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THE HONOLULU REPUBLICAN.
VOLUME I, KO. 26 HONOLULU, H. T FRIDAY, JULy43, 1900 PRICE STYE CENTS
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be cmies
nu hot pay yp.
Tliey Assert Plague
Pires Were Not Insured
Against.
THE 0PIH10H OF AH ATTORHEY.
4NEW CASES OF INTEREST
BROUGHT IN THE
' COURTS.
1, R. "Burma Brings Suit Against
W. H. Hayselden Pumping
Plant at Palawai to be
Swaed Court Notes.
, . On annual? M. 1SW, a the readers
Of The RefNtbllcftB will recall, the big
Ik swept Chinatown, destroying
IlilMN or property. The are was
fltsrtod by order of the Board of
lltoU. It was to destroy premises
2th -th plKo. The flames
got Wyottd the control of the Fire
aad swept to the water-front
A tmmbar of Insured firms, burnt
out by the Mate, bare brought actions
to roeovw the amount of their insurance.
Tho inmmnco companies, as indicated
their answers Sled ywterday,
are going to fight the cases.
j Tho asses Involved are Yee Wo Chan
& Co Had Won Cuong. vho have
In the German Alliance Insurance
Company; Quong Sam Keo & Co.. who
liavo a policy In Aetna Insurance Company;
.Yeo Wo Chan & Co., who have
" three policies in Insurance Company
of North America.
In all of these cases the defendants,
lit tlioir answers, deny each and every
alligation contained in the complaints.
And for their answers say that the
destruction of the properties mentioned
by complainants occurred from and
tarough causes not insured against by
mid contracts of Insurance.
"There is more in this matter than
tho dry legal papers contain." said a
prominent attorney to a Republican
reporter yesterday. "If the courts hold
that the complainants have no redress
against the insurance companies; that
the companies aro absolved from paying
the amounts of Insurance, then who
t 'is to pay? Certainly some ono is responsible
and liable for the dstruction
of property, and more, tho losses must
1)0 paid. In my opinion, tho Republic
-of Hawaii, is solely responsible for the
destruction of property in the big fire
of .January 20, whether the property
WB destroyed by accident or not."
When United States District Judge
ISttse arrives there promises to be a
wist amount of litigation before him as
A recwlt of the many bubonic plague
Ares started at the command of the
Board of Health.
J. R. Burns ha6 begun suit against
W. 11. Hayselden for $557.40, the
amount of premium on a life insurance
iwlicy sold defendant by Burns.
The Rtsdon Iron Works of San
have begun an action against the
MaujmUil Sugar Company for a balance
of $16.(46.76, due plaintiff on the pumping
plant purchased by defendant
and also for services rendered
smd material sold and delivered.
An attachment has been issued and
the jtheriff directed to seize and hold
the pumping plant and pipe line of the
plantation at Palawal, Island of Lauai.
Tho final receipt of the administrator
n tho estate of Edward Dowsett has
ueeu filed, the bond canceled and the
administrator discharged.
The administrator. Augusta Bell, has
filed an Inventory of the estate or tho
lato J. M. Camara. The value of the
ostato Is placed at $1,500.
The divorce proceedings of Mrs. Mary
Ann Evans against William Evans
h&vo been discontinued.
Tho Pioneer Mill Company, Limited,
bejs .moved that a day be set for hearing
Hie oase wherein It Is plaintiff, and the
Uahalna Coffee and Fruit Company.
Limited, is defendant It denies the defendant's
answer in the case.
. Judge Humphreys has certified that
the record In the case of G. TJ. Hind ct
111. vs. Wilder Steamship Company contains
all tho legal requirements to be
hoard by the Supreme Court.
Jt has been stipulated by the litigants
la the case of Harvey R. Hitchcock ct
aL vs. Frank Hustace that the case
shall Xo heard by Judge Humphreys
in his chambers on Tuesday, July 24.
The defendants in the case of J.
