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The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
Views Of a War Expert.

NAfNh VI ~ W NJ l'iAt
NEW YORK. Jan. ia dispatch 20
the World from London says: MIR.
Williams, the war expert OF the Morn
Ing Leader, writing for this mornings
paper with the best information OBJ
Italnable, says this regarding the report
that General Warren had crossed the
! TIgela river:
General Warren. with his division
and something more, was yesterday
| five miles TO the northwest of Spring
field, where General Butler then had
his headquarters. Consequently the
censor at Durham has been having a
little amusement with the local press
/ for the purpose Of deceiving any spies
the enemy may have and then confus-
ling them.
"All the differences drawn from any
kilograms which have SO far reached
us must be erroneous. once and for
lall, Buffers movement Is by the left
There he has strength. His plan is to
turn the nights north and northwest
I of Colenso, and thus compel their evac.
uation. and then to attack any Beers
left between him and General White
and make connection with Genera
Whites force.
after that he may keep the Trans
vaalers on the run through Natal t.
Laing's Mex or Charlestown: or n
may decide on separating the Free
| Staters from the strong men OF wa
and make, with his main force, fol
| Harrismith and Bloemfontein.
News of the first success Of thes'
operations should reach us aDou
Wednesday or Thursday.
IAN that can be said actually is tina
General Butler up to yesterday wa
still at Springfield. General Warre
was on a hill nearly midway betwee
Springfield and Bethany. and Genera
Butler had assuredly one, and 1t
believed two, passages of the river o
bis hands.
General Butler can spare a sun
Client number of irregulars to send
flying column OF them into ZululanC
nominally to check the Boer cattl
raiders. but really to work around tn
extreme eastern flank and head for IN
Utrecht and Vryheid districts, unles
. they can cut in on the Transvaal con
municatlons and find themselves ut q
near Ladysmith and Newcastle Rail
way"
The attacks on the War OGice an
the information bureau have beeh re
newed in several quarters. 1t is de
clared here that when WinstO
Churchill first arrived in Natal he ha
maps of the northern portion of tn
colony, procured from foreign sources
which were better than any possess =
by the generals there. and he loane
them to the commanders. The news
papers now say that experts in the Wa
Office have been operating with
large scale map of Northern Nata
printed upon seventy sheets, whiC
was borrowed from the German Wa
Department after the situation abou
Glencoe and Ladysmith became critl
Ica1
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
M'BRYDE SUGAR co.

THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEET
ing of the stockholders of this COM
pany will be held in the Chamber OF
Commerce at 10 a. m. on Monday, Goth
instant. The stock transfer books will
be closed between January 18th and
goth THOS. RAIN WALKER,
Treasurer.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
BY AUTHORITY.

nmnn Geo haf Ii GAP
baan apn1.nIyi NuaY rubl iai hl
1nd 1000 a circuit o' tat iiaaai.
Isn ia..tf.
ALEX YOrNI.
Minister of ile interior
iuauuu Omor. January 90 1900
giiI1t
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23

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uash u 0g'1n sho
fhrhlr aff anl llfHrf
Iaa fauHfHr Nf
rI UmmHnl.r So N hImHa
W nsf nni John e. WIia4n have
a.l. Hrlsfnf fa Commander
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
British rort Demolished

PRETORIA. Saturday Dan. ii--As q
r,fuit OF che bomhardmeni Of Mafe-
kInp yesterday the nri,lsh forl at East
ward was demolished and tho British
retired. one Boer WAS wounded Al.
vices from the head lager az Lady
smith report that the attack on that
place January 30 was disastrous 10
the British and that ladysnilth np-
pears 10 be In sore straits
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
DIED.

DoDD-In this city Jan. 2lst, 1900
James Dodd, aged 81 years. San
Francisco papers please copy.
TREGLoAN-In Honolulu, January 49,
John w. Tregloan, aged 3S years, son
or the late ii. s, Tregloan.
sAcHs-In New York City, January
10th, 1900, Mrs, r, Sachs, beloved
mother OF N, s, Sachs of this city.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIFTH CIRCUIT, HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS-IN PROBATE.

