The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-24
HOME RULERS NOW
WITHOUT PIANO
THERESAS MUSICAL INSTRU-
ONE, WAS SOLD FOR \ SONG.

Therasa's piano was sold today at
noon at public auction. The sale at
tracted the largest crowd in front of
the police station that any auction sale
in recent years has drawn. Princess
Theresa was not present however. She
was represented by the piano, but there
were others on hand.
There were policemen, prize fighters
sailors, draymen, doctors, politicians,
lawyers and apparently every class Of
individuals except musicians. The most
noticeable fact was the total absence
of Home Rulers. Edgar Caypless, the
Home Rule nominee for the Senate.
was the bravest of the party. Like
Jobs warhorse he scented the music
from afar, but the scent was enough
for Caypless for he did not venture
nearer than the post office steps. The
resa was nowhere visible.
When Eugene Sullivan, the Demo-
cratic leader came hurrying up to the
sale it was thought he intended rescue
ing the piano and restoring it to the
wife of the Congressional candidate of
the Democratic party, but Eugene had
merely come to swell the crowd.
1t was suggested to Gardner Wilder,
the Democratic nominee for the House
from the Fourth district that he could
win the gratitude of the Home Rulers
y
rescuing the doomed piano. But Wild
er murmured something about the law
not allowing too heavy campaign eX-
! penses and being elected on his own
| merits and not on the dement's of a
! piano and then ducked into the police
! station.
The piano was of uncertain vintage
In fact it evidently came out of the
same shop and about the same time
| wi nd 70 OF "a ,p,
of Theresa will probably be delighted
to learn that the instrument has stop
ped short for them. Some body OF
! Berlin was alleged to be responsible
for the instrument The maker prob
| ably ran a tin shop for the music from
the piano indicated the presence of the
most varied and resonant aggregation
of tin pans. High Sheriff Brown seri-
Ously thought of bidding the insrru
ment in and utilizing it in place OF
a punching bag for the officers on tn,
police force.
! DR.. Emerson, the commissioner of tbs
! insane, was also present. IL was no
officially announced that ne was Their,
! with the view of committing anybody
who bid more than two dollars, bu
some significance was attached to hi
! presence.
Fred Maxine, the Japanese shippinl
I
/ kino evidently desired to use the piano
as a syren with which to entice un
| suspecting sailors into his office anJ
then shanghai them aboard his ships
! Auctionaer Schermerhorn said h
would give $50 for the instrument
In what Confederate money!" Blu
the auctioneer finally got the crowC
excited and ran the bids up TO $50 be
fore anybody realized he had captur
ed the meeting The bidding then lag
ged and it seemed as if the instrumen
was to go al that figure. But dint o
hard work SchermerhOrn just SAVED
! himself from the court and came III
bright and smiling for the next round
He finally sold the piano to James Hill
for $35
Just wait until Magoon hears abou
that fellows reckless bidding" declar'
ed Maxine, "he will be getting a spend
! thrift trust out for him"
oh. phshaw," replied Sullivan, the
piano can be fixed all right
| Yes, with an AK