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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-09-22
RIVER IS STILL RISING
NORHTFORK WATERS SURFACE
LIFTED ALL NIGHT.
THREE INCHES EVERY HOUR


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IIgn'ly ana 2lNaot'y ABOUT Nor
folks Neck Yesterday Features OF
the storm Clear rod5v
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wIIIam u1.u M the mI..ur three. inch.
u. D.r hour Hu tnruuun n.t nunr and
vG# .'ll rommu m lt rnp Same uI.
lhia murumu n vpa tnouoni pi Oh.
mill nnt the r'.o would continue rr
another Wuuty.rmm hours ana nrl
tno water would rr.,u al Irl.t lnrr.
feet hInnDr MP ON inu muN G. S.
Wil"r a1id Dmt hn nlouuut fno water
would up OyDr NurruIN 1yruur rl.f of
tho bridge. before the climax A.
reached N Pierce tn,rn as anu mu.r
vaiur and above pI.rrr .l,lNr.n .In,.
inr ON the level au over inn country
l0 Bmu Names of infs cIiy
Mr. Names was out I'm nIr storm iu
that part Of the country am Yesterday
afternoon and rrnOrta that tnnrr ia a
sea of waInr I'm thc luvrande ,,Iiru
win AN como down this wav
Must Watch the Dixie.
II ia cNucctrd that the Nprtnryrr.
will go ont of ile bonl.s hrro gnor.
tho railroad bridge ANA that il will
whip against tho dixie which prolocls
the city ON the north. There viii br
strong pressure too II As prclfctod
the dixie that has bcru luiIt
along the river bank. The dixie is
soaked from the mast heavy
rains of the season ana is therefore
soft. ON this account. ana because
the musRrats are at this season of
the year boring holes into the shores
Of the river. it will be well TO keen AN
eye on the dixie lest water should get
into the city.
Mill Shuts Down.
The Sugar CITY Cereal mills were
shut down at Q o'clock last nipht ON
account of the high water in the
Northfork. The water came so high
that the machinery was unable TO 90.
and the wheels were stopped. The
electric lighting of the city today is
done, therefore, from the station of
the Norfolk Light e. Power company.
Yesterdays Rainfall.
The rainfall Of yesterday amounted
to 1.G4 inches. making total of 5.5G
for the month and 1880 for the wear
The equinoxial serpent coiled itself
tightly and savagely about the neck
of Norfolk and northern Nebraska YES.
terday and kept tight the coils all day
long and into the night. II was one
of those days when the ont of doors
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
new LAW WAS
Unconstitutional

Il am very sorry indeed that the
Jopinion of U. S. District Attorney
Breckons on the alien labor PROPOSE
ton has been given such prominence"
remarked the honolulu representative
of one of the largest Coast contracting
firms doing business here. my main
reason for regret is the fact that he is
absolutely right in his contention that
the alien labor law is unconstitutional.
All of us contractors have known that
for a long time and with that knowl-
edge in view we have had a tacit I'M
Outstanding to leave the law alone and
do nothing that would rouse the mat
ter up in any way. The Trades and
Labor Council, in its folly is RESPONSE
BILE for the whole trouble. They thought
that they had hit upon a nefarious
scheme to have government money
spent on cheap alien labor i'm the new
harbor contract as there was no clause
in the government contract making the
employment of citizens obligatory. Well
Uncle Sam is no fool. His lawyers knew
even as much as the Honolulu Trades
and Labor Council and that is the
reason that there was no such clause
in the contract. The Trades and La
Dor Council rushed in; the result is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
WHEN THE JAPS
CAUGHT STRIVE
Continued from page one)

