The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume], May 27, 1902, Image 1

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M'KINLEY MEMORIAL PARK
'
GETTING READY FOR THE FOURTH
WILL BE BOUGHT AT ONCE!
SEASON
WARDE
let
I S
Si
Committee
Pawaa
Authorizes
Site and the Inauguration
of the Construction.
T
EM acres or land
par-1
ekutd. f
ask-d for. in-
for AlUsag aad leveling
l
tlen to rush work n the
constituted the work
of
Ike McKlnt-y Mrmortel Kiecutive
tee at y-sierdsy's nwUn. T
fftri-i the report of the
tee. i-ooalllng of Oovem
M. Cooke ud J. A.
ad acted oa rack recom
after aoaaa discuss Ian of the outlook
fur the completion of lk park, of the
Kt.ta far the leveling of the plot of
x round aad tlx many features which
ka asastblo In It. the committee
authorised the rab-eommlttee t- com
pirte the purchase of the tea-acre plot
offered by the Btskop rotate. As well
the aob-commlttee was directed to re
uuss that four acre mors be sold to
II oa the same irrnu. The commutes
has the power to accept tenders for the
levetta aad filling of the ground.
There was absolote unanimity In th
meeting, held In the office of C. M.
ooks, aad the remark oa all aides In
dicated the faith felt by the members
In the successful carrying out of the
plans for the construction of the recre
atloa grounds. The Increase of the
acreage will give the more opportunity
for the decorative features to be carried
out. and there Is also sddad to the it
..ne nature! feature which will be of
great value. This la the enlarging of
ins Inks which, fed by springs, never
til Skin i stagnant or Insanitary. The
,kr will b- now Ave aerea. Thla will
T rmlt of the Introduction of several
- .t urea which will be of prime value
in the aew park plan.
The original tea acres which la to be
purchased from the Bishop estate will
esstf the committee $350 an acre. There
wera opened several blda for the nil. nr.
in aad leveling off of the tract, but
m there are other bids to be taken
see wars not given out. On the ba
st of the amount of fining as furnished
by the engineers. SMtt yards, the en
ure coat of the park when completed
will bo In the neighborhood of ti2 ooo
This will put the plot of ground In
mnltt
BRITISH OF HONOLULU TO
CELEBRATE CORONATION DAY
There Will be Services in St. Andrew's Cathe
dral, Reception at Consulate. Outdoor
Sports and a Bill.
nrrmi sublects tn Honolulu will
B
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e,'orBW "w vw T
Edward vil on June M by the
of the following exereJsss
a
.
la St.
I a i Y'ai
by Hla Brtiannie vajssvr s
W. K. Moeriii . m.
- - r. beginning
A largely stteaded meeting of British
.pjects wss held Isst evening sa the
a dining laaal of the Hawaiian Ho-
mm
of th IlAWaaJian mo-
H nthumm mm
celebrm-
mlklil
p
IbS
eat:
T. CUvs
l& rue Alesander htscalalSSw,
ia Rsv. Canon V. If. Ktteat. B.
W.
W ti Sinc --nurpi. uupv ow
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11 I !! IT
p w it. rats. - -
. o ranks, Jordan. Herbert.
a w Wrsv Taylor. sTiMMOi
J. U COckburn.
J. Colllaa. The Com mis-'
Hsspy.
set forth Ike objects of the meet-
As vou nrs all probably aasre. the
been appointed
fur the
ard VII. a
Mil be observed as S
' Sparta la toe
- S rn.
.nlftet over proposed
Tina to order there were
Messrs. F. M. Swsnzy
u r.
jjiinsllnn of His Msjesty. w
" i,1b as well aa for offering J
dsy ol rJ4Mtaa .
thstr Bssspawsasa ,'
w T". in,..ii mnl-
"n- ll; interest In the coming
festlfuj graaa tWre wU .
.went ahd cerem wmm mtherlDJt H
: abtediy be a , ' ,h a,,,,B
from foreign ftaa. "
rid oot tfco leastaa
the Purchase of the
shape Ik the gardener, bat It will coat
s large um In addition to make the
; park a hat It Is the Intention of the
I men at the head of affairs to have It
I before th.-y are through. The suthori
I nation t go on with the work was gly-
n after a statement of the treasurer
' that UHffg i in the fund aumethlng
close to S1S.QS. with more tn sight
The plot thus selected for the memo
rial recreation around lies makal of the
l:ne f Kins street esSenslon. shutting
upon the Waiklkl line of the McCully
land. n- block beyond McCully street.
