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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
DOWAGER EMPRESS DEAD.
Member of Japanese Royal Household
Passes Away.

The flags of the Diplomatic and
Consular Corps and U. 5. 5. Alert are
flying at half mast today on erouut
of the death of the japanese Eirpress
Dowager. The following is copy of
letter sent out by Colsul General
Shimamaru:
Honolulu, III. l., Jan. 90, 1897
Sir:--It is my painful duty to in.
form you that l received today from
H. I. J. Ms. Government telegraphic
information of the demise OF Her I'M
perial Majesty, the Empress Dowagel
Asako, which deeply lamented event
occurred on Monday evening the 11th
inst. at the Imperial Palace, Toxic
Japan.
In consequence of this sad inforina-
tion the National Flag will be hoisted
at half mast at this Consulate-Ge
for fifteen days."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
MAY BE APPOINTED CIRCCIT
JUDGE ON ISLAND OF HAWAII.
Takes the Oath of Allegiance Before
Consul Wilder at San Francisco and
Wants Letters of Denization.

Some months ago when successor
to the late Judge Austin, o. the Third
and Fourth Circuits was under consid-
Grafton, there was a well defined rum
or to the effect that Judge William
Foster, at one time District Magistrate
of Honolulu and who resigned on ac-
count of not being in accord with the
Government, would be offered the po-
the inside stated emphatically vt the
time that the judicial plum had been
offered to Mr.. Foster, but he declined
to accept it.
OF late the rumor has been revived,
and from all accounts it is more than
probable that Judge Foster has re-
considered and will accept, at least
the facts justify such a conclusion.
1t is known that several letters have
been written from here to the gentle
man mentioned, not necessarily by Of
fcials of the Government, but by
prominent residents, in the hope of
inducing Judge Foster to return to
the Islands, in which event he would
succeed to the judgship. 1t can be
stated positively that Judge Foster
has subscribed to the oath of fealty
to the Republic before the hawaiian
| Consul at San Francisco, and an ap-
plicat on made for letters of deniza-
ton. This procedure gives credence
to the report in circulation at the
| time Sheriff Hitchcock was selected
that his appointment was only TEN.
porary. 1t is generally believed that
some good official position will be
found for Judge Hitchcock in case oi
his retirement
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
THE CRANSIOUN CASE
HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT NOT RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES.
An Understanding With Capt. Bird 70
That Effect-The Government Will
Aid the Steamship Company.

There has been some misapprehen-
sion regarding the liability of the Gov
ernment in the matter of claims
brought for damages by Cranstoun
and others for deportation. Minister
Smith is authority for the statement
that the Hawaiian Government has
never agreed to pay any amount that
might be accorded by the Courts
against the Canadian-Australian
Steamship Company for carrying the
men away, but there was a specific
understanding with Capt. Bird at the
time that any expense which might be
incurred by him in landing the men
on Canadian soil would be borne by
the Government. The Minister further
stated that, while the Government
was not legally bound so to do, it
would give the Canadian Steamship
Company all the aid possible toward
settlement of any judgment that
might be rendered against them touch
ing the matter under consideration.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
license IS TOO STRICT
UNLESS MODIFIED THE HOTEL
PROJECT WILL FALL THROUGH.
Company Will Not Build the Waikiki
Hostelry Unless More Latitude Is
Granted-The License Is Strict.

Mr.. Walter c. Peacock this morning
sent communication to the Minister
of the Interior, informing him that
the company which proposed TO build
the beach hotel in Waikiki could not
proceed with its plans on account of
too stringent restrictions required by
the Government.
Complaint is made to only one re-
striction and that the matter of bath
ing. The requirement of the Govern
ment is that person to secure liquor
at the new hotel must be a bona fide
guest of the hotel and to be such must
have taken a regular meal in the house.
Bathers are not considered guests Of
the hotel and to secure liquor must
meet the requirements of the Govern
ment. This the company insist is too
ed that unless modified they will aban-
don the beach hotel project.
Mr.. Peacock, in speaking of the mat
ter today said: Il have no complaint
W HdttNcI W vi lllt bONcIllDltnb
officials. They have treated me in the
most courteous manner. My Company
believes that the restrictions of the
Government are too rigid. We are
willing to accept everything but in the
case of bathing. This feature of the
enterprise will undoubtedly prove TO
be tne greatest revenue producer. The
.majority of people when they go bath
ing desire a stimulant after coming
out of the water and l would be COM
PEELED to send them elsewhere or else
have them become guests of the hotel
by partaking of regular meal. No;
do not feel like investing 100000 in
beach hotel under such conditions
and will not do so unless this is modi-
fed somewhat. If we build hotel at
the beach it will be conducted in strict.
accordance of the law
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
MONUMENT FOR BURNS.

