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The Great Council at Boston.
The Second Intel national Congreg-t
tioual Council mti in IS ision Outing
eigut ol the closing dajs ■>( September,
ending in an excursion to Plymouth
Kock on the jfllh. This council n.ts an
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111
churches
have been represented. The Hawaiian
delegation consisted ol
Rev. E. S. Tunoteo, of Kaumakapili
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church.
Rev. J. M- Eaera, of Ewa chuicli.
Rev. |. Kauhane, ofVVaiohmu church
Rev. Stephen Desha, of H.oli church
They were accompanied by Rev. 1).
P, Emerson and Mr. Heniy W'alei
house, also delegates.
to
A very warm welcome was
brethren.
Their
voices
our Hawaiian
were heard on various platforms, and
their portraits appeared 111 Various jour
nals. Mr. Desha, who speaks fairly
good English, made a strong impres
■ion.
Ihe only antagonism expressed in the
a severe attack by
President Hyde, of Bowdom, up in an
alleged defective conduct of education
in the theological seminaries, in which
he was severely handled by Dr. Fairbairn of Oxford, and Dr. Moore ol
Andovei. The general sentiment ol the
Council seemed to be that the proposed
Council followed
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balconies, seats 2800. Three minutes
.liter the d s were opened, Standing
The tone of the Council is reported as
being highly spiriiual. Such was especially the tone of the large British
delegation A large number of papers
were read on many topics, having a high
intellectual as well as spiritual character.
improvements in the seminaries would
he adverse to the promotion of spiritual
power
in the preachers.
For our own part, we greatly sympathise with Mr. Moody, who was search
in;; for a 15iblic.il instructor lor his
He said In it he
preachers' classes.
could find many men who could teach
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Desha at Plymouth Rock.
Rev. Mmton Dexter of Boston told
of the struggles of the Pilgrim as a
planter, described the failure of their
communism, and denied spiritedly the
charge that "after falling on their knees
tht\ then fell n the aborigines." Gen.
J. B. CarringtOfl aroused enthusiasm by
by his comments on The l'dgrim as a
Soldier. In some ways the most feeling
and eloquent speech of the afternoon
was that of Key. Stephen I-. Desha of
Hilo, Hawaii, who responded to the
toast The Pilgrim as a Soldier, he being
a trophy of the missionary ardor of
those American Congrrgationalista who
sailed around Cape Horn and Christiani/nl Hawaii. His English was
somewhat defective, hut his heart was
full and his action eloquent. He said
that he and his Hawaiian comrades,
after seeing the national monument in
memory of the Pilgrims, had decided
that they ought to return to Hawaii and
see to il that somehow or other the first
pilgrim missionaries to Hawaii were
worthily commemorated in stone or
hr iize. The Congregationalist.
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Death of C. M. Hyde, D.D.
Bible in the original Greek anil the
This eminent and Beloved missionary
original Hebrew, hut he wanted one th,,t to the Hawaiian people passed away
could te.ub nin the original English! from earth on the mghl of October 13th,
the
It is the
serin.vis that
are lull of the eight days alter his return from an ab
th t tell on the
sence of four months on a visit to his
Bible in plain English
people.
Another almost universal lack in
ministers is their tailure to receive any
systematic training in elocution. Their
defective elocution sadly handicaps moal
ministers, who have never enjoyed any
scientific training in the use ol then
voices. The seminary instructors seem
to value book-learning unduly above the
power of expression, which is, at least,
Hut of more
of eipial consequence.
all
else
to
the minister,
than
importance
is a heart beating with love and desue
to save dying men, and a soul tilled with
the power of the Holy Ghost. No
amount of theological learning'can make
up for this lack. The teachers of theological semin tries should he men filled
with the Divine power, and diffusing a
deeply spiritual atmosphere.
son in Ware, Mass., during which the
maladies which, for some time, had been
Sapping his strength, had gained increasing mastery. The immediate cause
ol death was Blight's Disease, complicated with heart troubles. He became
very feeble on the long journey by railway and steamer. Il was only by th©
arduous care ol his wile and niece that
his life was prolonged 10 reach his
home. On Simd >y, the Iftth, funeral
exercises took the place of the usual
morning service in Central Union
Church, conducted by Key. H. H.
Parker and the pastor, who delivered
an appropriate discourse.
The body
was committed to the earth in Nuuanu
cemetery by the side of Mrs. Hyde's
sisor and m ther.
The Rev Charles McEwen Hyde,
111)., wis b in in New V ik city in
iHil'J. His father was a gentleman of
position, whose home was one of culture
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and refinement as well as piety. He
graduated at Williams College in IN. r>:i.
As he mounted the platform to deliver
the valedictory his classmates rose and
cheered bun, which was an unprece
dented honor. He took his theological
course partly in Union Seminary, and
partly in Princeton. He had previously
spent some time as a tutor in college.
His first pastorate was in Brinilield,
Mass., and his second in Center Congre
gational Church in Haverhill. While
at Brimlit Id he married Mary a daughter
of Dr. Knight of that town, the honored
sharer of his pastoral and missionary
labors.
In IS,!') urgent representation was
made to the American B 'aid of the need
of at least I wo men of exceptional ability
to reinforce the missionary both in
Hawaii, who were fast passing away.
An especial need was that of a suitable
man to continue the work of training
native Hawaiians for the gospel ministry
an the native churches and in the Gilbert
and Marsh ill Islands The aged fathers,
Revs. D. Baldwin and li. VV. Parker,
were then conducting such a school in
Honolulu.
Instead of the two men needed, as the
writer heard Father Damon urge upon
Secretin) Clark in Boston, only one was
found, bill he a man of rare consecration
and capacity for labor. In March of the
next year Dr. Hyde was appointed a
missionary of the American Board, and
arrived in Honolulu with his family on
May 31, 1*77. He immediately applied
himself with scholarly industry and skill
to the acquisition of the Hawaiian
tongue. Although at the age of forty
five a colloquial aptness in native idiom
and accent was impracticable, few of the
earlier missionaries ever wrote the language more grammatically, and probably
none bad so copious and accurate a
vocabulary.
Di. Hyde reorganized the work of the
training school and placed it upon a
broader basis under the name of the
North P.cific Mission Institute New
buildings were ultimately erected upon
the now very attractive premises. From
under Dr. Hyde's training have gone
forth nearly all the pastors of Hawaiian
churches now in active service. The
excellent work of many of them Strongly
testifies to the wise and painstaking labor
of their tireless and patient instructor,
as well as that of his various coadjutoi s,
especially the Rev. H. H. Parker, the
instructor in Homiletics.
Dr. Hyde's abilities were many and
varied, and became of the greatest service in many departments of educational
and social work in these islands. He
possessed unusual executive and administrative talent, such as would have
given him eminence in business circles.
He had great literary facility and accu
racy, and a wide range of knowledge.
He had a high degree of tact and selfcontrol, and a ready perception of the
[November,
situation, which made hun ol rare use
fulness as an advisor on occasions of
colliding opinions in Church and li ..ml
meetings, where he often brought dc
bates successfully to a point by w. llframed resolutions. The Social Sen nee
Club was initiated by him at an earl)
date, and owes its very satisfactory con
Gitit >n for twenty years largely to his
tactful and genial conduct as secretary
Dr. Hyde's executive ability and intelligence made him trustee in main
educational and other institutions
notably Oahu College, Kamehameha
Schools and the Bishop Museum. In
each of these he has occupied a leading
position. In the organization and dc
velopment of the Kamehameha schools,
his has been the leading hand in tin
work. His personal wisdom and in
tinstty havi been indispensable to their
CI ration and growth.
For tin: past live years ihe Into
national
lessons have
been
regularl)
pared by Dr. Hyde foi the Hawaiian
Sabbath schools in quarterly fotm. One
ol his I,iiesi labors Was th. preparation
for the press ofthe lessons foi the pasl
month of October.
His careful ami efficient aid were
helpfully hit in every department of
educational and mission work. Mr. F.
W. Damon lovingly owns his frequent
help m the Chinese Mission. Several
years BgO, when taking a vacation in
Europe by the aitl of friends, be collected
materials for Kindergarten work, which
wen- ol essential value in initiating such
work in Honolulu. He rendered special
service in initiating instruction in sewing
in the government schools.
Dr. Hyde was one of line presence,
and even, placid manner, apparently
never in a hurry, yet always Working
and moving othcis to work. Above all.
he was deeply spiritual in temper,
heavenly minded, and profoundly con
secrated to the Master. With the highest
abilities for acquiring wealth, he had put
earthly gain behind him and lived foi
the kingdom of God and lis establish
ment on earth. In the creation anil
development of our churches and com
munity in Hawaii, we have had men of
high spiritual iolts ; nun saintly, wise,
eloquent, fervent, genial, with power to
lead, with uplifting faith, hut we have,
perhaps, never had one of equal eapacitv
for practical service. We may pro
foundly thank the Lord for these twentytwo years of wise and faithful labor of
our departed hi thei among ns.
pit
The Near Approach of Christ's Reign.
DBRY.RS..STORRS.
but think, too, that a senseI
is widening among these churches <d
the critical and prophetic character of
the times now present to us; that these
are being ever more clearly recognized
cannot
1899
belonging to the final dispensation of
the spirit, intervening betwten the departure of the Lord in the m.ovel of the
ascension and that second coming in
power and glory of which He spoke so
simply but so sublimely to Caiaphas, A
sense ol the significance ol this unique
and stupendous parenthesis in history
is certainly on multitudes of minds,
with a deepening impression of the near
as
approach of.greal consummations.
Events are strangely hurrying in our
years. Advances in invention appear
with a rapidity before which thought
staggers.
Expansions of commerce
cbsnge continents to home districts,
oceans to lakes, and make all men
neighbors. The relations of civilized
states to each other, and of all to the
untiained peoples, become intimate and
wide as by an unseen, irresistible pies
The suddenness and the niulii
sine.
tin!. ol such changes smite with
astonishment thoughtful minds. A
consciousness deepens in the heart of
lilt: chinches of overruling, invisible
energies Combining for the development
ol \ast effects. The whole movement
I human society seems lo contemplate
amazing issues not far oil'; and the mo
live to a loftier courage 111 the spirit, a
new energy in all Christian action, becomes deeper, keener, nioie determinate
with every year.
We sing with
fuller swell of heart and voice these
noble lines:
1,...1, our God, Thou sliinest here,
Thine nun. this latter day!
To us Thy radiant steps a| pear;
line beams Thy glorious way!
()
Oui lathers saw millenium coming,
sleule coasts, under bleak skies,
from the edge- ol the wildernesses still
unmapped. We see it nearer and
clearlier than they did, on a land which
has been subdued to beauty by the
gospel of Christ, n the crest of the
earth across which his chariot wheels
are running swiftly, under the resplendent arch f constellations established
lon Vi i, even science confesses, "on the
Word ol His power- above all in a
world where no one ot his promises
ever fails, and where the Babe of Bethkheni, the Man ol Nazareth, is every
yeai more widely acknowledged as King
of Nations!
on
Lyman
Abbott and Foreign Missions.
The Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., al
though the opposite of conservative in
his theology, is profoundly loyal to
Christ and His Kingdom, and a hearty
believer in Foreign Missions. The
Springfield Republican has given what
appears to he a malicious travesty of
Dr. Abbott's paper read before the International Council. It says that "Dr.
Abbott has, in public and with emphati
�formality, dccl ired thai the present missionary policy is a failure, and he holds
up tO ridicule What has been done by the
American Board and other missionary
bodies in Africa for over hall a ceiitut v. *
* * -'■'■ his whole argument was in
defense of the predominance ot force mi
til force shall have conquered th world,
and then it will be ample time t i preach
the gospel of love.'
It was thoroughly improbable that
Dr. Abbott held am such sentiments,
or
thai he would
them before that gr
Christians.
Before
Christian Unity, on Mission Fields.
[FROM THE COM.XI.I.A I lONAI IS 1. I
Christianity rarely sutlers more at the
bands of its professed advocates than
.vhen men arc sent from Christian to
heathen countries to proselyte converts
from one denomination to another.
When that has been done, the responsibility for it has belonged almost
always t.t missionary societies and not
missionaries in the field. They feel
the need of mutual support and minimize
lo
their differences. Ovei ion missionaries
signed ami published a
Christianity which is
v inline to express ill China have
at council .-I d< voul declaration of
us in the Cangrega- printed below.
tioiiiilist is a caret ol abridgmeni of his
paper. It was on the topic ol "Inter
national Relations and Responsibilities."
There is n it a syllable in dispiir'genlenl
of Christian Missions. He thinks that
ill the process ol establishing proper
relations, .war may he unavoidable.
"Temporarily there may be need ol
appeal to war. Civilization is built upon
law. Wherever then: is law lb re must
be something to enforce it, either con
science within or might without, else
law is simply friendly counsel. * * *
"It is vain for the Armenian to tip
peal to law. Il is law which is t \ier
initiating him. The Cubans could not
appeal to law. 1 believe that the pow
ers of Europe should have united against
the lawlessness ot Turkish oppression,
and I thank God that America did inter
pose for the Cub ins. Africa needs
something more than missons for its
redemption. It needs law. Through
British law antl the opening of the
country by railroads ami tin: entrance ol
civilization the dirk continent will be
come bright. This is the divine mean
ing of England in Africa, tin- dismem
berment of China and. in my faith,
America's occupation ol the Philippines.
Law first, then the gospel. This is tindivine older."
This view of the enforcement ot law
as the coadjutor ol the gosp'i I has no
novelty. Missionaries always n juice
when law comes to overturn anarchy
and cruelty Our pioneer on the Gilbert
Islands, Hiram Bingham, welcomed the
advent of British control which endtd
savage anarch)', gave peace to his h.n
ried churches, and facilitated his already
successful work. We all welt: glad
when British and French guna opened
China to the gospel. The subjugation
of India by British arms made possible
the recent enormous progress of Chris
tianity there All missionaries hail with
eager hope the forcible breaking down
of political barriers to the dissemination
of the gospel, as latel) m the Philippines.
The wilful misrepresentation of Dr.
