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HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, FRIDAY, DECEM15EU, SO, 1S8.
i'KICE FIVE CENTS.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. Q. WOOD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY
Public Office: Corner King and
Bthel Streets.
DR. C. B. HIGH.
DENTISTS. PHILADELPHIA DENT
al College 1892. Ma3onic Temple.
Telephone 318.
SR. A. C. WALL DR. 0. E. WALL
DENTISTS OFFICE HOURS: 8 A.M.
to 4 p. m. Love Building, Fort
Street.
M. E. GROSSMAN, D.D.S.
DENTIST 98 HOTEL STREET, Ho
nolulu. Office Hours: 9 a. m. to
4 p. m.
DR. A. J. DERBY.
DENTIST CORNER FORT AND
Hotel Streets., Mott-Smlth Block.
Telephones: Office, 615; Residence,
789. Hours: 9 to 4.
GEO. H. HUDDY, D.D.S.
DENTIST FORT STREET, OPPO
elte Catholic Mission. Hoars:
From 9 a.m. to 4 p. m.
DR. F. E. CLARK.
DENTIST PROGRESS BLOCK. COR
ner Beretanla and Fort Streets.
C. L. GARVIN, M.D.
OFFICE No. 537 KING STREET,
near Punchbowl. Hours: 8:00 to
9:00; 2:00 to 5:00; 6:00 to 7:00.
Telephone No. 448.
DR. WALTER HOFFMANN.
CORNER BERETANIA AND PUNCH
bowl Streets. Office Hours: 8 to
10 a. ma.; 1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m.
Sundays: 8 to 10 a. m. Telephone
510. P. O. Box 501.
T. B. CLAPHAM.
VETERINARY SURGEON AND DEN
tlst. Office: Hotel Stables. Calls,
day or night, promptly answered.
Specialties: Obstetrics and Lame
ness. Lorrin A. Thurston. Alfred W. Carter.
THURST0H& CARTER.
Attorneys-at-Law. Merchant Street
next to Post Office.
W C. Achl. Enoch Johnson.
AOHI & JOHNSON.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW. Office No. 10 West King
Street. Telephone 884.
T. MCCAHTS STEWART.
(Formerly of the New York Bar.)
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
Law, Spreckels Building. Room 5,
305 Fort Street, Honolulu.
CATHCART & PARKE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 13 KAAHU
manu Street.
CHAS. F. PETERSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY
Public. 15 Kaahumanu Street.
LYLE A. DICKEY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY
Public. King and Bethel Streets.
Telephone 806. P. O. Box 7S6.
J. M. KANEAKUA.
iTTnRTJRY AND COUNSELLOR AT
Law. Office: In the Occidental
Hotel, corner of-King and Alakea
Streets, Honolulu.
CHARLES CLARK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW 121 MEK
chant Street. Honolulu Hale. Tel
ephone 345. Up Stairs.
0. G. TRAPHAGEN.
ARCHITECT 223 MERCHANT ST.,
Between Fort and Alakea. Tele
phone 731. Honolulu, H. I.
Will buy for you
Stock or Bond
In this market or abroad.
GEORGE R. CARTER, Treasurer.
Office In rear of Bank of Hawaii. Ltd.
OB
Tfi ' GUIDE
THROUGH
HAWAII.
PRICE, 60c.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS
WOMEN'S EXCHANGE.
215 Merchant St.
Makes a specialty of ancient Hawai
ian Curios, and also carries the best
assortment of modern Hawaiian work
to be found in Honolulu, including
Mats, Fans, Leis, Bamboo, Lauhala
and Cocoanut Hats, Etc., Etc. Tel. 659.
DR. MILAN SOULE.
LATE S. S. AUSTRALIA HAS RE
sumed practice at N. E. corner
Sutter and Kearney streets, San
Francisco.
DRESSMAKERS.
MISS FREIBURG KNOKE, DRESS
making parlors, corner School and
Nuuanu streets.
C. S. RICHARDSON.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER AND
Typewriter. Expert work at low
est prices. Telephone 313, with H.