fired on by the Japanese at any time,
for the very excellent reason that when
the Japanese took charge she was ly-
ing at her berth at New Chwang. We
We're detained altogether twenty-one
days from October until October 20,
were taken to Sasebo and there re-
leased. Our people have a claim of
100000 against the Japanese govern
ment for wrongful detention and 1
have not the slightest doubt that we
will be able to establish our right to
an award for that amount.
I'm tell you the whole thing" said
the captain, in a burst of confidence.
Our people bought the Sishan in Hong
Kong from Bradley & Co., Of course as
she was a British ship, she had to have
a British master and am an American
Well, l picked up a beach-comber who
had a British certificate and made an
arrangement with him to clear the
ship. This he did, but when we got to
sea, he seemed to have an idea that
he was in command. He was disillu-
sionized and for the rest of the trip to
New Chwang he ctayed i'm his room.
New Chwang he went to the japanese
officials there with a story to the effect
that we had run the blockage of Port
Arthur and had landed ammunition
there for the Russians. That of
course was preposterous. Our mani
tests showed plainly that cargo had
never been broken"
Captain Strive had an expression of
positively child-like innocence as he
adduced this certain proof that no
cargo could possibly have been landed
for the Russians.
"Well, the japanese took us to sa-
sebo and kept us there for a while,
not on the ground that we were carry
ing contraband, but because some of
the live stock we had aboard was sus-
pected of rinderpest. Personally we
were treated with the greatest con-
sideration during our detention"
Captain Strive was in tow of Fred
Church Of the Royal Hawaiian today
The two used to play on the same foot
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

that it is shown that the Territorial
law regarding the employment of aliens
is hopelessly bad. am not a lawyer
and so I cannot quote chapter and verse
but there is New York decision
which decides the point beyond any
shadow of a doubt"
Different other contractors who were
spoken to admitted that they had long
known of the unconstitutionality of
the citizen labor clause.
But why, if you could employ cheap
alien labor, have you not done SOP"
was asked Are you contractors all so
generous that you would rather pay
more for citizen labor?"
simply because we have been
afraid of it, was the Frank reply
With the full knowledge that the law
is unconstitutional, what is to hinder
hui of Japanese getting together
and with some citizens as figureheads
bidding on government work? with
cheap Japanese labor at their com
mand there is no reason why they
should not do so and now as, thanks to
the Trades and Labor Council, the
whole matter is wide OPEN 1 should
not be at all surprised to see that the
next move"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
MOVE
BEACH WALLS
ATTORNEY ANDREWS TWENTY-FIVE WAIKIKI
PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THEY TREsPAssING
PUBLIC PROPERTY MAINTAINING SEA wALLs-soME OF
THE WALLS REMOVED SAYS ANDREWS

will have to come down. AS far as
others are concerned, we do not intend
to be harsh in our requirements. If
some arrangements can be made
whereby we can keep open a right of
way so that the public can pass along
the Territory win be satisfied We are
not indulging in any Crusade against
the beach property owners, but the
Territory has rights which must be pro-
tected.
Il have notified all the owners of
these places Of our intention to take
action, and expect to hear from them
as to their view of the matter The
action of the department will be ac-
cording to their replies"
The attorney general declined to state
which OF the various Waikiki property
owners were in the three different
classes, or to tell exactly what the Ter
ritory's demands were, as to a right OF
way. 1t is believed, however, that the
Territory does not intend to ask a road
way, or driveway, along the beach,
Many of the walls which are at present
unlawfully placed may be made salts
factory to the attorney general by some
alteration, It is thought. In some cases,
however, the obstruction is sufficient to
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

Twenty-Five letters to owners of
property along Waikiki beach were
sent out yesterday by Attorney General
Andrews, calling their attention to vio-
lations of the law regarding the public
right to a roadway along the shore. In
a number of cases, says the attorney
general, the walls which have been
built will have to come down.
THE property owners who have built
these walls may be divided into three
classes" said the attorney general, who
has been investigating the matter for
some days.
First there are those who have built
their walls in order to protect their
property from encroaching waves.
These owners have built substantial
walls, in some cases beyond the actual
bounds of their own land but on land
and not actually in the se~
Second, there are a number who
have built walls within the boundaries
of their own land but find that owing
to the advance of ocean the walls are
now in the water.
The third class includes those VINO
have deliberately built into the water
as it now is without having had any
right to do so. These walls, think,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
SILENCE IS
HIS LONG SUIT
BARON STAEL DE HOLSTEIN, OF
THE RUSSIAN PEACE COMMITS
SION, is ON THE MONGOLIA.

