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FUME OF REBELLION
SOUTH
S PRE&D1NG
Circulars Being Distributed
Urging An
Uprising.
CHINESE ABOUT GAHTOH AROUSED.
IF TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWN
ALL FOREIGNERS MUST GO
WITH them:.
Torriblo Stones of Pillage "ztnd Looting-
Perpetrated by the European
Troops Americans Protected
Property.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. A dispatch to
the Herald trom Hongkong Bays. Influential
natives state that the flame of
rebellion has been fanned in the southern
provinces and predict a tremendous
conflagration within a month. Placards
and panipnlets are being cuulatea n
Canton and the province, iutlnikting
that the allies are thoroughly route-l.
i he feeling, against loreignera is bursting
the bounds of olficial control.
The majority of me mission stations
in 'Kwang Tung nave been either destroyed
on looted. Native Christians
are terribly abused. Natives in ior
eign emploj in Canton have been
threatened and a systematic looting of
the houses of English-speaking
has taken place.
Several reform parties, with their
headquarters In Hongkong, who havo
boon Supported by funds from rich
Chinese in the interior and in America,
havo hitherto refrained from aggressive
action, bolleviug that the powers
would effect the regeneration of the
government. One powerful organization
is distributing thousands of copies
of a reform appeal in the British colonies.
A memorandum has been signed
by -00 names for presentation to the
British minister, imploring the assistance
of a reform government. It recommends
establishing Nanking as the
capital and tho selection of enlightened
Chinese officials administer the government,
with foreign advisers.
Those people are disheartened at
tho roportod Intontlon of the powers to
withdraw from China. Different societies
are combining to raise the
standard of revolt and overthrow tho
corrupt government.
The practical cessation, of trade with
the north has thrown thousands of Chinese
in each port out of employment
and they are ready to join tho rebels.
French aggression at Swatow and
Japanese aggression at Amoy intensify
the hatred of the foreigners.
The strike of coolies at Hongkong is
ended.
WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
WOULD HAVE BAD EFFECT.
BERLIN, Sept. 5. "It Is doubtful,"
wild a forolgu ofllco official, "whether
the foreign ministers have yet received
Instructions from their governments as
to tho matter of withdrawing tho
troops, which will meet with greater
difficulties than that of withdrawing
tho ministers, for If tho troops aro
withdrawn all the foreigners must go,
also, because the natives would murder
them'and claim it as a triumphovertho
powers, thus creating a bad Impression
upon the Chinese.
"In various countries the newspapers
are exaggerating the situation. Thero
is no question f disagreement yet for
Russia's proposition is merely under
dicusslon. It has neither been accepted
nor rejected."
ROBBERY AND PILLAGE IN
WAKE OF ALLIED TROOPS.
(Copyright by Associated rress.
TAKU, Aug. 30, via Shanghai. Sept.
3. The Chinese in tho Pel Ho valley
aro paying dearly for tho lolly of thetr
government. Tho retribution they aro
suffering exceeds the ordinary penalties
of war. Along the river and the
roads traveled by foreign troops between
Tientsin and Peking an orgio of
looting and destruction continues with
much useless slaughter of unoffending
Inhabitants. While the International
forces were advancing, the commanders,
notably the Japanese, American
and British, enforced a fair degree cf
protection for property not needed for
military purposes.
Tho conditions prevailing leivlittlo
ground for the favorable comparison,
of civilized warfare with Chinese methods.
Robbery, ravishing and murder
are so common that every responsible
person one meets contributes stories
from personal observation. Tho wall!
city of Tung Chow was the only town,
in the pathway of the internautul
forces whoso people remained and attempted
to continue business. During
Its occupation the Chinese patroled
the place efficiently, protecting tho
people and preventing looting beyond
the amount Inevitable wlta any array.
General Chaffee stationed a guard
around the historic temple outside the
wall, forbidding his troops to enter.
The commanders encouraged tho inhabitants
to resume business, prom-is!
Pg protection to all peaceful persons.