As It now Is there are many beada of
coral snd lava which make the around
uneven and whk-b prevent the growing
of any vegetation there, except a few
keawe trees. The land first will be
I v i and then a foot of earth put
over It. Th- r-mlni snd th- Hardening:
will foiluw. Now that the work of the
construction of the park la to com
menced It Is believed there will be no
time lost in the filling of the subscrip
tion lists, so that the work may be
rushed to completion.
The llapld Transit road will pass by
the sates of the park. There Is now an
agreement that the line shall run up as
far as the park, but th- outlook la that
the Kalmukl line aril be extended
through King street to a Junction uf
that thoroughfare with H-r tarda, and
thence out to the crest of the hill on
the Kalmukl tract above Wslalae. This I
taik has b n undertaken by A. V.
O-sr. who is now canvassing for the
bonus which la demanded for the run
ning of the road from King street.
There will be three miles of the line
and the bonus demanded by the road
la 110.000. Already there baa been a
r ubs rlptir.n of more than $20,000. and
Mr. Clear says this Is being added to
ut the rate of nearly fO00 a day
The road will pass through King
atreet. to a point where there la a very
small apace between that road and Be
rets n la street, the distance being only
about ISO feet, and there the King
street lines will be curved eaaily Into
the through street. Then the line of
the Rapid Transit will follow Beretanla
street to the crest of the hill.
Another Improvement which will be
Inaugurated at once la the widening of
Beretanla atreet to sixty feet. Much
of the land has been secured by the
Superintendent of Public Works and
the work of the extension will begin
Immediately. $
lea. With the object of making timely
arrangements ior in- oos-rvant e oi inr
day here you have been notified to b-
present this evening to express pout,
views fullv snd de-lde In wbst manner '
the celebration. If celebration there Is
m P. - aWM. flhla I
i anutrj last- piacw.
C . aaaawsw a at skslsvnan eaahst IV !
as as saaa sas w asi a ssessaa, aaasaa .
0 ginglehurst. as secretary, were chos-
rn for permanent officers. Mr. Swanay,
gr,,B feelingly of the approaching cor -
Ionation snd said he trusted the cele- wss while in thst position thst be dia
bratloa tm Honolulu would be fitting to appeared. Some days before youna
th
tl
nreaston. T. fllve Dsvles auggest-1
that there be services at the t'sthe-1
-.p. aw a aJHUs n
Ui HI Its M9W lnrisin, Ilg wWltlVll
nHrrtga.sgl that ih r.mm!v
toorr would Hire $x rvt-wpcion at thf
irnsutaie. For the aftrrnoon h-
thought vsrled sports would be proper.
sad la the evening s grand ball. He
.aid the noxmor ass entirely In svm-
patfc, with the occasion snd would
pr bahly suasest th closing of the Ter-
rlto la! Oo.e nment depattmenta While
I r
would not be able to rlose
mssss t h. ih.Mivht thev
r me niirr uav. nr ui'nixni 1 1 1 j
............
won Id gr' a asir Bouaay to tneir em-
rioyes. nr.d there wss S possibility that
buln houa-a w.utd do likewise.
I Rev. Canon Kltrat suggested a va-
. iwi nr..iram of mnrti in which ell
Roe. HcOlll. '"ito-ii, could participate. Mr. Roe rag-
treated Thomss Square as a place to
h M r p.jrt "i tn- aasswraDSW aa tne
- ..n.k a niir hiat.irio in Kelt.
K mmtA If a arallan annals After some
WUMjon j. was derided to sccept the
,r,.rr,m aa above given. The ball Is
t be a snhsrrlptlon sffslr. snd not tn-
vltatlonal. as some sugg-td. Judge
Stanley thought the dignified waw
oU,i he to have a ball riven by the
ntt-h residents to whatever friends
Haieerf to Invite
r .ttoarins committees st his esr-
r-r -t :n'tv Flnsnce. church
. .. .porta ball and business houses
v.jnr
v b fever rroney is left over from th-'
H-spltal for
2 r :
t
e-feM-eee4 HrtmH
ALGERNON SHAW LEFT HONOLULU AND '
WAS LAST HEARD FROM IN SYDNEY
ALOEn.NON O. SHAW, artlat. as
sistant butcher. Bohemian In gen
eral, who disappeared from Hono
lulu. Auguat 4. 1899. since which time
he has not been heard from, may be
Juat now enjoying the dolce far niente
of the South Seas. Inatead of moulder
ing In an unknown and unmarked
grave.
