The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume], January 25, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, JANUARY 2, 1901.
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We wish to call the attention of all who use '
BLACK-BOARDS
to the fact that we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS for
Rowe's Liquid Slating
This article is made here, has been used for years in the Public School
apartment, and is acknowledged to be the only reliable article ever offered
in this market. . -
GET A GALLON AND MAKE TOUR BLACKBOARD LOOK FRESH
AND NEW.
B. O..HALL & SON, Ltd.
HORNER FORT AND KING STREETS. .
Opium Fiends Can
Smoke at
Will.
NATIVES ARE FAST
BECOMING SLAVES
Many Believe That the Drug Will
Prevent the Spread of
Leprosy.
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THE GUNN K. D.
I SECTIONAL BOOK
CASES
(Patented July 14th, 1900.)
AN ENTIRELY NEW. SYSTEM.
paythe jHSfflfi
Freight
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Pay tlie
Freight
Showing three heights of Center Sections; HJand inside measurement.
Price List GUNN K. D Sectional Book Cases.
Made oi Quartered Oak, rubbed and polished finish.
Wai
GREAT SALE OF
tan ley
Shirt
o O o o
AT EXACTLY ONE-HALF REGULAR PRICE
Inside Measurements LENGTH DEPTH HEIGHT pbicb
Book 8ection, with Door 32 in. 10V4 in. M in, 4.15 J
Book Section, with Door 32J2 in. 10)4 in, llVI in. 4.5
Book Section, with Door in. WA In. Vi in. 5.85 ,
Top Section (Eegnla )-- 800
Top Section (Fancy) 5.00.
Base Section .......... i 8-65' T
SOLE AGENTS
The Coyne Furniture Co., Ltd.
HONOLULU, H. T. I
Biaries
AND
Daily Office Journals
FOR
1901
And a complete new line of
BLANK BOOKS
Just opened up by
The
awaiian Nem Co
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LIMITED.
Merchant Street,
. i Tl (J s v yvlwi HfTX1
leirupoiiiftu mam.,
LIMITED.
Just Received ex Elihu Thompson From
Seattle
A SHIPMENT OF
Choice Beef, Veal, Mutton,
Lamb and Pork.
ALSO POULTRY, SALMON AND HALIBUT.
FOR SALE AT
THE METROPOLITAN MARKET, King Street, Telephone il. ...
THE BOOTH' FISHMARKET. Telephone S79.
CENTRAL MARKET, Nuuanu Street, Telephone 104. ' . !..
HERE is joy depicted on the count
enance of many of the Chinese in
habitants of Honolulu. No more
will the slaves of the opium habit
be compelled to indulge in their favor
ite vice in secret. Deputy Sheriff Chil-
llngworth no longer inspires fear in the
hearts of the "ioint keepers." and all
on account of the recent decision of the
Circuit Court.
For six months past the police of
this city have been fighting the Chi
nese, and even the natives, in their use
of the deadly drug, and not without
success, for an average of at least five
cases were heard each week and rarely
did any one charged with "having opi
um in possession" escape conviction.
Conviction cost each culprit $50, and
the police treasury was increased Dy
the sum of nearly $1,000 per month;
$12,000 a year went a long way towards
the maintenance of the police depart
ment, but now this is a thing of the
past and Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth's
friends will wait in vain for confiscat
ed opium outfits, whll the citizens of
Honolulu will be called upon to make
up tliis loss to the police treasury.
There is no law by which a man or
woman, or even a emid tor mat mus
ter, can be made amenable to the
courts for smoking or eating opium.
and now that the only charge which
could be preferred has been removed,
the police are rendered powerless.
The evil which will exist is farther
reaching than it at first sight appears.
Chinese are known the world over as
opium smokers: white people often ac
quire the habit, and to many or tne
natives of these Islands it is fast be
coming a necessity.
