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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
HEAVY transform
Streets Flooded and
Traffic Suspended.
Imperfect Drainage Causes Pedes-
TRANS Inconvenience.

The heaviest rainstorm that has Wis
tied Honolulu in several months began
yesterday morning at ? O'Clock and
continued throughout the day, except
for q short time before 9 o'clock. Up
10 that hour the rainfall in the city
was OF. and at ". W. Halls residence.
Nuuanu, up TO the same hour it was
II. For the day. up to p. m, the to-
tai rainfall in the city was S.S7, and at
Mr.. Halls, 40 This latter is more
rain than fell during the entire months
of October or November.
The heaviest fall of the day was be-
tween and 5 p. m, and during that
time the streets were almost impassa-
bic. Fort, King, Merchant, Alakea and
some parts of Nuuanu were flooded. On
Beretania, near Punchbowl, where dur
ing the past few years it was almost
necessary TO launch a boat whenever
II rained hard, was not in such bad
condition. owing, perhaps, to a better
system of drainage. The water filled
the street for a time, but soon ran
on. At Alakea and King, it was i'm
passable for several hours, except by
wading through water ankle deep.
In many places the car tracks were
flooded and covered with mass of dirt
resulting in the trans going of the
track. Merchant and Fort was in bad
condition and pedestrians found it nee
essary TO walk a block in order to cross
the street. II is probable that these
water blockades were due to imperfect
drainage or clogging up OF the cutters
along the streets. Alakea street has
been an eye sore in this respect ever
since the street was widened, but no
determined effort has ever been MADE
10 remedy the evil. The same may be
said Of Fort street The corner occu-
pied By Hollister & Co. was, in years
gone by, a regular sink hole for the wa
ter in time OF a heavy rain. As pre-
caution the owner had four inch sill
OF cement put in as a break water and
now there is no trouble. On the cor
ner OF Queen and Merchant, occupied
by N. Phillips & Co., the sidewalk IS
so nearly on a level with the gutter,
that the water runs over it and some
times into the building.
This storm, while unusual, will give
Mr.. Herring an idea of the needs OF a
sewerage system for carrying off this
vast quantity of water.
During the storm the wind was from
the southland and extremely light.
The day was sultry, as is usual with
the wind from that direction. During
the afternoon, outside building opera
tiOns were suspended.
From until 1915 p. N. the rain
abated, then a heavy shower lasting
about ten minutes, passed over the city
at the same time the wind stiffened a
little from the south.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
To Repair Brig Lur.ine.

Capt. Brown of the brig Lurline has
received notice from the underwriters
in San Francisco that all repairs neces~
sary TO the vessel in consequence of
her recent disaster in Kahului, are to
be made here in Honolulu.
Acting upon this Capt. Brown has
secured new crew of sailors, left here
by other foreign vessels, and is now
looking for a first class chief officer.
1t will be remembered that the old
crew was discharged and left for San
Francisco on the Mariposa.
AS soon as possible the Lurline will
be put on the marine railway, and Capt.
Brown expects to have her ready for
sea in about three weeks.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
EPIZooTIC EPIDEMIC.
Suggestions for Treating Prevail
ing Distemper Among Horses.

SUGGESTIONS lot 1IGdlIIlS II ~ SS11'
ing Distemper Among Horses.
The epidemic among the horses
seems to be in the air since reports
from the States tell OF its prevalence
in many districts. Dr. C. Gresswell
gives in the Rural World a few sugges-
lions on the treatment of the epizootic
epidemic which may prove valuable to
the horse owners here:
This disease has been exceptionally
prevalent this year, and is one of the
numerous forms OF epizootic influenza
which periodically affects horses in
this country. Its symptoms vary with
the case and with the varied conditions
of the atmosphere and local conditions
generally In all outbreaks it is char
acterized by high fever at the onset,
and other symptoms depend upon the
particular organ or organs which will
become congested as a result of the fe-
yer. While special cases require spec
ial treatment, yet the following gen
eral principles, faithfully carried out
will cure the majority of animals which
are susceptible of being cured. Out Df
any outbreak certain percentage of
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
Court of Inquiry.

