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QUEEN STREET. �HONOLULU, H. 1- JUNE, Vol. 58, No. 6.] - - - - Conference Items ..;.., Albert Francis Judd, I. L 1), Obituary Huildluft-a House at Kusaie Revival of Swatow New Lutheran Church Mrs Maria Whitney I>o»-ue HonoluluYWCA JohnSßi-hop, M D Hurricane Devastates Vavau Hawaii is a Torritory Provialona of the Territorial Law Mr Dole to be Governor Record of Events Marine Journal Deaths and l lrtha Hawaiian Board Oahu Aid Society The Ecumenical Conference .statistics of Protestant Misaious Lyman Abbott on the Bible Kooke Case Decided Causes of Maori Decrease Sydney Plasrue Record enough arguments on both sides to make the discussion keen. When a missionary from China preferred a limited Christian education somebody retorted that it would have been good for the empress of China if she could have had a liberal one. The fascinating Hindu teacher in the MethCollege at Lucknow. Miss Lilavarati odist Editor. Singh, pleaded, by her person even more than her words, for the best which could "•"fi "What ...41 be given her countrywomen. J2-43 would Kaiuabai have been able to do, as 1; 44 44 she has done, without her bread Christian New Business Street Manoa Improvements Release of Japanese Procurers — 44 44 44 45 45 45 45-46 4e 48 47 education ?" Mrs. Waterbury made a telling introwhen she said that at the Parliament of Religions there was no woman to stand Up to say what Confucianism, .47 Buddhism or Mohammedanism had done 47-48 4S <8 for her. duction 48 49 49 Perhaps the climax of the meetings was ....49 when Mrs. A. Gordon, with inimitable 49 « J. [June, 1900. hjoo. Is published the first day of each THE I RIEND month in Honolulu, H. I. Subscription rate Year in Advance. per Two Dollars All communications and letters connected with Books the literary department of the Paper, Exchanges, and Magazines, for Review and Bishop, Honoshould be addressed "Rev. S. E. lulu, H. I." Business letters should be addressed "T. G. Thrum, Honolulu, H. I." S. E. BISHOP 41 TheFriend. wit and charm, presented the 4(X) women missionaries on the platform to the vast Conference Items. audience. It was a scene never to be forgotten, as they came forward in groups Some of the many testimonies to mis- according to countries—all ages and nasions which were spoken in New York tionalities and colors. By a word, a gesthat week are likely to become as classic ture, notable ones were brought out—one as the utterances of Charles Darwin, who had been forty years in service, anHenry Drummond and other famous wit- other who was the first and only woman nesses to missions. Take ex-President doctor ever allowed to penetrate a MosHarrison's words, for example. After lem home in Turkey. Teachers, doctors, hearing Miss Singh of India, the graceful writers and home-makers from every and polished Hindu woman, he said: "I quarter of the globe were there. am not a rich man and never knew what it was to have $1,000,000, but if I had Ex-President Harrison said: "I have possessed that sum and had invested it all spoken before many great audiences. 1 in foreign missions, and this woman was have seen the political spirit in this counthe only product of that investment, I try kindled to a white heat. I have in this should be amply satisfied." very hall addressed great political assemblages, but 1 have never been associated Simple creeds and the subordination of with a political campaign where the interdenominational distinctions were favored est was sufficient to fill this hall and three by the vast majority, and the loud and in- or four overflow halls and churches three sistent call for comity doubtless surprised times a day for ten days. (Applause.) many, who like Dr. J. C. Berry, formerly It is a revelation to the city of Xew York, a medical missionary to Japan, recalled to the United States and to the world. how coldly the proposition was received Men had not taken account of these when broached at a meeting of Japanese things. They are taking account of them. missionaries of all denominations only a now. There is scarcely a business house short twenty-five years ago. But better or office in New York where they have not than any discussion on comity was the been talking of these great meetings " constant demonstration by the assemblage itself of the fact of comity. Three miles of Hilo railway are in operation. Trains are expected to run regPerhaps the topic of Higher Education ularly by the middle of June to ()laa mill, in the Mission Fields brought out some nine miles. The road is to be immediately of the best (hings said. There were extended to the Puna plantation. Albert Francis Judd, L. L. D. Obituary. As the inevitable end of a year's hopeless malady, but sooner than had been anticipated. Chief Justice Judil passed away from us on the evening of May 20th, a man greatly honored, and a brother be- loved. On' the following day, his form was attended by a large concourse to its resting-place in Nuuanu Valley. A touching feature of the funeral was the handling of the casket solely by six sons of the deceased, a rare honor paid to a good father. Mr. J iidd was a worthy son of Hawaii, lie was born at the old "Mission" in Honolulu, January 7, 1838, when his father, (icrrit P. Judil, M. D., was in his eleventh year of missionary service. Dr. Judd became soon afterward distinguished as the leader in the organizing here of constitutional and civilized government, which, as the chief minister of Kamehameha 111, he successfully administered for many years. The young Albert "Frank," or "Alapaki," as the natives always called him, fitted for college under the Messrs. Beckwith and Prof. W. I). Alexander, in company with (Jen. S. C. Armstrong and Wm. H. Gulick, entering the Junior class at Vale, where he graduated with high honor in 1858. He subsequently took a law course at Harvard, and engaged in practice in Honolulu. After an extended European tour, he was married about 1870to Agnes H., daughter of Rev. James R. Boyd of Geneva, N. V., a former pro- fessor in Hamilton College. Farly in 1873, on King Lunalilo's ascension, he became Attorney-* ieneral, and in February, 1874, second Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and three years later, First Associate. (hi the death of Chief Justice Harris, Mr. Judd became Chief Justice, \ov.B. 1881. During his service of twenty-six years on the Supreme bench. Judge Judd maintained an unvarying reputation for sound learning and wise judgment, which have steadily lent honor and weight to the decisions of that Court. During the many troublous days of Kalakaua and his sister, the Chief Justice earned a character for impartiality in the decision of difficult questions, and materially contributed to the maintenance of peace and order. Judge Judd was for eighteen years the President of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, in whose monthly meetings the writer enjoyed special personal inter- �[June, 1900. THE FRIEND. 42 course with him, as well as for twelve Not long ago Miss Hoppin's thoughts on youth, but with joints stiffened with years in the Standing Committee of the the subject crystalized into a conversation rheumatism. And still they came, and still they came, Central Union Church. Tlvit intercourse with Polikna. It had not seemed best for the last gift had been presented. to a new until just an affection the mission afford house endeared personal developed growing out of his sincere and sympa- now, so Polikna was sounded to find out Then, after a tumultous outbreak of clapthetic nature, as well as from his earnest whether the Kusaians would be willing to ping from the girls, up went Alck's cap, religious devotion. His piety pervaded aid us by putting up a native house on and out broke three cheers from the little his daily deportment. He was a wise and this Kusaian plan —giving their work and army of workers. The king, who brought earnest counsellor in all the work of the material and being feasted at the end. Po- up the rear of the procession, was in a Board, and in the Church a faithful work- likna seemed much pleased with the idea, most genial mood, and fairly beamed upon er and watchful office holder. and quite sure that the Kusaians would us all. A little time was spent in resting A leading feature in Judge Judd's life be glad to accept the proposal. And so it and in greetings, while the men were was his affectionate relation to the native proved, for even the king, who is not dis- served by the girls with "kariwe"—the Hawaiians. In boyhood he had been posed to be friendly