Laboring under the impression that
the use of the drug will prevent lep
rosy, they fall willing victims to its
Before the recent action or tne
court every one was compelled to re
sort to the vile dens maintained by the
Chinese in order to satisfy their crav
ing and the fear of detection kept many
person from becoming an opium
slave: but now that they are enaDiea
to sit' quietly in their own homes and
smoke with impunity, the numbers ad
dicted to its use will be terribly in
creased.
On a visit to one of the most notori-
. ... . . ii.
ous dens in tnis city yesieraay, i ie
many devices that the wily Mongolian
has resorted to in times past to carry
on his trade in opium were exposed and
it is little wonder that the police have
had their hands full and that the dive
keeper now sits on the lanai and rubjs
his hands In glee.
As the house was approached Chi
nese women and children would poke
their heads out of the windows and
doors of neighboring houses and a
warning cry went up for those who
were inmates of the structure in the
rear where the drug was smoked.
The opium house - is a two-story
building about 15 feet wide and 20 feet
in length, the lower part of it being
occupied by Chinese families. The en
tire upper floor Is one big room, and
this is used for the benefit of the pro
prietor's many customers who sit
around on the low couches and smoke
until they fall into insensibility.
Entrance to the upper floor is gained
through a door that is nothing more
than a narrow slit in 1 the wall, and
through which even a thin man has to
enter sideways. This door is construct
ed of one and one-half inch lumber,
as are all other doors leading into the
room.
When the "lookout" above has care
fully scrutinized one through his small
peep hole, if he has decided to permit
one to enter, there will be a noise or
wooden bars being withdrawn from
their fastenings, and one will find on
passing the door that he is in a small
entrance and that only a few feet up
the narrow stairs is another door simi
lar to the first. Passing that he looks
above and to all appearances the floor
is solid, and Just as he is about to .urn
back the floor will open and he will he
admitted to the smoking room. But a
trifling space is left between these bar
riers, as from repeated visits of the po
lice the Chinese have found that it is
to their advantage to leave but little
room In which an axe might be swung.
Everywhere on the walls are marks
of axes and hatchets that bear silent
testimony to the frequent rakls of the
una and tho Tnothnd that they are
compelled to employ to gain an en
trance. All around the room are low
couches covered with matting and sev
eral pairs of men are to be seen reclin
ing on these with the "layout" be
tween them. Four small windows open
into the room and these are heavily
barred with iron.
In one corner is a pipe that leads into
the room below, and it is into this that
they hastily throw the precious opium
when the police appear.
When asked what he thought of the
decision of the court the proprietor of
the den replied that his business was
ruined and that every one was now
smoking their opium pipes at home.
Already the price of opium has drop
ped from $10 per tin to $6, and the In-r
dlcatlons are that It will go still lower.
High Sheriff Brown and Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth are not inclined
to censure the Judge for his opinion,
but it is their conviction that the law
Is at fault and that a speedy change
must be effected.
Having finished stock-taking, we propose to inaugurate the business of the new year ad new century
by holding a most extraordinary-sale of nearly 2,000 ladies' Shirt Waists.
Our prices are well known to be the lowest In Honolulu for good goods, and every garment in this
sale hears the original mark in plain figures. These prices we cut exactly In half. Some of these Waisu
came by the bark Alden Besse on January 10th. Others are slightly mussed by holiday handling. All are
perfect and correct in every detail. We Include a quantity of Jfcti4fc5A . ' t '
SWELL NEW SILK WAISTS
Superb garments at' the same great discount.
75c
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00
Waists for.
Waists for.
Waists for.
Waists for.
Waists for.
Waists for.
Waists for.
...37c
... 50c
... 75c
....$1.00'
....$l.5i
....$2.00:
....$2.60
Tfc five dollar line includes a lot of very handsome garments, mostly In size 3.
$ 7.50 Silk Waists for..
$ 9.00 Silk Waists for,.
$10.00 Silk Waists for..
