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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
independence Park Pavilion
Transformed.
EVENT OF GREAT PLEASURE.
Over Two Hundred Guests Present Grand
March and Laneers Followed by God
Save the 0ueen"-The Giddy Whirl En-
joyed : Decorations Attract Attention

Indeudence Park pavilion was graced
with the pleasantest and happiest of
people and the most beautiful of dec
orations last night, the occasion being
a celebration of the fact of the attain
ment Of Queen Victoria of a period of
reign surprising any of those of her
predecessors.
The hall was one mass of flags, bunt-
ing and green's of all kinds arranged
so as to produce the prettiest of eff
fects scattered as they were among the
electric lights.
At the entrance and proceeding from
that as a central point around the
room were long palm leaves and fes-
toons of ferns alternated here and there
by punches of various kinds of flow
ers arranged by artistic hands.
From the center of the room hung a
large bell of marigolds and from this
ran streamers of ferns disappearing
here and there in the folds of some
flag.
At the entrance to the dressing rooms
was crown of red incandescent lights
with the design 'fVR" in the same col
ored lights directly beneath
The music platform where the Ka-
waihau Club of singers discoursed
sweet native airs for the dance, was
one of the points of attraction. Di-
rectly in front of it was a picture of
Queen Victoria surrounded by purple
lilies and ferns galore, the decorations
being so profuse as to almost hide the
singers from view.
Prominently displayed throughout
the room were British flags of various
sizes, recalling most forcibly to mind
the nature of the celebration.
Promptly at o'clock the grand
march was announced and over one
hundred couples took part. Directly
after this came the initiatory lancers
followed by the singing of God save
the Queen" by the Hawaiian Club,
during which every one in the hall
stood up. Next came the continuation
of the dance program.
During the intermission a delight
full supper was served in the dining
room and then came the concluding
dances on the program.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
QUESTION OF DITCHEs.

Funeral shades of cholera days and
returning unwholesome surroundings
rose before some of the residents of
Nuuanu Valley when they learned yes
terday of the decree ordering the re-
opening of the irrigating ditch which
was closed during the cholera scare.
This ditch has been the cause of no
end of trouble among residents on the
Eva side of Nuuanu street, and al
though they delayed in filling it, they
now have good reason to be up in arms
against opening it again. We do not
bring into question the legality of the
decision made by the Commissioner of
Water Rights, but we do question the
right of the Board of Health to allow
the resurrection of this ditch that only
twelve months since was declared not
only public nuisance but a menace
to public health.
What the public is interested in is
to know whether the Board, after
twelve months rest after the cholera
scoTge, are now prepared to allow all
the cesspools and disease breeding
spots to relapse into the old condition.
The Government can well afford to
supply irrigating water from the street
mains free of charge, rather than open
up any streams pools or bitches in
which there is little enough water at
any time and for good portion of the
year are contaminated with house re
fuse which gathers along the sides
and is left to steam and rot under the
hot sun. The time has gone by when
Honolulu, and Nuuanu Valley in par
ticular, is nest of taro patches, and
with so much natural moisture and no
drainage system, irrigating bitches
ought to be wiped out of existence.
Oi tlS w dlhlhl sue OF Nuudnu street
there is now a ditch that is nothing
more or less than a disgrace TO the
town. In the rainy season the water
rolls its sluggish way through taro and
rice fields, then forms a brook which
runs under various kitchens and is
finally dumped into Nuuanu stream.
In the dry season there. is little or
no water in the brook, and the kitchen
refuse or whatever other organic mat
ter may have gathered is left to bake
and cause sickness of multifarious
forms that might be designated
by the medical association. In this
city honeycombed with cesspools it
ought to be the object of the Board of
Health to keep the surface as free
from malarial breeding spots as pos
sible.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

