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VOLUMfi II. NO. 210 HONOLULU, H. T., TUESDAY, tfEBRUABY 12. 1901 PRI'E FIVE CENTS
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SEWER&G
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Answer to Injunction
Suit ot Automobile
Company.
WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
REASONS WHY GENERAL CONNECTIONS
WITH SEWERS
CANNOT BE MADE.
The Superintendent of Public Works
Says Plumbing Inspector Duffey
' Had Nothing to Do With Sewers-Plaintiff's
Unauthorized Action.
J. A. McCandless. Superintendent
. ot Pabltc Work, yesterday afternoon
fftal an answer to the bill for
Uda of the Hawaiian Automobile Com-.
pay. Ltd. It Is countersigned by E.
P. VoU, Attorney General. CertRin
Xftosaiions in the complaint are
Defendant denies that a public
tower exists ow King street
the premises of plaintiff, now in
vse and occupation, except o the extent
admitted in defendant's affirmative
answer and defense. It is denied
that J. F. Duffey had charge . f
sewers and sewer connections, also
that plaintiff connected its drain pipes
' with the alleged public sewer in pursuance
of its right as a resident and
taxpayer of Honolulu or otherwise.
In his affirmative answer and defense
the defendant makes assertions
to the following effect: That the
washings from the plaintiff's batteries
.contain an acid or acids which eat
xwav and destroy sewers and sewer
connections so rapidly and to such
... ovtont that snid washings cannot
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be disposed of by means of the public
sewer, without such great loss and
oust to the Territory that to permit
the use of its sewors for such
jma -would bo an ; of them and
an unwarrantable burden upon taxpayers
of the Territory.
That the plaintiff is prevented by a
resolution of the Board of Health
from oxcavntlng cesspools on its
.premises, besides such is not feasible
owlnR to its having voluntarily
substantially all of its own land
-with its building.
That a public sower Is .T. course
of construction but delayed in general
the non-completion of
nee owing to
the outfall, so that connections therewith
have thus far been permitted
in cases of extreme exigency. The
consequences of allowing general connection
with the sewer in its present
state would be to drive the workmen
awav from the outfall construction
wis and to have the sewerage
washed buck upon the shores to breed
pestilence.
That the specifications under which
the sewerage system is being constructed
provided that: "The right to
connect with any sewer at any time
before the completion of the system
. is expressly reserved by the Government;
such connection shall be made
by the contractor upon the order of
the engineer."
That the plaintiff's connection with
the sower was not made by the contractors
upon tho order of the engineer
or upon any other authorization.
A long paragraph is devoted to showing
that J. T. Duffey. former plumbing
inspector, had nothing officially
to do with the sewers and had no authority
to order any connection therewith.
Tho Superintendent of Public Works
savs. further, that before filing Us
complaint plaintiff made connection
with the sewerage system without authority
or justification of law. and
that before defendant had received no-
tko or service of injunction he, in the
discharge ofJils official duty, caused
said connection to be severed. This
was done by cutting pipe owned and
laid by the Territory of Hawaii, without
interfering with any pipe laid or
owned by tho plaintiff.
Moreover, defendant is credibly informed
and verily believes, that just
before the service of tne injunction
tn ninintiff. without permission and
without authority or justification of
law, renewed the connection and is
now using the sewerage system to the
serious interference Yh the completion
of the outfall, and to the endangering
of the public health and safety.
Wherefore, the defendant prays that
tho Injunction may be dissolved and
ho be granted such other and further
relief as may be just
TOLMAN'S LITTLE MME.
Will Be Repeated Next Week at the
Orpheum.
The Honolulu Dramatic Club scored
a decided success in Tolman's Little
Tjme on Saturday evening. A large
house turned out to witness the club's
Initial performance tmd enjoyed a
smoothly presentee, and laughable
farce. No little credit is due the stage
manager for his effective drilling ot
the amateurs and tne artistic stage
setting.