$15.00 Silk Waists for..
$20.50 Silk Waists for..
3.76
.$ 4.50
,.$ 5.00
..$ 7.50
..$10.1
SUCH PRICES AS THESE ARE SELDOM SEEN IN HONOLULU.
Whitney & Marsh, Ltd.
519 Fort Street.
WHX UEET TONIGHT.'
Taxatiom To Be Subject of Discussion
bj Research Club. '
The young.' Men's" "Research Club will
hold an ODen meeting In the Young Men's
Christian . Association building . at 8
o'clock this evening j The subject, of dis
cussion will Do ' "Aaxation, a. memo bus
gested by the fact that the coming Legis
lature will have to consider the subject
of taxation, ana mane a reaajusuueui i
the revenue laws to fit .the new , condi
tion brought about by annexation and
the Territorial Government.
W. R. Castle and T. McCants Stewart
ni-ni ha th sneakers of the evening, and
as both gentlemen have given consider
able time and thougnt to tne auDject u
argument will doubtless prove lmeresi-
ing.
a n intorBofinc naner will be read by I.
L. Weaver and a cordial invitation is ex
tended tothe public.
For sale Second-hand typewriters,
all makes, at Pacific Cycle Company.
Fort street.
Eierhty horses have been named for the
American Derby.
NOTICE.
For that tired feeling, brace op on
jfesse Moore "AA" whiskey; it la the
perfection of Kentucky distilling.
TERRITORY OF HAWAII, ISLAND
of Oahu, City of Honolulu, ss:
Cecil Brown and W. G. Cooper, be
ing each duly sworn, depose and say
that they are respectively President
and Cashier, of THE FIRST AMERI
CAN SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPA
NY OF HAWAII, LIMITED; that the
following is a full, true, Just, and ac
curate statement of the affairs of the
said The First American savings and
Trust Company of Hawaii, Limited, to
and including the 31st day of Decem
ber, 1900, being as required Ty section
fourteen (14) of the Banking Act of
1884:
The capital of the company is $2o0,
000, divided into 2,500 shares of the
value of $100 each.
The number of shares Issued is 2,500,
and the shares are fully paid up.
The liabilities of the company on the
1st day of January, 1901, were as fol
lows: Capital ..... $250,000.00
Deposits, savings 134,392.70
Deposits, ordinary 17,219.31
Dividend account 3,125.00
Undivided profits 257. U
$404,994.12
The assets of the company on the 1st
day of January, 1901, were as follows:
Bills receivable $344,775.00
Bonds Hawaiian, Oahu
Railway and land -o.,
and Oahu Sugar Co.
Interest accrued to Decem
ber 31st
Cash on hand and in bank .
Unexpired license
$404,994.12
Signed: CECIL BROWN,
President.
Signed: W. G. COOPER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this 21st day of January,
(Seal.) 1901.
Signed:
GEO. L. BIGELOW,
Notary Pub'Ic.
I .hereby certify that the foregoing
Is a true and faithful copy of the orig
inal statement of account; sworn to be
fore roe on the 21st day of January.
19l" GEO. L. BIGELOW.- -
5759 Notary Public
BY AUTHORITY.
UNPAID CLAIMS ACCOUNT OF
BUBONIC PLAGUE,
Office of the Board of Health, Honjlv
t lu; January 23, 190L
! All persons having claims against
the Board of Health for services, ma-
terlal or supplies furnished on account
of the bubonic, plague epidemic of the
past , year, now remaining unpaid, are
hereby requested to present at this of-
flee a properly itemized bill in dupli
cate, on Board of Health bill forms,
covering such account. fc
j All bills are to be properly certified
to by the officer who incurred the ex
pense, and no attention will be given
. to uncertified claims.,
j Bills from parties outside of Hono
lulu must be signed or endorsed. to
'some person or firm In Honolulu. All
'endorsed bills to carry a 2-cent U. S.
