The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-16
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IiNf tNNtf Nlfi W consumption OIL
p 40 lass nirht
" Ilreh ni liimatua his boon rflut.
va q vino and beer licenf"
Coast nies report the steamer Clete.
land hs ou the berth for kahulul
TIE schools " the district wsro
closed yrs crday by order ~ minister
Mott smith
g.. ~ Robertson has been appointed
district magistrate % Walluku. vice W
\ Mckay resigned.
Tho w q Hhl reports $4,000 bags
OF sugar awaiting shipment o. Homo
Wu %. Kauai ports
rl'cE Na. . bounded ly ndrtanla.
N1uu8kcn. rouahl ord Smith streets
viii le swept by fire today by order OF
lhr Eomd Of Health
THE directors uf the Mutual Tclc-
phone Company have appropriated thn
On ut $500 Hs1 testimonial 10 the men
1i thn Fire Department
Any petition fer amendment OF cor
puu.ou ,hlr,e. mus. De-. IN the future.
accompanied by cory OF the charter
0s 10 would read when amended
4 police officer reports that guards
on duty In Chinatown are In the habit
OF accepting swipes at the hands Of
native women on River street.
Eleven OF the wrecked Carson's crew
are acting as guards to the Board OF
Heath. They were stationed a. the
Occidental hotel block last night.
MIR. II. Renjes has retired from the
HpY Of &
Messrs. H. Focke and W. LAM have
been admitted as partners in the
firm
The Orpheum theatre aud all places
of public amusement were closed yes
terday. by order Of the Board of Heal h,
and will not be opened until further
notice.
There's wide difference between
the fakir and the skilled optician.
Take no chances. Your eyes receive
skilled treatment only at our hands,
and at less cost to yourself. IL. +.
Wichman.
Yesterday afternoon one OF Peck's
coal carts was driven over the edge Of
a coal pile at the Inter-lsland coal
yards and very valuable horse killed.
The driver, fortunately, was not on the
cart at the time.
The old bark Velocity is once more
TO see Hawaiian waters J. w. Brown,
who arrived by the Doric yesterday,
has purchased her for the Hawaiian
trade in conjunction with one other
vessel to be secured later on.
f. w. Aston, equipment engineer OF
the Pacific Telephone Company, came
by the Gaelic to install the new switch
board of the Mutual Telephone Com
pany. Mr.. Aston Is in charge of the
department of the telephone
system from San Diego to Spokane.
The detachment of eighteen men of
the Sixth Artillery, who have for some
time been stationed in the barracks
back of the Executive grounds, have
been ordered by Colonel Mills to re-
turn TO Camp Mckinley, where they
are to undergo the usual period Of
quarantine.
Mr.. Frank Davies, secretary to WV.
Bierce, the representative of the hi
noIs Steel Company, arrived by the
Gaelic, and will remain in the Islands
for some time looking after the inter
7sts of several steel and iron companies
which manufacture steel rails, cane
'ars aud material for plantation rail
roads.
Since last Friday the streets have
been sprinkled with per cent solu-
ton of sulphuric acid and the water
closets and vaults of the quarantined
district and vicinity have been treated
with s per cent solution. This
strength of acid will insure the de-
OF any plague germs with
which 1t comes in contact
The Occidental Hotel block at Union
Square was burned yesterday, the only
saved being the Occidental
Hotel. The fire burned slowly and
hight came before the flremen had fin
shed, The dog belonging to the Dis
'cnsary was shot while 1t was tied in
he engine house and the carcass
burned. The fine tree by the fire sta ,
ion was partially destroyed.