Heneli and Paulo Konalo, plaintiffs,
vs. Young Yun. Leong Kau, C.
Wai Hoon and Wong But, have filed
ihelr answer. The allegations in the
plaintiffs complaint are denied. J. T.
Be Bolt attorney for defendants.
D. Kawahlnekoa has qualified on the
bond of Teresa Mell Kahal.
of the estate of Samuel K. Kahal.
for ?l.S00. "
S. Mahelona has Qualified as bondsman
of Keair (k), administrator of the
(estate of Knlua Plkfti.
In the case of the Wilder Steamship
Company, ilbellant, vs. Ship John C
Forter, respondeat, the ilbellant has
filed a brief. in answer to tho plea of
jurisdiction raised by the respondent
The brief contends that the courts of
tho Territory have Jurisdiction.
Thomas S. Southwlck has withdrawn
bis appeal to the Supreme Court in his
fos6 against tho Hawaiian Tramways
Company. The plaintiff sues to enjoin
ircon continuing to Jay doable
tracks on King street during the
nciplent railway war. Southwlck. In
V ,J"'t to gain status in the court bought
few res he company's stock.
JndroPem" at the hearing, denounced
A -imposition on the court, and dismissed
thewse. Southwlck i toot an &v
jfL m , .
A motion has been cade to amend
answer in the case of Makai vs. Adam
and Albert Horner. It is a foreclosure
case. Horner, one of the defendants,
alleges at the time the land was
Acaznc by himself.
acted as a broker In negotiating
ihe sale He was advised by the plain-US
to buy the land, and at the time, or
fourteen, veers thereafter, did he claim
to have a mortgage on the land. Defendant
asks that the plaintiff be
estopped from enforcing his mortgage
if he have any.
In tha case of Pekelo. Akeau et al..
the litigants bare petitioned that the
action Ik? remanded to the Supreme
Cottrt .
HASKELL, THE FRIEND
OF DOWNING, IN JAIL
Three men, arrested in a Miller-street
swipe joint on Wednesday evening
appeared in the police conrt yesterday
on a charge of drnnkeness. Two
of the men, Gilfoil and Hoolnaloa,
pleaded guilty and were fined f2 and
costs.
The third man, who gave the name
of Frank Brown, pleaded not guilty.
He is known to the police as Haskell
and was with Downing the night tho
latter stabbed several natives up Liliha
street- Ilaskell was sent to the" reef
for four months for complicity in the
cutting and was only released a short
time ago.
TEHDERLOiH STEflKjAHD JULEPS
HOW THE SOUIHVfcXS WEKE INDUCED
TO C03CE HEBE.
Tho Glitterinff Picture Drawn by
Wolff and its Evanishment
A Chilly Proposition.
How membora of the Southwell
Opera Company were induced to come
hero has just come to tho surface.
The company, after its engagement
in San "Francisco, went to Los Angeles.
The members had first-class through
tickets to Boston. Southwell left the
company at Los Angeles. It was while
playing in that city that Wolff induced
tho members to come here. He was at
tho time manager. The most glowing
description of Honolulu was given by
Wolff. The tropics were an ideal spot
in which to beguile away many weeks
in huigorons ease; living was cheap;
tenderloin steaks, without bouea in
them, could be purchased for a quarter;
beer and mint juleps cascaded
down the streets in bubbling
illness; cocoauuts grew in profusion,
and If there -was anything that would
lubricate the throat of a vocalist it
was cocoaimt milk.
Well, tu make a long story shorl, he
members of the Southwell Opera Company
signed a sixteen weeks' engagement
to appear at Tho Orpheum in
Honolulu.
The couipuny came and the
picture drawn with such skillful
hand among the orange groves of tho
southern land evanished liko a stack of
yellows when a fellow falls up against
a royal ilush. Not that the members
were disappointed with the
of Honolulu; oh, no; not at
all. Living was higher than cocoa-nuts
on the tallest trees. It was difficult
to get n succulent chuck steak,
and as for tenderloin steaks well,
well, well. Beer came high and the
glasses were small.