J revenue stamp. ,
I , The Board of Health will assume no
(responsibility for payment of claims
!not presented in accordance with the
i above directions prior to the 15th day
!of February, 1901.
By order of the Board of Health.
5762 CHAS. WILCOX, Secretary.
NOTICE.
School street bridge between Nuuanu
and Liliha streets will be closed to
traffic on account of Its dangerous
condition. i
By order of the
ROAD -SUPERVISOR,
5761 Honolulu.
FOR SALE
SALE OF LEASE OF GOVERNMENT
LOTS NOS. 56 AND 67, ES
PLANADE. ..
On Thursday, February 21, 1901, at 11
o'clock noon at the front entrance of
the Capitol (Executive Building) will
be sold at Public Auction the leases of
the following Government lots on the
Esplanade, viz:
Lot No. 56, term 5 years.
Lot No. 57, term 5 years.
Upset rental $600 per annum for each
lot, payable quarterly in advance.
Map of these lots may be seen at the
Public Works Department, Honolulu,
Oahu. J. A. M'CANDLESS,
Supt. of Public Works.
Public Works Department, Honolulu,
January 21, 190L 6760
, THE . FOLLOWING PLANTATIM
MACHINERY, SUPPLIES AND J
TERIAL IS OFFERED FOR SALE i'
C. BREWER & CO., LTD
FULL PARTICULARS AND PRICS
CAN BE HAD BY CALLING 4
THEIR7 ' OFFICE ON QCK
STREET.
ONE BURLEY DRILL. COMPLETl
WITH 40 H.' P. BOILER. AIR CoJ
PRESSOR. ETC.
ONE SET FOWLER STEAM PLC
(FOUR GANG) AND FULL AS308'
ME NT SPARE MPARTS.
THREE 250 H. P.' STIRLING BOfl
ERS.
ONE SET GREEN'S FUEL EC0!
MIZERS 192 TUBES.
TWO WORTHINGTON HIGH m
TY STEAM PUMPING ENGC&
CAPACITY 5,000,008 GALLONS P4
24 HOURS. AGAINST A T0T
HEAD OF 420 FEET.
ONE 25 H. P. UPRIGHT TUBU
BOILER.
ALSO ! CALIFORNIA MULES,
FINE ORDER.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
STEEL T RAILS, 25 POUNDS
$0 POUNDS.
TWO 15-TON FLAT CARS, t-T&-
GAUGE.
TWELVE 3-TON FLAT CARS.
FOOT GAUGE.
ONE STUMP PULLER.
40,600. do
5,195.76
13,923.36
500.00
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the Pearl City Cemetery will be open
Tor Interments on and after Monday,
November 6th, 1900. A special funeral
train wHl leave the railroad station at
t:15 p. m., dally, remaining at the
cemetery until after all interments.
The rates for transportation are on
dollar for the corpse, and fifty cents
for the round trip for mourners.
Plats are now on sale at the office of
the company, ranging in price from $13
up, according to location and slie. No
other charges of any nature.
HAWAIIAN CEMETERY ASSO
CIATION, LTD.,
Room 3. Love Building. Fort St
REMOVAL NOTICE. v .
MPS T. n. CLAP HAM HAS
moved her art department from Miss
KJuean s, on uotei street, to tne uge
Cottage in Hawaiian Hotel grounds.
6751
C Brewer & Co
LIMITED.
Queen Street
Dyeing and
Cleaning
ALL WORK GUARANTEED-
Will make your clothes a
new. Best work in the city.
HOTEL AND NUUANUST
BEAVER LUNCH R00
H. J. NOLTE. Proprietor.
Fort Street, Opposite ;rrl
FIRST-CLASS LUNCHES 6EB J
. - tt- tar.
w lux u.ea, Lonee, pooh
Ale or Milk.
Open from 7 a. m. to 10 P
Smokers' Requisites a Special-
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