The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
HAWAII TO CELEBRATE
Preparations Made for the Rails
ing of Old Glory.
CHANGES SLOWLY MADE
The Political Status VIII Be Allowed to
Remain as 1t IL for Soms Time
Yet Hawaiian Land Law
Not to Be Changed.

San Francisco, July 27.-The steam
ship Mariposa from Auckland, sydney,
Apia and Honolulu arrived to-day. The
I Mariposa left Sydney on July 4 and left
Auckland on the 9th. She arrived al
Honolulu on the goth and left on tho
21st. On July %. about 4 p. m. the Mar
iposa sighted the transport steame;
City of Rio de Janeiro. The two YES
sells hove TO and a small boat from the
transport carried a bag of mail to the
Mariposa. The boats crew reported all
well on board the Rio. The troops on
board the transport are mostly from
South Dakota.
The committee OF the Annexation
club and the executive council nave
held sessions daily and have arranged
the official programme OF exercises sub
ject of course to any changes that Ad-
miral Miller may suggest. In the morn
ing there will be a combined naval and
military parade. consisting of men from
the warships and the full strength OF
the national guard. After parading the
principal streets the procession will
move to the government building.
where President Dole, the cabinet, Ad-
miral Miller and staff, Minister Sewell,
Consul General Haywood and others
will be grouped.
The literary exercises will first take
place, together with the singing of pa
triotfc American airs. President Dole
will Their deliver an address and "Ha-
wall Poni' will be sung and a salute of
q guns fired as the Hawaiian flag is
lowered. The audience will then sing
the Star ~Spangled Banner" to the mu-
sic of the band, when Admiral Miller
will hoist the stars and stripes. which
will be saluted by 81 guns. If President
~,la aatfnn a. Nri1
be read by Admiral Miller previous to
the hosting Of Old Glory.
Minister Sewell, Consul General Hay
wood and others will deliver short ad-
dresses and the ceremonies Will close
with the presentation by President Dole
of an American flag to the Hawaiian
national guard. The flag is the orig
fnal silk one used by the Boston battai-
ion in 1893 when the warship was here.
In the evening there will be a grand
display Of fireworks and the govern
! ment buildings will be Illuminated on A
| magnificent scale. A banquet Will be
rendered TO Admiral Miller and a ball
will follow at the opera house. The
citizens have subscribed $4,000 for the
days celebration and the most import
ant event in the history of the Islands
will be celebrated with a magniftcence
worthy of the occasion.
Returning steamers from the other
islands already spread the news or an
nexatlon amid scenes similar to the one
which occurred i'm Honolulu. Prepare
tions were at once made I'm all the towns
to officially celebrate the raising OF the
stars and stripes by Admiral Miller in
this city
Spectators are already cornering the
supply of Hawaiian coins and postage
stamps, which are sure to be of value
in a few years.
The banks have commenced to use
the war revenue stamps on checks n
drafts, a consignment having been sent
down on the Coptic.
After the receipt of the news of an
nexation. President Dole said to the
associated press correspondent: II
think the status will go on just as 4
is now until congress has had tim to
fix IT permanently. | feel confident
that all Hawaiians who are voters
now will continue to be so.
II think that the legislation by con-
gress will be slow. The present sys-
tenn will be kept up for some time.
There will be some hesitation about
making some radical changes. l have
strong hopes that the land policy will
not be interrupted. Congress Will most
probably pass a supplementary act.
which will allow our land system to so
on. Senator Morgan said when he vas
here that the system we have Is better
for us than the American system, and
Morgan is one of our best friends.
THE news of annexation consum-
mates the efforts and the main policy
of the present government from the
time when il was initiated as 'provi-
slonal through the time when Ii was
recognized by the great states of the
earth to the time when II has been re-
ceived into the bosom of the greatest
republic and n OF the most powerful