Not long ago Germany sent COM
mission to the United States to in
vestigate the possibilities of the sugar
beet industry. The commission report
ed establishment at finding such a fine
quality of beets in the Western States.
and laid great stress on the, fact that
there are a great many sections of the
United States where the industry has
much better prospects than in Ger
many, because with early and late
crops the factories can be operated for
a much longer time than they can be
worked in Germany. This discovery
had much to do with the added Govern
ment assistance given the German beet
sugar exporter. Furthermore, many
Western farmers are waking up to the
greater possibilities of the industry and
are calling for greater protection in the
way of tariff duties They will also ask
that sugar be left on the duiable list
in renewing reciprocity treaties.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

The very happy compliment paid
this Government by the French Re-
public brings out with marked dis
tinction the foolish incident of a few
nights since, when one of the diplo-
matte corps was arrested for riding a
bicycle without a lamp. Courtesies as
a rule 90 not cost much, but they are
paying investments While a police
man is not supposed to know a diplo-
matte officer from anyone else, he ought
to know enough to be able to tell when
he is dealing with a gentleman. Judg-
ing from recent events, the police force
needs new infusion of what is com
monty known as horse sense, and con-
siderable sharp discipline. The diplo-
matte bicycle incident was by no means
the first instance when people have
been sacked to the station house when
there was absolutely no necessity for
it. No one expects policemen to be
authorities in social or diplomatic ETH
quette, but they are supposed to have
sufficient brain power to distinguish
an unoffending citizen from burglar.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
PACIFIC CABLE HOPES.

As the time for the close of the cable
conference vacation approaches, the
cable enthusiasts of Australia begin
to forecast hopefully and look for
something to be done Like the peo-
pie of Hawaii, they have talked cable
and doomed cable for so long, and the
forces against the trans-Pacifc line
are SO powerful, they are almost in
clined to the belief that they are hop
ing against fate. But on the other
hand nothing was ever gained without
a struggle.
The Queenslander can be put among
the strugglers. 1t says: THE Can
adams are anxious to assist in the work
and are willing to assume heavy finan-
cial responsibilities in connection with
it, but unfortunately Queensland seems
to be the only Australian colony that
is really anxious for the cable. The
treatment melted out to the Dominion
representatives who in June last went
all the way from Canada to attend the
to be held in London on the
subject, and were met by the Australian
representatives determination to adj
journ for three months because they
had an official engagement at Buda-
Pesth some weeks later, gave serious
annoyance. The Australian repre-
sentatives are two Agents General of
colonies which do not care for the Pa
cifie cable. and although the sittings of
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

There seems to be a general opinion
among some good people in this coun-
try that Hawaii has received all the
advertising it requires through news
paper accounts of our political rows;
yet a correspondent of the New York
Tribune asks the question: What is
the present Government of the Sand
witch Islands, and what was it formerly?
What is the missionary outlook? ?" The
country is indebted to the Tribune ed
itor for the following reply: Let not
the deeds of Grover Cleveland be for
gotten. The Hawaiian Islands are now
a republic. They were formerly a semi
barbarous kingdom. Missionary socie-
ties have usually considered the Islands
an excellent field for Christian effort
Under the auspices of the new Govern
ment the outlook should be encourage
ing to the societies"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