Waterhouse & Co., Queen street.
MORRIS K. KE0H0KAL0LE,
LOUIS K. M'GREW.
UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE
Brokers, Accountants, Searchers of
Titles and General Business
Agents. Office: No. 15 Kaahu
manu street, Honolulu. Formerly
A. Rosa's Office. Telephone 620.
A. J. CAMPBELL.
STOCK AND BOND BROKER. OF
fice Queen street, opposite Union
Feed Co.
M. W. M'CHESNEY & SONS.
Wholesale Grocers and Dealers In Leather and
Shoe Findings.
Agents Honolulu Soap Works Company
Honolulu and Tannery.
P. SILVA.
GENT TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDG-
ments to Instruments, District of
Kona, Oahu. At W. C. Achl's office.
King street, near Nuuanu.
Robert Lewers. F. J. Lowrey. C. M. Cook
LEWERS & COOKE.
Importers and Dealers In Lumber and
Building Materials. Office,
414 Fort St.
LEWIS & CO.
is
111 FORT STREET.
Telephone. 240 : : P. O. Box, Sf.
Goodhue Steel
Windmills
REDUCED IN PRICE TO
8 Ft., $30; 10 Ft. $40.
H. E. WALKER
Masonic Temple Block.
mm mi
n
Grate
DOES NOT TELL
Apt Sewail And Merchants
of
AN INQUIRY AND A REPLY
Delay in Endeavor to Learn
of a Statement-Letter to
Sent to Washington.
Basis
Be
The Advertiser is enabled to publish.
. i i 1 rrM- r-
as news, tne two letters ueiow.
throw light on the gossip that mer
chants here had formed a plan to make
heavy financial gains in an "irregular"
manner. This intimation is repudiat
ed by the responsible houses signing
the note to the United States Special
Agent:
AN INQUIRY.
Honolulu, December 27. lS'JS.
Harold M. Sewall, Esq., Special Agent
of the United States.
Sir: The attention of the under
signed importers of - merchandise in
this city has been directed to Wash
ington despatches of the 15th and 16th
instants, published in the Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser of this date, in
which the statement is made that you,
as Special Agent for the United States
Treasury, have informed the Secretary
of the Treasury Department that the
immediate extension of the tariff laws
of the United States to Hawaii is im
perative in order to prevent the "irreg
ular entry of gootls to the united
States by way of Hawaii," and it is ex
plained that this "irregular entry"
means that "a concerted plan of for
eign dealers to senu large quanuuv
of merchandise to Hawaii and enter it
under the Hawaiian tariff, with a view
of taking advantage of the nominal
duties, and subsequently ship it to
other ports of the United States
articles of domestic commerce."
W-e are of course unaware as to who
is pointed at when the expression "for
eign dealers" is used, but, in justice to
ourselves, it is proper for us to in
form you that if this communication to
the Treasury Department is correctly
reported, and if by "foreign dealers"
you desired to intimate that any of the
undersigned were employed in the im
portation of goods destined fOr re-export
to the United States whenever the
United States tariff was extended to
the Islands, you have made an unjust
accusation, as no such "concerted plan"
exists among the resident foreign deal
ers whose importations are made in
the regular course of trade and for ex
clusive use in these islands.
Trusting to be favored by the assur
ance that the reference to "foreign
dealers" above quoted was in no way
intended to apply to us.
We have the honor to be. Sir, your
most obedient servants.
(Signed)
THEO. H. DA VIES & CO.. LTD.,
H. HACKFELD & CO., LTD.,
M. PHILLIPS & CO..
M. S. GRINBAUH & CO.. LTD.,
F. A. SCHAEFER & CO..
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO.. Ld.
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO.. LTD.,
E. O. HALL & SON. LTD.,
HENRY MAY & CO..
J. T. WATERHOUSE.
ED H O FFSCH L A EG E R & CO.
THE REPLY.
Special Agencv of the United States.
Honolulu, H. I., Dec. 29. 1S9S.
Messrs. Theo. H. Davies & Co., H.
