The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-28

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ervelt and X. j. Imanishi
\ discussion was held on the num-
Der Of japanese subscriptions which
have been coming in steadily to the
treasurer These have been more nu-
meTous than the Individual subscrlp-
tions of the Americans and other ma
tionalities, as far as numbers go. The
subscriptions among the japanese have
been extensive in the outside districts.
! The committee expressed itself strong
ly that pressure should be brought to
bear upon the Americans and other
nationalities in the Islands to send in
| their subscriptions with more alacrity
Mr.. Rothwell suggested the drafting
Of a proposition for the Improvement
in the system of making collections
and report at the next meeting thereon
The suggestion was adopted.
A vote of thanks was extended to
/ Mr.. Rothwcl for his active work as
treasurer during the absence of Mr..
| Cooke.
Upon motion of Mr. Westervelt that
| another member be added to the COM
mittee on grounds, so that during Mr..
| DOle's absence there would be three
! members remaining on the committee,
| Mr.. McCandless was elected, and VIII
associate on the committee with
Messrs c. NJ. Cooke and f. a. Schaef-
| er.
Under a recent order of the War De-
partment the National Guard organiz-
J ations of the country are to be equip
| ped with krag- Jorgensen rifles, of the
| same manufacture as now used in the
| regular army
1t is quite probable that the next al
| lotment received by the Hawaiian Ma
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Adjutant General Soper recently sent
in an order to the Secretary of War
! for two hundred Springfelds for the
Use of the local companies, and it is
| probable that if the krag- Jorgensens
are being issued, Hawaii will get these
instead Of the Springfield rifles.
| Hawaii now gets an annual appro-
priation of $4,000 for the use of the Ma
tional Guard, though that amount
must be used in equipment and is not
cash. The new order for rifles will al
/ most exhaust the present appropria-
| ton, the National Guard here having
formerly received a large quantity of
clothing, rifles and other accoutre-
ments.
The officers Club has issued invita-
lions for smoker to be given next
Saturday. The officers of the army and
navy, government officials and others,
will be included in the invitation list.
! The committee in charge of the af-
| fair is composed of Messrs. Smith, My
ers, Paris, Davey and Brown.
| The Noeau arrived yesterday morn
| ing from Hawaii and Maui with 1156
bags of sugar. The steamer has been
away from Honolulu eleven days and
has had a rough time of it with wind
and weather. At HOnokaa she landed
mail and passengers and half of her
! general freight. The sea was so rough,
! however, that one of the boats was
damaged and a boat load of freight
lost.
From Honokaa, the Noeau went to
Kukuihaele and after discharging
freight, proceeded to Waipio, where
she lay for several days unable to work
on account of the rough weather. She
| left Waipio last Wednesday but could
not work at Honokaa or Kukuihaele.
| The Noeau then went to Hilo for pro-
visions, returning to Honokaa on
/ Thursday morning, where it was still
| too rough to do anything. She then
| proceeded again to Kuhuihaele and
| succeeded in getting 1856 sacks of sugar
| aboard. The steamer managed to land
| all her Kukuihaele freight but returned
here with some of her Honokaa freight
| still on board.
1t is rarely that water can be held
! directly responsible for starting a fire,
| but yesterdays rain ignited the blaze
! that did considerable damage al the old
| automobile stables on King street
| Levers q Cooke are using the stables
| as store house for lime, and hundreds
of barrels of the stuff are piled up on
the floor of the heavy stone building
During the heavy rainstorm water was
forced into the storeroom. and came in
contact with the unslacked lime. Ma
turally intense heat was engendered,
| which In turn set fire TO the wooden
| barrels and woodwork, and for a time
IL looked as II serious confagration
might result, An alarm was promptly
turned in and the department arrived