When the armies advanced, however,
the guards were removed only a small
British and Anirlcv. garrison being
left outside the wall. A correspondent
of the Associated Press, returning from
Peking, found Tung Chow stripped lika
a cornfield after a plague of grasshoppers.
Everything portable, of the
smallest value, had been taken. Par-tics
of soldiers of every nationality
were roaming about unrestricied and
presumably were doing much wanton
destruction, in tho spirit of deviltry,
smashing furniture and glassware and
' trampling books, and pictures v&isr
foot. Most of the Chinese were submitting
to all this In abject fear. The
lew who dared to protest wers kicked
abonL
Several bodies lay in tho street, apparently
those of non-combatants. The
inhabitants, without food or clothing,
were huddling In back yards In a pitiable
condition.
The villages to the southward are
even worse despoiled. One week after
Peking was taken the traveler to
was seldom out of sight of burning
houses. Fires are started daily,
although the shelters will be much
needed If the troops are to hold the
country during the winter.
The soldiers are having "fine sport"
in using natives who creep back to
their houses or attempt to work in the
fields as targets. The sight of a farmer
lying where he was shot, with a basket
of grain or armful of other produce
near by. is quite common. The Russians
ire the chief actors in this style
of conquest, but tho French are remarkably
conspicuous, considering
their small numbers. The Indian
troops and the Japanese are participants
only when beyond the ken of
their officers.
From the beginning the conduct of
the Russians has been a blot on the
campaign. The recital of notorious
facts speak more forcibly than could
any adjectives. When entering Peking
correspondents of the Associated Press
saw Cossacks smash down Chinese women
with the butts of their guns and
pound their heads until they were dead.
The Cossacks would pick up children
barely old enough to walk, hold them
by the ankles and beat out thtir brains
on the pavement. Russiaa outers
Jookea on without protest.
When General Chaffee was watering
his horse at a stream under the wail
of Tung Chow the Russians found .i
feeble old man hidden in the mud, except
his nose, and dragged him out by
the queque, shouting gleefully. They
impaled him on their bayonets. General
Chaffee remarked: '
"That la not war; it is brutal murder,"
American officers at Taku, days after
the fighting was finished, saw Russians
bayonet children and throw old
men into the river, clubbing them to
death when they tried to swim. ThP
Russians killed women who knelt before
them and begged for mercy.
Everybody was disposed to ba friendly
toward the Russians in the early
days of the fighting at Tientsin because
of their bravery, but such incidents
as the foregoing have been so
prominent a feature of the campaign
that no one who is suppajed to report
important facts can Ignore them. They
are so numerous as to compel the conclusion
that they are not isolated episodes,
but the ordinary practices of
Russian methods of warfare.
Empress Dowager's Faction ,
Still Against foreigners.
Two of the Most Rabid Hanchu
Nobles Appointed on Peace
Commission.
NEW YORK, Sept 5. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: The
Chinese minister here has communicated
to the foreign offico an imperial
edict, dated Tal Yuen Fu, appointing
commissioners to negotiate terms of
peace In association with LI Hung
Chang. Grave dissatisfaction is felt at
the names of the commisisoners. Earl
LI has asked that Viceroys Liu Kua
Yi, Chang Chin Tung and Princo
Ching should be nominated. The coujt
has ignored his suggestion for the
nomination of the reform Yangtse
viceroys and appointed instead Prince
Ching, Yung Lu and Hsu Tung. The
two last named are violent and reactionary
Manchus.
Little hope can be entertained of successful
negotiations with a board thus
constituted and it is hoped that the
powers will decline to deal with tho
two Manchu nobles. It is clear that
the southern viceroys are to be prescribed
and persecuted for declining
to join In the recent anti-foreign movements,
and unless pressure can be
brought to bear in their favor by the
powers their lives and liberty may be
in danger. This revelation of the per-,
slstent and foreign policy of the Chinese
government makes the Russian
proposal seem more than ever impolitic
So far from being frightened into
repentance, tho Empress Dowager and
her faction are steadily engaged in
carrying on the crusade against alien
Influences. Some more striking measures
may be required to produce tha
requisite impression, whereas if tho
troops should withdraw from Peking,
Chinese Insolence and audacity will
receive a fresh impetus and reform will
be Indefinitely postponed.