Abbott by the Springfield Republican
only betrays a deep sealed aversion to
the gospel of the Lord Jesus, and svm
pathy with His enemies,
They
represent nearly
every Protestant denomination which
carries on foreign missions, .mil they
conn from man) nations in Europe,
Australia. Among the
Aim iic.t ami
names appended are ten Congregation
alisrs, thirteen Wesley ans, eighteen
Presbyterians, thirteen Methodist Fpia
copalians and six Baptists. We hope
that al! the, missionary societies represented at the Ecumenical Conference to
in- hehl in New York in I'JOO will adopt
and subscribe to some such declaration
as the following:
undersigned missionaries,
the world our
heartfelt unity in regard to the essential
points of our Christian religion, and
longing to fulfill the desire of our hies set 1
Savior and Master, expressed in his
prayer, John 17:11,20 23, that his dia
cipit s. should he one as He and the
Father are one. hereby declare that in
mil united services, as well as in out
dally intercourse with each other, we
r. ahzt: ourselves to be one in the Father
and in the Savior. Christianity is not
su much a system ill doctrines as it is a
new life, born of the Sphit ol God, a
life ol vital union with God through the
Savior All those who, by the grace of
God, have received this new lile ; re living members of Christs bod)-, and are
therefore one. Christ himself is the
center of oui union. We may still have
different views and opinions on several
minor questions of our religion, and
may follow different methods of church
policy and Christian work, as each one's
conscience directs him, but yet we feel
we are one by the blood of Jesus, our
only Savior and Mediator, and by His
spirit, which moves our hearts. We arc
like different battalions of one
army, fighting under one great captain
(/'. t., our common Savior and Master)
for one great end the proclamation
and establishment of Christ's kingdom
o oughout the world.
In Christ we
"We,
desiring
the
to express to
__
are on i "
Stafford Ransome on Japan.
*
Mi. X.insulin's book "Japan in
Transition," is highly commended and
doubtless a valuable work. But his
opinions about the
" failure "
there nl
87
THE FRIEND
Vol. 57, No. 11.]
Christian missions are evidently derived, not from personal observation of
missionary operations, but at second
hand, from the current obloquy of missionary-haters in the seapoits, whence
most of the globe-trotters obtain the
absurdities about missionaries and their
work which they retail when they net
home. Mr. Ransome savs
" It is difficult to estimate the number of Christians in Japan, but it is safe
to say there is not one in every 1(111,0(10
of the population, the statistics of the
missionaries to the contrary notwithstanding, Without impugning ihe good
faith ol the missionaries il n, iy be said
that they often take natives foi Christians who appear to acquiesce with them
in conversation on religious subjects.
Nine cases in ten a native wi tlo this,
if he knows the foreigner to whom he is
talking litis pronounced views on Chris
Until recently people of the
ti.iiut).
lowei classes made no objection when
asked by ihe missionaries to allow their
names to he put in the return:, as Christians It is to be pieaumed ili.ii that
the returns of Japanese Christians made
from time to time to European and
American missionary societies are largely made up ol this sort of Christians."
In a population of forty millions,
"one in every 100,000," would be only
111(1 Christians in all Japan!
Mr. Ransome evidently writes at rand
The
actual membership in the Protestant
chinches exceeds 10,0(1(1, or one hundred times Mr. Ransome's estimate.
And all ot these are persons carefully
examined ami admitted after due probation. More than this, they represent by
their families a population of probably
200,000, who are affiliated to the Chris
tian chinches. This makes no estimate
of the large numbers attached to the
Roman Catholic Church.
It is presumable that Mr. Ransome
indulges in no such blundering reckless
ness in his treatment of other topics in
his book.
At the late meeting of the American
Board, Dr. Pentecost appropriately
said :
"As for the successes—l am wearied
to death of the criticisms that come
from the press through magazines, such
as was read this afternoon, by those
who never give a penny to missions and
who never crossed the threshold of a
Christian church in those far-off lands.
My brethren, we have accomplished—l
say "we "-the missionaries in America ami England have accomplished
more in the way of numerical results in
India alone, a country infinitely more
difficult to reach than the old Romish
Empire was, we have accomplished
more in 10(1 years than was accomplished in the first four centuries, beginning with the Apostles, in the whole
world."
:
.
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�88
THE FRIEND
ii
i losed, suijeit tii ratification b\
ihe members of the congregation after
Mark Twain writrs as follows about it is organised. A meeting of those
the "Prince of tite Powers of the Air:" interested has been called to complete
"A person who has for untold centu the organisation and there is little doubt
ries maintained the imposing position that the B< tetania street lot will he
bought.
of spiritual bead of four fifths of the
It is proposed to build a place of wor
human race, and political head of the ship at once, the cost of the building and
whole of it, must be granted the posses lot together to be sboui
11 ft,ooo. This
sion of executive abilities of the highest will leave $:t.i,001l of Ihe original gift Id
order. In his large presence, the oiher he used as an endowment liind, and it
that about $ I (1,000 mortpopes and politicians shrink to midgets is understood
coming In gifts, making the fund a
is
for the microscope. I would like to see good sued one for the support of the
him. I would rather shake him by the church.
The prospective members are talking
tail more than any other member of the
of sending to Germany for a pastor and
European Concert."
at the coming
It is the fashion of "Liberal" theolog) this will also be discussed
meeting.
to scout the possibility of the existence
The 160,000 given by Messers. Mack
of an evil personality malignantly dc leld and
Isenbeig was one of the
voted to working moral and physical evil
on the occasion ot
donations
in the world. Apparently it is difficult Hacklelil it made
Co
's
fiftieth
anniversary.
for us to assert or prove anything aprioii Hawaiian .Star.
such
a
The
testi
thing.
for or against
mony of Christ and His apostles lo the
Rev. G. L. PearsonReturns.
existence of a personal arch devil appears to be clear and unequivocal. One
The pastor of the Methodist Church
thing is certain that he has no power
over the soul of any person who cleaves returned here on the 20Ul ult. from a
to G-d.
pleasant and recuperating visit to Cab
That a personal devil is actively
stimulating the depravity of men and forma, attending the annual session of
organizing the forces of crime and the California Conference al Pacific
wickedness, is a working hypothesis ol Grove, also visiting churches in Mon
no small utility. "Lead us not into terey, San Jose, Napa, Oakland antl
temptation, but deliver us from the evil San Francisco. Our Christian people
one," is the ending of the Lord's Prayer, are much favored by Mr. Pearson's reaccording to the Revised Version.
turn lo the work in this city.
Concerning Satan.
A Well-Kept
on
Anniversary.
The great German firm of Hackfeld &
Co. in Honolulu, observed on the 2d ol
October the fiftieth anniversary of its
establishment here. In addition to lib
eral hospitalities the firm donated $1000
each to thirteen benevolent associations
of the city.
Two leading members of the firm.
Messrs. Paul [senberg and J. P. Hack
feld also donated the sum of $:>0,(l(t(l foi
establishing and maintaining a German
Lutheran Church at Honolulu. This
will be a welcome addition to our Chris
tian agencies.
The New German Church.
The new German-Lutheran church,
for which J. P. Hackfeld and Paul
Isenberg recently gave $50,000, will
probably be located on a lot on Beietania street near Punchbowd and adjoinThe
ing the Parmelee residence.
organizers of the church have been
negotiating with F.J. Kruger, for the
purchase of the lot and the deal has
Bishop Potter Coming to Honolulu.
It seems to he authentically made
known that Bishop Potter will soon
come to Honolulu, on business relating
to the transfer of the Episcopal Church
here from its Hritish connection to that
oftht Protestant Episcopal Church in
America. That so important and inlluetitial a Bishop is coining on this errand
is interpreted by the "Church Defense
antl Extension Association," organized
in opposition to Bishop Willis, as imply
ing a thorough and effective invesliga
lion into the undesirable conditions now
existing in this diocese, which will no
doubt soon be duly Americanized.
[November, 1899
cover." A recent convert to the Episcopal Chinch is said to have eul gized
it as "tlu roomiest church in America."
So far as differing the lies of personal
religion aie concerned, r differing interpretations of the creeds, or different
attituibs ul mind toward the Scriptures
this is very likely true, if we except
congregations joined in the Unitarian
fellowship. Hut in its insistence on
strict uniformity in matters of outward
method and form that church —to the
grief of many of its ministers and membets is the narrowest and most restrictive ol Protestant communions.—
R. S. Storrs, D.D.
Mr. W. O. Smith, late attorney geueral, is about to proceed to Washington'
D. C, as the representative of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Planters' Association, to watch Hawaiian
interests during the coming session of
Mr. Smith possesses great
Congress
ability ami experience in public life, and
the very highest personal character. He
will doubtless work m harmony with
Gen A. S. Hartwell, the excellent representative ol this Government at the
same
place.
Crowded Schools.
Notwithstanding the number of new
school houses
arc
recently built, the schools
crowded beyond all possible capa-
city. Man) new teachers have had to
l>e employed, but the funds of the l)e-pailineiit if Education are being exhausted. The requirements for the next
period will In: fifty percent, greater than
the past. The cause is the great
in
ncrease of children among the Portuguese and Asiatics, as well as other
foreign population. This is one of the
indications that next year's census will
prove a very great increase over the
population of li-illi.. An observation of
the i crease of dwellings in Honolulu
would indicate till pel cent, addition in
the three years, or fifty thousand restdents now m this city.
Hilo Harbor.
Capt. Merry, commandant of the
naval station here, is reported by the
Bulletin as saying in an interview that,
Narrowness of Episcopacy.
"with the building of a crescent shaped
This conviction of Congregational breakwater (a matter of very little troub
churches finds, of course, its sharp It) a vtiv line harbor could be produced.
antithesis in the notion that a valid This int..i inalion will of course be sent
ministry can nly be bad through epis forward." (to Washington).
Capt. Merrj thus lends important aucopal ordination, and that the one
tlioiit) to opinions long rntertairted.
appropriate instrument for public war The commercial future of Hilo holds
ship is "the prayer b ok, from cover to great promise.
�Vol. 57, No. 11. |
89
THE ERIEND
The Transvaal War.
A New Minister of the Interior.
Storage Battery Tramcars.
Fierce fighting is already raging at
Antipodes in South Africa, and pro
mises to be much fiercer after the to.noo
British troops land, who aie now on the
way from England.
years ago,
Britons fought to enforce taxation over
the Americans without representation.
Now they fight to save the 100,0011
Engliahmen in the Transvaal from taxation by the 50,000 Boers without rep
resentation. The issue is similar, but
the parties are reversed. The English
claim equal political rights with the
Boers. The latter claim t be the on
ginal and exclusive owners of the country, while the English .ne only uutland
ers or aliens, who shall have no voicein the government. There might be
more sympathy for these brave and
patriotic Boers were they less rude and
illiterate. Those who read, read Dutch
only, but their current speech is "Taal,"
a broken Dutch jargon, consisting of
about lOlln words in all. British civil
ization has overtaken the Boers in theit
inland retreat, and is compelling them
unwillingly to accept it. Their posterity will rejoice in the changed con
ditions.
1!) the death of Minister James A.
King, the very important Department of
the Interior was left without a head.
The appointment to that office of Mr.
Alexander Young is generally hailed
with satisfaction. It is felt that he
biings to the office not only integrity,
but the necessary capacity and energy
to carry into execution our system of
public win ks, which Minister King's
enfeebled health had left for a long time
to tall behind. There is in the Treasury a large amount of money unexpended, which has been appropriated
for that purpose, and which needs to be
restored into public circulation. Mr.
Young was lor a long period the very
successful manager of the great Horn,
lulu Iron Works, and was hugely interest til in
sugar
plantations, which
brought him an immense fortune. Al
though ot late settled in Oakland, Cal.,
he consents to assume the burdens ol
ibis public position. He is slill vigorous
Mr. Hiram Percy Maxim in Cassier's
Magazine for September, states that in
most of the great cities the electric motors nearly displace all other automobile
vehicles. He says: "It is possible to
buy today in America an electric carriage which will carry either two or four
passengers a distance of thirty miles
over ordinary grades at an average
speed of eleven miles an hour on one
charge of its storage battery."
This Confirms our idea that our Honolulu street cars can be driven by
storage batteries. May we not hope
that all our tranicars will soon be propelled by electricity, without encumbering the streets with trolley poles.
our
I-I
Hilo-KR
ha ailway.
The Red Fish Swarm.
One of the remarkable runs of the
red fish called Alalauwa (Ullul-owwah) came into Honolulu harbor on the
lOlh and llthults The wharves and
at the age ol lib.
docks swarmed with native anglers, and
gnat quantities were secured by fisherOcean Steam Traffic Honolulu.
men. The arrival of these fish is firmly
believed by the Hawaiians to presage
The shipping records show that the the death of some great alii or chief,
and
of such presages
foreign ai rivals at Honolulu during the are many verifications
to have occurred in late
claimed
past four months were !):i merchant years.
sailing vessels, I "J coal ships, (ill iner
chant steamers, warships, and 32 U
S. steam transports. There wer.- thus
|01) arrivals ul foreign .steamers in the
Oct. 2nd.—The firm if H. Hackfeld
four months, equal tt> 27 a month or & Co. celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
one ileal I) evei v day.
of the founding of their house by an
This rapid increase of our commerce elaborate reception and generous
distriis certain as it goes on, not only to give
bution ot $1000 each to the benevolent
Honolulu within ten years a population and charitable associations of the
of In.lll Ml,ooo to 1(10,000 but also to and $30,000 by Paul Isenberg and city,
J. F.
create another considerable city at Pearl Hackfeld For the erection and
maintain
(arbor.
I
ante of a Gel man Lutheran church in
The Chicago Tunes Herald In an
extended account ol this projected road,
which contains some errors, states thai
the motive power will be electricity. It
this is true, the dynamos will doubtless
be driven by some of the numerous
streams in the 11110 district. 120 miles
is given as the projected length of the
track. It is difficult to understand what
traffic there can be found to support any
railway between Kohala and Hamakua.
