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1 0 r if 5 v.L4 tSV! fer""11' - ' a 1 cl Jnly !, I -5 . EZDIi. XX VH., NO. 4931. HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, SATURDAY, MAY 2S , 1S98. PRICE FIVE CENTS. f u : ! lis .! i ; ! i! if Y ,4 i t l'; - t' v v i. Mi 'At it1 i 1 ill. m m rr. 1 r. '1 X 1 t:.i 1 - -A -8. ' ' 1 J. Q. WOOD, Attorney at Law. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE: Corner King and Bethel Streets. Dli. C. 15. HIGH, Dentist. Philadelphia Dental College 1S92. ilasonlc Temple. Telephone 31S. A. C. WALL, D. 1). S. Dentist. JLOVE BUILDING, : FORT STREET. M.JE. GROSSMAN, D.D.S. Dentist. 08 HOTEL, STREET, HONOLULU. Office Hours: .9 a.m. to 4 p. m. Dlt.jA. J. DERBY, Dentist. CORNER FORT AND HOTEL STS., M0TT-SM1TH BLOCK. Telephones: Office, 615; Residence, 7S9. HOURS: 9 to 4. GKEO. II. IIUDDY, D.D.S. Dentist. TORT 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 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. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. Telephone No. 448. MRS. F. S. SAYANT-JEROME, M.D. HOMEOPATH. Has opened office No. 223 Hotel fitreet. Women's and Children's Diseases. Special studies made of dietetics and physiatrics. W. T. MONSARRAT, VETERINARY SURGEON AND DEN TIST. TELEPHONES 161 & 625. CIIAS. R PETE11S0N, Attorney at Law. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 15 Kaahumanu St. lyle a. dickey, Attorney at Law. 14 KAAIUJMANU STREET. Telephone," 6S2. william c. parke, Attorney at Law. AND AGENT TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDG MENTS. Office: Kaahumanu St., Honolulu. O. (i. TRAPHAGEX, ARCHITECT. 223 Merchant Street, between Fort and Alakea. Telephone 734. Honolulu, II. I. 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. ship's bladksmithing. Job work executed on the shortest notice. H. HACKFELD & CO., Ltd. Cor. Fort and Queen Sts., : Honolulu. Gene GW1SS1 Agents FOR SALE. A Coffee Estate OF 150 ACRES, SITUATED IN THE WONDERFUL DISTRICT OF PUNA, HAWAII. Twenty-live Acres Cleared and Planted Over a Year Ago, Now in Fine Condition. Adjoining Unimproved Land Com mands $22.50 per Acre. Owner cannot give the Property fur ther attention. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR A BARGAIN. 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. TOURISTS GUIDE THROUGH HAWAII. PRICE, GOc. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS WOMAN'S EXCHANGE. 215 Merchant St. Just received from "'Morning Star" a fine lot of Gilbert and Marshall Isl and Mats, Atvicks, Tols, Baskets, Spears, Corals, Shells, Mother of Pearl Hooks, Hats, Cords, etc. Hair dressing department re-opened. Tel. 659. J. M. DAYIDSOX. Attorney and Counsel lor at Law. No. 206 Merchant Street : Honolulu. CIIAIUjISS CLATiIv. Attorney at Law. 121 MERCHANT STREET. Honolulu Hale. Tel. 345. Up Stairs. M. W. AlcCHESNEY & SONS. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Leather and Shoe Findings. Agents Honolulu Soap Works Company and Honolulu Tannery. BEFORE BUYING Your Furniture call at the IXLi 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. 1 Hired by the Hour, Day or Week. NEW CLEVELAND I (?) () I BICYCLES. I J. RICHARDSON, HOTEL ST. Near Arlington Hotel. INCOME TAX ACT It Has a Narrow Escape at tie Hands of the Hoose. EXPERT REPORTS ARE RECEIVED Past Work in One Branch of Post al Bureau Criticised For Civil Service. SENATE. Eighty-seventh Day, May 27. Third reading of opium bill post poned to next Tuesday. On motion of Senator Wright the Senate adjourned over Memorial Day to Tuesday, May 31. The Senate is waiting for acts to come back from the House. HOUSE. At the opening of the House yester day forenoon Rep. Richards, with the action of the Vice-Speaker in adjourn ing the House on the previous after noon still fresh in his mind, moved that the House adjourn permanently. The continual absence and careless ness of members of the House con cerning the work to be done, demaded summary action. Rep. Robertson seconded the motion. Rep. Kahaule lio endorsed the sentiment but ob jected to the motion. The work of the session must be done. The names of the absentees should be published in order that the stigma be cast on none of the other members. Rep. Robertson stated that some of the country members had started in early in the session to leave the House for a week at a time. The other members then could hardly be expected to stick closely to business when this kind of thing was being done right before their eyes. People in glass houses should not throw stones. Rep. Richards had been absent in Hilo for a week at a time and more than once. Neither could the Vice-Speaker