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VOL. XXX., NO. 5314
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A. L C. ATKINSON.
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW. OFFICE: COR
ner King and Bethel Streets, (up-
DR. C. B. HIGH.
DENTIST. PHILADELPHIA DENT
il College 1892. Masonic Temple.
"Telephone 318.
OR. A. C. WALL DR. 0. E. WALL
DENTTST OFFICE HOURS: 8 A. M.
to 4 p. m. Love Building, Fort
fitreeL
M. E. GROSSMAN, D.D.S.
DENTIST 98 HOTEL STREET, Ho
nolulu.. Office Hours: 9 a. m. to
4 9. m.
GEO. H. HUDDY, D.D.S.
DENTIST FORT STREET, OPPO-
cite Catholic Mission. Hours:
From 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
DR. A. GORDON HODGINS.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, GEDGE
Cottage, corner Richards and Hotel
streets. Office Hours: 9 to 11; 2
to 4, 7 to 8. Telephone 953.
DR. WALTER HOFFMANN.
BERET ANIA STREET, OPPOSITE
Hawaiian Hotel. Office Hours: 8
to 10 a. m.; 1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 8 p.
nx. Sundays: 8 to 10 a. m. Tele-
pnono 610. P. O. Box 501.
DR. T. MITAMUBA.
CONSULTING ROOMS, 427 NUUANU
Street; P. O. Box 842; telephone
132; residence 524 Nuuanu street.
Hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and 7 to 9 p.
m.; Sundays, 2 to 6 p. m.
DR. T0M1Z0 KATSUNUMA.
VETERINARY SURGEON. SKIN
Disease of all kinds a specialty.
Office: Room 11, Spreckels Build
ing. Hours: 9 to 4. . Telephone
474. Residence Telephone 1093.
DR. I. MORI.
136 BERETANIA ST., BETWEEN
Emma and Fort. Telephone 277;
P. O. Box 843. Office hours; 9 to
12 a. m. and 7 to 8 p. m.; Sundays,
9 to 12 a. m.
DR: k. N. SINCLAIR.
413 KING ST., NEXT TO THE OPERA
House. Office hours: 9 to 10 a, m.;
1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays:
12 m. to 2 p. m. Telephone 741.
C. L. GARVIN, M. D.
OFFICE No". 537 KING STREET,
near Punchbowl. Hours: 9:00 to
11:00 a. m., 7:00 to 8:00 p. m.
Telephone No. 448.
T. B. CLAPHAM.
VETERINARY SURGEON AND DEN
tiL Office: Hotel Stables. Calls,
day or night, promptly answered.
Specialties: Obstetrics and Lame-
CATHCART & PARKE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. HAVE
mored their law offices to the Judd
block. Rooms 308-309.
LORRIN ANDREWS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE
with Thurston & Carter, Merchant
street, next to postoffice.
FRANCIS J. BERRY.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
Law. Will practice in the U. S.
Federal and State Courts. Pro
gress Block, corner Beretania and
Fort Streets, rooms 5 and 6.
W. C. Achl. Enoch Johnson.
ACHI & JOHNSON.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
at Law. Office No. 10 West King
Street. Telephone 884.
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 786.
J. M. KANEAKUA.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
Law. Office: In th Occidental
Hotel, corner of King and A'akea
Streets, Honolulu.
A. J. CAMPBELL.
STOCK AND BOND BROKER. OF
flce Queen street, opposite Union
Feed Co.
T. McCANTS STEWART.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
Law, Progress Block, opposite
Catholic Church, Fort street, Ho
nolulu, H. I. Telephone 1122.
T. D. BEASLEY.
DRAUGHTSMAN. PLANTATION
and Topographical Maps a Special
ty. Room 306, Judd Building, Tel
ephone 633.
FREDERICK W. JOB.
SUITE 815, MARQUETTE BUILDING,
Chicago, 111.; Hawaiian Consul
General for the States of Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wis
consin. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
F. D. CREAMY, A.B. HON.
TUTOR. WILL TAKE A FEW PU
pils for private instruction. Of
fice cor. King and Bethel Sts. Tel.
62 and 806; P. O. Box 759.
MISS F. WASHBURN.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER AND
Typewriter. Office: Room 202, Judd
Building. Telephone 1086.
WILLIAM SAVIDGE.
STOCK AND BOND BROKER.
Mclnerny Block, Fort Street.
C. J. FALK.
STOCK AND BOND BROKER. MEM
ber Honolulu Stock Exchange.
Room 301 Judd Building.
