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The Evangelization of th« Philippine.
What to d. with the Phi|,ppine«
The White Mann Runl«,i
Words of Newell DwiKht Hillia
Report on the I'hilipi'li,,-.
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Un(|ualificd Imperialist*,
A Cry from Slrrving Millions....
Chief Justice's Silver >Vi!<ldi»«
Was the Death of I hri NI Inevitable?..
Ex-.yueen Wronged Jutlsjc Widcmann
Anglican Church Mov* weni in Hawaii
Judge Widemann Gone
Admiral Lord Chai les ll«trrsf„rd
Record of Eventi....
Marine Journal
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The Evangelization of the Philippines.
It is now safe to assume that the
United States *vill hold the Philippines
They have paid to Spain twenty million
dollars for the group. They have fought
several severe hjattles for them by land
and by sea. The stars and stripes are
there to stay.
This means n l(t only that enlightened
government is to oe established over the
cities of the group,
various tribes
also
that
but
the Christian people of
America will se n d to the Philippines the
pure and living Gospel of which they
have hitherto been deprived. As the
wards of America, and subject to our
authority, the cl a im of inhabitants of the
Philippines to < Jtjr religious care must
take precedence of that of other foreign
races. It is to be expected that the various denominations of our Christians
will speedily secjd thither large forces of
able and devout missionaries of both
appears
crystallizing
fairly expressed by the following points
from the N. Y. Times. (Ind.)
"We holds these truths to be deserving
of general acceptance and respected:
"I. We do not need the Philippines.
The undeveloped resources of our own
dom.iin supply a more profitable field
for our activities.
"1 The island fell to us by hazard of
war, and with them certain obligations
to ourselves, to foreign nations, and to
the inhabitants of the archipelago.
"X. It would be cheaper to drop them
and ran, but it would also be disgraceful, and would doom the Filipinos to
present anarchy and future bondage.
"4. We ought to take the islands as
provided in the Treaty, but it should he
the primary object of our policy to make
the FiKpinoa contented, prosperous, or
derly, educated, and ultimately capable
of governing themselves.
"5. They must never become citizen.of the United States."
We shaH hold and rue the Philippine*,
not for pleasure or glory, but for duty's
sake.
"The White Man's Burden."
Rudyard Kipling's seven stanzas with
this title, form a profoundly earnest but
somber appeal, evidently to the Ameri
can Nation, in behalf of their duty to
the people of the Philippines.
Take up the White Man's Burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folks and wild
Your new caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
sexes, to organise Christian work there.
The
exhortation is most altruistic—
does,
as
on the fore
Standing
Hawaii
to devoted, painful, unrewarded, unap
Chria»,an
civilizatian facing predated service; to toil, for the sake of
front of
westward, we of these islands hold spe- helping, relieving, uplifting.
cial relations to s uch coming missionary Take up the White man's burden,
And reap his old reward—
enterprise, and shall have much responThe
concerning
it.
of
no
blame of those ye better,
i*
It
little
sibility
The
hate of those ye guard—
to
American
Christians,
in
advantage
The cry of hosts ye humour
undertaking this new work, that they
(Ah slowly !) towards the light:—
already hold sc. important and so en- "Why brought ye us from bondage,
lightened an outpost on the way thither. Our loved Egyptian night ?"
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btfore the American people, for which
they must gird themselves in patience
and fidelity. We believe they will accept the lesson.
To noble souls the solemn call to
painful duty contains a vastly stronger
force than any call to gain or glory.
Nelson struck the strongest heart chord,
when HtTiafalgar he flung out the signal
"England expects every man to do his
duty."
Words of Newell Dwight Hillis.
We give the following excerpt from
sermon of Dr. Hillis in Ply-
the first
mouth Church, as a sample of the st«,le
vi th* eloquent successoi of Beechei
and Abbott.
ConaiiVr Christ's enormous intellectOptimism is consciousual
ness f hidden reserves. Pessimism is
poveny of -esource. In the hours when
vice c hi. " in like flood, when crime
and passi ,n arc rampant, when suffer
ing seems to sweep over the earth like
sheeted storms, men grow discouraged
and fall into depression. But Christ
stands forth the sublimest optimist in
history. Conscious of His vast intellectual reserves, He felt Himself equal
to any emergency. The moment when
He entered this earthly scene was the
darkest moment in history. It was an
hour when tyranny and crime had gone
upon a carnival. Yet in such an era,
when He saw a thousand wrongs to be
avenged, Christ maintained His serenity
and reigned victorious over life,'s
troubles, believing that with God ','a
thousand years are as one day." He
taught His disciples that God was
abroad everywhere, leavening society
like yeast; that growth was the genius
of the universe; that God can make
vices virtues, pains to be medicines, and
tears to be joys; that ignorance and sin
and lying and uncleanliness shall become extinct like ancient monsters. He
was the poet leading men to discern the
wisdom of the sage in the prattle oi the
child. Looking forward, He saw the
vices waning, saw the earth growing
roseate with benevolence and love, beheld an era when happiness should be
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universal and righteousness native unto
young and old alike.
Consider Christ's intellectual supremacy as manifested in His statement
that the only sure basis of social ad
vancement is the progress of the common people. Until His time all philosophers had argued that the only way
to elevate the multitude was to strengthen the patrician classes, exalting as
leaders the sons of strength, the sons
of genius, great generals. But Christ
announced a revolutionary principle.
He came foward saying that the leader
is only a step in advance of the pilgrim
band; that the great statesman and deliverer must find in the atmosphere of
the people their nourishment and stimulus; that since the people follow best a
hero who best understands them, the
true leader comes from among the
common people, and is lifted up upon
their shoulders; and this principle
meant more to society than Newton's
principle of gravity meant in the movement of the stars and suns. From the
very moment that Christ proclaimed the
rise and reign of the people, the generations passed under the influence of
His great impulse. Thrones began to
come down and the people to go up.
Social vices began to wane and the
virtues to wax. When Christ set a
guardian angel beside each sleeping
babe, waved the Golden Rule above
each law and statute book, and unfurled
the flag of equality above the slave
market and palace alike, all society felt
a new impulse, and the race that
hitherto had crept slowly forward climbed into the golden chariot with Christ
and swept swiftly on toward those
heights where wisdom and happiness
do dwell.
Christ's thought of God was that of a
being clothed with matchless simplicity
and beauty. He affirmed that God was
man's Father, who had made his
earthly child in His own image; that
man is a miniature of the Divine Being;
that what reason and judgement and
memory and love in the small are in
man they are in the large in the great
Moving on in His thought,
God.
Christ revealed God as the world's burden-bearer, full of an exquisite kindness
and sympathy; that what He was to publican and sinner in Bethlehem, God was
for all maimed and wrecked hearts in all
worlds; that no human tear falls but
God feels it; that no blow smites the
suffering heart but God shrinks and
suffers; that with wistful longing He
follows the publican and the prodigal,
waiting for the hour when He may recover the youth to his integrity, or lead
the man grown gray in sin to His
1899.
induced to submit. It is however nothing else than Imperialism, or subordiunder the rule of a superinr
Rev. Dr. John R. Hykes was sent last nate
power. But do not be afraid of a name !
