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" ; ; , , ' 1 for i Clistmas .Present "What will be more appreciated than a stylish vehicle? Before you select your holiday gifts, inspect the new line of Phaetons , Buggiesi Surreys, Sides, Etc.,. t.-v v which we have Just received, and which we are offering at . . FECIAL PRICES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 4 ; Thirty different styles; finished in the latest shades iu cloth, cord, or leather trimming. ... ; ; ' f .. . ' t i - . , . jpaciflc Vehicle & Supply Co.; DAY BLOCK. L-ISV3ITGID. BERETANIA STREET. Mway: Goods ooo : Ebonoid Ware Sterling Silver If ousted. Cameo and ' i Celluloid OetG Wave Crect Wore Dressing Cases Traveling Cases Ghaving Gets - Collar and Cuff Boxes Etc., Etc. . . . Honolulu Drug C6., A. H. OTIS. Von Holt Block, King St. - . :-: OTTO A. BE1RBACU Lots For Salei 82 FINE LOTS IN THE Gulick Tract in kal,h) FACING KING STREET Prices from $500 and up. ' ' MAP AND PARTICULARS CAN BE HAD BY CALLING ON MRS. L. A. QU!.ICK, RESIDENCE ON THE PREMISES. : . America's Greatest 5c o . CIGAR. 5C, FOWTELLH.' ft CsJ A snappy smoke for snappy people. atetlb Hawaiian Tobacco Co.'s Stores, Corner Merchant and Nuuanu Streets.; and Hotel, opposite Bethel St. T7EXI.IIAIJ. PECK & COM distributors Mida: Ma Water Worts - Co. Lieitel " X2olAnad, corner Allen and Fort Cta B0IXZ3TER t CO, AgMta. SEATTLE BEER "AT- THE CRITERION SALOON, A HORRIBLE accident occurred at Eleele last Tuesday. A Japanese workman was crushed to death on tne wnarr Dy a six-ton piece of machinery.. The huge piece of iron had been discharged from the steamer Kiihau on her last trip and was loaded onto a car, having been turned over to the railroad. , It was standing up right and alone when the workman stooped to arrange some gear. The gear fouled in some way and the great piece of iron fell suddenly over onto the Japanese, crushing him flat and necessarily killing him instantly. ' The body was beyond recognition and it is said that portions of it were car ried away in a sack. The Japanese was one; of the plantation laborers. AN OVERDUE SHIP. Anxiety Is being felt as to the safety of the ship Beacon Rock, now 65 days out from Port PIrie to Wellington. She left the Australian port with 1,150 tons of concentrates and lead ores as bal last and has not been heard of since; Fine weather prevailed off ' the south coast of .Australia for' some days after" her departure, and since then strong westerly gales have been experienced." Latterly tthere has been ugly weatner from th south and north, and it It possible that she may have met with a mishap. On the 9th Inst, the S. Si Rotomahana sigh ted. ra.'jsbip off Cape Campbell, " the identiy '"of which has not yet been established. It is suggest ed that the Australian Government should despatch a steamer to search the coasts and the Chatham Islands for traces of the missing- vessel. Recent developments in shipbuilding have mainly been connected wltn steamers; yet that the shipwright's skill in constructing sailing craft has by no means lapsed during these latter days is amply proven by the case of the fine six-master schooner George W. Wells. ' The George W. Wells has just been successfully launched from the . Bean shipyard in Camden, Mass. She is the largest vessel of her kind in the world and is Nregarded among sailing cratt with much the same Interest as .the Oceanic and the Deutschland are among steamers. She has 2,750 tons