Hackfeld & Co. and Others.
Gentlemen: I have to acknowledge
receipt of your letter or the th insi.,
in which you quote newspaper des
patches purporting to report informa
tion officially communicated by me
relative to importations here by "for
eign dealers," and invite from me the
assurance that this reference was in no
way intended to apply to yourselves.
In replv, I have to say, without going
into the question of the accuracy of the
newspaper reports upon which you
base vour letter, that for my official
communications I am alone responsible
to the Department of State, without
the permission of which I can neither
divulge nor discuss them.
I shall take pleasure, however, in for-
wardinsr at the earliest ODDOrtunitv a
copy of your letter to be transmitted
o thf TTnnornhle Secretarv of the
Treasury,
I am. gentlemen, very respectfully
vours.
(Signed) HAROLD M. SEWALL.
Special Agent of the United States.
TROUBLE IN SAMOA.
AUCKLAND (N. Y.), Dec. 21. Ad
vices received here from Samoa under
date of December 10th says there is
serious trouoie in connection wuu iue
election of n King to succeed tne late
King Malietoa.
CANAL INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Senator
today secured the passage by j
the
iag
Senate of a resolution authoriz- j
the Nicaragua Canal Committee to
investigate the alleged efforts to ob
struct, the construction of the Nicara
cuan canal.
CABLE.
LONDON, Dec. 21 The Daily Mail
this morning says it credits the report
that Australia will join with Canada
in defraying the cost of a Pacific
cable.
BENNINGTON FOR GUAM.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Guam very
soon will bo a naval station, with a
station vessel, coal pile and garrison
rof marines. Orders which are now on
the way to the Bennington direct the
gunboat to proceed to Guam and make
a survey of the harbor. Such instruc
tions -are contained in the orders as
will give authority to the commander
to locate a proper place for unloading
coal and for the construction of such
barracks as will suffice for a small de
tachment of marines as may be sent to
the island by Admiral Dewey.
.
MADE AMERICANS.
(Senate Amendment.)
The section defining citizen
ship was amended by striking
out the word "white" and also
the explicit reference to Portu
guese and left to read as fol
lows:
That all persons who were
citizens of the Republic of Ha
waii on August 21, 1898, are
hereby declared to be citizens
of the United States.
HAWAIIAN CABLE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Consider
ation of the Hawaiian cable bill, which
was reported in the House last ses
sion, is promised for early in Janu
ary. This bill is that in the interest
of the Scrymser corporation, and pro
vides for the building of a cable by
v ay of Hawaii to Japan.
To offset this measure, Corliss of
k-higan today put before the House
ie ,!ill whi'h puts in the hands of the
-'. opulent pwer to construct a cable
from the united states to nawau ana
the Philippines and thence to Japan
or such other islands as he may choose
to touch. After the completion of the
cable it is to be put under the control
of the Postmaster-General.
The Scrymser bill carries a $200,000
bonus, and has the entire indorsement
of the committee which reported it.
The committee has authorized its
chairman, Hepburn, to press for early
consideration, and as a day has been
set aside for the work of the Com
merce Committee during the first week
of January, the measure is certain of
a speedy hearing and determination in
the House.
LILIUOKALANTS PROTST.
f
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Ex
ueen Liliuokalani had introduced in
the Senate today the following protest
against tne appropriation or tne crown
lands of Hawaii by the United States:
To the Senate of the United States:
:. Liliuokalani of Hawaii, made heir
ipparent on the ISth day of April,
1S77, and proclaimed Queen of the Ha
waiian Islands on the 20th day of
January, 1S91, do hereby earnestly and
respectfully protest against the asser
tion of ownership by the United States
of America of the so-called Hawai
ian crown lands, amounting to about
1.000,000 acres, and which are my prop-
erty. and 1 especially protest against
such assertion of ownership as a tak
ing of property without due process
of law and without just or other com
pensation. Further supplementing my protest
of June 17, 1897, I call upon the Presi
dent and the national Legislature and
the people of the United States to do
justice in this matter and to restore
to me this property, the enjoyment of
which is being withheld from me by
vour Government under what must be
n misnnnrehensinn of mv right and
title. LILIUOKALANI.
