The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-01-06
HONOLULU
CELEBRATES


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Pacific. We Join In the fluctuations
over the momentous event and believe
the cable viii be an important factor
in the commercial and Industrial sue.
cess ana prosperity Of Hawaii May ~
bind M forever IN friendly and business
ties.
n. n. WATKINS.
President
As Secretary Cooper read the last
message from Clarence w. Mackay. Mr.
Eustis arose, and In a voice every part
OF the embowered space In front of the
stand, said:
EUSTIS AS A PROPHET.
II want to make a prediction. I'm
not much of a prophet, but will pre-
dict that when you dedicate your new
public building, that you will receive a
message from the President of Mars, a
message from the governor of Jupiter
and one from the mayor of Saturn.
daughter and applause) Why, it was
only twenty-five years before Captain
Cook landed on these Islands that Ben
Jamin Franklyn was out with a kite
and key tied to the string trying to
lVt1u soihCtulh6 lIOD SlOlI ClOuuS.
He waited and waited, and finally
shiver came down the line like the rails
ing OF the hair on a cats back. He
says, She is coming and she came. /
remember in my life of going to the
funeral of Morse, the great inventor,
and today you have the fruits Of
Mackay, the enterprising man. the
man of action. Today you see the
cars on the streets roll by with cleo
tricity propelling them; you bake your
bread with electricity; you talk thou
sands Of miles on wires; you have the
X-rays and can read a mans thoughts,
and the girls can see his heart beat.
CLaughter.)
81 want to express my thanks to the
business men Of Honolulu. They are
among the best | have ever met, full
of enterprise and push. You have
made my life very pleasant during my
stay. | don't know where else you can
find business men so full of enterprise.
/ went to your theatre the other even
ing and saw production by local tai
ent, and 1t was surprisingly good. And
so 1t is in all things here-you have to
rely upon yourselves and it develops a
high type of manhood and womanhood.
The beautiful women OF Honolulu, God
bless them! l believe know them all.
Your business men and they have made
my task easy. Why, l have stood on
your street corners perhaps half OF my
time, Just to watch the pretty girls go
by.
at is not the hand that lays the
cable, but the hand that rocks the era
die that rules the world" daughter
and applause.)
With music from the band, the great
assemblage dispersed.
FAMOUS FLAG RAISED.
The big, handsome thirty-foot United
States flag which foated over the CAPT.
toll building yesterday in honor OF the
! celebration was the same one which
has become famous in American Ha-
waiian history. 1t was the flag which
was raised with so much ceremony on
| Flag Raising Day, August IL, 1898
when the Hawaiian Islands were for
mally taken over by the United States
by Admiral Miller, U. S. N. just after the
Hawaiian standard had been lowered
from the same staff Last evening al
sunset national salute was fired by
! the Capitol battery in its honor when II
was lowered for the day.
THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
The fireworks display in the Capitol
grounds last evening attracted thou
/ sands of people there who filled the
driveways and occupied all the lawn
space about the stand. The defamation
OF the mortars, with the resulting ex'
plosions in mid-air, were impressive
and old and young alike gazed at the
pyrotechnics for more than an hour
The report from the mortars al
times was deafening. but it wa!
all music to the sight-seers. Cho
ruses Of "Ahs" followed each ascend
ing and exploding piece. Wrigglint
snakes, showers Of sparks. fire ballooni
and rockets formed pleasing SIX!
picture. One bomb exploded in thu
trees, but no one was hurt.