AvSeries of entertainments ot this
character should meet with heartr
support from amusement seekers. The
comedy was clean in dialogue, clever
j fa plot and played throughout with a
snap that brought it not far from the
level of a professional performance.
Mr. Piver as the Dutch uncle was
particnlarly clever In both make Dp
and action. Miss Graham and Miss
McDonald were elective In their
roles, while the minor characters
were carefully played. Allan
Dune played the light comedy role of
CapL Racket with professional facility
and Adams as Tolraan did clever work.
Tolman's LittleTime. by general request,
will be repeated next Saturday
evening. The crowd showed an Inclination
for the town to make the
Dramatic Club affairs social functions.
FOR WEST POINT.
Something About the . awaiian Going
to Learn War.
Joseph K. Aea. whom Delegate Wilcox
has succeeded in having named
for Hawaii's cadetshlp at West Point
military academy is thus described
biographically:
Aea is now IS years of age and is a
splendid specimen ot the Hawaiian
race. He stands over six feet and
weighs 18 pounds. He has a fine
erect csi't.? and Is a handsome
youth. Although naturally elated over
the honor bestowed upon him, young
Aea realize? mat the hardest part of
the battle lies before him and no political
infiuen'e i!' win him entrance
to the academv. It will be cose application
to his books and his own abi'ity
that wiil carry him safely through.
The successful candidate has been a
member of t,he Queen's household and
Is now the gentleman in waiting to
the former monarch. His father
plaved In the band and is now
residing at Waikiki.
He has had a considerable amount
of schooling. He attended the Fort
street school for six years, and then
wont to 'olanl school for lour years
more. After this, Aea passed a vear
and a half at the Xamehamena School
where he graduated last year. Although
the young mans schooling has
been very extensive, he says that
there are many items in the West
Point curriculum which he has never
studied.
WILL START ANOTHER
ANTI-LIQUOR CRUSADE
Dr. S. E. Chapman, Noted Temperance
Advocate, Will Conduct the Campaign.
The Rev. S. E. Chapman, widely
known as an anti-liquor worker
throughout the United States, addressed
the Ministerial Association of this
city in the parlors of the Central
Union Church yesterday. The speaker
talked of the condition of the fight
for prohibition in the country and the
need of some strong work in that
direction, in Hawaii. He took for his
text, the motto of the Anti-Saloon
League which he represents, "The Saloon
Must Go." He exhausted the sul
ject from all standpoints and received
a round of applause and commend
ation at the conclusion.
The meeting was presided over by
the Rev A. E. Cory. When .Dr. Chapman
'had finished, a motion "was made
by Dr. Kincaid to institute another
crusade against liquor under the leadership
of the distinguished temperance
advocate.
It was suggested that perhaps another
crusade might have an effect on
the deliberations of the legislature
when it considers a bill for the control
and limitation of the liquor traffic
and that the influence might not have
the effect that the agitators of the
matter desire. But after some further
discussion the motion prevailed.
Tacked to the motion of Dr. Kincaid
was an amendment stating that the
series of meetings with which the
crusade will be inaugurated, will commence
next Sunday nighL The details
of arrangements were left in the hands
of a committee consisting of the Revs.
Kincaid, Cory, Pearson, Westervelt
and Perry.
THE THEOSOPHIC LEADER.
This Is Not the First Time Col. Olcott
Has Been Here.
Col. H. S. Olcott, the coadjutor. of
Madame Blavatsky In founding the
Theosophical Society. Is the subject
of a biographical sketch In the
Messenger. A lawyer In early
manhood, he abandoned his practice to
sfrve his country in the Civil War.
Since 1S7S. when he accompanied Madame
Blavatsky to India, the Colonel
has devoted himself entirely to
He is a man of striking presence
with an ample and flowing beard,
and is credited with some marvelous
cures by laying on of hands. His arrival
in Honolulu expected today will
not be his first sight of this place. In
an article wriflen in the 1 heosophist in
1SD1 on "A United Buddhist World."
he refers to his visit to Japan, saying:
"I had only eight ays to spend at
Kioto, and the awful earthquake occurred
on the morning of the very day
of my arrival from 'San Francisco via
Honolulu." y
LOST A FIFTY.