say anything for he had gone off for three or four days Without gaining the per mission of the House. Rep. Richards withdrew his motion to adjourn. Third reading of .House Bill 8, In come Tax Bill. Rep. Achi moved to defer further consideration until Mon day. Lost. Rep. Richards moved the bill pass third reading. The vote on this stood six to five in favor of pas sage. This was not the necessary two thirds vote. Rep. Robertson moved that further consideration be deferred until Monday. Rep. L.oebenstein ob jected and raised a point of order to the effect that the bill had not re ceived the number of votes requisite for passage and that it was therefore settled. Rep. Robertson stated that the b'ill had not been indefinitely post poned nor had it been laid on the table. Rep. Achi moved a reconsider ation of the vote. This was objected to but the Vice-Speaker considered the motion in order. It was carried and Rep. Robertson then moved for postponement of further consideration until Tuesday. This was likewise ob jected to but the motion was put and carried. It was a pretty little sparr ing match and excellent generalship was shown on the part of Rep. Robert son. Rep. Robertson introduced the fol lowing resolution, which was adopted: "Resolved that the Committee on Passed Bills, acting in conjunction with the Senate Committee, inform the President that an extension of the session will be necessary in order to complete the work." Minister Cooper read a message from the President announcing the follow ing men chosen to be members of the Council of State: John Nott, S. K. Ka-ne, John Phillips, J. A. Kennedy and M. A. Gonsalves. At 12 m. House took a recess until 2 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION. House Bill SI, relating to employ ment agency, passed second reading. House Bill SI, relating to impounding of estrays, followed the same course. Rep. Gear read a lengthy report of the Finance Committee on the Postal Department bearing on the expert work done. The committee reported briefiy on the three departments. Under the head of General Post Office, the com mittee stated that there was no reason for serious criticism of the secretary's books. Under the Money Order Department the committee stated that the head of that branch was deserving of much credit for the neatness and manner of keeping his books. Under the head of Postal Savings Bank the committee reported in part, as follows: "This branch .of the Pos tal Bureau your committee are sorry to be obliged to report has been carried on up to within a few months of the end of the period, in a most un-' satisfactory 'manner. The books were neither neat nor correct. The present superintendent, who was appointed during the last portion of the? period, has been obliged to open up new books altogether, copying all of the former superintendent's work into them. There is a shortage in this account of this department of $200.00. We would strongly recommend that this branch 'of the Postal Bureau be di vorced from this Bureau, and be plac ed directly tinder the Minister of Fi nance." The committee recommended that more clerks be employed in the Post Office. In this bureau especially should persons be employed who are thoroughly competent. Clerks can only become. competent by actual edu cation in the office; thus the idea of promotion should be strictly adhered to. Politics should not enter the Post Office. The expert work by A. B. Scrimgeour i most complete and shows clearly the whole state of affairs in the Postal Department. Minister Damon said that he had been anxious to be come acquainted with the inside work ings of the Postal Bureau but never had he been able to get hold of any thing tangible until the report of the expert was read. The report was ordered printed. Substitute bill to House Bill 23, re lating to eminent domain, brought up on second reading. Rep. McCandless moved for indefinite postponement. Passed second reading. Second reading of Senate Bill 34, relating to heiaus and puuhonuas. Report of the committee recommend; ing passage, adopted. Senate amendments to House Bill 64, relating to construction of -railways, concurred in by the House. House adjourned at 4:05 p. m. Admiral Miller. