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vi sr am K'PlIS THE HONOLULU REPUBLICAN. VOLUME IL XO. 209 HONOLULU, H- SUNDAY, JfEBRUAET 10, 1901 PRT'E TVE CLATS WILCOX THIS OF iSliHD CONDITIONS Congressional Delegate Spealis Well of Hawaii. GOVERNOR DOLE IS NOT POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS, SAYS WILCOX LOOKS FOR STATEHOOD. Delegate Nominates Joseph to a Position In the United States Military Academy Enjoys Life1 In Washington.

(From a Staff Correspondent) YORK. Jan. 2C The New-York Commercial Advertiser this evening print the following despatch from the Washington correspondent: naiantn Ttnhert W. Wilcox of Ha waii snt his first nomination for Wost PoJnt to secretary of war this week. The young man's 'name Is Joseph Ka- Ipoaohea Aea.

and lie is a native of Hawaii. He will take his examination for West Point before the military authorities now stationed In Honolulu, and will thus be saved a long and expensive journey to the Stntos In case he uoes not pass. Delegate Wilcox Is apparently thoroughly unjoying the position he finds himself in. and wnue he Is yet somewhat new to congressional procedure, he Is rap-Idly acquiring familiarity with the duties of his position. Mr.

Wilcox is a half-blooded Hawaiian himself, and was born In Honolulu. Educated at the military school of Turin, in Italy, he Is not at all provincial In his knowledge of the world's affairs. "The groat trouble with Hawaii Is tho lack of opportunity afforded for the mlddlo classes," says mt. Wilcox. "Wo have now only the rich and the poor.

This Is due the aristocracy cronted by the sugar planters and to tho lack of facility for acquiring small parcels of ground. What we need In Hawaii is-more people, people of mod-orate means, who will go to work and dareiop the country. I think that one of the most valuable agencies in bringing these people to us would be the laying of a cnble. for then people of the United States would be In close aaily touch with ne islands and arrive at a much better understanding of the opportunities there presented. Need of Land Laws.

"The first step in "bringing about a greater development Is some svstem of land laws which will of the jMile of government and crown lands in small tracts or their settlement by homesteaders. It has been proposed that the land laws of tho United States should be extended so as to operate In the Hawaiian Islands, and such a bill has even been Introduced la congress bv Senator Hansborough. Th laws, however, as they are carried out here, do not meet our local requirements, though Mr. believes they could bo mot by Mobsoquent regulations Imposed by the Land Office. I do not expect any-Using will he done in this matter at this session of congress, but we will he roadv at the opening of the next congross with a bill modolled after United States customs but worded so as to apply to our peculiar local needs.

"We are opposed In the land bv the sugar planters. Some of tho leases of the crown lands are expiring now. and othors will expire President Dole Is In favor of making now leases to run ninety-nine voars. thus giving everything into the hands of the sugar planters and preventing any subdivisions of these large bodies of valuable land. As fast as the leases on the crown lands expire these lands revert to tho government and they should becomo part and parcel of the public domain, all of which should come under the provisions of a law providing for small holdings bv nctual settlers.

I would bo In favor of classifying the land on the Islands and throwing It open to settlement by bona fide homesteaders who should be required to live upon tholr entry at least five years before securing title and to improve the same in some specific sum. If a settler carried out tho provisions of such a law I would bo in favor of giving him his i.i nnvmflnt other than a i small fee. Some "of these homesteads need not be over ton acres in sire, for anything can be grown ah the year round, and a family can make a very good living off a very small area. "In the past a great deal of this government land has been sold at auction In tracts of several hundred acres each- These were, of course, bought hy tho sugar planters to the exclusion of others, and have resulted valuable monopolies. The sugar Interests are In favor of continuing this svstoni.

and they keep an agent at salary of $10,000 here In Washington to watch their interests. Tholr chief argument is that land must be sold or the government will have no money, for this Is the way all money has been raised in the pasL Our argument is that the same system of taxation can be enforced in Hawaii as in the United States, with certain local modifications which are necessary, and if we can get a lot of and industrious DCODle to Improve the land as homesteaders the islands will soon ue capauie oi producing a largo annual revenue from taxation Few Small Farmers. "Living Is high in Honolulu as one of the results of the present condition. We liave few small fanners, and most of those that are engaged in the business are Chinamen. You can imagine about the way things are wnen I tell you that at times eggs cost five cents apiece, and at other times It is almost impossible to secure many things which should be very plentiful There should be considerable profit in this kind of farming or truck gardening.

