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HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, FIJI DAY, MAY 13, 1S0S.
PRICE FIVE CBHOT.
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J. Q. WOOD,
Attorney at Law.
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
OFFICE: Corner King and Bethel
Streets.
wit. c. v. HIGH,
Dentist.
Philadelphia Dental College 1892.
Masonic Temple. Telephone 31S,
A. C. WALL, I. 1. S.
Dentist.
LOVE BUILDING, : FORT STREET.
M..T2. GROSSMAN, D.D.S.
Dentist.
08 HOTEL STREET, HONOLULU.
Office Hours: D a.m. to 4 p. m.
DR. A. ,T. DEKKY,
Dentist.
CORNER FORT AND HOTEL STS.,
MOTT-SMITII BLOCK. .
Telephones: Office, 615; Residence, 789.
HOURS: 9 to 4.
GEO. II. IIUDDY, I3.D.S.
Dentist.
FORT STREET, OPPOSITE CATHO
LIC MISSION.
Hours: From 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
DR. M. WACHS.
Dentist.
Oniversity of California.
Beretania near Fort street.
Office Hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to
-4 p. m.
C. L. GARVIN, M.D.
Office No. 537 King street, near
Punchbowl.
Hours: 8:30 to 11 a. m.; 3 to 5 p.
na.; 7 to 8 p. m.
Telephone No. 448.
MRS. F. S. SAYAHT-JEROME, M.D.
HOMEOPATH.
Has (opened office No. 223 Hotel
street.
Women's and Children's Diseases.
Special studies made of dietetics and
physiatrics.
PR. GEO. J. AUGUR.
Homcepathic Practitioner and
Surgeon.
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.
CHAS. F. PETERSON,
Attorney at Law.
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
15 Kaahumanu St.
lyle a. dickey,
Attorney at Law.
14 KAAHUMANU STREET.
Telephone, 6S2.
william c. parke,
Attorney at Law.
-AND-
AGENT TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDG
MENTS. Office: Kaahumanu St., Honolulu.
O. Gr. TRAPIIAGEN,
ARCHITECT.
223 Merchant Street, between Fort
and Alakea.
Telephone 734. Honolulu, H. I.
H. HACKFELD & CO., Ltd.
8,
Cor. Fort and Queen Sts., : Honolulu.
Ccnsoliiefl Soda Water Works Co.,
LIMITED.
Esplanade, Cor. Allen and Fort Sts.
HOLLISTER & CO., - - AGENTS.
General
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of the following Stock3 have
been placed in our hands for sale at
prices that should be of interest to in
tending investors:
Ewa Plantation Co.
Paia Plantation Co.
Kahuku Plantation Co.
Hawaiian Electric Co.
Inter-Island S; N. Co.
Wilder S. S. Co.
Hawaiian Safe Deposit ' and
Investment Company.
GEORGE R. CARTER, Mgr.
Office In rear of Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.
ART AND SCIENCE.
At the World's Columbian Exposi
tion art and science was thoroughly
exemplified. The greatest achieve
ments of modern times were on exhi
bition. Among the many beautiful
displays none attracted more atten
tion than that made by the Singer
Sewing Machine Company. It won the
enthusiastic praises of all. B. Berger-
sen, Agent, Bethel street.
The City Carriage Company possess
only first-class hacks and employ only
careful, steady drivers.
Carriages at all hours.
Telephone 113.
JOHN S. ANDRADE.
f GUIDE
THROUGH
HAWAII.
PRICE, GOC.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS
WOMAN'S EXCHANGE.
215 Merchant St.
HAWAIIAN CTJRIOS-Leis, 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.
MISS TOWNE,
TEACHER OF CHINA PAINTING
Studio, Second Floor Pacific Hard
ware Company.
Glass Days Mondays and Tuesdays,
afternoon; Wednesdays and Fridays,
morning.
CHARLES CLARK.
Attorney at Law.
121 MERCHANT STREET.
Honolulu Hale. Tel. 345.
Up Stairs.
W. T. M0NSARRAT,
VETERINARY SURGEON AND DEN
TIST. TELEPHONES 161 & 62G.
BEFORE
BUYING
Your Furniture call at the
IXL and see the low prices
in Antique Oak Bedroom Sets,
Iron Beds, Wardrobes, Chairs,
Rockers, Bureaus, Tables, Meat
Safes, Stoves, Washstands, Ice
Boxes, Etc.
S. W. LEDERER,
Corner Nuuanu and King Sts.
P. O. Box 4S0. Tel. 478.
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WAIPIO IS WANTED
Naval Authorities Say Eitire 800
Acres fill Be Needed.