to the missionaries, drink made from the fresh sap of the coclosely associated with the young chiefs smiled upon the undertaking. Word was coanut bud—donated by the boys in the in the Royal School. He was sympa- sent around the island, and last week the Gilbert School, and carried about in buckthetically intimate with the language and Kusaians brought up most of the sticks, ets, with cups from which to drink. Then habits of the Hawaiian people, and cher- thatch and ridgepoles needed for the we were aware of a sudden pause in the ished an unfailing attachment for the na- work. You should see some of the heavy merry noise, though we had heard no sigtive race. He habitually devoted much sticks, forty feet long and thick enough nal all heads were bared and bowed, and time and painstaking labor to the personal for a mast, which are to serve as principal our eyes were drawn to the white-haired old minister, Likiak Sa, who stood at some needs of Hawaiians, both the high and the timbers. distance under a breadfruit tree, on the lowly, and held their confidence and love. raising We had thought that the house site of the house-to-be, with his face upThe natives have lost a wise and loving and feast would come off last week, but lifted in prayer. No word reached us, but friend. Likiak Sa suggested that a much better a hush fell over the whole place. At the Not least is Judge Judd's memory to be house would be built if the men should honored as the father of a family. Mr. take a little more time in preparation, and close of the prayer we could see that the and Mrs. Judd were the parents of seven have all the material on the ground before pastor was again talking to his men, and sons and two daughters, all vigorous in beginning the work. Accordingly, the in response to what he said every right body and mind. Rarely can parents be men who had gathered on this side of the hand was lifted high. In a moment all found who have ruled their large house- island dispersed to their homes for the was busiest life; sticks were brought into holds with more wise and loving care, or Sabbath, and returned yesterday, bring- place, axes and hatchets began to ring. who have more successfully trained their ing more material. We heard a rumor VVe found that Likiak Sa had asked who children in "the fear of the Lord." The that they were planning a surprise in the would pledge himself to put his best and tenderest condolences of a multitude of way of a present of food to the teachers, most faithful work into the building of friends are extended to that bereaved but we must pretend, of course, to know the house, and it was this to which all had family. nothing of it, or the pleasure of the thing so cordially responded. The house is thirty-five feet by twenty Like his father. Judge Judd was a cap- would be spoiled. workers number one hundred and the able financier. With good management, At about nine o'clock this morning the twenty-one, and are divided into four parand the remarkable appreciation of values sound of music was heard in the land; ties, each under a leader and each assumin Hawaii, his own and his wife's modermuch excited running hither and thither ing one corner of the house—one quarter ate patrimonies have grown to a fairly among the girls followed. —as its share. One who has not seen a large estate, which will form a good comAs the van of the procession neared the native house in process of erection cannot petence to start the many sons and spot where the house was to be erected a conceive of the amount of work involved. daughters in life. The two older sons have begun professional life. A third is halt was ordered, and Polikna maneuv- No nails are used. The sticks, as they are still at Vale. The eldest was recently ered the timber-bearers. They marked brought into position, are rudely held in married to the grand-daughter of a mis- time, marched forward, marched back- place with strips of strong bark, and at sionary. Nearly all of the children are ward ; they charged the huge stick from last tied with cocoanut cord, which is put members of the Church. The coming right shoulder to left, from left to right, on with great accuracy and firmness, and with marvelous precision, and as lightly made, in the winding, into fancy patterns generation may look for a most honorable as though it had been but a feather's with various colors, so that the tying is record from them. Three sisters of Mr. weight. At last it was put down, and really artistic when well done. If the Judd survive him. all in advanced years. the procession resumed its line of march sticks and timbers (all native, of course) up to the main house, while the eagerly are not straight and true, the house is Building a House at Kusaie. interested girls crowded the verandas, poor looking and has less stability. But where the teachers also stood. It was all the sticks brought for this house are near the path on the grass with Dorothy as nearly perfect as can be, and the buildBY MRS. CAPTAIN GEORGE A. GARLAND. and Ruth, where, as the procession passed, ing is splendidly put together. Dr. Rife For a long time there has been pressing I exchanged greetings with many whom furnished tools,—spades, saws, level, need of more room at this Girls' School. I had not seen for years. All bore gifts hammer, axes, hatchets, —and has had an The schoolroom is poorly ventilated there of food—cocoanuts, bananas, pineapples, eye on the work today, but found little to is not suitable storeroom for the supplies taro, breadfruit—and each deposited his correct. The men had agreed not to race, necessary for a school of this size; and in share on the grass at the foot of the steps, as they sometimes do, for fear of shoddy case of severe sickness not only do we lack until there was a goodly heap. It was pa- work ; but as the frame rose higher the ena room to use as hospital without taking thetically funny to see three or four very thusiasm and jollity grew apace until one that can ill be spared, but also the girls old men who wished to have a share in the there was a continuous uproar, with lightmust all suffer from unnatural repression good work trying to carry off the lively er intervals now and then when the girls ; ; : in order to secure quiet for the sick ones. march step with the sprightljness of passed about with their buckets of cool- �Vol. 58, No. 6.] ing drink—molasses and water, limeade or "kariwe"; for the heat was great and the men worked hard. It was a sight to remember. We could think of nothing but the Brownies as the frame swarmed with active figures who, with agile movements, slipped from place to place tying, winding, sawing, hacking, passing the heavy sticks lightly upward, where they were as lightly caught by half a dozen hands and swung into place. At times we counted upward of seventy men upon the frame in every imaginable attitude of activity—a very good test of the strength of the frame. Now it is time for the thatching to begin. The thatch, all prepared, lies waiting in great heaps in pieces six feet long. The leaf is doubled over a reed in rows and sewed through, each piece being fastened to the roof structure with cocoanut cord in three places, and the pieces set so close one above another as to widely overlap and leave no chance for a leak. On each side of the roof stand twenty men; the pieces of thatch are thrown lightly upward by others standing on the ground, and with wonderful speed arc fastened into place, so that there seems to be no pause in the throwing and catching as the men work steadily upward. Faster and faster the men worked, and at last found themselves racing as the final rows of thatch went on; but really, one could scarcely blame them. Their excitement was infectious; we gazed, fascinated, at the mushroom house growing under our eyes in a day; and in just forty-five minutes from the first tying the thatch was complete, even to the finishing touch. Both Dr. Rife and Mr. Channon agree that it is finely done. And now of the feast! Preparations were almost completed ; the Kusaians had come early and worked vigorously on the siding of the house, which was finished about noon; the long tables were spread with seats for one hundred and twentyseven. [Item: Miss Wilson and I had put a "magic ring" of soap round each table leg to keep away the ants.] The hour set for the feast was two in the afternoon. Most of the white folks came up to witness the festivities. The rooms were worth seeing, and as it turned out it was very fortunate that the plan was to have the dinner in the house, for there was a Kusaian