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VOL. XXX., NO. 5335
HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1899. TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENC3.
ATTORNEYS.
A. L. C. ATKINSON. Office Corner
King and Bethel Sts. (upstairs).
ACHI & JOHNSON (W. C. Achi and
Enoch Johnson). Office No. 10 West
King St.; Tel. 884.
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LORRIN ANDREWS. Office with
Thurston & Carter, Merchant St.,
next to postoffice.
Z.YLE A. DICKEY. King and Bethel
Sts.; Tel. 806; P. O. box 786.'
FREDERICK W. JOB. Suite 815, Mar
quette Bldg., Chicago, 111.; Hawaiian
Consul General for States of Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wiscon
sin. -ALBERT F. JUDD, JR. Office over
Bishop & Co.'s hank, corner Mer
chant and Kaahumanu Sts.
T. McCANTS STEWART. Progress
Blk., opposite Catholic Church, Fort
St., Honolulu; Tel. 1122.
GHAS. F. PETERSON. 15 Kaahuma
nu St.
PHYSICIANS.
C L. GARVIN, M.D. Office 537 King
St., near Punchbowl; hours, 9 to 12
a. m., 7 to 8 p. m.; Tel. 448.
DR. JENNIE L. HILDEBR AND. Of
fice 512 Beretania St., near Alapai;
hours 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m.; Tel.
915.
DR. A. GORDON HODGINS. Office
and residence, Gedge Cottage, corner
Richards and Hotel Sts.; office hours
9 to 11, 2 to 4, 7 to 8; Tel. 953.
DR. WALTER HOFFMAN. Beretania
St., opposite Hawaiian Hotel; office
hours 8 to 10 a. m., 1 to 3 p. m., 7 to
8 p. m.; Sundays 8 to 10 a. m.; Tel.
510; P. O. box 501.
DR. T. MITAMURA. Consulting
rooms 427 Nuuanu St.; P. O. box 842;
Tel. 132; residence 524 Nuuanu St.;
hours 9 to 12 a. m. and 7 to 9 p. m.;
Sundays 2 to 6 p. m.
DR. I. MORI. 136 Beretania St., be
tween Emma and Fort; Tel. 277; P.
O. box 843; office hours 9 to l2 a. m.
and 7 to 8 p. m.; Sundays 9 to 12
a .m
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. m.
DR. A. 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.; Tel. 741.
T. B. CLAPHAM. Veterinary Surgeon
and Dentist. Office Hotel Stables;
calls, day or night, promptly ans
wered; specialties obstetrics and
lameness.
DR. TOMIZO KATSUNUMA. Veteri
nary Surgeon. Skin diseases of all
kinds a specialty. Office room 11,
Spreckels Bldg.; hours 9 to 4; Tel.
474; residence Tel. 1093. -
DENTISTS.
31. E. GROSSMAN, D.D.S. 9S Hotel
St., Honolulu; office hours 9 a. m. to
4 p. m.
DR. C. B. HIGH. Philadelphia Dental
College 1892; Masonic Temple; Tel.
31 S.
GEO. H. HUDDY, D.D.S. Fort St., op
posite Catholic Mission; hours from
9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
DR. A. C. WALL, DR. O. E. WALL.
Office hours 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.; Love
Bldg., Fort St.
STENOGRAPHERS.
MISS A. A. ALLEN. Office cor. King
and Bethel Sts. (upstairs); Tel. 751.
MISS F. WASHBURN. Office room 202
Judd Bldg.; Tel. 1086.
BROKERS.
A. J. CAMPBELL. Office Queen St.,
opposite Union Feed Co.
J. FALK. Member Honolulu Stock
Exchange; room 301 Judd Bldg.
"WILLIAM SAVIDGE. Reaf Estate in
all Parts of the Islands bought or
sold; No. 310 Fort St.; Mclnerny Blk.
OPTICIANS.
S. E. LUCAS Love Bldg., Fort St.,
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.
JFESSINAL cAKlS.
ARCHITECTS.
O. G. TRAPHAGEN 223 Merchant
St., between Fort and Alakea; Tel.
734; Honolulu.
DRAUGHTSMAN.
T. D. BEASLEY. Plantation and To
pographical Maps a Specialty; room
306, Judd Bldg.; Tel.
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ENGINEERS.
JAMES T. TAYLOR, M. Am. Soc. C. E.