After pathos and sentiment have been
worked up over the youth, after friends
and strangera. ministers and men of
the world, detectives and artists, have
been unced and requested by his father
to seek traces of the wanderer: after a!
mother has for two years mourned forjShaw was also quite intimate. He
ber son as one dead, there came to her! liked the Hawaiians and the Tahlttans
news that the youth. If he did die later. I and did some sketching among them,
certainly left Honolulu tn good health ( There were youna women In both fami
and when he arrived at Sydney. A us- j lies and be used them as his models,
trails be was In the same condition. j The laat time Creder saw Shaw was
That welcome news for the mother i Just about the time of the newspaper
was contained In a letter written from men's outing at Waialua. When he re
tbta city by Sydney C Floyd, who was turned again to Honolulu he heard that
formerly butcher In the steamer Aus- j Shaw had disappeared but had been
traiia. and who since his retirement ' last heard from in Waimanalo. He
from that service nas oeen seeping w
.atlnc house here. It was as aaalstont
to Boyd that young Shsw csme to Ho-'
" WklU awu. w.asesav Matt I IwTSwff
I ninuiu. f mi- uh- v una ......
k... ka awssss I ss en as n a a USIiM lit f m!
uric wa aar aaaj j " ' ass-
with iuyd at first, but later they saw
little of each other. Then Shaw was
working for the Austin Weekly, and It
Shsw wss seen among hla friends snd
associates here for the Isst time, hej
- aka na i.1 klm f an In
hrnt P"J U snails .'.. aa s
vntlnn trt mntlnu on hi.- Journrya t" i
the south. Hhaw's mother Is a French-1
uornan and the lad was educated In t
France, so thst when he wss wsnderlng
n. turned his thoughts t. the colonies
.f Prance In the s-uth. thinking he
would proaper ther-v as he spoke the
language excellently.
After telling Boyd of his Intention
to go south, the conversation turneu
ui,..n the cltiea throush which he was
i'j "H me ihi"ukh .. ..
. .... M .. .
to pass, tsoyu tens oi it in inn w.
"I told Shaw thst my people live in
Sydney and offered him a letter to my
stepfather. John T. Taylor. This ne
took snd later when he hsd reacheu
Sydney he wrote to me under date of
Nov - mber. telling me of my family and
mu :i n;u u-i . n-
there to aee the reonle for other-
ie he could not
have written so.
Since that time.' two years ago and
years ago an1
more, he has not written to me. and
my people nave not in any way men-
tloned hlm. I
'Since the Inquiry for Shaw has be-
c - m' ao spirited p..yd remcrnhred his
letters and. nndlnr th-m. wrote to Mrs.
Shsw at nm!!. In I.. teMs her of the
i. ,r mnn an -I imn'vino ihnt
the young rrn had core elt r to New
'aV!-l or tolnhlt!. At the same
time Bovd vn- t hU (tmU In Sd-
kln that tbejr pet nt commu-
nlratl m v '" Phia direct eo as to
trace C- lad If pot .
aj These letters kave not ieen aa-;
wered. except that which was ad-
dressed to Mrs. Shaw, and that brought
a response which indicates the grati
tude of the mother and that the In
quiries will be prosecuted.
"Dick" t'reder. a baker at Singer's
bakery, formerly employed on the
steamship Australia, states that Shaw
was with him In the steward's depart
ment, and left the vessel at Honolulu.
Lloth were In the city together on sev
eral occasions. Creder introduced Shaw
to people whom he knew, among them
I being some Hawaiians. Shaw became
'! acquainted with Solomon Colburn.
who lived on L.illha street. There was
also a Tahitian family in Kalihi. near
the leper recelvlnjr statir-n, with whom
never nearu naw express a uesire i
co to Australia or t any South Sea
Islands
Ths m
Th- general opinion when Shaw dis
appeared from Honolulu ivas that he
sailed In the transport Ohio, which was
in port on August 4. and on which ves
sel he was seen during that day.