But this is not all. For four weeks
the members of the company received
their salaries punctually. Then tame
a long wait between tho acts, while tho
orchestra of discontent played dolorously
and discordantly. Two weeks
elapsed, and then Wolff, with beaming
smile, had a proposition to make. The
members gathered about him. There
wasn't n jlugle of coin in their pockets
and their timepieces were at the jeweler's
to bo engraved.
Wolff's proposition was this: In order
to receive their two weeks' salaries,
which were in arrears, they must sign
an agreement cauceling their teu
weeks' unexpired contracts. Some of
the shapely chorus girls shed big gobs
of tears. If they hadn't captured the
demonetized silver dollars of the management
thoy had mad conquests of
masculine hearts in Honolulu. Recollections
of moonlight rides to Waikiki,
and the pulsating wave beats on the
beach came fittingly to their minds.
But what were they to do?
Well, again to make a long story
short, the members agreed to Wolff's
proposition and the curtain falls with
their departure on the Australia.
& BLOODED GHIN&MEN
WHO BAILS HIS FRIEND.
Ah Van was arrested last niglit Tor
smoking opium. He bad not been in
jail long when he was joined by his
friend Lee Cbu, a vegetable merchant
who supplies ships in tho harbor with
garden truck.
Lee Chu arrived at the station in a
hack. TJpou arrival he declared that
he liked good whiskey; that he had had
a good deal and was feeling fine. He
had been told that a countryman of
his was in trouble and wanted to bail
him out. He was told that the bail
was flOOcash. This did not stagger
him a bit He brought forth a bag and
dumped a big pile of money on the
counter telling the clerk to count out
the necessary amount. Atter his
friend was released Lee Chn, just to
show there was no ill-feeling, invited
all present out to have a smile. His
invitation was declined and, tumbling
into bis hack with bis countryman, disappeared.
4
"Will Bury Seamen.
H. H. Williams, the undertaker, has
been given the contract for burying
American seamen dying at this port.
Sots titae ago the Marine Hospital
service called for bids for the services
and William's bid was the lowest.
No doubt two people can live cheaper
than one, but nobody ever saw aa instance
where they did.
m BISHOP IS
HOT 801HG TO CUBI.
He Emphatically Say?
He Will Stay
Here.
STATES TO FURNISH LABORERS.
ADVANTAGE OF ElEPLOYTNG
WHITE SEEN GRAPHICATLY
DESCRIBED.
Another Planter TeUs Why White
Men Will Succeed on the
Plantations A White
Man's Country.
"The statement published in a local
paper that I was going to Porto Rico
to secure laborers for the plantations is
premature," said Fax on E. Bishop to
a Republican reporter yesterday afternoon.
"I have given up the project and
I I am not going.
"The time Is shortly coming when
the plantations will need more laborers.
Under the Immigration laws of
the United States the supply of laborers
from the Orient has been cut off. I see
no way of obtaining them, except from
the States."
Mr. Bishop was questioned about the
advisability of employing white men.
"The trouble with white men when
they come here," he answered, "is that
they all want to become bosses. You
go and ask Mr. Atherton about his experience
with white men at Ewa. They
sat around on the porches and hired
Japanese to do the work.
"I think we will all have to admit
that one white man. if he will work,
can do three times the amount of labor
that a Mongolian can. Look at the
work done by white men on the sewers.
It is astonishing. The Mongolian is a
bungling workman.. He works left-handed,
but he keeps constantly at it
"If we could get a class of white men
from the States that would work on
tho plantations conscientiously the labor
problem would be solved.
"TlierS are many new plantations, as
you are the Islands. These
plantatTonas time passes, will require
inorQ and moro men tqcultivate
and till the land. .
"The price of laoor is constantly advancing.
A few months 350 the ruling
prices were from $12.50 to $15 a month.