downpour of rain nearly all day. At last all were seated, and silence fell as Likiak Sa rose and spoke. He reminded them what a privilege it is to the Kusaians to have the schools here, and how much good had come to them, directly and indirectly, through the missionaries. He said that the teachers, in asking the Kusaians to put up the house, had conferred a favor upon them, and that the work had been very small beside what had been given in return. This, he said, was a 43 THE FRIEND. great day for Kusaie, when teachers and natives, chiefs and common people, black and white, were all gathered together to help each other with interest in a common cause. He spoke of God's goodness in giving them these friends, and continued that the most appropriate way to recognize it was by a prayer and hymn of thanksgiving. His prayer was very earnest, and at its close Na 11, who is possessed of a very sweet voice, started the hymn to the tune of Lenox. It swelled to a full male chorus in all the parts, and the volume of harmonious sound was noble. At the close of the hymn Likiak Sa called on Deacon Konlullu to speak and pray, and he responded briefly in the same vein as Likiak Sa. At the close of his prayer 1 suddenly realized that some response ought to be made. None of the teachers were within call, and none could understand what had been said; so 1 returned thanks to the Kusaians in the name of the teachers and girls. The girls who had been chosen as waiters now stepped forward in their bright dresses and the feast began. The first embarrassment soon wore off, and a cheerful hum and rattle filled the rooms. Canned salmon and fresh fish, breadfruit and taro, "iron-pot" (breadfruit stewed with cocoanuts) and rice biscuits and bread, ginger cakes, rice pudding, popped corn and coffee, with loaf sugar and raisins as bonbons, made up the menu, and the guests were highly appreciative. And was it not quite remarkable that no accident to dishes occurred among so many unaccustomed to their use ? As the feast drew to a close the girls gathered on the veranda where the organ was and sang a little greeting. Then a dozen of them sang the Carpenter's Song, from Miss Blow's book—"Busy is the carpenter," imitating in the refrain the sound of the plane and hammer. Ihe whole school then sang the Canoe Song, from Mrs. FYear's Kindergarten Songs, followed by vigorous applause from ail. Then the tables in the front room having been put back, the little Kusaians who have been taught up here stood in a row before the dignitaries; as many of the Kusaians as could find a place looked on, and Miss Kane led the little folks in their kindergarten songs. I could see over the top of the organ how Togusra was shaking with laughter over the motions of the little hands. At the close we all joined in the gospel hymn, "My Jesus, 1 love thee,' which we knew to be a favorite with the Kusaians. I wish I might have listened to it from a distance; it must have been very beautiful, for the Kusaians are natural singers, and the girls were in their very best singing mood. A number from the other schools had come to look on at the feast, so we had a grand chorus of two hundred. Revival at Swatow. We subjoin the following account from the Chinese Recorder of a wonderful work of the Holy Spirit in a Training School in China. It is remarkable how special Divine blessings often attend the work in such schools. Shall we not hope and pray that such blessings may be bestowed upon our schools in Hawaii? There would then be no lack of candidates for the sacred Ministry. Rev. J. M. Foster writes from Swatow We have just enjoyed a most refreshing week of meetings with the Chinese native helpers. A deeper interest in spiritual things was manifested than I have ever seen, and they said: "Never a week like this in our history as a church." : Dr. Goodrich has kindly sent up the following, being a copy of a letter sent to their secretary. In a private note he adds: "The revival of which it speaks has continued and spread in many places. At the close of the special meetings the college students nearly all went out to hold meetings in various places for one week, resulting in a great blessing to nearly a dozen churches, large and small."—Eft Rki'okdkk. Tung-cho, Nkak Peking, China,.. March 12, 1900. Dear Mr. Smith.—I want to write you a bit of recent history. Two weeks since Dr. Ingram went to Peking on business, and found himself in the midst of a wonderful revival at the Methodist Mission. The business was forgotten, and our good Dr. was directly plunged into personal work for souls. The next day he returned, and in our prayer meeting told of what he had seen. The result was that I took up the theological students, for whom we have had a great desire that they might receive a new anointing before going out to their life work. Three or four others went also. It was not very long before they were in trouble, and the next day, to my surprise and my joy, they were kneeling at the altar as penitents. I need not tell you the whole story of their struggle, their consecration, and their new joy. We came back after three days to work for our own dear church and college. We commenced daily meetings a week ago today in the city, and almost immediately the presence and power of the Spirit were manifest. At the college it was quite otherwise. The boys thought they were in a very religious state already, and they did not want a revival. At our Wednesday prayer meeting we seemed to strike a rock. The boys sat like statues, and it was almost impossible to get any response after the opening of the meeting. It seemed so strange and so unlike our boys, most of whom are Christians. How little prepared we were for what soon fol- �lowed. In the evening we held another meeting, led by Mr. Tewksbury. He made a few excellent remarks on the necessity of breaking with tin and living a new life. Then a hymn was sung very softly, and the meeting was opened for prayer. First there was a single voice. Then two voices joined in together, and presently there was a hum of voices all over the room. It was scarcely a quarter of a minute from that time when every one in minute from that time when every one in the room seemed to be praying, and a large majority weeping. It came upon us like the rushing of a mighty wind on the day of Pentecost. It came indeed like a Pentecostal blessing, and was an experience for a lifetime. As the minutes went on, the praying and weeping became more agonizing. What should be done? Fortunately tiie students from the seminary were many of them present with their new blessing. We went from one to another of the boys, kneeling and praying with them and speaking such words as were given us for them. Finally we asked them to rise, and at length succeeded in getting theni on their seats again. Such confessions as the boys made! A half dozen on their feet at a time. It was almost impossible to close the meeting. When they were finally told to go quietly to their mollis and try to get some sleep, most of them left the room, but not to sleep. Sounds of weeping and beseeching cries were heard all over the building during the night. The place was a Bochim. The next night the same scene was repeated. We could not ask any one to lead in prayer without the whole .school breaking out into an agony of petition. We broke up the meeting and dispersed them into five or six rooms, where they fed down and prayed and wept as before. After a while we succcded in getting them together again, but not in stopping their cries. I looked on in a kind of helpless way while I prayed for the dear boys. But my heart held a great joy, and almost involuntarily my lips pronounced the blessed words of the Creed, "I believe in the Holy Ghost." Holding classes and study proved nearly impossible, and they were given up. And now for a week we have given ourselves wholly to revival meetings and personal work. The seminary students have had a great uplifting and have labored with joy and earnestness for souls. The results in the church it is too early to state. But the feeling has been dee]) and general, and very many inquirers have made confessions and asked for prayers. We are now chiefly trying to help the students to gain the best blessing from this new uplifting by making a new consecration and seeking a special anointing of grace and power. June1, 900. THE FRIEND. 