net register, with a carrying capacity of" ovjr 5,000 tons, while she is 302 feet long In the keel, 343 feet long on top, 23 feet deep and has a beam measurement of 48 feet. She has a couple of full decks, her frame throughout being made of white oak( while all her planking and ceiling is bf hard pine. Her keelson is remark able, being 13 feet high aft and 17 feet forward and built of hard pine timber It is fastened with no fewer than ,J',f Pne'and three-ei.shths inch iron boits. ' ' s -The vessel's fittings Include a Hyde v. IndlasB. operated by a 3Ch6re poweY engine; two pumps, with a combined capacity 'of "1,200 gallons -MWrtite;-a stockless anchor, weighing 8.200 pounds, and' a Camden r .anchor,' weighing 7,500 pounds, besides kedge and.stceajn an chors. weighing respectively 900 pounds and 600 Tounds, and, 200 falhprnp of Jwo and one-half inch bar cnain.- i . -"Heir-water tanks hold 7,000 gallons, Her six lower masts are splendid sticks of Oregon pine, each 119 feet long and 30 inches in diameter In. the partners topmasts each 53 feet long, the foretop- mast 28 Inches in diameter at tne cap. The Jibboom is 75 feet long, 20 Inches at cao: dlverboom 75 feet long. 18 inches in the slings;' other "booms, 42 feet long, 14 inches in the slings, All the standing rigging is of wire. set up with turnbuckles. ' The masts are named as follows be ginning forward: Foremast, main mast, mizzenmast, . spa.nkermast, Jlg- germast, and drivermast. TheT vessel will carry '12,000 square yards ,of the heaviest duck, in the following pieces: Driver, jigger,- spanker, mlzzen main and fore sails, six gafftopsatls of the same respective , designations, driver, jipger, spanker, mlzzen and maintop- mast staysails, and five Jibs. In the after-house are the cabins and i i i . . nan. ii dozen siaierooms. besides a chartroom. Some idea of the immensity of the vessel may be had from the fact that over a million feet of hard pine were used in its construction and about 100.- ooo feet of white pine deck plank. In deed, her material would make a load for several average-sized schooners. Not only is the vessel of remarkable size, but -she is uncommonly handsome withal, for her great length .takes away all appearances of bulklness, so, that she looks more like an immense yacht Twelve schooners like her, ranged in line, would occupy a mile of pier front age, for from the top of her driverboom to the tip of her Jibboom is about 425 feet. A schooner that would have been considered large a score of years, ago could not carry enough coal- to ballast the George W. Wells. ' All this is vexy satisfactory as far as It goes, but the most satisfactory Ihing of all from the owner's point of view is the fact that this magnlfllcent craft should be a splendid monev-maker. Carrying at least 5,000 tons of coal on a draft of only 24 feet and with only 14 men all told for crew master, two mates, steward, engineer and nine sea menshe should easily beat her com petitors at carrying men when freights are low. A full-rigged h!p of eqinl size would require" to carry at leas 3' men all told. LAUNCHING BOATS AT. SEA. A patent has been applied ; for, in Australia, , for an invention to provide he safe and effectual launching of boats from a vessel at eea, or when wrecked upon a 'lee shore. It is a well known fact that In a great num ber of instances efforts to save the lives of passengers or crew in such a position are frustrated by the boats being dashed to