The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-02

TO keep the Hawaiians together. get
work for them and not have their jobs
given to the japanese.
BERGER MAKES GOOD.
The Hilo March. Yes?
Kapellmeister Captain H Berger,
National Guard of Hawaii has kept
his promise to Hilo and to Hilo's' citi-
zens.
About three or four months ago Herr
Berger came to Hawaii for a couple of
weeks rest at the volcano. On the
evening that he arrived here he con-
Quoted the HiIo band at the hotel
grounds. Unfortunately he was taken
suddenly i'll when at the Volcano
House and had to hurry down to the
Hilo hospital where most of his vaca-
ton was passed. Many friends called
upon him there, the most frequent Wis
litor being Bandmaster Carvalho. of
Hilo. The Honolulu leader appreciated
the attention and, before leaving,
promised Carvalho that he would COM
pose and send to the local band a Hilo
March.
Last month Captain Berger wrote to
and arranged a march called Hilo, the
trio is that celebrated Hawaiian Song
FIilo Kupa Loke. I offer to the Herald
the piano score and will arrange for
the band scores"
But Captain Berger has done more
than he promised. He has also sent to
the Hilo band a complete band score
of the Baseball March that he COM
posed in honor of Mike Fisher and the
Spalding team that visited Hawaii.
OLD vIOLoNCELLo.
There are probably not many old
musical instruments in Hilo that have
a history. Carl Smith has just secured
a treasure, though it is on1y2142 years
old. 1t is a cello that was made by
Nicholas Augustus Chappuy in 1865.
Tracing it's history backward it is
known to have been the property of
Opera at Paris. He owned it for many
years. At his death it was sold by
his executors and purchased by violin
brokers in Chicago who had long been
looking for such an instrument for Mr..
Smith.
Poor old Joe Rosen had a violin that
he priced very much. 1t was made by
German named Hopf upward of fifty
years ago. An ugly instrument bu. Joe
priced it for two reasons, it's tone and
because he picked it up for ten dollars
When Joe died and was buried at sea,
three days out from Honolulu, his
effects were taken good care of and
turned over to the Order of Eagles in
San Francisco, among them being the
old violin. Joe left brother and sis
ter living, the brother in Germany and
the sister in Egypt.
ITEMS.
| A large japanese fishing boat is be-
! ing built in the old Hackfeld wharf
that will eclipse anything of the sort
that makes it's headquarters in Hilo.
The new boat is modelled after the
regular japanese fishing boat style. 1t
| is about forty-five feet long, twelve
| feet wide amidships and there IA
! feet deep, with six feet depth forward.
1t viii be propelled by a gasoline en-
CINE. The boat will carry from three
| to four tons of fish.
1.-The younger japanese who are be-
| ing brought up and educated in the
| Territory of Hawaii are adopting
Christianity as their religion, rather
| than adhering to the old Buddhist re-
ligion of their own country This |
remark was made to the Herald by |
Rev. X. Higuchi of the Hilo Christian
church, who accounts for the change in |
the religious belief of the younger /!
japanese, or their voluntary adoption |
of Christianity in their youth, as the
result of emigration, settlement or birth !
in a new and larger country, enlighten-
ment, the effects of a greater civiliza-
ton, and of American education.
Little David de Refs, aged nine
months, died suddenly of congenital
heart disease at his parents home,
Paukaa, last Friday morning. He was
playing cheerily and happily as usual
when he suddenly toppled over, breath
ing heavily, then slower and slower till
breath came no more,
a meeting of plantation managers
was held in Hilo last week, to discuss
new veterinary regulations, some of
which were deemed impracticable and
unsatisfactory, and it is believed that
the Territorial Veterinarian will be
willing to meet the views expressed at
the meeting. Arrangements have been
made so that livestock, arriving here
by the Enterprise next week, may be
examined in Hilo.
Watanabe Naodo fell over the cliff