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The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23
Schooner AdaR ck From no AIS.

The small schooner Ada returned
yesterday from French Frigate Shoals.
The vessel, carrying a small eXpedi-
tion which intended to try to float the
stranded French bark Connetable de
Richmont off the Shoals, left here in
December and her crew have since that
time battled with the elements in an
effort to save the French vessel, which
would be worth at least forty thou
sand dollars if the wreckers succeeded
in bringing her into this or any other
American port. Had a hurricane not
spoiled their work the fine French
man might by this time be afioat but
the wrecking must all be done over
again now. The men on the Ada, as
soon as they can get supplies and a
supply of fresh water, wish to return
to French Frigate Shoals as they are
positive in the opinion that the vessel
can be saved. Shipping men agree
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23
Supreme Court Decisions.

The Supreme Court handed down four
decisions yesterday as follows: In the
divorce case of Mahiki *. Ferreira vs.
John Ferreira, the appeal of the COM
plainant Is dismissed. The case was
lost In regard to complainant appealing
from the Circuit Court order to pay "a
certain definite sum per week for the
support of the petitioner" In Kala VS..
Harry T. Mills, wherein defendant APP
pealed from judgment of the District
Court of South Kona to the Circuit
Court, Third Circuit, General Appeal,
the exception of defendant is sustained.
Another case was that of f. H. Red
ward VS.. j. o. Lutted, assumpsit fol.
2Sl.49, for moving a house, in which
the exceptions of the defendant are
overruled. In Henry ]. Lyman ct al,
partners in the Central Meat Market,
VS.. f. l.. Winter, defendant, and A.
f. sutton & Co., garnishees, assumpsit
for s7s.95, instituted in South Hilo, ex-
ceptions of plaintiffs are overruled-
The District Court gave Judgment by
default, to plaintiffs. The case was re-
opened and Judgment set aside. Plain
tiffs appealed and this has been dis
missed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23

Editor Advertiser: Considering the
extreme attention given to the notable
events now occurring in the East, 1t
may be both interesting and profitable
to revert in mind to events happening
in the old world a hundred years ago.
We now nearly approach the cente-
nary of one of the remarkable occur
rences of history, an occurrence viv-
idly verifying the old saw that truth
is stranger than fiction. On the sec
ond of next December one hundred
years will have passed since, in the
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Pope Plus
VII. was present TO crown Napoleon
Marvel of marvels. The Vicar of
Christ travelling from Rome to Paris
to crown the erstwhile lieutenant of
artillery in the service of Louis XVI.
On that historic occasion, as we are
the hands of the Pope and placed it
himself upon his own head Short
ly after the enactment of this remark.
able scene, Napoleon, with Alexander
of Russia on a raft in the river Me
man, negotiated the treaty of Tilsit.
A treaty founding a European coali-
ton against England and consum-
mated to humble her. These Napo-
leonic schemes necessitated the coop
GRAFTON &C Denmark and the Emperor
required her king to declare war
against England. The latter being
thus threatened, demanded the surren-
der of the Danish fleet, consisting of
twenty ships of the line and a number
of frgates. The demand not being
complied with England took possession
of the fleet by force.
Nearly one hundred years have pass
ed since the enactment of those STIR
ring events. Again France is in al
lance with Russia, and again Eng
land has cause to enquire of Den
mark if she is prepared to preserve
the neutrality of her seaports. Surely
these conditions are not only signifi-
cant but vastly interesting, and not
less so by reason of a new and i'm
portant move made on the worlds
chessboard. Japan, whose remarkable
organizing ability and whose striking
ly strenuous acts are now holding the
attention of the world. had no place in
thbSG oINi lllilt llduSdCllOIlS, Dul tbudy
she is one of the important factors
having to be reckoned with in inter-
national relations. The Island Empire
of the East being in alliance with the
Island Empire of the West and being
at war with the Giant Power of the
North, will in the event of being at
tackled by a second enemy, have the
advantage of the active cooperation
of the British fleet, powerful both in
the East and West, and of the general
war resources at the command of the
government of those far off islands
whose shores are washed by the At
lantic and the North Sea-
Russia, today, lays at the door of
British diplomacy the causes of her
war with Japan, and it may not be
amiss to note the words of the pre-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23
Japanese Officials Not su prised,