pieces against- tho sides of the. vessel. The invention un der notice provides for the launching or the boats in quite a novel manner, not parallel with the ship, as at pres ent, but with head to" the sea. This Js accomplished by means of',, patent telescopic davits, which are made to ran from the foot or step , of - the davits, working on trunnions, ' one i man beine lowered in" the boat its reaching the water he releases .one end of the boat, causing it to swing round and ride, facing the j gale. At tached to the davLts will jbea canva,s shute to lower passengers into a boat, the crew, who will have to pull the boat going first, "and taking their position at .the oars. The passengers will then be lowered until the boat (has her, full complement, . when the man at the bow, at a given signal, disconnects the boat from the davit, t-h davit soringine. ud clear of boat bv the action of mechanism aboard the sb.iD.-and the boat pulling to sea. It Is the intention .of the. Jnventor to offer this clever, device tQ anr Austra lian syndicate. A number of old nau tical men and retired tnaster mariners have expressed thorough' confidence in its practical .working, and admit its necessity, as all . previous ? Inventions to provide for the launching of. boat at sea ihave failed io secure the cert talntr of r& boat floating-free from' the side of the . vessels -'i - ' Capital, 1250,000. President Cecil Browa Vice President M. P. Robinson Cashier ............... .... w. n r.an. Principal Office: Fort, near Merchant Street. Branch Office: Hilo, Hawaii. ' iqoflncts a General Bauliiis Bosiness AT HONOLULU AND HILO. SAVINGS DEPOSITS received and merest aiiowea ior yearly danoalta nt the rate of 4 per cent per annum. . Rules and regulations of savings de partment lurnisnea upon application. Steamers. Rio de Janeiro S., Warrlmoo Victoria City of 'Peking Yokohama ' ft ! Due.! Dec; '23 :Dc '2S. Coptic S. P.. . .a .( '.. .Dec 2ft Steamers For. Sierra Colonies Rio de Janeiro Yokohama; ...... Dec 21 Warrlmoo Colonies -. ..j.Dec 22 City of Peking S. F. ; ; .... .....Dec. 26 Coptic Yokohama .-. ...-;t.iNi.....Deo. 2t; MOVEMENTS OF, STEAMERS.. - ARRIVEX " X" rum. Due.' ...Pec. tl 5. It.'-. tit-, i i. Dee. 2t r , VESSELS AN 'PdRT,' U. S. Tug Iroquois, Pond,itMidway Isl and. August 6. ? - ' ' U. S. training ship Adams San Diego via Hilo, December ,17 .J. .-.. Br. sloop-of-war Icarus.vKiiowllng, Es- qulmault via Hilo, J)ecniber. 18. , '" 1 " MERCHANTMETf; - (This list does not include coasters.) ' '. Archer, Am. bktn., CslhoHinSan Fran clsco. December I .., Alice Cooke, Am. schr., Pechallow, Port Gamble, December 7.' w' ( Andrew Welch, Am. bk., t Drew, , San Francisco. December 6. . Bossuet, Fr. bk., Lodonier. Nantes, No vember 18. . ' . - enterprise. Am. schr4 0aiv Franolsce, Aucust M. . - i. Gleaner, Am. bktn., Schmehl, Newcas tie, December 8. . Iroquois, Am. sp., Thompson, from Se attle, December 7. Jennie Wand;" Am. schrt,'; Christian so n Eureka. Decembers 4. r . James Nesmlth, Am. sp.i Warner, ' New castle. November tQ, , . . . J. C Glade, Ger: bk.,' Stere,- Bremen, No Jabex Howes; Am.' spi CJttfP.'- Taoomai December 2U- - - r.1if J. A. Campbell, Am; atchr Smith, Port Blakelev. December 6-.... t Mildred, Am. schr., .-loseattjev'.'P' Mauna Ala'Am. bki, 'San1 Francisco, rDecemberXr ...? r- y ;vv.t-i.'r. Olympic, Am. bk Glhbs, San,f Francisco, December .7. . . . ,n . ; f. Okanogan. "Ajm. schrr; Ruch,, Port .Lud low, December 15. - " v ; . , ' Rosamond; Am. schr.j" Ward. .