44 John S. Bishop, M. D. You will rejoice with us in this work and pray that the results may be deep and Many who remember the youth of this of I lawaii, will be glad to hear of the Chauncky Goodrich, esteem he has earned in the Oregon churches. In The Pacific is a report of a meeting of the Portland Association at New Lutheran Church. St. Helens on May 24th to 26th., from which we cull the following: A German Lutheran church for Hono"On the 25th organization was effected lulu is a certainty. It will be built on an by the choice of J. S. liishop, M. D., of Open Space on the niauka side of Berelauia the Astoria church, as Moderator, and street, between Miller and Punchbowl Rev. Geo. A. Taggart of Mississippi streets. The nucleus of the fund was be- church, Scribe. The topics presented were gun at the time Messrs. Hackfeld & Co. as follows: "Review of Rev. Chas. M. held their anniversary last year, and do- Sheldon's Christian Newspaper," by Rev. nated $50,000 for the erection of a church A. VV. Ackeriuan ; "What Is the Relation of the Lutheran faith. of the Y. I'. S. C. E. to the Church 5" by Ripley & Dickey, the architects, arc pre- Mrs. M. 1). Palmer; "Short Pastorates paring the plans for a dignified structure, and Their Effect Upon Ministers and which will be a credit to the ecclesiastical Churches," by J. S. Bishop, M. D.; "The architecture of Honolulu. /'. ('. Adver- Duty of the Church in Relation to Temtiser. perance," Rev. Alexander Brady; "Missionary Microbes," Mrs. L. A. Parker; permanent. Yours sincerely, son - Mrs. Maria Whitney Pogue. This esteemed and beloved lady passed away a few weeks since at her home in San Jose. California, where she had resided fur several years with her two daughters. Her last years were spent in great feebleness. She had the distinction of being the first white child burn in these Islands, on (ictober iyth, 1820. The more active period of her life was spent with her noble missionary husband, the Rev. Pogue, to whom she was married in 1848, and who died in 1879, being at the time the Corresponding Secretary of the Hawaiian Board. A son, William F. Pogue. is the able manager of Kihei Plantation. I'lie Pogues were for many years located at Lahainaluna Seminary, where their former neighbors and associates remember them with much affection as pleasant friends, devout and consecrated Christians, and loving workers for the Hawaiian people. John F. Honolulu Y. W. C. A. "The Foreign Work," Mrs. J. S. liishop; "How Far Is the Sunday School Teacher Responsible for the Conversion of the (. lass?" "Evangelization of Oregon," by Rev. R. M. Jones." "The whole evening was given up to a 'Missionary Symposium,' the claims and work of the six societies being presented as follows: C. S. S. and P. S., Rev. R. A. Rowley; C. 11. M. S., Rev. 1). B. Gray; A. M. A.. Rev. Edward Curran; C. C. B. S., Rev. J. L. Ilershner; American Board, Dr. J. S. liishop, whose father and grandfather were connected with the early missionary work in the Sandwich Islands; Education —Pacific University particularly. Rev. Arthur W. Ackeriuan." Dr. Bishop seems to have found time from a busy medical practice, to become so prominent in church work, as to gain the distinction, unusual for a layman, of being chosen Moderator of a clerical association. I lis wife also takes a part. Hurricane Devastates Vavau. The island of Yavau, in the FYiendly group, 2,000 miles south of Honolulu, A permanent organization was effected was the scene of a destructive hurricane on May 24th of the Voting Women's 011 the night of April 2d. The Wesleyan Christian Association, by the choice of of- and Free Churches in Neiafu were levelficers as follows: led with the ground, "splendid buildings Mrs. F. W.Jordan. President. from a native point of view, having cost Mrs. A. I:. Wood, Vice-President. thousands of pounds." A policeman Miss Cornelia Hyde. Secretary. found his large camphor chest and conMrs. T. R. Walker, Treasurer. tents on the side of a hill, half a mile from Mrs. H. F. Coleman is to act tempor- where his house had stood. Most of the arily as General Secretary. The need of houses, being rather fragile, "were simply a lunch-room and boarding home and blown out of sight and existence." "Sheets general headquarters is under active con- of iron can be seen in the trees crumpled sideration. The increasing number of up like paper." An absolute calm ocvoting women in independent employment curred in the middle of the tempest, lastin our city calls for the vigorous forward- ing three-fourths of an hour. The cocoaing of this benevolent enterprise. nut and orange crops were destroyed, a �Vol. 58, No. 6.) large proportion of the trees being up- rooted. local note of weather on April 2d and 3d is "Kona calm," "Kona warmth continues." We felt the influence of the weather disturbance but were exempt, Hawaii being in tbe most pacific region of the Pacific ocean and of all oceans. ( )ur The two miles of ten-foot board fences shutting in Chinatown and other infected sections have at last been removed, and the bareness of those burned over districts is fully revealed to sight. Rebuilding will be begun in due time. Under the influence of Le-ung Chi-tso a considerable number of the young Chinese of Honolulu are following his example and cutting off their queues, wearing their hair in Luropean fashion, in token of aiming at Chinese enlightenment. Hawaii Is a Territory. Positive word was received here on May Bth, that the Territorial Bill had been signed by President McKinley on Apri' 20th. Hawaii has thus become a Territory of the United States. 'The new law takes effect in forty-five days after signature, or on the 14th of June, when the Republic of Hawaii will cease to exist, and the Territory of Hawaii will take its place, with complete reorganization. Thus successfully terminate the protracted efforts of more than seven years, to elevate this weak and isolated people into the exalted and secure position of a member of the mighty American Union. God has been most kind to our little country, and has brought us through many perils and vicissitudes out safely into "a large place." We now enter upon a new stage in our career, with new advantages for success, new elements of danger to combat, and new prospects of good unfolding. May our gratitude to the Divine Hand that has led be fervent, and worthily manifested. 45 THE FRIEND. the Interior is a Treasurer. The office of Attorney-General is continued. There will be a Commissioner of Public Lands, one of Agriculture and Forestry, and a Superintendent of Public Works, and one of Public Instruction, also an Auditor and a High Sheriff instead of a Marshal. 'The Supreme Court continues as before with such subordinate courts as the Legislature shall establish. 'There will also be a federal District Court, with District Attorney and U. S. Marshal. 'There will be a Collector and Deputy Collector, the Customs as well as the postal system being merged into those of the United States. While Hawaii loses the large revenue from customs, most of the chief officials are paid by the I'. S. Government, and we are relieved from four millions of our public debt, involving a quarter million of annual interest. The exchange will bring the Union over half a million of annual profit, which will be more or less expended on harbor and other improvements. ()ur land system remains unchanged, as well as nearly all laws of importance. The system of contract labor is abolished, also imprisonment for non-payment of personal taxes. 'The foregoing include about all the important changes in the government of Hawaii. The new system will be inaugurated without difficulty. Record of Events. May Ist.—Judgment against the Wilder Steamship Co. is rendered for the loss of bktne. Win. Carson, in collision, for her full value, $55,000, and costs.—The children of the various Kindergartens of the city have an open air conceit at Thomas Square by Berger's Band. —Rainfall for April 5.23 inches. 2nd.—T. Bowden, expert of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, arrives to establish the system at these Islands. — Politics warm up sufficiently to warrant a Republican mass meeting at the Drill Shed for organization, which was largely attended. 3rd. — The Bell 'Tower, an old familiar land-mark of the city, erected in 1869 by Jas. Renton, is being demolished to make way for modern improvements. —Attempted assassination of Senhor Canavarro, Portuguese Consul, by the explosion of a bomb beneath his bedroom window at a little past midnight. Fortunately no personal injury resulted, though the house was badly damaged. sth. The Gleaners' annual lawn party, held at the premises of Prof. 'Then. Richards, proved a very successful affair, financially and otherwise. 7th.