It Is possible that the replies of
Austria and Italy to the Russian
proposal may take the form of a statement
of tho conditions under which
those powers will be prepared to conclude
peace with China, with reasons
against withdrawing from Peking until
the terms are arranged.
ERSKINE M. PHELPS IS
KEAI INTO 1UTI.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5. Exskine M.
Phelps, the millionaire and old-time
democratic leader, who has been seriously
ill for the past few days, suffer!
a relapse early today and his condition
is critical. The news of the death
of Arthur Sewall, & life-long friend ot
Mr. Phelps, was kept from the patient
for some time. Mr. Sewall was recently
a guest at the Phelps home, where
hangs a large portrait of hia.
Artillery for Philippine.
WASHINGTON, Sept. S. So muck of
general orders of August 1st last as directs
light batteries C and St, Seventh
artillery, fur duty In China hare been
amended so as to direct those batteries
to proceed iastead to tke Philippine
for assignment to a station. Major
George Greesougk, Seventh Artillery,
has been ordered to accompany the batteries
to tke PhUiaataa " -
mi mmm
mim ticket.
B. B. Odell, Jr., of
Orange, Nominated
for Governor.
6QYEM0I ILAH NAM IN LINE.
GREAT SPEECH BY SENATOR
C. JC
HTG WOODRUFF.
Roosevelt Received a Big Ovation
and Addressed the Convention
The Administration
Endorsed.
SARATOGA. N. Y., Sept. 5. The
State Republican convention today
nominated: For governor, B. B. Odeil,
Jr., of Orange; lieutenant governor,
Timothy L. Woodruff of Kings; secretary
of state, John T. McDonough of
Albany; comptroller, William J. Morgan
of Erie; state treasurer, John P.
of Cayuga; attorney general,
uonn C.Daviea of Oneida; state
iiawara A. Bond of Jefferson.
.Perhaps the most interesting feature
or the convention was the fact that the
speech nominating Benjamin B. Odell
ior governor was made by former Governor
Frank S. Black, who bad been
outside the organization breastworks
since Theodore Roosevelt defeated him
two years ago when he desired a
Senator Chauncey M. Depew presented
the name of Timothy L. Woodruff
tor lieutenant governor. He said:
"Free Silver and free trade, assaults
on the supreme courts, efforts to throw
away the results of the war and a cowardly
disposition to scuttle are threatening
the strongholds of national faith,
national credit and national power.
Our fight is to hold the fort.
"It is an inspiring commission to be
general In the Republican army corps
of the State of New York under such a
general-in-chief as William McKinley.
As commander-in-chief of the armies
of the country he conducted a war upon
sea1 and -land- which placed, us in the
front rank of the martial nations. He
precipitated suddenly as a world into
the councils of nations, called upon to
face first the problem of admission to
the markets of the Orient, which were
being divided among the great powers
of Europe, and next to show that the
United States would bend all resources
for the vindication of its boner, when
its minister and ambassador was beleaguered,
the finest triumph of diplomacy
of the nineteenth century won in
the concession of the open door, the
most picturesque campaign of history
or romance is ended with the American
flag flying over the imperial palace in
Peking.
"Not only the United States, but
every civilized and country
of the globe, is today giving unstinted
admiration to the statesmanship,
the generalship and the diplomacy
of William McKlnley.
"There Is nothing which Colonel
Bryan can say in his claim for the exclusive
ownership of the things taught
in the Declaration of Independence that
has not been more brilliantly said and
actually done by Republican statesmen.
But when Colonel Bryan went to Kentucky
at the time, when under the infamous
election law, the State was to
be stolen by his friends from the officers
who had been lawfully returned as
elected by the Democratic returning
board, and gave his sanction and the
weight of his great authority as a
Lvniocrat to the thieves, where then
was his idea of consent of the governed?"