September to Manila by the American
Bible Society for preliminary inquiries
A Cry from Starving Millions.
as to openings for their work. His reports are favorable on that point.
Mr. P. W. Damon asks The Friend
In respect to political concerns he reto
make notes of an appeal for relief
ports :
Report on the Philippines.
"While there are doubtless many able
men among the Filipinos, I am convinced that they do not have the qualifi
cations which are essential in the founders of a republic. This is not surprising
to one who knows the history of the
Philippines and is familiar with the
effects of Spanish misrule for more than
three centuries. The natives were little
better than savages when the Spaniards
came to the istands, and while contact
with Europeans has of necessity introduced a higher culture, I believe that if
Western influence were to be entirely
withdrawn, civilization would spontaneously die out in the Philippines. The
mass of the people are ignorant in the
extreme, and they are not prepared and
will not be prepared for many years for
self government. It will be generations
before their aspirations to become an independent commonwealth will be realized.
It would be
monstrous to turn the Philippines back
to Spain. It would be a great blunder
to grant them independence. In my
judgment the only proper, the onlyright
thing is for the United States to keep
the whole archipelago and give the people good government and religious liberty. Every Spanish friar ought to be
banished from the islands. If not, there
will be endless trouble. I ought to have
said that the Jesuits were never accused
of the gross immorality with which the
other order* have been so freely charged.
They were driven out of the provinces
by the other religious corporations, and
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their work was almost entirely confined
to Manila. There is a priest here in
Shanghai who was in Manila for many
years, and he does not hesitate to say
that the lives of the Spanish friars were
scandalously corrupt."
Unqualified Imperialism.
The Sulu Archipelago is a south
extension of the great Philippine group, reaching from Mindanao to
Borneo. It is stated that President
McKinley proposes to continue the
power which the Sultan of Sulu has enjoyed under Spain, hereafter to be under
Father's house.
the sovereignty and protection of the
United States. This is highly probable,
there
being no other form of governvessels arrived from foreign
ment
to which the Mohammedans and
iin February—nearly double the
als in January.
savages of that extensive group could be
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sent by a committee of the 118 mission-
aries in the province of Shantung, China.
A large section of that populous province has lately been laid waste by excessive floods of the Yellow River. Besides
the wide spread destruction of homes, it
is estimated that two millions of people
are starving. "Living in straw huts,
many have absolutely no shelter, subsisting on bark, willow twigs, roots, etc."
This printed appeal is addressed especially to the charitable in America, but
it is hoped that friends in Hawaii will
aid. "Shantung is peculiarly interesting
to American merchants as the best market for their products in all China."
The relations of Hawaii with those great
provinces tend yearly to draw more
Rev. Hunter Corbett writes to Mr.
Damon :
"The overturning at Peking sent a
hostile wave all over the land. Two
Catholic priests and two Protestant missionaries and a number of native Christians have been murdered. Others have
had their homes burned and been com
pellet! to flee for their lives. Wcaie
now anxious with reference to our mission at Ichowfu, in this province.
Some of the stations have been attacked
by mobs, and the country is in a state
of semi rebellion. * *
Our work is
very encouraging. We have lately ordained and settled six native pastors
over churches self-supporting. During
the past year I have been permitted to
receive 140 into the church on profession
of faith.
* * Mrs. Nevius, Miss
Downing and others finished the exam
ination of seventy pupils in the school
in which English is taught. All the pupils pay for boarding and tuition—and
the Chinese friends of the school, not
yet church members, have given the
money to erect fine buildings for the
school."
This statement may as well be added
from the appeal for the starving : "The
natives are doing all in their power.
One firm in Chefoo has contributed the
equivalent of $70,000 U. S. gold in cash
and 10,000 bags of corn, and all classes
are contributing; but let us not forget
that two millions of people are starv-
ing."
Mr. F. W. Damon will gladly receive
and forward any contributions for the
sufferers.
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Cor.
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penalty (I Pet. ii: 24; cf. Isa. liii: 4,11) in
Judd, on the occasion of the conclusion! The newest form of the subjective our stead. In a word, by his death he
of his twent} -fifth year upon the bench theory of the atonement answers this laid the basis of our forgiveness. That
of the Supreme Court, the longer part question, "Yes." The work of Christ is is the gospel. God so loved the world
only Son, that whosoof the time as Chief Justice. Very hon- the "direct" way of producing reconcilia- that he gave his him,
takes the work to
ever believeth in
between
by
God,
tion
men
and
gaining
orable tributes were paid to the characover rebellious men. This work involves which he was given, viz., his death, and
ter of his servicts by Gen. A. S. Hart- suffering,
and ultimately death, because puts trust for salvation in that, should
well and by President Dole, both of a good man like Christ must suffer oppo- not perish, but have everlasting life
whom had served as Associate Justices. sition, and one so fundamentally opposed (John iii: 16).
We would add the remark that there
The whole of Justice Judd's service has to evil as he must ultimately feel the full
been during a period of political turmoil, force of its murderous antagonism. If has been a wide spread revolt in the
when the Supreme Court was several one would bear witness to the truth as Evangelical churches from the extreme
times called to decide difficult questions he did in the world, death to such an severity
of some of the doctrines held as
as to Royal power and that of the Legis- one was "inevitable." But was it? I
to
the
wrath
of God against sin, which
lature.
This was done with tact do not believe so.
times
made
an "infinite" sacrifice.
many
necessary
and wisdom. The decisions of the
had
avoided
death
Jesus
Supreme Court have continued as for- before; why should he not again ? See In that revolt, there has occurred a
merly to command respect at home and Luke 4:29; John 8:58; John 10:39: John swinging to the other extreme, denying
abroad, and to inspire confidence in the 7:37-44. But on those four occasions
that any expiation is needed in order to
administration of justice in Hawaii.
he deliberately made his escape, "bemake
God's forgiveness of sin safe and
service
rendered
cause
his
hour
was
not
come."
yet
One peculiar
by Mr.
fitting, and in order to bear a divine tesJ udd, fcr which he was specially qualified What docs that mean ?
by his intimate knowledge of the native
When finally he was taken, he might timony against the foul and deadly
people and their language, has been a still have escaped. He knew Judas' nature of sin. The atonement does more
very kind but effective authority exercis- treachery beforehand. He had such a
ed by him over the native magistrates following that friends on every side than to reconcile or win man to God.
scattered throughout the islands. "Tak- would have warned him of secret dan- It removes all obstacle to God's forgiving
ing a deep and abiding interest in the ger. Open attack as he preached had the penitent sinner. Such is the plain
native race, he could deal wisely with already been found impracticable. He doctrine of the New Testament, as cited
their weaknesses and errors, and by gen- would have won his way and could not above. See also Eph. 1: 7, and
Col. 1:14.