Honolulu, has now a population of over and affords an excellent markeL The coffee business has not been considered profitable of late, owing to the low of that staple." Delegate Wilcox was then asked if it was true that he had opposed the compulsory introduction of English as the language of the native schools. He said: "At first I was inclined to think the people should be permitted to speak their own language as do the people of Porto Rico, but the matter has been presented to me here in a new light, so that I think it is just as well that we should teach English to everj' Hawai.an child. I am told that one of the principal reasons why New Mexico ha- been unable to secure serious consideration for her appeal for statehood Is that apanish is still the language of tne territorial courts, schools and other public institutions. I do not believe that the people of Hawaii desire to put a straw in the path of statehood, for that is what we want as soon as it can be secured. We are not opposed to the present qualification for voters, for nearly all of the natives of Hawaii have more or less education.

I believe this qualification or restriction qf the ballet Is a good thing and think we would aiways be in favor of retaining it "There Is some talk. I see, of shipping a lot of negroes from the southern states to work In Hawaiian fields. This would be a very bad thing. Indeed, and should not be encouraged. I believe it would nun our islands and hope it will not be carried ouL We have 60,000 or 70.000 Asiatics who are not citizens, and, while the importation of contract labor has been stopped.

I believe that sufficient labor can be secored by paying higher wages than now prevail, which would not be such a bad! thing. Appointments uiked. When Mr. Wilcox was asked as to the attitude of the Hawaiian people toward the present administration, he said: "With tho exception of President Doie, President McKinley's appointments have been good and have given satisfaction to the people of the island. President Dole secured his influence through his conservative attitude.

He Is a native or the islands and favors a continuance of many of the old customs. We would like to have a man there who Is ready to go ahead and introduce anyth ng which would tend to the development of Hawaii and increase its desirable population and wealth. The independent party which sent me to congress is neither Democratic nor Republican. When I returned to Hawaii after my first visit to Washington I found that a great many of my friends were inclined to the Democratic party in the belief it meant the return of President Cleveland to power andsthe adoption of his pdllcy of independence for my country. I promptly told them, however, that there were a great many Democrats in favor of annexation and so we decided to form an Independent party, not committing ourselves to either polltlca.

division in the United States until we knew more about their policies. A majority of the people of Hawaii were opposed to annexation, but now that it Is accomplished they are not making any trouble about It. recognizing the Inevitable. They are also finding that they have more rights and more liberties as citizens of a territory of the United States than they did under the Dole republic, which was an oligarchy, and in time I think they will be very well satisfied to be a part of this country. "Prince David, who was a candidate for congress of tho so-called Democratic party, is no more a Democrat or a Republican than he was in the davs of the royalist control.

He Is a royalist himself, and drew to his support the old-time conservative natives who supported the queen. The Re publicans are split among themselves, part of them supporting Dole and part of them opposed to hlra. In fact. It is very difficult to say whether Hawaii has" any defined political organizations or not. owing to the Issues being pure-Iv local and personal in their character." Future of the Islands.

Delegate Wilcox has great faith in the future of his country, and he estimates the present population of the isjands to. be 100.000. He believes that with a proper adjustment of the land question at least 50,000 more people could find nomes and profitable occupation inHawaii, and when the Nicaragua Canal is opened to commerce that Honolulu will become the great halfway station of the Pacific Ocean. He thinks also that the improvement of Pearl Harbor, which tho United States proposes to turn into a naval station, is a mistake, as he claims that the improvements shoum be made In the harbor of Honolulu, and there should he located the docks. Mr.

