The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-01
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nronninent quarters in the Waity block
King street. has retired from this field
to try pastures new.
7. Hopp & Co, furniture dealers, etc
have recently moved from their old
King street stand to spacious quarters
in the Young BUILDING on Bishop street
The CITY Market Co. has erected a
structure at the corner of King and Ke-
kaulike streets and. with the recently
established Chinese fish market near by,
have materially affected the business Of
the Esplanade market.
At This writing negotiations are IN
progress looking to a change Of owner
ship, or controlling interest, in the Vol
cano House Co, to be conducted in con-
nection with the new Hilo hotel prof.
ect of Geo. Lycurgus
The Owl Drug Co. of Hilo is a thing
of the past.
NAVAL VISITORS,
Toward the close of 1908 Honolulu
was enlivened by the welcome presence
of the IT, S. Asiatic squadron, from Yo-
kohanna, under Admirals Evans and
Cooper consisting of three battleships,
four cruisers, collier and a supply
ship. with their quota of some 5000 men.
The feet remained here about two
weeks coaiing and taking on supplies,
and affording liberty to the crews,
which materially benefited the trade and
social life of the city.
In midsummer another visit of the
fleet, under Admiral Glass, arrived from
til, far east" en- route on their north
ern cruise, comprising the Buffalo, New
York, Concord, Marblehead, Benning-
ton Mohican and Albany At the same
49, The fra c11 III
from Samoa, and the new cruiser Ia
coma from the coast. the latter vessel on
cruise IN search of some unknown or
lost island Supposed to have caused the
total disappearance of the u. S. Levant
in 1853, which proved unsuccessful
Among several foreign naval visitors
during the year was that of the Italian
cruiser Liguria, Duke of Abruzzi, COM
mander
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Among the more prominent person
ages visiting Honolulu during the pc
Rod under review is to be noted that
of DIR. F. z. Clark, of the Christian
Endeavor movement on his round-the-
world tour; Governor Taft of the Phil
ipr mes, en- route to Washington; Pre-
mier of Persia, en- route to the States;
Prophet Dowie, en- route to Australia;
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St Louis: the Filipino Commissioners
(44) for St Louis; Prince Luigi Duke
d'Abfuzzi, of Italy, and Prince Fushirni,
of Japan, en- route to Washington, most
of whom were duly entertained during
their brief stav with many others of re-
nown, including special war corresponds
ents and artists, en- route to or from
the scene of conflict.
Prince Fushinii made his visit mem
orable in a substantial way by dona-
tion of $500 each to the Associated
Charities and japanese benevolent work
of the city.
The fires of the city have been some
what frequent, though seldom in any
one case OF great amount, the serious
aspect of the Situation IS in the number
of suspicious cases, which point strongly
to incendiarisn, especially in those of
Chinatown and Kakaako.
Among the more prominent of these
disasters were the residences of Geo. H.
Robertson, in January. with loss placed
at $4,000; those of A Coyne, Chas.
Moore, and T. c. Mcguire, IN July; the
Schnnlan Carriage Cos warehouse, IN
MARCH, With damage of $4,000, and the
Aaia lane block of stores, etc, in Sep
.ernber loss being placed at $4,000.
In Hilo, the fine residence of 2. Peck.
Esq, Nas wholly destroyed by fire in the
early part of the year, loss reported at
NEUROLOGY RECORD.
This portion of the years record
seems to have claimed an unusually
arge TlGn1ber from the well known older
-esidents of the islands, many of whom
we're prominent in their several spheres,
IS viii be recognized among the follow
ng names: Horace G. Crabbe, Henry
Naterhouse, w H. Coney. Mrs. A. a.
Iaalelea. w. E. H. Deverill, at Kauai;
Mrs J. E. Hildebrand, Geo. s. Harris,
i. c. Reid, Mrs Elizabeth Macfarlane, '
r. NJ. Whitney, Mrs. ]. S. Reed at
lilo; Mrs. Alex Macintosh and Mrs.
Hugh Morrison in Germany; Mrs. H. ;,
\. P. Carter, L. E Swain, Hilo; Mrs.
". D. Westervelt; Gardner K. Wilder,
drs. J. T. Mcdonald and Mrs. c. E.
'anning in California; w T. BeckwIth t