tle coercion prevent them from doing have been suppressed, any more than
We have no fear that the churches
grevious wrong." This has educated his church could be.
them towards a civilized standard of
So from the divine side he had every will not in due time swing back to this
administering justice. Mr. Judd has facility for escape—"the twelve legions clear and reasonable New Testament
been Chief Justice longer than any of of angels." But he would not use the doctrine.
his predecessors, Lee, Robertson, Allen superhuman powers for his own deliverand Harris. His incumbency has been ance.
characterized by tact, urbanity, sound
And now, to re-enforce all these con- Ex-Queen Wronged Judge Widemann.
decisions, and maintenance of the res- siderations, and finally uproot this idea
pect felt for the Supreme Court. In a of "inevitability," came his constant
The late Judge H. A. Widemann had
different way, he has rendered Hawaii declarations as to his death. He "came been a steadfast friend and supporter of
services well comparable to those of his to give his life" (Mark x: 4f>); he laid
down his life for the sheep" (John x: 11, Liliuokalani. In July, 1894, she sent
distinguished father, Dr. G. P Judd.
15), and though in one sense this was him and two other gentlemen to WashMany friends will remember Miss A. like the shepherd who meets death un- ington to ascertain whether President
Maud Gould of Augusta, Maine, who intentionally and incidentally in the at- Cleveland would do anything more for
tempt to save his sheep, in another it
was a guest of Minister Stevens in 1893. was very different, for "no one taketh her restoration. They were unable to
She died here February 10th, of con- my life from me," he says (Y. 18), see the President, but obtained a letter
sumption. Funeral services were held neither conspiring man nor raging devil, from him which explicitly declined to
for no one had any power to take it, but take any farther steps in that direction.
at Central Union Church.
he "laid it down ofhimself." In Hebrews On page 259 of her book, the ex-queen
the same thought is
Endowment Wanted for Kohala Girls' tenth (v. 5-10)
language which implies the negclearly brought out. Jesus came to do uses
School.
and inefficiency of Mr. Wideligence
the will of God, and that will was that
should
that
mann
and
his colleagues. To this Mr.
he
sacrifice
himself.
He
did
An important appeal is made by the
There was nothing "inevitable" Widemann recently replied in a pamphwill.
Board of Managers of Kohala Seminary
about it. It was in the highest degree let which has not been circulated in
for Hawaiian girls, to raise its small en- voluntary. When "his hour was come" Honolulu, repelling her accusation, and
dowment to $50,000. For twenty-four —the hour for him to surrender himself giving documentary evidence of their
years this school has been d'dng excel- —he did it, as John narrates.
care and diligence in her service.
lent work, and has sent out large numThe fact destroys the new subjective
The inference is made by others, that
bers of well-trained young women. An theory of the atonement, root and branch. Liliuokalani is not trustworthy in her
average of fifty girls here receive careful Jesus did not meet death incidentally and statements. The affair also confirm* a
Christian culture,and industrial training, inevitably while doing something else. prevalent feeling among her former
as well as a full course of the public He met death for his own sake, because supporters that she is not appreciative
school studies.
that was his chief work, because there of their efforts in her behalf.
Chief Justice's Silver Jubilee.
Was the Death of Christ Inevitable?
19
20
Anglican Church Movement in Hawaii.
THE FRIEND.
W. C. T. U. Willard Meeting.
[March, 1899.
Judge Widemann Gone.
The following statements are from the The Women's Christian Temperance Worn out by old age and a laborious
Union held a meeting on the 21st ult. life, Judge Hermann A.Wideman passed
Hawaiian Star:
"Articles of incorporation of the to commemorate the death of Miss Wil- away Feb. 7, at the age of 76. He had
Church Defense and Extension Associa 'ard one year ago. There was a touch- made Hawaii his home ior nearly fifty
fion haye 1 been filed with the Minister of ing address by Rev. Mr. Kincaid, who
years, and had held many important
Interior and are now before the cabinet counted the
one
departed
high
among
offices, including those of 2d Associate
for a charter.
earth's
saints.
A
touching
was
eulogy
"The purpose of the organization, as
Justice of the Supreme Court for five
Mrs. years, Minister of Interior under Kalastated in its petition for charter, is to read by Mrs. J. M. Whitney.
protect and advance the interests of the Williams, of Minneapolis, spoke of Miss kaua and Minister of Finance under
Episcopal Church in Hawaii, to estab Willard as a personal friend.,
He was a man of strict
The noblest tribute to the departed Liliuokalani.
lish a mission among the Japanese and
and success in business, havintegrity
to issue a propaganda to the church in founder of the W. C. T. U. is what the ing large wealth.
the United States of the true status of Union is doing to continue the work
Mr. Widemann married in 1860 Mary
with increasing ardor and growing wis
the church here.
Kauai, a Hawaiian lady of great worth,
"The real purpose of the association dom.
who survives him. He leaves seven
is indicated in its name. There can be
daughters and two sons. Six daughters
Anglican Church Troubles.
no misconstruction of the word 'defense.'
are married to citizens of substance.
The end and aim is a union of interests
The grandchildren form a large flock.
The vicar of Hexton in England, has
with the church in America, which
Mt. Widemann was strenuously opshould have been done some"months drawn upon himself the displeasure of posed to the Reciprocity Treaty and to
ago. Undoubtedly the association will the Bishop of Peterborough, because he Annexation. As a devout
Catholic he
attain great strength and will shortly insisted on administering the Lord's was a tenacious opponent of much that
hold the power in the Episcopal com- Supper in a Congregational Church at had the support of the
Protestant mamunity. The troubles of the past will Wellingborough to a large number of jority, but was respected by all parties.
churchmen who could not feel at home
then naturally solve themselves."
It is understood that this Association in the excessively ritualistic atmosphere
An Unexciting Election.
their own churches. This bold vicar
has the earnest moral support of the two of
announces his intention of founding a
On the 24th ult. Mr. Theo. F. Lanleading Anglican ministers, and the society of the Lord's Supper, "to pro
financial support of all the laymen of vide the sacraments of the Established sing was elected Senator for Oahu, in
wealth in that church. We probably Church foi those Protestant churchmen place of Senator Schmidt, resigned. He
do not misconstrue "defense" by saying who are driven from the altars of that was the only candidate nominated, and
church by the practices of Romanizing
no votes could therefore be cast for any
that it is directed against their Bishop, priests."—N. Jr. Observer.
other person. Out of some 600 regiswith whom they are in grievous litigaAll this activity of differences in the
tion, to prevent his alleged unlawful Church of England may be favorably re- istered Senatorial electors, only eightyexercise of authority. May they soon
four voted at the sixteen polling stations
win out of their troubles, made thereby garded as a wholesome sign of vitality. —at five stations three each, at two stastronger and better fitted for fruitful No serious fear need be felt that the tions two each, and at one station only
service in Christ's work.