A committee was appointed to invite
Governor Roosevelt to address tne
gathering. Ho was given an ovation
as he mounted the platform. Mr.
Roosevelt said:
"If the people of this country declare
in favor of Mr. Bryan and elect a
Congress next fall, they have declared
In favor of free silver, as well as
of every doctrine enunciated in the
Chicago platform of 1S96, and reiterated
in the Kansas City platTorm of
1900. The man who directly or indirectly
aids Mr. Bryan In this contest
must understand that any vote cast
except for the re-election of President
McKlnley is a vote for free silver and
for social disorder, a vote for the partial
repudiation of our debts and for a
complete upsetting of our financial and
industrial systems. And upon all su:h
men will rest forever afterwards the
heavy responsibility of having plunged
the business world into disaster, the
laboring world Into misery, and of having
tainted with dishonor the national
name.
"So much for what the success of our
opponents would mean at home.
Abroad, gentlemen, their success would
mean that the nation was to cringe before
the honorable task which It has sn
honorably begun, and to bike down the
Sag under which we are Introducing In
the Philippines not only such order bet
such liberty as has never been known
In the Islands before, and to hand them.
back to the unspeakable tyranny of a
corrupt oligarchy.
"There is no suck thing as militarism
or imperialism at stake la the contest.
These are names used only to frighten
the foolish. It it la militarism to be in
the Philippines tken it Is militarism to
be In Hawaii and Alaska; If it Is militarism
to pat down the Tags! banditti
tken it is militarism to pat down an
Apache oatbraak. Anti-imperialism is
the name by wkkk tkey seek to disguise
tkelr policy ot contraction. For
mind yon, we nave already expanded
and we are in the Philippines by the
same moral rlgkt that we are in New
Mexico and Idaho, Tke, nation aa not
sougkt its new- ratpoiuikUitiat, bat
I
does not shrink from tkem. Tke task
that now confronts ns is but as child's
play compared to the task, that confronted
the generation, that fought to a
finish the great civil wax. It calls for
but a fraction of this nation's giant
strength, and we appeal to- every
American Jealous of the country's goad
name and proad beyond measare of the
honor and renown of American
to stand with us now and show
In unmistakable terms that we are a
nation of men and not a nation of
weaklings, aand that we as little fear to
face our duty in the far islands of ie
eastern seas as to do our duty at home."
Population of Salt Lake.
WASHINGTON, Sept 5. The census
bureau announces that the population
of Salt Lake City, Utah, Is 53,531, as
against 44.S43 in 1SS0. This Is an Increase
of S.6SS, or 19.37 per cent. The
population of Albany. N. Y., Is 94.151,
as against 94,923 in 1890. This Is a decrease
of 772, or .81 per cent.
A CALIFORNIA CONTRACTOR.
Edward P. Gray Comes-To Take
Charge of Harbor Work-
Among the arrivals on the Mariposa
yesterday was Edward P. Gray of the
California Construction Company. His
mission here is explained by a San
Francisco newspaper of September 4,
which says: "Edward P. Gray of the
California Construction Company
leaves tomorrow for the Hawaiian is
lands. Mr. Gray will stay in the islands
until the work on the harbor at
Honolulu Is completed. He will relieve
Andrew McNally, who has been
in charge of the work for the past
several months. When the work is
completed Mr. Gray will go South and
rush the work on the San Pedro har
bor."
IS FAMILIAR WITH
CONDITIONS IN CIIN1.
FORMER BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL
PRAISES HAY'S
POSITION.
Many Things That Must be,' Explained
to the World About the
Recent Uprising-.
NEW YORK, Sept 5. George.
formerly consul-general of her
Britannic majesty at Shangnai, is pawing
through New York on his way to
China by way of Vancouver. Mr.
othe best known authorities
on Chinese affairs and has made a
study of the finances of the empire.