Wilcox is living quietly in Washington with his wife and two children and seems to enjoy his sur roundings. People- from the islands who are visiting the United States generallv hunt him up in Washington, nnd he does the honors of the capital thoroughly and with more enthusiasm than the congregational old-timer. He has been deeply impressed since his election with the kindly feeling which pervades the executive and legislative branches of the government toward Hawaii. He speaks quite feel-Inglr of this, as he says: "The intentions of here are good. There seems to be no party line in the endeavor to do what is right by our people, and while there tnav bo some lack of knowledge as to local conditions In Hawaii, there is no lack of good feeling and good will toward us.

I wanted a commission appointed to visit Hawaii and study the needs of the countrv and most of the congressmen seemed to favor the idea, hut Speaker Henderson is oppose to it, because he says It will be only a junket and that the committee will come back to the United States with no more real knowledge of conditions than they, had when they started. As the Speaker Is opposed to the proposed commission. I no longer have any hope that It will he appointed, but vdih the aid of good friends in parties here, I think we can get such 'legislation in the next as is needed." S-1 CHURCH MEMORII I Of QUEEN VICTORIA Will Take Place Today in St. Andrew's Cathedral. SERVICE WILL BE IMPRESSIVE BISHOP WILLIS WILL PREACH A SnORT EULOGISTIC SERMON.

Sixty-Four. Candles Representing Years of Victoria's Reign Will Be Placed Along the Chancel Rail in the Queen's Honor. The memorial of the Anglican church for Queen Victoria, will be held this afternoon at St. Andrew's Cathedral. An elaborate service has been prepared for the occasion.

The Uprogram includes several classical musical selections besides tne special ritual for of this kind. The First Lesson, which will be read after the chanting cr Psalm 90. be from Ecclesiasticus 44, 1-16. The Apocrypha, from whicn the chapter is taken, is a portion of the Bible of which less is known than any other portion, ihe Bible selection for solemn memorials of the church is this section of the unfamiliar Book of It is as tollows: The First Lesson. Ecclesiasticus XLIV, 1-16.

"Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hav wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsels by their understanding declaring prophecies: Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for tne people, wise and eloquent In their instructions: Such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing: Rich men furnished with ability, living peacefully -in their habitations: All these were honored in their generations, and were the glory of their times. There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no memorial; who are pensLed, as mougn uiey nuu never ueen; uuu are become as though they had never been lvn; an 2 their chih'ren after them.

But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten. With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant. Their seed standeth fast, and. their children for their sakes. Their seed shall remain forever, and their glory shall not be oiotted out.

Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth forevermore. The people will tell their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise The only -me in years that this section of the Bible has been read public in Honolulu was on the occasion of the Memorial Services to the late Emperor William 1st of Germany, which took place nearly thirteen years ago. The Second Lesson is from the Gospel according to St John, 5. The Right Reverend Alfred Willis, Bishop of Honolulu, will make the address. The choir will sing several of the grand old hymns of the church and the anthem, "I Hear a Voice From Heaven." Wray Taylor will play the "Funeral ralarch" or Chopin and the "Dead March in Saul," as voluntaries.

One of the most prominent features of the service will be the use of symbolic UghL Light, in the ceremonies of the Anglican church signifies victors and Immortality, as well as the more common Interpretations of respect and honor. Around the rail of the chancel will be 64 wax tapers, each standing for one of the years of the Victorian reign. The services will commence at 3 o'clock and will not be of long duration. It is expected that there will be a large assembly present. Governor and Mrs.

Dole have signified their intention to be present it the service. The consuls o. me following coun tries nave given tneir consent to be present at the memorial service in St Andrew's Cathedral today: Great Britiin, Germany, Russia. Italy, Spain. Austria-Hungary.

Denmark, Belgium. Sweden, Norway, Mexico. Peru and China The government officials, members of the Juaiciary and senators and representatives-elect will also be present The hymns to be sung" at the service have been translated Into Hawaiian for the benent of the natives and copies will oe furnished. The officiating clergy will be the Rev. Canon H.

Kitcat, Vice Dean, the Rev. Hatnnton of the Diocese of California, the Rev. A. B. Weymouth.

