The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-10-18

A-ouSts NJ. - / T. ~ -. NJ u us iOolAi oi ldo4it1Il
evening next, at : O'Clock. instruction"
HS~ The gentleman who signed IN. n. N" To
the Challamel subscription paper, is requested to
communicate with w. a. Markham or c. p. Ward.
OLD ~SALTs-withn no particular reference to ships
or the sea-is the title hereafter to be applied 10
the jury now incubating in the Court House.
LAINAKANI, the man accused of the murder of
Ekekiela in Puma, Hawaii, was brought down by
the Kjalteo this morning, to be held for trial.
LAUNCHED-Las Wednesday at II. \. M, the new
coasting schooner built by Tibbits y S%orenson, was
successfully launched from their ~shipyard, and
named the amelia Morris.
ALMOST ANOTHER FIRE-In the excitement of
leaving his house to run to the fire last Wednesday
evening. one of our citizens upset his kerosene lamp,
and so was detained to prevent a conffagation on his
Own premises. -
RAIN ALL Acknowledging the past week at
almost any hour of the day, rain could be seen fall
ing all around the city and plentifully to the seward,
but not a drop for Honolulu-until Thursday night
and early Friday morning, when several smart
showers fell, the GUaRt cOuriers of the coming rainy
season. -
Nor ExrRAoRDNARY.-Last year at about this
time, the Comet, the Queen Emma and the u. C.
Murray, were each over City days on the round
trip to San Francisco. The latter vessel is absent
ffty-two days to-day, which is not extraordinary
considering the season.
y MENAGERIE WANTED-An enterprising mer-
chant on Queen street advertises for a live lion, Il
tiger, a leopard, and other wild beasts. He already
has one lion and a unicorn, but e~vidaltly wants a
whole menagerie. What a rush there will be when
the leonine family arrives!
Music THIS AFTERNooN.-The Band will play at
Emma Square, commencing at a O'Clock. Following
is the programme, to conclude With a march around
the square
Overture-Opera Italian in .Rossini
Mhen the swallows HomeWard Fly new).--"..-;A6
Cavaiina-Opera II Lombard.
suez Quick Step, Weston
COULDN'T FIND THE PLUG.-Last Wednesday
evening, during the fire, the Foreman of one of the
companies was seen rushing about the upper part
of Emma street, loudly demanding to be shown
"the fire plug" OF course he did not find it, for
as stated by MS some time ago, there is but one by
drant in the whole length of Emma street, and that
is below the square.
SUSPICION OF INCESDIAEIsM-We learn that on
Wednesday evening last, there was no kerosene
lamp, or lamp of any kind lighted in the house
that was burned. 1t is even asserted that there
were no matches on the premises, the occupants
for that reason going TO a neighboring house TO
light their pipes a few minutes before the fire
broke out. The instantaneous manner in which it
blazed mp at the outset, would seem to indicate
the presence of kerosene, or some other very COM
bustible material. -
PROPERTY SAyERs.-At the fire on Wednesday
evening was witnessed the usual senseless rush to
" save " property from the house of the young high
chief, VIM. L. Leleiohoku, situated near the burn
ing building. We have seen at large fires in other
lands, people carefully lugging a feather-bed down
stairs and throwing looking glasses out of win
dows and something Of the same style was dis
played on this occasion. But by advertisement in
another column it will be seen that somebody has
efectually &" saved " Mr.. Leleiohoku's gold watch
and chain, which, the danger being past, it is to be
hoped they will return to its owner.
CAUsTIC-The s~prightly little PunahOu Journal
of Wednesday last gives the retort courteous in the
following style:
THE Gazette of last week notices us and kindly
prophesies our future success on the condition that
we let politics and politicians alone We are
much obliged Mr.. Gazette for yonr fattering en-
and shall sagely mediate upon your
gratis advice. There Is a painful doubt in our
mind however about its being sound. We know q
paper or two, if they had p~racticed on politics
and politicians when they were young. would get
on better now with such subjects"
THE FIRE ON EMMA STREEr.-At s O'Clock last |
Wednesday evening, the t~WO-stOry wooden residence
of Her Excellency r. Keelikoiani, the GoVernesss of
Hawaii, (who is now absent on that island) was dis |
covered to be on fire, and in the space Of twenty-five
minutes it was one entire mass Of fame, making the
most considerable confagration seen in this city for
some years past. Promptly on the alarm being given,
the different engine companies appeared on the
ground with their engines, but they were %poWerless
for good. As We stated last Saturday to be the case
at night, the mater tcas shut of from the city, and it
was fully thirty minutes after the first alarm was
sounded before there was water enough from the one
fre-plug Of Emma street to supply an engine by
that time the house had disappeared. By the siren
uous and courageous e~xertions of volunteers mainly,
and subsequently the fremen when they got water,
the building standing 4 few yards west Of the burn
ing house was saved, almost miraculOusly, for it was
on fire several times and the heat on the roof must
have been terrific where the brave youngsters were
dashing the buckets Of water from an adjacent taro
patch as handed up to them. Had that building
been burned, others adjoining 1t would have gone,
and the fire would have found ample material before
it Of the most ~infamable character, straight on TO
B~eretania street and further, as the wind might serve.
At one time, while the larger house was burning al
its best, a strong current Of air came from the valley
carrying sparks and bits of flaming wood far to lee
ward, but fortunately the breeze died out very soon.
A strong trade wind, like that Of some days last
week, would probably have laid one third Of our city
in ashes. It was first discovered on the outside,
breaking out on the mauka veranda, in the second
story, and spread with such wonderful rapidly as
TO strongly suggest the presence OF Kerosene. Moth
ing was saved of the furniture or other contents Of
the house, among which was the valuable wardrobe
and other personal effects of the Governess, consist
ing of many mementoes Of chief families jeWelry'
etc. 1t is of course impossible to correctly estimate
the loss in the absence Of the owner, but it must
reach a very considerable sum, and is entirely unin-
sured.