The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-02-18
General WarfieId Not After a
Hotel.
HIS VISIT HERE FOR PLEASURE
With Distinguished Army Friends.
Has No Intention of Getting the
Hawaiian Hotel VIII visit the
volcano-Making Social Calls, Etc.

manager OF the famous Hotel Cali
fornia, and distinguished officer
of the National Guard of Cali
fornia, is a. guest at the Hawaiian
Hotel. He, and a cotrie of friends,
Surgeon Mum, U. S. A, and wife
of Benicia; Lieut.. w. P. Newcombe,
U. S. A, and wife, Alcatraz; Lieut..
Chas. G. Treat, U. S. A, and wife,
Alcatraz; Lieut.. o. NJ. Lissak,
Ordnance Officer at the Presidio,
arrived by the Mariposa.
General Warheld was seen by
an ADVERTISER reporter after din
ner at the hotel last night and
asked regarding the rumor that he
is to acquire the lease of the
Hawaiian Hotel.
"There is not word of truth in
it. | know Col. Macfarlane very
well and he stops with me at the
California whenever he is in San
Francisco, but he has never talked
with me in connection with the
hotel. may say, too, that he has
been at the house for a couple of
weeks at time without our hav-
ing a conversation on any subject,
a state of affairs that would hardly
exist if we were to embark in bust
ness together in Honolulu.
"And you have no idea of start
ing a new hotel here?"
mot the slightest and have
never considered it for moment"
replied the General.
'Have you any idea how your
name became associated with such
a project, General?"
"Not the slightest. The first in
timation / had of it was when a
Chronicle man called on me and
stated that the thing was rumor.
/ denied it then and deny it now,
and tell you positively that | do
not propose to conduct a hotel
here"
"Then you are here merely for
pleasure?"
eyes and health. In January"
continued the Colonel, 81 was laid
up for three weeks by severe at
tack of illness; my physicians adj
vised me to go East and l had
about made up my mind to go
when these friends of mine who
are with me suggested a journey in
some other direction, possibly to
Honolulu. / remarked that if
they would come down here l
would 60 too"
son Wednesday l sat in my
office and wrote out two kilograms,
one to the acknowledgement asking
for sixty days leave of absence,
the other to my son, banker in
Healdsburg, telling him that if he
wanted to see me he had better
come to Frisco. l sent these up
stairs to my wife asking if she had
anything to add to them. This"
said the general, with a smile, twas
the first intimation she had of my
departure, so you can see how
quickly 1 made up my mind to
leave, because we are pretty closely
related and / tell her everything.
On Friday we sailed on the Mari
posa and l have felt better ever
since"
"And you will visit the vol
cano?" /
Yes, indeed Today we called
on Minister Willis and intended
calling on President Dole, but
when we reached his residence we
found it was Mrs. Dole's reception
day, so we paid our respects to
her"
Surgeon Mum and Lieutenant
Lassak entered the room at TINS
point. and the conversation drlfted
to other topics. Lieutenant Las
sack in the meanwhile was deliver
ing a short grafton on the beauties
of Paradise as he had found them
during his ten hours visit. The
party attended the battalion drill
with Captain Broome last night.