AT meeting of the Caledonian So
ciety, held at San Francisco recently
a member submitted a resolution, set
ting forth the fact of the manifest de-
sire to honor the memory of the i'm
mortal Scottish poet, Robert Burns, by
erecting a monument in Golden Gate
Park and that the Caledonian Club
devote the entire proceeds of its an
nual gathering and games until the
monument shall have been erected and
paid for, and vote such additional
sums for the same purpose as the club
may deem advisable"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
An ISLAND FOR HAWAII.
PAUL NEUMANN AS A COMMITS
sIONER WITH POWER.
Valuable Nitrate Island to Be Annexed
to Hawaii--Off the Coast of Guate-
mala-Discovered by Gov. Freeth.

1t is not generally known that At
torney Paul Neumann was a commits
sioner for the Hawaiian Government
while absent on his tour of Guatemala.
While his visit to this country was in
search of lost health, at the same time
he was sent on a mission the secret of
which this Government has guarded
with extreme care.
considered excellent authority that
Mr.. Neumann was instrumental in
causing an expedition being sent to a
large island, nearly thousand miles
off the coast of Guatemala to be an
neXed to this country
While on one of his voyages over the
ocean, Mr.. George d .Freeth, at one
time Governor of Laysan island, ac-
cidentally discovered that the island in
question was unclaimed. He at once
resolved to inform the Government Of
ficials of this fact. While positive
proof could not be given that the
island did not belong to some power
this Government instructed Mr.. Neu.
mann to make thorough investiga-
ton of the matter.
This he did and found the island, so
it is said, to belong to no country or
no one. The source of this informa-
tion says that Governor Freeth has
been given plenipotentiary power to
annex the island to the Hawaiian
group in the name of this Republic in
case no title was discovered for the
land. Gov. Freeth met Mr.. Neumann
in San Francisco and receiving favor
able news at once chartered a vessel
and set sail for the undsputed land.
The island is described as being
considerably larger in area than Oahu
and particularly valuable on account
of immense deposits of guano and
nitrate. 1t is rather bare il appear.
ance, in fact there is little. if any
verdure on either side. Unless one was
thoroughly acquainted with it's topo.
graphy, the island would not attract
the least attention.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
WANT A BOUNTY.
San Francisco Merchants Not in Favor
of Duty.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.-The San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce com
mittee has agreed to urge Congress 10
give bounty on sugar of domestic
production rather than to place a tar
iff on imported sugars coming in COM
petition with the domestic product.
Supplementary to this Congress will
be asked to provide that half the boun-
ty, at least, shall be paid to the grow
er of the beets, cane or other sub
stance from which sugar is made. 1t
was conceived that such provision
would be of special value to California,
inasmuch as this State. has areas bet
ter adapted to beet culture than are
to be found in any other state, and ii
part of the bounty shall go direct to
the grower it will tend to attract i'm.
migration hither to partake in the
benefits of these advantages both OF
nature and of the bounty.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
THE PROGRAM.
The Graham -Marquardt Concert for
Tomorrow Night.

The acknowledgements concert
takes place tomorrow night at the
opera house. Seats are on sale at Wall,
Nichols Co. The following artistic pro-
gram will be furnished:
Song-Trumpeter Won Sakengen :.
....... .................. Nessler
Mr.. Donald de V. Graham.
Harp Solo-Grande Fantaisie 80.
..... ........ Parish-Alvars
Mrs. Breitschuk- -Marquardt.
Song-Answer ................ Robqu
Mr.. II. NJ. Gillig.
Song-Ave Maria ........... Gounod
Miss Jessie Reeve Axtell.
Song-(a) Reverie ............. Hohu
(b) l Love and the World Is
Mine .............. Clayton Johns
Mr.. Donald de V. Graham.
Harp Solo-Chimes of Sydney 80.
................. John Marquardt
Mrs. Breitschuk-M -Marquardt.
Song-1ou ....................
Mr.. II. NJ. Gillig.
Song-(a) Summer Wooing ..... Lyon
(b) Thou Art So Like flower
.......... ..,.......... Chadwick
(c) The Maiden and the But
terfy .................. Chadwick
Miss Jessie Reeve AXtell.
Noel .................... Adam
Mr.. Donald de V. Graham.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
WHO OWNS THE PIANO?