He is one of the founders and an honorary
secretary of the China league, an
organization recently formed in London
for the purpose of supplementing
the work of the China association by
educating the public mind of the United
Kingdom in regard to the magnitude
work of tho league, Mr. Jamieson said:
"Its purposes are similar to those of
your American Asiatic association,
with which I hope it may establish
close and friendly relations. Lika
those here who know anything about
this subject, we are impressed with tho
importance of China as an open markPt
for our manufactures and with the immense
possibilities which that country
possess as a legitimate field for business
enterprises. We tnink we have
Lsome reason to take exception to the
lack of a definite line of policy on tho
part of our government in its dealings
with China, but we recognize the fact
that the absence of a strong, popular
sentiment on the subject may be held
to excuse much of the hesitancy which
has been apparent in English diplomatic
action.
"Mr. Hay very properly insisted, it
his communications to foreign governments
a year ago, that a reform of the
administrative system of China was
absolutely bound up with the preservation
of the integrity of the empire. But
there can be no such reform under the
rule of the Empress Dowager and her
corrupt ring ot advisers. If the Russian
proposal means anything it means
a return to the statu quo ante to the
of the commercial and other interests
dependent upon the possession of the
open door in China. Speaking of tho
state of things under which the Boxer
movement was promoted and encouraged
and the life of every foreigner in
China was placed in jeopardy. There
are a great many things yet to oe explained
in regard to recent events in
China, but this much is certain, that
had the Empress Dowager and her
satellites been allowed their own way
the whole country would have been in
a flame of anti-foreign insurrection today
and the fiction that the powers
are not at war with China would have
to be abandoned.
"It is true that we must have some
kind of responsible government with
which to make terms for the settlement
of thefuture of China and of the status
of all our foreign Interests there.
There is no such government in China
at the present moment because the
Emperor, if he be still alive, is under
duress and the Empress Dowager can
answer for nothing except tke perpetuation
of the blind and Ignorant hatred
of the foreigner which she and her advisors
cherish in, common. It may be
to the Interest of Russia and LI Hung
Chang to make easy the restoration of
the authority of the Empress Dowager,
but it Is certainly not In the interest
of any power that wants to see China
preserved from dismemberment and
launched on a career of peaceful progress
and prosperity.
Expenses of Rew. Mr. Cory.
Secretary Coleman of the Y. M. C. A.
has made hmJf responsible for the
expense of Ber. A. E. Cory, who '.vent
to Manila in the Logn Yesterday.
Contributions on the part of those interested
in the work will be very thankfully
received at the offics of the T. M.
Cx A. at Hotel and Alakea streets. The
work upoowaich Mr. Cory baa entered
is regarded as of the utmost
GROWTK Of MR!
IN THIUOMMONin.
The Order Has Almost
Outgrown The Present
Fine Temple.
TALK OF A URfiEfl BUILDING.
DISCUSSING ADVTSABILI'iX OF
ESTABLISHING THE GRAND
LODGE OF MASONS.
Existing Lodges Balong to Three
Different Jurisdictions
Visitation Will Add
Great Impetus.
There is the greatest possible awakening
in Masonry in Honolulu, and, tor
that matter, throughout the Terrltoiy.
It is here, however, that the ancient
craft has been having its greatest
growth. The three Blue lodges have
work nearly every meeting night and
though the handsome temple at Hotel
and Alakea streets has been built only
seven or eight years, It Is already toa
small for the uses of the order.
In this connection it might be stated
that the erection of a larger temple is
being discussed amongst the members
of the craft. Indeed, the project is
likely to take shape and definite form
early in the approaching year.
What is true of the phenomenal
.crease in the membership of the Blue
lodges Is equally true of the higher
the chapter, commandery and
the various lodges of the Scottish Rite.
There are now three lodges of Master
Masters, one chapter of the Royal Arch
and one commandery, Knights
The Scottish Rite has the Lodge
of Perfection, Councils of Princes of
Jerusalem, Chapters of Rose Croix and
consisting of Sublime Princes of the
Royal Secret To provide meeting
nights for all these bodies rather
crowds the capacity of the present temple.
The higher degrees, too, require
more room than do the Blue lodges,
because the work is more elaborate.