—Dr. W. Maxwell entertains tlu — Social Science Club with his observations and impressions of Queensland, in his recent visit to that colony.—Leung Chi-tso, Mr. Dole to Be Governor. the Chinese reformer, addressed a gatherof foreigners and his countrymen on What will minimize the unavoidable ing the aims of the Bow Wongs. friction attendant on the impending Bth.—'The transport ll'arrcn brings change of government, is the wise selec- word of the passage and signing, hy Prestion by President McKinley for Governor, of Mr. Sanford P.. Dole, who has ident McKinley, of the Territorial Bill, to been for over seven years tbe very able take effect June 14th.—The Mcßryde and acceptable President of the Republic Sugar Co. secures the entire mill machinof Hawaii. While it is inevitable that ery plant lately received for the .American large elements of political opposition to Sugar Co., at Molokai.—Arrest of two Mr. Dole should exist, all persons must suspects in connection with the Canavano concede the unsullied purity of his admin- bomb case. 9th. News received of the selection of istration, as well as the personal attracPresident Dole as first Governor of Hativeness of his character. Probably no Men's Republican Club orwaii.—Young other appointment to the Governorship ganized. Provisions of the Territorial Law. could encounter less dissatisfaction. All 11 th.—Mrs. S. M. Damon gave a dethe offices will at once be filled either by lightful at her Nuuanu resHawaii has the honor of being created the President, or by the Governor, sub- idence reception honor of Mrs. in 11. P. Baldwin.— a Territory with an exceptional degree of ject to the approval of the Hawaiian SenHon. H. M. Sewall entertained the Hisate at their next autonomy above what other Territories session. Probably as few torical Society and invited guests at his have enjoyed. This is due to the fact that changes in the personnel of the offices will Waikiki residence with a valt able address well-ordered and prosperous government be made as the case may require, and the on "'The Partition of Samoa and the Past had existed here for a long period, and new Government will run smoothly from Relations between that and the Group the one that for seven years past had been start. Having already been thoroughUnited States," in Hawaii's "Primrepublican in form, so that very little ly Americanized for many years, Hawaii acy in the Pacific" which folly was forcibly prechange was necessary, and very slight falls naturally and easily into the Amer- sented. pressure of outside authority to accom- ican system. 13th.—A Japanese suffering with maplish such changes. The chief magistrate larial fever suicides.. is changed from President to Governor. "What's the difference between wit and 14.—The McGrew homestead property, Instead of a Minister of Foreign Affairs humor ?" on Hotel street, changes hands at $150,is a Secretary of the Territory, who, in "If a man says humorous things about -000, Alex. Young being the purchaser. addition to other duties, is the chief mcd you, it makes you laugh; if he says witty ()thcr heavy realty transactions completed ium of communication with the President. things about you, it makes you mad."— and in progress, indicate a belief in lively Instead of the Ministers of Finance and Chicago Record. — enquiries and advancing figures. �46 16th.—Annual meeting of Associated Charities. President Dole read a paper and various reports were presented. Receipts have been $2,812, and expenditures $2,146.—Initial meeting for the organization of a Democratic Party held at Progress Hall. 17th.—Word received of the loss, by collision, near San Francisco, of the Hawaiian bark lolani with sugar from Hilo. All hands were saved.—Auction sale of balance of Palace furniture, at the Drill Shed, brings big figures, irrespective of of Young Women's Christian Association. 18th.—Some 360 Asiatics depart by the Coptic for the Orient.—W. H. Marshall found guilty of libel in the first degree on Chief Justice Judd, is sentenced to six months' imprisonment at hard labor.— Meeting of interested persons toward reviving the Hawaiian Agricultural Society. 20th.—Death of Chief Justice Judd, after a long illness. The funeral took place the following day, and was very largely attended. 21 st.—W. S. Brown, foreman at the Kalihi quarry, is instantly killed by a falling rock.—A victim of kalumaism seeks redress at law from such imposition.—Kilohana Art League has its members', or opening, night of its Spring exhibition, and presents an attractive collection. 22nd.—Wm. Ester is brought to trial charged with the murder of Toyo Jackson.—Musicale at the Lowrcy mansion for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid Society proves highly successful in more than a financial sense. 23rd.—Jury brings in a unanimous verdict against Jackson's slayer of "guilty of manslaughter in the first degree." 24th.—Eighty-first anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday, quietly observed. 25th.—Officer Fox, of the mounted police, daringly stopped a runaway, rescuing a lady and her daughter from the buggy in time to avert a serious mishap or possible personal injury.—Death of Alex. Chisholm after a brief illness. The body is cremated by order of the Board of Health. 28th.—A native fisherman gets his right hand blown off by an accidental explosion of giant powder.—The seven-year-old daughter of B. Castino accidentally drowns in a pond at Waikiki, through getting beyond her depth. 30th.—Decoration day; usual G. A. R. services in the afternoon; Hon. H. M. Sewall orator of the day.—Republican convention of delegates met in Progress Hall, electing J. L. Kaulukou and E. R. Hendry as permanent chairman and sec- June, 1900. THE FRIEND. retary, respectively, and choosing as del- egates to the Philadelphia convention Sani'l. Parker, A. N. Kepoikai, B. F. Dillingham and W. R. Castle. 30th.—Accident on the Ewa Plantation railroad whereby a Japanese is killed and a Chinese seriously injured by the derailing of a car. 31st. —Republican Convention closes its labors after midnight and adjourns sine die. MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU—MAY. ARRIVALS. I—Am bk Tlilal Wave, Lieblg, from Tacoma. Am sh Luzon, Park, from New York. Haw. bk. Andrew Welch, Drew, from San Francisco. Am schr a. J. West, Ogilvie, from Aberdeen. sh Br M. E. Watson, Wilson, from Liverpool. 2—Jap ss Nippon Maru, Allen, from San Francisco. Am schr G. W. Watson, Patterson,, from Port Townsend. 3—Am schr J. W. Weatherwax, Sorcnsen, from Tacoma. Am. sh Agenor, Colby, from Newcastle. Am brgt Harriet G., Wayland, from San Francisco. Br sh Harlech Castje, Evans, from Liverpool. Am schr Jno. A. Campbell, Smith, from Tacoma. 4—Am bktn S. N. Castle, Hubbard, from Sun Francisco. Am bktn Planter, McNeill, from San Francisco. Maw bk Mauna Ala, Smith, from San Fruncisco. Jap ss America Maru, Going, from Yokohama. s—Am schr Albert, Meyer, from Seattle. Am bk Ceylon, Willen, from San Francisco, ft—Haw bk R. P. Rithet. McPhail, from San Francisco. Ger sh Marie, Kaak, from ..ewcastle. 7—Am schr Hecla, Nelson, from Newcastle. B—U S trnspt. Warren, Pierce, from San Francisco. 9—Am ss Australia, Lawless, from San Francisco. U S trnspt Solace, Winslow, from San Francisco. Br ss Aorangl, Hay, from tne Colonies. Am sh Florence, Rhodes, from Newcastle. Br sh Bangalore, Blanchard, from Newcastle. 10—Am ss Rio dc .minim, Ward, from San Francisco. 12—U 8 trnspt Westminster, Petrie, from San Francisco. , Br ss Miowera, Hejnmlng, from Vancouver. Am ss City of Peking, Smith, from Japan. 13—Br bk Ivanhoe, from Newcastle. Am bk Oakland, Peterson, from Everett. sh Australia, Jenel, 14—Br Irom Newcastle. Wash. , IS—Am schr Aloha, Fry, from San Francisco. 17—Br ss Coptic, Binder, from San Francisco. from San FranAm bk Euward May, cisco. Am bk Reaper, Saletzke, from Newcastle. Am sh Standard, Getchell, from Newcastle. 21—Am bktn Amelia, Wilier, from Eureka. 20—Br ss Bloemfonteln, Belloch, from Seattle. Br bk Sussex, Guthrie, from Newcastle. 23—Br ss Gaelic, Finch, from Yokohama. Am bktn Archer, Calhoun, from San Francisco. U 8 trnspt Logan, Stlnson, from San Francisco. 24—Am ss Alameda, Van Oterendorp, from San Francisco. U 8 trnspt Flintshire, Dwyer, from San 29—Am ss Carlisle City, Aitken, from Yokohama. 30—Am ss Czarina, Seaman, from San Francisco. 31—Am schr Halcyon, Mellen, from Eureka. DEPARTURES. I—Am bk Sonoma, Mattson, for the Sound. .1:.11 ss Nippon Mai u. Allen, for Japan. 3—Am bk Mohican, Kelly, for San Francisco. 