Now the planters are paying from $17
to $1S, a,nd help will shortly be scarce
at these figures. You can state positively
that I am not going to Porto
Rico."
Another planter said: "I am in favor
of white laborers on the plantations
and no other. White labor, as
paradoxical as it may seem, is the
highest and cheapest that we can secure:
the highest in price and much
the cheapest iu the results accomplished.
Let me make my meaning clearer.
We will have to pay more for white
labor than we do for coolie labor; yet
it will be found when the plan is thoroughly
tried and tested that white labor,
as T have said, is much the cheapest
Why? Simple enough. One white
man will do more work, and do it
much more satisfactorily than three
Chinamen or Japanese. I will advance
another proposition: The cheapest labor
is tho dearest. My wife is trying
to make a cook of 1 Jap. She pays him
$2 a week. I swear I would be willing
to give him $5 a week if he would keep
out of the kitchen. In his culinary
work he leaves things undone thit
slrtwild be done and things done that
should be updone, I remonstrate with
my wife, but she says that she can't
get anyone else."
"Isn't the climate against white men
working here?" was asked. "
"Climate be blowed! .TEbre is nothing
in this climate bugaboo. It is the
rankest kind otn hallucination. Were
vyou ever in the great wheat fields of
'the Saii Joaquin valley when they were
harvesting? No? well, then, you don t
know what heat is. J have seen white
men out In tho fields day after day
about Fresno, when the thermometer
ranged from 100 to 120 in the shade.
If there is harder work on the plantations
In these Islands than bucking
straw on a threshing machine on the
sand plains of Fresno when the thermometer
is 120 degrees in the shade,
trot it out, and I will quit residing In
Honolulu and go to Hilo.
"This is now a white man's country,
and I believe in giving the white man
a show for his white alley."
THE FIELD SPORTS
OK IQUKi CAMPOS.
A Large Crowd Sees Good Sport
The Winners Rewarded
For Tdieir Work.
The sports at Iolani College campus
yesterday were well attended, about 500
people being present The erent3 were
.all well contested and created much
enthusiasm among the spectators, who
had their favorites among the contestants...
Two boys. Andersen and Len Qui,
took most of the honors, the former
wisnlng the Victor Ludorum medal,
which was presented by the Alumni of
lolanL -
The f rst event was a. potato race, in
which w&re eleren ftarters. KastFook
won; Ah Pin, second: Kin Sang, third.
First prfxe, slave; second, ball and bat
The second event was a 1OO yards
d&h for boys under 15 years. First
pnic, a watch, was won by Chang Yet
in IS seconds; second. KIm Fook.
The third event yards, for Doys
under 13 years, won bjr Andrews: second.
Ah KiL. Time, seconds.
The high jump-was won by Andersen.
Ke jumped 5 feet 1 Inch. Len Qui second.
Putting the shot: Len Qui.
37 feet; second, Andersen.
The 100 yards, open, was won by Andersen:
second. Chang Yat. Time.
11 1-a seconds. .
The 100-yard race for old. scholars
was won by Bolster; second. Moses.
Time, 11 4-5 seconds.
Andrews won the small boys" 100
yards race in 15 seconds.
Foe Sue won a race at the same distance
for boys under 11 years of age in
14 second3.v"
The pole vault was won by Freeth-He
vaulted S feet 3 inches. Len Qaai
was second and Kim Fook third.
The high jump for boys under 15
years was won by Pnng Quai, he jumping
4 feet Cinches.
The 350 yards open was carried by
Andersen, Len Qui getting second
place. Time, 46 seconds. Andersen
made 11 points and Len Qui 10 points
In all the contests, and was awarded
the big prize.
After the contests tlie victors were
presented with their prizes by Miss
Hoare, daughter of British Commissioner
Hoare.
THE SUMMER TERM
OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL
Large Number of Teachers Present.
Hawniinn Association Will
Hold a Two Days' Session.
The summer term of the Normal
School began last Thursday at tho
High School building. There are now
sixty-five teachers in attendance and
others will come in from the outside
districts noxt week.