D. oi the Diocese of Los Angeles. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. A Chicken Thief Who Had a Bad Memory Crap Shooters Fined. Ah Wrai, a Chinaman who was found in the northern suburbs of the dty with a sackful of chickens and of the possession of which he could give neither tho.

arresting officer nor the court a satisfactory explanation, was found guilty of larceny In the second degree and committed to prison by Judge" Wilcox Saturday morning; H. Mahbe, Kaapa, Kaaiwanue and were guilty Jn their owe minds and were sentenced to pay $10 and costs for indulging in a seven-come-eleven diversions. Four drunks were on tne calendar. Two of the men forfeited their hail, and two were fined 52 and costs. GOOD PRICES PAID.

Sale of Real Estate Under Foreclosure of Mortgage. Commissioner George iucas' sale of properties belonging to Geo. Washington Smith, under foreclosure of mortgage to Sam. C. Allen, advertised one time in The Republican proved a large success.

James F. Morgan was the auctioneer A half-interest in 4.74 acres at Pearl City was bought by Kahoa for $2,100. It is rice and taro land. Next came a School street lot containing .074 of an acre. Henry Waterhouse considered it worth $2,100 to him and bought it The third and last piece of real estate was a small and low-lying plot near Nuuanu brook.

T. W. Hobron took it for 53a0. COULD NOT ATTEND FUNERAL. Heir Apparent to British Crown Is a Sick Man.

COWES, Feb. 1. The Duchess of Cornwall and York intends going to London today, returning on iTuesday to her husband. nis is ta'ken as a fair indication tnat is apprehended. However, great precautions are exercised.

The heir to the throne has been moved to a room adjoinglng that occupied by Sir Francis Laking and a local practitioner has been called in to assist in ih? care of the Duke. Preparations for another three weeks' stay at Osborne House are being made for the Duke and Duchess as it is thought that the patient be able to travel much before the expiration of that period. WILL SELECT HIS DEPUTIES FROM THE LOCAL FIELD Roy H. Chamberlain, the New Internal Revenue Collector, Will Take Hold February .5. On Feb.

15. the local Internal Revenue office will be formally turned over to the newly appointed collector. Roy H. Chamberlain, who was one of the arrivals on the China. Mr.

Chamberlain was accompanied by Revenue Agent G. E. Fletcher, who will attend to the details of thMtransfer. Mr. Chamberlain was formerly a.

resident of Iowa and-'is" a. son-in-law qf Con gressman W. P. Hopburn of-that state. His wife and two children also accompanied him to the islands.

Mr. Chamberlain has announced that he will not inaugurate any sweep ing changes in the conduct of his of fice. The force of deputies will be se lected from the local fielu. Mr. Chamberlain has been in the government service for manv years.

He was for scjme time connected with the post office department, and for the past two years was in the customs service in Cuba. At the time of his appointment to this port, he was Deputy Surveyor of tue Po.rt of Havana. Mr. ChamberJain speaks entertainingly of that country. He believes that when the Cubans are left to their own resources the matter of annexation will be the paramount The present constitutional campaign doing a good work in this connection.

Monkeyed with a Red Light. Joseph Bacigalupi was taken in by the police last night for triffling with a red lantern which had been placed in King street to warn unwary pedestrians away from a heap of mud. Bacigalupi told a pitiful taie of "how he didn't know it was loaded." and said he would never do it again and the High Sheriff, in propria persona, turned him loose. Bacigalupi made an impassioned appeal at the statf on. which convulsed his hearers.

He was told to go and sin no more. The Land Troubles. Governor Dole received no word from Land Commissioner Brown by Friday's mail. The Governor has advised Mr. Brown to remain at Washington a while iL Hawaiian land matters approach anything like a critical stage.

He also desires him to follow up an amendment to the Organic Act where it restricts corporatidns to holding not more than 1000 acres. SAYS WILCOX WASN'T A CITIZEN AT THAT TIME "I presume it possible Robert W. Wilcox may have written the letter he is ed with having written to the Filipino leaders," said Edgar W. Caypless, attorney for Mr. Wilcox, yesterday.

"But grant- ing that he did write them, he did not violate any principle or honor as an American zen in doing so. As a matter of fact if you will stop to con- sider It. those letters were written at a time when Robert W. Wilcox was not a citizen of the United States and he was under no obligation to the Fed- eral government So far as 'giving expression to his sym- paihy with the Filipinos Is cerned he does not stand alone. There are hundreds of men in the.