Misfortune of Assistant Postmaster
Madeira on the Street.
Assistant Postmaster Madeira dropped
a flimsy hundred dollars somewhere
along Fort street yesterday. It
was in two $50 bills. He first discovered
the loss when a Chinaman" ran
after him with one of the bills Thee
he searched for the other and was
still searching when seen, by a Republican
reporter at 3 o'clock. Mr. Madeira
would not entertain the suggestion
that the Chinaman had found
both bills and kept one as a reward
for his honesty. The loss of an "I"
Is a heavy one out of even a good salary,
tor the loser in such a case as
this one must bear it. ana the official's
many friends will hope the noaey
may come bacfi to him.
KING till HIS
LEFT SU FRANCISCO
His Majesty and His
Court Are Now
Started.
WILL BE HERE NEXT TUESDAY
GREAT PREPARATIONS HAVE
BEEN ,MADE FOR A FIT-
TING RECEPTION.
All the Good Loyat Subjects Are Expected
to Turn Out To Do Them
Proper Honor King Will Receive
in the Drill Shed.
The finishing touches were put on
the preparations to receive their Royal
Highnesses ,the Prince and Princess
Carnival next week at a meeting of
the loyal subjects of the royal pair,
held at the Court of Honor, (the Drill
Shed) yesterday afternoon.
The Court of Honor is still as bare
as is its wont, -on other than festal occasions,
and it does not even convey
any idea of the splendors which are
soon to take place under its corrugated
iron roof.
The loyal subjects of the Prince,
represented by the ladies of the Exo;
cutive Committee of the Mardi Gras
ball, met and talked and arranged for
more than an hour. They were all
very anxious to have the celebration
a great success and each one had her
little say as to the best way of accomplishing
such a result. The plans have
been altered to a slight extent but
the main arrangements remain in the
same condition as formerly. The participants
will not gather in the auxiliary
tent, previous to the Grand March
and make their entrance from that
point, as it was decided that they
should get out of their carriages r.t
the filler-street side of the building
and prepare for the march in the
dressing rooms of the old Government
Dispensary and make their entrance
from the other end of the shed, instead
of from the end where the tent
will be placed.
Tne change is a good one as it will
prevent much of the confusion that is
always to be noticed in large semi-public
functions. The entrance of the
procession from the rear of the building
will not in any way affect the usefulness
of the tent.
It was also decided that the number
of the Pages should be increased from
six to twelve ana that they should all
be equipped with the wand of office.
Another good change was adopted ''
the ladies. They agreed to have several
ballot boxes placed in various
prominent portions of the hall supplied
with a quantity of blank cards
and envelopes upon which all the
will write tneir names and
the characters they represent. The
object of the innovation is to assist
the representatives of the Press of
this city in compiling their reports of
the function. One of the greatest
difficulties to be met with in making
an accurate report of a masquerade,
is- the trouble always experienced in
getting a correct list of the participants
and the characters they represent
in time t6 let the people of the
city know about the ball through the
medium of the morning papers. If
the masqueraders will adhere to tho
rule laid down by the Executive Committee,
the Press will be aided and the
reports will be more satisfactory.
From present indications theoi will
be at the least calculation 500 maskers
in the Grand March, while as
many more spectators will look on
from the tiers of boxes and seats
which will be placed along the sidc3
of the A fine svsim
of caring for the hats and wraps of the
dancers has been provided and the
usual confusion will not be so apparent
as it has on former occasions.
In reference to the rule concerning
the placing of names and costumes on
the cards for the Press, the dancers
may rest assured that their confidence
will not be violated In the least degree
and that the only use that will be
made of the information will be that
already stated; to assist the reporters
in the work of compiling an accurate
report of the ball.