WM. T. PATY.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
HAVING PURCHASED THE Busi
ness of Mr. J. C. Chamberlain, is
now prepared to do any and all
kinds of work. Store and office
fitting; brick, wood or stone build
ing. Shop, Palace Walk; "resi
dence, Wilder avenue, . near Ke
walo. '
DR. A. C. POSEY.
SPECIALIST FOR EYE, EAR,
THROAT AND NOSE DISEASES
AND CATARRH. Masonic Temple.
Hours: 8 to 12 a. m; 1 to 4 and 7
to 8 p. in.
0. G. TRAPHAGEN.
ARCHITECT 223 MERCHANT ST.,
Between Fort and Alakea. Tele
phone 734. Honolulu, H
P. SILVA.
AGENT TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDG
ments to Instruments, District of
Kona, Oahu. At W. C. Achl'g of
fice. King Street, near Nuuanu. '
BURKETTE& CO.
STOCK AND CUSTOM HOUSE BROK-
ers. Real Estate and General
Agents. Office No. 13 corner King
and Bethel streets. P. O. box 262.
Telephone 641.
JAMES T. TAYLOR, H. Am. SOC. C. f.
CONSULTING HYDRAULIC ENGI-
neer. 306 Judd Block, Honolulu,
H. I.
AHHIS MONTAGUE TURNER.
Remaining in Honolulu for a few
months will take a limited number of
pupils for
VOCAL INSTRUCTION.
Terms by the lesson or month. Com
mencing on and after the 10th of July.
"MIGNON,"
720 Beretania Street, Honolulu.
COOK'S MUSIC SCHOOL.
Love's Building: Fort St.
FALL TERM BEGINS SEPT. 4th.
Pupils who have not arranged for hours
should apply at once.
HONOLULU SANITARIUM.
1082 KING STREET.
Telephone 639.
Dr. Luella S. Cleveland, medical sup
erintendent. Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Methods of Battle Creek, Michigan,
Sanitarium. Baths of every descrip
tion. Trained nurses in bath rooms as
well as in sick room. Massage and
manual movements. Electricity In
every form. Classified dietary, etc.
Ample facilities for thorough examin
ation. Dr. C. L. Garvin, consulting
physician and surgeon.
S. E. LUCAS, Parisian Optician.
LOVE BUILDING, FORT STREET;
Upstairs; P. O. Box 351. I carry
a full line of ALL KINDS OF
GLASSES from the CHEAPEST
to the BEST. Free Examination
of the Eyes.
DEAL IN HONOKAA
Whttter Ii Will Cos OB" De
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psnds oi StoctMilers.
WHAT BROKER POLLITZ PROPOSES
Stock to ti Listed on San Francisco Ex
change If Certain Conditions
Are Accepted.
There is another deal on in Honokaa
stock.
Several of the more prominent stock
holders in this plantation met on
Wednesday to consider a proposition
submitted by Broker Ed Pollitz, and
after some discussion it was agreed to
give the proposition a favorable an
swer, with the understanding that
enough of the smaller stockholders
were to be sounded yesterday, and if
they agreed with the larger holders a
public meeting was to be called and the
trade ratified. This accounts for the
sales of 600 shares between boards re
ported yesterday afternoon at $27.50.
To properly understand the situa
tion, it should be stated that there are
100,000 shares of the stock of the Ho
nokaa Sugar Company outstanding of
the par value of $20 and that the stock
was quoted on the board yesterday at
$27.50 bid and $27.75 asked. Mr. Pol
litz, by previous purchases already
owned 15,000 of these shares and it is
said has added largely to his holding
! during his present visit.
The proposition now made by Mr.
Pollitz is to pay $25 per share to all
holders of Honokaa stock, big and lit
tle, for 20 per cent of the amount they
hold. That is, if Tom Smith owns one
hundred shares of Honokaa Mr. Pol
litz wants twenty of them at $25, or
$2.50 less than the price offered yester
day. In return for this "option," which
may develop into a sale, Mr. Pollitz
agrees to list the stock on the San
Francisco board at the upset price of
$35 per share, and to do his best to
create a big demand for the stock so
that those who sold him one-fifth of
their stock at a loss may sell the other
four-fifths at a gain.
It was said on the street yesterday
by a few of the knowing ones that the
deal was likely to go through.
COMING CRICKET MATCH.
Between Honolulu Cricket Club
and the Egeria Eleven.
The cricket match between the Ho
nolulu Cricket Club and a team from
H. M. S. Egeria, scheduled for 1:30 to
morrow, promises to be a good con
test. The Egeria has a first-class team
and the local players have selected
their most brilliant men for the con
test. Viggo Jacobsen has spent consid
erable time in placing fhe pitch in
first-class condition.