Strangely there was never a question
as to other ships which were in port
that dsy. So it was that no one at-
tempted to trace Shaw, who left in the
A nra nsvl uKlcK - rrl vaH f fsm ,lt .irffl
want ....
and a!U-d arain for S dny that sum
day. His failure to writ.- after that
first letter has caused some f.-ar that
be did not survive his visit to the
S uth Seas. The Inquiries now on foot
are expected to have fruit very soon.
Algernon Shaw was a young fellow of
some 26 years, short of stature, blond.
with clear cut features and Intelligent
ra-e mat mowed out nine or tne
Frem h strain In his Hood. He spoke
-
. W - Li. -
m- "i nm nviowi ounn
;'i:.nly n-il spent his y.-uth In France.
tin American was. nowever. unexcep-
t.onsi ana tncre was notiung to cnar-
acterise mm to tne casual observer or
companion aa anything but an Amerl-
can unless he chose to divulge it.
-i -i - ..i "i .i.-i-
"v. de.-otlnc himself Principally to
black ..rd hit. He studied in Preach
-rt schools with cn-iderable success.
art schools w ith considerable success, j
Some of his earlier work consisted ta I
pen ana irk reproauci-ons oi in" ir . a in nomiim. ioe
of some .11 cersmlca discovered ln(not remembered, but the description
etrth mounda In B-lttany. Loiter in given may have rather foiled than aid-
fans ne actea aa private secretary ror
"aran uernnnrat. tne tmrenierne. ai -
r.ards writing lllustrsted articles on,
fhf net-ess' life and habits for various
American publications. In New York
he practiced V s-t ard a-ns employed
n N v. T t'. Tr.l un-. He designed
sc.me eff?rtlve posters ana II bp I
current . ts on many mainland r -
s as he 1 across the r.ntl-
aettt. Kmw Orleans aad JUos Aagelea
j papers knew his work for a while until
he finally drifted up towards San Fran
cisco, working there on the Call.
From there he had an evident desire
to go to the southern seas, where In
the Tahitian group he expected to find
his knowledge of French useful, secur
ing several letters of introduction to
Frenchmen there. Things went awry
financially in San Francisco and Shaw
gladly accepted a position in the stew
ard's department on the Australia.
Iite in July. 1899. he secured a posi
tion on Austin's Weekly, then pub
lish..! in Illustrated form. For that
Ileal he went with other newspa-'
per men as an invited guest to the
opening of the Waialua Hotel on Au-
- ...v.- . th(1
gust 1. making st-eral sketches at tne
r . . ,
uncneou as n.s um om ... .ev- sed b.yonrt these voices; uplifted as
tion with the paper. These he showed has bt.t.n ,nto the rKlon whjch the
several that afternoon in an un- greatest of all the poets has peopled
finished shape. That evening Frank- with the kings and queens of men;
Austin advanced him money enough ' that this audience knows its Shake
to tide him over night and the next sp-are too well to need any analysis Of
day. Saturday.
)ih una t.i hnv.- received
the balance of his agreed upon salary,
amounting to several dollars.
This he never called for. The next
morning he exhibited the finished
sketches, which were capitally drawn,
and then was lost sight of until the
afternoon, when he was seen upon the
wharf near the transport Ohio. He had
not at that time arranged for a room
and his trunk with what spare clothing
he had was In the office. His port
folio with all his sketches, clippings,
letters and practically his credentials
and aids to securing a position as an
artist were temporarily in charge of
Allan Dunn. The portfolio contained
many little odds and ends of notes, let-
ters and reproductions of his work that
would have been naturally prized by
Shaw, extending as :hey did over sev-
eral years.
n the dock he was heard Inquiring
as t a vacancy in tne steward s de-
part men t on the Ohio and announced
hls intention of applying ior the Job.