English people will ever revert to one. In all future elections there will no
doubt be well organized Democratic and
Popery.
Republican parties with their opposing
Does Honolulu need a Crematory ?
candidates.
Death of Mrs. Dickenson.
Were this a large city, this question We have to record, with the tenderes Increase of Ocean Steamships
at Honolulu.
might be answered Yes, knowing how regard, the death at Lahaina on the 25tht
many people favor that method of dis ult. of Mrs. Henry Dickenson, Sr., at
posing of their dead. At present, there the age of 79 years. The feebleness of During the last three months of 1897
there were twenty-six arrivals of ocean
would hardly be sufficient use of it to
age had been growing upon her for some
justify the expense of such an establish- months. Mrs. Dickenson has resided merchant steamships at Honolulu.
During the same period in 1898 there
ment.
continuously in Lahaina since 1856, were thirty-six such arrivals,
making an
We have no religious scruples about nearly 43 years, and longer than any
cremation. But there is a tender feeling other white lady has done. She was a increase of ten steamships in our ocean
towards what were once the living forms woman of refined and noble character, traffic in one year, or nearly forty per
of our loved ones, which makes one de- of great sweetness of disposition, and of cent. Such a rate of growth in that
sire to lay them at rest in the earth earnest devout piety. Her husband was traffic is portentous.
During those three months in 1898
where one can visit their graves, know- a brother of the late Mrs. John Thomas
Waterhouse,
and
died
some
there
were in addition fourteen U. S.
twenty-five
ing that they are there. Many too feel
ago. Mrs. Dickenson leaves two transport steamers calling at ihis
years
port
a strong repugnance to having their
married daughters, Mrs. Thos. Haysel- en route to and from Manila.
own earthly forms destroyed by fire. den and Mrs. L. M. Baldwin, also three
It isgiven out that the Oceanic SteamLet the disposal of the frail tenement sons, Mr. Henry Dickenson of Lahaina, ship Co. are about to build two, and
be left to each one's choice. It will and Messrs Walter and Frank, of Rock- perhaps three, new steamships of 6000
wood, Oregon. Our relations with the tons aid 17 knots for their Australian
make no difference in the end, if by
Dickensons were intimate and
Gods grace we "attain unto the resur- pleasant, forty years ago, when most route via Honolulu. These will be
their larger and swifter than any now calling
rection from the dead."
children were young.
here.
Vol. 57, No. 3.]
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.
21
THE FRIEND.
dition. We were glad to see in com-
mand our old friend Captain Barker, who
The visit at Honolulu of this distin- was so long in service here in command
guished sailor and statesman has been of the cruiser Philadelphia. The latter
an event of interest. His personality is ship was also in port, under Admiral
Kautz, en route to Samoa.
one both impressive and agreeable. But
his errand in this Pacific hemisphere
President Hosmer, of Oahu College,
lends the chief importance to the occa
has
caused the extension of the famous
sion. It is in the interest of maintaining
night-blooming
cereus hedge to the
the integrity of the Chinese Empire, and
of
a
mile
on
the street wall of the
length
thereby an "open door" for the comcollege grounds. This hedge, covered
merce ot all the nations of Europe with at times with many thousands at once of
that Empire, which is in imminent dan- the great white plumy bells, was a noted
ger from the aggressions of Russia as object of admiration more than forty
well as of France. Lord Beresford years ago.
aims at the united action on the part of
the Powers chiefly interested, namely,
The New Kihei Plantation.
England, Germany, America and Japan.
Their combined action will effectually
A new sugar plantation of the first
frustrate the present attempts of Russia class has just been organized. It is at
and France to break up the Chinese
empire and subjugate its fragments to Kihei, on the lower western slope of
their own control and commercial mo- Haleakala, East Maui, and south of the
nopoly, to the exclusion of the rest of great plantation at Spreckelsville. It
the world. Beresford desires to see comprises some 9000 acres of land,
China organize an effective military
force, supplemented by a railway sys partly belonging to the Haleakala ranch.
tern. This implies complete political These lands will be irrigated from surand financial reform. The admiral's face wells near the shore, by means of
views are clear, broad and statesman- steam pumps forcing the water to any
like. They must produce a strong im- required height not exceeding 800 feet.
pression upon the world. One thing is The plantation is capitalized at three
evident : that the Czar s admirable prop- million dollars, one half of which is asosition of disarmament needs to be ac signed as paid up stock to the owners of
companied with an abandonment of the land, chief among whom are Messrs.
Russia's grasping policy.
H. P. Baldwin and L. A. Thurston.
The assessable half of the shares were
Guam is becoming our close neighbor all eagerly subscribed for in Honolulu
in a few hours and now command a
politically, and soon to be so by steamer handsome
premium. Mr. B. F. Diland cable. It is said to be about twen- lingham is prominent as
chief promoter
ty-seven miles by seven, and to contain of the concern. The seed cane is al10,000 inhabitants, chiefly of the abo- ready growing. Mr. W. F. Pogue is
riginal race, but partly civilized by manager and Mr. Baldwin president.
Spanish and priestly rule tor 300 years. Several of the worthy gentlemen named
Free schools and the Bible will do much have already gone far beyond the dan
for them.
ger line of the "needle's eye." May the
Lord mercifully keep all of his believing
people from "trusting in riches" which
Visit of Battleship Oregon.
he has permitted them to gain. We
Our city has just been favored by a shall all soon find ourselves in the
fifteen-days' visit from this famous war- world beyond, where our greatest regret
is liable to be for having failed, not in
ship. Large numbers of our people vissuccessfully gaining, but in rightly
ited her decks, although lying outside of using for the Lord these earthly riches.
the harbor. She sailed the 20th for
Guam and Manila. The Oregon had
Riverside Park.
made a noble record of battle service in
On the right bank ofthe newly walledbeing the chief agent at Santiago in
Nuuanu river, mauka of the railway
in
and
overtaking
destroying Admiral Cervera's flagship, the Christopher Colon. station, is an open area of about three
She had also made that wonderful rec- acres. This was a low swamp until reord of a voyage from Puget's Sound cently reclaimed by pumping upon it
through the straits of Magellan to Key harbor mud
by the dredger. This raised
West, arriving in perfect order for inthe
some
surface
five feet. This ground
stant service with Sampson's fleet. To
this proof of the superb skill of her has been set apart by the Government
builders, she has now added that of an- for a park, designed especially as a reother run back to the Pacific, and from sort for the poorer classes inhabiting
Callao to Honolulu, still in perfect con- that section of the city. Its use has
been delayed by the necessity of taking
a part of the new soil to raise neighbor,
ing streets to the needed grade. The
earth removed has been again filled in
by the dredger. It is expected that the
new ground will now be leveled and
beautified, and become a lovely garden
spot amid the sordid surroundings.
Across the stream runs a noble street
along the river, extending from Vineyard
street to the harbor, with continuation
through Queen street.