4—Am sh Jabez Howes, ciapp, for Somax, 11. C. Am bk Alden Hesse, Potter, for San Francisco. s—«m schr W. 11. Smith, Smith, for Port ownsend. Jap ss America Maru, doing, for San Francisco. 7—Haw bk Diamond Head, Morehouse, for San - , Francisco. B—Am »h S. D. Carleton, Ameabury, for Kahulul. !l— Hr ss Aorangt, Hay, for Vancouver. Am bktn Robt. Sudden, Kellman, for San Francisco. 10—Am lik Rufus C. Wood, McLeod, for the Sound. 11—U S trnspt Warren, Pierce, for Manila. Am ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, for Yokohama. Am schr Alice Coolie, Penhallow, for San Francisco. Am brgt Harriet G., Wayland, for San Francisco. 12—Rr 88 Miowera, Hemming, for the Colonies. 13—Am 88 City of Peking, Smith, for San Francisco. Charmer, Am sii 14—1! S trnspt Westminster, Petrle, for Manila. U S trnspt Solace, Winslow, for Manila. 15—Am sh K. U. Sutton, Carver, for San FranSlater, for the Sound. CiBCO. Am schr Transit, Jorgensen, for San Francisco. Am ss Australia, Lawless, for San Francisco. IS—Hr ss Coptic, Hinder, for Yokohama. Am schr Helene, Christiansen, for San FrancißCO. Am schr Robt. Lewers, Goodman, for San Francisco. (lir bk J C Pfluger, Hoever, for San Francisco. 22—Am schr J. M. Wcatherwax, Sorenson, for the Sound. 23—Hr ss Uaellc, Finch, for San Francisco. Am bk Tidal Wave, Lieblg, for Port Town- send. 24—Am ss Alameda, Van Oterendorp, for the Colonies. Am sh St. Francis,, Winn, for New York. Am bktn S. N. Castle, Hubbard, for San Francisco. 2f>— Am sh R. D. Rice, Carver, for Philadelphia. Am ss Mariposa, Houdlette, for San Francisco. Am schr. Mary H. Foster, Thompson, for San Francisco. Am schr G. W. Watson, Wilson, for Port Townsend. Am Bchr A. J. West, Ogllvle, for the Sound. Am bktn. Newsboy, Underwood, for Port Townsend. 26—Am bktn J. M. Griffith, Arcy, for the Sound. Jap ss America Maru, Going, for Japan. 27—IJ S trnspt, Iyogan, Stlnson, for Manila. 28—II S trnspt Flintshire, Dwyer, for Manila. 2»—Jap ss Hongkong Maru, for San Francisco. SO—Am bk Ceylon, Wilner, for San Francisco. 31—Am ss Carlisle City, Aitken, for San Diego. DEATHS. KING—In this city, May Ist, Robert Bruce King, dearly beloved husband of Agnes King, and 10 months. a native of Glasgow. Scotland, aged 33 years JUDD—In this city, May 20th, Albert Francis Judd, Chief Justice of Hawaii, aged nearly fil'A years. CHISHOI,M—At the Queen's Hospital, this city, May 25th, Alexr. Chisholm, a native of Nova Scotia, aged s(i years. CAMPBELL.—In this city. May 2Sth, Margaret. widow of the late Alex. Campbell, aged MO years, 5 months. SI-OGGKTT—In this city. May 29th, from heart disease, Annie X., wife of Dr. H. C. Sloggett, aged 51 years. Francisco. 25—Am ss Mariposa, Houdlette, from the Colonies. Am bk Albert, Griffiths, from San Fran- cisco. Jap ss America Maru, Francisco. 26—Am schr Jas. erdeen. from H. Bruce, Peterson, from Ab- 28—Jap ss Hongkong kohama. Going, BIRTHS. PADGETT—At Waipahu, Oahu, April 10th, to the wife of H. D. Padgett, a son. San FOYE—At Kekaha, Kauai, April 2Kth, to the Maru, Filmer. from Yo- wife of H. P. Foye, a daughter. MARKS—In this city, April 29th, to the wife of Lewis Marks, a daughter. �HAWAIIAN BOARD. I. HONOLULU, H. This page Is devoted to the interests of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, and the Editor, appointed by the Hoard, Is responsible for Its contents. Rev. O. P. EMERSON - - _^__ Editor. On the 9th of May Miss Beulah Logan arrived with her two native attendants from Sydney, enfeebled and somewhat helpless by a fall she had sustained on shipboard, which had brought on again a little of the old trouble caused by the wreck of the Robert Logan on the island of Satoan, one of the Mortlocks. Good medical aid in Sydney probably saved her life and the aid of two medical practitioners, fellow voyagers on the steamship, probably again saved her life. It is her wish and expectation to return to her friends in Buffalo, New York. She hopes to take passage on the China. While in the city she is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Bouenat Makiki. Oahu Aid Society. An old society for the assistance of Native Churches and Pastors was reorganized in June '99. It was found to be in debt to its treasurer, Mr. W. (). Smith, to the amount of $719.50. A constitution was adopted and signed by W. O. Smith, W. F. Frear, P. C. Jones and Theodore Richards (as Secretary-Treasurer). The financial report for the year ending May 31, 1900, covers the debt, and gives an expenditure of $580.50, leaving a balance of $4.58. $1,300 were contributed by ten individuals, and the < >ahu Sugar Co. Next year the same amount of money will accomplish much more (there being no indebtedness) at Waianae, Haaula and Koolau, besides the Apana Churches of Honolulu. 'There is little doubt of the value of the services which arc and may be rendered by this Society. Thkodork Richards, Sec.-Treas. The Oahu Association May 23rd and continued in session three days. I lopcful reports came from Ewa, Waianae, Waialua and Waikane, there is also a certain activity at Hauula and Kaneohe, while in this city there is manifest a growing interest. The Association did not have a report from Mr. Wcstervelt on his evening services in English held at Kawaiahao, nor did he report on his work in Manoa valley and elsewhere. Reports will doubtless be given by him later, when he has come into closer relation with the Oahu Association and also with the Hawaiian Board. His is a work full of interest and in need met 47 THE FRIEND. Vol. 58, No. 6.] of being reported. The absence of a re- a valuable addition to our teaching force port from Mr. Richards was also felt. when he comes. Drs. Bingham and Bishop Much is expected at the fall meeting, might contribute much from their rich extouching plans, etc., of new woik to be perience and Mr. Richards would make taken up. A specially interesting report an invaluable instructor in music. Make was given by Rev. J. M. Ezera, pastor at a course of study with the aid of such Ewa. He has succeeded in rallying men. around him many of his young people, Kusaie,March 17, 1900. who have become helpers in the work. He now enjoys a more assured salary than Mk. (). P. Emkkson I write you this note hastily to say that formerly. the Morning Star or any vessel coming to Rev. S. P. Kaaia, who has been at Waianae during most of the past year, has us must come to Ponape kirst or be liable now received a call to the pastorate of the to a very heavy fine. 'The Governor was church there anil is soon to be installed very much displeased that Star did not go over it. Willie Kabaleole, a student in the to Ponape before leaving the group. The vessel might stop at Jaluit and get Institute, is wanted by the church at Kaneohe as its pastor. The supply of the permission to stop at Kusaie on her way to church has been in his hands during the Ponape, but by no means must it come direct to Kusaie. past year. I am aboard a schooner writing this Solomon Nuuhiwa, pastor at llauula, is still at work on the church building at and so can not write more. We are alll well and prospering just now. ilaleaha, near his parsonage. Yours truly, Decidedly the most interesting debate J. M. Channon. of the week was that on the condition of the Theological school. Blame was laid The Ecumenical Conference. on the churches for the small number of pupils, it being maintained that an awakBy Rev. O. H. Gulick. ened church would mean an awakened in- : in the ministry. ()n the other hand it was argued that a live theological school would create an active and efficient ministry, capable of awakening the churches. 'This is our opinion. There is a great obligation laid upon us of so reorganizing the X. P. M. I. as to make it an attractive and powerful center of religious training. 'The churches will not do this; the Hawaiian Board must see that it is done. The situation is critical. Mr. Lcadingham must not be left another year to work on almost single-handed. We believe that there arc thinkers and teachers enough in our body, right here in the city, to be rallied to the support of the school. ()ur first duty for the coming year is to form a stimulating and attractive curriculum of study with a varied and efficient teaching force instead of the meagre list of last year, and we may hope for different reterest sults. Action was taken by the Association in appointing a committee to memoralize the General Association, which meets June 3-10, with a view to erect a monument to tbe missionary fathers. The mover, Rev. Timoteo, declared that the thought entered his head when he saw the monument raised to the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth. Let the school have, not only the support of Messrs. Lcadingham, Parker and Gulick, such as it has had during the past year, let it also have stated courses of lectures from such men as Messrs. Kincaid and Westervelt. Dr. Gordon, who has had a rich experience in Japan in connection with the Doshisha, would make My Worcester, Mass., May 7, 1900. Dear Mr. Bishop. The Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions is among the events of the past, and I am to make some kind of a report of it to you. This Conference was purely for the exchange of thought, the spreading of light and inspiration. It possessed no power for the transaction of business or the passage of any resolutions. 