The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-03-14
THE PASSING HOUR.

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Maui is after the rainfall blue ribbon
now held by Hawaii.
The meek and lowly Chinese has had
ms patience amply rewarded. '
Speaker Reed retired from Office in
great triumph, for every measure that
he opposed failed.
II is not at all extraordinary that
Germany should declare tripartite gov
eminent in Samoa failure.
CALIFORNIA; Legislature Is still at log
gerheads over the U. S. Senatorship
They ought TO take a plebiscite.
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The post mortems on the Republican
primary were in many cases fully as
interesting as the p ow-wow itself.
hospital ship is carrying to Ma
Mia medical supplies to $500 men for
one year. Freight must be drug on
this ship.
IL Is evident that those Louisiana
planters are interested in the conduct
and progress of the culture of cane in
Hawaii.
No Rough Riders need apply in the
Philippines. The walking soldiers and
the sea fighters are entirely able for
all business at hand.
Rev. Mr.. Price, the missionary from
Ruk, indicates in his reports that there
is much more that Is interesting in his
calling than most people suppose.
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The past week has been one OF the
saddest in the history of Hawaii. All
classes have shown the aloha which
they had for the brilliant young ALI.
In attempting to carry on their Holy
War the Filipinos will anger a lot OF
American Holy Terrors carrying guns
with bayonets on them.
Cecil Rhodes, who Is a practical man
in such matters, says that the United
States will hold Cuba and the Philip
pines and will soon absorb some Cen
trail and South American states.
According to the San Francisco
Chronicle, Murat Halstead, who was
sick at the hospital all the time he was
here, includes in his official history OF
the war;" lot OF misinformation con.
corning the Hawaiians.
As holder of the commission OF the
evived rank OF Admiral, George Dewey
gets a salary OF $4,000 and an extra
allowance OF $4,000 and the right t.
wear on his full dress uniform enough
bullion to sink the rest OF the Spanish
feet.
The California people now seem NOR,
wideawake than ever over the benefit
that would accrue to them from cabl,
to Hawaii. Their one regret will b.
that those Yankees OF the Puget Scum,
country can also use the line.
The decision that no man shall b.
appointed TO a commission in the force
OF the United States unless he passe
a prescribed examination, loses nom
of its force by hardness.
A ship master who has to his credl
the saving OF 1000 lives is worth :
good allowance Of newspaper space IL
a town so partial to seamen as Homo
lulu. Capt. Weiss will call here regu
larly ana some day he should be givel
handsome reception.
Those striking coal miners are no
up on artistic harmonies. Else the,
would not object to negroes enterin
the rooms and pits OF the black dia
monds.
Marked copies of the newspaper
printing the new passenger rate o.
Atlantic steamers should be sent t
some traffic offices at San Francisc
and Seattle.
With a new transport service havin
a feet of twenty vessels, with the ne'
big ships of the Oceanic company an
with the new lines from the NOrthwes
Honolulu perhaps can worry alon
fairly well without a cable for tim,
1t Is fine to see man already in tn
trade. like John d. Spreckels, realiz
the expansion OF commerce In the Pa
cifc and equip for the new orde
There was talk months ago OF his pro
nnsal IN anlarpa tho oceanic line an