The piano used by the Montague
Faust Co. at the Hawaiian opera house
remains uncalled for, and it may be
placed in the store room of that insti-
tuition, where it will no doubt become
the repository of rats and mice, who
have about finished nibbling on Tim
Frawley's scores and are seeking pas
lures new. The proprietors of the the
ater wish the instrument removed, as
it is in the way, but the owner isn't
in sight. Perhaps the advertisement
which appears in this issue may wake
him up before the rats and mice do
their deadly work.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
WRONG IMPRESSION CREATED.

We understand that one Daley, a
painter by trade, has represented that
he has taken the Hagey Cure for AL
coholism at our Institute and we have
just learned that said Daley is drunk
and that remarks are being made
about his return to his former habits.
He has never received treatment at our
hands. He has been about our rooms
mingling with the men and has been
present at our club meetings and we
have ever treated him as a gentleman.
We are forced to make this statement
be made through his representations.
THE HAGEY INSTITUTE.
Honolulu, January 25, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
JUDGE FOSTER THE MAN PAUL N[UMANN TALKS
TELLS OF HIS RECENT TRIP TO
SOUTH AMERICA.
Likes Guatemala Very Much-Met
Robert Overend and Other Islanders
Glad to Be Home Again.

In the best of health and brimming
over with new stories to relate to his
friends, Attorney Paul Neumann got
back on the Coptic Friday from a six
months jaunt abroad He says that
Hawaii is good enough for aim and
he intends to follow out the lines of
the old saying: IF you want to die
in a country you must stay there"
While travelling in Guatemala Mr..
Neumann met a score of former island
residents. He says that Robert NJ.
Overend is occupying an important po-
sition there for some of the prominent
planters and is doing well. The same
can be said of Mr.. f. Schumann, who
has met in his business ventures with
great success.
The best part of their vacation Mr..
and Mrs. Neumann passed in Guate-
mala and adjoining countries. Mr..
Neumann certainly has a good opinion
of this country when he says:
"The country of Guatemala as a mat
ter of course, proved to me in its gen
eral aspect to be novel. Although L
had been in Mexico, it is in it's char
acter entirely different than what 1
had seen there. My first surprise was
after leaving San Jose, Guatemala, the
port, and travelling by rail to the cap
ital, to see country that in its as
pect, so far as education is concerned
and its position of the mountain seem
cry, reminded me much of the islands.
This calculated to give me first pleas
ant impression. Yet everything diff
fered enough to create a lively interest
in viewing it.
"It appears to me to be one of the
richest countries in resources that l
have seen. The population of the bet
ter classes show more enterprising
spirit, such as we are accustomed to
see in the United States and other
European countries, to improve the
country in every way.
"There is large influx of foreign
ers there and very considerable share
of the business done is in their hands.
Among these foreigners are English,
Germans, Swiss, Italians, Spaniards
and some Americans.
"They have large mercantile inter
ests there as well as large planting in
terests. / was sorry to see that the
Americans did not have the lead in
these commercial enterprises, as they
ought to have. The staple product of
the country is coffee, although sugar
is also cultivated, but only for home
consumption. Besides that the coun-
try has an abundance of the most val
liable woods and unquestionably min
eral resources which may be called en-
tirely undeveIoped, although some
at has stable Government entire.
ly harmonious with the people and the
present incumbent, Barrios, shows
that energy, wisdom and patriotism
tends to make a country prosperous
and desirable for settlement. There is
great amount of internal improve
ment now being carried forward by
the Government.
"The report of the country being
sickly are greatly exaggerated. In
the stretch between the sea coast and
the foothills there are sporadic eases
of fever during the spring and sum.
mer, but neither epidemic or indemic
a country as | would select to live in
but l don't like it near as well as the
islands,"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
NJ. NJ. WATSON DISCHARGED.

