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I'mk ' '* ■ '''• All connnti lication* and letters connected with the literary ilepaitme rl ot die paper, Book* ailtl Magazine*, fuj Review .Hit I \:\< li.uiges sluiiilii lie adili-sseil "l\ I-\ I>, X* Bishop, Honolulu, H. I." It.lsilK-ss 1.-lt.rs sll.Hlld he a. hires-**, I Honolulu. 11. I s. CONTENTS. LNefulneu of Hawaiian Stipend iontiding I re.i any I.vents IIIHIM. PACJ "■'* Delegates K. K. Bingham Obituary Missionary Tower with Jiindus g 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 No Liquor License fa*, tli- Orpheum Thanksgiving <.. BniTow 1«;. liisiioi* Special Attention "T. pay in Honoluhi Events and Marine Hawaiian Board Shameless Squatter OS JJ M M W ■'■'■ ■'-"» ■■'■■ "(I Ml °fl •*<-- ■'<_ IW 8? ~!l " Hl 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. 93 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 �94 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.] THE FRIEND 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- 95 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." �96 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. 97 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. - 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 �98 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. - - 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. .» H U ;t C ,l>N r . r> 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. �99 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. - — ; �100 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. 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