Consulting Hydraulic Engineer;
306 Judd Blk, Honolulu.
MUSIC.
COOK'S MUSIC SCHOOL. Love Bldg.,
Fort St.; Piano, Voice Culture, Sing
ing and Harmony; especial attention
paid to touch, muscular control and
musical analysis.
ANNIS MONTAGUE TURNER. Vocal
Instruction; terms by the lesson or
month; commencing on and after the
10th of July, "MIGNON"; 720 Bere
tania St., Honolulu.
MRS. A. B. TUCKER. Vocal Studio,
High School grounds, Emma St.
WM. T. PATY. Contractor and Build
er. Store and office fitting; brick,
wood or stone building; shop Palace
Walk; residence Wilder Ave., near
Kewalo.
J. A, BUTTERFIELD. Contractor and
Builder. Store and office fittings,
shop and repair work; Bell Tower
Bldg., Union St.; Tel. 702.
MISCELLANEOUS.
J. MORGAN. Opal Merchant, Jeweler
and Lapidary; Opal Cutting a Spe
cialty; No. 2 School St., near bridge.
P. SILVA. Agent to take acknowledg
ments to instruments, district of Ko-
na, Oahu; at W. C. Achi's office,
King St., near Nuuanu.
F. D. GREANY, A.B. (Harv.). Tutor.
Will, take a few pupils for private
instruction; office cor. King and
Bethel Sts.; Tel. 62 and 806; P. O.
box 759.
HONOLULU SANITARIUM. 1082
King St.; Tel. 639. Dr. Luella S.
Cleveland, medical superintendent.
Hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.; methods of
Battle Creek, Mich., Sanitarium;
baths of every description; 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 examination.
Dr. C. L. Garvin, consulting physi
cian and surgeon.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richards Accidentally Drowned.
A most unfortunate accident happen
ed yesterday as a result of which -Mr.
and Mrs. Theo. Richards mourn the
loss of their little, two-year-old daugh
ter Muriel. The family have been stay
ing for some time at the J. B. Ather
ton residence on King street. Yester
day afternoon the little girl was miss
ed, and a search was made. At length
she was found with life almost extinct
in one of the tanks of water some dis
tance to the rear of the house. She
had been accustomed to take little
trips, by herself and this time had
wandered toward the wells, climbing
a picket fence on the way. Medical
assistance was hastily summoned, and
for some time the doctors worked, but
in vain, over the body of the little one.
The funeral will take place at 4
o'clock this afternoon from the resi
dence of J. B. Atherton on King street.
Takes a New Position.
M. Gilbert has left the office of the
Hawaiian Tramways Company to ac
cept the position of bookkeeper of Mac
farlane & Co. Before leaving the po
sition he has occupied for so many
years the directors and officers of the
Tramways company presented Mr. Gil
bert with a magnificent ormolu clock
as a token of appreciation.
MILLINERY SLAUGHTERED.
AT KERR'S ALTERATION SALE
for one week. Everything in this de
partment will be sold at prices that
will amaze customers; $2 Sailors, $1.60;
$1.50 Trimmed Hats, 75 cents. Remem
ber, the sale lasts for one week only.
MESSENGER SERVICE.
Honolulu Messenger Service dllTr
messages and packages. Tel. 278.
JAMES W. GIRVIN
Tells a Goofl Story AMt Another
James W. Girvin.
HOW THEIR PICTURES GOT MIXED
Another Instance of the Old Adage
That Truth Is Stranger
Than Fiction.
"Did I ever look like that? Well,
hardly," said James W. Girvin on Sat
urday, when he was asked about the
picture in the Call of September 2d that
had his name under it.
"And yet that is a picture of James
W; Girvin all right, for I happen to
know him well; to my sorrow, I might
almost say. Do you know that that
man has been the bane of my life, al
most from the day he was born and
was unfortunate enough to be named
James W. Girvin, the same as myself?
I have run across that man every
where, in all sorts of odd ways and
places. He has opened my mail, cashed
my checks, been mistaken for me by
hundreds of people from San Diego to
San Franciso and back again; in fact,
at one time he actually made my life
miserable. He was always where I was
expected and generally got there first
and his name, being the same as mine,
people talked to him as the real James
W. Girvin and looked on me as an im
postor. And it was a singular fact that
many of the bills he contracted were
presented to me for payment.