As well talk of carrying the sugar of Kau
to Hilo for shipment, as that of Kohala,
Prof. Koebele writes from Fiji, that
which has its own seaports. The route
tlie
cane-borer has recently disappeared
to Kohala along the northeast coast, is
from
those islands, where it had been
for
impassable
rails,
not
if
absolutely
peculiarly
prevalent. Some parasite or
for man.
other cause must have destroyed it.
Prof. Koebele will make it his business
A Remarkable Passage.
to discover the beneficent enemy, and
introduce it into Hawaii. The cane
Remarkable for its length and soli- borer is the woist insect enemy we have
tude
The ship Charles E. Moody ol thesugai industry. Apparently every
arrived here Oct. 26, in 11*1 da\s hum pest has an antidote somewhere.
Norfolk, Va., with •-'Had tons of navy
Major Wood reports a wonderful
coal. She had spoken no vessel for record in the treatment of typhoid
fever
many months. Finding fair winds anil at the Buena Vista army hospital in
having a crew of Japanese, the passage Nuuanu valley. The death rate has
was made by the Cape of Good Hope. been only two per cent, as against from
Being two months overdue and nothing nine to sixteen per cent, on the main
The recent cases of typhoid
being heard from her, reinsurance had land.
r
gone up in San Francisco to >o per which have come under our personal
Yet she arrived in observation, have all been of a much
cent, premium.
less acute type than formerly.
prime condition.
RECOE
D F VENTS.
*
.
I lonolulu.
4th. Reception at Eskbank by Mrs.
E. K. Wilder in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. (raft and Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Wilder.
•
r
ith. Advices received of another successful deal by broker Pollitz in island
sugar stocks, whereby 15,000 shares of
llonokaa go across ihe water at advanced figures.
7th. A bad morning fire breaks out
in the brick block corner of Hotel
and Nuuanu streets, destroying much
Chinese merchandise, but fortunately is
prevented from extending.
10th.—Death of John Phillips, a prominent citizen, after a three weeks siege
of fever and other troubles.—Another
Chinese morning fire, entirely destroying
a general store on Beretania
street, near
Makiki.
�Novembr, 1899.
THE FRIEND
90
11th.
sptcial meeting of the
—ofA Commerce
discuss the pro-
Chamber
position for a Hawaiian exhibit at Paris,
and join with the Planters' Association
in guaranteeing funds therefor.
12th. Forenoon wedding of William
Pullar and Miss H. Mitchell, and noon
wedding of E. N. May and Miss Rose
Roth, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Key.
Alex. Mackintosh officiating.—Season
of drama by the Clay Clement com pan)
opens at the Opera House in " The New
Dominion."
|3th.—A resident collector of antiqui-
ties becomes the owner of a newlyunearthed wooden idol from a rice field
at Ewa, Oahu. which differs from all
other known types of Hawaiian idols.
Death of Rev. Dr. Chas. M. Hyde, alter
months of gradual undermining by com
plicated ailments, sgrd 67 years, twentytwo of which were given in these islands
to faithful labor for the good of others.
Ohio from Guam, and the China for
San Francisco, have given us a lively
steamer day.
27th. Hon. Alex. Young, recently
retiirned Irom San Francisco, is appointed Minister ofthe Interior. Stockholders of the Waialua Agricultural
Company meet to consider the advisability of increasing its capital stock
to Compromise the litigation which
threatens the company.
ti
7
\n. l.ktn W II 1>i.....ii.1, NiiM.ii. i.ii San l-'i.ni. ist..
Br ss Coptic. Kinder, foi Yokahssu,
Us transport Oi.nn. Buford.for Manila
for Manila
r X transportTaconta. I)ix..n.
Kaglex, for San Franciaco
I S transt ort Centennial,
Am -chrOlga, Ipaen, f.n Pugrt Sound
Am l.kt Omega. Harrington, for Puget Sound
111 ss 11.,, 11. I Mil 1., ft* 5..11 l-r.lll.is.
Sheridan, I'ierce, tor Manila
11 s transi
Am lii Wuisl..w, r.iikliuliii, 1... Port Towneand
.
,
in
II
s,
Am l.k Annie |uh„s
..
1-2
s,
ss
.
for Pnnc-t Sound
-Il
U
Nelson. Im s.,n I i.mcisco
Am bktn st. Wilder, Jack on, foi s.m Francisco
\in -s m.ii i|i.,s.i. Hayward, foi il><- ( ..l.nn.at
U S transport(fienogle, lonesfot Manila
v, In s.m I..incise.
l.'t l: ss M....11.1, I
14 I' S tr.ms I /.al.m.lia. Howdell, for Manila
I'ilino. tat s.m Kranctaco
Mara,
laps. Hongkong
28th.— The Hawaiian Commercial 1.. Ha*
-Ii 11. an It. «. i M.iliiiny, f.n l.|iii.|ii.
Para,
Zeeder, for Manila
r s tians|..,it lin ..I
Company purchases the Kahului rail 11117—U
S Transport Valent ia, lane, for Manila
season
faneiro,
Ward, tern Manila
is U S transport Kb >dc
road —Clay Clement Company
U Stransport -ikh, Kowley, t... Manila
closes with a masterly rendition ot
Am sh V..s. inn.-. Anderson, for Port Townseud
ID Am s.li Jennie Wand, I IK. ii, for Port Townssnd
Hamlet.
Am l.k Coahsga, Kv.tns, im Pori Angelta
Am ss 111,,i 'Thompson, \\'l
.v. for Seattle
29th. At the close of the German ■jn Am I,I A J West.
Ogilvie, for
Toy
Yokohasta
Mara,
>
Jap
as
I'oroita
for
Luthersn chinch services, held at the si Ant l.ktn Kureka, so foi Puget
S.miihl
Y. M. ('. A. Hall, steps were taken for K-Jsp a. A„.eric« Mam. Cope, fot Vokohsma
i.ii si, Marie Hackfekl, VVuhrmann, for San Francisco
organization officers and trustees elected •j:i Haw bit I hngSusy, Wile! ftit 51,..im1...i
bit Ktikilat, Cull i. foi Port fownaend.
and authorised to secure a charter and :'l Am
111 ss (.n lisle L'itv, Aiken, l.ir S.m I licm,
plans for a church, a very desirable lot lb Am
s t 1.i11... Seal iiiv. for San Iran. Ist o
as Miowera, Hemming, fitt Victoria
Br
having been purchased.
•ii
\m l.k Ceylon, Will,-,, for Pugel S.nni.l
Hi in, llogga, fot S.m li an. is...
.'y II S 1..i115,
ilst. The Boston Lyric Opera Com- :.s Bus sm li.ni'IVoatok, F.rickatin; for San Francisco
l:. l.k \i,ti..|.e, Muiray, Im Pugrt Sound
pany, consisting of forty artists, open at
I'., ss Anrangl, Hay, fot iheC. loule.
ot
Am I, Kndeavur, Mi kllrp, Im Puget Sound
the Opera House for a season
over
HO \m I.lst i. Irmgard, Schmidt, for S n Ft
is...
thirty pel formances.
:iti i ier si, I'heodor, Ait maim, fot s.m Fran, is...
:tl
111 ss llmii Sniitli, tin S.m I-i.ni. is.
Am Australia, Houdletts, i.n s.m I-1
15th. -Impressive funeral service of
Rev. Dr. Hyde at Central Union Church
in place of the usual morning service;
interment at the Nuuanu cemel >v
Masonic funeral of the late John
Phillips.
Marine Journal.
l(sth. —Death of Capt. James A King,
POHRNTLFUOCTOBER.
an
Minister of Interior, at Koolau, from
A UKIV.M.S.
apoplectic fit while bathing. During
the afternoon the body was brought to I tn, 1 .klll kilikitat. Cutler, I..mi Port l.a ..bis
( iiy ..f Peking, Smith, from Yokohama
town. —Hrrr Friedenthal, the celebrated ■1 U\mSli.spsli
Relief, Harding, from San Pnuicuro
transport (.rant, Unfurl, from San Pranci-co
pianist sojourning here for a briel sea- :', Us I,km
Sehon, from Ta
a
Kureka,
Am
son, gave his opening concert at the Y.
An. ~ Ii Kndeavor, McAllep, from Port Townsend
a
and
from
sm
Francisco
ait,
delighted I Am h 1.... Jorgenson,
M. C. A. Hall to large
:.
audience.
Am sh Charnar, Pasta,
transport Shcraia >, I -t-.m. as Manila
1 isS hasp
Belief, M.ittliiiK. Im Mnnil.i.
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s,
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II
Mi'outic. Binder, from s.m Franciaco
S transport Centennial, (lasses,
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BIRTHS.
Hamakuapoko, Maui. <>o. lib. toil.,
11. A. Baldwin, a tun.
BALDWIN
wit.- ..I
IiAI.IUNt;
\t
\i Wonikii. nil.., Oct
w T. Balding,
~
daughter.
ith, tv the
wife of
11l I 1.1.1 NCW IH< 111 In Honolulu, O, I. (lib. 1011,.- wife
S. F. t nillingwonh,., s.m.
SIMs In ihiscily, O, t. 7th, n.ilie wife ~l W. R. Sims, a
son
MARRIAGE.
Francisco
Sheridan, I 1.i..-. fr San Franciaco
7t' Ktransput! Finch,
1.11.l N KOWKN Al the residence of W. A. Wall, this
(root Yokohama
■ n-li..
18th. -The ritv is favored with a iis Br
city, no. I'Un. h.( tin- Rev. W. A ('..,1,1,1,1, t..... I-'.
sii
is,
I' s 11.1 s|, it i llenogle, [..ins. IV
l'i.iti.
l>"t
Rolen 11, Miss Mysie 11. Rowen.
An.lets,,n,
a..,,
j
rain.
the
outer
districts
S n Fran
111 l S transport t lias Nelsi.n,
1
much needed
I is.
ROTH Ai Si An.lr w's Cathedral, this city, Oct.
MAY
none
of
it.
little
or
Williams
from
have
San Franciaco
\m I.i -I Win tl Irwin.
stay
Mackintosh,
l:!th,
I.
i,
Entmetl 11.
to
l.\ the Rev. Ales
Am -.ii 1.1,ui, Wand, Olsen, frost Seattle
M iss R, ,se Roth.
Am M.L. ,|. .1. Hayward, from Sin Francisco
1' S trsrmport l-li.» dc Janeiro, Ward, from 1'mi1.,,,,I
PI'I.I.XK Milt 111 I I In this city, Oct l'-'lh, at Si.
Andrew's Cathedral, by lb.- Rev. Ales Mackintosh,
|ap ss li, M.n n, Tor, it.,. It,,in japan
\n, ss F.lihu Thompaon, Whitney, in,m Seattle
William I'ull.u 10 Miss Hei,,, Mitchell of Forfar,
I'tin.isii)
|3 I' Si ~,,s|,,,i Zeatan,!,., Ilnwil.-11, from San
Scotland.
I'sua sp.nt I nt I Para, /,,,!,,, from Sao l-'ian—
DASHER KINt; In tin, ,ily. Oct. --Mill, al then-si
I Is,
denceol the bride's mother, ||ra. Am- 1.. Kin,,, Capt.
t' S Transport Valencia, I .alle, fi inn San Francisco.
Union Church organizes under the
(Ins 11. hasher to Mis, Annie Kathleen King; Rev.
c,
the Colonies
Mnana. Carey, I'
W. M. ki....i.l officiating
leadership of Mrs. Yarndley.
l.ip.s Hongkong t'aru, Filmer, from Yokohama
\m ~k Kdward Mat. Hanson, from San Frarwtsco
VYjfo., Sept. 17*. Edward
litwsk HON \t rl,et,
ti.msp.iit sikh, Rowley, from Portlsad
lows,- ami Katherine Marie B
the Rev. Father Sasse
22nd. —State funeral of the Ot- Mm 14 Is
Minor,
Kavsn,
k
Bertie
Irom
tin
E
h
ceremony,
the
ister King from the Executive Building. 1(1 Am s,li MaryK Fo»ter, Thompson, frees San Francisco performing
l,kt -, Irmgmrd, Schmidt, from 5.,,. Pram is.
M'Nlt 01. IIOKDKN Al Hilo, Hawaii. Sept.Mth.tr>
with Masonic ceremonies at the inter- is An,
the Rev. C. W 11.11. J.,n,,s M,Ni,,,l to Aswlia
Amah Occidental. He I.from lac,,in.i
Borden, both ta Hilo.
ment, Nuuanu cemetery.- Heavy rain- pi \n, si, t'.,-.. i intis, Calhoun, from San Francisco
\,„ bk SC Allen. |ohn.
from
San
Francisco
fall reported from Maui.
■'II
1.,], ss Atnei iea Mam. ope, from Ran I'Vali, is,,,
DEATHS.
Vms, hi has X Wilson, Johnson, from \h.,,!,,,,
■!i
sh l.n.ile, Anderson, from Tacoma
HINSON In this city, Oct, lib. Phoebe, the beloved
23rd. Kawaiahao church grounds are l\'. Am
J
from
Theobald.
Nan.limn
Cameron,
Vol l.k
wit, of Sam Johnson and daughter of Capt. J. 11. Har\m s.li (i M Kellogg, Iv.-rson, from Tacoma
rison, aged il'.! years and 11 months.
to rejoice in the possession of an artesian
Kns ss Daing Voefok, Erickaon, (rum k..1.c
by
"being
sunk
L.
E.
is
well, which
■n lit ss Carlisle City, Aiken, from Yokoharas
si Ms In this city, Oct 'th, Kate E., beloved wife of W,
\m s. China, Seabury from Yokohama
on the King stn et side of the
R. Sims, snd daughter of ih. rate Cruu. 11. Rosa, aged
SB Am ss Australia. Houdlettc, from San Franciaco
■yasra
I' S cruiser Newark, Mcl alia, from San Franciaco
premises.