ISLANDS-IN PROBATE.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Holm
rich Conrad Rabe, Deceased.
A document purporting to be the last
will and testament of Heinrich Conrad
Rabe. of Lihue, Kauai. deceased, having
on the 9th day of January, A. ID. 1900.
been presented to said Probate Court.
and petition for the probate thereof,
and for Issuance of letters testament
tary to Sophie Dorothee Rabe having
been filed by her, II is ordered that
Thursday, the 18th day of February,
A. ID. 1900, at 10 o'clock a. m. OF said
day, at the courtroom of said court, at
Lihue, be and the same hereby is ap-
pointed the time and place for proving
said will and hearing said application.
Dated, Lihue, Kauai. II. l., January
IL, 1900.
BY the Court;
II. D. WISHARD,
2l42-3tT Clerk.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
Auction Sale
DELINQUENT SUGAR STOCK.
ON SATURDAY, JAN. .
AT IL O'CLOCK NOON,

At my salesroom, 80 Queen street, Ho-
nolulu, will sell at Public Auction, by
order of the Treasurer, Mr.. j. p. Cooke,
the following certificates of stock in
the Olaa Sugar Company, unless the
delinquent assessment (third assess
menD, with interest thereon, is paid
before the day of sale.
Names are published for the pur-
pose of Identifying the certificates.
No. No.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
MARRIED.

EDWARDS-DRYDEN-In Honolulu,
January II, by the Rev. w. NJ. Kin
caid, F. II. Edwards to Mrs. NJ. d.
Dryden, both of this city.
T4hMoNS-KENNEDY-In Honolulu
January 20, 1900, l.. d. Tlmmons, OF
the Hawaiian Star staff, to Miss Mar
garet Kennedy, daughter of Mrs. NJ.
N. Kennedy, Rev. Father Valentine
officiating.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23

The gasoline schooner Surprise, re-
Gently purchased by McChesney &
Sons for the Kona. Hawaii, trade, ar.
rived in port from San Francisco yes
terday
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
BRITISH TROOPS CROSS
TIE lU5tl MNI.


y Hanfer bli ihfy uerr fHnu'a l.
fha rolni pf hr havnnof The l7aw
hsd iueni,.1ne mon kIIlod and about
Hrf wounded
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
DR.. LIE yds Talks.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-A dispatch
to the World from Brussels says: w
j. Leyds, the Minister Plenipotentiary
of the South African Republic accrei-
tied TO all the governments of Europe,
said today Remember, it Is Eng
land, not We, who Is mainly responsible
for this bloodshed and who has re-
pulsed all outside efforts to bring
about a suspension of hostilities.
"As for a refusal of an eXequatur to
Mr.. Hay Omitted States Consul on his
way to Pretoria to replace Mr.. Ma
crum), that rumor appears to come
through what are called Boer agents in
America. Let me state that no such
person exists. No man in America has
any authority to speak on behalf of
the Government at Pretoria. AS for
the report itself, can neither confirm
nor deny 1t, but know of no reason
which would lead the Government at
Pretoria to take such decision"
Taking up clipping from the West
minister Gazette, of London, accusing
the Beers of firing upon surgeons and
ambulances on the fields, DR.. Leyds
continued
This extract from the Westminster
Gazette has come under my notice.
declare without hesitation that the
Boer soldier does not exist who would
knowingly fire on man employed on
al errand of mercy.
That mistakes occur on both sides
Is too evident from the reports pub
lished from time to time OF alleged
cruelties which fuller examination
has proved to be the result either OF
n misunderstanding or of ignorance of
the rules OF warfare. But the numer-
GUS accounts in the English press OF
the chivalry OF our men are in them
selves refutation OF such charges.
"One report says the Beers weEe
made to dig their graves before being
tied to a stake for execution. II this
is true, / can only express my horror
and indignation. Such acts OF barbar-
ity must henceforth sully the annals
of British warfare"
War News Notes.
Heavy storms are raging In Natal
Transvaal gold fields are said 10 be
mined.
Many French officers have Joined the
Boer army.
The Portuguese are closely watch
T. ing I4ourenzo Marques.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
BORN.

MoTT-SMITH-In this city, January
q, 1900, to the wife of II. NJ. Mott
Smith, son.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT, HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.-IN EQUITY.