DR.. Spratling of the U. S. S. Alert is
attending the White Rose sailor who
was so badly battered up a few days
ago by the sailmaker of the Alert and
two of his own shipmates.
The Court of Inquiry on the Alert,
called together TO make investigation
into the matter, sat on Tuesday, and
although the decision will not be made
public here, it is quite certain that the
pugilistic sailmaker will get his just
deserts for his cowardly work.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
MYSTIC. X. OF 2.

At regular convention OF Mystic
Lodge, No. 1, K. of P, at its castle hail
last night, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term:
P. c. George Bruins, C. C.
a. ]. Derby, V. C.
E. A Williams, P.
P. c. ]. A. Mehrten, NJ. of W.
Chas. B. Gray, K. of R. & S.
Chas. Phillips, NJ of F.
]. T. Crawley, NJ of E.
o. Bergstrom, NJ. of A.
Chas. Bellina, l. G.
P. c. / A. Burgett, o. G.
p. c. F. W. Waldron, Senior Trustee.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
Northbrook Notes.

a complete survey OF the damage
done TO the Northbrook during the
rough weather experienced upon her
trip from Hong Kong, was made by
Capt. Fuller and two other competent
men on Tuesday. The vessel will be
completely reftted with new sails and
other necessary repairs made.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01

not Messrs. Bishop & Co., will counter
sign the bonds TO be issued under the
new deed OF. trust.
Messrs. Bishop & Co., for the con-
venience of the bondholders, will act
for the trustees in receiving at their
Office the old bonds for cancellation,
and deliver in exchange the new con-
solidated bonds. Messrs. Bishop & Co.
will also pay the coupons when due at
their bank when presented.
B. F. DILLINGHAM;.
Honolulu, Dec. %, 1896.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
Daughters OF Rebekah.

At a meeting of the Daughters OF
Rebekah held last night, the following
officers were elected to serve during
the ensuing year:
Noble Grand-Mrs. Eta Turner.
Vice Grand-Mrs. Alice Herrick.
Treasurer-Mrs. H. H. Williams.
Secretary-Mr. George Otterson.
The installation of officers will take
place on the evening of the second
Friday in January, 1897.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
LEAVE HONOLULU.

viii call at Pohoiki. Puma. on trips
marked
Returning, will leave Hilo at 8
o'clock a. m, touching at Lapauhoehoe,
Mahukona and Kawaihae same day;
MAIZENA,, Maalaea Bay and Lahaina the
following day, arriving at Honolulu the
afternoons Of Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
A Correction.

MR.. EDITOR:-The interview, as
published in your issue OF this morn
ing, is substantially correct, with the
following exception: Messrs. W. F.
Frear and T. W. Hebron, former trus-
tees for the bondholders, continue in
Office, and as such trustees, they, and
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
Minister Willis Better.

1t is pleasing TO note an improve
ment in the condition of United States
Minister Willis. Yesterday he called
for his papers, sat UP for short time
in his bed reading and conyersing with
his friends.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01

The popular route to the volcano Is
via Hilo. A good carriage road the en-
tire distance.
Round-trip Tickets. covering all ex-
penses, $50.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.

Steamships will leave for and arrive
rom San Francisco on the following
dates, till the close of 1897:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
ARRIVE HONOLULU.

Will call at Poho,ki, Puma. on the
second trip Of each month. arriving
there on the morning 1s the day Of sail
ing from Hilo to Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
SEQ.
ORDER QUICK.