The great change from a common
Drill Shed to a stately royal court
will be started in a day or two and
will only be completed the day before
the ceremonies. The rows of seats fcr
the spectators and the series of private
boxes, which will extend the
length of two sides of the hall, will
be installed Friday and the stand to
accommodate the musicians will probably
be finished oy Saturday. After
these alterations have been made the
ladies navlng charge of the decorations
will take up the labor of preparing
for King Carnival and the transformation
will be complete. The large
rough floor of the. shed will be planed
and smoothed and a new preparation
of ch'alk and wax will be applied and
when the Heralds1 announce the f
val of the royal party the floor will
shine and be as good lor dancing purposes
as the floor of the Waldorf-
Astoria on tne occasion of the Patriarch's
BUL
The demand for boxe3 has far outstripped
the supply and there are several
prominent people on the waiting
list for accommodations in this particular.
Some of the boxes will be
decorated with special reference to
the dresses to be worn by the occupants
and will quite a com
of money.
The ladies say that there will positively
be no free list sna that anyone
seeking admission will have to pungle
up two dollars and a half in order to
have a chance to take part in the ceremonies
ifshonor of the royal visit and
incidentally to assist in the support
of the Eye and Ear Infirmary. Tickets
may be had from any of the following:
Wall, Nichols Co., Benson, Smith
& Co., Hobron Drug Store. Hollisters.
Bergstrom's, Thrum's. Hawaiian News
Co., Brasch & Co.. Nolte's. Lycurgas'
Restaurant, Hawaiian Hotel. Hawaiian
Annex. Waikiki Inn, Charles Desky.
Esq., Miss Killeaa's. Doctor Clarke's.
Mr. A. Jones, Mr F. Peachy, Mrs. E.
D. Tenney, Mrs. Mary Gunn, Mrs. E.
Freeth, Mrs. H. A. Isenberg, Mrs. Tom
May, Mrs. G. Wilder, Miss Maggie
Walker. Mrs. H. Cooper, Mrs. W. C.
Wilder. Mrs. AnnisM. Turner, Mrs.'S.
M. Damon. Mrs. Mary Widdifield, Mrs.
M. M. Ete. Mrs. Harold Mott-Smith.
Mrs. Mannie Phillips. Mrs. Walter
Hoffmann, Mrs. H. Wichman, Mrs. J.
M. Dowsett, Mrs. james G. Spencer,
Mrs. M. M Scott. Mrs. J. T. McDonald.
Mrs. Reis Miss Anna Paris, MSjs Bacon,
Mrs. Slaker. Mrs. James Campbell,
Mrs. F. M. Hatch. Mrs. Pond Mrs.
S. M. Parker, Mrs. E. W. Jordan. Mrs.
J. S. Walker. Mrs. A. M.J3rown, Miss
J. Kaufman, Mrs. F. M. Swanzj Miss
Bacon. Mrs J K Brown, Miss Angus.
Mrs T. Rain Walker, Mrs. Wm. F. Allen,
Mrs. M. L. Walker, Mrs. A. Atkinson.
Money received in payment for
tickets should be turned over to S.
Edward Damon at Bishop & Co.'s bank
or to Mrs. A. G. Hawes, Jr.
THE GRAND JURY
PRESENTS INDICTMENTS
NO VERY HEINOUS CRIME CHARGED
TO- ANY DE-
FENDANT.
Miss Coffield's Damage Suit Thrown
Out on Demurrer Maunalei Sugar
Company's Answer Appaals
from District Court.
At 11:45 a. m. yesterday morning
the grand- jury came into the Circuit
Court and presented indictments
against the following named persons
for the respective offenses stated:
Wahineaukai Hulihee, embezzle
ment; Joseph King. Naolua and
Yamamoto and .ngata, malicious in
jury; John Maihua, assaun. and batter-;
W. Smith, assault on police officer;
John Brown, Manu, Chas.
and Candido, assault and battery
with weapon; HooKena Hoolewai (two
cases), Willie Solomon, Kauwila,
Nahinuliilii and tvanoho, F. D.
Haskell. Snead, Kawika, Harvey Chilton,
and Lunning, larceny second degree.
