The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-21
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE. TUESDAY 81, r9o,-sEMrwEEKLY.
CLAIMANTS
CHANCE NOW

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noon yesterday the bid for the fir,
claims bonds was opened in the pres
ence of Governor Dole. Secretary Car.
ter and other department officials. The
bid was sealed in small envelope, and
1t wasn't known whether 1t contained
an offer for the whole issue or for one
bond. The opening OF the envelope
soon settled that question, for the bid
was for but one of the 81 900 bonds. and
1t was from Samuel Herrck, an attor-
ney of Washington, d. C. None of the
local banks or any one else put in a
bid. The bid was for par, and all the
other conditions Of the regulations were
complied with, but 1t Is doubtful
whether Mr. Herrick will get the bond
he wants. The Governor Is given the
discretion of refusing any or all bids,
and the fact that Herricks bond would
be the only one upon which the inter-
est would have to be paid at the Wells,
Fargo Bank in New York may deter
the Governor from accepting it.
The bonds will now be offered in the
open market, under the provisions of
the rules prescribed by the Secretary Of
the Interior. These are as follows:
In event of no bids being received
pursuant to the public notice, herein
authorized, or should the bids not pro-
vide, In the judgment of the Governor
of the Territory, for the purchase of a
sufficient number of bonds, or in case
of the rejection of all proposals for the
purchase of bonds, or of a portion of
proposals and the acceptance of others,
the Governor of the Territory Is au-
thorized, in his discretion, to sell the
/ ini,
less than their face value in open mar
ket; in the latter event, the Judgment
claimant or any one claiming through
him, shall have the. preferential right
to purchase, at not less than their face
value, any of the bonds unsold."
If the fire claimants accept these
bonds there will be no trouble in get
ting rid of the entire issue. Deputy
Auditor Meyers has gone through the
books and found that there are over
five hundred claimants who are entitled
to $1,000 and over, and If they are will
ling to take bonds in lieu of cash there
Will be no further trouble. Secretary
Carter was of the opinion yesterday
that there could be no payment of the
fire claims until the bonds are disposed
of in some manner He is having pre-
pared the record now OF the Fire
Claims Commission for the use of Mr.
MacLennan, who will probably be out
in few days. The bonds can now be
given to the fire claimants, according
to the orders of the Secretary of the
Interior, and there will be no further
delay in paying the judgments, provid-
ed that sufficient number of the
claimants come forward and accept
the bonds as cash.
go % . . . |
House man, waving the Captains lug |
gage aside.
THAT is so good of you," replied Cap
tain Windham. equally polite.
STILL said the Customs House man. |
1--WE have to be a little careful about |
Chinese. He is your boy, is he not? !
think it will be all right. I'll telephone |
the man in charge-but l have no doubt
it will be all right, if you will be respon-
sible."
by Jove!' said the Captain do
you know had forgotten all about that
American law. l don't want to violate
any law. l don't want to be RESPONSE
BILE. But you won't run away, will
you?" turning toward the grinning
Celestial. by Jove! if you run away,
you know, l don't know what I'll do to
you"
Me no lun," said the boy, still grim
ming. And he didn't. He went back
aboard the Amphltrites launch and re-
turned to the cruiser, probably in some
fear of what the American law might
do to him If it caught him ashore alone
As to Captain Windham, he went away
up town to visit some friends of his and
get his first taste of Honolulu hospitali-
ty, and with him went Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Paley, tourists of London, who
came as his guests in the ship from
Yokohama and who are on tour of the
world.
WILL PROCEED BY DORIC.
They will leave the ship here. In
fact they left it yesterday, and their
luggage was brought ashore in the
launch that brought the Captain. 1t
was not passed, however, as his had I
been. Mr.. Paley did not belong to the {
cruiser. And n forlorn looking maid
staid at the boat landing opening ;
trunks and things while the inspectors I
saw that there was nothing dutiable in {
them. 1t Is the purpose of the Paleys to
go on to the Coast in the Doric, due
to leave here next Tuesday.
The Amphitrite will remain in this
port until May 4, She is to meet here, l
as is already known, the cruiser /
Amphion and the torpedo boat destroy
IT'S Sparrowhawk and Virago, which are {
expected to arrive from Esquimalt
about the 25th inst. The Amphion will c
turn over the smaller craft here to
the care of the Amphitrite, and will {
later return to Esquimalt, leaving to /
the big cruiser now here the task of
the little vessels on across
to the coast of Asia. The Virago and
the Sparrowhawk are both twin-screw
ships of 800 tons and $500 indicated :
horse power.
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