Eye
and Ear Infirmary.
Active steps have been taken by our
benevolent citizens for the immediate
establishment of an infirmary for the
treatment of diseases of the eye artd ear
of indigent persons. A cottage will be
fitted up with hospital beds and all needed appliances. Substantial subscriptions
have been made for equipment and
maintenance.
RECORD OF EVENTS.
Feb. Ist.—Cave of "pictured rock*"
discovered near Koko Head.
3rd.—Lord Charles Beresford arrives
from the Orient, per America Maru, and
is welcomed by a committee of British
residents. At the Consulate an address
was presented him and an informal re*
ception held. In the evening the general reception followed by a ball gathered
a large attendance to do honor to the
distinguished guest.
4th.—Collision of a hack and bicycle,
causing injuries to the wheelman, one of
the "boys in blue" from the Scandia,
en route to Manila, from which he died
the following day.
sth.—The battleship Oregon arrive*,
from Callao, and anchors outside. Many
visitors welcome the noble ship to these
waters, and extend aloha to Captain
Barker in his safe return.—W. Hansen,
carpenter of one of the vessels in the
harbor, dies from heart failure while in
swimming.—The Y. P. S. C. E. observes the 18th anniversary of their organization in this city.
6th.—Prof. Hitchcock addresses the
Social Science Club on his recent visit
to New Zealand, etc. —Fitful delugesthrough the night give the city a much
needed rain supply.
7th.—Death of H. A. Widemann, one
of Honolulu's esteemed citizens, aged
76 years.
9th.—Observance of Chinese New
Year begins, to the discomfort of many
households —Funeral services at the
Catholic Church of thelate H. A. Widemann, largely attended; interment in
Nuuanu Cemetary. The banks and
business houses generally suspended
traffic at 1 p. m.
10th.—Mr. H. C. Tower, Ist officer of
the Gayhead, is brought from Koasa,
22
[March, 1899.
THE FRIEND
Hawaii, having been landed there for
surgical aid for injuries sustained from
the explosion of a bomb-gun while
whaling off the coast. —A large party of
officials and others, with the band, on
the Kilohana, serenade Captain Barker,
officers and men of the Oregon, at anchor
off the port.—A big day of shipping ar
rivals.
11th.—Arrival of the Philadelphia,
from San Diego en routeto Samoa.—Mr.
Theo. F. Lansing is nominated as candidate for Senaterial honors, succeeding
H. W. Schmidt, resigned. —Mysterious
murder of a Malay man in the tenement
quarters of Kapuukolo: a case to test
detective skill.
ofKauai, is ar
13th.—Jules Titcomb,
charged with the
rested in this city,
death of a native woman, under suspi
cious circumstances, several months
ago.
15th.—News received of severe fight
ing at Manila, in which Aguinaldo's
forces are routed, but at a loss of many
lives op both sides.—Customs officials
with the tug Eleu capture a large quantity of opium buoyed outside the reef,
and arrest "three men in a boat" in connection therwith.
16th.—U. S. Consul Haywood gave
a dinner, at his residence, in honor of
Admiral Kautz, which was a brilliant
affair. With the prominent naval officers present were President Dole and a
number of the diplomatic corps.
17th.—Death of Geo. W. Norton, an
old time kamaaina, aged 83 years.—
Stock of the new Kihei Plantation, on
Maui, is put on the market and more
than the limit subscribed for by noon-
—Br ss Belgian King, Weirs, from San Diego.
23rd.—At an alarm of fire for the 19—
Am schr Repeat, Olsen, from Alwrdeen.
stable,
of
Colburn's
a
F.
2il- Br ss Aorangi, Hepworth, fiom Victoria.
burning
J.
Vine, Small, from Kureka.
—Am
hack horse rushed off madly and beside 21—Am schr
schr Bessie X Stevens, Hamer, from San Francisco
Br ss Gaelic, Pinch, from Yokohama.
wrecking its own carriage caused dam- 28—Br
ss Carlisle City, Aitken, from Yokohama.
age to two others. During same alarm -Am bktn
Planter, Marden, from San Kraiu i-co.
25Am schr American Cdrl, Nilsen, from Port Towtisend.
a wheelman was knocked down and
—Am schr Aloha, Dalwl, from San Krancisco.
severely injured in the face by a ridden —Br ss Fausang, Mom ur, from Yokohama.
'26—Am hkiu Skagit, Robinson, from Puget Bound.
horse, and smashing the bicycle.
—Am bktn Kurt ka. Schon, from Kureka.
sh Kdward O'Brien, Lathrop, from Departure Bay
27—Am
iMth.—Election day: it is now Senator
(ashore)
lap >s America Man., Lope, from San Francisco.
Lansing.—A cloud-burst in the mounU SS Celtic, from San Krancisco
tain after night-fall suddenly increases —Am
schr Corona, Anderson, frcm Port Towuseiid.
from Ta« oma.
Nuuanu stream and causes some flurry '2M Am sh C F Sarge-it, Haskell,
Jap ss Hongkong Mam, Kilmer, from Yokohama.
the
sections
which
in
suffered damage
last year, but by moonlight the waters
DEPASTURES.
began to subside and all danger was
passed.
I—Jap ss Nippon Maru, Kvatis, for Yokohama.
Br ss Molina, Carey, for San Fr.iuci-.to
25th.—At an auction sale of sundry
Am si Mariposa, Hayward, for the Colonies.
sh St Francis, Winn, for New York.
parcels of real estate in different parts 3—Am
4-Jap ss America Maru, Cope, foi San Francisco.
of the city high figures were obtained 5—Am hk Ceylon, Willard, for Ta< oma.
bk S C Allen. Thompson, for San Kram isco.
throughout.—Lecture at the Y. M. C. —Am
U S transport Scandia, Hart, for Manila.
A. hall by Col. VVhyte on "Mining in 7- U S transport Morgan City, Dillon, for Manila.
ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, for Yokohama.
the Klondike" securedagood attendance. 10—Am
—Am schr Bertie Minor, Raven, for San Kram i-<
Anamlia, Harder, for Port I ownsend.
sh
11—Br
27th.—Ship Edward O'Brien, coal —Am schr
Mildred, Kindler, for Puget Sound.
laden, anchoring at 3 a. m. too close in 13—Am hk Martha Davis, Prill, for San Krancisco.
bktn
Klikitat. Cutler, for Port Tc-wnsend.
shore drags her anchor and grounds on —Am
U S transport Senator, Patterson, for Manila.
U
transport
Ohio, Boggs, for Manila.
H
the reef at the entrance of the harbor, 14—Haw
l.k Matina Ala, Smith, for San Krancisco.
Steam
long.
the
Miowera
so
lay
where
IS—An s< hr Jessie- Minor, Whitney, for San Kram im o.