There were two vacancies at the time as t!-.c thoughts of Shakespeare: to feel
and Shaw was positively Identified as and live the noble part. It all goes eas-
belng seen on the wharf thirty minutes Up upon the stage, but that is because
l. f r. the Ohio sailed for Manila. Since intellect and Sympathy, ge iu arid
then all traces have been lost. Shaw kiI1 th' for hard. unyieW
was of a Bohemian nature with the . '"Iw will le .ve Ho.ol.lu
wanderjehr of the artist In his blood. mmeh v, remember him by. rruch to
nn.l the supposition is that, learning of jn Gf anJ ,,ond.-r over, and much to
the raegaCP only a few minutes be- po. k again. To him and to th artists
I . i ii!ing tin e, his mind was fir-d with whom he is surrounded, this trop-
ilth the chance to see fresh countries c capital, so lonely In the seas, living
aad he Jumped at the offer, intending
t send later f r his trunk and precious
portfolio. Inquiries on the Ohio result-
ea luenuncaiion. in nis assistant stew-
rri s capacn ne nouia nm oe nseiy to
have opportunity or Inclination to di-
Tin'- his artl'ti" or linguistic faculties,
ard his tnlnta have been entire'v
1. throwlne off the d-scrlptlon
that would be given on a false PS nt.
aS-
pYsMTit Rooeevelt wltl not Hterfo-.
th the British mule camp In New-Orleans.
CLOSES
Much Enthusiasm
Over the
Players.
GENIUS OF THE
GREAT AUTHOR
Prologue Address on Shakespeare
by Mr. W. G Smith Fol
lowed by Presentation.
c
ONQRATULJVTlON and not criti
cism remains as the pleasant and
willing task in commenting upon
the close of the Warde season. L-asi
n:Kht. with the shades of Shakespeare
grouped upon the stage and the es
sence of his inspiration breathed in the
lines chosen here and there from th'
volumes oT the master poet, served but
to emphasize the impression made upon
all lovers of the drama by Frederick
Warde and his company.
Many repeated the triumphs already
won on the local stage; others, includ
ing Mr. Warde, gave us fresh glimpses
of their own ability and the poet dram-
itist's genius. Mr. Warde's rendition
of the "seven ages'" of the "melancholy
Jacques" and the subtle summing up
of aspiring CJloster in one short spSech
added fresh laurels to his well-earned
wreath as master interpreter of the
bard of Avon. The feelings with which
Mr. Warde's all too short seas'on. hip
genius, his personality and the talents
of his company have inspired us, wer
well set forth in the prologue speech
Of Walter Q. Smith, giving the player
his, not often accorded, but due Bleed
Of praise. Mr. Smith said:
Indies and Gentlemen:
It is the custom of Mr. Warde in
closing his dramatic season to Invite
:i friend in the audience to speak from
the stage of the genius of Shakespeare
or upon some related theme. That is
my excuse for standing, a little time,
between you and the play. But it
must seem to others as it does to me,
that this audience, led so far as it ha
been into the realm of 8hakespeare s
wisdom ana xancy: nooaea as u nas
I a ia w. x i . . v . , U.n.
night by night with the beam?
of that philosophy which Shakespeart
. , ...,. .. . v. ..,
left as a beacon in the world when h
Ufd-1 1 1
e
his appreciated powers. Rather would
it take this hour to honor the spirit and
the art of the player who has brought
ihat gre'it soul so near to us. Tonight
is not only Shakespeare's but Frederick
Warde's: it calls not only for honor
to the Hard of Avon, but to the man.
the noblest Koman among all his hue
interpreters.
Do we ever stop to think what man
ner of man it is who can meet the tests
which Shakespeare set for players? It
is not merely that he shall follow the
advice which Hamlet gives the actors
of the King; to let his own disc-ration
be his tutor; to suit the action to be
Word and the word to the action: to
Hham virtue her own feature, scorn her
own image and the very age and body
of the time his form and presure. It
la not merely these qualities that our
player must have, but to quote the
M"'-e ua wiwh,, " "
worth, action and utterance and the
power of speech to stir n en's blood."
There must be a sreat man to fit the
gr"t play, else the play shall suffer at
his hands. There must be a mind sna-
clous enough to hold the spirit as well
so much within its own tnougnts ana
experiences, owes tne cn.mr to we
w h ard cu-torns We
haVl. wajked the t- t f Roe with
Antony and knelt with him at tb4ad
(-aPa
r's side-; we have seen the mad
x r . . j-tin every ir.ch a Kintr breast the
fUrv or the mMttlgnt storm: we nave
f lowed the simple-minded M- or o his
i-atons ver.gearce; hav list 'ed while
the Venetian Jew called for h i p iunl
of ftr-sh and heard the vo!ce of Portia
p a lb g f r the ti'crcy Ihnt bteasetk
lh?t gives and him thnt ta'ces with
sfa betb v.e have hnrd th'- fatefal
(Continued on rage 3.1
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