These defendants will be arraigned
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Judge Humphreys sustained the de
murrer in Mary A. Coffield's suit for
$25,000 damages against the Territory
of Hawaii. Plaintifl noted exceptions.
Joseph K., Clark was granted a divorce
against Abbie K. Clark.
Stella Nunes discontinued her divorce
suit against i iunes.
Victoria Fernandes vs. Peter
divorce, nas been moved on
the calendar.
Enoch Johnson petitions that he
be appointed administrator of the
estate of the late S. naiakoili, of
whom he was the adopted son, the
estate consisting of $245.50 in the
hands ot J. A. jiagoon.
Davis & Gear, for oefendant, have
filed a demurrer in the equity suit of
Japan Immigration Co. vs. Maunalei
Sugar Co., the ground being that
plaintiff has not stated such a cause as
could entitle it to any such discovery
or relief as that sougnt against the defendant.
The Mutual Telephone Co. has appealed
from judgment for $13.55 rendered
against it by District Magistrate
Dickey for damage iO a trumpet vine
belonging to I. R. Burns.
Cotton Bros. & Co. have appealed
from Judge Dickey's judgment against
them in favor of Littlefield Kittrell
for 100.75 on account of wages.
John H. Pierce, before Judge Humphreys,
has taken the oath as an attorney
in the district courts and before
circuit judges at chambers on appeal
for the term of two years.
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Form a New Lodge.
Leahi. chapter No. 2. of tne Order of
the Eastern Star in the Hawaiian Islands
was organized at the Masonic
Temple Saturday night with a charter
membership of 41.
It T. Grant occupied the chair and
C. L. Crabbe acted as secretary of
the meeting-
Mns. I T. Grant was elected Worthy
JSIatron; 3Irs. C L. Crabbe, assistant:
and Judge Galbraitn was chosen
deputy representative to the Grand
Chapter. A committee was named to
secure quarters for the Lodge.
At the next meeting which will be
called by the chair, as soon as the
charter is received,, permanent organization
will be effected.
J. J. Belser secured the contract for
building the storm, water sewer from
Halekauwila to King on Alakea
street. His bid was tor $4641.4S
against $5711.40 by J. Duggan
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ELECTRIC US 11
SOON BE RUNNING
Material at Hand and
Construction Work
Going Ahead.
A WELL EQUIPPED POWER HOUSE
OF THREE TANDEM CORLISS EN-
GJNES ONE IS FOR EMERGENCY
USE.
Self-Sustaining Smokestack, Stesm
Economizers and OiJer
Handsome Office Rooms Nothing
Cheap About Outfit.
Apart from motor and trailer cars,
rails and ties and poles, it takes a
great variety and -a large amount of
material ip equip an electric railway
system for any considerable mileage.
Anyone having doubts of the truth of
the foregoing statement, might have
them resolved by taking a look around
the yard and inside the old buildings
upon the premises of the power house
of the Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land
Company. Boxes and cases. and barrels,
containing parts and wholes of
fittings, devices, fixtures, special mechanisms,
tools, etc.. are strewn about
and piled up in what, to any but an
expert eye, would appear to be studied
confusion and artincial chaos.
All these things cost money as well
as the coarser impedimenta of the pioneer
electric traction street railway
of Honolulu. It is the equipment of
engines, cars, rails, cables and endless
variety of small tnings which eats up
tne capital of an undertaking of this
Kind and magnitude. The cost of putting
the whole thing together is trifling
in comparison, but tuis part is all
that the public notices. This is why
people cannot realize that the
greater part of the necessary expenditure
of three-quarters of a million dollars
has been made, yet that not a
great deal more outlay is needed before
the system begins operation.
Manager C. G. Ballentyne showed
a reporter--around the power house.
One of the objects to attract attention
is the graceful and strong roof truss
of steel. This is over the car barn.
There is accommodation for sixty cars
and will be a -machine room and a
store room under the same roof. Pits
beneath the tracks will allow the
to -work underneath the cars
with ease and comfort.