ADMIRAL AND GAPT. NICHOLS
Report to Secretary Long Conclu
sion on Anchorage-East Loch.
Question of Land Values.
There has been received here from
Washington Document No. 394, House
of Representatives of the United States
Congress, entitled "Survey of Pearl
Harbor, Hawaiian Islands." The Ad
vertiser lately gave an extended ac
count of this survey under the imme
dite direction of Lieutenant Mayo, of
the U. S. Gunboat Bennington and of
the preparation of a map, with sound
ings, by Chris. J. Willis, of the Ha
waiian Government survey office.
This paragraph from the act making
"appropriations for sundry civil ex
penses of the Government of the Unit
ed . States for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1898," ordered the work and
authorized the expenditure of thej
money needed: "Improvement od
Pearl Harbor For expense of neces
sary survey of entrance to and of
Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, andi
to enable the Secretary of the Navy to
ascertain and to report to Congress, ;
the amount of land necessary to be
acquired in said harbor, and the prob
able cost thereof, for a coaling and re
pair station, $10,000."
The document is published upon re
quest of Congressman Cannon, chair
man of the House Committe on Ap
propriations, to Secretary Long. The
initial order is from Secretary Long
at Washington, under date of July 27,
1897, to Admiral Miller, the Commander-in-Chief
of the Pacific Station, U.
S. N. It is to this effect: "A survey
ing outfit has been placed aboard the
U. S. S. Bennington and the Depart
ment desires that upon the arrival of
this vessel at Honolulu this work
should be begun. You will make such
reports as will enable the department
to comply with the requirements of
the act making the appropriation.
Particular attention is invited to the
fact that the Secretary of Navy is re
quired to 'ascertain and report to Con
gress the amount of land necessary to
be acquired in said harbor and the
probable cost thereof for a coaling
and repair station.' It is requested
that your report contain full informa
tion concerning all points in relation
to this subject with which it may be
necessary for the Secretary of the
Navy to be acquainted, in order not
only to make the required report to
Congress, but also to answer any ques
tions that the department may prob
ably be asked by the naval committees
during the discussion of the report.
Itis also, requested that you state what
you believe will probably be the cost
of dredging the entrance to Pearl Har
bor and whether there is any dredging
apparatus in the Hawaiian Islands
that could be used for the purpose."
Admiral Miller to the commanding
officer of the U. S. Gunboat Benning
ton, August 26, 1897: "You will pro
ceed with the survey of Pearl Harbor
and its approaches as rapidly as cir
cumstances wrill permit. The survey
you are to make will be a hydrogra
phic one of Pearl Harbor and its ap
proaches, the scale, number of lines
and complete soundings to be at your
discretion."
The report of Admiral Miller was
sent from this place to the Department
at Washington on February 27, of this
year. These are extracts:
"From personal examinations of
Pearl Harbor and a consideration of
Commander Nichols' reports and pro
jections. I would state that the cap
abilities of the harbor as an anchor
age for vessels of large size have been
much exaggerated.
"I agree with Commander Nichols
that it would be desirable for the Unit
ed States Government to acquire pos
session of the whole of the Waipio
peninsula, comprising 800 acres of
land, if a coaling and repair station is
to be made at Pearl Harbor. The price
of this land, as held by its present
owners, for which options have been
given, is a fictitious one, based on the
probable needs of the Government.
Unless improvements are made in
Pearl Harbor the value of this land
J for agricultural or other purposes,
would, as I find by careful inquiry,
certainly be not more than $50 per
acre, and probably less. It will be
noticed by Commander Nichols's re
port that the right of eminent domain
can be exercised by the Government
and a reasonable price fixed.
"After a thorough consideration of
the whole question I recommend that
the land at and in the vicinity of
Beckoning Point be selected as the site
for the contemplated station on ac
count of its proximity to the East
Loch, which has the largest anchor
age, and for the fact dry docks may
easily be constructed there, as there
is ample space to dock and undock
vessels of any size.
"I see no reason why the bar cannot
be dredged to a depth of 30 feet, as
has been done in the harbor of Hono
lulu, and within the estimated sum of
$105,000, given by Lieutenant Wood.
There is but one dredger here and that
is owned by the Government and is in
constant use.
"I would bring to the department's
notice the assistance rendered by Prof.
Yv'. D. Alexander, Surveyor-General of
Hawaii and Mr. S. F. Dodge, his as
sistant, in the course of the survey, as
stated in Commander Nichols report.
I have sent a letter of thanks to these
gentlemen, but am confident they
would appreciate recognition of their
services by the department."
