The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-02

the Hanjin Company that it is expect
ed, says the Asa, that the negotia-
tons with Mr.. Brady will be abandon
ed.
INVASION OF BUTTERFLIES.
According TO vernacular papers, quite
a remarkable spectacle was witnessed
in the neighborhood of Ushigome, To-
kyo, on Sunday night in the appear
ance of multitudes of small butterflies.
At first the army of butterflies collected
round the street electric light lamp in
front of a green grocer's shop at Bahia
shita. Their united huttering made, it
is said, fearful noise. The keeper of
the house, with presence of mind, made
a pile of ffrewood and set fire to it thus
destroying thousands of butterflies. The
army of butterflies then attacked the
street lamp in front of a macaroni-
house in the same street where they
were also repulsed by the same tactics.
The invaders made attacks on sever
al other places but were likewise de-
feated every time, their number being
considerably thinned down. Eventually
the survivors flew away.
IMPERIAL WOODEN LEGS.
Seven survivors of the late Aonori
disaster received artificial limbs from
the Empress in the presence of the
Commander and other officers of the
Eighth Army Division on the 9Th inst.
They left the barracks in Aomori for
home the following day.
TIDAL WAVE AT ODAWARA.
On the 4th and 5th inst. Odawara
and Yoshihama were visited by extra
ordinarily high waves and much dam
70 ia M
age was done at Yoshihama than at
Odawara The former is little fish
ing village on the coast some ten miles
from Odawara. About o'clock on the
afternoon of the 4th inst. the sea began
to show an unusual state of disturbance
and shortly afterwards high waves
commenced to break on the shore with
tremendous force though there was not
much wind. Gradually the waves in
J creased in height breaking the en-
bankments and inundating the fields.
Many houses built on low-lying parts
along the coast were flooded. AS soon
as the dangerous nature of the waves
was made known the police authorities
summoned some 700 firemen and other
coolies VINO in addition to host OF
willing helpers OF the town were en-
pIoyed in the protection of the embank-
ments extending more than two miles
from Odawara to .KodZu. Several thou
sands of sand-bags were piled beneath
the entertainments to protect them from
devastation by the waves. Meanwhile
the waves came dashing on the shore
with ever increasing force washing away
the pile Of sand bags and the efforts Of
the workers were of little avail
Through the night of the 4th the mer
were engaged in the protection of thf
embellishments which gave way in some
places. At o'clock on the morning o
the 5th at full tide, waves more thar
20 feet in height came rolling over tht
establishments submerging some of tn
houses near the shore. This state o
affairs continued throughout the 5tl
and 9Th. On the night of the 9th heav!
rain began to fall, eXtinguishing tn
torches used by the workmen, who wer
greatly handicapped in their work.
sentry was posted on a hill near by ant
every time there came a high wav
gave warning to the workmen by ring
ing bells so that they might avoid tn
wave. By Sunday morning tn
! waves had considerably subsidized. Man.
men were caught in the waves AM
: dashed against the embankments Tw
men were seriously injured and ST
others slightly, At Odawara about 3
houses were demolished and more thai
200 inundated while at Yoshihama 2
houses were demonsheu and 20 flooded