The furnaces are to have a smokestack,
now being erected, 120 feet high
and self sustaining that is, it will not
need guys to support iL Its consruction
being of heavy steel plates riveted
in boiler style, standing in a massive
foundation of brick laid with cement,
the smokestack is calculated to resist
a wind velocity of S5 miles an hour.
The boilers will be fed wit heated water
from "economizers," which consist
of batteries of tubes to catch the
aftermath of heat from the furnaces
that would otherwise escape unutilized
up the chimney with the smoke.
A wing in front contains the offices,
which are finished In a style not exceeded
in any downtown establishment.
On the side next the car barn
and communicating therewith through
windows and wicKets, is the general
office where accounts are kept of tickets
issued to the conductors and fares
collected "by them. The manager's office
is on the opposite side, with the
director's boardroom in the rear of it
Smoothly sliding doors communicate
between these main office divisions.
The light is all that can be desired.
The engine room, spacious and Ioftv.
with copious ventilation by an almost
unbroken series c$, windows on each
side under the roof, has foundations
laid for the engines. There are three
'
tandem engines of 340 horse-power
each, an aggregate of 1020; compound,
condensing, of the Corliss type. On
engine will always be to spare for
emergencies. The standing machinery
of the power house will be lubricated
by an automatic oiler. This gives all
the bearings a much greater supply of
oil than either hand oiling or the oil
cup system. Still, it is not for that
reason extravagant The waste oil is
caught in a reservoir, pumped back to
the fountain and clarifiec In the process.
A line-repairing car of the latest
design, together with the most approved
tools for tnls branch ot work,
is on the ground. Mr. Ballentyne says
there is not a cheap article -in the entire
outfit. The company laid oat to
get the latest and best of everything.
'with the material pretty much all
on hand and the buildings "approaching
completion, the manager says it will
not take many weeks now to fully assemble
all of the plant and equipment
Two expert electric railway engineers
are employed in setting up
the machinery.
Mr. Ballentyne. answering a question,
said that the cars would be running
within three months. Cars going
east or what the Government has
chosen to call south in marking the
streets will take the right side of
King street where they run on that
road, so that they will be going the
same way as other vehjc?e1 Cars going
In the opposite direction, or coming
into town from ilakiki, will run
past the power house through the extension
of Young street to be opened
to Hotel street
CONDITION OF KINAU STREET.
A Resident Complains or Its-Bad Condition
Due to the Konas.
"It seems to me it is abont time thread
department was doing something
to better the condition of Kinan
street." said a resident of that street
to a Republican reporter yesterday.
"The Kona of last October cut the
sreet very badly and I complained at
the time about Its condition, particularly
with, reference to the gutter on
the Iowr side of 'he street
, jk -.- . 'i"i!
ef with the wasfcii Its from the hill sec-
tioa above. The roacl supervisor pro
mised to have the gutter cleaned out
and the Rapid "transit Company was
ordered to take its rails out of the
way to permit of the work being done
but nothing was done.
"The November Kona filled the lower
side of the street worse than ever
and still nothing was done and this
last storm sent nood waters into my
ard doing considerable damage, all
of which would have been avoided
if the road department had done what
promised to do and made a few
slight and very necessary repairs to
the street. It seems to me that people
on Kinau street are entitled to a
little consideration, enough at least to
have sufficient reoalr done to the
street to prevent damage to their
vards."
TO BECOME A SOLDIER'S BRIDE.
Miss Martha Afong Sails for Manila
on the Transport Lawton.
Among the passengers for Manila
who left here yesterday morning on the
transport Lawton was Miss Martha
Murial Afong. one of Honolulu's fairest
daughters. Miss Afong is tho second
youngest daughter of Mrs. Juiia
Afong and has been one of the
belles among the younger society
set for the last two years. Miss Afong
is chaperoned on her trip to Manila
by Captain and Mrs. Bates of the army.
She goes to the Philippine capital
to become the wife of Lieutenant A. J.