(San 'Fran Cisco. December 9. - . !-.. St Katherine, Am. bk.k. gaunderSi San- Francisco, November T$.r-., ..rir Standard, Ant, sp. .Gelchel , Tacoma, December 9. . . ' ." W. B. Flint, Am.' btt "Jefftnspil " San Francisco, December o"' . " .. W. H. Dlmond, Am. bk. Hanson, San Francisco, December .-- v- r 1 t ,; rr- . Notice to Shipmasters.'.. J tf, S. Branch HydrpSTaphlc Dfnc", - san irrancisco. usx By communicating with t fie. Branch Hy arcfraphlo Office In Sah'Franclsco, cap-; tains of vessels who :wl!rfcoA)perate with the nyflrographlc Omce-byTecording the meteorological observations suggested by the office, can have forwarded to them at tny desired port, and free of .expense, the monthly pilot charts of the North Pacific Ocean, and the latest .Information regard 'ng the danger to navigation In the wa fers which they frequent ' ' Mariners are requestedtb1 rtport to the office dangers discovered 5or py other Information which can beutUteed for cor. rectlng charts or - sailing JSlrpptlons, or In the publication of the pilot charts of the North Pacific. C. G. CALKINS, L.leut.-Comdr.. TT. S. N., In Charge. 1 r . r . - vi Han,,.. - w n riu UP f Ah., . . " " RESERVE $600.0 UNDlVDEDPPnc" ; SOo 1 I 1 X I . -u OFFICERS Aim I ,U8.00Q narlea M. Cook H. Cooka :3WMI p. c Ath;; COMPANY, LTD. TRANSACT A GENERAL TRUST SAFE DEPOSIT BUSINESS. TAKES ENTIRE CHARGE OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATES. COLLECTS AND REMITS INCOME AT REASONABLE RATES. RENTS SAFES AND STORES VALU ' ABLES ' IN WELL GUARDED, BURGLAR AND FIRE PROOF VAULTS. , ACTS AS TRUSTEE. ADMINISTRATOR. GUARDIAN, TRUST FUNDS AND TRUST IN VESTMENTS ' ARE . KEPT SEP ARATE AND APART FROM THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY. 409 Fort Street, Honolulu, P. O. Box 447. H. T. Hawaii Land Co. LIMITED. ! Capital Stock $100,000. Capital, paid up $55,000. . OFFICERS. W. C Aehl President A Manscst M. K. Nakuina .....VlosPrcaddsmt J. Makalnal..'. ...Treasure Enoch Johnson Secretary Geo. L. Desha Audit BOARD. OF DD3ECTOR& Jonak Knmalas, ;N . J. Makalnal. '''. t j: J. Xt. Btplkan. The abpvs Company will buy , or -sell lands In all parts of the Ha wallan Islands; and also has nooses la the City of Honolulu for rent. n Mil SOVEREIGNS' LIVES, PROLONGED. In no class has the, average ef life In creased more remarkab.ljr i.jr- the last half ' century than ,a"mong reigning princes. In ,1848 ther.a.ere fifty-one European sovereignly qf .jVjom only eleven were over sixty pytf fit these only one was a septuagenarian. Of the for y sovereigns of today, twentyeiight are over sixty, and of these; seven , are sep tuagenarians, five are. . varighty and one (the Pope) Is in.hi; ninety-first year. London Chronilej. ' . ' What a Uscr UisVto Say! CALIFORNIA FEfcO., Agents "Arabcvt,y?,r;. RefregeraiinpJPamt. GENTLEMEN Arlt : affords me great pleasure to sayihH our iron roof, 1,400 M'ardfs, covered by your "Ambic? Com pound is very sdlisfactory. .The heat under our roo?befdre you painted it teas almost jtnbear- aoie, now 11 jeeis uce.an tce house compared to what it ,ica$ . It is mm-e than 15 DEGREES COOL ER. 1 can recommend the " v Ara bic" to those who uanfxogt 'iron roofs. -,u.