I'All.skN
-At the Queen. 11,-~i.ii.tl, this i, v 0, 7th,
S
t
I
from
lasts
transport,
Ihin,
iggs,
II
II Miowera. Hemming, from ihe
Mis. s. Paulsen, a n.iiite of 11. imi.iik, aged 10 years,
f. ss
of a fatal acci
Colonies
24th. Word received Helen*,
\n, sh In.. A Rrigga, llal.-h, from Sydney
at the 'II AS, si, (has E Moo.lv, Wo.itlsi.b-, from Norfolk, 1!)1 NOWI.KIN Al l.abaina, Maui, Oct, 7lh. Mrs. Samuel
dent on the steamer
Nowlein, aged 111.
days
landing,
whereby
plantation
11, l.k W....Hi...... Willlainson, I.mil New.astle
Ookala
".
In Honolulu. ,1,1. loth, lion.
PHILLIPS
John Phillips,
ss Aorangi, Hay, from Vi. toria
a iiieinlier ~f the t lours il of Slate, aged ;'<7.
Kui, an experienced sailor, was struck :'s I:,
-h X W ll.tilb-It, Neils,,n. from drays Hail....
Am
lINIiI- In this city, Oct. ISth, the Rett Chss. M. Hyde
Am sh Ili at Admlmt* Sterling, front Newcastle
by the wire cable freight car and in
:tn Mi ss Doric, Smith, from Vol, hams
D.H.. a nan, „i Neu York t"ity, aged 117.
stantly killed.
(la.-li..
ss
lit
Finch.
San
Frsnctaoa
:n
Ii
kINI. Al Kancdir, Oahu. Oct, Kllb. lapt James A.
DEPARTURES.
an apt.pletic fit while
Kills.', Minister ~f Interior, It
bathing, a native of Scotland, aged S. \
25th. The Australia and cruiser
1.,-., \V Killer, I'.nsoiis, lii, Manila
rsiausi
I
Francisco,
the
Mu>
from
San
.", I' S iianspoil A/Ice. Trask, for Manila
Newark,
LANE Ai th. (Jueen Hospital, <M. flat, Rev. J. K.
l.am a Saliva ~| Halifax, Kncdand, Bged I'll yens.
Am ss Australia, Hoadletie. for San Frsscjacg
the Colonies, the transport
wera
19th. Lying in state of the remains
of the late Minister James A. King, at
the Executive Building from It m. to
3 p -rn New choral society of Central
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Vol. 57, No. 11.]
HAWAIIAN BOAKI>.
Itinerant Notes---From Hawaii.
RLYDGATE.
BEM.VY.J.
HONOLULU, 11. I
Ibis BtSSJS is devoted lo lb,- iiitei.-sls of tin- llawniian
Board of Missions, and the K,(iloi, appointed l.y ihe
Hoard, is rest sil.le for its contents.
Rev. O. P.
Emerson,
-
Editor.
A letter has been received from the
Mr. Vernier, of the Marquesas
Islands, in which lie expresses the hope
that Key. Kekela has recovered in health
sufficiently to retain to his old charge
on those islands. He states that there
has heen a sad defection in the palish
since the departure of Kekela, and
affirms his belief that the return of the
veteran missionary would set things
right. There is little question hut that
Key.
the aged warrior wants to go hack, and
it would seem to he a wise and niercilul
thing as well to allow him to close his
life where he has spent the beat part
of it.
The
Hawaiian songs translated by
are not likely to be
Vet
the history of all
improved upon.
that, despite
movements
shows
religious
of
a
few of the
the abiding popularity
old songs, there conies an absolute need
for new ones. It may be different with
the older members of the church, but
among the young (there are some of
these in the Hawaiian Sunday schools,
though all too few) there is a demand
for something inspiriting, progressive,
new, and at no point is the recognition
of this fact more important to the snccess of the Sunday school than in the
matter of music. A movement is on
foot to introduce two new songs (new to
the Hawaiians) in each number of the
"Hoohana," the Hawaiian Sunday
school paper. 'The thought is that these
songs may he assembled afterwards in a
cheap song hook. The island associaciations, which have been consulted on
this point, are strongly in favor.
"Father" Lyons
The " Hoohana " suggests passages
in the life of the late Dr. Hyde. Kor
years he had charge of this little sheet,
and the last lessons printed are a
pathetic reminder of the heroic persist
ence of a faithful man in the face of
mortal weakness. When not able to
more than sit up, he patiently translated
these lessons; and almost the last work
of his hands were the sheets now in
print. There are few instances of greater
pluck and self forgetfulness than are
shown in the last days of Dr. C. M.
Hyde.
One of the
little country comthe islands is Paauilo,
Hamakua. Within a shoil radius there
are two plantations, a goodly number ol
settled homesteads and several important coffee estates, which are all compacted together by good roads.
Naturally and more than most peo
pie realize, the tone of a plantation
Community depends very much on the
character of the manager. Naturally
he gathers round linn men ol his own
stamp.
Paauilo reflects morally, as well as
commercially, the high character of the
resident managers Mr. A. Lydgate and
Mr. J. M- Homer. Order, decency,
sobriety and respectability characterise
the community. Further—we find the
social comforts and amenities of life.
Their men are human beings, something
more than implements for the manufacture of sugar, and pains is taken 10
minister to their comfort antl well heing.
The employees have comfortable, even
artistic homes. There is a beautiful
little church artistically finished, Where
services are held every Sunday morn
ing. A public library with a lot of good
hooks well taken care of, a dainty parsonage, a public cemetery, a hospital,
and a foreign school.
Key. Mr. 'Tonikins the resident Minister, is a man of superior attainments
and ability, a musician and artist, as
well as an excellent preacher, and his
wife is a most charming little woman,
deservedly popular. Mr. 'Tonikins nun
isters also on alternate Sundays al
Honokaa and Laupahoehoe. His sup
port is contributed in equal proportions
by the Hamakua Plant Co. and the
people of his field.
The social conditions are pleasant,
tennis meets being held once or twice
a week, in which as far as possible the
gentlemen also take part.
The native church at Laupahoehoe
has been completely rebuilt, and is now
ready for painting. While visiting at
Laupahoehoe, Mr. J. M. Lydgate conducted services there in Hawaiian, and
as soon as it became generally known,
a goodly audience gathered in. It is a
pity that a pastor cannot he found for
this church, as it is an important
munities
on
nicest
91
Annual Meeting of the A. B. C. P. M.
The niiittieth annual meeting of the
was held in Providence,
K. 1., from tin: :id to the (ith of October.
Vice President I). Willis James presided, the president, Dr. Chas. M. Lamson, having deceased ki August. Mr.
Samuel B. Capen of Boaton, was substt|tit nlly chosen as president by
156
out ol I-17 votts. Mi. Capen is in active
business in Boaton and prominent in
good wotks.
The financial situation of the board
litis vt r\ si i it his. While there had heen
an increase in don,in,.ns of
$56,000,
legacies had strangely diminished by
American Hoard
|HM,OoO, leaving the treasury in debt
§55,.,:.7. A gam nt nearly :io(i contributing chinches was reported. Through
tin t flints of Mr. Wishaid, twenty
churches had assumed the support of
one missionary each: (200,000 came in
through the Woman's Hoards. 'Total
receipts foi the year were $(i 14,201 and
total expenditures $692,447, It may
reasonably he expected that the amount
ol legacies will soon return to former
averages.
Special notice was made in the public
journals of an address by Key. M. L.
Gordon, M.D., who has been a mission, oy in Japan since
IK7'J. Dr. Gordon was last year ill Hawaii, and has
recently accepted temporary service under the Hawaiian Hoard, to labor for
the Japanese in these Islands with Rev
0. H. Gulick.
Dr. Gordon said that "In spite of the
constant misrepresentations of 'globetrotters,' who never visit the missions
which they condemn, the work in Japan
was full of promise;
10,000 members
are found in sixty churches, all young
or in middle life. Out of the four leaders of the. Liberal party in Parliament,
two were active Christian men, and the
speaker of the house, an elder in a Presbyterian chutch, offers a silent prayer
on taking the chair each morning."
The above named 10,000 members
belong to the Kumi-ai, or Congregational churches.
In Secretary Judson Smith's survey of
the year's woik, he said : " The work of
the Hoard in the foreign field was never
mure hopeful and commanding than it
is now. In particular places and in
some single respects, the record of
former years may have been more striking; hut in the broad view of the whole
field and all forms of work, we have
reached high-water mark to-day. The
center.
story from the missions, though couched
The Kaala church is in a bad state of in sober words, reads like a romance ;
repair, and is seldom if ever used. The the facts grow and multiply upon the
Hawaiian population in that region is mind like the report of a great and
very scanty.
sweeping victory. One rises from its
�perusal uplifted and inspired—gratitude
and awe—contending with one another,
enthusiasm and hope swelling the heart.
and appealing to the will with resistless
power."
The report in the New York Observer
says : "An impressive scene followed
on the appearance of the Key. Mr.
Desha, a Hawaiian pastor, who made a
graceful address to his 'fellow citizens,'
and introduced four dusky preachers ot
Hawaii, converts who had been tried
and proved by years of service."
Japanese Brothelists on the Warpath.
less, even should certain of the police
who patrol this district care to move
against the combination. Hut the bet
ter element of the Japanese are aroused;
they say that many cases of sand bagging and blackmail have terrorized the
Japanese community; the)'declare that
these toughs are on the increase because
the women who support them are on
the increase (the soldiers off the ttansPOrta have heen an immense source of
income); they feel the odium of the
thing and the national disgrace, as the
large majority of the licensed women
are Japanese. The following is the text
of the paper signed by these eighty
prominent Japanese:
The following facts are stated in the "Tor the protection of the honor ot
Advertiser of the Kith ult.:
the Japanese name in this country, and
"It appears that
( November, 1899
THE FRIEND
92
a
petition was being
circulated among ihe better class of
Japanese with the idea of getting their
opinion on the Paualii street question.
A Japanese circulated the paper and got
about eighty names of some of the lead
ing citizens and merchants. 'That night
he was visited. About forty of his countrymen called in kimonos. They introduced themselves as the proprietors of
the plants on Pauahi street, and osten
tatiously displayed their heavy sticks
They further stated that they and their
"club" owned furniture and fittings over
there valued at about $30,000, not
counting the 300 women, whose value
was not stated. 'They told this man
that if his project went through, viz.- if
the Pauahi street tenants were warned
off, they would sew him up in a bag and
deposit him in the harbor. His sign
would immediately come down, and they
offered to confer in the next room as to
the best means of disposing of him.
They left him in considerable uncertainty as to what would become of him, and
they took away the petition. This man's
place was closed up for a few days. In
the meantime the"club" (as they are
called on Pauahi street) continued to
call in hacks upon several signers of the
petition. It was the necessary policy ol
some of these petitioners to deny the
genuineness of their signatures or else
clsim that through ignorance of English
they were not aware of the nature of the
paper they had signed. They knew the
"club," for several of them (shopkeepers) have been unwillingly supplying
them with goods after this fashion: The
•club' man swaggers into the shop and
asks for credit. He is politely denied
the request, whereupon he helps him
self. There is no gainsaying such an
artlessly direct method, and the customer is never billed. Still not one of these
merchants will s<.y this on the witness
stsnd. Such is the intrenched position
of the 'club' that the marshal is power
to preserve decency on our public streets
and the innocency of our children, is it
not time to segregate prostitution and
place it in some Carefully regulated place
without the congested portions ot our
city? It is respectfully urged that all
Japanese citizens who desire this will
subscribe their names to this document.
When the sentiment of the Japanese in
the premises is discovered proper steps
will he taken to secure the approval antl
authority of the government."
This manifestation of diabolism seems
likely to defeat its own end, I))' itnpaiting vigor to the important movement to
remove this evil thing from its present
central location. It should be sent to
Iwilei where other nuisances find quarters. We are compelled to admit with
pain that the moral conditions of modern
seaports do not make the prohibition of
this evil a possibility. Hut it should not
be left to breed pestilence in a crowded
central tenement district, adj icent to
churches and schools.
Queensland produced last year 163,-73-1 tons of cane sugar. This was
12,124 tons in excess of the entire consumption of sugar in Australia. The
yield was very small per acre. It was
produced largely by white labor. 'The
extraordinary skill and large )ield in
cultivating cane in Hawaii, have led the
Queensland people to borrow our Dr.
Maxwell for a few weeks, to advise
them about proper fertilization of their
soils.
The third week in October was marked by a moderate but most refreshing
rain, amounting in the course of five
days to from four to five inches in
Honolulu. This is the first good rain
since last March. Owing to the longcontinued drought upon the mountains,
so much of the rain was absorbed by
the ridges that little flow was left to
replenish the reservoirs. There was
little rise in the streams Good rains
are reported from the other Islands.
From Kauai.
'The Kauai Island Association met at
the Poni Moi church, Koolau, Oct. 13,
and was very well attended in spite of a
Kona storm raging at the time. The
session was characterized hy unity and
good fellowship.
The special committee appointed to
secure funds for a chapel at Haena,
reported (460 as raised which will build
a very comfortable and commodious
little chapel suited to the needs of the
Community. A fine hell has been very
generously contributed hy Mr. J. McKeague, the Principal of the Haena
school. A site for the chapel has heen
set aside by the Haena Hui.
The Association received and approved a call from the Koolau church,
to Key. 'A. M. Naahumakua to become
their regular pastor, and took measures
to have him installed on the following
Sunday, appointing as follows:
Scripture Reading and InstallaKey. S. Kaili
tion Prayer,
Key. J. H. Leleiwi
Sermon,
Key. (j. L. Kopa
Charge to the Pastor,
Charge to the People Rev.J.M.Lydgate
Key. Z. M. Naahumakua is one ol
the older type of native ministers, has
served for many years in Puna, Hawaii,
is a man of sterling character, and exceptionally popular as a preacher.
Mr. D. Trask, one of the Deacons ol
the church, acted as Host on behalf of
the church anil did abundant justice to
his office.
The Koolau church, is on the whole
the most active and vigorous church on
the island, and is conducted entirely hy
the Hawaiians themselves without aid
from foreigners, except the slight contribution of the Pastors Aid Soc.
'The next association will meet in
Lihue.
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"Russian War," is the name of a
gambling game greatly in vogue among
native Hawaii ins.