Baron Stael de Holstein, secretary
of the Russian Embassy at Picking, is
through passenger on the Mongolia
today. He is going straight through
to Portsmouth, N. H., where the Russo
japanese peace conference is soon to
convene. The Baror, VINO is a parti-
cularly clean-cut, bright-looking young
man speaks English perfectly. He
will act as one of the secretaries for
the Russian commission. 1t was not
for an instant supposed that he would
say anything about his mission and a
forlorn hope dashed against the para
pets of his reserve without the slightest
effect. He can be as politely silent as
the oldest diplomat in the service. Still
he thought that Honolulu, from the
sea, presented a beautiful appearance
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
MONGOLIA WAS
A DAY LATE
BAD WEATHER IN KOBE DETAIN-
ED THE BIG VEsSEL-BROUGHT
LARGE QUANTITY OF FREIGHT.

The S. s. Mongolia, Captain Porter,
arrived this morning from the Orient.
She did not get into the harbor I'M
til 10 o'clock. The vessel left Hong
Kong July IS, Annoy July 10; Shanghai
July %, Nagasaki Julyq "a, Kobe July
2S and Yokohama July 80. She was
a day late leaving the latter port ow-
ing to a delay at Kobe due to the bad
weather. The vessel had an unevent-
full trip to this port.
She brought 1888 tons of freight for
Honolulu and had small list of local
Storage passengers. Only three Ko-
reans arrived by the vessel. Among
the cabin passengers for Honolulu was
DR.. Waterhouse who has been in the
Orient, studying the rubber culture.
Among the other passengers for
Honolulu were Mr.. and Mrs E. j.
DOering, wealthy people of the Main
land.
The vessel carries a number of pro-
minent through passengers, among
them being Baron Stael de Holstein
who is going to Portsmouth, n. H., 10
act as a secretary o fthe Russian peace
commission.
Wong Ia Hsieh is the secretary OF
the Chinese legation at Washington
and is going to his post of duty, aftei
an absence in China.
! j. w. Davidson the author of a worl
on Formosa and formerly in the con.
sular service of the United States al
Formosa is a through passenger He
was met at the vessel by Attorney
General Andrews whose guest he will
be during the stay of the vessel in this
port. Consul Davidson has been APP
pointed American representative at
Hardin.
Mrs. L. L. Chaffee is a through pas
senger.
Captain o. j. Charles, U. S. A., is
also through passenger.
| The vessel will take a large crowd OF
| passengers from Honolulu, there be-
ing about 1856 to depart by her. She
is scheduled to sail for San Francisco
at 6 p. m. today from the Hackfeld
wharf.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Commissioners, Homo
lulu Fire Department at their office.
Central Station, until p o'clock m.
Saturday, August 18th, 1906 for supply
ing this Department until December
31st, 1905, with
Best Wheat Hay Large or Small
bales.
No / Wheat Bran.
No l Surprise oats.
In such quantities as may be re-
quired, delivery to be made at the
Central, Makiki or Palama Stations
as requested.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all tenders.
X. r. G. WALLACE,
Secretary, Board of Commissioners.
Honolulu Fire Department,
Honolulu, T. H..
August Sth, 1905.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
RYAUTHORTTY
BITUMINoUs ROCK PAVING.

Proposals will be received at the Of
flee of the superintendent of Public
Works, Honolulu, T. H., until - o'clock
m. of August oath 1905, for construct
ing 1880 square yards bituminous rock
paving with concrete foundation at L
I. S. N. Co. wharf, Honolulu, T. H
Plan, specifications, and blank forms
of proposal may be obtained at the Of
flee of the Asst. Supt. of Public Works
for which a deposit of $500 IS required
which sum will be refunded intending
bidder after he has returned the plan
and specifications.
Proposals will not be accepted unless
submitted on the blank forms furnish
ed, enclosed with certified check for
One Hundred and Fifty (S15O OO) Dol
lars in sealed envelope endorsed
Proposal for Bituminous Rock Paw
ing" and delivered previous 10 Y
o'clock m. Of the day specified at the
office Of Superintendent of Public
Works, who reserves the right to re-
iect any or all bids.
c. S. HOLLOWAY,
Superintendent of Public Works.
Honolulu, r. H., Aug. sth, 1905.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

