The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-09-22
At PEARL HARB0R
Distinguished Visitors Examine
the L0ChS.
DELIGHTED WITH SITUATION
Grandly Entertained at
Waipio Luau.
President Dole One of the Party.
Visit to Eva Plantation
and Mill.

At 1880 yesterday morning Mr.. Dill
lingham was ready at the railway sta
ton with a special train for Waiau,
but Representative Cannon stopped
somewhere to get cup of coffee, and
so delayed the train for 10 minutes,
but at the end of the coffee delay the
special pulled out with two cars
containing Honoluluites bent upon
showing Senator Morgan and Repre-
sentatives Tawney, Berry, Cannon and
Laudenslager everything connected
with Pearl Harbor.
Next to Mr.. Dillingham;, who looked
after the details of the railway end of
the program, John Ena, vice-president
of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company, was most interested in the
time schedule. He had dispatched the
little steamer Kaena to Waiau at
quarter before z with instructions to
make the destination by o'clock, so
that when the lochs were reached he
scanned the horizon with considerable
apparent anxiety, which was relieved
as the train drew up to the station and
the white hull of the Kaena was seen
making her way into the harbor. Cap
tain Parker was in command, and Star
Kapu acting as pilot. By skilful man
agement the steamer was brought to
the wharf, and the passengers, to the
number of forty embarked for tour of
the 1ochs.
Minister Hatch and Surveyor Dodge
were provided with maps Of the harbor,
soundings, and these were dis
played to the members and thoroughly
explained. The steamer went through
every part of the harbor, visiting the
different lochs, at times going close
enough to the shore to enable the pas
senger, who might desire, to toss bis
cult to anyone there. Frequent
were taken, the line showing
a depth of thirty feet within a few feet
from shore. AS the different points of
interest were pointed out to the visit
ors and commented upon by the Gov
ernment officials and members Of the
committee, the interest of the guests
increased and at the end of three hours
steam, the party disembarked at the
train, which had left the city at II
o'clock
On this was another committee and
a hundred or more representative citi-
zens who had journeyed out to join the
party and conduct the members to
WaipiO, to the residence of Mrs. G. A.
Brown, where an elegant luau had been
The tables were set on the
lawn under an awning and were loaded
down with genuine Hawaiian dishes.
Mrs. Brown was a most agreeable host
ess and presided over the tables with
her usual grace. To many of those pre-
sent the feast in native style was an
innovation and some of the dishes will
ever remain mystery. Colonel Berry.
the six feet five inches of good nature
pronounced it the finest lulu he had
ever sat down to and when his Hawai-
ian was corrected, he promptly answer
ed Gentlemen, you can call it what
you wish; down in Kentucky, when we
have anything real good we call it a
"lulu"-this feast is what I call a
a genuine lulu And having so ex-
pressed himself he wandered off in the
direction of the spot where the Quin-
tette Club was singing Just a plain
girl is good enough for me-
The only incident to mar the pleas
ure of the visitors was the sudden and
distressing illness of Mrs. Devoner.
wife of Congressman Devoner of West
Virginia. From a fainting spell it de-
velOped into more serious illness and
DR.. Herbert was summoned to her side.
and gave her all Of his attention after
arrival. For an hour or more after
dinner the party divided into groups