The Honolulu Cricket Club team se
lected is given below, and these play
ers are reminded that the game wTill be
called promptly at 1:30:. H. L. Herbert
(captain), Judge Stanley, Rev. V. H.
Kitcat, A. St. M. Mackintosh, R. An
derson, J. L. Cockburn, J. W. Harvey,
A. Sinclair, G. T. Irvine, E. A. Moss,
A. R. Hatfield.
Refreshments will be served on the
grounds to players and friends by la
dies interested.
Members of the local club who have
been aboard the Egeria state that they
have been most hospitably received.
Court Notes.
In the case of Makaio, plaintiff, vs.
Adamu and Albert Horner, a stipula
tion has been filed that the defendants
may have ten days' additional time in
which to answer the complaint.
In the assumpsit suit of James J.
Bryne vs. P. J. Voeller, for the Novem
ber term, the defendant has filed an
answer denying every allegation of the
complaint.
Church Defence.
At the meeting of the Church De
fence and Extension Association held
at Harmony Hall last evening, corres
pondence to and from American bis
hops relating to this diocese and its
future was read, ami other business of
interest to the association only transacted.
Met at Baireuth. ,
At Baireuth, Mr. and Mrs. F. SVan
zey recently attended the first opera of
the Tetralogy. They discovered, after
taking their seats, that t'ae seats next
to them were occupied ty Mr. W. It.
Castle Jr., and several college friends.
After the performance the parties
joined in a supper and visited for sev
eral days.
Boy Missing.
A lady telephoned to the police sta
tion last night saying that a twelve
year old boy, dressed in rubber-soled
tennis slippers, gray pants, flannel
shirt, red necktie and gray hat, was
missing. Ho had left home early in
the morning and had not returned.
OAHU COLLEGE TRUSTEES.
Important Meeting on Proposed
New Preparatory Building.
The trustees of Oahu College will
meet this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The
subject that will be brought up for
discussion is the proposed erection of
an additional preparatory school. The
FAC-SIMILE
a a a a a. a S a;i;;!SMaM;;"aa?; a ?i a ?; a
past year has been a most successful ly thirty miles therefrom. Messages
one in every way for the college, and have been sent to and from Auckland
the increased attendance has demon-. ( for some two or three years past by
strated the necessity of having in-private individuals with so much suc
creased preparatory facilities. I cess that the attention of the postal
The site will also be discussed. A 'authorities of the New Zealand Gov
number of opinions have been offered, ernment was attracted, resulting in the
some advocating the choice of a central setting apart of a small appropriation
location, while others favored building for the purpose of investigating and
on the college grounds in close prox- reporting on the advisability of the
imity to the college proper. It is Government establishing a regular pos
planned to have the new preparatory tal delivery between the two points,
school so arranged that the lower The first step made by the postal
grades up to about the fourth will be authorities was to obtain control of the
kept entirely distinct from the upper j
classes.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
Opening of the Maggie Moore H.
K. Roberts Season.
The Maggie Moore-H. R. Roberts
dramatic company arrives today bv the two postoffices in the usual way. The
Alameda. The advance sale of seats message-is written in lead pencil on
, . , A, A A, . . thin but tough tissue paper the exact
has been such that the financial sue- size of the cut furnlghei herewith, the
cess of the season is assured. That it stamp is placed on the center and can
will also be an -artistic triumph there celled. The message is then folded up
is little doubt. The opening piece, into a small compass, tied under the
qi.- nn .ni ooi .on i,i wing of a bird and in an hour is in
uun. i , w ill ajai lis an viu
theater-goers who ever had the oppor
tunity of seeing that sterling comedy-
drama. Maggie Moore, whose name is
inseparably connected with the success
of the ilav will anneir in the leading
or tne piaj,.wiii appear in tne leading
part when the company opens tomor
row night. The other star, H. R. Ro
berts, comes with an enviable reputa
tion as a brilliant, versatile actor.
With two such people in the principal
roles, and a suport said to be strong.
Honolulu theater goers have before
them a dramatic treat.
Japanese Cutting Scrape.
A Japanese named Maidawa was
brought from Kahaluti to the police
station yesterday morning. At about
the same time his victim was taken to
the Queen's Hospital suffering from
ugly knife wounds. During the pre
vious evening the men had quarreled.
A knife flashed and in a moment Telao
had fallen to the floor with two bad
cuts in his head and one in his back.
The wounded man was brought to the
Queen's Hospital yesterday. He has
a chance for his life.
A "PIGEONGRAM"
t From Great Bar
rier Island to AMlanil.