In the report from Captain Nichols,
Lieutenant Mayo and others are com
mended for work in the survey and
this is said of anchorage.
"West Loch A basin about .650
yards in diameter.
"Middle Loch Anchorage about 400
yards in extent.
"West of Ford Island a vessel might
anchor in the East Branch.
"East Loch Good anchorage about
a mile long by half a mile in width.
It is the largest and best anchorage
in Pearl Harbor."
Under the head of dredging the re
commendation is made that "as more
or less dredging would be required in
locating docks, etc., at a coaling and
repair station, it would probably be
more economical for the Government
of the United States to furnish and
own its dredger. The dredger now
here is almost constantly at work and
the Government might not wish to
loan Jt for the time required. This
-dredger cost $7,400 complete here and
no contractor would care to put that
amount into a plant with only Pearl
Harbor bar work in sight."
Proposals for sale of the land need
ed are made by S. M. Ballou, as sec
retary of the John Ii Estate, Ltd., to
Captain Nichols of the Bennington
and the claim is made that the prices
of $250 and $300 an acre are less than
the price paid for land in this vicinity
bought as a business venture. These
are the option figures, under date of
February 18, of this year:
First. The United States Govern
ment can purchase section A, compris
ing 50 acres, for $1, provided they will
agree to open the harbor for the pass
age of their largest war vessels within
a period of two years from the date of
the original option.
Second. The United States Govern
ment can purchase section A, compris
ing 50 acres, without conditions, for
$25,000, or $500 an acre.
Third. The United States Govern
ment can purchase section A, compris
ing 50 acres, and section E, compris
ing 360 acres, or 410 acres in all, for
$102,500, or $250 per acre.
Fourth. The United States Govern
ment can purchase sections A and B,
comprising 300 acres, for $90,000, or
$300 per acre.
Fifth. The United States Govern
ment can purchase sections C and D,
comprising 500 acres, for $100,000, or
$200 per acre.
The United States Government to
have the privilege of securing a suffi
cient flow of water from any part of
the land in the possession of the John
Ii Estate, Limited, by tapping any
available source of water or by sinking
artesian wells, or otherwise, and to
have perpetual right of way for a pipe
line to convey the said water from its
source to the land hereby offered for
sale. In case the United States Gov
ernment fails to obtain a flow of fresh
water from artesian wells upon any
portion of this land purchased by
them, they shall have the right to
take water in a pipe, not to exceed 4
inches in diameter, from the wells now
flowing on the land of the John Ii
Estate, about a mile inland.
The new options hereby given are
limited to the same time as the ori
ginal options now on file in Washing
ton. Of Waipio peninsula it is said that
it affords many advantages for a naval
station and that "the entire peninsula
is needed for Government purposes in
order to prevent any town springing
up in too close proximity to the naval
station."
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
We will sell for one week Table
Linen, Napkins, Sheeting, Pillow Cas
ing, below cost. This means such
bargains as are not offered every day.
Ladies will do well to replenish their
supply. L. B. Kerr, Queen street.
FROM AUSTRALIA
Expressions of Sympathy for Am
ericans in Spanish War.
SENTIMENTS WIN APPLAUSE
Speech at a Federation Meeting
Hope That Brother Jonathan
Will Carry the Day.
The feeling of kinship of one Anglo
Saxon for another is intense these
days. Interest in the war and a de
sire for the success of the American
fleet is not confined to the American
continent. The Sydney Herald of
April 23, says: "Speaking at a fede
ration meeting in the Centenary Hall
yesterday evening, Mr. Copeland, M.
L. A., took occasion to refer to the
war, saying he thought thej' ought to
have a brotherly sympathy with the
people of the United States. (Ap
plause). On the morrow, when the
sun rose, their brother Anglo-Saxons
would begin a war that no man could
foresee the end of. Many a woman
who in the morning would rise a wife
would go to led a widow, and many a
mother would go to bed childless. He
thought that the people of this coun
try ought to extend their sympathies
to the fullest extent. (Applause). He
knew that the people of Australia
must necessarily have a great deal of
sympathy with the people of the Unit
ed States in their -present trouble, and
he would not stop at that moment to
inquire into the rights or the wrongs
of that trouble.
"He thoughtthat if any of them
came across one of their brothers in
a fight or a scrimmage in the street
they would, if they were men, hardly
stop to ask the particulars of the quar
rel. The probabilities were that they
would off with their coats and rush in
to the flight. They did not want to do
that in this instance, because their
big brother Jonathan would doubtless
be able to take care of himself and
fight his own battles; but he would
like that they should give some little
expression of sympathy with their
brothers and sisters across the water,
and he would ask them to give three
ringing Australian cheers for them.