the conference will be resumed next
month, it is very unlikely that any sat
'isfactory recommendation will result
Experience tells US that the influence
of the Eastern Extension Company is
likely TO overbear the public interests
in this respect, and that if the project
must wait until all the colonies agree,
the present generation are not likely to
see the work accomplished. More than
a year ago something like indignation
was expressed by leading Sydney
journal when Queensland undertook to
join with Canada alone in carrying out
the project, but there is too much rea-
son to believe that it will not be pro-
ceeded with under any other conditions.
Should the conference fail, therefore, it
will still remain open for our Govern
ment to reopen communication with
the Dominion Government with the
view to joint action. We have a pow
erful friend in Mr.. Fleming in this
business, and he will no doubt be able
to convince the Canadian Ministry, as
he did their predecessors, that the liza
bility would be nominal, because the
cable would pay"
In comparing the British and Ha-
waii-American propositions there is
after all not little similarity. What
now blocks Col Spalding is the power
of the combination owning the Atlantic
cable systems This combination has
been able to successfully prevent pro-
gress for one Congressional session,
and it remains to be seen what will
be accomplished in the session which
opens some two months hence. Should
failure attend Col. Spalding's efforts,
about the only thing left for Hawaii
to do is for the Government to make
direct advances to the United States
through it's diplomatic representative.
1t ought to be possible for the two
to agree upon a general
cable franchise which shall go to the
making the most favorable
terms. There is a time in the affairs
of nations when the demands of an in
creasing commerce refuse to be set
aside by selfish monopolistic corpora
lions, and that time ought soon to be
reached in the Pacific cable matters.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
CHALLENGE TO STARS.
First Regiment Wants to PLAY on
Saturday Next.

l hereby challenge the Star Base
Ball Club to a game of base ball to be
played on Saturday, Oct 9, 1896, at
$3.50 p. m. on the Association Base
Ball grounds, and will allow any play
er outside of the First Regiment Base
Ball Club to play that the Stars may
need to strengthen their team with.
AS we have won two games out of
three from the Stars I'VE feel that for the
good of base ball and the sport of the
game that the two teams would be
more equal if the Stars are allowed to
pick whom they may need. Umpires
to be decided on by the captains of the
two teams. Gate receipts to be divid-
ed as the two managers may agree
upon. The team of the F. R. will be
as follows:
Cunha, C; Woods, g., p; Cummings,
SIS; Baker, Id and capt; Woods, W.,
2b; Geason, 3b; Carlyle, IF; Hansman,
CT; Louis If; Simerson, SUBJ Joe Bush,
coacher.
| remain, respectfully, etc,
ARTHUR COYNE,
Mgr. LIST. Regt. B. B. c.
Honolulu, Sept 2S, 1896.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

Since matters of discipline have re-
Gently demanded more or less attention
from the Commissioners of Education,
we would call attention to a recent de-
cision OF the Berlin high court re-
garding the power and authority of
teachers. According 10 this decision,
teachers stand in similar relation to
pupils as officers totmen in the army
Schoolboys must obey their superiors,
in and out of the school, and disobedi-
ence may be punished by whipping.
The teacher may not, OF course, endan-
ger the life or health of pupil in pun
ishing him. But welts or blue spots re-
sulting from corporal punishment can
not be regarded as endangering health,
or as evidence of brutal treatment. A
whipping which leaves absolutely no
marks is not likely to be remembered
by boy. Pupils older than fourteen
are only whipped after due delibera-
ton on their cases in the teachers
committee. They are punished with
solitary confinement for day or two
in the career, or prison cell attached to
the high schools. While the treatment
outlined would in many of its features
hardly meet with the approval of par
snts sending their children to the pub
lie schools, there is nothing that will
not apply to the administration of the
reform school.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
THE BASEBALL SEASON.

With Saturdays game the base ball
season closed, and judging from the
listless manner in which the game was
played, it was about time for the sea-
son to close. The score undoubtedly
makes a good showing, yet the game
was devoid of enough sharp ball play
ing to enliven even the three to six
men, women and children who made up
the audience. The whole thing was
very much like practice game, and
certainly an imposition upon the few
who paid the usual admission fee. Be-
ing the closing game of the season,
the members of the clubs were appar-
emily of the idea that it made no diff
ference which won, consequently it
made no difference whether they played
ball or three old cat" They didn't
play the game as they should because
there was no crowd, and on the other
hand the people stayed away because
from former experiences they felt they
would be wasting their money.
While two of the clubs in the league
have given some good exhibitions, let
there be another season like the past
and base ball viii be dead as the prov
erbial door nail. When people pay to
see a ball game they expect to see the
game played for all there is in the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
Raid on Chinese Theatre.