The case of NJ. NJ. Watson, who was
charged with stealing keg of beer
from the Seattle Brewing and Mailing
Company, was dismissed by Judge
Glasgow yesterday afternoon. The
judge held that if the prisoner was
bright enough to discriminate in favor
of pure Rainier Beer he deserved re-
lease. On tap or in bottles at the
Criterion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
THE EXAMINER ARTICLE.

Editor Star:-As the accredited rep
resentative of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer l wish to deny all connection
with the lengthy article concerning
the departure of Mrs. w. w. Dimond
for San Francisco by the steamer Cop
tic on New Years day, which APP
peared in that paper of January 18th.
C. S. BRADFORD.
Honolulu, January 25, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
The KeWalO Prize Lot

All suggestions for the name of the
beautiful little lake at Kewalo now
under course of construction by Bruce
Waring & Co., must be handed in by
Saturday evening, the 3Oth inst, as
the award will be made on the follow
in Monday, Feb. 1.
All envelopes containing names
should be marked: "For the Lake
Contest. BRUCE WARING & co.
314 Fort Street,
Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
OFFICERS ELECTEDA

The Portuguese Ladies' Charitable
Association elected the following Of
ficers: Mrs. w. G. Irwin, president; !;
Mrs. c. NJ. Hyde, first vice president;
Mrs. w. f. Allen, second vice presi-
dent; secretary; Miss Lizzie Rodigues;
treasurer. Mrs. Gonsalves.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
BY AUTHORITY,
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that four lots
of land in Pualaia and Kukuioolu,
Kaupo, may be applied for on or after
10 a. m. February 1st, under the pro-
visions of Land Act for Homestead
Leases.
Application must be made in person
to w. o. Aiken, Sub-Agent, Fourth
Land District, Paia, Maui.
Further information may be had at
Public Lands Office, Honolulu, or DIT
the office of the Sub-Agent at Paia.
j. f. BROWN,
Agent Public Lands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
"EVERY LITTLE HELPS"

The very smallest reduction made on
staple dry goods at Kerr's means a
great deal to purchasers. We are at
present supplying about threefourths
of the population of Honolulu with
dry goods, and are now straining a
point or two to catch the remaining
fourth. Will you help us to do it?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25

BEST FOR WHEELMEN.

Careful wheelmen are never on the
road without, Readings Russia Salve.
1t is the best thing eXtant for bruises,
sprains and cuts Sold by Hollister
Drug Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
REAUTY RIFLES LOVE.

And love rules the world. Perfect
health means beauty-and there's no
easier way of acquiring it than riding
the bicycle. HAWAIIAN CYCLERY,
Way Block, King street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
WASH MATERIALS.

All wash materials are being closed
out regardless of cost. Now is your
time to buy at n. S. Sachs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
EMMA SOUARE.

Following is the program for this
evenings concert at Emma Square by
the Government band at 1880, under
the direction of Professor Berger:
Arizona republican., 1897-11-09
ASSESSMENT WORK.
Arizona Miners Make Loving Duty
 of It This Year.

This is the season for doing assess ment work on mines and work is going on on eWery prospect worthy of the, name in the territory. Captain P. P. Parker, F. w. Hill and other persons who have just returned from one min ing region or another say that both the volume and character of the ore being turned out is superior to the product of amy previous working period. This does not prove that the prospects CT claims are better than they were last year, but that the miners and pros pectors instead of scratching upon the surfaca in compliance with an in convenient law are making the duty an incident of general develop ment- It means in short that interest in mining is more generally deeper than it was before' and that in conse- quence assessment holes are being made deeper.
 According to the law mines upon which assessmient work is mot com p1eted before January 1 are subject to relocations The interior department, however, has liberally construed the law SO that if work is being perform ad upon a claim on Dadermber 31, the owner may proceed with it, exerc si g reasonable diligence and continuity until it is finished. Most miners, however, are proceeding as if the rul- ing had never b6an made.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-09
THE BUILDERS IN POWER.