It is said, with
much plausibility, to be merely the term
" Rouge et Noir," which is nearly identical in pionounciation.
B I SHOP & CO.
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
ESTRBLISHED IN
186S-
Transact a general hanking and- Exchange
business. Loans made on approved securityHills discounted, Commercial credits granted.
Deposits received on current account subject to
check. Letters ot credit issued on the princpal
cities of the world.
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Globe Insurance Co.
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LNefulneu of Hawaiian
Stipend iontiding I re.i any
I.vents
IIIHIM.
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Delegates
K. K. Bingham Obituary
Missionary Tower with Jiindus
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Letters of (icneral Anns
Dealing with I. iborers
Profit sharing, Kwi and Waialua
How Laborers Hei oine Planters
Hawaii Adapted to White Labor
Home for Homeless (hi! ieii
Potter Visits Willis
Kalakaiia's Incapa ity
Extinction of Maoris
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Special attention is called to the third
page of this paper containing important
condition of plantation laborers in these islands. I bey
show that valuable progress is constant
ly making. This progress is very marked
in lhe direction of profit sharing and
similar arrangements for independent
farming in cane culture-. Tins is openin-,' a most important field for the satis
fact, ry employment ol white American
farmers, the class of population'which
statements upon the
is most essential to the social and poli
tic.il welfare of Hawaii.
Usefulness of the Hawaiian Delegation.
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The Friend.
Number 12
assemblies, made welcome everywhere [tenacious vitality had prolonged a life
both as Christian brothers and as newly of great suffering very patiently borne,
admitted American citizens, they return for many years after active service for
with enlarged Conceptions nl the vast others had nearly ceased. She had
ness ill iiiu country,.of the magnitude passed her seventieth year. Very cheer
and grandeur of its civilization, and also ful and uncomplaining, and resourceful
of the fraternal Warmth of Christian in social intercourse, her companionship
union, as witnessed in the Council, lie was always a pleasure.
Miss Bingham was born March 8,
tween brethren from many countries' nl
1829, in the early days of mission life,
the globe.
This delegation of natives has also and in the old mission house, still standbeen of the neatest public service in ing at Kawaiahao, which her father had
two directions. In the first place, it has occupied since its erection in 1831. She
furnished to American Christiana an was named alter the remarkable woman
invaluable object lesson of what mis who was was (jueen Regent for thirteen
sionary labor has accomplished lor the years after the death of the conqueror,
Hawaiian people, who eighty years ago Kamehamtha. Between that queen and
were sunken in dark depths of barbarism Mrs. Bingham a tenderly affectionate
and superstition. Here were presented intimacy had grown after the wonderful
four gentlemen of those people, men of change produced by the former's con
cultivation and unexceptionable deport- version to Christ. The high-souled and
ment, as well as of manifest hi-;h Chris regenerated Hawaiian deeply apprecitian spirit, who were the product of the ated the missionary's peculiar delicacy
missionary work in Hawaii. The great and refinement as well as strength of
value of this object leSSpn was lecog- character. One of the writer's early
nized with delight by the officers and memories is that of seeing, in 1832, the
friends of the American Hoard.
famous Regent lying on her mat divan
A further great benefit was that done on the night of her death in Manoa
to Hawaii itself by this personal exhibit valley. Her little namesake was one of
of the true type of Hawaiian! ol the his most familial acquaintances in child
better class. At the great expositions hood.
in Chicago and Omaha, Hawaii has Father Bingham by natural gifts and
been most grossly and injuriously stand force ol character was thoroughly the
eretl by exhibits of oui luwt i and leader of the Mission timing his twenty
(Ileal crowds years of resiilenc-- in Honolulu. He reheathenish elements.
have witnessed the lewd and disgusting moved to New England in is id. Two
Hawaiian hulas, and observed the na- daughters had preceded him thither,
tives in their ancient barbaric Betting of now deceased leaving many descendants.
heathen huts and heathen costume The three younger children, Elizabeth,
Hiram and Lydia, who accompanied
And thai became ihe populai Ami
conception of the Hawaiian people. their parents to the home land, have
Everywhere that our delegates went, lived together for many years in the
these native gentlemen were a total home at l'unahou. Their education was
surprise to multitudes who had derived completed in New England schools and
their conceptions of our natives from colleges. Rev.'l<r. Hiram Bingham bethose gross exhibits. That evil preju- came the pioneer missionary to the
dice was corrected, and the Hawaiian savages of the Gilbert Islands in 1K57.
people were worthily estimated. Thus Lydia came out in the sixties to assist
have these delegates rendered an invalu- Mis. Halsey Gulick in the then new
able service to their people and country. Kawaiahao Seminary and soon after to
The kindly gentlemen who generously become the Principal. Miss E. K. Bingcontributed the expenses ol the trip, ham joined her sister heie about 1868.
may well feel that their money could On the marriage of Lydia m 1873 to the
not have been more usefully expended. eminent Hilo Missionary, Titus Coan,
Miss Bingham became Principal, continuing in that work until compelled by
Elizabeth Kaahumanu Bingham.
ill health to resign in I SSL', after fourteen
years of able and successful administraOHIO ARY.
tion. She left the impress of her lovely
A very sweet, Strong and saintly soul and noble character on a very large
has
just passed from among us. number of worthy Hawaiian wives and
Lizzie
Bingham breathed htr last mothers.
On the Hawaiian Board page will be
found very interesting statements by
Rev. O. P. Emerson.of the experiences
at the International Congregational
Council, of the delegates of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. After listening to the public statements of the
four native delegates as well as of their
two white colleagues, we desire to state
the impressions made thereby.
In the first place our Hawaiian
brothers had a must exceptional oppor
tunity for pleasure and profit. After
visiting anil traveling fur nearly three
months over the vast breadth of terri"
One's sympathies go out tenderly to
tory, visiting the chief cities of America '
and receiving everywhere the kindest ill her chamber at 'Puliation in the earl) the remaining brother, wile, and sister,
attention and entertainment, speaking morning of Nov. 27th. All her life a whose circle is now diminished by one,
in a large number of churches and sufferer from varied illness, a peculiarly only gone befoie. They feel that for the
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departed one, most sensibly, "to live
was Christ, and to die was gain." She
went in great peace, and assurance of
hope. Two days before in extreme prostration, she seemed to "hear the angels
singing." To all of us aging ones,
and to these three so much enfeebled,
the departure of this beloved soul lends
fresh hope and courage.
The mortal part of our sister was laid
in the earth of the old mission grave
yard of Kawaiahao, by the side of two
older brothers who died in infancy in
1822 and 182ft, the first white children
who died in Hawaii. Her grave became
hidden in the profuse gifts of flowers
from the concourse of missionary
"cousins," many of us her contempraries of the early thirties. It is a good
resting-place for that which is perishable, while the immortal soars aloft.
Missionary Power with Hindus.
The following was told by Dr. Fairbairn, after his return from lecturing in
India :
One day outside an Indian city, I
passed two shapely and beautiful English
women. They came well mounted,
trotting gaily and gallantly, one on either
side of the road, bearing themselves on
horseback as only English women can.
That was one great type of the English
woman the native sees. May I tell you
of another ? It is not a tale told by a
missionary; it was a tale told by a civilian
to me. We were walking in his garden
just as the sun was westering, and he
broke out in the way of an enthusiastic
Scotsman. After having relieved his
soul in criticism of what he thought defects in mission work, he broke out in
praise of the woman as missionary, and
then he told a tale, how, in a district
where he was Commissioner in the
famine, there had been in one of the cities
or towns somewhat of an outbreak.
There was no white man in the residence.
Into the mission school, where sat the
only white face, a missionary woman
among her scholars, there suddenly broke
the Tesildar, the native head ofthe town,
saying: "Oh, Mem Sahib, there is a
mutiny." " That is not my function ;
it is yours ; I am a woman, you are a
man." " Ah, but you are the only
White face in the district. Come, they
will hear you. Send them to their
homes." So she arose, she marshalled
her scholars behind her, she marched
out, she ordered the men to disperse,
they fell right and left, she marched
through with her scholars behind, the
Tesildar humbly bringing up the rear.
Nor was that all. She had to go on
leave, and a younger woman took her
place. Then the famine came, and all
that she could personally raise she carefully distributed. Then came word of
[December, 1899.
THE FRIEND.
the Mansion House Fund. How was
it to be distributed ? A meeting was
called, the Commissioner presiding.
Up stood a venerable Hindu, the chief
man of the town, and said: If this
money is to find its destiny, and none of
it is to stick to anybody's hand that does
not need it, you must place it in the
hands of the Mem Sahib at the school."
" Ah," said my friend, "We cannot
do that; she is of a Mission." "She may
be of the Mission, but she is the one
person that will see every anna properly
distributed, fulfilling its end." Then
—for he was supported by the chief
Mussulman—it was determined to entrust the distribution to the Mem Sahib;
there that young girl did a work that no
man could be found to do, and did it so
well as to fill all hearts with admiration.
As the summer went on she grew pale
—faded, they proceeded to send her to
the hills. To the hills she long refused
to go, but by-and-bye she consented.
Just the day before she was to go,
cholera came. Then she met my friend
with a face radiant with smiles, and
said: "Now I cannot go; Now I
must stay, " and through it she stayed,
and through it she lived and when one
came to compliment her who remarked
on the folly of trying to change the
Hindu, she met him in the noblest way
by saying: " Why, what would you
consider the man doing who came and
asked you in your own office as to the
folly of your own work ? " Theie is the
type of the woman in India missions,
living to help, living to heal, living to
educate the child, and, above all, living
to give to the Indian wife and the Indian
mother an ideal of womanhood as the
promise of remaking India, and she will
be beloved and remembered after the ex
quisite horsemanship of many a rare and
graceful rider has perished ahd been
"
;
forgotten."
Letters of General S. C. Armstrong.
The following letters of the late Gen.
Armstrong have lately appeared in the
P. C. Advertiser. They were written
at the age of 26, when he was in command of a brigade of colored troops :
"January 22, 1865.
my orderly was hold" Yesterday as( before
Petersburg ) I
ing my horse
asked him where he was from. He said
he was from Hawaii.
He proved
to be a full blooded kanaka by the
name of Kealoha, who came from
the Islands last year. There is also
another by the name of Kaiua, who
lived near " Tahiti " Smith's who left
the Islands last year. I enjoyed seeing
them very much, and had a good jabber
with them in Kanaka. Kealoha is a
private in the forty-first Regiment,
United States colored troops, and Kaiua
is a private in the Twenty-eighth United
States colored troops, in the pioneer
corps ; both are good men and seemed
glad to see me."
The following is an extract from another letter to his mother, dated at Ap
pomatox Courthouse at the time of
General Lee's surrender
" Appomatox Courthouse,
April 9, 1865.
The great Confederate General and
"
his army have surrendered unconditionally. I have just been viewing from an
eminence the captive host, the artillery
and wagon trains. The Confederates
found themselves this morning surrounded and without provisions (General
Custer had captured the supply trains).
Early we advanced and our skirmish
lines met those of the enemy. Mine
drove not only the rebel skirmishers, but
also their line of battle ; we expected a
fight. I never felt more like it. I
mounted my stallion and was ready to
lead at a word. A few bullets whistled
around ; a few shells passed over ; the
rebs. gave way ; all was quiet. There
was a rumor of surrender. We waited ;
other rumors came, and finally it was
certain that the cruel war was over;
the first inkling I had of it was the continuous cheering of troops on our right.
Soon staff officers galloped up with the
news that Lee was making terms of
surrender. The firing ceased ;it was
impossible to realize that the terrible
army of Lee was no longer in existence ;
the truth was stunning. As for myself,
I felt a sadness, a feeling that the colored
soldiers had not done enough, been
sufficiently proved. In fact, we lay
right across the only road Lee could
take to get away. On both sides there
are prolonged and ringing cheers ;
especially on ours ; yet I heard the rebels yelling, for they are going home.
The rebel bands have been playing the
national airs of both sides."
A circular has been received issued
by the Trustees of the Hampton Institute
created by Gen. Armstrong, asking for
an endowment of one million dollars.
Possibly some of Armstrong's former
classmates here may feel moved to arrange some endowment of an Armstrong
Foundation or Professorship there in
memory of their ni>ble comrade.
:
Dealing With Laborers.
During the discussions at the annual
meeting of the Planters' Association,
the following were among the observa
tions made :
Mr. H. P. Baldwin spoke on profit
sharing, expressing a doubt as to its
success. If there was a more intelligent class of labor on the plantations
this course might be thought of, but
with the present laborers, there would
always be a suspicion on their part that
they were not getting their just deserts.
A good plan and one that has turned
out most admirably at the Hawaiian
�Vol. 57, No. 12.]
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Commercial and other plantations was
the letting out of land to different labor-
ers for cultivation by the ton. Under
this system the men to whom the land
is let out keep the fields continually clear
and turn cut the finest kind ■ f cane.
Mr. Morrison : Our treatment of the
plantation labor is probably a little
harsh. Were we a bit more humane
and considerate in our treatment of the
laborers. The Japanese object to living
several families in one house, and prefer
a little house or room for a family. The
Chinese, on the other hand, like to herd
together.
Mr. C. M. Cooke: It is my idea that
the plantations should be made more
attractive to the laborers, and that hospitals should be established where careful treatment could be given the sick.
They are appreciative of any kindness
done them, and it is something we
should do.
A fine hospital, well equipped, has
just been established at Lihue Plantation, Kauai. The Government maintains hospitals on Maui and Hawaii.
Honolulu has several hospitals.
Wages of labor on plantations have
lately advanced fully SO per cent. Today the average wage of all nationalities
is not less than 8(1 cents per day, whilst
on plantations it exceeds $1 per working
"
day."
Profit-Sharing at Ewa and Waialua.
The Hawaiian Star gives especial
credit to Mr. J. B. Atherton for promoting the success of the profit-sharing
system on the Ewa and Waialua plantations.