Persons living on the adjacent ISL
ands will have ample time after read
ing this to send their orders to us and
have them filled before Christmas,
Our large force of clerks and packers
enables us to fill orders with the ut
most promptness.
This year we have the brightest and
best stock of fancy groceries suitable
for the holiday season, that we have
ever shown. Our bon bons, in hun
dred designs, are unique and elegant,
and the favors contained in them may
be preserved for years as mementoes.
These go to you at almost your own
figures. That means that they are
cheap.
We have also Christmas tree decor
ations, so many different patterns that
there will be no difficulty to please
you if you order one, two or three doz-
en- assorted-we can send you one Of
each.
Our stock of fancy and plain grocer
les is unrivaled either in assortment OF
price. We have imported jams and
preserves-a dozen different brands Of
cheese, Cape Cod cranberries and cram
berry sauce, edible chocolate, California
crystalized fruits, fig paste, boiled eli
der and everything else that is good.
LEWIS g. co.
GDOcEpS Fort Street,
NNOSLNO' Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
HUH D. Il IduClDO
or Vancouver.
1907

Arrive at honolulu Leave Honolulu for
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-01-01
TIME TABLE
N11gT'S SIeIIlalDGOTllIIU
1857
s. 5. KIMAu.

CLARKE. CoNMANpER.
VIII leave Honolulu at 10 O'Clock a. n,
touching at Lahaina, MaaIaea Bay and
Makena the same day; Mahukona, Ka-
waihae and Laupahoehoe the following
day, arriving in Hilo the same after
noon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08
THE SENATE HAS VOTED.

While there has been no doubt regarding
the ultimate passage of the tariff bill by
the Senate since the votes upon special
features during the first days Of the de-
bate, its final passage by so large a vote
as 50 to IS will be a surprise even to those
who have been watching its progress in
the Senate. From the first the proposition
to make a tariff along protection lines has
gained strength in the Senate until finally
the element opposing it is composed of
those who are free-traders now because
they have always been such.
1t is impossible at this time to speak of
the special features of the Senate bill
There are a few which localities would
throw out, but tariff bill is designed, or
should be designed, to recognize the inter
ests of the whole country. One thing, how
ever, may be said with the utmost conf
dence, and that is that the Cleveland theory
of free raw materials has been condemned
and condemned in a most conspicuous man.
ner by Democrats of the South. What have
been called raw materials cannot be easily
classified. What is one manufacturer raw
material is the product of the skill and
experience of another. 1t requires as much
care and experience to get the best results
in wool growing as in manufacturing, and
in cotton raising as in cotton spinning.
The Senate bill will now go to the House.
which will nonconcur in the Senate amend
ments. A conference committee will consid-
er the points of difference and report a
bill which will become the tariff law, which
will not probably be revised for twenty
years. 1t will be amended in some features,
but there will be no change in its general
schedules the theory upon which it is
based. The decided vote in the Senate yes
terday insures the passage of the confer
ence bill in that branch. The tariff issue
may be regarded as settled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The bishop of London, in recent address
on Reading" said: "All human knowledge
has been gained by the impertinence and
pig-headednesS of a small number of peo-
pie who We're always asking Why|
publisher offered Sir Richard Burton
$500 for his Arabian Nights" His wife
thought it was worth more, and undertook
to publish it herself. It took an immense
amount of work, but in the end it yielded
over $4,000, of which more than $4,000 was
clear profit.
English autograph hunters did not lose
their heads during the recent celebration.
At a sale in London on June % a four-page
letter of the Queen to Prince Alfred was
sold for $17 and a three-page letteF to
Prince Arthur for 81, while a short letter of
George Washingtons brought $50.
General Rebillot a retired army officer,
seventy-five years of age, has just fought
a duel in Paris with young journalist who
had offened him by an article in La Petite
Republique Franchise. The old gentleman
insisted on fighting with swords. and want
ed TO keep on after receiving cash over
his eyebrow.
An English paper says that Florence
Nightingale received her Christian name
from the town in which she was born
Florence. Italy. Her name is not Nghtin-
gale. but Shore. her father being Noting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08
THE MISREPRESENTATION
CONFERENCE.