The classes for the term hnvo been
arranged under the direction of Prof.
Wood and his able staff of assistants.
Great enthusiasm has been manifested
among the teachers and pupils since
the school opened and everyone is announced
to be working earnestly.
The daily work begins at S:15 in the
morning and closes at 3:15 iu the afternoon.
In addition to the regular
school room work the course of instruction
includes chalk and clay modeling,
drawing, practical woodworking,
upon apparatus to be used iu the
schools of the islands by the teachers
and special work in music.
The Hawaiian Teachers' Association
will convene at the same place on July
16th and 17th. During the session interesting
papOrs will be read
of and. blathers
interested in tile
the islands. "'" .
ANOTHER CUTTING
SCRAPE AT KAKAAKO.
A Kan Badly Wounded in the
Head Claims He Was Cut
by Palohia His Wife.
A native man and woman were
brought to the police station at 7
o'clock last night from Kakaako. The
man was badly cut about the head and
bleeding profusely.
He says that he was sleeping and
was awakened by being struck on the
head by the woman. the assault
was committed with a bottle or a
hatchet he does not know which. He
received two cuts in the back of the
head and a long gash on the forehead,
going clear across.
The woman, whose name is Palehla,
says that she was sleeping and was
awakened by somebody clutching her
by the throat. She Teached for something
to defend herself with and struck
her assailant. .
The man was at first locked up, but
was becoming so weak from loss of
blood that he was sent to the Queen's
Hospital, after being temporally bandaged
by Jailer Melanphy. The woman
was held, pending Investigation.
Death of Miss Gray.
Miss Sarah K. Gray, sister of 5Irs. J.
H. Hobrou, died late Wednesday evening.
.Her death wtw due to apoplexy.
The deceased was K year of ago and n
native of New London, Conn. Sho
came to Honolulu in 1S53. She was
highly esteemed by all those who knew
her. "The funeral will be held at 10:30
this morning from the residence of
Mrs-Hobron, Nuuanu valley. The interment
will be in the Nuuanu
The Eev. Mr.lvincaid will officiate.
WU1 Shoot Saturday.
A squad of ten men each from the
police force and Co. F, N. G. H., will
shoot a match at the Iwilei range at
2 p. m. Saturday. The men will be
picked shots and a good score is looked
for. Captain Robt Parker will command
the police squad and Captain
Sam Johnson the loys from the national
gURrd. !
Were Married Yesterday.
I
Frank C Faxon and 3Ii Ida F, j
Sawkines. were married at the Met
I dist Episcopal parsonage, this city, j
yesterday, by the Rev. G.L. Pearson. J
ger of the American Power Sr Water
Company, Liaiited, and his bride ia a.
vrell known youn lady- of Honolulu.
I Mr. and Mrs. Faxon will take up their
residence at Cottage urove, on Ivingi
streeU
JBfarry Lea's . Case.
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The case of embezzlesaeni against
Harry Xiee was nolle prosea yesterday
lathe police court,
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M COHDH IU
IDE H1LQ DISTRICT.
G. H. Brown ZtiaLes Various
Interesting
Statements.
f INCREASED TR euiLciNC.
THE POUTICAX ATTITUDE OF
THE NATIVES AND
ITS CAUSE.
The Railways Havo Placed Money
in Circulation and Signs of
Progress aro Everywhere
Seen.
Mr. C. H. Brown, chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Republican
club at Hilo, was seen by a reporter
of The Republican yesterday about affairs
at that place. Mr. Brown is very
much interested in the progress and
welfare of the city on the crescent bay,
where he has resided for the past five
years. He has strong faith the town
will keep abreast with all the im-.
provements of the future, made necessary
under Territorial government He
saysr
"The starting of the Olaa railway is-!
probably one of the foremost feature
In the present rapid development " of
Hilo. The surveys of the Kohala and
Hilo railway are almost completed. The
monthly payroll of the latter company
Is over $4,000, which all goes Into circulation
at once in the Hilo district
"The Olaa plantation, under Manager
McStocker, has taken rapid strides, and
is In tiptop condition. I saw some cane
there lately only planted a year ago.
which is as vigorous and juicy as the
average cane of eighteen months. All
the results reached at Olaa have not
been accomplished without hard work
and much painstaking, and I think the
success reached Is largely due to the
labors of Manager McStocker and his
head luna, Peter McRea. .
