The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-23

the two routes in the past week tht
- some think there will be no canal la
- at this session of Congress- Just wha
a. now can forecast with intelligence. bu
> your correspondent believes the chance
are IL favor of a bill of some kind be
. ing sent to the President before Con
20 gress adjourns. The Panama rout
will undoubtedly receive very seriou
consideration in the Senate, especial!
il greater assurances of the good faitl
and the feasibility of the $40, 100000 Of
fer reach here soon. There is a dispo
sition on the part of many business
Senator'S. like Mr.. Hanna, 70 go into
the question thoroughly and carefully
and select the best route, whichever
that may be. OF course the opposition
that the transcontinental railroads can
command will be a factor in the de-
bate, which will likely be long.
HAWAIIANS AT WASHINGTON.
Mrs Judd, wife of the late Chief
Justice Judd, of Hawaii, has been Wis
ting at the residence of Judge Hart
well, on Sixteenth street, and has been
entertained by many of her old friends
here. A luncheon was given in her
honor January 10. by Mrs. William
Haywood, at 1712 street.
Delegate Wilcox is improving slight
ly and, Notwithstanding the serious as
poets of his case, there are hopes on
the part of his friends for his reco.-- |
cry. He began to pick up about jan
uary 9, then relapsed, and for the last |
two days his improvement has been
steady. His malady is pronounced by
the physicians ulcer of the stomach,
hayes. 1t was feared by his physic-
ians that if one or two more of these
hemorrhages should follow at this
stage OF his illness it Nigh; prove
fatal. He is receiving every attention.
but the fact is not overlooked that his
iold on life at this time is very slim. ;
His attending physicians are DR.. /,
larry A. Sellhausen and DIR. Ernes. ,
'ellhausen; brothers, who have been {
listing him two or three times dailv. .
Dr. Muncaster attended him ONLY in :
ne initial stages of his illness. Their g
Ford of him is less hopeful than that :
wen at the house, 1907 H. street, by r
is secretary. DR.. Harry Sellhausen E
tated this morning that Mr.. Wilcox n
'as about the same, but that he had h
tile hopes for his recovery.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani has moved
18th her encourage from the Ebbitt n
louise, where she has been living for l,
everal weeks. 1t was her purpose p.
ON the start to engage private q
,sidence If one could be found. On G
anuary she moved to Ella o street, al
comfortable residence in the fashion ii;
Die section of the city, not far from ar
upont Circle. -
Prince David and his bride. accord .,
& to the dispatches in the newspapers "
is morning, are already in the East. a.
Id may be in Washington this even II
g. They were reported from Chicago go
the way to Washington to assist nc
e ex-Queen in her claim for the III
own lands. 1t may be, however, that ON
ey will first go to New York. RI
neither Colonel and Mrs Parker are NJ,
so of the party is not known here -
t Colonel Parker is expected here on
~ 'aNe "p soiile Vi the matters ga
at pertain to Hawaii now before j,
ngress. 90
THE CHINESE QUESTION int
ar. Edgar CaypIess has been back mi
e from New York for several days, an
i is frequent visitor at the Capt. inc
He has begun his campaign in be- ma
f of an exception to the Chinese wa
fusion act that Will enable the i'm y
tation of Chinese into the Hawaiian An
lnds. Mr.. Caypless is especially in bee
ested in a proposed amendment for on
benefit of the rice planters When Orr
was in New York lie had numerous con
'tographs made into half-tone pic voc
es which he proposes to distribute tire
ong the Senators and members of Wa
House to convince them regarding n
status and Importance of the rice sew
lstry in the Islands, at
our correspondent has written in onl.
1ious letters his conviction that any Ter
endment to the Chinese exclusion mar
this winter in favor of Hawaii is TO I
'rly impracticable and impossible. VIII
n the view that congressman are i'll
ns OF the question This. however, notl
) not deter Mr.. Caypless from com
ting MS campaign of education. the
he will follow it for some time. Il
plils before the foreign relations elias
mittees have not been taken up law.
but undoubtedly will be before etc.
a
lere is one hope. somewhat distant. int,
Re sure. but still worth keeping in ST
4. After the re-enactment of the stea