NEW ZEALAND PIGEON STAMPS
Something About the Importance
of Pigeon Service In These Isl
and In Case of War.
It was only a few weeks ago that
mention was made in these columns of
the starting by the New Zealand Gov
ernment of a pigeon post between
Auckland and Great Barrier Island.
By the last mail from the Colonies a
gentleman interested in philatelic mat
ters received from Auckland six of
these "pigeongrams," as they are
styled, one of which the Advertiser has
been permitted to reproduce.
Great Barrier Island, as it is termed,
is a portion of the Great Barrier reef
opposite Auckland and situated exact-
OF MESSAGE AND PIGEONGRAM STAMP.
birds used. This was easily accom-
plished by the Government agreeing to
pay the owner a large proportion of
the postage to be charged. The post
master general next authorized the is
suing of 600 special "pigeongram
stamps" as a trial issue, one of which
was to be used on each message sent.
These stamps cost one shilling each
and are purchased and cancelled at the
the hands of the person to wliom it is
addressed.
The remarkable celerity with which
these pigeongrams are received and
delivered and the simplicity of the en-
tire Peration makes one wonder why
similar means of communication be-
tween the different islands of the Ha
waiian group have not been already
adopted. It is true there have been
some futile attempts at it, but under
Government protection and conducted
through the business channels of the
postoffice, a pigeongram service ought
to be as successful here as in New Zea
land. There is no place in the world
probably where it could be used to
such great advantage as in the Hawaii
an Islands. If the Auckland postoffice
authorities can send a pigeongram to
Great Barrier Island for one shilling,
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Makes the food icre delicious and wholesome
gakimo pewnrn co. . new vok.
surely the Honolulu postoffice ought to
be able to forward a message to Kauai
and Maui for a dollar and to Hawaii
for two.
In this out-of-the-way spot one hard
ly realizes the importance of keeping
up trained homing pigeons for use in
case of necessity. Indeed, it was only
recently that Senator Hale called the
attention of the United States Senate
to the value of an effective pigeon, ser
vice as a necessary adjunct to the ar
my and navy in case of war, and pre
sented a paper relating to homing pig
eons prepared by F. H. S. Morrison of
Elizabeth, New Jersey, president of the
National Federation of American Hom
ing Pigeon Fanciers, from which the
following is quoted:
It was during the siege of Paris, dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war, that the
eyes of all Europe, and, in fact, the
whole world, were opened to the fact
that the homing pigeon was not a mere
plaything. Constituting, as they did.
the only means of communicating with
the outside world, they gained for
themselves a warm place in the hearts
of the residents of Paris and the ad
miration of all Europe.
During the siege Paris was thus kept
in communication with friends and al
lies. Thousands of messages were con
veyed into the French capital, and even
newspapers were reduced in size by be
ing photograpbed and sent to Paris by
these aerial messengers.
So important was the part played by
homing pigeons in this war tbat it led
to many of the European powers ex
pending enormous sums of money ; in
the equipment of homing-pigeon serv-
a a a a a S a'a .SSaSSSI
ices, which are today maintained upon
a magnificent scale.'
France, Germany, Russia, Spain and
Italy have gone further in perfecting
the services which they have in force,
than the other powers, each spending;
annually from $10,000 to $25,000 in car
rying forward this feature of their
fighting equipment, which they now
look upon as indispensable.
The magnificent scale upon .which
these Governments conduct their pig
eon posts can hardly be realized by
one who has not made a study of them.
At the annual sale of stock birds held
by European fanciers of homing pig
eons agents of these Governments can
be seen ready to pay large prices for
choice specimens which may be offered.
consigning them when purchased to
the various posts of their respective
governments.
By means of the pigeon services In
force the European powers can keep
up constant communication between
outposts upon the frontier, garrisons,
and army posts, as well as fleets as
sembled at points not too remote.
The French Government has gone so
far as to introduce into the infantry
and artillery branches of its service a
system of movable pigeon coops, which,
when perfected, will render safe and
swift reports from pickets and scouts
an easy matter. This system, while
affording great possibilities, b'as not as
yet been sufficiently tested to demon
strate clearly its practical utility.
With the above facts before us, let
us turn to a few of the wars conduct
ed by England and the United States,
in which well-equipped pigeon services
would have been of great value.
Take, for example, the Afghan war,
the duration of which was about two
years. During this war about 200
miles of telegraph wires were laid. The
expenditure was enormous, and yet the
service was unsatisfactory, the reason
being that every few days the wires
were cut by the natives. The territory
in which the war was conducted was
such that it could have been complete
ly covered by a pigeon service at com
paratively no expense and the service
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