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. The steamships Ohio and Conemaugh were added to the fleet of Government trans port ships yesterday and will be ready to sail with the Australia, City of Peking and City of Sydney. The Australia was placed on the dry dock at the Union Iron Works yes terday and today the City of Peking will come off the dock at Hunter's point. Admiral Miller boarded the United States coast defense ship Monterey yesterday afternoon and hoisted his flag at the monitor's masthead. Invitation to Miss 3IcDonalJ. A Trans-Mississippi Educational Convention will be held at Omaha, June 28, 29, 30. as a conference for all persons interested in the educa tional progress of the great States par ticipating in the Trans-Mississippi Ex position. Miss Cora M. McDonald received a letter this week from the general manager of the English Conference inviting her to take a part on their program. Miss McDonald hopes to be able to accept this honor. A GENERAL INVITATION. The millinery displayed at L. B. Kerr's Queen street store is a sight long to be remembered. Hats and bonnets are many and beautiful. The -style of trimming most artistic; the arrangement of colors most exquisite, and must be seen to be appreciated. An inspection is solicited. All are cordially invited. THURSTON'S SAY Ex-Minister of the Interior Males Statement on Wharf Matters. HAD A WELL DEFINED POLICY Was for Government Ownership and Control Gives Version of Transactions With O. R. &, L. Co. Washington, D. C. May 13, 1S9S. Hon. W. O. Smith, Attorney-General, Honolulu, II. I. Sir: Your communications of April 19th and 22nd are duly in hand with enclosures. I note that you request me to make a statement of the circumstances which led up to the granting of the lease to the O. R. & L. Co. of the wharf frontage. As it is now over eight years since the transaction and I have not access here to the correspondence and the documents connected with the matter, it is impossible for me to give exact details to make as full a statement as I could if I were in Honolulu; but I will make as full a statement as I can from my personal knowledge, hop ing at an early date to be able to re turn to Honolulu and there complete the details. According to my 'best recollection, and subject to correction upon further examination of documentary evidence, the circumstances under which the lease from the Government to the O. R. & L. Co., of the wharf frontage and the location of the terminal divi sion was granted, were as follows: The original location of the Railroad began at King street, including the present depot and railroad yards. Sometime after this location was ap proved, Mr. Dillingham had an inter view with me in which he stated that it. was necessary for the successful conduct of the railroad that they. should be able to receive and deliver freight directly from and to the ship ping, and wanted to know if the Government would not put in a wharf on that side of the harbor. My reply was that I could see the value to the Railroad of access to the harbor, but that there was no appro priation then available with which the Government could construct the wharf. Mr. Dillingham then proposed that he should build the wharf. There had already been considerable discussion in the- Cabinet and between myself and Mr. Rowell, the Superintendent of Public Works, concerning the grow ing needs of the port for wharf room, and plans had been discussed for build ing additional wharves on the Ewa side of the harbor. I informed Mr. Dillingham at the time that I was a firm believer in the policy of the Gov ernment absolutely owning and con trolling the wharves and the harbor front; that the Government was not in a position to now build a wharf, but recognizing the value to the pub lic and the railroad, and desiring to facilitate his operations in every prop er way, I would consent to his con structing a wharf, upon the condition that it should not interfere with the plan of location of wharves on the Ewa side of the harbor which might ulti mately be adopted, which proposition Mr. Dillingham immediately agreed to. About this time, or perhaps a uttie previous thereto, the railroad acquir ed the Youman's- estate land on the west side of the harbor and claimed that it reached to deep water, giving him the deep water frontage on the harbor. I caused the line of the Youman s irwi to he located either by the sur vey department, or by the Superin tendent of Public Works, I forget which, and found that between that line and deep water, there lay a strip of shoal water of practically the same depth as that over the Youman's prop erty which the railroad had acquired. i" thereupon informed Mr. Dilling ham that I did not admit that his prop prtv came to deep water; that the strip of shoal between the line of his property and deep water belonged to the Government and that in pursuance of the policy of Government owner ship and control of the harbor front age I could not consent to the loca tion of the terminal division which he was then seeking to obtain, unless and until the