Among the through passengers on
| the Doric from the Orient We're a num-
ber of prominent japanese, en- route to
the United States on missions of i'm
! portance to their government All of
them spent their time ashore the
guests of prominent japanese of this
city.
Mr.. Hioke, formerly first secretary
of the japanese Legation at Pekng,
is on his way to Washington. to be-
come First Secretary of the Japanese
Legation, succeeding Count Mutsu, son
of the famous Cabinet Minister Mutsu,
deceased. In time Mr.. Hioke may be-
come minister, pro TEN, as.~Minister
Takahira may be given a vacation in
the near future.
Mr.. Hioke drew up the new China
Japan commercial treaty which prac-
tically gave a black eye to Russia, in
that it compelled the opening of Man
churian ports to trade. Editor Shio-
zawa of the Hawaii Shinpo met the
party and obtained the latest inside
news of the preparations for the war
up to the time the Doric left Yoko-
hama. Mr.. Hioke seemed to be we'll
posted on the movements of the Rus
sian warships, indicating that he had
full knowledge of where the japanese
fleets would strike first. He was not
surprised that the japanese had won
so many victories.
Another prominent passenger was
Mr.. Sakurai, the collector of the port
of Kobe, who is en- route to the Uni
ted States to observe Customs meth
DDS at various ports.
Mr.. Minegishi, Commissioner of the
Treasury Department, is with the Col
lector of Kobe Mr.. Minegishi stated
that before he left he had farewell
interview with the Minister of the
Treasury in which the latter said:
Never worry about this Russian
business. We are going to beat them.
There is no chance for them to beat
us. We have everything ready to
defeat them"
Mr.. Minegishi further stated that for
several days before the vessel left Yo-
kohama, which was on February s,
the people were much excited over the
prospect of war with the Muscovltes.
Toxic was being crowded with recruits
from the interior, and as there We're no
barracks for them, residents freely OPP
ened their houses to shelter them.
They We're not dressed as soldiers at
the time, but on the declaration Of
war; no doubt Immediately appeared
in uniforms.
He also stated that the Japanese
We're well prepared for emergencies in
Korea. The Japanese Were to build a
new railroad in Korea to connect with
the capital, Seoul and for this purpose
several thousand japanese were con-
tracted for to do the work. In reality
these men, about five thousand in
number, We're soldiers, and the lunas
were their officers. Thus there We're
5000 men practically ready for the
| field when the war broke out.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23

BROKEN Up
New Year Cuts No
Figure With
Police.

The Chinese have learned that the
police do not understand the Chinese
New Year, that is they do not "sarvy'
it in just the way the celestials wish
They thought that the police would give
them immunity from arrest for gambling
during that period but this was not the
case. The street games were broken up
and now the two big lotteries, one paka
pio. the other che ia, have been put out
OF business. The men of the hui of
Chinese who reap the profits from these
lotteries were not caught but their as
sstants and some OF the players were
nabbed and had to pay the penalty i'll
the police court yesterday morning,
Seven Chinese appeared before Judge
Lindsay. Nee Chau and Chin Vim
pleaded guilty to having assisted in con-
Quoting paka po and were promptly
fined $50 and costs each. Lee Chun, All
See, All Hook, All Lum, and All Yau
each plead guilty to having had the
paka pio tickets in their possession and
they had to pay five dollars and costs
each. The Chinese knew that the police
had ample evidence to secure a convic-
ton and so put up no defense. The men
were caught in a small room near the
Chinese theatre. on Hotel street. They
had complete lottery outfit. The tick
cts found were marked off into eighty
squares. Players pay ten cents for each
ticket. The squares are marked with
various figures. Should a player pick
the ten squares which have been decided
upon as the winning series he secures
prize of 5000. Should he get nine of
them he gets $3.50. I he scale OF prizes
runs from these figures down and if
player picks less than five OF the win
ming squares he gets nothing. 1t is
seldom that player ever secures the
maximum prize or anywhere near that
amount.
The che ia lottery had been running
in Liliha street he alleged agent OF
that concern was arrested yesterday and
will be tried in the police court this
morning.
Before going on the bench Judge
Lindsay is said to have held the view
that it was wrong TO be continually
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23
MATTERS IN CONGRESS
WHICH CONCERN HAWAII
Powers Report on the Bill to Amend Labor
Clause in the Organic Act---Cortelyou
Approves the Measure.

1 to the conditions of labor and other
matters esp cally + ferred to in the
law are not necessary. Industrial and
social changes are neither rapid nor
great enough to warrant the expense
of collecting the nee ary data and
preparing reports TO Congress annually.
Hon. G.. w. w. Hanger, Acting Com
missioner of Labor, in a letter dat d
January ~, 1904 to Hon. Gordon Rus
sell, of Texas, a member of the sub
committee which had this bill under in
vestigaton, in answer to an inquiry
submitted to him, makes the following
statement: 1.-TWO annual reports have
been made under the original bill, ana
the collection of statistics for the third
annual report is now being prosecuted.
From the character of the statistics
which have been secured each year,
and the information accompanying
them, it seems quite evident to the
Bureau that changes in labor condi-
tions in the Hawaiian Islands are not
sufficiently rapid or great to warrant
the expense of collecting the necessary
data for annual reports" He also
states that the passage of the Dill
which has his approval will not only
save expense to the Department of Com
merce and Labor, but will also save
the expense of printing and publish
ing these annual reports of Hawaii,
which are not paid out of the appro-
prfations of that Bureau.
The bill also has the approval of Hon.
George b. Cortelyou, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor in a letter dated Jan.
10, 1904. and addressed to Hon. Gordon
Russell.
After careful investigation the Com
mittee on Territories are unanimously
of the opinion that there is not suffi
cient good arising or resulting from the
annual reports as to warrant the OK
pense thereby incurred, and that the
passage of the bill will necessarily do
away with considerable expense both
of taking the statistics and of print
ing the same, and that in the interests
of economy, without in anyway i'm
pairing the efficiency of the public SER
vice, the change proposed in this bill
can be made and should be. The com
mttee therefore unanimously recon-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23