Manager Ronton of Ewa says
to be, as
" Profit-sharing continues
a
the
decided
success
past,
it has been in
comJapanese
Chinese
and
with the
panies Under this plan there are at pies
ent employed at Ewa thirty eight profitsharing companies, aggregating five
hundred and eleven men : and all of the
fields, except two, are worked in this
way. There is no friction to speak of,
the men work better, are more contented, and the whole scheme forms,
among the laborers, a sort of balance
wheel of conservative elements whose
interests are identical with those of the
employer.
" Some of the profit-sharing Americans, who arrived last year, have for
various reasons returned to the United
States. Those who have remained
work harmoniously together and with
the plantation, and look forward contentedly to the harvesting of their crop
during the forthcoming year. A continuation of this same plan, or some
modification, of it, is contemplated by
the management, provided the present
arrangement results satisfactorily."
:
Manager Goodale of Waialua says:
"Ever since the first of the year, there
has been an abundant supply of labor,
and we have had no 'labor troubles' of
any consequence. The lands as soon
as planted, are being turned over to
companies of men f r cultivation, under
the same system as has been adopted at
Ewa, Oahu and otherplantationson this
Island. There is no question about the
wisdom of following this system as far
as possible. Ten contracts are now in
force.
A very large proportion of our laborers are Japanese. We have a few Hawaiian, and the number of Portuguese
is increasing."
This system < f profit sharing clearly
promises to open a large field for the
profitable occupation of American farmers in sugar culture in these Islands.
"
How Laborers Become Planters.
The following is taken from Dr. Maxwell's Report on labor in Hawaii to the
U. S. Department of Agriculture :
Concerning the means by which free
laborers have already become planters,
and through which means free labor of
all nationalities can continue to do so,
an example is given in some detail,
which sets forth the principle and serves
as an illustration of other cases: The
Hilo Sugar Company encouraged and
entered into agreements with free laborers to grow cane on its own and adjoining lands. Such lands as could not
be cultivated by the plantation with
horse labor were let free of rent ; other
lands are rented at from only a nominal price up to $8.00 per acre, as determined by the value of each specific
lot. Where necessary, which is so in
most cases of free laborers entering upon
this system, the plantation makes advances of money to meet the living and
other expenses of the small planters
during the period that their crops are in
growth. These allowances are refunded when the crop is harvested. The
crop is purchased by the plantation according to a scale of prices which
is based on the quality of the cane
and the prices of sugar in New York,
or in other cases according to con
ditions, all of which are set forth in
drawn agreements, approved and signed
by the growers and manufacturers of the
cane. Forms of these several kinds of
agreement can be readily obtained, and
have already been furnished to authorities requiring to see and use them.
Relating to the example now under
consideration, the writer was present in
the office of the said plantation four
weeks ago when the manager was re-
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newing contracts, and making advances
of money to the planters upon the grow
ing crop. Some thirty of those planters
were there. The appearance of thrift,
respectability, and air of business responsibility of those men was nothing
short of impressive when it was remembered that every one of them had arrived as contract men a few years- ago,
and without a dollar to them. In the
course of conversation the manager
said, " Yes ! I paid $90,000 to those
small planters last year, and their production is still increasing." He said
further : " Oh, yes ! they all seem very
content, and even proud of their position—and they may well be ! They not
only live well, but some of them have
balances of $1,000 to $2,000 to their
names; whilst others make trips home
to Japan in good style to see their
friends.
They all turn up again,
though." As those men were leaving
the manager's office, the writer noticed
that most of them were riding their own
horses or mules.
Hawaii Adapted to White Labor.
On this subject Dr. Maxwell writes:
" Concerning the ability of white
laborers to bear outdoor work in this
climate, it has to be said that the Portuguese, and some smaller numbers of
Germans and Anglo-Saxons, who have
worked on plantations, have not only
borne the work, but have rendered more,
and a higher class of, labor, which is attested by the high rate of compensation
they have received. This statement
can be compared with the labor rolls of
numerous plantations employing mixed
nationalities. Also the more taxing indoor work of the iron foundries and
machine shops of Honolulu is mainly
done by white labor, chiefly imported
from the mainland. At this time a complete sewerage system is being put in
throughout the streets of Honolulu.
The contractor is from San Francisco.
This man brought some twenty white
laborers from California to do the
heaviest work in laying down the pipes
When asked what price he was paying
white labor, the contractor stated " $3.75
per day; and they are cheaper than
those Chinamen that I engaged here,
and pay only $1.40 per day." The white
men, who were sitting at lunch, were
next questioned, as to " how they bore
the climate." They replied, "We can
do any work here. Why, in comparison
with Fresno (Cal.), where the boss had
us before we came here, this is Arctic ! "
Every day, on the streets of this city,
white men are performing labor that is
vastly more exhausting than the work
on plantations, and arrivals of artisans
from the Mainland are frequent."
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THE FRIEND.
Home for Homeless Children.
Bishop Potter Visits Bishop Willis.
Through the beneficence of Mis. Bishop Henry C. Potter, of the dio
Mary A. Castle, relict of the late S. N. cese of New York, spent the (Ist of
Castle, the old Castle homestead in October in Honolulu, and conferred with
Kawaiahao has been refitted and con- Bishop Willis respecting the transfer of
verted into a home for destitute children. the Anglican Church here to the ProA commodious and beautiful kindergarten building has been erected upon the
eastern part of the premises. It was
formally opened on November 13th with
an attendance of thirty five young chil
dren of all nationalities, from the neigh
bor district.
This institution is named " The
Henry and Dorothy Castle Memorial,"
in memory of the lamented son and his
child who perished in the steamer Elbe
nearly five years ago. The Castle tlwel
ling was erected in I Sit by Rev. E. W.
Clark as a missionary home, but after
wards enlarged by Mr. Castle. Ii has
been the desire of Mr. Castle* children
that the old home should continue in
missionary service, as is now provided
for.
After some fifteen years of devoted
and efficient service as Secular Agent of
the Mission, that work having lost its
importance, Mr. Castle engaged in busi
ness pursuits, and in the course of forty
years, acquired a large estate, mainly in
plantations. The great appreciation of
values since Mr. Castle's tleath, has
placed his family in a position to con
tribute bountifully to the public good
and the establishment of the Lord's
Kingdom.
Hall for Boys' Brigade.
By the gift of Mrs. S. N. Castle and
other ladies, a commodious hall has
been built for the Boy's Brigade in KauIt is 35 by 60
makapili church-yard.
feet, costing about $1000, and holding
about 300 people. The hall was opened
on the evening of the 23d, with appropriate exercises. The brigade marched
in in force, composed of companies A.
and B from Palama, C from Kaumakapili and D from Kakaako. Prof. Theodora Richard acted as chairman. A
new company on Punchbowl is being
organized.
On Nov. 16th, Mr. Walter G. Smith
d editorial charge of the Pacific
xial Advertiser, Mr. W. Nevms
Mr. Smith conthe Hawaiian Star during the
o years of its existence in 1893
, and "knows the ropes" here,
me years he has done editorial
on the .S". /■'. Chronicle. He is
ed back as an old friend.
}ng retiring.
test mt Episcopal Church of America.
Bishop Potter went on to look after
church affairs in Japan and the Philip
At a subsequent meeting of the
Synod of the Anglican Church some
action was taken, as a result of the conference with Bishop Potter, looking
towards the proposed change of relations.
pines.
Samoa to be German.
[December, 1899.
The Extinction of the Maoris.
Judging from a recent report of the
registrar general of New Zealand, that
fine martial race the Maoris, is going
the way of all aborigines whose country has been colonized by the whites.
They may not become absolutely extinct for a few more decades, but their
doom is sealed. Among the causes officially assigned for the thinning of their
numbers are the high infantile mortality resulting from improper food, exposure and the want of ordinary care,
constitutions debilitated by past debauchery, the belief in native doctors
and neglect of the sick and the adoption of European habits and costumes,
leading to diseases of the respiratory
A Maori If. A., Mr. Ngata, in
organs.
addressing a recent conference of his
countrymen, said that drink was pauperizing them and sapping their vitality.—London Chronicle.
The causes here assigned for the
wasting of the Maoris, are the same that
are believed to cause the continued
wasting of the Hawaiian race. The
latter have been much longer in pernicious contact with foreign commerce,
but have also enjoyed far greater ameliorating influences.
It now seems to be settled that the
principal islands of the Samoan group
are to pass under German control,
England and the United States withdrawing from the very impracticable
tripartite arrangement. The United
Stales, however, will retain the small
island of Tutuila with its excellent harDOT of PagopsgO, where a naval station
is being crested. The German authorities will doubtless accord the most fay
orable treatment to the missionaries of
the London Society and their noble
training school.
Our missionaries in the Gilbert Isl- No Liquor License for the Orpheum.
ands will not regret that England is not
to resign that group to Germany, as the
Honolulu has two theaters—one the
British control there has been very opera house—which aims to maintain
a
satisfactory.
respectable character; the other the
Orpheum, which seems to have a differKalakaua's Incapacity for Constitutional
ent reputation. The latter maintains a
Government
place of nightly refreshment for its
When Kalakaua visited England in visitors, and has asked the Government
SSI he witnessed certain proceedings for a liquor license. The refusal of this
I
has drawn down most virulent abuse of
of the House of Commons which grieved
the Cabinet from the
of free living
his autocratic mind. Mr. W. N. Arm- which alleges, amongparty
other things, that
strong records :
the "short skirts" of the performers
The
not comprehend some caused the refusal.
King
did
We have heard,
"
of the questions involved, nor the motion however, of sad wreck of youths of
of want of confidence. He said that the honored families caused by irregularities
British Queen ought to be more res centering at the Orpheum. That has
pected by the House of Commons, and probably had much to do with the
it should submit to her judgment so long Cabinet action. It is a satisfaction to
as she was Queen.
To vote down the perceive that those gentlemen are not
Ministry was an insult to her, he thought. devoid of regard for the public morals,
He said that it was proper enough for even if they thereby invite the stigma of
Her Majesty to dismiss her Ministers being "missionary." It is not improwhen they failed to carry out her wishes, bable that such " missionary " tone will
but the people had no right to interfere continue permanently in Hawaii and
and try to control her. When he was Honolulu. Every father of children to
told that the House of Commons was be saved to virtue should desire it.
the stronges' political power in Great
Britain, he said the constitution was
The Radical is like the moth that flies
wrong."
into the flame and is burnt up the ConKalakaua's predecessors had some servative is like the horse
which refuses
sense as to the necessity of submitting to be led from
his flaming stable and is
to limitations of their power. Neither
the late king or his sister could conform also destroyed. Somewhere between
to that necessity, and the monarchy had the two extremes is the safe ground.
to be thrown out.
-Walter G. Smith.
;
�Vol. 57, No. 12.]
THE FRIEND.
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A Superabounding Treasury.
Census Agent for Hawaii.
A serious perplexity is encountered by
our public financiers. The Hawaiian
Treasury is suffering from plethora, with
surplus of over two millions ; at the same
time there is a scarcity of money in the
market, owing to the large outlays in
creating new sugar plantations. Hono
lulu financiers are earnestly striving to
find some way to get the Government
money into circulation.
The revenue has been unexpectedly
large while the outlay has been restricted
for lack of the needed appropriations.
By order of President McKinley, the
election of a new legislature was prevented, and no new appropriations can
be made, although greatly needed both
for schools and public works.
The most feasible proposition seems
to be that of releasing the $800,000 in
the Postal Savings Bank by ceasing to
pay interest thereon, which will induce
the depositors to withdraw their funds
and invest in the usual channels of
business.
Owing to increased imports, Customs
The
receipts have greatly increased
general prosperity ml appreciation of
values has also very in i-.-h increased the
taxes. Hence th Urge surplus.
It is matter of satisfaction that Mi.
Alatau T. Atkinson is to be in charge of
the census of the Hawaiian Islands.
The excellent census taken by him in
1896 justifies his appointment. Mr.
Atkinson returned a month ago from
Washington, where he had gone to
confer with the Head of the Census
Bureau. He there made a determined
and successful fight for taking count of
the different races living here, as has
been done before, and imperatively needs
to be done, although not in accord with
the United States census practice.
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Thanksgiving Day in Honolulu.
Hawaiian Sugar Crop.
The entire sugar crop of the Hawaiian Islands for the year ending .Sep
tember 30, 1899, was 282,807 tons, or
566,614,000 pounds. At $70 per ton.
this represents a value of $19,7911. 'JO.
Of this amount, the island of Hawaii
produced 117,239 tons, Kauai 65,359,
Maui 64,380, and Oahu 45,820.
The largest yields 00 different plantations were the following:
Ewa Plantation Co
tons 22,334
Hawaiian Commercial Co.
lii.ii'Jl
1 1,350
Hawaiian Sugar Co
Lihue Plantation Co
Hawaiian Agricultural Co.
~
~~
~
13,333
11,318
10,589
Pioneer Mill Co
Several foreign Protestant churches
are ten planabove,
Besides
the
there
united in a Thanksgiving service at
tations whose output has been between
Central Union. Rev. \V. A. Gaidnty 7000
and 10,000 tons.
preached ar. impressive sermon to a
organ
choir
and
large audience. The
A Steamer Fleet in Harbor.
were in tremendous force. Mr. Wichman sung Kipling's "Recessional," and
On the 28th ult. there were in this
the congregation closed as usual with
one of harbor eleven large ocean steamers,
The
has
been
year
America."
"
unexampled financial prosperity in Ha- being much the greatest number ever
waii, as well as throughout the United seen here together. Two were immigrant ships, one a mail packet, and
States.
eight were U. S. army transports, three
mules. Nearly four thousand
carrying
Hawaii.
Makapala-by-the-Sea,
soldiers were on these ships -one of
them the splendid Hancock.
BY ANNE M. PRESCOTT.
One of the transports had been obliged
has
an
This little volume
attractive by Severe weather to abandon the direct
exterior. It may seem to the reader route from Seattle via Japan, anil turn
somewhat scrappy, but it contains many aside to Honolulu, in order to save the.
little gems both poetry and prose. It lives of her mules. She was followed
is well flavored with Hawaiian scenery two days later by h*U* consort, the
Garonne, thirteen days out, having
and conditions.
already lost thirteen animals by the
Kawaiahao Church Well.
violence of the ship's motion. The
northern route across the Pacific, alAn excellent artesian well is now flow though shorter, is apt to be extremely
ing in the north-west angle of the stormy.