The Populist conference at Nashville has
emphasized the fact that the party bearing
that name is divided INTO two wings The
middle-of-the-road Populists honestly be-
lieve in all the hereses of the Omaha plat
form of 1892 They accept as truth all the
hercsies set forth by a class of leaders who
have displayed no little skill in preparing
literature in which statistics are falstied
and figures are made which have no foun-
dation, and which have been read for years
by those who now Populists of the
middle-of-the-road variety They have
scattered through the country several hun
dred weekly papers which contain nothing
else than falsehoods designed to win the
support of a considerable number of we'll
meaning men who are rather out Of the
channels in which run the currents of the
life and activities Of the age. For instance,
millions of copies of an article full of bold
misstatements based upon clever but
INSCRIPTIONS of alleged statistic by
John Clark Ridpath were circulated last
year, in a manner which made refutation
difficult because the men who read were
so affected by their sophistries that they
would not listen to an exposure which it
was easy to make. These men constitute
the bulk of the Populist party. Wherever
there is a conference the middrc-of -the-road
wing constitutes the majority and is very
much in earnest.
The other element is made up of men
who are Populists 'for the stuff" They
are shrewder than the middle-of- the-road
people. By expert methods, as in this State,
they get control of the organization to sell
it out. There has been no campaign for
years that the Populist managers, who are
political adventures, do not bamboozle the
mass of Populist voters. 1t is we'll known
to the committees of the Republican and
Democratic parties who of the Populist
leaders in this State are in the market
Other Populists who are not for sale know
it and denounce them when it is too late
The Nashville conference was designed to
denounce these men and also to begin an
organization against William ]. Bryan be-
cause he is simply a silver Democrat. The
leaders of the wing of the Populst party
which has the votes are organizing to dis
card the men who sold them year ago.
They do not propose to be made the tail
of the Democratic kite, as they were last
year. The owners and editors of the two
hundred Populist papers do not propose to
be ruined by the swallowing up of their
party by the Bryan Democracy. This is
the notice which the middle of the-Foad
Populist leaders served upon the Bryanites
a. Nashville
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08

ham banker who inherited the estates of
1eter Nightingale on condition that he as-
sumo the name"
PANEL O'Connell. youngest and last sur
viving son of the liberator. has just died at
Bedford. England, aged eighty-one years.
He was a renegade to the cause of Ireland,
accepting the office of income tax commits
sloner from Palmerston forty years ago.
and subscribing regularly to the Unionist
fund to fight home rule.
President Faure created a commotion re-
Gently in Paris by driving about with a
nurse and baby in the seat usually occu-
pied by his aid. 1t was then learned that
his married daughter had given birth to a
son three weeks before. Paris is also re-
Joicing over the news that French wet
nurse has been engaged for the Gar S
latest daughter.
The London Academy tells new story of
De Quincy He had to fill up a census pa
per, and the set questions puzzled him
greatly. He finally managed to character
iZe his occupation as writer TO the maya
zines but when it came to the occupa-
tons of his three daughters his troubles
began again. At last he put ring around
their names and wrote They are like lilies
of the ffeld-they toll not, neither do they
spin"
When Wilberforce became rector of
Brightstone. in the Isle of Wight, he was
waited on by an old farmer, whose one de-
''Why?" asked Wilberforce. We'll" said
the old fellow. with a look of business
ShrewdnesS, when t'other parSon was here
he used to farm it hisself, and, there being
so little of it, he always got in his hay be-
fore anybody else Then he clapped on the
prayer for rain"
Probably the most remarkable drummer
who ever lived was Jean Henri, the tam
bour major of the Emperor Napoleon. One
of his feats was to play on fifteen different
ly toned drums at the same time in so soft
and harmonious a manner that. instead of
expected, the effect was that of a novel
and complete instrument. In playing he
passed from one drum to the other with
such wonderful quickness that the eyes of
the spectators could hardly follow the
movement of his hands and body
Bishop Hereford writes to the London
Times proposing that the jubilee year shall
be commemorated by the institution of a
womans university to be called after
Queen Victoria, it's one Indispensable con-
dition to be that it shall not be a paper in
versity, but a localized living institution,
the intellectual home or headquarters of
at least a prominent group of the best and
most cultivated and most influential wom-
en- of their generation. He thinks ex-
tension of the Royal Holloway College
might be made the first constituent college
eXpedients in detail, among them the pro-
vision that the charter of the institution
should ordain that its senators or govern
ing council consist Of twelve women distin-
guished in literature, art, science or some
form of public service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08