'The reading of prepared papers, the delivery of speeches, and the discussion of missionary subjects filled the whole period of eleven days. Carnegie Hall, which seats about 3,000 people, and into which on special occasions 3,500 persons were crowded, was filled twenty-one times with eager audiences during the eleven days; the last and closing meeting being as crowded as the first meeting. Besides these large central meetings there were held daily, sectional or side meetings in from two to four of eight of the leading churches located in the vicinity of Carnegie Hall. The churches in which these sectional meetings were held were usually well filled, attesting a deep interest in Foreign Missions, on the part of a multitude of the Christian people of New York City. ()f the many distinguished speakers beard, I may mention among those from abroad, Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, secretary of the London Missionary Society; Mr. Eugene Stock, secretary of the Church Missionary Society, and Rev. anon W. J. Edmonds, a secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society of England. ' �[June, 1900. 48 IHF FRIEND. The effect of the whole Conference was Among the missionaries whose speeches were of the greatest interest were Rev. J. a grand uplift to the missionary and his Hudson Taylor, father of-the China In- supporters. In that august assembly land Mission, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. filled with enthusiasm for the great cause, Grattan (rtiiness Taylor, Rev. W. Ash- the one cause, the missionary no longer more, D. D., of Swatow, China, Rev. John felt himself a lonely, and despised fanatic, G. Paton, of the New Hebrides, and Miss but rather one unit in a mighty and conquering host. It is good for a missionary Lilavati Singh, of India. Among the American speakers of note for once in his lifetime to realize that he whom I heard, and whose speeches were is himself one of a multitude striving for of the deepest interest, may be mentioned the spread of the Kingdom and the salvaPresident McKinley, ex-President Harri- tion of man. son, Mr. Robert E. Speer, a secretary of The effect of the Conference upon the Board of Foreign Missions of the Christians and Churches in the Home Presbyterian church, Rev. Theodore Cuy- lands must be cheering and inspiring. The ler, D. D., of Brooklyn, and Rev. Dr. Beh- united testimony of all missionaries to the rends, also of Brooklyn. power of the Gospel to transform and upPresident McKinley's speech of wel- lift man, will inspire new hope, new zeal come was chaste, to the point, and warmly and consecration. The evident courage appreciative of the value and significance and eager hopefulness of the missionaries of the Foreign Missionary enterprise. It of every field, will, of itself, strengthen the was all that could have been wished. Gen- faith and life of the churches. eral Harrison's speeches were most corYours truly, dial and hearty in endorsement of misO. H. Gulick sions, filled with good sense and spiced with humor. Mrs. Montgomery, of the Baptist Woman's Board, gave one of the most admirable speeches of this memorable conference, at the woman's mass meeting in Carnegie Hall. The speech on this same occasion of the East Indian maiden, Miss Singh, was a model of the most refined English and expressive of the highest and best Christian sentiment. The Rev. Doctors Behrends, Cuyler and Ashmore touched high water mark in short speeches of soul-stirring eloquence. Invitations were issued to 108 Missionary Boards and Societies, the most of whom were represented. There were said to be 1,666 delegates, and 785 missionaries present at the Conference. The missionaries, and the delegates from abroad were entertained freely and without expense to themselves, by the hospitality of the Christian people of New York City. This Conference must be counted one of the most notable Christian gatherings held since the commencement of the Christian era, if not the very greatest. There has never been held any Conference on any subject where delegates from so many lands were present; none at which more concord of sentiment and unity of purpose were maintained through every session. The most marked and perhaps most valuable impression given by this Conference is that of the substantial unity of the followers of Christ who are earnestly engaged in the work of fulfilling their Lord's last command. The question of denominations seemed to be completely lost sight of in the unity of purpose that filled the hearts of missionary workers. There was no dissension whatever, and next to no criticism of any position advanced by any speaker or writer. Statistics of Protestant Missions. The following statistics are collated from the reports made at the Ecumenical Conference. They embrace the labors of all Evangelical Protestant missions throughout the world. $19,000,000 a year for missions is less than the one-hundredth part of what Protestant nations spend for alcoholic intoxicants: The statistical summary of foreign missions throughout the world shows that the entire number of societies engaged directly, indirectly and in special departments of effort exclusive of women's auxiliaries is 449; their income reaches more than nineteen millions of dollars, of which two and one-half millions come through womismen's societies. They employ sionaries, 4,053 ordained natives, and 72,999 other natives as preachers, teachers and helpers. 'There are nearly thirtytwo thousand stations and sub-stations; eleven thousand churches with a million and a third of communicants, eigthy-four thousand of whom were added last year; and more than fifteen thousand Sundayschools, with eight hundred thousand scholars. The native contributions during the year have been $1,841,757. The entire number of native Christians is four and one-half millions. The "native Christian community" (4,414,236) reported represents the number of souls in nominal adherence to Christianity as a result of evangelical missions. They may be said to be within direct touch of Gospel agencies. The outer circle of those reached by the indirect influence of the Gospel cannot be estimated. God, who watches over the destiny of every individual soul, alone knows. Educational statistics show 20,374 in- stitutions from the day school to the college, with more than a million of pupils, Bible translations into 421 languages or dialects, an annual circulation of Bibles and tracts of fourteen and one half million volumes and tracts. More than six and one half millions of treatments have been given to two and one half millions of individual patients in 355 hospitals, 753 dispensaries and in homes, and additional medical relief and care have been given in orphanages, asylums, homes and schools. Lyman Abbott on the Bible. "For myself I believe neither in the authority of the ecclesiastical organization with the churchman, nor in the infallibility of the Book with Mr. Moody. The authority to pronounce absolution and remission for the sins that are past and to proffer this gift of life to fulfill the aspirations of the soul for the future, I take to be spiritual, not ecclesiastical nor traditional, and to belong equally to every one who has received such absolution and remission, and such gift of spiritual life. But I am sure that if we of the so-called liberal faith hope to retain in these more liberal days the attractive power of the church, we can do it only by holding fast to the great historic facts of the birth, life, passion, and death of Jesus Christ essentially as they are narrated in the Four Gospels, and to the great spiritual fact that in the < !od whom He has declared to us, there is abundant forgiveness for all the past, and abundant life for all the future ; and we must declare this, not as a theological opinion, to be defended by philosophical arguments