United States who have op- posed the war against the Fill- pinos and many of them have raised their voices in behalf of those people, some of them -k holding higk positions In the government Granting that cox wrote the letters, what of it? As I just said, was not at the time a citizen or thi United States, and If he S3W fit to express his sympathy for the Filipinos, that was his right and TRIAL JURY flCilD UNTIL IDUT Divorce and Non-Jury Gases Will Occupy the Time. INDICTMENTS NOT FORTHCOMING KOOLAUPOKO TRESPASS CASES GO AGAINST THE DE- FENDmNTS. Defendants Note Exceptions One of the Cases Not Yet Decided Another Suit Against the Maunalei Sugar Company. As the grand jury will not be ready to report any indictments Monday the 11th inst, the court will hear any divorce or other cases which may be ready and in order for trial at that time. 'lTial jurors are excused until Wednesday, the 13th at 10 o'clock a m.

Judge Humpnreys concluded the hearing of the Koolau trespass cases late yesterday afternoon, with the following results: Parker vs. Palea, judgment for plaintiff. Pahia vs. Palea and Vm. Henry vs.

Palea. On evidence in first case, judgment for plaintiffs. H. Parker et al. vs.

E. K. Bull. Decision reserved until Monday. Belf vs.

Palea. Submitted on "evidence in tne foregoing case. There were differences in the circumstances and judgment was given for plaintiff. Magoon Thompson for plaintiffs; Robertson Wilder for defendants, who noted exceptions to all the judgments. A.

de Souza Canavarro, consul for Portugal, petitions for the appointment of a guardian for Jacintha an insane person. P. Selander, a native of Sweden, petitions that ho or some other proper person be appointed guardian of Carl Lundahl, his fellow-countryman and friend, whom he alleges to be an insane person having personal property worth. $1200. Petitioier says he was intimate with Lundahl, rooming -five-months with him in 1900.

Lundahl was subject to attacks of temporary insanity and asked Selander to take care of him when he might be so afflicted. Victorino Vasconcellos has signed satisfaction of judgment to Rebecca A. Dodd and Robt W. Oatbcart executor, of James Dodd's estate, for $121.50 in full of all claims. The debt was $75 for building a seawall at Waikiki.

Kawika Kaolelopono has filed a bond in $50, with Hugh Robertsoi of Ewa as surety, to appear in the Circuit Court and answer a charge of larceny in the second decree. J. H. Schnack, by his attorneys, Robertson Wilder, takes exception to the overruling by Judge Humphreys of his demurrer to the complaint of Emma M. Nakuina for trespass.

G. Silva, administrator of the estate of J. Cabral Medeiros, deceased, files an inventor- giving a value of $1600 to the estate. The Japan Emigration Co. has brought a oin in equity for discovery against the ifaunalei Sugar Co.

It is based on a claim for supplying labor. Defendant company was to pay plaintiff company $462.15 and the further sums of $1.35 and $1.05 a month for each male and female laborer, respectively, but it is alleged that no payments have been made. Again, defendant gave plaintiff a promissory note on July 10, 1900, for payable six months after date on which at maturity payment was refused. Plaintiff complains that defendant has a large amount due to it from delinquent stockholders, but is making no effort to collect tne money, it is therefore prayed that defendant be ordered to bring its books, accounts, into court for examination, ab action of debt. against the Maunalei Sugar Co.

by the Tokio Emigration Co. In the Federal court has been already reported. WILL ENLIST MANY FILIPINO SOLDIERS Number Authorized by Congress Is Twelve Thousand Nearly One Thousand Now Doing Duty. NEW YORK. Feb.

1. A special to the ximes from Washington says: The War Department intends to go slowly in the interesting experiment which the new. army law permits it to make of encouraging the Filipinos to become American soldiers. There are no regular military organizations bf Filipinos now unless the squadron of Philippine cavalry is so considered and the War Department has not enough information about that organization to know whether it is a success or not. The army law gives to the department the desired opportunity to experiment with the Filipinos and ascertain their soldierly qualities unde'r American leaders.