on terms that did not recognize his right
and claim to indemnity. Finally. despair
ing of getting such recognition. he accepted
now in this country. 1t is not likely he
will ever recover anything on account of
the property of which he was despoiled or
any indemnity for false Imprisonment and
harsh treatment.
If any European government should ques-
ton the right of the United States TO annex
Hawaii in q peaceable and friendly way
at the request Of the Hawaiian government
itself, it will be in order to recall some
of the instances in which they have made
war on weaker peoples and annexed their
territory by force and arms and in VIOLA
ton of public treaties and private rights.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08
NOISE AND PATRIOTISM.


Surprise is sometimes expressed that the
celebration of the Fourth of July should
involve the burning of so much powder and
partake so largely of noise. There is no
connection, say the critics, between noise
and patriotism; on the contrary, mere noise
savors rather of barbarism, if not brutali-
ty. Perhaps the critics are wrong. Cheer
ing is mere noise, and yet it is the most
universal way among civilized peoples of
voicing applause. The firing of salutes is
mere noise. and yet it is the highest form
of compliment between nations and. of pa
triotic expression by navies and armies
towards their commander-in-chief. Besides,
it must be remembered that the Fourth of
July had its origin in war. The war lasted
seven years after the Declaration of INDIE
pendence, and in each of these years the
Fourth was celebrated at military posts and
in camps by firing salutes of thirteen guns
and In other noisy ways. There were times
when the men of '76 had TO be sparing of
their powder, but they always had some
to burn on the Fourth. On the occasion of
the celebration at Norristown. n. j. in
Ill., history relates that every soldier was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08

new law imposing a stamp tax on stock
transactions. AS originally drawn the law
did not exempt them, and the president Of
the building and loan associations of Gin
cinnau wired Senator Foraker calling his
attention to the fact. In acknowledging
receipt Of the telegram, Senator Foraker
said Il went Immediately to Senator Lodge
and the finance committee, who had the
amendment in charge, and showed them
your telegram. They at once conceded the
propriety of such exemption, and so
amended what they had written"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08
USELESSNESS OF LONG DEBATE.

When the House passed the Dingley bill
after ten days consideration a considerable
number of papers raised protest against
legislation which denied full debate of the
details of SO important a measure. We
were told much about the tyranny of party
rule, and the czarship of the speaker was
violently condemned. There was, however,
ample time to consider the merits of the
two systems of tariffs. The main issues
were on general principles rather than upon
the items of schedules. Those were consid-
cred and the bill was passed.
The Senate has been industriously consid-
ering the tariff bill for nearly two months,
after the Republicans of the finance COM
mittee- had spent weeks in revision of the
duties of the House bill. There has been
no limit to debate. Old speeches have been
repeated, but no senator has made 1.-THE
effort of his life" because the question has
been so thoroughly discussed that there is
no new feature to present. The debate has
ended. The Congressional Record is many
pages longer, but can any one say that the
debate has accomplished anything of any
consequence? If it has it has been to make
the tariff bill, as the Senate passed it, near
er the House bill than it was when
reported to the Senate with the amend
ments of the finance committee. If the de-
bate in the Senate has proved anything it
is that the House bill is a better measure
than the substitutes of the Senate would
have made it.
If the Senate had taken up the House
bill and very generally adopted it's provi-
sions after ten days consideration the
country and the treasury would have been
much better off than they now are. The
country would not have been filled with for
eign goods imported under lower duties
and the treasury would have enjoyed all
the advantage coming from the early dis
position of subject which, while unsettled,
interferes with business. Unquestionably,
the Republican senators would have passed
a more satisfactory bill if they had had
a majority in the Senate but they could not
have put an end to a waste of time in de-
bate because of that rule which insures to
every member the right to speak as much
as he pleases. But the point to be remem-
bered is that the Senate bill, after all the
discussion, is not SO complete a measure as
the bill which the House passed after a
few days consideration.