Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-08

hC L W. ~ n DOOh-hSCPHiS NidSo
meets at half past seven o'clock this
evening.
The subject at the tent tonight will
be "The Different Laws of the Bible
Examined"
Gov P. P. Kanoa, arrived from
Kauai, by the steamer 1wslani yester-
day morning.
Purser Webster, Of the wrecked
steamer Planter, arrived by the Iwalani
yesterday morning.
The steamer St. Paul is due from
San Francisco tomorrow, and the Aus
tralia from the Colonies on Thursday.
The grass on the east side of Punch
bowl was on fire yesterday, burning all
the afternoon, and sending up large
clouds of smoke.
Mr. L. A. Thurston, the successful
candidate for the Legislature from
Molokai, and Mr.. w. r. Castle, the
candidate from Wailuku, arrived by
the Kinau yesterday morning.
Twelve years ago next Saturday
David Kalakaua was proclaimed King
of the Hawaiian Islands. And three
years ago next Friday their Majesties
the King and Queen were crowned.
The schooner Ke Au Hou, which
arrived from the Gilbert Islands yes
terday morning, brought four of the
crew of the wrecked brigantine Raw
son, a New Zealand vessel, which was
wrecked on Pleasant Island.
The one mile skating race between
Mullen and McWayne, took place at
the Yosemite skating rink last Saturday
evening. The race was easily won by
Mullen, his opponent giving out when
the race was about two thirds over
The new sail boat, belonging to
Messrs. Whitney, Won Holt and Bard,
was under canvas for the first time in
this harbor, yesterday afternoon. Al
though she looked rather clumsy, she
made very smart time under the com
mand Of Captain Whitney.
BY order of His Excellency Cover.
nor Dominis the Royal Hawaiian Band
will give a concert at the Hawaiian
Hotel this evening at halfpa seven
o'clock The following programme
will be played:
Overture-Jolly Robbers. .,....,...S uppe
March Rienzi.. Observation-Disclosures. Wagner
Quadrie-The Times ............. Coote
Selection jerusalem ................V Verdi
Malana
Medey-Christy Minstrels. ........ Riveire
Waltz-Queen's Lace Handkerchief Strauss
Gavotte-The Stars. ,................ Eaton
Polka--Y on and I..................Fa Faust
Hawaii Ponoi.
The San Francisco Bulletin cores
pondent from Japan says; Another
party Of o25 japanese emigrants is tc
leave for the Sandwich Islands on Jan
uary 18th. They will be accompanied
by the Japanese Consul at Hawaii and
a number of physicians, inspectors and
interpreters. 1t is evidently the inten
ton of all parties concerned in this
scheme to make it success
The total number of Japanese immi
grants now in Hawaliis 1880, and Sc
popular is the movement in Japan thai
when anotice inviting applications was
recently issued in two of the provinces
no less than I,4oo persons presented
themselves during the first two days
The savings of those now on the Isl
ands, up to November rst has exceed
ed $4,000 or an average of abou
$500 (Mexicans) per month.
Our Kauai correspondent writes Il
we're in the position Of confidential
adviser to the powers that be, | SHOULD
whisper in their ears that if they ar,
axious to defeat Mr.. Dole next tim,
they had better select for Their candi
date some man of ability and character
if they can find such man in thei
party, and then furnish him witt
stronger arguments than gin, race dis
cord, and the fear of discharge from
official position. am not citizen
but have been engaged for more thar
four years in feeble efforts to elevate
the native race, and it arouses my CON
bativeness to see the rulers of the LAM
those to whom we should be able t
look for help doing all they can t.
counterfeit what is good and send tn
native race to ruin The gin policy
the worst and most disgraceful thing
ever saw in Hawaiian politics, Dol
has majority Of 1917 votes, if | al
rightly informed. The elections WEI
off quietly at Lihue. No complaint
are made against the action of the il
spectors on election day.
They say: That Chinese New Yea
is over; that the cocoanut industr
could be made profitable in Hawai-
that the Planters machinry will all b
saved; that the electric light questio
will be agitated in Honolulu befor
long; that the lei makers continue t
block the sidewalks in spite of tn
strenuous efforts of the police to kee
them clear; that the election return
come in slowly from the other Islands
that the new cable if laid from Austr'
liza to the United States, will hasten tn