-- : CITY FEED STORE" : by C. A. SCHMIDT: California Feed-Ccmp'y, Are Agents for the ArabicCompbund. -ft fth til i - ' ' LIMITED OFFICERS: ', H. P. Baldwin ..;..: ... President J. B. Castle .V First Vice President W. M. Alexander. Second Vice President J. P. Cooke Treasurer W. O. Smith .... Secretary and Auditor Sugar Factors Commission Merchants GENTS FOR Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. oiaa Sugar Company, Haiku Sugar Company, Paia Plantation Company, Nahlku Sugar Company, . Kibel Plantation Company, Hawaiian Sugar Company, Kahului Railroad Company, and ' .-J ' Tbe California & Oriental Steamship Co ESTABLISHED IN 18S1 BISHOP & CO. Bankers TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS. Commercial and Travelers' Letters of - Credit Issued,' available In all the , Principal Cities of the World. INTEREST allowed after July L 1898, on nxed deposits: 7 days' notice, 3 per ent (this form will not bear Interest unless It remains undisturbed for one month); S months, S per cent; C months per cent; 12 months, 4 per cent. WM. Q. IRWIN & CO.. LTD. Wm. G. Irwin ..President and Manager Claus Spree kels... First Vice President J7. M. Giffard... Second Vice President I. M. Whitney Jr. ..Treasurer and See. ;org W. Row - Auditor - SUGAR FACTORS. -' V - -. AND - Commission Agents. AGENTS FOR THE Oceanic Steamship Company " , . Of San Francisco, CaL Henry Waterhouw Bt 3 Macfarlane, B. n TwaaT Candless. D Taey, X'1 KraUons. TmA; TV"1 fb. . promptly T ' vWiui. TT. business- connT?. trusted to it aS w"h b.,J.M RAVTXTPn M fWfc wun rules and condlti." lce4iZ i appUcaUoX WWmcha Judd BuiidlnRon CLAUS SPRECKEliJ t,. . VltflMl..l. . ma Hi nt HONOI.ttt tt fll V via yt, KKVABA NATION- DRAW EXCHAW. SAN FRANCiarnan.- " v Uonal Bank of ga XL 4 BERUN-Dredr Bank. " ' HONGKONG AND Tnrnn.. Hongkong and Shanghai Btnih. Corporation. NEW ZEALAND AND AUffntm. Bank of New Zealand. RALU' VICTORIA AND VANCOUVEE-ftui - - vu America. imm General boduu i mm Deposits received. Loam mail. n. 1. proved Security, Commercial 71! eler.' Credits Issued, BUU of Bought and flnM t COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ACCOUNTED FOR. BISHOP KC, SAVINGS BANK Office at bank huilduif on Hmss Bireeet. s. Savings Deposits will be interest allowed by this Bank il tm ana one naif per cest per auu s Printed eoples of the Rata mi If ulatlons may be obtained oa ifjis uon. BISHOP & CO, Honolulu, September T. U3L - r.T- TH1T0K0HAQ1SFEU LIMITED. Subscribed CaptUl Paid Up Capital . Resenad Fond . . InttMM HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA. INTEREST ALLOWED. On Fixed Deposit for 12 mootm, I f cent per annum. On Fixed Deposit for montiu, W P cent per annum. On Fixed Deposit for I monthi, I cent per annum. t - The bank buys and receive! for leetlon Bills of Exchange, W Drafts and Letters of Credit and tn acts a general banking bualnesa. , Branch of Yokohama Speele Bank New Republic Building. Bonol" C. BREWER &C0.1D Queen Street, Honolulu. H.I " AGENTS FOR Hawaiian Agricultural CobpJ. mea Sugar Company. Honomajg Company, Wailuku Sugar CJJg American Sugar 'Company, jw gar Company. OotoJJ pSfeS Line. San Ftag Charles Brewer & Co a LU w Packets. . nn(jerwrit Agents Boston Board of Unoenr Agents for Philadelphia Boera derwriters. Standard Oil Company. LIST OF OFFICERS: Oeorf M. Cooke, rreaiu"... - BUi C. Robertson, Manager; E. . tit r - mat D rw - . - Treasurer ana w. W pi rector. H. W. FOSTER & CO;, Gold and Silversmiths FINE WATCH REPAIRING, Ml GRAVING and DIAMOND-SETTING 'AH Goods and Work Guaranteed, HOTEL aTREET Aiin. Auditor; F. house. G. R. Carter, JUHEI ISH1ZUKA AGENCT OF mo office - i importer. nd Building Watet 14 Fort 8tret R. Lewert.