vate business house that schemed to
cut out Sundays and holidays on a
laborer was employing half month
at $45 per month";" the chief clerk was
asked.
White said he didn't know about
that feature of the matter. He was
simply explaining the systems to
Moore. Il have shown the practical
impossibility of graft" he said, land
that is all l have to do with it. The
men are paid cash here directly, with
the payroll at hand and clerks and
lunas to identify them. They see the
amount opposite what they sign for,
and it is absurd to talk of their sign
ing without reading it,
The new payroll system which is be-
ing considered as a result of Trents
discovery that the $45 a month men
were not ''docked" for Sundays and
holidays would have saved the county
payroll Substituted among 5S en-
ployes of the garbage department
during July. In other words, the un.
der paid. and hard worked laborers OF
the department would have got about
50 GENTS less than they got, on ar
average.
The federal government, which is
about as strict in finances as any
institution i'm the world, does not cut
out the Sundays and holidays from its
employees. 1t makes a monthly salary
and pays it as such by the calendar
month, and if there happens to be a
month like last month, with five Sun
days and holiday in it, the employees
have the benefit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
HALEIWA.

The Haleiwa Hotel Honolulu's IA
nous country resort, on the line Of the
Oahu Railway, contains every modern
Improvement and affords its guests an
opportunity to enjoy all amusements-
golf tennis, billiards, fresh and salt
water bathing, shooting, fishing, riding
and driving. Tickets, including rail-
way fare and one full days room and
board, are sold at the Honolulu Station
and Trent & Company for IS. For de-
parture of trains, consult time table.
On Sundays, the Haleiwa Limited, q
two hour train. leaves at 1922 a. M:
returning, arrives in Honolulu at 10
p. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

The principal result in sight, of the
garbage department Investigations APP
pears to be a plan to devise a new
system of payroll, by which the i'll
paid day laborers who are trying to
support families on about half of $45
per month, will get a trifle less than
they get now. Supervisor Moore and
Chief Clerk White of the Public Works
Department have been going over the
payrolls, and have not found any
Irregularities. 1t has been discovered,
however, that laborer might get in
a Sunday or so out of proportion-that
is more than one Sunday to every six
days. He might begin work in a
Saturday, for example and be employ
ed for ten days and thus count two
Sundays in this work ten days on the
monthly payroll at $45 per month.
I'm some cases." said Chief Clerk
White, sit is seen that men are able
to get more than their proportion of
non-working days on the payroll. For
example a man who works only few
days might have a large proportion of
them Sundays, by laying off during the
middle-week days. Under the day la
Dor payroll system, this could not be
done. The Legislature fixed the rate
of $45 per month, and that is what
the men get Possibly it may be an
improvement to adopt the other pay
roll system. 1 do not know what will
be t e conclusion of Mr.. Moore and
the other supervisors. BY adhering
strictly to the day system there might
be some saving"
What would be thought of pri-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
ball team in Seattle away back in the
early 40s.
ON A VACATION.

Rev. and Mrs. o. H. Gulick will leave
August for a vacation of three months
on the mainland. They expect to be
present at the meeting of the Ameri-
can Board in Seattle and will have a
good time generally visiting friends
and relatives. 1t is five years since
they have had a vacation and during
this time they have put an amazing
amount of effort into the notable work
achieved by them in this Territory
The Friend
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
TO JUNE 80, 1905.
$141,974.36

The taxation values of Oahu this year
show an increase of about S1,200000 IN
personal property over last year, while
the real estate valuations show a de-
crease of about half million. The in
crease is due largely to increase in as
sessments of plantation property, the
high price of sugar having had a good
deal to do with the advances. Real es-
tate in Honolulu is assessed at a mill
lion less.
The figures in the Tax Office, how
ever, show that as compared with five
years ago there is very substantial
increase, aggregating ten millions in
both real and personal property, of
which six and a half millions are per-
sonal. The high water mark was
reached in 1908, since which there has
been a slight drop. The following ia
BILE, compiled from figures secured from
Tax Collector Holt, shows the results
of assessments of the past five years:
1901.
Real Personal
Districts Estate Property Total
Honolulu 1926, 4OS, or 1888 ,4G7 $S9 766, 4S4
Eva ,... 1,S27,4S 1900, $50 1887, OBS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
DUCK POND AFF1DAv1Ts.