Samuel M. Damon, Joseph o. Carter,
William o. Smith, Charles NJ
Hyde and William +. Allen, trus-
tees under the will of Bernice p.
Bishop, deceased, Plaintiffs, VS.. J.
NJ Dowsett, Administrator of the
Estate of ]. /. Dowsett, deceased,
Phoebe Makee Raymond, ]. III.
Raymond, Edward Dowsett, Mary
Parish, u. Parish, Alexander Dow
sett, Annie Brennan, r. b. Bren-
ham, Elizabeth j. Parker, David A.
Dowsett, Rowena Dowsett, Samuel
Dowsett, Marion G. Dowsett, GEN
evieve Dowsett, Madeline Dowsett
and Annie Dowsett, Defendants
Bill to Foreclose Mortgage and For
a Receiver.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Whereas, it appears by affidavit that
Marion C. Dowsett, Genevieve Dowsett
and r. B. Brennan, certain of the de-
PENDANTS in the above entitled suit, are
necessary parties to said suit, and that
they have been residents in the Re-
public of Hawaii but have removed
therefrom;
1t is ordered that service upon said
defendants may be made by publica-
ton of the summons issued in said
suit; and that said summons shall be
published in the Hawaiian Gazette
twice each week from the 9th day of
October, A. d. 1899, to the 30th day of
January, A. D. 1900; and that copy
of the summons and petition Of said
suit be deposited in the postoffice ad-
dressed to each of said defendants at
his or her last place of residence; or
that personal service of a copy Of said
petition and summons be made upon
said defendants out of the Republic.
Dated, Honolulu, October "a, A. D.
1899.
[Seal] A. PERRY,
First Judge of the Circuit Court for the
First Judicial Circuit.
Attest: GEORGE LUCAS, Clerk.
2919-28t
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Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-regula. call. L. o'clock m-washin-toa
and Trust. at 10. l35. Potu!llar Fire InSlr-
anc@, 40 at %. Real Estate Title Insurance. ; at
1o2Ls, loo IOsii loo at ioaIS. 20 at Io2s ~ at
,oal. 20 at le2l.. loo at Io2is loIai. 100 at
55le % at 55l,. - at 55lS Is at 55I~, IS st S.
at at 9ts, Mers,ntlaler Linotype, 10 at 1s4-, al
District Of Columbia Bonds.-6s. 1902 Boz year
funiins ln' bid G5S, Iasl funding, ms hid.
debt. 4. no I'D Metr.Iel.tan Railroad cert. in
l29 asked Columbia Railroad ID i,ort. IS. 1iot;
bid; IL -sked. Washington Gas 90. series A. 6s
bid L. ). Electric Light deb imp, IS. 100 hid IIs
asked L. 5, Electric Light cert. indc't.. Is io6
bid, il2 asked Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Is. loi I'D Chesapeake and Potcmsc Telephone
con: as loi bid los asked American Security and
lis bid. Washington Market Co inn. Cs Iia bill
Washington Market Co. cAtn- 6s, lla bid. Masonic
phone d.h. rs. 100 bid.
bid. 400 asked METROPOLITAN. Coz bid. Central
n9 tid Farmers I. and Meaanics. 20 bd Sc
bid capa 100 hid loo assrd I West i' Eni, i II1
bid Traders rs bid lbs asked. Lincoln 100
SAT-, Deposit and Trust Companies. National Safe
Deposit and Tr;isI l3ia! bid. 1871. asaed. WASH
and Trust, KISS bid. Washington Safe Deposit 40
II hid. MetroPolitan. = hi.l. 81 asked Corcoran.
81 bid Potomac, az bid. a asked. Arlington $50
b4H Loo a-k.t tIefinan-A mrr1ran, 200 bid M
fional tn!Or. IL lid, IL asked. Calunpia, 12ik
bid l5.4 nsked Riggs, s'S hid . asked. Peoples,
o. bid; ! asked commercial. bid, ~ asked.
Colonial III bid, lis asked
Til" lnsuran StDcks. -Real Estate Title. 81 hid.
70 ASKED. Columbia Title. 81 hid : asked Wash
ington Titlt, Sls bid District Title. 3is hid. 81
asked.
Railroad Sfo"ks.tapital Traction lu2 hid, I0ai,
asked Capital Traction scrip. 1O7ss hid. CITY ami
Suburban. 30 BID. Georgetown and Tenleytown, -
bid.
Gas Stocks Washington Gas, 5i5s bid. a5l, as
ed. tieorgcruwn Gas. sc bid.
rFalD yff.,1n SfnyE Ks H.,
bid. 81 asked Pennsylvania. SO bid
Miscellaneous Stocks.- Mergenthaler I.noryt,-
l?4la bid. 1875 asked I.lnston Mnaafvp, / 1 lii II
lsked. American Graphophone. H.. lid. lis; ask
ed. American Graphcphone preferred % hid II
asked. Pm umatic Qua Carriage 70 hid Nvrf1iE
and Washington Steamboat, xl+o bid. Lincoln Hall
CO bid ~
Nv diNsdnnJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-06
TO EXEMPT IMPROVEMENTS.
Proposed Change in Local Method of
Taxation.