DREYFUS.
PMtlS. December 20. The Courrier
rtu Soir savs this evening: The Drey-
fn; sprrpf rioier was handed to the
Court of Cassation this evening under
the pledge that it should not be com-n.ufiir-Mr
A.i t nthe counsel for the de
fense or to anyone outside the court.
VOLUNTEERS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. The be
winning of the end of the volunteer
armv is at hand. The President to-
dav directed that a plan be prepared
for mnsterins out of service "000
men.
POPULAR PRICES.
L. B. Kerr has a fine display cf mil
linerv roods at his Queen street store,
and is quoting prices upon other good3
that cannot fail to attract buyers.
SOUVENIR CALENDARS.
Tf -on "have not nurchased one of
those handsome calendars at the Wo-
mnTi' FWrihanere. do so at once be-
l V k ' 1
fore the supply is exhausted. 25c.
i Morgan
ALL WILL BE
AMERICANS
Hawaiian Citizenship lie Only
Rpremeai.
SENATE CHANGES IN BILL
Legislature Governor -Education-al-Llliuokalanl's
Protest-Expansion
to Carry.
Advices r City of Peking ar-
rivtvl rflF rri-t nt 1 n. in. todaV.
days. 10 hours from San Francis
co ana aeiavea r uays v uiswy-
ery of broken shaft.
Washington. Dec. 21. The Ha
waiian Government bill, which, un
doubtedly will form the basis for the
action of Congress and it is now be-Hov-cH
win nai?s d urine: January, was
11V A X ' r
reported to the Senate by Senator Cul
inm trxlav with a favorable recom
mendation. The bill is in the form in
which it will come from the House
Committee on Territories, and, while
a strong fight will be made on it on
the floor, there will be few changes,
it is believed by men who are standing
in line to work for Its passage.
The name of the government is to be
the "territory" of Hawaii, and it is
nrovided that all who were citizens of
Hawaii when the annexation resolution
was proposed are to be citizens of the
territory. The qualifications for vot
ers are the same as they were in the
original bill. There must be an edu
cational test, and, when voters for Sen
ators, must hold property valued at
$1,000. The qualification for holding
office in either house is just the same
as that required of voters for those
places. This will form one ground of
attack in the House and on the floor of
the Senate. The paragraph which
specifically says that the lands which
were known as the crown lands should
be includexl in the public domain re
mains as it was with the elimination
of the sentence which confirms the
leases of those lands. This leaves the
lands, on which are many of the most
productive plantations on the islands,
subject to all the laws of the Land De
partment, which makes the acquiring
of title a matter to be settled in the
future.
It is the opinion of those who are
conversant with the conditions that
the change will not work any material
disadvantage to the men who have
leases, as they will have ample protec
tion in the rearrangement of the land
holdings. Despite the fight which was
made against the appointment of the
officials of the territory by the Gover
nor whose clauses are left as they were
drawn by the Commission.
Senator Cullom will press for early
consideration of the bill after the hol
iday rec9ss and there is little doubt
that it will be given as much time as
possible. It is not likely that there
will be an attempt to displace the Nic
aragua canal bill, but much time may
be secured during the morning houf,
and action may be had by the end of
January.
CHANGES.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. The Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations to
day concluded its revision of the bills
nrovidinsr a territorial government for
x.
Hawaii, and Senator Cullom reported
the changes to the Senate.
The most imnortant changes are as
follows:
The section defining citizenship was
amended lv striking out the word
'white" and also the explicit reference
to Portuguese and left to read as fol
lows:
"That all persons who were citizens
of the Republic of Hawaii on August
21, lhcJS, are hereby declared to be cit
izens of the United States."
The request of one-fifth of the mem
bers of the territorial House of Rep
resentatives is made sufficient to de
mand the aves and noes, the original
requirement being one-third.