,Daugher;y of the 17th Infantry. Lieutenant
Daugherty is a native of Minnesota
and first met his prospective
bride in this city about two years ago.
but has not been In Honolulu for about
a year and a half, having een serving
In the Philippines.
Many friends of the young lady were
it the Naval wharf yesterday morning
to bid her good-bye and to wish her
Godspeed in her journev to the man
v.ho is to become hex husban. Miss
Afong is the second Honolulu young
woman to sail for Manila to become
a soldier's bride within the last three
who is to become her husband. Miss
iViddifield. As tn Miss Widdifleld's
case. Miss Afong will have a military
wedding in Manila which is the pride
of every young bride.
THE TERRITQRYOTS
EXPENSES OF LEGISLATURE
Opinion From Washington Government
to Buy the Site of the Electric
Light Station.
" In the Governors council yesterday
H. E. Cooper, Secretary of the Territory,
read a telegram from E. A. Hitchcock.
Secretary of the Interior at
Washington, referring to the Territorial
Legislature's expenses and records.
It informed the Executive that
the Territory must pay its own
legislative expenses.
Regarding the other matter, the
telegram said the Secretary was required
"to record and preserve all
journals of the Legislature." each
branch to nrovide for the actual re-
cording of proceedings rrorn day to
(jav eu percepuoiy. ine uepuniurui .
t
Agriculture tuok tt matter up. and
faecretarj Looper intends to con
,ntroduced the Japan or Krushu
strue a journal as containing only the whjch has created such a revolution
completed business of the house. It ln rice growing as to eliminate all
contain all motions, reports .f Gr varieties. It Is claimed that at least
committees and such documents as $20,000,000 have been Invested in nca
are made a part of the completed fields ln Texas and Louisiana slnro tho
ness of the House or Senate. In his ; Introduction of the Japanese jcrnln. It
speech- rfeWs 25 por cent more to the a.-re
opinion, this would not include
.. and mills at least 2o per cent mora
xr 1 1 i i
es on the floor Neither would It in-
unbrokoQ rice than wd M Hondurair
elude bills or' laws, which are to he and has, therefore. Increased
published under another provision, j the rjce production per acre over SO
J. A. McCandless, Superintendent , por cenL The department has long;
of Public Works, recommended that since given up the rice business to
the Government buy the land on which legitimate business enterprise, for It
the electric light station Is situated. ' is a principle governing the intro-It
duction of a new plant tha. as soon as
was leased from Joseph Marsden ,
, , , .. ia ' variety Is found desirable and Is-
twelve years ago for a term o fifty
r ,zd by the seedsmcn the de-
years at an annual rental of ?400; a partment withdraws from the field
provision in the lease entitling the and ieaVes to private enterprise tho
Government to purchase the property opportunity of handling the business,
at any time for 5G000. The suggestion 1 Since this work of the Department
was approved.
UNITED BY A CLOSE
BONO OF FRIENDSHIP
Pleasing Relations Between the Y. M.
ti
;
A. and Students' Federation .
Discussed Sunday Afternoon.
The Students' Christian Federation.!.
H&WAIFS INTERESTS
TO BE WITCHED
Department of
ture Introduces New
Plant Life.
IDEAS OF COMMISSIONER TAYLOR
MANY CHANGES INAUGURATED
WITHiNTHE PAST
FEW YEARS.
Egyp'tian Rice, Fig and Vines to ba
Introduced in the Islands Char
acter of Many Grains and Plants
Changed by Cultivation.
The Hawaiian rancher and grower
Is soon destined to recelv special attention
from the Department of Agriculture
at Washington. Notwithstanding
the seeds which hare lndy tKa
sent to the Islands by the department
of Its own motion, as well as taruugk
the influence of Delegate Wlicox. Commissioner
ot Agriculture Wray Taylor
has received word front WasuinKton
that he may soon expect a consignment
of setrds and plants tor to
of small fruit and at
Before G. D. Fairchlld. Agricultural
Explorer ot the Seed and Plant Section
of the United States Department
of Agriculture, left for a three months
trip to Egypt, ae requested Mr. Ta lor ,
to forward him a list ot pT.mts
in his estimation, might thrl and
prove a wholesome addition to the
agricultural interests of the uawak.tn.