Mr. Ridgely has introduced a bill in the
House. by request On. r. 10499), providing
that in making up of assessment books
of real estate assessed for taxation in the
District of Columbia for the tax year next
following the passage of this act there
shall be deducted from the assessed value
of all improvements therein specified an
amount, as to each improvement, equal to
five per centum of the assessed value
thereof and for each tax year thereafter
a similar additional deduction shall be
made. in such wise that after the TWEEN
tieth tax year hereafter no taxes upon i'm
provements shall be collected in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
That new improvements or additions to
old improvements hereafter assessed for
taxation in the District of Columbia shall
be assessed at the same proportion Of their
true value as shall al the time of such as
seSsment be chargeable with regard to old
improvements.
The Commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia shall be authorized to increase the
present maximum tax rate to such amount
as in their judgment will be required to Off
set any diminution of the revenues OF the
District of Columbia caused or to be caused
IN any way by the partial or entire exemp-
ton of improvements from taxation such
additional tax rate to be made as to agri-
cultural and non-agrcultural land at the
same proportionate rate as now exists be-
tween the tax rates of the two classes of
property.
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Only Horse Cars Permitted by the
Beers ut Johannesburg.

Street railways in South Africa is the sub
ject of report to the State Department by
Consul General Stowe. at Cape Town
From this report it appears that the street
railways of Cape Town have a track mile
age of twenty-five miles, the employees num-
Der 300 men. and fifteen singe-deck motor
cars thirty-two double-deck and eight trail
er cars are in use. The cars are all made
! in America. The single-deckerS have large
platforms in front and rear. with roomy seats
for the accommodation of smokers. Trail
ers are attached to the double-deckers
morning and evening to accommodate the
increased traffic. LAS the English people
are kind to the blacks" says the consul
general. no distinction is made on the
cars" New cars have been lately ordered
from the United States to serve the in
creasing population caused by the exodus
of refugees from the Transvaal and the
large number of soldiers in the city. who at
half price are good patrons. No passes or
free tickets are furnished. Outside of the
Philippines no city has larger proportion
of Malays than Cape Town. Mr. stowe
says they are pleasure-lovins people and
devote Saturdays and Sundays TO pleasure
principally picnics and fishing. They are
good patrons of the tram lines. The fare
is Is cents for a distance of from two to
three miles. Eight miles, the extent of the
longest line, costs 36 cents.
The lines in Cape Town and Port Eliza
beth are owned by an English company
They were built by American mechanics,
are managed by Americans and are source
of revenue to American manufacturers. as
supplies come from the United States. The
consul general says there are no better
built lines in the world. The Port Eliza
beth system consists of eleven miles Of
track with twelve singie-deck. six double
deck and two trailer cars. There are 100
employees.
In kimberley one-horse cars still run over
a line eight miles in length. After the war
the power will undoubtedly be changed to
electricity.
Al Johannesburg the same style Of cars
are used : at Kimberley. the government
having refused to grant concessions for the
building of an electric line. for the reason
that the farmers would lose the sale of
forage foats straw" Even the bicycle is
objected to for the same reason and a
heavy tax is placed on it.
Electric tram lines have been recently
constructed in East London. and the sub
stitutiou Of electric cars for the horse cars
used in Durham is expected soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-06
Liquidation in the Pacific Railway
Issues Today.
ADVANCE IN THE INDUSfRIALS
Sugar and Tobacco Both in Good
Demand.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK. April 6-The tendency to-
ward proit-taking noted in Yesterdays
stock market was apparent during the early
trading this morning. London sent over an
irregular range of prices and was not in
clined TO trade extensively in either account.
AS was TO have been expected, the realiz-
ing sales were confined largely to the Pa
citic stocks and other members of the mid
die group
The selling was aided by the newspaper
accounts OF friction between the Speyar
and Huntington interests In Southern Pa
enc. The recent reluctance of this propcr-
ty has been commented upon as foreshad
owing internal complications. and the fail
ure to recognize the banking interest in the
reorganization of the directory was taken
TO indicate a rupture in personal relations
which might be made the basis for attack
on the price of the stock
some selling did follow, but Southern Pa
CHIC merely reflected the conditions which
Were applicable to the general market and
developed no pronounced special movement
IN either direction. The strength of the
Jay market was best shown in some of
the Older Specialties
American Sugar was advanced under 4
sood demand from sources supposed to be
IN thorough touch with the actual trade
CONDITION. All sorts of rumors were IN no
he2rd, some of them most improbable. but
some were sufficiently within the range of
possibility to attract buying.
ne street Is convinced that an important
ueai Is IN progress, and is inclined strongly
% me o%iiet that change in ownership is
the Hkely outcome of the present price
movement There is a strong buving marty
IN evidence, and the price moves silv
whenever the den and increases Tho ! npr
cent gam today came from sources mo-
turns 7lSIuldINe
american Tobacco was marked up under
Ihe influence of favorable trade deyeIon-
IhehtS, ana Its several proteges cana in
lor sympathetic advance
Ieople Gas was given support from in
sue sources and the hope is again ex
pressed that the company is emerging fro1,
legislative attacks '''i''
me earning capacity of the corporation
mas never been questioned and investors
haFe been well paid for their patience in
inns respect, but the market price has never
pten allowed to remain long near its value
because or series of political threats
"hich nave scared out a considera bIe block
oi IohS stock from time to time
Zoe time is fast approaching when ma
tlohal politlcs will play an important part
IN the daily trading. Recent events have
already brought this discussion and
pohucal confusion cannot fail to encour-
age and roster selling rather than buyinR
me reactonary movement TODAY was in
some measure explained on these grounds,
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May Run as Independent.
THE LETTER STOCK.
Negotiations for Its Purchase by
Washington Traction Company.