—Am s» City of Peking, Smith, for San Krancis. >
tugs have rendered aid all day with no —Br
ss Miowera, Hemming, for Vancouver.
apparent result.—Rev. C. H. Yatman 16— Am sh Fort George, Morse, for San Krancisco.
hk Harry Morse, Fullerton, for Astoria.
begins a season of evangelistic work at 17—Am
—Br bk Dominion, Beniuist, for Royal Koads.
—Am wh bk Andrew Hick-, Storey, for the Ocholsk.
the Methodist Church.
18 Br ss Copiic, Sealliy, for Yokohama.
Am hk St Catherine, Matthews, for Hilo.
28th—Death of D. F. Sanford, anoth
19—U S transport Centennial. Pierce, for Manila.
er old time resident.—C. H. Judd sus
Am brgtn W G Irwin, Williams, for San Krancisco.
hktn S G Wilder, McNeil for San Krancisco.
tains severe injury from the kick of a 20—Am
—Am bktn Uncle John, Murchison. for Port Townsend.
vicious colt.
U S cruiser ■ regon, Barker, fur Manila.
—
—
—
—
..
.
—
—
—
——U S Iris, Veerier, for Manila
21 Am Australia, Houdlette, fur San Krancisco.
for Snn
— Br-sschr C S Finch,
Sound.
Holmes, Johnson, for
22—Am
Mmr
ss
Gaelic,
Marine
PORT
time.
Journal.
OF HONOLULU,
JANUARY.
ARRIVALS.
Chief Justice Judd
at the Hawaiian Hotel, in recognition of
his twenty-fifth years service; largely at
lgth.—Dinner to
1— |ap ss Nippon Maru, Evans, fom San Francisco.
—Am ss Mariposa, Hayward, from San Francisco.
—Br ss Moana, Carey, from the Colonies.
2—Am bktn S G Wilder, McNtil, from San Francisco.
—U S transport Scandia, Hart, from San Francisco.
by bench and bar.
—Jap ss America Maru, Cope, from Yokohama.
King,
of
the
Belgian
19th.—Arrival
4—U S transport Morgan City, Dillon, from San Krancisco
5—U
S S Oregon, Barker, from Callao.
the pioneer boat in the new "Santa Fe —Am bk
C 1> Bryant, Colly, from San Krancisco.
from San Diego to Hongkong, en —Am -chr Prosper, Paulsen, from Ta.oma.
9—U
S
tiansport Senator, Patterson, Irom San Krancisco
route for the Orient.
—U S transport Ohio, Bogg-, from San Krancisco.
—Am ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, from San Francisco.
20th.—The old Market building, on 10—Ambk
Albert, Griffith, from San Krancisco
Street, occupied for many years —Am brgtn W G Irwin, Williams, from San Krancisco.
bktn
S N Castle, Hubbard, from San Francisco.
by C. Brewer & Co. is a thing of the —Am
Am sh I F Chapman. Thompson, from San Krancisco.
to
give
McAllep, from Port Townsend.
been
demolished
schr
Endeavor.
—Am
past, having
bktn Uncle John, Murchison, from Eureka.
place to a new two storied structure for —Am
from Newcastle.
Tobiason,
—Norsh Hercules,
bktn Jane L Stanford, Johnston, from Newcastle.
this pioneer house. —The Oregon and 11—Am
Philadelphia,
from
Sa i Diego.
White,
—U S S
her tender, Iris, sails for Manila.
—U S S collier Scindia Watson, from Callao.
from
Callao.
Iris,
VeeJer,
—U S S stiar
21st.—The much libelled ss. City
12—Am schr Robt Lewert, t oodman, from San Francisco
is sold at auction by the —Am schr La Ninfa, Benjamin, from Seattle via Hilo.
—Am schr C S Holmes, Johnson, from Seattle.
Marshal, but for $ 1,500. Subsequently, IS—Am
schr Muriel, Carl-.en, from Newcastle.
to
conbk Linlithgowshire, Anderson, from London.
—Br
the
Court
refused
on petition,
—Am schr Alton, Neil-on, from Hilo.
—Am schr Maria E Smith, Smith, from Port Townsend.
firm the sale and ordered the vessel to 14—Am
schr Mary F Foster, Thompson, from Port Blakcly
be resold.—Annual meeting of the Ha—Am schr Oceania Vance, Ankers, from Newcastle.
Newsboy, Mollestad, from Newcastle.
waiian Societyof Sons and Daughters of —Amshbktn
Br Star of France, Ulyatt, from Santa Rosalie, Mcx
the American Revolution at the resi- 16—Am
ss City of Peking, Smith, from Yokrhama.
Captain —Am ss Australia, Houdlette, from San Francisco.
dence of Chief
-Br ss Miowera, Hemming, from the Colonies.
Draper of the Engineer corps gave an 15—U S transport Centennial, Pierce, from San Francisco.
—Am schr Transit, Jorgenson, from San Francisco
address.
—Am schr Annie M Campbell, Fridberg, from Everett.
—Am wh sh Andrew Hicks, Shorey, f.om San Krancisco
22nd.—Washington's birthday parand cruise.
tially observed as a holiday.— D-parture 17—Hawbk
Andrew Welch, Drew, from San Francisco.
de—A
—Br ss Coptic, Sealbv, from San Krancisco.
of the Philadelphia for Samoa.
18—Am
Golden
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NOWELL- TAPLIN—At the residence of 11. M. WhitMy, fob. 2d, by the RtT. W. M. Kin.aid, Allen M.
Nowell, of I'ahala, Hawaii, to Miss Kuth Tajilin, of
lloston.
BURNS—ArONCi—At the residence of J. A. MaK ...n.
this.ity, Keb. 13th. by the- Rev. \V,„. M. Kirn aid, I. K.
Burns to Miss Bessie AfonK.
BERGER—CLARK-At Waikiki, Fob. Ist, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McChcMMy, l.y the Rev. H. H.
Parker, C'.ipt. H. Merger, of Honolulu, to Miss Rose
Clark, of Cnristchurch, New Zealand.
BIRTHS.
4th. to the wife of Or. C. R
Wood, a son.
THRUM In this city, Feb. ftth, tt> ihr wife of F. Wm.
Thrum, a daughter.
CROCKETT—At Hil), Hawaii, Feb. Hth,to the wife of
Albeit WalloCrocket!, a MO.
ROACH —In ihis city, Feb. tthh. to the wife of D. W
Roach, a son.
WOOD-In
Honolulu, Feb
DEATHS.
WIDF.MANN—At his residence, Punahou. this city, Feb.
7th, H. A Widemann. a native of Hanover, aged 7o years
WILLS At Pahala, Hawaii, Feb. Bth, T L. Will«, a
native of Lincolnshire, England
"9 years.
NORTON—In this city, Feb. I7tb, (let. B. Norton, a
native of New Hedfoid, Mass aged 83 years.
DICKKNSON-At Lahaina, at the residence of her
daughter, Mpe. T. J. Hayselden. Mrs. Dickenson, a resident of these islands for the past forty-eight years.
