The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
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TERRY OPPOSES US.

The admiral was at the Navy Depart
nent day or two, where he had a
talk. with Secretary Morton and AS
sistant Secretary Darling. Secretary
Morton inquired in detail about the
conditions at the Honolulu yard and
also about the conditions at Pearl
Harbor. AS is pretty well understood
in Honolulu Admiral Terry is not an
advocate of more expensive paval sta
tons. He does not think well of cost
1y projects for fortifying our insular
possessions or of large outlay Of ap-
propriations for building up navy yards
case of a foreign war the issue will be
decided by what is achieved on the
mainland and if our forces win there,
as they would be bound to do, the out
come would not be at all disastrous to
the insular possessions, coaling sta
fions or no coaling stations, fortifica-
lions or no Notifications. He also
doubts whether the establishment of
large garrisons in the islands will be
particularly beneficial to the residents.
In view of the fact that all the cloth
. ing, most of the provisions, and other
materials are purchased by contract
through the Department and general
ly far away from the islands.
Accordingly the admiraPs report a.
-,
ticularly favorable to the expenditure
of large appropriations there. He did
have many nice things to say to the
Secretary, however, about the station
and about the Honolulu people. He
never tires talking on that subject.
Returning from the Navy Department
by way Of F. Street, he encountered
an old friend, a very wealthy gentle
man, who is thinking of travelling this
spring The admiral stood there for
fifteen or twenty minutes talking to
this friend about the delights of Ho-
nolulu and urging his friend to make
a visit there by all means.
eve were charmed with the people
of Honolulu" added the admiral, as he
subsequently proceeded along towards
his hotel. I'VE stopped there on our
way back from Yokohama. The people
treated us with great courtesy and
consideration. Mrs. Terry, as welh as
myself, were deeply touched by these
attentions. She remarked to me that it
was not always navy people received
so many assurances of affectionate re-
gard. She was very anxious to remain
longer in Honolulu
NEW WAY TO KILL MOSQUITOES
Mr.. Herbert ]. Brown, of this city,
who is chief owner Of Calapatch Is
land just south of Cuba and adjacent
to the Isle OF Pines, claims to have dis
covered a means of discriminating mos
quitoeS. Mr.. Brown was formerly for
many years a newspaper correspondent
and married daughter of Prof. White
once professor of Geology in Bowdoin
College, Maine. He was head of the
New York Journal Bureau in this CITY
and did considerable newspaper work
in Cuba, during which he conducted
negotiations for the purchase of Gala
patch Island, said to contain 50 900 GOO
worth of guano besides other resources
The little island, so small that If is
not charted on the maps was inf1ict-
ed with mosquitoes. Brown set his
men to draining the low portions of
the island. He says that he has fo,,n5
digger wasp that is the mortal enc
my of mosquitoes and works energetic
ally to destroy them He also sa1,s he
has found a water bug name unknovvr
that eats the mosquito eggs voracious-