It is authorized to recruit Filipinos to the number of 12,000. The whole- thing wiU be left to General MacArthur, who will be allowed to use his judgment about how many Filipinos to enlist unhampered by Instructions rem Washington. Nor will he begin by forming regiments. The plan Is for him to employ Filipinos -iv --J- ic fefc. f.j as scouting bands under American officers.

The progress will be closely watched and when General MacArthnr finds that some of these men have learned American ways and American discipline and have developed in. soldierly qualities, he will form them Into companies, then, a3 the numbers of such Americanized Filipinos increases. Into battalions and regiments. The scouting bands are to be the skeleton from which th-? regular organizations are to be built up. There is already a nucleus.

Quite a number of these Irregular uands of scouts have been formed by General MacArthur, and are doing service under American officers. Their exact number is not known, but if they were all gathered together in one body they would make up nearlv a full regi ment Most of them are Macabebes and these are the Scouts who have figured most frequently in the reports and, despatches from Manila. But there is one company of Tagals, who are a fine body of men and have done efficient service. They have never manifested the slightest hesitation about fighting against their countrymen, and no complaints of desertion or treason have ever been received concerning them. There are also several companies of Visayans among the scouts.

It is not improbable that there are enough of these scouts who have learned American ways to be formed at once Into a company of regulars, but this is to be left" to Gen. MacArthur's discretion. Held for Investigation. Moana Lua, a well known police character, was arrested last night for having some articles of slight value in his possession which he had more than the ordinary difficulty In convincing the police came to him through regular channels. He was locked up pending an Investigation of his chain of title.

BASKET BALL MEETS WITH POPULAR FAVOR LHONOLULU devotees of the SPORT ATTAIN GREAT. PROFICIENCY. Present Schedule of Games Promises Many Hot Contests for Supremacy Phenomenal Growth Is Noted Throughout the East Basket- Ball is evidently entitled to the distinction of being classed among most popular sports in athletic circles in Honolulu. It would take but the briefest visit to the gymnasium of the Young Men's Christian Association to fully demonstrate this fact. No indoor game has taken a firmer hold upon local athletes tian the scientific juggling of the big 3pheroid required in basket ball.

When Bhysical Director Coates introduced game to the Y. M. C. A. some months ago, he did so with some apprehension.

This was scon dispelled waen It apparently jumped to instant iavor in both col lege and Y. M. C. A. gymnasium work, Players took hold of the proposition with great enthusiasm.

By diligent i practice and careful training a number of teams in this city have achieved marked proficiency in their work. The series of games recently scheduled have just been fairly launched, and give promise to become hotly contested before the season closes. The growth of the enticing and vigorous sport In the last two years has been little short of phenomenal. Like every innovation, the game was looked at askance for a while. It was considered to effeminate by college athletes for a long time.

In the Eastern states Yale was the first college to take up the game with any degree of interest or enthusiasm, and was the first university io have a team attain prominence. The game gradually gained in popularity as its possibilities of splendid exercise and Its scientific points were better recognized and anpreciated. so that this winter ic a New England college, with possibly one or two exceptions that is not represented by a basketball team. Regimental athletes throughout New York State and New England soon became interested in the new game, and from this beginning it spread all over the country, so that now basketball teams representing military organizations have av regular schedule of games, which result In spirited contests and an Intense, although friendly rivalry. From Maine to California the game has advanced, so that now it is nearly as popular in the West as in the East The clubs are a legion, and It Is estimated that there are not fewer than 3,000 basket ball players in the country.

The colleges have taken hold of the game Tery strongly and enthusiastically, and games between them are of frequent occurrence. The Yale team even took a long Western trip recently, during which they played eleven games. That the New Haven collegians only won one game on their trip illustrates verj forcibly the great development th game has reached In the West The Yale players drew big houses wherever they appeared, and the team realized a handsome profit At Fpnd du Lac. Wisconsin, where they appeared in two games, more than 5,000 persons witnessed each game. Basket ball appeals especially to girls and young women, and is fostered in many colleges devoted to their education.

