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Ml i nn.ti. deuartHM.it .it. mi-..I il.. .111.1 lent |...,»i. i- i: ...k. .1 ..I 8. K. BISHOP - ''CON IKNTS. t ...iin il .a BtartuS I 1.-atli :tl I'lvnn.ulli Dsalh ..I li. H\.l. lo.i Int-i Neat A|.| | >.i room was at a Grass i mi. .rtti.it; .... -Xt . . 1,.n-.v.i.il Y ■ w... 1..11.11.11 M.i SS as Hem Mfniatet ol Inter*, Ka I..I Kvem. Annual '' s " Meeting A. II I' Y. .«,. ■•■• |.i|..tu.--. I'mi.i ..I '"'" 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 1.tw 01.1:1 especial interest for Our 111 winch ihe) the fust being 111 churches have been represented. The Hawaiian delegation consisted ol Rev. E. S. Tunoteo, of Kaumakapili 1 : 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 s.ii.iu New t 1.-i....hi l llllri Ii Narrawncai ..I l|"- i'" i:,"«,1.d 5.h....is premium. S Oilisli.tn Unit) "i MiasKM, Fields Abbott ••■! 1.... it" Mi i"ii Ransoms on Japan. l Trenton. Temple, with its double 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 Nu.Mi.i'.k 11 !«'•'!) 85 . Vol.ii mi: r )7 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. — 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 �THE FRIEND 86 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." : . - �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. ;, s, I.< II Mi'outic. Binder, from s.m Franciaco S transport Centennial, (lasses, . IV S.m s, s, . . 5... 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 I I 1-1 - . i. ,1 , s, ~ ■> t Pink'ham , ,, John from , �THE FRIEND 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. - - - - "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. 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