There bs those who build and those who destroy. The present te ritorial administration represents the builders. The last administration represents the deStrOyerS. It is a most remarkable fact that the adherents of the last ad- ministration appeared to belong to the class who opposed everything which
 was for the benefit of the people or the territory, and wherever it laid it's hand, enterprise withered and busi- ness hopes were palsied. Public in stiitutions appeared to be taken with
 dry rot, or become the objects of po- litical vultures. The credit of the territory dropped far below par, and
 political jackals and wolves danced amid the ruins they had wrought, and this all within a space of eighteen months. But the scene has changed but four months have elapsed since ahe destroyers have been again re- placed by the builders, and behold the result. Public credit restored. Every industry in Arizona running at high tide. Every public institution charged with new blood, throbs with new life. and the spirit of developing and building up, every institution seems to be in the atmosphere. The present administration has thrown a vigor, and strength into every channel of public affairs, and every other in- terest seems to partake of the like spirit. The spirit of the builder has taken hold on the people and they are forgetting the power of the destroyer
 and his evil emissaries, who not only struggled to destroy material. enter prises, but the character of citib bens as we'll. The destroyer -dethroned-la ments in sackcloth ana ashes in the disasters he wrought upon himself and his emissaries., The builder en-
Arizona republican., 1897-11-09
A CREEK MURDERER SHOT.
At the Appointed Time He Was at tn
 Place of Execution.

Chelha, I. T., Nov. S-John Watka, the Creek Indian who shot Jonas Deer, another member of his tribe. was executed today for the crime. One night in May last Watka and Deer attended a green corn dance givH1 near the public execution grounds in the Creek Nation. Watka had a swest- heart, an Indian maiden. modest and prepossessing. Deer also calimsd the same fair maid. That night she showered her smiles on Deer, and Watlna eresent;ng this, words led to blows, blows to pistols. and Jonas Deer was the next day laid away with his forefathers.
 Watlla was not arrested for week and then he was tried and sentenced to be shot. Several days prior to the time for execution Watka set Out alone to the public execution grounds In due time he arrived. The crowd was waiting. The prisoner assumed his position on pended knees with arms tied behind and a blindfold oyer his eyes. The rifle was placed in the hands of a keen marksman and Watka was instantly killed.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-09
WHAT HE MEANT BY "FIFTY."
Ut Cost a Tucson Tailor $50 to Catch
 tSwindler,s Meaning.

A Tucson tailor was the victim of an old swindle, so slightly covered last Saturday that it was liable to arrest for indecent exposure. A couple of weeks ago a young and stylish person who said he had come from the east ito remain during the winter on ac- count of ill health ordered a $55 suit of clothes and made a $5 deposit The young man at the same time began cultivatimg the acquaintance of Ezra c. Bartlett, one of the proprietors of tha Legal Tender and the owner of more green cloth covered tables than any other man in Arizona. He has some, by the way, in operation in Phoenix. MT. Bartlett lately put in Chinese lottery, in which the young customer pr5itended to be interested on account of its novelty. He had never seen. anything like it. On the to Bar'tlett's, told him he was going east and would like ito take about 200 blank lottery tickets to distribute among his friends as curios Mir. Bartlett was then engaged in stamp ing his name upon several thousand He told him he could have them, but warned him against sending any of them through the mails. Then tha yong man went across the street to the tailor shop. The clothes were fin ished and he put them on to see how they fit. The fit was so exact he d,.- cided to keep them on and told the tailor that he wanted to pay for them the next day. The tailor's objection was prompt. It wasn't business, he said. The young man asked If Mir. Bartlett's guaranty would be sufficient. Certainly MT. Bartlett's guaranty would be good for everything in the shop, for was not his word as good as his bond, and had he not lately re turned from England with the biggest end of a $1OO,000 estate to add to a great deal of wealth previously ac- cumulated in Arizona?
 "Well, come along over," said the young man. When the tailor and the swindler reached Bartlett's place, MT. Bartlett was still busy stamping tick cts. "Got that 200 ready yet?" asked the swindler. ''In about five min utes,' replied MT. Bartlett. "All right, I'm in hurry When you get ready give MT. Blank 50." He Jeff the place and has not since been seen When MT. Bartlett subsequently, hard ed the tailor handful of lottery tick cts, a field for mutual explanations was presented. Both the tailor and Mir Bartlett quickly occupied the ccm- mon ground that a dollar was one thing and a blank Chi ese lott cry ticket was something else