SANDFORD— In Honolulu, Feb. 28ih, Dan'l F. Sandford,
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Ponape, Nov. 28, 1898.
Rev. O. P. Emerson
Respected Sir—
I am instructed by Mr. H. Nanpei,
who is, I am sorry to say, still held in
captivity by the Spanish authorities here
on Ponape. It is now just six months
since Nanpei, with his wife and five
children, were taken captives and confined in a cold, damp room to eke out
their existence as best they could. And
all for what ? Simply because they
were Protestants and refused to become
Catholics. Nanpei has indeed had a
very hard time of it. He was not permitted to see any of his friends, neither
was he allowed to write or receive any
letters. On one occasion he, Nanpei,
asked one of the officials why it was he
could not write to or see any of his
friends. "Well," replied the Captain,
"the Governor was going to release you,
but now he cannot do it because the
Spanish and Americans are at war."
Nanpei said, "What have I got to do
with the war ?" "Oh," said the Captain, "you are too much of an American.
You like the American missionaries too
much, and the American people, too,
and now you have got to remain here
until we whip the Americans, and then
you may be allowed to go."
I wish to say that those priests have
been after Nanpei for months prior to
this outbreak, to get him to renounce
his faith. They have held out all sorts
of inducements to him, but he will not
and cannotdo that. Those astute priests
know very well that Nanpei is the only
and principal obstacle in their way, and
which I am inclined to say is quite true.
However, Nanpei will not yield one
iota. He believes, heart and soul, in
the faith which he has received from the
American missionaries.
There is no
wavering and no flinching with Nanpei,
and it is my candid belief that had this
man Nanpei been educated in America
or elsewhere he would have been an ex
ceedingly clever man. I have worked
seven years for this man Nanpei, and I
know him thoroughly. I have always
found him to be truthful, and he will
keep his promise at no matter what cost
to himself. I firmly believe, also, that
Nanpei is a true Christian, who makes
it the rule of his life to do good and
forego evil. I have found, also, that
Nanpei is a man that is capable of tremendous opposition if any one manifests
a desire to interfere with his rights,
hence all this trouble. Nanpei claims
that religion is a strictly private affair,
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in which no one has a right to interfere.
The antipathy and hatred that those
priests manifest towards the Protestants
here is something intense. Nanpei has
not only had to battle and contend
against the Governor and ten priests,
but against two thirds of the island besides, so you may easily imagine the
sort of time he has had of it.
Several meetings have been held during his confinement for the purpose of
finding out the best and surest way of
disposing of Nanpei. The priests and
the majority of the Catholic natives said,
"Kill him !" Others said, "Crucify
him !" and others again said, "Confiscate all he's got and exile him !"
Now, sir, is this not a most scandalous piece of inhumanity for those priests
who pretend to be God-fearing and
Christian men to talk about killing a
man because he does not believe as they
do ? And mark my words, they would
have done so if this Spanish and Amer
ican war had not cropped up. This and
nothing else has saved Nanpei from
death or banishment from his island.
Nanpei informs me that the Spanish at
present are a little more ltnient towards
him. He and his family are now permitted to take a stroll every day. He
says it is quite a luxury to be able to get
the sunshine and fresh air.
Now, after being imprisoned for six
months, and receiving at the hands of
his would be murderers the shabbiest
and meanest kind of treatment, now just
let us see how Nanpei has been reveng
cd. For the last three months the
Spanish have had little or no food—in
fact, a famine was inevitable. Now,
where is the supply to come from ?
Nanpei! That's so ! Nanpei sent an
order to his people to bring cattle, pigs,
yams, bread fruit, sugar cane, rice and
bananas, which they did in abundance.
My dear sir, this is the way our warmhearted and generous friend deals with
his enemies. Are they not ashamed ?
Is not this act of forgiveness and generosity onNanpei's part enough to make
Christians of these priests ? I should
imagine so; but my opinion is, nothing
can change their evil and wicked hearts.
They belong soul and body to his Sa
tanic majesty, the Evil One.
It is reported here that the Spanish
have to give up the islands. We sincerely hope that it may be true. If they
are permitted to be remain they would,
I am sure, exterminate all who refused
to come to the Catholic ban. The people are in hopes that the Americans will
take control of the islands for missionary purposes. The natives have a tearful
dread of the Germans getting possession. They claim it will be like jump
ing out of the frying pan into the fire.
A German man of war has been prowling about here for the last three months.
This is why they are so dubious. I may
say, and I speak from experience, that
the people here at Ponape just love and
adore the American people—in fact they
like everjthing that is American. The
people are praying daily and blessing
God for their deliverance.
Some two months ago the priests got
up a sort of a story among the Catholic
natives and told that the Spanish with
four men of-war had taken New York,
and that the Americans were scared to
death and were now sueing for peace.
We hope in a week or two to have
Nanpei here with us.
While I am writing this a Japanese
trading vessel has just arrived. She
brings news of the war being over.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Henry
Beaumont.
Chinese Element at Manila.
A most suggestive fact, in connection
with the coming evangelization of the
Philippines, is the presence there of a
considerable Chinese element. Those
people are likely to be quite accessible
to the Gospel, the more so that they are
somewhat isolated among races strange
to them. It seems quite certain that
under the mild and just American regime, the immigration of Chinese will
be very large. They will be greatly
needed for their skill and industry.
China is near by and crowded. They
will swarm over to the Philippine ports,
just as they now do to Singapore and
the Straits settlements. They will absorb many branches of the industry of
the Islands. Thtre will be no motive
for Americans to exclude them, as there
is no white labor for them to compete
with, all the industries of the country
being carried on by the colored races.
The American ruling racewill need them
on account of their diligence, exactness
and general business capacity, in which
the Filipinos are generally lacking.
Their assistance in developing the resources of the country will be essential
and invaluable.
The Chinese are the best possible immigrants for the purpose of improving
and breeding up uncivilized races. The
thoroughness and intensity of their
civilized and industrial characteristics
supplement the defects of the backward
races in a way that no other civilized
race is capable of doing. It would be
one of the greatest of blessings to the
Filipinos to become part Chinese.
There is therefore to be a strong ten-,
dency to a large movement of Chinese
to that group. An important branch of
the missionary work there will be for
their conversion to Christ. Perhaps
no better agents in such work can be
found than devoted young Chinese who
have. enjoyed such a mixed American
and Chinese education as Mr. Damon
is giving in Mills Institute. The American element in their education would be
of peculiar value under the American
political and business rule in Manila.
S. E. B.
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March, 1899.
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The big steamer Columbia, after a
long history of misfortune, was sold under the hammer a week ago for only
$1500. In San_ Francisco she would
easily bring $40,000, being a large iron
ship, and requiring only adequate repairs
A Probable Shipwreck.
The great spring has nearly
failed which supplies the waterworks
The Edward O'Brien lodged on the
and electric works of Hilo town, and the
plantations can hardly flume their cane. reef at the entrance of the harbor in the
ruary.