"You have asked me about politics.
As to the Democrats, there are only
about five or six in the Hilo district.
Tho Republican club there has 175
members, sixty of theae being natives.
"There has been some dissatisfaction
on the part of the natives of Hilo,
which I believe ha3 sprung from nearly
the same causes as has the native dissatisfaction
you have had in Honolulu.
The old cliques in Hilo have attempted
to stand behind the political counter
and sell all tho buns, while the
straight Republicans, and, in fact, the
majority of the taxpayers of the district
object to this method of running
things. Tho consequence is that the
natives are on the fence politically and
refuse to ride and tie'; in fact, they
insist on riding all tho way. In other
words, they want to know just what
they are to expect politically In the
future from these political
leaders, who have forced themselves
upon the Hilo people.
"There are a large number of business
buildings and private dwellings In
course of construction, and one of the
most noticeable facts is that the trade
of Hilo has doubled within the last
three years. The Volcano Stables Company
has spent $20,000 on the Hoolulu
park and racetrack. The grandstand
will seat 2500 people. Inside the track
is the basebalL and recreation grounds.
"As to municipal government, I can
affirm that the people of Hilo are almost
a unit for the establishment of a
municipality; but there Is no doubt
that the local money trust will make, a
fierce fight against any proposition in
the next Legislature looking toward
the establishment of city and county
government."
ASKED FOR UPPER CRUST.
Suspicion of Judge Wilcox that In-
formers Protect Gamblers.
Ah Ping, Kamimura, Shi ono, Frank
Fernandez and John Rodriguea were
fined $2 and costs in the police court
yesterday for gambling. They were
arrested in the Chinese store, corner of
Piikoe and Beretania streets. For a
long time complaints have been made
about gambling jjoing on at the place,
but the police were unable to catch a
game going until Wednesday night-In
sentencing the men Judge Wilcox
said he wished the officers would haul
up some of the "upper crust"' of society
for indulging in games where
money changed bands. He was in-formed
that informers could not be
found to put the police on the track of
the -high-toned' games.
1TRIAH6LE UTEfURY
CLUB'S ENTERTAINMENT.
Iron JCore Valuable Than Gold Ow-
ing to its Usefulness Interesting-
Features.
There wasr a good turn out at the entertainment
given ly the Triangle
Literary Club last night at the Y. M. G-A-
TTse piano solo by J. It Davis wa3
well received.
Yhatlrou has done fcarcivilization,
was a very instructive essay. Iron was
the -most useful of all metals- Ifcwas
-ore valuable than gold on aceounfcoC
ita usemlnese. what could the
world do without iron? GoWjjpre:
clous is the arts, was a great metal,
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i bat when compared with iron was a
second rate metal.
-A Glance at the Eubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam"' by JEd, Tbwse reviewed the
wurks of the grtat atheistic poet, who
wrote:
TSiat bwl Ityy raH fc ky
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U.M rwar haasis ia tltSfflwlp
Jt rwrrw & uapcttauy as ja r T.
ilr. Towse's review was a well written
I paper.
xraet i: lowers, mandolin.
Mrs. J. E. Davis; guitar, A. B. Wallace,
was appreciatively rendered.
uLord Clive." reading bv II. T.
f ome was applauded, f . McCants jStew
art ueiiverea an address on
The evenings entertainment concluded
with a piano solo by J. E. DavU
;
Divide thfe Tino.
The Chinese users of opium have bit
upon a clever scheme to reduce the
fino imposed for first convictions. Two
men club together and use one outfit.
