Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
MILLER is AT HONOLULU
Flag May Not Be Raised Till Commissioners
Arrive There.
Old Glory Placed on Top of KnaIs,
Oahu's Highest Point-Jupan's
Claim Paid.

Advfces from Honolulu August 4 via Wei
toria, B. c., August II. state the United
states steamer Philadelphia arrived here
yesterday, six days and twenty hours from
san Francisco, with Admiral Miller and
stan on board, who came for the purpose
OF raising the American flag over the Hag
waiian Islands. Admiral Miller has orders
TO confer with Minister Sewall, and until
after the conference nothing definite will
be decided as to the fag-raising program
A conference with the Hawaiian govern
ment will be held this afternoon. 1t is gen.
crafty understood that the flag will not ba
raised until the commissioners arrive, on
the 18th instant
r. NJ Hatch has resigned his position as
minister to the United States
The Eva plantation, the best-paying
sugar estate in Hawaii. has decided TO in.
crease ITS capital stock to S2.oo0.0oO. The
present stock capitalization is 81, 100000
The japanese imbroglio of 1897 has been
settled by the payment of $4,000 to Japan.
In making the payment the government
does not admit the justice of the claim or
right of Japan to indemnity The payment
was made at the request of President Nc
Kinley
The United States transport steamers Rfo
&c Janeiro and Pennsylvania sailed for
Manila August 3, and this morning the
transports Peru and City of PuebIa toolr
tnelr departure for the same destination.
While the vessels We're In port twenty-sIx
measles patients on board the Puebia were
cared Tor at the local hospital but were
removed to their vessel before her DEPART
ure.
Isaac Strickland, private of Battery q. "a
Artillery. died July 81. He was buried un-
DER the auspices of the local Red Cross So
ciety. W.
The Royal Mail steamer Aerangf arrived
teday at Vancouver, B. c., from SYDNEY.
n. s.; and Wellington, New Zealand, via
Hawaiian news up to August 2 is broupbt
by the Aerargi.
Old Glory floats from the top of Kaala.
the highest point of the Island of Oahu
I11 This was accomplished by Judge
w F. Frear, Garrett Wilder and Walter
l1lliingham, with a native guide who made
the ascent of the peek
Ex-Queen Lilioukalaui is reported to have
said:
Il have done the best I could for nv
people Now that the islands are annexed,
there is nothing to do but submit and
make the very best out of the situation.
My feelings in the premises are WE'LL
Known. and do not care to discuss the
matter at length"
There are twenty-four United States sol-
diers in the hospital at Honolulu. Seven of
them are more or less seriously ILL., The
number at the Red Cross hospital on Au-
gust 1 was fifteen. OF these thirteen were
IN bed, hve OF whom required careful look
ing after. Two of the Red Cross patients
are convalescent and expect to be sent
home by steamer due from Yokohama for
San Francisco August 16. They are: James
LAWN, Company d, 23d. United States
army; Guy ID. Boynton, 18th Minnesota
Volunteers.
At the Queens Hospital there are nine
boys in blue. Two are quite bad cases.
One has pneumonia and the other menin-
gifts.
The Honolulu Bulletin says: Now that
the islands are a part and parcel of the
United States a change is beginning al
ready to be felt in the business community.
Within a month there has been quite an
influx of eastern and California business
firms here looking the situation.
while the payment of the japanese
claims was humiliating to the government
vet being at the request of the United
States and meant compromise to facli-
tate annexation, the executive council has
after mature elaboration decided to y1eld
without admitting that the government
was in the wrong.