Efforts to compromise having failed,
an answer was filed yesterday in
the case of Leong Eau ct al VS.. LeOng
Pung ct al, in which waikiki rice field
men seek to enjoin the duck pond men
from damming the stream so that IL
floods the rice fields with salt water.
Several affidavits of the duck men
were filed, stating that they had been
using the stream and dams for sixteen
years.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
AT The PENINSULA

Everything is now in readiness for
the moonlight festival at the Peninsula
Saturday evening August u. From
present indications the moon will be in
her brightest and a most enjoyable
time is In store for those who win at
tend.
The sale of tickets has been unusual
ly large and the affair will be
grand success judging from present
indications.
The special train leaves the depot at
Z o'clock and after a ride of u miles
through beautiful scenery the pavilion
at the Peninsula is reached which
will be the center of the evenings en-
joyment.
The cool and spacious pavilion has
been carefully waxed and put in prime
condition for the occasion. Ellis Bros.
glee club will furnish music, and dane
ing will be kept up until 1880 and
the homeward bound train will reach
Honolulu at u o'clock.
Special Rapid Transit cars will be
at the depot to accommodate the merry
dancers.
The Concordia band will accompany
the party and will keep them in good
humor on their long ride with lively
marches and will also play at inter-
walls at the peninsula
Tickets can be had at the Territorial
Messenger Service and drug stores for
81 admitting lady and gentleman and
including transportation both way on
the train. The return tickets are good
up to Sunday morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
DAILY STOCK REPORT

Between Boards-Sales: so Kahuku,
$50 90; so Kahuku, $50, 90; II Pioneer,
$751;. 90; 10 Eva $26. so; 10 Pioneer,
$751; 90.
Session Sales 10 o. r .S L. Co., $4,000
100 McBryde $3.50; so McBryde. Sc. 50;
rs McBryde Sc so; so Honokaa $16 so.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
May Be "DOCked''
For The SUNDAYS

TREASURER TRENT'S DISCOVERIES
MENT LEADS PROPOSAL
ERS CHARGED HOLIDAYS INSTEAD OF
RECEIVING REGULAR SALARY
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

Tax collections have been very good
this year as compared to last. The
amount collected by Tax Collector Holt
during the first half of the year is ten
per cent bigger than last year. The
following tables show the collections
up to June 80 this year and last year:
TO lime 30. 1905.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

E. j. Benjamin, vice-president of x.
S. Grinbaum Co., sails by the Alame-
da tomorrow for the coast.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVING.
Tuesday, August s.
Am. bark James Nesmith, Warner,
SO days from Newcastle at II a. m.
DEPARTING.
Tuesday, August s.
S. S. Mongolia, Porter, for San Fran
cisco at p. m.
PASSENGERS.
Arriving
Per S. S. Mongolia, August from the
Orient for Honolulu-E. j. Doering,
and wife, An Chung, Rev. w. c.
Swearer' Miss M. e. Turner, DR.. E.
Waterhouse.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08

call for a removal, in Andrews opin-
10 The aquarium is one of these, as
II juts out beyond the line Of private
property to a very considerable extent.
The shark pen viii probably have to
be very considerably altered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
COPTIC SIGHTED TODAY.

The S. S. Coptic from San Fran
cisco was sighted at lis o'clock this
afternoon off Waimanalo. She will
dock about o'clock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
THIS Year IS A
Good ONE FOR TAXES

COLLECTIONS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE, OVER
THOSE LARGER, ESPECIALLY
OF PLANTATION OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VALUES LAST
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

star Want ads nay at once.