Between and 8 o'clock last night
as the performance was going on in
the old Chinese theatre, the whole of
the second watch in command of Cap
tain Parker marched down and took
possession, arresting twenty-eight of
the actors, musicians and supers to-
gether with Willie Crawford, the man
ager, for playing without the requisite
license. Upon arrival at the police
station bail was furnished by Wing
Wo Chan and the men. were all re-
leased.
The Cinnamon are very wrothy at
Crawford for they supposed all the
time that he had obtained the license,
but it seems that Willie had the money
for the same jingling in his pocket all
the while. The case will come up in
the police court today.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

Sibyl's talk on the big sleeve and
sensible waist question ought TO be
read and the suggestions followed by
every woman in the country. The at,
tempts by our good women to follow
conventional styles in this most I'M
conventional country are oftentimes
hideous simply on account of the in
appropriateness of the rigs they get
into. The spectacle of a woman twist
ed and bound into the fashion plate
form is painful to look upon.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

Advance sheets of the United States
Consular Reports for September give
an exhaustive treatise on the produc-
ton of coffee in Mexico, by United
States Consul General Crittenden. In
the opening paragraph he says 4 am
persuaded to prepare this report on
Mexican coffee by the large number of
letters am receiving from every State
in the Union upon that subject, from
persons seeking commercial informa-
ton and from persons seeking person
al or community information, con
templating removal to Mexico"
There is hint in this for
our own people. So far as we know,
there is not AMI never has been in ex-
istence publication or report giving a
comprehensive idea of the coffee indus
try in this country. Articles galore
have been written, but nothing has
been compiled that win give the pros
pective investor or settler anything like
a complete review of what has been ac-
compiished in coffee, and what NAV be
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

MY boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding, and suffering great pain"
says Mr.. E. ]. Schall, with Meyer Bros.
Drug Co., st. Louis, Mo. 81 dressed the
wound, and applied Chamberlain Pain
Balm freely. All pain ceased, and in
remarkably short time it healed with
out leaving a scar. For wounds, sprains,
swellings and rheumatism know of no
medicine or prescription equal to it. 1
consider it a household necessity" The
rs and so cent sizes for sale by all drug
gists and dealers. Benson, Smith &
Co., agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

The schooner Aloha, Dabel master.
arrived in San Francisco September 20,
20 days from Honolulu. Following is
her report: Spoke the British ship
Dumrock in lat. 81 n, lon. 1876 w,
III days out from London for Vancou-
yer; had not seen any vessel for four
months; sent boat on board and
gave them newspapers. some potatoes
and bananas, ETC.; the vessels were
close together so after the boat left
the vessel the boys of the Britisher
eheered the captain and crew of the
schooner, and also three cheers for
the stars and stripes. and also the en-
tire crew Of the Dumrock came forward
and cheered again.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
ONE SIDE OF PRIESTS AND 20.
LITICS.