"You would hardly believe it pos
sible for two men to cross each other's
paths as we have done. About the
first time I ran across him was in this
way: I owned a lot in Piedmont Ceme
tery, Oakland, which had the name
James W. Girvin painted on a post at
the foot. On one of my visits to the
cemetery I could not find the lot; at
least, not the lot with my name on it.
The lots were all about the same size
and looked very much alike, and, as I
had been away some years ,since the
post was put up, I thought I might
have mistaken the location. I went to
the same lot several times feeling sure
it was the right one, but somebody
else's name was on the post. I went
to the superintendent of the cemetery
and asked him if James W. Girvin
didn't own a lot there.
" 'Oh, yes,' was the answer, 'I'll take
you to it.' He took me to the identical
lot I thought was mine the one with
the other name on it. I showed him
the new name, and then he told me to
go to the office and we would look up
the records. Now what do suppose was
the result? The other James W. Girvin
had also bought a lot in that same
cemetery about the same time I did,
but a few weeks before my last visit
had sold it to his father-in-law, being
in need of funds. He was always in
need of funds, that fellow Girvin I
mean the other fellow Girvin. Well,
the father-in-law of the other Girvin
showed his bill of sale of the cemetery
lot and had the name changed, but,
owing to the similarity of names, his
name was put on my lot by mistake.
After some trouble, we got the mistake
rectified, but it resulted in my getting
acquainted with a man who was con
tinually crossing my path afterwards.
By some strange fatality we were al
ways meeting, always being mistaken
for one another and always getting in
to trouble over the mistakes."
"When did you run across him last,
Mr. Girvin?" was asked.
"Oh, the last time I was in Califor
nia. I met him one day on Broadway
in Oakland. He was on his uppers and
struck me for a loan of $50. I had not
the money in my pocket, but gave him
a check for the money on one of the
Oakland banks, the cashier of which
was one of my personal friends. I made
the check payable to James W. Girvin
and signed it James W. Girvin with
out thinking of any further trouble.
About an hour after I happened to pass
by that particular bank, when my at
tention was attracted by a loud alter
cation going on inside. I looked in,
and there was the other James W. Gir
vin and my friend, the cashier, almost
coming to blows. It appears that the
other Girvin had endorsed my check
and presented it for payment. The
cashier knew it was not my signature
on the back of the check, and, thinking
I had drawn it payable to myself in
stead of the other Girvin, had not only
refused to pay it but had accused the
other Girvin of wrongfully signing my
namp to obtain the money. As soon as
I went in both parties appealed to me. !
I said to the cashier, 'The man is right; I
he is James W. Girvin and I will vouch
for him.' The cashier said in all his
experience he had never run across
such a singular instance resulting from
a similarity of names.
"I had thought I had lost track of
the other Girvin for good when I re
turned to the Islands about five years
ago," concluded Mr. Girvin, "and yet
the very first time I write a few lines
for publication in a San Francisco pa
per that fellow's picture comes out at
the head of it. Now, all his friends
and relatives will think he is in the
Islands and will be writing letters here
to him which, of course, 1 shall have
to open and read. And all my friends
on the Mainland who see that picture
in the Call will be writing to me and
Asking what has happened to my face
and to send them one of my latest pictures."
The Triangle Club.
The Triangle Literary Club held an
interesting meeting last evening. For
the first time the regular Y. M. C. A.
hall was used, and the new arrange
ment was well liked. The following
program was given:
Piano Solo J. E. Davis.
Essay, "Locomotives" R. C. Axtell.
Dialogue A. J. Ferreira, J. A. Tem
pleton, J. M. Moore.
Song R. Weedon.
Reading J. F. Kennedy.
Essay, "Liquid Air" Wm. McChes
ney. Violin and Piano Duet E. Irish and
J. E. Davis.
Dr. Garvin took another flashlight
picture of the members. Two new
members, George McClellan and Hen
ry Loo Long, were enrolled. At the
next meeting the election of officers
will take place.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT NIGHT.
Down Town Company Will Fur
nish Them for a Time.
Today the Government Electric Light
Works will begin cleaning out the
lov - Fyervoir. It has become quite
foul from long standing -and decaying
vegetation. The work was to have be
gun yesterday, but owing to the delay
of the other company in getting the
connections made it was postponed.
The work will probably take about two
days and during that time the Hawaii
an Electric Company will take over
the Government company's lights.