(Cheers and the waving of hats). He
did not suppose that that cheer would
stretch all the way across the Pacific,
but if it did it would strengthen their
hands, and they would know that they
had not only the sympathy of the peo
ple in the old country, but also of their
younger brethren in Australia." (Ap
plause). HAS LITTLK TO LOSE.
Spalu's Foreleu Posnessloaf G reater
Than Spain.
Spain's area and poulation, as they
are at the presnt time, are interesting,
in view of the fact that once her pos
sessions were greater than those of any
other European power. Her present
area, including the Balearic and Can
ary Islands, each of which is consider
ed a province, is 197,670 square miles.
The population of Spain is estimated
to be 17.650.234.
Besides the Canary and Balearic Isl
and, Spain holds the colonies of Cuba,
area 41,655 miles, population before the
war 1,631,687; Porto Rico, area 3,500
square miles, population 806,708. Total
area and population in An erica, 45,205
square miles and 2,438,395 persons re
spectively. Her possessions in Asia
are: The Philippine Islands, area 114,
326 square miles, population 7,000,000;
the Sulu Islands, area 950 square miles,
population 75,000; the Caroline Islands
and Palaos, area 560 square miles, po
pulation 36,000; the Marianne Islands,
area 420 square miles, population 10,
172. Total area and population in Asia
116,256 square miles and 7,121,172 per
sons. Her possessions in Africa are
Rio de' Oro and Adrar, area 243,000
square miles, population 100,000; Ifui
(near Cape Nun), area 27 square miles,
population 6,000; Fernando Po, Anna
bon, Corisco, Elobey and San Juan,
area 350 square mile3, population 30,-
000. Total area and population in
Africa. 243. S77 square miles and 136,000
persons. The total area of Spain's for
eign possessions is 405,338 square
miles. The total population is 9,695,
567 persons. So that her foreign pos
sessions have an area more than twice
as large as her own and a foreign po
pulation nearly half the size of her
own. Of course, when she loses Cuba
her foreign area will be reduced one
ninth and her foreign population, if
the loss of garrison is considered, re
duced nearly one-sixth. S. F. Chronicle.
Another Kinau."
Not long ago a letter was received at
the office of the Wilder Steamship
Company, signed "John Kinau." It
was from Germany and written in Ger
man. A translation was made and
found to be an inquiry into the origin
of the name "Kinau" as given to the
steamer of that name. The writer had
looked in Lloyd's and found the name.
He could not for the world imagine
how his name could have been given
to the steamer and in a measure, ob
jected to such a desecration.
The letter was given to Mrs. E. K.
Wilder whose name is "Kinau" and
after whom the steamer of that name
is called. That lady has written back
to the effect that "there are others."
The history of the chiefess of that
name and the descent of the name
from very remote days in the history
of the Hawaiian Islands, is given in
detail.
The matter is interesting at least
from the standpoint of peculiar coin
cidence. J
To Fish With Steamer.
The new Oahu Market Company
makes a publication of its officers this
morning. Mr. Sass, the president, will
go to the Coast by the Oceanic S. S.
Zealandia. It is his purpose to pur
chase at San Francisco a steamer to be
used in the fishing business in Hawai
ian waters. The new company will in
all likelihood have a considerable
space at the market and will certainly
do business on a large scale. There
has been for several years here talk of
fishing by steam the same as on the
Coast, but this is the first serious
movement in direction of carrying out
a'business idea that has been frequent
ly endorsed. There is capital as well
as intelligence and experience in the
new enterprise and it should be a sue
cess. Rapid Transit Iiill.
Undoubtedly the matter of greatest
interest in the House today will be the
consideration of House bill 55, electric
railway act, in third reading. While
the members are in favor of the bill,
there are differences of opinion among
them as to certain provisions. The
electric railway bill was to have been
brought up yesterday but owing to a
misunderstanding between the com
mittee, the translator, the clerk and
the typewriter, it was not ready. The
committee promised to have it ready
for the consideration of the House
today.
Is Visting Honolulu
Amongst the passengers landed from
the Doric is the author of "Allerlei aus
Albion," Herr Wilhelm F. Brand, who
is making a trip round the1. world and
writing a series of articles on t fbr a
syndicate of papers belonging to differ
ent countries of Europe. Herr Brand
is staying at the Hawaiian hotel.
The GAZETTE (seml-wetdy) la Issued
on Tuesdays and Frtdaya.
Royal makes the food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
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