The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-13
GUEST AT THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL
TODAY
Center of Refrigerated Beef Investiga-
tion Arrives-Talks of the Islands
and Their Needs.

General Charles p. Eagan, commits
| sary general of the United States army,
| is at the Hawaiian hotel. He arrived
| by the America Maru yesterday after
noon. The general who for his history
| is well-known everywhere, has not Wis
! tied Hawaii before
Il have read a great deal about the
Islands, though" said he this morning.
| For the past twenty years | have fol-
| lowed closely, through your Govern
ment reports and the newspapers of
Honolulu, the development of the coun-
try. In fact l consider that my hear
say information is quite complete
During my stay of a few weeks here
1 purpose seeing and learning for my
self.
"One thought struck me when I en-
tered Honolulu harbor yesterday after
noon and that was the deplorable lack
of accommodation for shipping The
harbor is wholly inadequate for even
present necessities and heaven knows
what will be the situation in a few
years, when the commerce of the ISL
ands Is much greater. AS the matter
now stands, your shipping is literally
piled up in your little bay. / saw TWO
big steamers waiting outside yesterday
for room to dock and discharge their
passengers and freight. Where on the
face of the earth does another such sit
uatiOn obtain
Honolulu harbor must have $1,000, -
900 spent upon it at once. HilO wants
81 500, 000 You people here want to get
a move on and lay your case before the
authorities at Washington. Demand
your rights. Show that the money Is
required and you will get it. Send
strong men to Washington to present
the case of the Islands. IF you send a
! boy he will bring back boys burden"
General Eagan winked at the con-
clusion of the last sentence. He would
not explain his meaning, leaving that
to the inference of his auditor.
Continuing he said You can get
$5, 900, 900 for your harbOrs just as
quickly and easily as YOU could get
800 900. The Government is not stingy
in it's appropriations for needful OBJ
jects. At the next Session of Congress
the new territory VIII be looked after
to the fullest extent
General Eagan evinced desire to
avoid the subject of the recent beef
episode. II am still commissary gem
eral of the United States army" said
he. Matters are coming out to my en-
tire satisfaction. Truth is mighty and
will prevail especially in the United
! States Glfaees and. tlzeiss ilse have q n
inning and then they retire"
General Eagan is a fine looking man
of fifty-eight years. He is of the John
L. Logan type. and would remand To-
cal people a bit of General Harrison
Gray Otis. He is quick, rapid thinker
and talker and a most interesting con-
versationalist. His statements are all
made with a snap, and force, and are
usually accentuated at the end with
a word or two spelled in the Sunday
newspapers with blanks.
The generals wife and son will arrive
| by the Kinau tonight from Hilo. 1t
will be after that that the movements
of the family will be determined. They
| may go to Hawaii next week or may
| postpone the trip to the week after
General Eagan is native of Ireland.
| He volunteered for the Civil war from
| California and served in the militia in
that territory. He was volunteer un-
| til appointed into the regular service
] by President Mckinley.