The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-06

You cannot imagine how extremely
aggrayating it is to wait in Honolulu
while the fine Occidental & Oriental
beats come and go, and not be able to
travel on them Something surely should
be done to remedy such a state Of
things"
Dr. King came to San Francisco on the
Alameda, which arrived in the fog
day or two after the Rio de Janeiro ran
ashore and sank with such a loss of life.
I'VE blamed our captain for being eau
tious and having cold feet, but when
the fog lifted, and we saw where we
were, and when We heard what had hap
pened to the Rio, We were truly thank
ful for his foresight
HAWAIIAN STAMPS BURNED.
The Postoffice Department recently de-
stroyed about $4,000 postal cards which
belonged to the Republic of Hawaii.
About $4,000 1-cent and $4,000 2-cent cards
were burned. This last remnant OF Ha-
waits postal service was placed in
big furnace especially constructed by the
Redemption Division for the purpose of
destroying the postal cards and postal
stamps of Hawai's republican govern
ment. About a month ago all of the
Hawaiian uncancelled postage stamps
obtainable were burned. Their face val
ua was about SOS, 600, but if the Depart
least 100000 would have been given for
them by enterprising collectors.
Apropos of stamps, there is a story
current here of how a Washington cor
respondent to one of the San Francisco
papers had to pay the Government two
cents and foot the bill for a champagne
supper. 1t happened in this wise: He
somehow became possessed of a Cana
dian 2-cent stamp and, being of an in
quiring turn of mind, thought to discov-
er its value in this country by affixing
the stamp to an envelope and sending it
addressed through the mail He adopt
ed the idea and sent a note to a friend
who received it, but with the stamp I'M
cancelled Next day he saw his friend,
who informed him of the receipt of the
note with the uncancelled stamp. Now,
though it never before had been sus-
pected that this particular correspond
ent was in sympathy with the English,
he Immediately jumped to the conclusion
that the officials of the Department had
sent the letter through the Office with
the stamp uncancelled out of courtesy
and respect to the face of the Queen pic
tured on the stamp, and he so expressed
himself in language choice and vigorous
The outcome of the matter was wager
of supper with a few cold bottles on
the side, and Mr.. Correspondent was
given the assignment of calling at the
Department and getting proof from the
officials. He took the first opportunity
you may be sure, of doing this by call
ing on the Postmaster General the next
day and laying the matter before him.
When Postmaster General Smith heard
courtesy to the Queen his face took
a smile, half of pity and half of amuse-
ment and he said
THAT stamp went through the office
not by courtesy to the Queen but through
the blunder of some official. Canadian
stamps are not taken as postage in this
country and that letter should have been
marked Held for Postage a 2-cent due
stamp affixed and two cents collected by
the letter-carrier. and, although I can
not compel you to do so, it would be a
'courtes yto the Department for you to
pay the two cents now" The corre-
spondent saw it was up to him. so
he paid the two cents like a little man
and a supper for two with few cold
bottles on the side is one of the sched-
uled events of the very near future, he
only proviso being that one of the toasts
shall not be courtesy to the Queen.
NATIONAL BANK STATEMENT.
The Treasury Department has recent
ly received the first statement issued by
the National Bank of Hawaii, at Homo
lulu. This bank was established on Au-
gust %, 1900, with a capital stock paid in
amounting to 100000. In the five months
in which it has been operating the ag-
gregate assets have grown to about ST.,
000, 000 and the individual deposits amount
to $3.50, 29S, or nearly four-fifths of the
capital stock.
Treasury officials have received the Ho-
nolulu banks statement with much sat
isfaction, and say it is a good example
of the amount of confidence strangers
and foreigners have in American con-
Germs. This is the only national bank in
operation in any of the new island pos
sessions.
COL. SANGER'S MISSION.
Col. Joseph p Sanger, who has been
ordered TO Manila for duty as inspector
general of the division of the Philip
pines has special instructions to stop at
Honolulu en- route and inspect military
pests in Hawaii. Considerable land has
been taken for military purposes i'll the
vicinity of Honolulu, and some of the
ground also has been acquired for forth
fication purposes. The condition of this
property, as well as the condition of the
small force of United States troops in the
Island, will come under the observation
of Col Sanger while in Hawaii.
KE AU HoU MUTINY.
The Treasury Department has inves-
tigated the report of mutiny among Por-
to Ricaus on the steam he Au Hou in
the harbor of Honolulu bound for sugar
on the Island of Maui in
and finds it to have been high
l. exaggerated. One of the Porto Ri
cans, while under the influence of liquor,
threatened the master of the vessel with
a knife. The master, Who was some
what timid, instead of combining this
man in a cabin, put back to Honolulu,
and asked the police to take the man
ashore. AS this man. however, had
money belonging to other Porto Ricans,
they objected to his being sent ashore,
and a policeman was brought on board
to protect the captain until Maui was
reached, when the only Porto Rican in
viewed in the trouble sobered up, and
the so-called ''mutiny" ceased.
The Patent Office has granted patent
to William c. Gregg of Honolulu on a
communicating machine.
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