Then, too, the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine will organize a temple hero
in February or early in March, as
stated in The Republican yesterday.
This "Ancient Arabic Order" is not a
regular Masonic body, but its membership
is composed strictly of Masons
who have reached the 32d degree, A. A.
S. Rite (ISth. degree in England), or
Knights Templars in good standing.
These Nobles will also have to be
housed, too, and as Islam temple of San
Francisco will make a pilgrimage
hither next month they will arouse,an
interest in the Shriners that will be
largely augmented when the Imperial
Potentate will make his official visitation
here In February or March to establish
Aloha temple, accompanied by
the Imperial officers for the United
States and an escort of several hundred
Nobles.
The present temple Is a beautiful ana
substantial building, one of the beat
constructed blocks in Honolulu. It
was admirably adapted to the uses of
Masonry 'way back in 1893, and was
then one of the finest structures in th
cicy. Unfortunately, the builders .lid
not project their minds far enough
into the future or had no idea that Honolulu
would ever have the growth of
Americans and Europeans It Is now enjoying.
The craft has nearly outgrown
Its home.
Another matter that Is agitating the
Masonic brotherhood, as Individuals,
is the establishment of a Grand loage
of Masons for Hawaii. At present all
is "confusion worse confounded" in that
respect One Blue lodge is working
under dispensation from Scotland, another
from'the Grand Lodge of France
and the other owes its allegiance to
the Grand Lodge of California. Representation
at the sessions of these
Grand lodges so widely scattered is not
always practical and always expensive.
There Is, it Is argued by old and studious
Masons, no occasion for these foreign
and far-distant alliances. They
think that the Grand Lodge of Masons
for Hawaii ought to be established.
They regard It as feasible and argue
that the Important matter should be
taken up soon and acted upon, to the
end that the Grand lodge might be contemporaneous
with the establishment
of the Territory.
The present great Interest in Masonry
and Masonic literature is only a reflex
of the stupendous growth of the
order on the Pacific coast and will undoubtedly
receive additional impetus
from the coming visitations of the
Shriners.
The Laysan Island Case.
The case of Captain Spencer was taken
up before Judge Wilcox yesterday
afternoon. Thus far three witnesses
for the prosecution have been examined.
It seems impossible to get any
admission of fault on their part out of
the Japanese.
'Some weapons resembling Japanese
swords were In evidence in court yes
terday. The witnesses testified that
these weapons were used by the Japs
to kill fish with. They are made of
hoop Iron and only one seems to have
been sharpened.
The case will go on again this afternoon.
The principal witness for the
prosecution will be ex-Captain Spillner,
the luna at Laysan, formerly of the
mounted patrol.
OBLIVIOUS OT SANGER.
Foreign Residents of Peking Sid
Mot Jtxpect An Uprising-.
BOSTON, Sept 5. Tke Rev. F. E.
Clark, D. D president of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, has
reached Boston oa tke steamer
after an eventful Journey aroead
tke world. His purpose la making (be
journey was to attend tke national
Christtaa Endeavor convention is Ja
pan., China, France, Spain and Germany,
whicb were all very successful,
and also the great world's convention
m London, which was attended by
more than 30,OO people.
Dr. Clark left North China only a
week before the trouble broke out and
barely escaped being shut up in Peking
with the other foreigners- He declares
that the foreigners were living In utwr
oblivion o" the coming disasters.
Every one, ot course, knw that th
Boxers were mustering and thought
that the disturbance might mean the
overthrow of the present dynasty, bat
no one In the legations or among the
merchants or missionaries conceived
that foreigners would suffer severely.
much less that the legations would be
besieged. Dr. Clark spoke in the
highest terms of Mr. Conger, the American
minister, as a man of great ability,
courtesy and common sense.
Mr. Clark returned home by way of
the Traasiberian railway and the Amur
river, being one of the first travelers :c
cross Siberia by the all-steam route,
which was only opened on the 15th of
May last.
She Used a Whip.
Kaame. Kalikoua (w) and Naatna
were arrested last evening for affray.