The provision in regard to the quali
aAbsolvieiy
Makes the food more
ROVL PAKtNQ
fications of territorial n.ifnps. 1
changed so as to require that the Sen
ator shall be a male citizen, 30 years
of age, that he shall have rosided In
the Hawaiian Islands not less than
three and that be "shall bo qualified to
vote for Senators."
Explicit property qualifications for
Senator is out. A like chance is mailer
in nrovision resrardincr ih nifm!wr
of the House, who aro required to be
quauneu oy ine cnanges to vote for
representatives.
Section 43, allowing one house of
the Legislature to legislate after the
other has adjourned, was stricken out.
t was aisu mt? provision requiring
that each bill should receive the writ
ten approval of three members before
being introduced. ' The provisions au
thorizing the territorial Supreme
Court to pass upon the qualifications
of mpmbers of fhn T .rrialtiirv nrrtcr mf
changed and it was left as recommend
ed hy the commission.
The Governor is required to send his
estimates for appropriations to the
T-srislatiiro as a. wholA ami not to h
Senate alone, as originally required.
1 no toiiowing restrictions on the
Issuance of bonds is inserted: "Nor
shall anv bonds or other instrument
of any indebtedness be issued unless
made redeemable in not more than
five years and payable in not moro
than fifteen years from the date of
issue thereof."
The provision that no retroactive
law shall be enacted is stricken out.
In the qualifications for voters for
territorial representatives the word
"understandingly" In the educational
qualification is stricken out, requiring
simply that they "shall read, write and
speak the English or Hawaiian lan
guage." No change is made in the
qualifications for voters for Senators.
The provision in regard to the re
gistration of Hawaiian vessels was
changed to read as follows: "That
all vessels carrvine: Hawaiian regis
ters on the 12th of August. 1898, shall
he entitled to be registered as Ameri
can vessels, with the benefits and priv
ileges pertaining thereto."
Section 103, in regard to tne crown
lands was chanced so as to eliminate
the clause confirming all valid leases
now in existence. There are many-
technical changes, and in all cases
where Hawaii is referred to as the
Government of Hawaii" it is changed
so as to make it the territory of Ha
waii. WILL IMS RATIFIED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. While of
. . . i t i.
course no olficial action nas ueeii uak.
en, it has been practically decided that
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations will report the Paris treaty witr
the recommendation that it be ratified
without modification.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Clark Howell.
. . . 1 a XT nit vn d "I
a member ot me uemocian. .ni-
Committee from Georgia and editor of
the Atlanta Constitution, after consult
ing with the leaders of both political
parties at Washington telegraphed as
follows tonight:
"With the adjournment of Congress
for the holidays the final decision on
the peace treaty is as clear as It will
be after a vote has been taken in the
Senate. Two weeks ago the matter
was in doubt: today .it Is certain that
the treaty will be ratified as it will bo
that it has after the vote has been tak-
n. nrvan has advised ratification of
the treaty, and he is outspoken in the
opinion that aside from the question of
national oblieat on it is a matter or
party policy for the Democratic party
to throw no obstacle in tne way.
4
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. President
IcKinley today sent to the Senate
the nomination of Ethan Allen Hitch
cock, now Embassador to Russia, to
be Secretary of the Interior in place
of Cornelius N. Bliss of New Y'ork,
who has resigned. The Senate con
firmed the nomination. It is expected
that Mr. Hitchcock will he sworn as
a
member of the Cabinet in February
and Mr. Bliss
will retain office until
that time.
GRIP EPIDEMIC.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 The epidemic
of grip is still in marked evidence. The
death rate from bronchitis and pneu
monia continues very heavy. Many of
the recent deaths from pneumonia have
been indirectly due to the grip.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22. It is es
timated that between 23,000 and 30,000
persons in this city are suffering from
grip, and doctors report it on the in
crease. REGULARS FOR MANILA,
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. A special lo
tle Tribune from Washington says:
The War Department issued formal
orders today for the dispatciT of three
regiments of regular infantry to Ma
nila by way of New York city and the
Suez canal.
Pure
delicious and wholesome
POWOER CO., KEW YORK.