question of the owner ship of this strip was settlei. He urg ed that the question of the ownership of this strip be postponed and be set tled by itself. I refused to consent to this. I told him that the Government had no de sire to hamper him in his operations and that no charge would be made to him for the occupation of the strip, but that there must be a definite agree ment and understanding as to the title. I thereupon offered to lease to the Railroad the strip in question at a nominal rental for a limited period. Mr. Dillingham was very loath to acknowledge the Government owner ship in the strip in question, but final ly after several weeks negotiation, the matter was agreed to. Not having the documents before me I do not know what the relative dates of the location of the terminal division and the lease are. The official approv al of the location of the division Is endorsed upon the map showing the location. I note that in Mr. Harwell's notes given to you he suggests that the ap proval of the harbor location which is recited in the lease- as extending to deep water, may give the Railroad the right to condemn the harbor frontage. The fact is that the location of the terminal division and the lease to the Railroad of the Government strip in question, were all part of the sarao transaction and the provisions in the lease absolutely negative the possibili ty of the suggested construction. In this connection I would call your attention to sub-divison 1 on page 3 of the lease which provides that "The Government shall have the right to take possession of the land heretofore demised or any part thereof; together with the improvements on the same, or on any portion, which may be taken at any time after giving to the Company-ninety days' notice of Inten tion so to do, and the payment or tend er to the Company of the value of such improvements." Also to subdivision 7 on page 5 of the lease which reads: "Notwithstand ing the above demise if it should be deemed' necessary at any tine by the Minister of the Interior to change the location of said wharf or wharves or of any filled in premises for the bene fit or improvement of the Harbor of Honolulu, the Government shall have the right at its own expense to make such change without paying to the Company any consequential damages for loss cf use of said premises, loss of business or otherwise, or any dam ages other than the kind specified above." (The damages "specified above" be ing the actual cost of material which the Government might take from the Company.) Also to the clause beginning on page 5 and ending on page 6 whereby the Company covenants tliat whenever the Government either by lapse of the lease or by taking possession under the terms to take the lease, performs the conditions by which It is allowed to take possession under the lease, the "Company will peaceably quit and de liver up to the said Minister, or his successors in office or assigns all of the premises hereby demised." I call your attention to the fact that all of these provisions and the very lease itself are absolutely inconsistent with a permanent grant or any step in the direction of allowing the Rail road Cpmpany to acquire permanent title to the harbor frontage. I understand that it is being urged in behalf of the Company that the Government in now attempting to re sume occupation of the harbor strip of land by the terms of the lease, and to construct Government wharves on that side of the harbor, has changed the policy which it had in 1890 when the lease was made, and is acting in bad faith with the Company. I cannot believe that Mr. Dillingham can have made any such statement or argument, for nothing can be further from the truth. All of my acts at that time as Minister of the Interior were taken upon full consideration by the entire Cabinet and after many discussions and many interviews. The policy of the Government then was exactly what it is now; that is, to own and control the harbor frontage. At that time the plan of the wharves in that part of the harbor had not been de cided upon and there was no appro priation with which to build a Govern ment wharf. It was the full intention and policy of the Government at that time to develop at an early date the wharfage on the Ewa side of the har bor. All this, Mr. Dillingham knew fully, clearly and completely. Pending the discussion of the exact location of the wharves and an appropriation therefor, permission was given to Mr. Dillingham to temporarily locate a (Continued on Page 2.) Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and dellcioua. mm t3. h, r,rftSM Absolutely Pure not Bvo pownrq ffw yntn PI WAR