There seems to be a mania among
European journals of late for predict
| ing that the United States is going to
| the bowows through various and devil
GUS pathways. In a late issue of the
Konische Zeitung, Cologne, consider
able space is given to the power of the
Catholic church in the body polite of
the American Republic, and that power
and influence is designated as one of
the greatest dangers to free institu-
tions.
The writer starts out with the words
of Lafayette: IF ever the freedom
OF the American people is destroyed
it will be at the hands of the Roman
priesthood" and then goes on to dem
olstrate that while the priests of to-
day deny any desire to influence the
Government their power is we'll known
in European countries and it cannot
NC Vel l1uSll III luC DldltS
where the members of the church are
taught that the commands of Rome
should be obeyed before the laws of
the country. In support of this he
quotes in cannonfc law issued in Bal
timore in 1886 which says, "An oath
need not be kept if it is pointed against
the interests of the Roman Catholic
Church. A promise of this kind is not
to be considered as an OATH Again
Bishop Gilmour of Cleveland wrote in
1873, eve must learn to be Catholics
first and citizens next" Plus TX in
his syllabus of 1864 says: 1T is mis-
take to believe that in a conflict be-
tween Church and State the decision
can be given according to civil law"
while Pope Leo in a pastoral letter to
the American Catholics in 1885 urged
his people ito do everything in their
power to change the constitution of
the states in accordance with the prin-
ciples of the true church"
Having cited the above and many
other instances of attempts on the part
of the clergy to influence political
faith, the part actually taken in poll
tics is reviewed as follows:
I'm many of the larger cities the
Catholics already decide the elections,
as in New York, where Tammany Hall |
is the gathering ground for the Cath
Ollie Irish. Claudio Jannet, Professor |
of Social Economy at the Catholic In
stitute of Paris, declares that the |
Church has made itself felt as the |
balance of power to the American |
politician. He predicts that the Church |
will be called to lead in the admins
tration of the country during the TWEEN
tieth century, at the instance of the |
people themselves. Those who doubt |
this need only glance at South America
where the United States of Columbia
presents in case in point Under the
influence of his strictly Catholic wife
President Urmez turned over all the
schools, seminaries, all the charity or
CARNATIONS, hospitals, museums, and
libraries of the country to the Catholic
hierarchy. The Liberals fought for
their rights, but were beaten during
the. civil war which last four years.
1.-The United States, too, will have to
face the question whether Rome or
Liberalism should rule Who will be
the victor it is impossible to determine.
This much, however. is certain; the
will cost tremendous sacri-
fees and it will endanger the existence
of the United States"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
w. r. HARRINGTON, EDITOR.

Fierce dogs of war surround Turkey
but they are all chained. The Sultan
knows how securely they are tied up
with fear of each other, and he sits
quietly at home and continues to whis-
tie the same old tune. All the Powers
on earth can't stop him so long as the
present conditions obtain.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

accomplished. II the Government mas
no funds for publishing and disUribut-
ing literature on this subject. the bust
ness men ought to take enough inter
est in the infant industry to set the bali
rolling
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

The New Orleans Times-Demoerat
thinks that the silver sentiment is
ION the wane" to just about the extent
it was before the Chicago convention.
For ourselves" says the Times-Dem-
ocrat, I'VE see it in an unmistakable
proof of the irresistible swell instead
of the wane of the bimetallic sentiment,
and of the profound interest that
thinking people, East as well as West,
are taking in the free-silver cause and
in the fortunes of the youthful cham
pion.'
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

The Richmond Dispatch says that
''the Wall street spectators and such
of their goldite allies as are actuated
solely by desire for gain have over
leaped themselves and done the silver
cause good service BY their rapacity
and by showing their hand too boldly
they discredited themselves with the
general business interests of the coun-
try. They have caused the latter to
look more carefully into the situation
and the prospect, to the end of being
convinced that the danger involved in
putting the country upon the free
coinage basis has been grossly exag-
gerated."
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29
POLITICAL POT BUBBLES.

Hawaii continues to demonstrate
that she would be valuable exquisi-
ton to this country, both for their
productions as we'll as for her value
for defensive and strategic purposes.
For the six months ending June goth,
the total imports from Honolulu to
the United States were valued at S.,
542, 7S1. 40, or 100000 increase over
the corresponding period of last year.
This was mostly in sugar, of which
two and half million dollars worth
went around Cape Horn to New York.
Thus the average exports to the o. S.
for every man, woman and child IN
Hawaii was $3.50 for six months from
a single port. At the same ratio in
America this would give $685. of ex-
ports for each one of our population
in six months. Would it pay TO annex
Hawaii? Well, yes, rather.-Ex.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-29

Ex-Congressman Levi T. Griffin, who
has just been appointed pension agent
at Detroit, is the professor of law in
the University of Michigan. He was
born in Oneida county. New York, on
a farm which was conveyed to his
father by George Washington in 1880