour, Royal M. Mead and Clinton A. Galbriath. Mr. Mead is in the law offices of General Hartwell and Mr. Galbriath will also practice at the bar. Mr. Scrimgeour gets with his letters the right to vote. He has been a resident of Hawaii many years. Another Announcement. The Hawaiian Glee Club once more announces a concert at the opera house. This is the entertainment that has been so often postponed. Mr. Cuelho states that the showr will be given on Saturday evening, and that it will be a good one. One leading feature will be a patriotic song and battleship Maine tableau. Great Egg Eater. The North Hilo correspondent of a Hilo paper says that a Pake and Por tuguese had a wager last week that the former could not eat sixty eggs at one sitting. The Pake stowed away the eggs and the Portuguese had a higher opinion of the Slavic race than before. A Denial. (Hilo Tribune.) The Tribune has been asked to deny the announcement made in the Adver tiser of the 2nd inst of the engagement of Miss Rose to Peter Lee of the Vol cano House. CRISP PARISIAN NOVELTY. Gren a bandes, the latest Parisian craze in dress goods for summer, street and evening wear. Lightest and hand somest goods ever placed on the mar ket. Every conceivable color and com bination of colors and figures. To be had only at L. B. Kerr's, Queen street. TALKED REGISTRY Senator Waterhouse Calls for Cor respondence With U. S. AALA AND nlAKIKI PARK BILL Expenses of President to Washing tonHouse Discusses Wide Tire Act. SENATE. Forty-eighth Day, April 12. The Committee on Commerce are of the opinion that the bill introduced to exempt grape vines and grounds from taxation for ten years will not properly encourage the cultivation of grapes in this country. For this rea son they recommend the indefinate postponement of the bill submitted to them and advise that Act 82 of the Provisional Government be amended to properly encourage grape culture. Senator W'aterhouse believes that the registry of vessels bill now in the Senate is unjust in some particulars. The two years' limit of incorporation or ability to secure registration is one of these. The Senator has lived in 'Honolulu nearly 50 years but his business house has been incorporated ess .than two years, and were the pro posed law enacted he would be unable to secure register for vessels until the expiration of the time limit. Other cor porations tana business concerns are in a similar position. For this rea son the Senator opposed the bill when it come up for third reading and se cured postponement until Wednesday On the Senator's motion a resolution was adopted requesting the Govern ment to furnish the Senate copies of all the correspondence with the United States on the subject of Hawaiian re gistry of vessels. IMinister aDmon reported that de mands to the amount of $6,702.75, pro- perly verified had been presented and paid from the $10,000 appropriated to defray the expenses ;of President Dole and suite to Washington. The balance has been turned into the treasury. The House bill relating :to street grades and sidewarlks in Honolulu and Hilo passed second reading. At 10:20 o'clock the Senate ad journed. HOUSE. The first business of the morning was the consideration in second read ing of Senate bill 7, wide tire act. Rep. Isenberg moved for indefinite post ponement. This was lost. The second section reads as follows: "The front and rear ax:les of all vehicles mention ed in this act shall differ in length so that in progressing along a straight course the hind wheels shall not pass over the same ground passed over by the front wheels." Rep. Achi, referring to this asked how the thing would work with a cane wagon? How could a carriage be turned around when built upon such a plan? Reps. Paris and Achi announced the receipt of letters from Hawaii protesting against the hill. Ren. Paris said that the time limit should be set at three j'ears. Within that time everyone could fall in line. The vote on the amendment of Rep. Paris setting the limit at 1901 instead of 1900, stood 6 to 6. The Vice Speaker voted for the amendment. The bill then passed second reading unani mously. Third reading set for Thurs day. Under suspension of rules Minister Damon read his bill relating to the withdrawal from the Custom House, free of duty of alcohol for the exclusive use of the Queen's Hospital. Passed first reading. Senate bill 19, relating to parks at Aala and Makiki, read first time and passed. Under suspension cf rules the bill was read second time by title and referred to a cpecial committee of three, ' as follows: Robertson, Achi and Gear. Rep. Isenberg reported as follows for the committee to whom was re ferred the powder magazine matter: "We the committee to whom was re ferred the resolution regarding tho powder magazine, wish to report that wo have carefully considered the mat ter and would recommend that the powder magazine be removed to the Government reef below the old Qeper hospital as far out as possible and that the sum of $7,500 be appropriated for a 100 ft. square with a 12 ft. road, lead ing thereto, a retaining wall for road and site, filling the road and side, material for surface cf road and a mag azine." The report was laid on the table to be considered with the annronriation bill. The committee submitted with the report, a. map showing the position for the magazine, recommended by tho committee. Rep. Wilder presented two reports on House bills 59 and 61, recommending simply that they pass. Rep. Robertson said the reports should show some rea son for the recommendation. The vice Speaker agreed with Rep. Robetrson and referred the reports back to the committee. Rep. Richards appealed from the ruling of the chair but re ceived no support. Rep. Kaai's request for a week's leave of absence, was granted. House bill 63, relating to disposition of school tax, read third time and pass ed unanimously. House bills 67, 68, 69 and 70 were read second time by title and referred to various committees. Rep. Robertson introduced the fol lowing resolution which was unani mously adopted: "Resolved, That the frequent absence of certain members from tho sessions of this House is detrimental to the public interests and derogatory to tho dignity of the House. "Resolved, That the clerk furnish a copy of this resolution to each mem ber excepting Representatives Achl, Wilder, Atkinson, McCandless, Kaeo, Gear, Robertson, Kaai and Kaulukou." House adjourned at 12 neon. A Concert Change. Captain Berger has taken to heart somewhat, the criticism that the same song is given too often at his concerts. J He rather resents this fault finding and makes out for himself a strong case. J In the first place it has been the custom I in the past to give for each change three new pieces. This involves alto gether too much labor of preparation and the allowance will be cut to one. The captain himself does all the ar ranging and with his own, hand writes a new piece of music 18 times. For encore hereafter there will be given a 'repeat." The trouble here is, the cap tain points out, that a new song lasts but a fortnight or so, while abroad it is easily the vogue for months and even a year or two. The band leader tries hard to please all and it can readily be seen that asking for new songs for every concert is something utterly un reasonable. There are few cities so favored with good free music as Ho nolulu. Taro Lost. There are some very sad Chinamen in town. Out of the 377 bags of taro brought from Kauai Monday, 122 was the property of Judge Wilcox. The re- maining 253 bags belong to Chinamen here, and has mostly all rotted, as a consequence of remaining aboard the schooner for over a week. Royal makes the food pure, wbolesome and delicious. Absolutely Puro ftovAi GAin pownr en., wfwvowc