By noon the enemy retreated towards
the defences of Wei-hai-W Wei, whittier
we followed it, our progress steadily
disputed by the rear guard. There
were excitin- incidents on the way, in
cluding the destruction by fire of
village where the correspondents slept
and their narrow escape; an artillery
duel lasting all one morning; the cap
ture of a Chinese redoubt heavily armed
with Gatling guns. on the morning of
the 30th of January, however, the end
of the journey came in sight, At last
Oyama was before the defences of Wei
hai-Wei. as was also Admiral Ito,
whose fleet, assembled in blockade, was
playing ''long BALI with the island
fortress of Liu-Kou-Tau. He had
heard it's bombardment ever since
leaving Yung Ching.
No one who spent that day with
Lieutenant General Sakuma on the in
terror ridge facing the eastern eXtrem-
ity of the bay and the enemy's forti-
fled position will ever lose the memory
of its thrilling and majestic scenes.
We were in the upper tiers of a vast
amphitheater. Opposite on round hills
were four massive forts, with earth
works in the valleys between. Through
the depressions and over the tops we
saw the steel blue waters of the bay,
the little reef with its low, granite fort,
and, rising four hundred feet above the
tide, the taWny island of iuKon-Tau,
its summit fortress flying the yellow
dragon pictured flag, with a string of
signal flags depending from a crosstree
of the staff. Far in the hazy distance,
at the western end of the bay, We're the
gray, turreted walls of Wei-hai-Wei
city and a line of forts, close to which
was moored the black Chen Yuen,
guardship of the western channel, But
most interesting of all was the enemys
fleet, the flagship Ting Kuen, several
fine cruisers and gun vessels and n flo-
tilla of torpedo boats, flying preposter-
Gus flags and moving slowly up and
down. They looked to be about n
mile and half away, and with glasses
the men on their bridges and about
their decks could be seen. Now and
then a gunboat fired a shot from it's
single 12-inch Krupp in the direction
of the blockading squadron, or the
forts exchanged shells with the same
enemy.
Oyama's army was massed behind
the ridge where the Marshal and his
Generals had taken post and where
Mr.. Cowen and myself were busy with
our notes. Twice the ships fired our
way, but the elevation was too great
The nearby forts might have potted
the group of Generals with their horses
and staffs, but they made no sign
They were waiting for the attack.
This was not made by Oyama's i'm
mediate command, but by Odera's divI,
sion of Kumomoto troops which had
been marching up the beach. We coult
see the little brown men, their lines
widely spread as II in skirmsh forma.
tion, running towards the works. firing
as they went, while in the rear, on q
foothill. the field artillery swept the
Chinese parapets II did not seem pos
sible that these infantrymen could seal,
those blazing walls. with moats to pass
the iron spikes of abattis and electrical
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23

Following is a Congressional meas
ure of local interest:
Mr.. Powers, of Maine from the Com
mittee on the Territories, submitted
the following report. (To accompany
II. Il. 727D:
The Committee on the Territories, TO
which was referred the bill (H. II.
727D to amend section 76 of an act an
titled AN act to provide a government
for the Territory of Hawaii" having
considered the same, submit the fol-
lowing report:
Section 76 of the act ito provide n
government for the Territory of Ha-
wall" approved April 80, 1900, de-
clares-
1t shall be the duty of the United
States Commissioner of Labor TO COL
Iect, assert, arrange, and present in
annual reports statistical details relat-
ing to all departments of labor in the
Territory of Hawaii, especially in ;e-
lation to the commercial, industrial
social, educational, and sanitary condi-
ton of the laboring classes, and to all
such other subjects as Congress may
by law, direct. The said Commissioner
is especially charged to ascertain, at
as early date as possible, and as
often thereafter as such information
may be required, the highest, lowest
and average number of employees en-
gagged in the various industries in the
Ter to y, to be classifie as to nativity,
sex, hours of labor and conditions of
employment, and to report the same to
Congress.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, in his letter
of transmittal of the report on the
general condition of labor and industry,
makes the following commentator:
l wish to renew, the recommendation
made when the report for 1901 was
transmitted, to the effect that these
reports, which under the existing pro-
visions of law must be made annually,
be made at longer intervals than now
provided. Once in four or five years
would answer every economic and So
cial purpose. Annual reports relating
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23

