Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-14
BIG FIRE IN HONOLULU
TaE Loss Is ESTIMATED AT
100000.
Naval Vessels En- R0afe Home
Japanese Protest at Treatment
81 Consul OkAbe.

correspondence Associated Press.
HONOLULU, August 6, VIA San Francis
co. August i.-Fire today destroyed $2OO.-
600 worth of property in the heart Of the
city. The principal loser is the hardware
firm Of E. o. Hall & Sons, S15o.eeO.
A large mass meeting of Japanese resi-
dents of Honolulu was held last Friday
evening to protest against the action OF
DR.. l.. E., Cofer. United States quarantine
officer, in subjecting s. Okabe. japanese
vice CONSUL, and his wife to a physical
examination when they arrived here July
p. The meeting ended in the adoption OF
strong resolutions, copies Of which viii be
sent to the japanese minister at Washing
ton and to President Mckinley and other
officials at Washington. When the vessel
plague, was reported on board and the yes
sci was kept in quarantine until the nature
of the sickness was investigated. Okabe
and his wife, who were cabin passengers
were subjected, it is alleged, to a physical
examination, while the other cabin passen-
gers were not.
Answers have been filed by two of the de-
PENDANTS in the suits of the United States
to condemn lands for the Pearl harbor
naval station. They are the Honolulu
Plantation Company and the Oahu Sugar
Company, two of the corporations princl-
pally interested They claim S2l0, 900 each.
the federal condemnation suit at Sf6,9o9.
Some of the navy docks at Pearl harbor
Will be natural stone wharveS. In some
parts of the harbor the reef is already as
straight up and down the piles of
wharf. The land rises like a solid stone
wall. and all that will be necessary will be
to dredge away the mud to permit big
steamers to lie alongside.
The night schools established here to en-
able Hawaiians to learn the English lam
guage have been discontinued, as it was
found that the attendance was almost ex-
cluSiVelY of ASiatics. The object of estab-
fishing the schools was to spread knowl-
edge of the English language among the
Hawaiians, but after an experiment OF
over a year it has been found that few
Hawaians attend. There was large at
tendance of Chinese and Japanese adults
and children. the adults in a majority.
Reports We're brought here from Japan
by two Japanese immigration commission
ers that there are about 5000 Japanese
there who want to come to Hawaii and
that the restrictions on immigration is
about to be taken off. 1t is stated, how
ever that If such a large number begin
preparations to come the imperial govern
ment will stop them. fearing objections
from the United States.
The United States gunboat Petrol left
here on August on her way to San Fran
cisco. after long service in the Philippines.
On the same day the Bennington arrived
from Manila. also on her way home The
cruiser Philadelphia is here coaling and
will also leave for San Francisco in a few
days.
The United States has model little
army in the Samoan Islands, according to
the officers Of the Philadelphia. who state
that the Tutuila Naval Guard is one Of the
best drilled bodies of troops in the world.
The natives look upon the soldier business
with great enthusiasm when given a
chance to enlist under the American flag
and they have been drilled until they show
great perfection in military movements.
The Samoan troops wear red turbans, white
navy undershirts, blue dungaree lava
lavas or breech cloths, with two red
straps around the hem. The legs and feet
are bare.