It takes two outfits to couvict two men.
Now the Chinese who are arrested
with one outfit between them arrange
which of them is to plead guilty and
which not. The guilty one is fined and f
the case against the one pleading- not
guilty is nolle pressed on motion of the
Sheriff. The usual fine of $f0 and
costs is imposed on the guilty smoker J
and he and his companion, whose case j
was nolle divide the line, making
it cost bnt $25 each.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL
SURVEYS PR06RESSIN6.
Story of a Washington Surveyor who
Spent a Year in This Important
Work.
SEATTLE, June 2S. Mr. Walter J.
Maher, who has been in Central America,
as a member of the Nicaragua
Canal survey, resigned his position recently,
and has returned home, to tl :s
city. Mr. Maher left for Central Ami
last August, and spent the entire !
winter with the surveyors. He was
one of a party of five or six Washington
men who nccompanied the "canal
routers, and is the first to return
home.
Mr. Maher went out with the becond
party of engineers that had before them
the gigantic task of placing on the
gronud the route for the Isthmian
canal. There were thirty-five men in
the party with which ho left, and a
party of twenty had preceded them only
a few days earlier, so he wad practically
with the first rontters that went
to map' out a path for tho great waterway.
There are now no leso tlinu 12u
Americana engaged on the work, with
more than a thousand natives employed
under them
Mr. Maher traversed tho entire distance
of the canal route, from Greytown,
on the Alantie, to Brito, on the Pacific.
In common with the others of the surveyors,
ho endured many hardships
and exposures, and fought the battles
with disease that all white men must
fight iu tropical countries. Especially
on the east coast, where the land is
low and swampy, were the conditions
severe. The men were compelled to
sleep in tents, and for n part of the
time were drenched almost nightly by
rains. Ihere were n number of fatalities
among the surveyors from fever
and accident.
The work of the surveyors la almost
completed; but the borers have a task
before them that will require mnny
months to finish. Wherever a lock or
dam is to be located, foundation stoue
is sought for by means of diamond
drills. If bed rock Is not found at an
accessible depth, the location la changed.
This necessitates a constant moving
about, and renders the use of heavy
machinery impossible.
The power for the drills is furnished
by natives, and the progre&s la consequently
slow. The most difficult feat
the drillers have tackled, however, is
the locating of foundations in the San
Juan Elver. The drilling iu midstream
is done from rafts, and the swift current
makes the keeping of them, in
place almost an impossibility.
Wireless Telegraphy Again.
Manager Cross of the Wireless Telegraphy
Company says that workmen
are engaged putting up the mast on
Hawaii. As yet no attempt has beeu
made to send a message from Lima! to
Oahu. -
Hospital Steward Coming.
The steward of tho Marine Hospital
is expected from Washington on the
next steamer. He will have charge of
the clerical work of the Marine Hospital
service here.
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English Orders of Knighthood.
The conferring of the Order of the
Garter upon the Crown Prince of Germany
calls attention to the fact that,
with the exception of Spain, the United
Kingdom has now more orders of
knighthood than any other country.
There are, of course, the three great
Orders of the Garter, the Thistle and
SL Patrick; and In addition are those
of the Bath, the Star of India, St
Michael and St. .George, the Indian
Empire, and the Royal Victorian, as
well as the Victoria and Albert, and
the Imperial Order of the Crows of
India, reserved exclusively for ladles
though strictly speaklngf of course,
these last are not orders of "knighthood,
standing la this respect In the
same category a3 the Distinguished
Service Order, so highly prised by
who have not yet attained field
raak; the Royal Red Cross, for
"service readered by certala
persoas la aarsiag the sick aad
woaaded of the army asd savy," aad
the Victoria Cross, givea for
j oes bravery, Losdoo News. ,
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judge mm is
not in mm.
IHe States that he
is ;a . British
Subject.
TIMELY STORY ABOUT SHERIDAH.
