The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-10

Letters and reports received yester-
day seem to indicate that the grandeur
of the Mokuaweoweo eruption is shar-
ed generally on Hawaii, the reflection
being seen from the Volcano House,
Hilo and the Kona side. The manager
of the hotel at Kilauea announces that
a party has started for the summit in
clear weather.
Miss Anna NJ. Paris, in a letter to
Mrs. Harriet Castle Coleman, an
nounces that she obtained a magnifi-
cent view of the eruption from the rear
of her house, situated on the Kona side
of the mountain. This communication,
reproduced herewith with a letter from
W. F. Reynolds, once a resident of
lands largely affected by the volcanic
disturbances, tends strongly to corrob-
crate the theory advanced by Joseph
S. Emerson in Friday mornings Ad-
vertiser that the flow will break out
upon the Kona side of the mountain at
the place of least natural resistance.
SEEN FROM KONA.
Following is the letter from Miss
Paris to Mrs. Coleman:
"Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii,
October T. 1903.
''My Dear Friend: You will probably
hear about the new outbreak on Ma
una Loa by the Wireless, but send a
line just to let you know what I have
seen.
TT was in all it's glory last night, a
magnificent glow at the summit crater,
back of the house, and other bright
spots farther down, showing that a
stream was going down the mountain.
'"The flow appears to be a little this
side, but just where nobody knows as
yet. Several have gone searching and
We shall look anxiously tonight to see
where the light is. There must be a
grand display of fire at the summit
crater, judging from the light
How I would like to see it at close
range, but unless the stream should
come this side to the sea I don't be-
iieve 1 shall get to the real fire, but il
is thrilling to see it even as We do.
cit has all been so quietly done. Nc
earthquakes as yet. If the flow should
stop suddenly we may expect them.
hope itwill not but will give some ma
Iihinis a chance to view Pele IN al
her glory.
1--WE were wildly excited last night
it looked so near US and so different
rom any ordinary fire.
Yours sincerely,
ANNA NJ. PARIS.''
This interesting communication from
Miss Paris would appear to dispose OF
the negative evidence published yester-
day. to the effect that no fire was visi-
Bile from GreenweT's and therefore
there was none on the Kona side
'The bright spots" seen by Miss Paris
on Tuesday night must have been OF
burning lava in it's course down the
slopes of Mauna Loa.
Mr.. Reynolds communication. ad-
v4ncing views practically in harmony
with Mr.. Emerson's reads as under:
ISSUE EXPECTED AT KONA.
Editor Advertiser: Perhaps few
words from one who has lived on the
lands largely affected by the volcanic
disturbances of the far famed Mokua-
weoweo may not be out of place.
Mr.. Emerson is quite correct in his
statement in your today's issue as &c
point of advantage and reference tc
Mr. H. NJ Whitney's notes on the
1858 flow will bear this statement out
With regard to the flow of 1887, s1fni-
lar conditions exist now. When the
first indication of an eruption occurred
j on Mauna Loa, it was at first brilliant
and then subsidized only to break Out
Mater in the serious flow from under the
woods of Kahuku. 1t then divided
itself into two streams of lava cover
ing thousands of acres and destroying
much property. Strangely enough the
enormous force behind this flow dis
charged all the lava out of space not
much larger than the front of the Ad-