The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-31

engineers. before project r. author
lied. am not sure we should adhere
TO II I'm this instance. We have not
reached the matter yet but am
strongly inclined to vote n mmp sum
for the harbor at Honolulu. / think
some appropriation will be allowed"
AS much as 5000, 0007" asked.
Yes" he replied, las much as that
II We vote anything"
A LOCAL REGISTRY MEASURE.
Representative Littiefield. OF Maine,
has promised Mr.. william Haywood
that the bill TO provide American regis
try for the steam lighter Pioneer will
be presented by him for enactment in
the House at the earliest possible time
There can be little doubt of its passing
there, under such circumstances. The
bill has been introduced in the Senate
by Mr.. Foraker, chairman of the Com
mittee on Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico. 1t is very brief, simply provid-
ing that the Commissioner of Navi-
CATION be, and he Is hereby, author
lied and directed to cause the foreign
built steam lighter Pioneer to be regis
tered as vessel of the United States /"
A bill has been introduced in the
House by Delegate Kuhio and in the
Senate by Mr.. Perkins, of California,
to advance to the rank of medical di-
rector DR.. William Edwin Taylor, now
medical inspector, with the relative
rank of commander. on the retired list
but engaged in active duty at Homo
lulu. Both bills have been referred to
the respective naval committees of Sem
ate and House.
Vice and Deputy Consul General
George H. Murphy. at Frankfort, Ger
many. has written letter to the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor on
the rise in the price of sugar over there.
He says: According to newspaper
reports, the recent advance in the
price OF sugar In Germany was caused
by a report OF the International Asso-
citation for Sugar Statistics, which
estimates this years sugar production
in Europe at only 4,441.740 metric tons
(metrlc ton equals 2,204 pounds, where
as the previously published estimates
of four prominent authorities placed
the production at more than 100000
tons. the highest estimate being $685.
900 tons. 1t may be we'll to remember
that the International Associations
estimates of the two previous years
were considerably below the actual re-
Suits
FLAGS FOR SCHOOLS.
The Department of the Interior has
purchased and forwarded to Governor
Carter a consignment of several flags
for the use of the schools and other
buildings in Hawaii. The government
was able to save considerable money
by this plan, because of the excessive
cost of flags in Honolulu.
WANTED THE PRINCE.
The following paragraph about Dele.
gate Kuhio recently appeared in the
Capitol Chat column of the Washing.
ton Post:
A stranger sauntered up to the west
door of the House yesterday, calling
for the Prince. Doorkeeper Wiley
FASTENED inside and soon brought Out
the Illinois Representative.
who wanted Mr.. Prince?" he ask.
ed. looking into the faces of score
of waiting people.
81, said the tall stranger peerlnl
curiously at the Illinoisan.
"You are not the man." he added
after taking another look
well, I'm the only Prince on the
floor" replied the member from I'LL
nois
"oh. I see," rejoined the stranger, 81
want the real thing. I said the Prince"
The doorkeeper, who had overheard
the colloquy. then FASTENED inside
again to bring out Prince Jonah XII
hio Kalanianaole, formerly of the
reigning house of Hawaii.
LIGHTHOUSE BILLS.
Delegate kuhio has introduced two
bills for the improvement of the light
house service in Hawaii. They were
offered after consultation by him with
the authorities of the lighthouse board
and both have been referred to the
Foreign Commerce, of which Col.
Pete" Hepburn is the chairman. The
first Is for new lighthouse and range
lights at Honolulu and provides THAT
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Is hereby authorized and directed to
construct a new lighthouse and range
lights for Honolulu Harbor In the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, together with a
keepers house and all necessary equip
ment. the same to be located and con-
structed under plans to be prepared by
the Lighthouse Board. at a cost not
to exceed forty thousand dollars, and
this sum, or so much thereof as may
be necessary for this purpose, is here
by appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated."
The other bill is to establish light
house at MaKapuu Point. 1t provides
THAT there shall be established by the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor a
lighthouse of the first order, under