JURIST'S ACTS IN NATURALIZING
APPUCANTS
A Courthouse Habitue Ttlls Why
tho Judge Wasn't Reappointed
and Asks a Most Perti-
neat Question.
"Are you an American dttaear"
That was the nuestlou, propouHded i.
Acting Judge W L. Stanley
afternoon by a Republican reporter
'Not much." replied Judge StaaK
I am an Irishman and a subject u(
Great Uritalu. and that is ono f iht
reasons why I was not reapportBUt!
judge by President McKlnley. I se no,
reason now for changing my allegiance."
Acting Judge W. L. Stanley, during
the past week has frequently acted as 1
Supreme Court Justice, and on sovtr l
occasions In such a capacity has p"M.
on the qualifications of appMeaoi
become American cltiiutK .
"When W. O. Smith returned from
Washington, where he wnt, jrot..
ably, in the interests of the Chamber '
Commerce," said a courthouse hahittu.
yesterday, "he was Interview.! To-Interview
appeared In a loVul
Smith stated that the reasaa why Star
ley was not appointed judgo by
was owing to the fact that Stan
ley was not an American cltiien.
a subject of Great Britain. .
"Now. I admire a man who U proud
of his native land. You, of course, have
heard the story about General Sheridan
and hla Intemperate utterance
about Texas. The general had juat returned
to New Orleans from a tour of
the military posts in Texas. He was
asked by a reporter what he thought of
Texas. .
'"If I owned hell and Texas." answered
the gcnoral. T wonld'scll Texas
and live in hell.'
"A Texas editor published the general's
utterance, adding. 'Damn a man
who won't stick up for his own country.
"Now, I feel a good deal like the
Texas editor. But In this case of Stanley's.
If the President wouldn't appoint
him circuit judge of Hawaii bocnust
he isn't an American citizen, how la it
that the Chief Justice will ask him to
act aa a Justice of the Supreme Court
and pass upon the quallucationa of candidates
for naturalization as American
citizens? Say." and the voice of th
habitue sank to a nervous whispor, "l
It because Stanley Isn't an Amoriean
citizen-"
NEW ELECTRIC PLANT
FOR TOWN OF HILO.
aianngur J. A. Scott Has Gone to
the Mainland to Rush
tho Work.
Manager John A. Scott, who lately
left for the coasd. has gone there to
perfect arrangements for baying and
shipping to Hilo a new electric plant
for that city. The new electric light
comiany was recently organized there
to Install another electric lighting
plant in the rainy city, In which, it wu.
announced, such men a John A. Scott.
Wni. G. Trwiu and Geo. Rodrick were
interested. The company way started
with a capitalization of $200,(XC. reserving
the rik'ht to increase the capital
stock to 500,000 when occcaaion aroae.
The new company has Iwuquiet'y at
work for some months and it is now
announced that they will have tho new
plant iu working order within dix
months from date.
Manager Scott bait gone to the mainland
with full power and authority to
rush the completion of the work and It
is stated that by the middle of next
January the growing needs of Hilo on
the light question will be fully met.
It b learned that the stock of tho new
company has already been taken up
and that the duecess of the ventine ha3
beeu made certain largely through the
progressive spirit shown from it3 inception
by Mr. Wm. G.Irwin.
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Found a Sick Haola.
Last evening about o'clock" as one of
Judice Wilcox laborew waa on his way
home from the poi factory at Kalihi he
heard groans coming from a clump of
bushed near the road. He investigated
and found a sick man. The man was a
stranger. He appeared to be iu great
pain and was quits weak. The patrol
wagoB waa suauaooed and the man
taken to the police station. It was seen
that b& was very dick, and so he wa.4
seat to the Qucess Hospital. He says
he U a sailor from the barkentine
Kllkitat which lately arrived from the
coast with lumber.
Lives of great aten all resdnd xa of
the value of advertising.
'. Probably bo rich girl ever has a
chasee to una out that use ugly.
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