Kaame i a South Sea Islander and he
went to the house of the couple at
and drank with them all the afternoon.
A quarrel began in which the
woman used a buggy whip on Kaame
and her husband used his fists. Kaame
used nis hands to the best advantage
and all three of the participants In the
affray bore evidences of having seen
times of trouble.
Estate of Ixuilikea.
Inventory of the estate of Kailikea,
an incompetent, has been filed. The
estate is valued at $S2T.
Captain Bowers' Good Find
Captain ilowers and It W. Condon
of the men-limits' patrol a
man giving the name of Callahan last
night as he was about to enter his
lodjjiuirs.
About midnight Mr. Condon'- suspicions
v,ro uruused by the movements
of Callahan, who was
to dispose of a watori in Shim Kee's
restaurant near Liliha street but failed.
He was "shadowed" by Condon to the
place where he was arrested by Captain
Bowers.
Callahan in the meantime had sold
the watch, which was numbered 1192179.
When searched at the police station he
had seven rings, a gold collar button
and about $11 in his possession. Captain
Bowers thinks his nrnu is responsible
for the disappearance of jewelry
from Dietz's store.
More New Plague
Cases in Glasgow.
Doctors Have Been Inocculated, Although
Authorities Are Confident
of Suppressing It.
GLASGOW. Sept 3. The bubonic
plague is rapidly spreading. The black
death has reached Govana, across I lie
Clyde. One boy died there today and
three more cases are reported in Glasgow
this morning. All doctors and
nurses have been vaccinated with anti-plague
serum. There Is no general
alarm as yet and the authorities are
confident of suppressing the outbreak.
VIENNA, Sept S.-On account of the
breaking out of the bubonic plague at
Glasgow the Austro-Hungarian government
has ordered a medical examination
of all ships arriving from English
ports.
NEW YORK, Sept 3. Health Officer
Doty, who boarded the City of Rome
from Glasgow today, found no traces
of bubonic plague. Dr. Doty said:
"We found no sickness on board and I
am satisfied that no one on the ship is
infected. The ship's passenger ll3t Is
made up almost exclusively of Americans
who have been traveling In Europe
for the past month or two."
BERLIN, Sept 3. The presence
the bubonic plague at Glasgow Is commented
upon here Indignantly, as going
to show criminal negligence on the
part of the British authorities.
STEAMER CALIFORNIA
IS SIFE AT MANILA.
-J- MANILA, Sept. 3. The Unit-
ed States transport Californlan
arrived here safely this
4- ing. She was delayed sixteen
days at Guam with a broken
4- propeller. -
in Earn Case.
A remittitur has been entered by
Court Clerk Henry Smith iu the case
of the Territory of Hawaii vs. La Kam,
the supreme court having granted the
defendant a new trial on the extraordinary
and guilt-invoking charge of
Judge Perry, now of the supreme
court. The remarkable charge was
published In yesterday's Republican.
CARRIED AWAY PHOTOS
OF HONOLULU BELLES.
A dastardly deed was the destruction
of the showcases in front of J. J. Williams'
art gallery on Fort street, on
Tuesday night Not. only were tha
cases demolished, but many valuable
pictures were carried away, and several
porcelain ones broken. Only four pictures
were left untouched, aside from
the carrying away of the pictures, all
of which, were of leading people of the
city and of scenes of th island, and
quite valuable. Indeed, the loss will
reach 300 or $400. There is reason, to
believe that some uf the toldiers oil
the transport Logan committed the
offense. The pictures of Honolulu's
society belles will probably grace
tents in Manila.
UHCLE SAM HAS A SAT
AS TO CHAMMEL M.
Simply Loaned the
Ground It Is Built
Upon.
MAY RECIYEB IT ON QUE NOTICE.
CAPT. XERRY, LOCAL NAVAL
OFFICER. SPEAKS FREELY
ON THE SUBJECT. ,
Hope Expressed It Will Ba Continued
for Quarantine Uses
Federal and Territorial
Relations.