as a rational hypothesis, but as an assured fact, historically certified by the life and death of Jesus Christ and confirmed out of the mouth of many witnesses by the experience of Christ's disciples and followers in all churches and in every age. If we fail to do this, men will desert our ministry for Romanism, Anglicanism, and Evangelism, or, in despair of spiritual life in any quarter, will desert all that ministers to the higher life, and live a wholly material life, alternating between restless, unsatisfied desire and stolid self-content. And the fault and the folly will be ours more even than theirs." Rooke Case Decided. A final decision has been reached in the long standing suit of C. K. C. Rooke against the heirs of his cousin the late Queen Emma, in favor of Mr. Rooke, who resides abroad. This decision opens to improvement much valuable property which has been subject to litigation, but leaves in distress some devisees of Queen Emma, and especially the Queen Emma Hospital, which thus loses the larger part of its income. Queen Emma died with- �out surviving issue, so that after her decease, by the terms of her father's will, the right to her property vested in Dr. Rooke's nephew. It is understood that Mr. Rooke will claim no back rents, having neglected for many years to press his claim. In the mean time the value of the property has been immensely increased by the rise of values of real estate. Causes of Maori Decrease. It is pathetic to notice that the causes here assigned for the steady decrease of the aboriginal New Zealanders are much the same as those assigned for the wasting of the kindred Hawaiian race. The Rev. T. A. Williams, of Christchurch, in "A Plea for the Maori: The Pagans of Our Own Land," says: —"It would seem, if the future is to be as the past, that we shall have to stand by while a noble race, splendid even in its decay, is slowly hastening on to its death, for, according to the census returns, there has been a gradual decrease in the Maori population as shown: 1857-8, 56,049; 1874, 45,470; 1881, 44,097; 1886, 41,969; 1896, 39,854. The significance of these figures is self-evident, fhey tell a story of steady decline in numbers and vitality. Between 1858 and 1895, there is a decrease of 16,-19s—a5—a net loss of nearly 16,200 in a period of 38 years. At this rate of decrease, years not a Maori will be left in the in colony; nothing will be left of one of the noblest and most promising native races, save a few ruined whares, mounds, and curios. As to the causes at work here, according to the Registrar-General, native judges, and the Te Aute Students' Association, etc., they may be enumerated as follows: —1. An excessive infantile mortality, owing to improper food, exposure, want of ordinary care and cleanliness. 2. The constitution of parents debilitated by past debauchery. 3. Maori tohungas, and want of proper care and nursing of the sick. Sterility, induced by widespread immorality among young girls before marriage. 5. Partial adoption of European habits and customs, and continued reversion to the habits and customs of barbarism, with the physical system rendered more susceptible to external influences, especially those of a humid and changeable climate, thereby tending to promote the spread of diseases, notably those affecting the respiratory organs. 6. The continual inter-tribal and consanguineous marriages, resulting in diminished fruitfulness and enfeebled constitutions. It will be perceived that all these alleged causes for the decay of the race are preventible: they would all give way to medicine and morals—in other words, to the Medical Missionary—provided he were multiplied sufficiently." 49 THE FRIEND. [June, 1900. Release of Japanese Procurers. Disaster to American Sugar Co. It is much to be regretted that the sixteen Japanese procurers, whom it was sought to deport, were set free by the Court, for lack of sufficient evidence. A petition against thirty of them by name had been sent to the Government, using the following language: "We unhesitatingly state that it is our belief that they are a disorderly element in our city, and that they have been a source of annoyance to the Japanese community, among whom they have become well-known, and even feared, on account of their united and individual acts of violence and disorder. "We believe the city should be rid of them." Fifty-six signatures follow of representative Japanese residents of Honolulu. Many of them are physicians, some are ministers and others are merchants. Notwithstanding these positive expressions, the Japanese community have been so terrorized by these miscreants that no one would furnish positive evidence against them, except a single one of their female victims, who had been sold by her husband for $75, and had lived for months as a slave, earning for her owner an average of $125 a month. There are several scores of girls in a similar condition, whose masters form a piratical association, levying taxes on the Japanese merchants. How they are to be suppressed does not appear. This infamy is a shame to this city, and especially so to the Japanese here. It strongly illustrates the social weakness of the Japanese reason of their lack of the leavening force of Christianity. It also indicates their political incapacity from the same cause. Only prevailing Christian ethical sentiment can fit any nation for liberty. These Japanese merchants are enslaved by a set of infamous and filthy pirates, as would be impossible in any Christianized community. What Japan vitally needs is the pervading power of Christ. All must regret the misfortune of the American Sugar Co., located on west Molokai. After an expenditure of many hundred thousands of dollars in planting seed cane, preparing thousands of acres on the upland, and establishing wells and costly pumping works, the continued pumping from the wells has developed a degree of brackishness such as is fatal to the cane. The company have discontinued pumping, and have sold their sugar machinery, already landed at Ka-unakakai. They do not at all despair, however, of resuming operations, hoping to develop a new water supply. There is abundance of water upon the island, if it can be brought to the plantation. At Maunalei, upon the opposite shore of Lanai, a far less promising location, the artesian supply has proved excellent. No doubt a similar supply can be obtained on Molokai, some miles farther east. Sydney Plague Record. The city of Sydney, from which we have mail steamers twice in four weeks, is suffering from an epidemic of Bubonic Plague. There were 52 cases in March, 112 in April, and 36 during the first week in May. The mortality was less than half of that in Honolulu, being under 33 per New Business Street. A street sixty feet wide is soon to be opened from Queen to Hotel, midway between Fort and Alakea. This is the result of the sale by Dr. J. S. McGrew of his residence property on Hotel street, to Hon. Alexander Young, for $150,000. On the new street Mr. Young designs to build a four hundred foot business block. The Bishop estate will improve the opposite side, now occupied by the Arlington House in the old Paki mansion. The new street will effectively relieve the present congestion of Fort street, and is likely to become a leading station for the retail trade. Manoa Improvements. One becomes impressed with city growth in driving up Manoa valley, where along the fine road above Punahou, a considerable number of new residences have gone up during a year past, some of them of superior character. Over 200 acres of desirable residence lots are about to be put upon the market, in the lower part of the valley, including land belonging to Oahu College, the avails of which will aid in needed endowments of that institution. The climate of this section is delightful. We regard Manoa valley as peculiarly suited to orange culture, which must become an important interest in the future of Hawaii. cent. A few cases of Plague have occurred also in the Chinese quarter of San Francisco. We are thus compelled to guard our port against infection by Plague from all the chief ports of steamer communication. Cook (on the day after her arrival) — "Please, mum, I'm a bit fiery at times and when I'm fiery, I'm apt to be a bit rough spoken; but you needn't let that put you about—with a little present you can always bring me round again. —Tit-Bits. �Q m BREWER & CO., Ltb., 50 THE FRIEND. HAWAII, Ltd., BANK ofunder the laws of the THE General Mercantile COMMISSION AGENTS. 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