According to the current gossip in street
railroad circles, negotiations have practi-
cally been completed by which the shares,
numbering 1870, of the Metropolitan Street
Railroad Company owned by Mrs. L. z.
Letter will become the property of the
Washington Traction and Electric Com
pany, the concern which controls the sys-
TEN OF street railroads of which the
action is completed as negotiated
company, with the exception of about 100
shares. will be owned by the Washington
Traction and Electric Company. 1t is not
known exactly what was paid for the stock,
but it is claimed that Mrs Letter did not
receive any more than was paid to the
other holders of the Metropolitan stock
when the road was purchased $3.50 per
share. Others, however, are of the opinion
that she was paid much higher price and
the figure named in some instances is as
high as $3.50 per share.
But 1t is said to be proba BILE that while
the real value paid was not more than $3.50.
the face value might be greater as it is
claimed that a part of the consideration is
stock of the Washington Traction and
Electric Company.
The completion of such sale would
mean the end of the suit brought in the
name of Mrs. Letter against the railroad
company. asking for an accounting and
protesting against the continuance of the
policy by which the various street rail-
roads are now managed as one system.
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CURIOsITIEs OF QUoauE.
Capt. BObstay's Remarkable and In.
tel!iEent Oyster Chickenx

| Il read story the other day in The Star -
| said a truthful Washington man, about an
intelligent family of swimming cats some
where down near New Orleans, and it re-
minds me of the existence of Capt. Bob
stays breed of oyster chickens which he
raises on the Great South bay of Long ISL
and
Capt. Bobstay runs a big Pekin duck
hatchery in one of the creeks emptying into
| the bay 'ducking in that vicinity being now
| the principal industry. Once it was oysters
and clans. Though Capt Bobstay makes a
| large income from his ducks, the joy and
solace of his advancing years is his flock
| of oyster chickens. The captain is very
| fond of oysters and clans, being an old salt
himself, and these chickens, with an appre-
citation and intelligence almost human. try
| to assuage the advance of the infrmitjes of
| old age by solictous and thoughtful atten-
lions. This flock of oyster chickens is nre-
sided over by a sage old rooser, whose one
wish Is to please the captain. 1t is trained
with consummate skill. Every day precise
| ly at noon the cavalcade. headed by the old
rooster, slowly flies down the incline of the
lawn to the sloping shores of the bay. TAX
| ing a position on the top of a stump from
where he can command the view Of the
operations, the old rooster, in commanding
tones. crows out his orders 10 his crew
Ten Of these wonderfully intelligent am
phibiouS oyster chickens at once fly into the
water and swim out to where the captains
private oyster bed is located. Five of this
advance guard with their left claw holding
their nostrils, dive down to the muddy bot
tom. where, picking up an oyster each, rise
to the surface and place it on the backs OF
| the five chickens who in the meantime are
patiently floating about. When each chick
ems back is loaded with three oysters all
swim ashore. and shake their feathers dry
before proceeding to the house with their
| catch. The captain once objected to their
| coming into the kitchen with wet feet and
| dripping feathers. so. out of regard for his
feelings they considerably shake them
selves.
We'll, when all are ready to proceed,
| these intelligent oyster chickens each picks
| up bivalve in his bill. and in columns
| four they march up to the house, into the
kitchen, where they deposit their freight at
| the cooks feet. the old rooster cuckiflg and
| growing proudly. All the chickens, for that
matter feel stuck up.
The captain is always delighted to show
his pets to visitors, and people who doubt
| the accuracy Of this story can easily find
| him when they are summering or touring
near QuoQue."