There is now about eight feet of wa
ter in the lower reservoir. On Sunday
the rain gauge registered a fall of a
quarter of an inch. Yesterday this
was increased by an eighth of an inch.
It is not known how much longer it
will be before the arc lights will shine
again.
OPERA HOUSE.
Farewell to the Maggie Moore
II. R. Roberts Company.
Tomorrow night will witness the last
appearance of the Maggie Moore-H. R.
Roberts Company in this city. The
play chosen for the occasion is "The
Silence of Dean Maitland," in which
the company scored such a big success
last week.
This company have striven hard to
please Honolulu audiences and it is
hoped that their last appearance will
be greeted by the biggest audience of
the season.
THE PLAGUE IN CHINA.
Advices From Or. Jordan Say it
is on the Decrease.
Advices received yesterday from Dr.
Jordan, sanitary inspector at Hong
kong, state that the plague was de
creasing and that indications were that
it would soon die out entirely. It has
ceased to exist in the Port of Amoy.
In Hongkong for the week ending the
12th of August there were 20 cases and
23 deaths; for the week ending Au
gust 19th there were 24 cases and 23
deaths.
The Second ''David Garrick."
A fair crowd gathered at the Opera
House last evening to witness the sec
ond production of "David Garrick."
Roberts, in the title role, played his
part with the high finish so character
istic of him. The support given him
by the other players was well sus
tained throughout.
Tomorrow night the company will
put on "The Silence of Dean Maitland"
as a farewell piece.
New Bill at the Orpheum Tonight.
TOWSE AT OMAHA
Meets Win. J. Bryan, Clamp Clarfc
and Other Great Men.
HAWAII AT PARIS EXPOSITION
The Hawaiian Village and Its "Spie
ler" Cable Talk and Hawaiian
Coffee and Rice.
ATHLETIC SUPERIORITY.
(Staff Correspondence.)
On the lagoon a few days ago there
were international swimming races,
and it was Hawaii first and the rest
nowhere. The first event was 100 yards
PROF. W. TOBIN,
"Spieler" for the Hawaiian Village at
Omaha. t -
for youths and the Islanders in town
entered Harold Dillingham, Albert
Waterhouse and Harold Rice. There
were about ten other starters, includ
ing local men and Midway nominees.
At the word Dillingham took Jhe lead
and was never headed. Waterhouse
selected the second man and took that
position at the finish in a beautiful
spurt. Rice was not feeling well and
merely paddled along to assist Water
house, if necessary. The victors were
greeted with genuine Hawaiian cheer
ing. Dillingham and Waterhouse re
ceived handsome gold medals from the
exposition management. In the 150
yards open Jack Inana, umeke-player
in the Hawaiian village, started
against Captain Billie Johnson, Charlie
Johnson, other well-known profession
als, a number of amateurs, and the
best man in the Filipino village.. Cap
tain Billie is one of the champions of
this country. None of us who knew
Inana expected him to make any
showing at all in such a field, but he
used his head, swam exceedingly well,
and bested Captain Billie by a couple
of feet in a killing finish. Inana heard
"Wela ka Hao!" when he landed, as-
did Dillingham and Waterhouse.
MEETING BIG ONES.
One afternoon and evening of last
week Mr. Logan and myself went out
to Syndicate Park, in South Omaha, to
attend the Jacksonian picnic. It was
a grand gathering of the clans of the
Demo-Pops, or Popocrats. Congress
man Champ Clark and William Jen
nings Bryan were the speakers. We
met them both on this occasion and a
few days later I had the pleasure of
quite a chat with Mr. Bryan at the
Paxton Hotel. In one of Dunne's de
licious Irish dialect stories he makes
Martin Dooley say: "I make no doubt
the Queen of England is a mighty fine
lady, but dom her politics." Mr. Bry
an is personally a splendid man. He
is a great American. He is a marvel
ous orator. Bryan has spoken to more
people than any man alive or any man
who ever did live. And he is as great
a drawing card as ever. He is for sil
ver, is anti-trust and rather mildly
anti-expansion, but most of all anti
McKinley and anti-Republican. His
speeches at Syndicate Park and again
at the big convention here in town
were about alike and had some mag
nificent things in them. Mr. Bryan at
once strikes you as being very much
Absolute or
Makes the food mere delicious and wholesome
in earnest, as being thoroughly con
vinced so far as his own doctrines and
himself are concerned. I spoke to him
of Hawaii. I thanked him for not
mentioning the Islands in speaking of
"Our New Possessions," as he does
speak of them. He said to me that
Hawaii was naturally American terri
tory and that it had alva3s been prop
erly regarded as such. At the conven
tion here all the Hawaiians in town
heard Bryan. Our party included Hen
ry Waterhouse and wife, Mrs. B. F.