that If the Connetable de Richemont
is not broken up by storms during the
winter there are good prospects of saw
ing her next summer.
The Ada was only five and oue-halr-
days in making her trip from the
Shoals to Honolulu.
Captain. Weisbarth, who commands
the Ada, and Diver Ellison, state that
the bark still lies on her side and that
If the matches can be closed the vessel
may be pumped out and hoated into
deep water. Diver Ellison says that
her fine steel hull is uninjured with the
exception of one cracked plate on each
side of the vessels bow. The Ada's
crew had nearly completed the work of
covering the matches when hurricane
struck them on Feb 9th This of
course damaged the work they had al
ready accomplished and as they were
short of fresh water they decided to.
return to Honolulu.
The men on the Ada endured severe
hardships during their trip. They
were short of water and had they not
purchased rice from Jap fishing
schooner which visited the Shoals they
would have needed food. No rain fell
at French Frigate Shoals and so no
fresh water could be caught. At the
same time hey accuse the .Japs of
carting off some of the lumber which
they wished to use in building matches.
Should the Ada again sail for the
Shoals she will have to take lumber
with which to build matches.
Every man of the Ada had all of his
clothing wet by the heavy rains the
vessel experienced in making port and
even the hunks occupied by them We're,
soaked with rainwater. A large num-
ber of waterfronters Were on hand to
chaff the mariners on the Ada when
the vessel berthed at the Irmgard
wharf yesterday.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23
in WAR WITH THE JAPANESE
BY WALTER CLIFFORD SMITH.

mines to deal with on the way, but for
tune was with them. Suddenly the
ridge upon which we stood trembled as
if in the shock of earthquake; above
the fort rose for a thousand feet n
straight pillar of fleecy smoke in the
midst of which black masses poised and
fell. a shell had found it's billet in
the magazine. When the japanese
reached the wreck they counted a thou
sand mangled bodies.
That explosion threw the garrsons
of the other forts into panic, which was
increased when the fort on the little
island, then the principal object of Ito's
naval broadsides. also blew up. The
Chinese soldiers waited for nothing
more, but ran to the edge of the bay,
carrying with them the breech- blocks
of their great guns, which they threw
in the deep water. Only a single fort
in the series, the one furthest east, held
out at all, and that was finally carried
by assault. AS the Japanese swarmed
over the parapet-which was festooned
with New Year greenery-an officer ran
to an open door of the magazine. There,
in a sack of gunpowder, We're short
lighted joss sticks, dropping their dead
white ashes as they burned slowly down
into the black explosive grains. on
shelves We're little bricks of gun-cotton
and beyond mass of conical shells. 1t
was n scene to try the nerves of any
man, but the japanese officer was not
afraid. Turnings the contents of his
canteen into the sack, he seized the
punk, carried it out and thus saved the
fort and the lives of himself and COM
rades.
Upon the capture of this fort the
Chinese fleet began bombarding 1t from
Il position 1000 yards away Although
two Krupp guns, which the fleeing gar
rison had not disabled We're pointed to-
wards the bay they could not be used
in reply by the unpracticed Japanese
infantry. y signal TO Admiral Ito was
hoisted asking that gunners be sent
ashore, and while waiting for them the
I captors of the fort had nothing to do
but to take the fire of the enemy with
the best grace they could. General
Odera soon came up to congratulate his
men. He had reached the middle of the
! parade ground when q shell burst Just
above his head. A japanese war cor
respondent nearby was killed outright
( but the General, though seen to be bad
1ly wounded kept his feet. He made his
way to the shelter of a bomb proof
where he sank to his knees, then to all
fours and then prone to the ground
I When his officers reached him he was
dead, A jagged iron fragment, entering
at one shoulder, had slanted through
his body, coming out near the hip on
the opposite side.
In the meantime a battalion was In
chase of the Chinese fugitives, who
could be seen running along the beach
Some snow had begun to fall and the
view from the ridge where Mr.. Cover
and were looking on the stirring pano
rama was cut off. Firing broke ou
on the bay and we soon heard bad news
from Lieutenant NJ, j. O'Brien, tht
American Military Attache, who hat
followed the battalion with Colone
Taylor and Captain De Boulay of tht
British army and the flag lieutenant %
Sir Edmund Fremantle. the British Ad
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-23
peposed Cashier May Come Here.

c. B. Wade, the deposed cashier Of
the Pendleton (oregon) First National
Bank, may visit Honolulu TO recuper-
ate his health, Wade's health has been
shattered by his failure and the cries
for money from his creditors, and he
hopes to find climate where his health
may be restored that he may again en-
ter into the battle for dollars and pay
up his debts,