The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-02

and Attorney. Ballou, the latter voy-
Iage acquaintance. In the morning
Lieut.. Hobson was taken to the Nuu-
anu Pail. Here he was shown the new
and old roads and the numerous trails
Iby John H. Wilson, who with Mr..
tWhitehouse, constructed the new road.
| The ocffier was charmed with the drive
| up the valley and the scenery at the
head.
| Shortly after noon, Lieut.. Hobson
had luncheon at the American Lega-
ton. Returning the city with Mr..
Sewall, the Merrimac hero held an in
formal reception at the Y. M. G. A. All
citizens who could be reached by tele-
phone on short notice were summoned
and the large hall in the upper story
was soon crowded. There were num-
ber Of ladies present and amongst the
gentlemen presented by Messrs. Sewall
and Ballou were Fred. J. Lowrey, w. j..
Forbes, Paul de la Vergne, F. G. Ather-
ton, A. w. Pearson, Secretary Coleman
and M. T. Bluxome.
The reception of the day was at the
Club of the Officers of the n. G.. H.
Here had assembled large number of
the representative men of the town.
Lieut.. Hobson seemed to enjoy the hos
pitality of the National Guardsmen and
chatted freely. He asked many ques
tions of the service here, SPOKE lightly
Of his own fame and gave the credit
for the success of the Merrimac eXpedi
tion to the men who were in his little
command. The Lieutenant gave his
autograph to number present.
Lieut.. HObSOn reached the Pacific
Mail wharf not more than ten minutes
before the Gaelic cast away her lines.
The dock was white with people and in
the crowd there were more women
than men. The Honolulu jam was
courteous as ever, there always being
kept an avenue to the gangway of the
ship. The amateur photographers were
on hand in full force. After several
false alarms had been started, the
Lieutenant appeared at the entrance
with Special Agent Sewall and Mr.. Bal
lou. The band started up with popular
melodies and Lieut.. Hobson uncovered
to Dixie and to the cheering. A couple
of leis were given the hero and he ac-
cepted them gracefully. He shook
hands with about 200 people and gave
the most cordial grasp of all to sol
der In the main saloon on the ship
were President Dole and several other
officials, and here also Lieut.. Hobson
found a Hawaiian Quintette Club and
at once took an interest in the native
Playing and singing. There were no
Kisses Offered the handsome young
man who has become so famous.
1t was when Lieut.. HobSon appeared
on the bridge with the ship captain and
the port pilot that the greatest ovation
was witnessed. On halt of the music
there were many, but not loud calls for
speech. The officer seemed 10th to
deliver an address. He hesitated about
starting on remarks: He smiled as be-
fore and standing erect at the rail
said
Friends, 1 don't know what l can
say other than that this remarka bic
expression of kindness on your part
touches me very deeply. I am more
particularly thankful because the scene
IF the occasion is far from what has
been the pounds of the United States
aud suggests the thought that this is a
representative greeting from a COM
munity that marks in this demonstra-
tion new beginning in the life of our
common country. We are at the face
of new era in our national existence.
s'There is but one thought that L
might refer to and wish to remain with