In the so-called governor's council,
or "executive council," the Channel
wharf has been the source of considerable
thought and discussion. It has
been a source of annoyance, both to the
Territory, which claims to own it, and
to the Chamber of Commerce, which
built it and has not up to date been
able to get from the Territorial treasury
the money it expended upon it
Only yesterday the council determined
to condemn a right of way for
a road to this wharf, over lands of tho
Bishop estate, which, in the judgment
of the Territorial officers, "wanted tho
earth" and a lever to move It for the
land needed.
The council has repeatedly had offers
for private use for portions of this
wharf and plans to make it remunerative
hasieen frequently suggested.
Now comes the navy department of
the United States and contests tho
ownership of the ground on which the
wharf stands. This department claims
that the land on which Channel
wharf was built was simply loaned to
the Republic of Hawaii for quarantine
purposes and does not belong to tho
Territory of Hawaii at all. It Is confidently
asserted that there Is In existence
a contract to that effect. It la
well known, too, that there has been
quite a deal of correspondence between
the navy department at Wosa-Ington
and United States officials located
in Honolulu, while the status and
future of the wharf was under discussion
In tho executive council, tho board
of health and the newspapers.
"My opinion is," said Captain Merry,
naval officer at this port "that the use
of the wharf 3hou!d not be alienated
from its original uses. Haw-ail has
passed through two epidemics cholera
and the plague and no one can say
when there may be a recurrence of onQ
or the other of these calamities.
"On government land? Oh. yes, the
wharf is built on United States land.
It is only loaned to Hawaii. There is
an agreement between the naval department
and the Republic of Hawaii
that on forty-five days' notice given
by tho navy department the wharf
should be removed.
"There is also an understanding,"
continued the captain, "that the wharf
may, at any time, be taken possession
of by tho United States for naval or
arnjy purposes, should an emergency
arise.
"These are facts well known and I
am surprised that there should be any
ignorance on the subject The quarantine
officers are, naturally, very anxious
that the wharf should be kept for
the purposes for which it was Intended.."
All this does not Imply that the government
will avail Itself of its rights
In the premises nor that it will interfere
with anything the Territory may
see fit to do with the wharf. It Indicates,
however, that the navy department
by no means Intends to relinquish
any of its rights to the land on
which tne wharf is built nor to any
of tho privileges It may have on tho
wharf Itself. These are facts that
should not be overlooked by the Territorial
officials.
In this connection it may not be out
of place to say that It Is an open secret
on Federal Row that soon after the
Territory had Its little conflict with
Judge Estee, letters of Inquiry wro
sent to the attorney general and others
at Washington aa to the rights of the
United States officials in the uso of
public lands and buildings In Hawaii;
that answers to those letters have been
received and that Judge Estee's attitude
and acts have been confirmed.
The Instructions from Washington are-to
the effect that the United States has
primary and exclusive jurisdiction over
all public lands, buildings and property
and will enter upon, take and occupy
any or all of any such public lands
or demesne as the uses of the federal
government may demand.
It Is known that Attorney General
Dole h&3 submitted an almost similar
inquiry to the attorney general of the
United States and the answer he will
receive will probably forever settle this
somewhat vexed question.
EM2HA J. BRAND DIVORCED.
Holding a Young" 34an's Hand and
Other Indiscretions.
A Honolulu marriage has been dissolved
in the superior court for the
city and county of San Francisco. A
San Francisco paper of August 31 saya:
"Emma J. Brand was granted a divorce
yesterday by Judge Belcher from Harry
Brand on the ground of extreme
cruelty. Jlra. Brand testified a3 to her
marriage to the defendant In Honolulu
and her subsequent suffering when he
accused her of holding a young man's
hand and other similar indiscretions.
The plaintiff was allowed to resume
her maiden name."
Kerr & Co. Sue J". S. Walker.
L. B. Kerr & Company. Ltd., has
brought suit against J. S. Walker and
Blanche C. Walker to recover $ KX) with
interest and costs on a promissory note
alleged to bave been, given by the defendants
to plaintiff. The- note was
executed on June 7, 1900, and made
payable ninety days after date.
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