Schools of physical training have adopted the game as an athletic fixture, and great benefits have been obtained hy the healthful exercise w.hlch the game gives, and the playing of the game by the weaker sex has demonstrated that women can go into more vigorous exercises than was generally supposed. While the game possibly will never appeal to college student bodies as dees baseball or football, still the game to be played successfully demands quickness of thought and action, a strong, agile body ana great endurance. INHERITS FO FROM FIR SCOW Henry Birkmyre of La- haina Palls Heir to Mucn Money. PROPERTY GAME FROM HIS FATHER HE WILL STILL MAKE HIS HOME. IN THE ISLANDS OF HIS ADOPTION.

Expects to Invest in Sugar Stocks and to Carry on a Large Fishing Business He Will Build a Fine House at Hanalei. Henry Birkmyre, formerly employed as head luna of tho Pioneor Mill Company at Lahalna, has fallen heir to a large sum of money tnrougu the death ot his father, Birkmyre. of the Gourock Rope Company of Port Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. Birkmyre, junior, has been a resident ot these islands tor thirteen years nnd most ot that time has been engaged in tho sugar raising business.

When he left Scotland his fathor was practlcnlly the managing partnor In the vast rope-winding concern which has since grown to be the second largest In tha world. The elder Birkmyre accumulated a large fortune in' the buslnos and when his death took place last spring he left a large of It to his son, Henry. The probate of the estate under tho laws of Scotland was not completed until a short time ago ana it has only been a few weeks since tne young man received thi handsome amount of money which made up his share. The news of his good fortune did not leak out even among his friends until yesterday, but it was received with, a great deal ot satisfaction when It was confirmed by Birkmyre. "I have not inherited as much as some of my friends seem to said he, "but I guess I will havo enough to last me ine rest ot my life If I am careful.

I have boon In this city for some time, as I resigned my position with tho sugar company before Christmas time. I do not bollevo that I will ever go into the- practical business of sugar planting again, but I have a fixed idea that the business will be always a profitable one. although there will never be the largo profits In It that have been paid In the past I think that the planters from will have more or less trouble with their laborers and that laborers will gradually grow so strong that the companies will have to increase their pay and that will have a tendency to curtail profits. Then tho price of sugar is not likely to remain fixed at tne present rates and that too will have its effect In the reduction of dividends. For all that I will Invest some of my money In first-rate sugar stocks, but my pian now, Is to romovo to Hanalei, Kauai, and build a suitable house on some property belonging to my wife and to engage to some extent in the fisheries.

My wife Is a Honolulu girl and is a daughter of tho late Captain Hatfield of this city. "When I left Scotland, thirteen years ago, the Gourock Company employed about 2000 men In the factory. Since that time the business of tho concern has Increased to a large extent" Mr. Birkmyre would not say just how much his legacy amounted to. but it Is reported to greatly exceed $500,000.

Brown Stands "Pat" Notwithstanding the fact that he ha3 been accusea of arousing the displeasure of his fellow trademon. by the employment of men from Seattle, C. H. Brown, the King street plumber, finds himself doing plenty of business at the old stand. "My men are good workmen, the best In their line in -Seattle They have Union cards, and are eligible to tne councils of any union In the land.

They Uid not see fit to stand for the attempted by the local union. I did not see any reason in this why they should not have been employed, hence have stood 'pat' and Intend to see the thing through. The action of the Master Plumbers in dropping me from tholr association has brought me many expressions of commendation of my course from business men in the city. Results count, and an inspection of the workmanship of my men will determine that they are as good as can be found anywhere." Day of Prayer far Students. This Sunday will be observed alL over the world as a day of prayer for students.

It is appointed by the committee of the World's Student Christian Federation, and will be observed by the Student Young Men's Christian Associations all over the world. Tho meeting at the Y. M. A. thl3 afternoon will be devoted to this work for students.

H. E. Coleman will have charge of the service ana representatives of the local student associatloas will speak, giving short reports and re-marks on the work. A Wood, who Is corresponding secretary of the Federation, will represent the movement All men are Invited. The Passion Play.

Those who fail to attend the lecture by Miss Ada Murcutt at the auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Association Monday evening on the Passion play will miss a treat Miss spent some time at last summer, witnessing the famous production, and was successful In securing many choice views. Tho speaker swill wear a costumo like- that worn by the peasants In the play. There will be no admission charged..