Dillingham, Miss Sturgeon, Miss Dil
lingham, Harold Dillingham. Albert
Waterhouse, Harold Rice, Miss Nape,
Rev. Ezera, Rev. Timoteo. The native
clergymen at once became great" ad
mirers of Bryan. Revs. Ezera and Ti
moteo are observing very closely, are
taking notes and securing pictures, and
when they return to the Islands will
report from Niihau to Hawaii.
Congressman Champ Clark was a
surprise and a disappointment. In his
address he was rough and really un
couth, and if he was not absolutely
vulgar, he was at least irreverent. His
argument amounted to nothing at all.
And yet they say he is & university
man, an attorney and a prized lectur
er. He must have had an off-day on
the occasion of his appearance at Uni
versity Park. He was interrupted and
would stop and quarrel with the peo
ple who interrupted him.
PARIS EXPOSITION.
Commissioner General Peck, Mr.
Skiff and others, traveling West as pro
moters of the American section of the
Paris Fair, were here today and I hacl
quite a chat this morning with Mr.
Peck. Of the party, also, was Lieuten
ant, who was with the U. S.
cruiser Philadelphia in Honolulu a lit
tle over two years ago. Lieutenant
and Mrs. Baker lived in the Snow cot- '
tage. I may say frankly that Mr. Peck
did not appear at. all anxious toen
courage the placing of a Hawaiian -exhibit
at Paris. He said the space al
lotted the United States there was yery
small indeed and that he did not , be
lieve any particular section of the
country would be exploited. Mr. Peck
and Mr. Skiff, as well, complimented
the arrangement and composition of
the exhibit in charge of Mr. Logan and
myself. The Peck party, under the
guidance of exposition officials, spent
about an hour at the Hawaiian village,
and in their honor a complete perform
ance was given, including singing. In
strumental music and the. hula. They
expressed themselves as being much
pleased with the show and offered the
opinion that It would pay as a Mid
way attraction at. Paris.
IN THE VILLAGE.
The Hawaiian Village Company,
Limited, with Mr. Benton a former
State official, as manager, has as Its
theater what was last year the Wiscon
sin building, a large and handsome
structure. The location is the corner -of
the East Midway and the Grand
Plaza. This is a good place, but so far
the enterprise has been conducted at
a loss of about $200 a week and I don't
think it will be possible for them to
recover. This minus draw falls on an
Omaha hui, with, perhaps, a couple of
Honolulu men interested. I don't know
about the latter. John H. Wilson Is
in charge of the troupe and he is on a
guarantee and percentage. There is
no danger of John or any of the Isl
anders losing, as the hui is a respon
sible one and at this time has a re
serve of some $8,000. Young Wilson
is to be admired, for in all the ramifi
cations of local business methods he
is well able to cope with all comers.
The show consists of two appearances
of the Quintette Club and two appear
ances of the hula section. The dance
is rather mild. It is not rated among:
the risque things on the Midway, but
the music is extremely popular. - All
in all, the show is the worthiest in any
concession place. There are some grass
houses and a pond and a canoe in the
yard and the theater is a little place
about the size of Arion hall.
The troupe from the Islands consists
of the following: Manager, John H.
Wilson; assistant manager, George
Townsend; Quintette Club, Major Kea
lakai, Tom Silva, Tom Hennessey, W.
H. Sea, James Shaw, J. Edwards, East,
Ben. Jones; dancing girls, Kalani, Ka
luna and Mele; dancing woman, Api
and Kaleo; aged umeke-players and
chanters, Kaai (k) and Pioe (w); male
umeke-players, chanters and dancers,
Kualii and Inana; canoe man, Kama
kee; in charge of booths, Mrs. Shaw;
in charge of music, Mrs. Edwards; ma
tron, Miss Leilehua, There are several
small children, making twenty-eight
people in all. They are fairly content,
but most of them long for home. They
live on the grounds and have a negro
cook. Mr. Wilson is the caterer. Ev-
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