Many hundreds of horses and mules
grounds of thj Kawaiahao church. It is take
a run ashore at Honolulu to recover
a nine-inch bore and several hundred
strength for the balance of the voyage
feet in depth. The flow is very copious to Manila.
The church-yard and cemeteries will
now be thoroughly irrigated, and will Distinguished Colored Army Chaplain.
blossom in great beauty of color, shrubAmong the passengers on the transbery and flowers. Pastor Parker ex
presses a desire to create a bathing tank port Newport is Rev. T. G. Steward,
for the use of school-boys.
chaplain of the Twenty-fifth Infantry,
colored, who goes to join his regiment
toui of duty since March,
during which time he has been engaged
in writing a history of the four colored
regiments that served in the war with
Spain. Mr. Steward has been a minister in the African Methodist Kpiscopal
Church since 186*, and is the author of
a number of bo ks, including "Genesis
Reread," which is used as a text book
by the African Methodist Kpiscopal
Church. He has been chaplain of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry since 1891.
His suggestion of the idea of writing
a history of the colored regiments, the
Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and the
Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry, met with such favor in the War
Department that he was placed on special duty and given all the time and
facilities necessary to complete the
work, which is now m the hands of the
publishers. The history includes an
introductory letter from General Miles,
a sketch of the social history of the colored race and the use of military spirit,
a chapter on the negro soldier in the
Civil War. a chapter on the professional
negro soldier, and a general review of
the work of the regiments named down
to and including the camp at Montauk.
Mr. Steward belongs to one of the
oldest colored families in the country,
tracing connection with a settlement of
colored freemen in New Jersey, which
existed long before the Revolution. His
wife is a regular graduate physician,
being at present resident physician at
Wilberforce University, He lias two
sons who are graduates of Harvard, one
of tbi-in being a captain in the Fortyninth United States Volunteers. A third
son is taking a medical course at the
University of Minnesota, and three sons
are at Wilbeifoice University.
Rev.
Mi. Steward was yesterday the guest of
Attorney T. McCants Stewail of this
city.— P. C. Advertiser, Nov. I.
after a special
RECORD OF EVENTS.
Nov: Ist. Trouble among Chinese
laborers at Waianae results in an attempt to fire a cane field.
Fortunately
it was discovered in time to prevent
serious damage.
2nd Hawaiian Treasury cash balance
shows a neat total sum of $1 ,-'-l,:l2l.
3rd Anniversary of the birth of the
Emperor of Japan, duly observed by the
Japanese throughout the city.
4th A soldier from one of the transports walks off the wharf, in the dark
and has a narrow escape from drowning
through the timely aid of night watchman Chas. Smith, of the Inter Island
Co.—Chas. J. Faneuf, tleputy sheriff of
Ewa and Waianae, gets shot in the knee
by one of his own men, by mistake, in a
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midnight alarm at Waianae. —Kauhane,
a policeman, is found dead in the road
at Waikele, with his neck broken by a
fall from his horse.
Bth—A large nurrnSer of kamaainas return from their foreign travels by the
Moana.—Directors of the Housekeepers'
League give their first afternoon tea at
Honuakaha, residence of the late Queen
Dowager Kapiolani.—Kawaiahao artesian well, being sunk, secures a good
flow at a depth of 850 feet.
9th—The Board of Health party with
Dr. Santon, head of a Paris Relief
Committee, under French Government
auspices, leave for a week's visit at the
Leper Settlement.
12th—Kinau street residence totally
destroyed by fire at an early morning
hour, and narrow escape of adjoining
premises. Insurance, $2000.
13th—Theo. P. Lansing again be
comes Minister of Finance, vice S. M.
Damon, resigned.—Annual meeting of
the Social Science Club at the residence
of the late Dr. C. M. Hyde, which resolved itself into a memorial meeting o.
its secretary and foundeis.
Nov. 15th.—A disorderly soldier gets
shot by his guardsman in the discharge
of duty, inflicting a serious though not
dangerous wound. Public test of a
newly introduced fire extinguishing
compound proves unsuccessful.
Nov. 16th.—Walter G. Smith sue
ceeds W. N. Armstrong as editor of the
P. C. Advertiser. Infant daughter of
G. Muller meets a shocking death
through her clothes catching fire while
the mother was absent on a short
[December, 1899
THE FRIEND.
Hi as Miowera, Hay, from Victoria.
Nov. 24th. -The celebrated Waialua 2d
2*f U S trans Senator, Patterson, from San Francisco.
stock case reaches a settlement, Col. J. 2(t t 1 S trans BetunouT, Wallace, from San francisco.
U S turns Port Stevens, Whitehead, from Seattle.
H. Soper accepting $65,000 and the 20
■ U Sir.vis. Hancock, Struve, from .San Francisco.
■
stock
fin San Francisco.
to _\ L S trans City <>f Pnehla, Thomas,
company issuing $400,000
Not ss Thyra, Kdwordson, from Yokohama.
meet San Francisco engagements.
28—Am bktne S N Castle, Hubbard, from San Francisco.
28—Am bktne Planter, McNeil, from San Francisco.
Nov. 27th.—Death of Miss Lizzie 29—Am
st h Kva, Kauiehus, from Kureka.
—Am sch QlsiidsU. Johnson, from Fort Bragl;.
Bingham, aged 70 years, at the family 29
29—Br SS Caroline, Conr.uli, from Seattle.
residence, Punahou. Interment in the 29 Hr SS Hloemfontein, Blelloch, from Newcastle.
Kawaiahao plot. Kilohana Art League H U S tians St Paul, Hays, from San Francisco.
opens its fall exhibition with a fine colDEPARTURES.
lection of its members' productions.
Nov. 26th.—Dr. McGrew entertains
the Boston Lyric Co. at his country
seat, Aiea, together with a party of
prominent residents.
Nov. 28th. -Recognition Day; a Gov
ernment but not a business holiday.
Annual meeting of the Hawaiian Historical Society adjourns for need of a
quorum. Wallace-Folsom wedding at
St. Andrew's.
Nov. 2iJth.—Council of State grant a
reprieve to Ihara, under sentence to be
hung for his share in the Kahuku riots,
till July ;* 1900.
Nov. 30th.—Thanksgiving Day : Special services at Kawaiaha St. Andrew's
and Central Union Churches. Sham
battle by the National Guard at the entrance t<> Manoa Valley ; two men were
injured in the fray. Mrs. Dole presents
a stand of colors to the regiment, entrusting it to the care and keeping of
Co. F.—Foot-ball games in the afternoon between two Oahu College teams
on the Funahou grounds, and a town
and St. Louis College team at the Makiki field. Reference to our shipping
column shows this to be the banner
month of U. S. transport and Japanese
arrivals.
,
—
—
tended.
Nov. 19th.—W. P. Lumaheihei, a
prominent native, is thrown from his
horse and sustains such injuries to head
and face that death ensues a few hours
later.
Nov. 20th. —Eighteenth annual session of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters'
Association, for the consideration of
reports, etc., and election of officers for
the ensuing year. The report on the
sugar crop for the year ending Sept. 30,
1899, showed a total of 282,807 tons.
Nov. 22nd.—Deputy Sheriff Faneuf
at the Queen's
Hospital. F. J. Cross, returns to the
Islands by the Australia, having secured the franchise to conduct Marconi's
wireless telegraphy throughout this
succumbs to his injuries
group.
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MARRIAGE.
WALLACE rOLSOM
At St. Andrew's Cathedral, this
Mth, by the Rev Alex. Mackintosh, Win. H.
Wallace to Miss Marion K. Kul.soni.
errand.
Nov. 18th.—Death at Waikiki of Dr.
Albert McWayne, a well known and
popular physician formerly of this city,
but for several years past devoted to
coffee culture in Kona, Hawaii. The
funeral, under Masonic auspices, occurred the next day and was largely at
Nov I USS Newark, McCalla, for Manila.
I Haw lik X P Kithet, Macphail, for San Francisco.
3 -Am sch yacht Noma. Weaver, for the South Seas.
3 Am hk McNear, Johnson, for Nanaimo.
4-Am hk Ahltey Palmer, UhlK er\K, foi lacoma.
4 —Am sch Chas X Wilson, John.on, for (hay's Harbor.
4—Am bfftoa WC liwin, Williams, for San Francisco,
n U .-» irans Mamu-iise, Utiniison, (of Manila.
8— V S trans Tartar, Tybus, for Manila.
tt U "■ trans City of Peking, Smuli, for Manila.
8 llr ss Moana, Carey, for the Colonies.
8 Jap ss Houl«)ll| Maru, Kilmer, for Yokohama.
9—Am sh Lncile, Anderson, for Tacoma.
9 U S trans Centennial, Katies, for San Francisco.
9-Am Sh Occidental, Hennett, for Seattle.
9 Am -eh R W larllctt, Neilsou, for Cray's H.irlx>r.
9—Am hk Theobald, Cameron, for Royal Roads.
1" Jap ss Nippon Maru, Allen, for San Francisco.
10—Am ss Alameda, on Oterendorp, for San Francisco.
II lir ss Athenian, Mow-alt, for Manila.
13 Hr sh Wt-siniinstt r, Petrie, for San Krancisco.
IB Am sh Chas E Moody, Woodside, for 'lacoma.
16—Am I>k J \l Sjinckels, Chri-tiansen, for San Francisco.
17 Ani ss China, Si-ahury, for Yokohama
17 -US trans Pennsylvania, Hroomhead. for Manila.
17 U S trans Olympia, Tro\» bridge, lor Manila.
18 -U Straus t
Storrs. lor Manila.
18—U S trans Leelei.aw, Robe ts, for Manila.
22 U S tians Solace, Ihinlap, for Cuamand Manila.
23 Itr ss W.iriiinoo, Phillips, for Victoria.
24 Mi ss Doric, Smith for Yokohama
M \m sh John A hriggt, Balch, for Port Angeles.
US nans City of .-.ydney, Pill.bury, for Manila.
88 U S trans I'athan. Hutler, tor Manila.
SB lh ss Coptic. Riti'-er. for Sen Francisco.
2U -Itr hk Woo|ahra, Williamson, for the Sound.
27 —Hr ss Miowera, Hemming, for Sydney.
27 Am si Ii Okanagori, Reisth, for the Sound.
28 —Am SS Australia, Houdlettc, for San Francisco.
28 Am sch Oceania Vance, Murchison, tor the Sound.
88 U S trans Main, for Manila.
20 Nor ss Thyra, Edwardson, for San Krancisco.
'■*> CS trans Mennmhi, Wall.or, for Manila.
80 T S trans Senator, Patlerso i, ror Manila
30 U S trans Lennox, Williamson, for Manila.
city, Nov.
Marine Journal.
QOKTZ- WHITNEY- In this city, Nov. 7th, the Rev.
(t. I. Pearson ..tin iiiiing, Wm. H. (loetz, of this city, to
PORT OF HONOLULU, NOVEMBER.
.
Miaß) Jessie Whitney, of Laramie, Wyo.
HOOVKN CUI.ICK At Chicago, Oct. 16th, hy the
ARRIVALS.
U S trans Tartar, l*yS trails Newport, Kriele,
from San Francisco.
from San Kramaaco,
Strain Manmnse, Htunisoii, from San Kram isi -~.
4 Am ss City of Peking, Smith, from San Krancisco.
i (J S trans Athenian, Mowatt, from Manila.
(I
U S. trans Centennial, Eagles, from San Krancisco.
11 lIS Westminster, Petrie, from San Krancisco.
7
l.ipss Hongkong Main, Kilmer, from San Krancisco.
7 llr sh Krrol, Henderson, bom Newcastle.
B Br ss Moana, Cany, from San Krancisco
9 Am bg J D Spirckcls, Christians m, fm San Francis. 0.
o_ |;,p
ss Ni|K.ii Mara, Allen, fiom Yokohama.
lo lb bk Doniiuioii. Rodd, from Newcastle.
In Am sch Okanogan, Renal h, fnnii Port Town-end.
lo Am Mi Alameda, yon Oleremlorp, from Sydney.
i:; I S trans IHelena w, Storrs, fiom San Francisco,
lit C S trans t iiiiem.nigb, Rolierts, from San Kram is.
14 Maw sh Hawaii.hi Isles, Kite, from Newcastle.
Pennsylvania, Hrooiuhead, from Portland.
Ii D Snails
16 l S trails Olympia, Trowbridge, from Portlaml.
l. U S trans Siam, Valentin, from Manila.
Ifi Haw bk M.iuna Ala, Smith, from San Krancisco
HI —Am sch Oceanic Vance, Murchisou. from New< astir.
1(1 Am bktne >kagit, Robinson, from Port Townsend.
10 Am ss China, Sedmry, from San Krancisco
17 Am sch Aloha, Fry, from San Krancisco.
19 U S trans Solace, Dunlap, from San Krancisco
22 Am ss Australia, Houdleite, from San Francis, o.
22 V S trus City of Sydney, Pillshury. fm San Krancisco.
22 Hr ss Lennox, Williamson, from Portland.
22 Am sch C W Watson, Peterson, from I aconia.
23 U S nans I'aiban, (fuller, from San Krancisco
23 Br ss Warrhnoo, Phillips, from the Colonies.
23 Am bk Allien, Orifiiths, from San Krancisco.
24 Br ss Doric, Smith, from San Francisco.
2a—Br ss Coptic Kinder, from Yokohama.
26—Jap ss ToyO Maru, Sakai, from Yokohama.
26 Jap SS Yorihima Maru, Makaru, fronOYokohama.
Nov.
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Rev Sydney Strotw, Katharine A. Goiictt, daughter of
Rev. U. H. Gnttclc, of Honolulu, to (jtorga Knyeart
lluOveu, Of Hamilton, Ohio.
BIRTHS.