Islands. The local com rats ton" r
promptly replied, and stated that
Egyptian rice. Capri figs, seedless
grapes, olives, limes and nut tre.
also small fruits and clover, would
undoubtedly -o well here. If ordinary
care and attention "was given to their
cultivation.
As there is no fenlure of the woric
of the Department of Agriculture iu
which Secretary Wilson or his assistant
nt Washington tnke more prkio
'than that.ot tliW introduction ot new-
plants into the United stages an uio
Improvement ol tnose wnicu an- iii-ready
grown In the country. Mr. Taylor
is confident that the 'work In tho
Hawaiian Islands win bo assigned
special attentlou and at a very early
date.
While the cultivation of rice has
been carried en in the islands with a
considerable degree of profit. It is understood
that It was not many years
asV that all of the rice jrrowprs in the
United States was of the Houdurart
variety Tills was found to oe
fitable. and th rice industrr
of Agriculture commenced the character
j3f nearly all of the grains, practically
all of the rice, much of the cotton
and many of the grasses havo
been entirely changed from that produced
for market twenty years ago.
Hardy and spring wheats have In-en
brought from Russia lor use In all thi
northern states: date palms ncv been
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w vnii:m I'ciiirin iiiht r v in :ui
zona; AifW J .ww -CW -
clover are now being planted In many
of the gulf states, and a seedless raisin
grape has come to us from Italy
VZAU.TiTt
interest by the Secretary, owing to
j its adaptability to tne arid belt of the
United States. In Egypt this rotton
Is irrigated, and the purpose of its ln
portatlon Into the United States Is to
find a profitable crop for Arizona. New
Mexico and Texas west of the San
SSnricmeloii.
are another
rioslty which promise to become corn-
merclally valuable when grown in
j larger quantities. These muskmelons
jare grown and harvested in the
mer. stored in cellars and ripen
I clently to be eaten about Christmas
! time- ?ome of tnese, mIo?s htaT !
ady be1? I?, ' .?do "
, 4 a. utniiHnvfiVilit Je I An
luusiucmurc wua.ui.uuu. X i. J
do not loose mucn liKe tna
on now known to the market garden-
i er, but they are said to be not only
a novel, but a very uesiraoie aauiuoa
to the winter bill ot fare. They aro
dark in color and elongated In shape,
weighing on an. average from 12 to 1
pounds.
It may al5o be said that not one of
the plants producing the great staple
crops of the United States are
Knous to the soiL A few varieties of
grapes, plums and berries are Improvements
upon those which were found
growing wild by the settlers of two
centuries ago, but none of the grains,
sugar canes, rice, or other
staples were known to Americans In.
the early days.
Henry J. Hasselkus. German, was
naturalized by Judge Estee yesterday-.,-
an organization which devotes Its en-
ergies to caring for the spiritual and
moral welfare of college youths, was
given marked attention at a meeting
held Sunday afternoon at the Young
Men's Christian Association. The ob-
ject of the organization was ably pre- Assented
by a. B. Wood, secretary of the
Federation.
About five years ago the students of
Oahu College and Kamehameha School
formed what was at that time tin sum-nucleus
of the federation. The organ-.
nas since been maintained, and
has greatly increased in membership
and usefulness as the years rollel
arooad.
In accordance with a custom which
has prevailed in the local Y. 31. C A.
a day each year has beenf set aside for
presenting the plans and work of the
Federation. The close relations between
the two organizations was ably
presented by Secretary- Coleman.'
A Large Calendar.
Fifty-seven cases constituted the
number that was on the docket presented
by the police to Judge Wilcox.
Drunk3 and gammers formed the
greater portion of the prisoners. Clerk
Zabtan was called as a witness In the
Circuit Court, before the calendar had
been disposed of. Deputy Sheriff
was back at his post again,
for the first time in over two" weeks.