THURSTON-At Honolulu, Nov. Bth,
lo the wife of L
A. Thurston, a son.
HOMIER N Id this city, at Maternity Home, Nov. Bth,
to the wife of Roliert llolliern, a daughter.
CLARK At Hoiiokaa, kona Hawaii, Nov.Hth, lo the
wife of horge Claik, a win.
.
<
Inlhiscity, Nov. 20th, to the wife of Win.
Donnelly, a son.
DONNELLY
J
DEATHS.
PHELPS In this t ity, Nov. 2flth, Chas. f, Phelps, aged
tfJi years ; a native of I'ellville, Ohio.
POOR In this city, Nov. 2Htr\ Henry F. Poor, a native
of dasaa islands, aged 43 years.
BINGHAM At Punahou, Honolulu, Nov. 27th, Miss
E. K. Itingham, U»rn in this city March Bth, 1829.
HOPP In Honolulu, Nov. 21>lh, John Hoop, aft»»r a short
illness, aged 71 years ; a well known resilient of this city
for over forty years.
HOLT At San Framisco, Oct. 27ih, James R. Holt, jr.,
aged 30. a native of Honolulu, Oahu, H. I. He leaves a
wife and six children.
BAR ILE II At the residence. Nov. Uth. Oihmar Ward
Bartlett, only son of Mi. and Mrs. Ward Hartlctt, aged 4
years, S months and 18 days.
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THE FRIEND.
Vol. 57, No. 12.]
—in England, in America, in the Orient, in the name of Hawaii, but when once
in the continents and islands of the introduced and seen and heard, they
HONOLULU. H. I.
great ocean there is concert of action, were thereafter more than welcome beand one harmonious witness is given to cause of their own presence and adThis page is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian our common faith. The Master, who is dress.
Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the
The delegation was also fortunate in
at the center of things, has His hands
Hoard, is responsible for its contents.
upon us; he touches us with his fine the introduction given it to the people
inspiration and draws from each his ap- through the clergy and the press. It
Editor. propriate
Rev. O. P. Emerson.
thus gained early recognition.
In San
response.
(Rev. E. S. Timoteo, at Shawmut Francisco and in Chicago, in Boston
Church, after an organ recital.)
The members of the delegation to the
and in Washington, the clergy did what
they could to make our stay pleasant
Council in Boston desire to take this
as well as
occasion to thank those who subscribed
The Hawaiians possess beautiful and profitable to their people
Wherever we lodged long
so generously to defray their expenses ; hands. Their particular delight is in to us.
$2,940 in all were received. Of this long tapering fingers; and these they enough to be found out, we were urged
sum, about $1,800 went to pay for
to prolong our visit and appear in puluse deftly in weaving their mats and
steamer and railroad travel and for trans- fans, and
and before audiences where we have
in doing fancy work. The pits had
fers ; about $740 for hotel and other en
time to speak. Thus we spoke
not
roll
the
mothers
are
careful
to
very
tertainment, and about $400 for outfit, fingers of their babies so that they may twice in San Francisco and in Washing
all covering a period of not more than grow shapely and small at the tips ton, once in Chicago, Providence and
Peace Dale, and many times in and
quite fourteen weeks.
And now I will tell you a story about
about
Boston. During our stay in Bosbeautiful hands. Three young maidens
ton we were greatly aided by Senator
It was not in vain that you sent your were once together, and as they walked
D. Oilman, who is also our consul.
missionaries to Hawaii, for the truths along the way they began talking about G.
He
has not lost that easy command of
they brought took root in fertile soil and each other's hands. One said my hands Hawaiian which he gained
many years
of
the
was
people
the character
entire
are the prettiest for my fingers are long
ago when a resident of these islands.
changed. The darkness of heathenism and tapering. Another said, no, my
The meetings of the council were
fled away before the light of Christian- hands are prettier, for they are plump
attended by the members of
faithfully
is
and dimpled. The third spoke not at
ity. The life we now live out there
delegation, albeit some of the discussimilar to that which you live here, for all of her hands, but walked on in silence. the
sions were beyond the reach of the colit is based on the same great principles. And indeed her hands were calloused
of some of its members,
They control our educational system ; and hard with labor and were not loquial English
was
much received which
and
there
yet
with
of
the
schools
is
one
But
as
they
the language
thought ti be comely.
great
was
of
value.
Many eminent
yours. We are seeking industrial train- walked they chanced to come upon what
heard, and their stirring
were
speakers
as
are
here.
you
for
our
be
an
old
woman
bowed
youth
just
ing
appeared to
fell upon attentive ears and into
Your principles of government are ours. under a burden, and as she tottered words
Socially and commercially also we are along under it she looktd so queer, that responsive hearts.
Besides such intellectual entertainone. We live a common life. " God the girls who had talked of their pretty
of a social charachath made of one blood all the nations hands began to laugh; but the other ment, there was that
which the delegation greatly enjoyed.
ter,
face
of
for
to
dwell
on
all
the
old
woman
and
asked
of men
girl went up to the
and excursions
that she might be permitted to help in Lunches, teas, dinners
the earth."
were pleasantly sandwiched in with
Rev. James Kadhank.
Then
old
woman
the
load.
the
carrying
all the rest.
It was on such occawho was but an angel in disguise, said
sions that the Hawaiians made the most
hands,
are
the
for
pretty
her,
to
thine
"
This is a grand country, I feel the
pleasing personal address and
are quick and ready in service." of their
crispness of its wonderful air. It braces they
knowledge
of English. It was delight
in these days when there is so much ful to see Messrs.
me—makes me alive and full of energy And
T and X— rising
do,
aid,
so
need
of
it
is
indeed
many in
as if I were an athlete. I should like to to
making up
above
their
limited
English,
the hands which are trained and quick
live here. If I were not a married man
with gestures and nods for their lack of
fairest.
to
serve
which
are
the
with a wife and eight children at home I
D- was sometimes slighted
(Rev. Stephen L. Desha, to the words. Mr. of
should be tempted to stay on and percolor. Much to his chagfor his lack
students
at
Wellesley
College.)
fect my education, for there is so much
rin he would be passed by the ladies as
here to be learned. Boston is the best
It was only his
Some anxiety is felt for Mr. Walkup simply a white man.
city I have yet seen. During our short and his little boat, the
soft accent and sweet Hawaiian lisp
Hiram
Bingham,
out when he was spoken to
stay in the city of Providence we were
which is now somewhat overdue. He which came
entertained in a palatial house, but it is
that saved him from neglect. Mr. Ezera
have
sailed
from
San
reported
to
was a real home where we were made
passed from the firstas a sort of SpanishFrancisco Nov. 4th.
most welcome.
Hawaiian Don, whose rich complexion
Key. J. M. E/F.RA.
and lustrous eyes told of tropic comeliThe Report of the Delegation.
ness and beauty. We say it confidently
that not once was the delegation placed
I have been studying the mechanism
The Delegation left Honolulu on the in a compromising or unpleasant atof your fine organ I have been shown
18th
of August, and returned again on titude, not an accident happened to any
how wires run all through it, connecting
with different notes and stops with the the 2'2d of November, after an absence of its members, no sickness or serious
Only once
one keyboard, so that the organist sit- of thirteen weeks and five days. It was ailments came to trouble us.
be
able
to we were caused anxiety, and that was
most
to
happy
experience
over
the
a
power
before
it
has
entire
ting
instrument and with his skill can cause represent the churches of Hawaii in the when the senior member of the delegaa crowd, but he soon
each note to do its part in the glorious homeland whence came the missionaries tion got lost in
at the lodgings. Many friendbe
turned
pre
up
evidence,
of
and
to
have
to
in
sound.
we
the
of
So
symphony
churches, parts of one great body, are sented on such notable occasions, such ly words were said, many kindly deeds
favorable, and helpful
bound together in a common purpose. worthy representatives of the Hawaiian were done; many
were
and we trust
went
received
they
impressions
Wherever
they
lands
where
service
pastorate.
There are many
is done and many languages are spoken were welcomed, at first officially and as many were given.
HAWAIIAN BOAKB.
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The presence and thoughtful open
handed kindness of Mi. and Mrs.
Waterhouse was of great benefit to the
members of the delegation. Their
rooms at the Park House while they
staid in Boston, were a center where we
were wont to gather.
It was the feeling of such men as Mr.
S. B. Capen, President of the American
Board, of Treasurer Wiggin, and of Secretaries Smith, Barton and Daniels, that
much good was done by the mining of
the delegation.
A friend said In me one with whom
in other days I had argued eainrsti) in
favor of annexation: "Mi. Emerson,
these men who have conn: with you are
the strongest argument you have yet
advanced in fsVOl ol missions or of
any other canst," and this was the
testimony of others also, foi mi the plat
form and in »he social circle the Hawaiians certainly conducted themselves with
great grace, and even with a certain
distinction that won tin their people
much favor.
In returning again to the home land
and to our work, the feeling of the delegation was perhaps aptly voiced by one
of its members when he said. "We
are grateful for this rare experience, we
have been greatly stirred and benefited
and we shall go back to our people in
this new accession ol strength, to redouble our efforts in nun behalf."
New Oceanic Company Steamers.
It us definitely learned thai Cramp &
Co. have m progress three magnificent
6000 ton passenger ships for the ( I
Co.'s line from San Francisco lo Syd
ney. They will be put on the route
dining the coming summer and autumn.
They will be nearly twice the tonnage
of the present boats, and two knots
faster.
The Great Northern Railroad is con
trading for the mammoth steamships of
20,000 tons burthen to ply between us
Seattle terminus and Asiatic pints.
This line will doubtless take tin north
crn route, not calling at Honolulu.
Steamer Arrivals for November.
The past month has witnessed by far
the largest number of snivels ol ocean
steamers yet seen here, thirty six in all.
Of these twentyone were U. S. transports, eleven regular liners, three mi
migrant ships, and one a collier. I his
is but a premonition of the immense
traffic across the Pacific ten and twenty
years hence. Honolulu is seen to be
the centre of an enormous commerce,
and will be a great city. All of the trans
Pacific traffic via the Isthmus must call
here for coaling.
THE FRIEND.
Hawaii's Increased Trade with the
United States.
f December,
1899.
No Leonids Seen.
In expectation of the predicted starshower, a careful watch was maintained
in this city by many persons in the early
hours of the mornings of November 15th
and llith. It was too cloudy most of
the time to see any stars, but evidently
the stream of Leonids were not paying
ibis side of our globe a visit.
Statistics just published show that
during the first nine months of 1899,
Hawaii's total imports were $111,667,
:.7.r against $7.:»00,.r>Bl fm the same
months in 1898. In 1898, our imports
from the United States Were nimi- than
double those from all other countries.
In 1899 the)' were nearly four times as
New Dredger.
large. America has profited and will
profit by annexation no less than
Tin- Oahu Railway Company have
Hawaii.
nearly completed their large dredger.
Its capacity is 011,000 cubic feet of mud,
Hawaii Banana Trade.
or ,0,000 of sand per month. This is the
third large dredger in this harbor. It is
"Hilo, November 17. The Roderick to be hoped that otheis may soon be set
l)hu lias been fitted with a cold storage
at work on Peail Harbor bar.
capacity of .Ml tons. She can carry MOO
Three large wells are to be bored, and
bunches of bananas. Her owners, the
established near the
MatßOn line, will seek to develop a trade a pumping station
schools
in Palama, to re
in Hawaii bananas anil hulls With the Kamehameba
Better late
the
waterworks.
city
inforce
coast. On this trip she carries 100
than never,
bananas
and
a
of
ol
quantity
bunches
manges."
An Impudent Squatter.
The fitting of sailing vessels with
" cold storage capacity " indicates an
The beautiful town of Hilo has long
early and profitable future for our Hade
tropical
California,
with
m
fruits
Port- rej need in a lovely public resort known
land, Seattle and Vancouver, Hilo is as Coco.niut Island, which is government
adapted to the production ol such fruits. property. On this islet an enterprising
It seems probable that many veiy per- individual has undertaken to acquire
ishable fruits like mangoes might be squatters' rights, and refuses to be
profitably transported in cold storage ejected. Tile situati >n app.i ds as much
rooms.
to one's sense of humor as of decency.
>
1
Honolulu Sewer Work.
Are the Hogs Patriotic
?
The new seweis ol tins**.}' aie rapid))
progressing. The larger part of the
street-mains have now been laid, and
It is seriously reported by the Berlin
piess, that the hogs of Schleswig refuse
The Agrato touch American bailey.
connections are everywhere being made nan party impute this to swinish patriot
probable that
with the houses. At the terminus 111 ism. Bui is it not more
the pigs dread fattening too fast on such
Kakaako the main stiver is being con- excellent grain, and thereby hastening
structed at a depth of sixteen fe-et below llicii day of slaughter ?
sea level, discharging into a covered
reservoir ol 100x io(i fleet, from winch
A wireless telegraph company for the
it is to be pumped up and discharged Hawaiian Islands has been organised by
into the ocean. This deep main sewer Mr. F.
J. Cross, and capitalized at $100,is of concrete, thirty inches in diameter. -000.
All the stock was immediately
Prom the pumps the sewage passes subscribed for twice over. Communica
into thirty inch pipes laid in a heavy tion with all the islands is hoped for by
casing of concrete extending out on the next s mini i.
reef 1800 feet. This is continued on by
steel pipes with flexible joints, which
will lie on the sea bottom tor a distance
of over IHJOO leet farther, where their
-^BANKEBB**—
contents will be discharged at a depth
of one hundred leet below the surface, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
ESTABLISHED IN IBSSin the vicinity of the bell buoy.
This se.vei system is bounded by Transact ■ general Hanking and Exchange
Nuuanu stream, lieietania and Alapai business. Loan* made on approved security
streets, enclosing an area of about 1150 Hills discounted, ConiiiiL-rci.il credits ({ranted.
acres of the denser parts uf the city. It Deposits received on current account subject to
is arranged for gradual extension to check. Letters ol credit issued on the princpa
adjacent sections. It will render Himii cities of the woild.
lulu one of the most perfectly sanitated tii Agints nl the Liverpool and London and
cities m the world.
Globe Insurance Co.
MI SHOP <fc CO.
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