The westerly sides of the islands have
enjoyed much more rain in February.
The winter is exceptionally dry.
to become sound and staunch in hull
Easterly rains have set in gently n»ar
and engines. She will probably ply on the end of the month, and may relieve
the Pacific for many years to come. A the drought on the windward side.
new sale is ordered by the Court.
Some reasonable hope appears to exThe immense amount of building this ist that compressed air may be the moseason in Honolulu has overtaxed the tive power for our new street car system.
carrying capacity of all the available This will enable the obstructive trolley
ships on the Coast, and lumber has gone poles to be dispensed with, as well as
up to a high price, at which it seems the dangerous wires.
likely to remain for some time. Builders
are overtaxed by work.
It is learned that heavy rain storms
have been experienced on the windward
Pacific Heights.
sides cf Maui and Hawaii, relieving the
drought in those sections.
A new residence tract, under the above
The steeple of Paia Foreign Church
Bruce,
name, has been opened by
was struck by lightning and badly shatWaring & Co., upon the headland lying tered.
between Pauoa and Nuuanu Valleys.
Heavy freshets have filled the streams
extending from an elevation of 150 to on Oahu.
750 feet. There are about 450 acres in
the tract. Lots will be from l/2acre to Temperance Legislation for the Army.
2 acres in extent. It comprises the well
Among the amendments recently
known Booth property.
adopted by Congress for the new Army
What seems a still more available Bill is one abolishing canteens and the
tract for residences, is the upland beginning at the N. W. end of Judd St., and sale of liquor in the camps. While we
Stretching up along that side of Nuuanu recognize some unavoidable limitations
Valley.
to the general principle of prohibition,
we see no reason why our soldiers
Huge Pumps for Irrigation.
should not be quite rigidly protected
from
that which is the sworn enemy of
Spreckelsville Plantation is installing both their discipline and their health,
four sets of pumps, with a united capac- both so essential to their serviceableness
ity efraising 48,000,000 gallons of water as soldiers. Such prohibition is no
to a height of 380 feet. This will irri- hardship but the greatest mercy. In the
gate 4,000 acres of superior land not heats of the Soudan, Kitchener's men,
without liquor, were healthy and happy.
h'ifherto capable ofcultivation. This is Returning to Cairo and grog, they fell
s*id to be the largest irrigating pumping victims to pestilence.
plant in the world.
Theatrical Morality.
Ewa plantation is putting in an additional [lump delivering 8,000,000 gallons
For the benefit of those who maintain
jn twenty-four hours.
good moral tendency of theatrical
the
Oahu Plantation pumps are now irriwe quote from a Honolulu
performances,
of
gating their recently planted tract
IWo,acres, lying between heights of 100 paper the following:
ano 400 feet. From eight to ten tons "Wailuku 'society' is very sensitive; a
per acre are confidently expected for this fact well demonstrated on last Wednescrop of 1900.
day when a number of the 'select' got
morally shocked at the Kickapoo show
and left the house. The hardened sinRainfall for January.
ners saw the play out and enjoyed a
the group, the rainfall of hearty laughter by the silly action of the
'moralists.' Too bad for the old girls!"
January was very far below even the The truth is that the "sinners" are
.monthly average. The absence of rain everywhere in the numerical majority.
was most remarkable in Hilo, which is The "moralists." however, will generally
usually deluged in January. This year control, when they are consistent and
the whdle district suffers from
, , almost
„ , a resolute. God and the right are on
their side!
..
... .
early morning of the 27th ult. It is near
the spot where the steamship Miowera
lay for six weeks a few years ago. She
has on board 3540 tons of coal from
Departure Bay. The ship will probably
be a total loss. An error was made in
anchoring outside too near the reef, instead of standing off and waiting for
daylight and a pilot.
The Government have decided to proceed immediately with the new Sewerage System under the direction of Mr.
Rudolph Hering. The present instalment will include the district bounded
by Alapai and Beritania Streets and
Nuuanu Stream, including the denser
and business part of the city.
Dr. Pigou, Dean of Boltris, in a vol
ume of reminiscences just published,
tells this among other good stories. A
new curate paid his first visit to an old
woman, who at once said in broad
Yorkshire: "Eh! yore the new curate,
aren't you?" "Yes," he said. "Well
now, I'll tell yer what yer does when
yer comes to see me. You takes that
stool, d'y see? You sits down, reads me
a Psalm—mind, a short Psalm. You
gives me a shilling, and then ye can
go."
A special young man confronted an
old Cjuaker with the statement that he
did not believe in the Bible. The
Cjuaker said:
"Dost thou not believe in France?"
"Yes, though I have not seen it I
have seen others that have; besides
there is plenty of corroborative proof
that such a country does exist."
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Volume b\>.
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The Friend.
Kipling knows intimately the people
We believe that our Hawaiian Christian
India and the vast work done lor
forces will not be laggard in their share of
their welfare by the British official?.
of the coming work.
He is under no illusions as to the weakness and incapacity of the Filipinos,
What to do with the Philippines.
who are probably backward as compared
with the population of India. He dissentiment
of
the
country
The general
cerns a tedious and painful task lying
Editor
to be
into a form
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rate Two DjLLARs rr.n
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S. E. BISHOP
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CONTENTS.
iaok
The Evangelization of th« Philippine.
What to d. with the Phi|,ppine«
The White Mann Runl«,i
Words of Newell DwiKht Hillia
Report on the I'hilipi'li,,-.
IT
Un(|ualificd Imperialist*,
A Cry from Slrrving Millions....
Chief Justice's Silver >Vi!<ldi»«
Was the Death of I hri NI Inevitable?..
Ex-.yueen Wronged Jutlsjc Widcmann
Anglican Church Mov* weni in Hawaii
Judge Widemann Gone
Admiral Lord Chai les ll«trrsf„rd
Record of Eventi....
Marine Journal
Hawaiian Board
Chineae Element at Main'l
Temperance Leglslatioi, for the Army
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The Evangelization of the Philippines.
It is now safe to assume that the
United States *vill hold the Philippines
They have paid to Spain twenty million
dollars for the group. They have fought
several severe hjattles for them by land
and by sea. The stars and stripes are
there to stay.
This means n l(t only that enlightened
government is to oe established over the
cities of the group,
various tribes
also
that
but
the Christian people of
America will se n d to the Philippines the
pure and living Gospel of which they
have hitherto been deprived. As the
wards of America, and subject to our
authority, the cl a im of inhabitants of the
Philippines to < Jtjr religious care must
take precedence of that of other foreign
races. It is to be expected that the various denominations of our Christians
will speedily secjd thither large forces of
able and devout missionaries of both
appears
crystallizing
fairly expressed by the following points
from the N. Y. Times. (Ind.)
"We holds these truths to be deserving
of general acceptance and respected:
"I. We do not need the Philippines.
The undeveloped resources of our own
dom.iin supply a more profitable field
for our activities.
"1 The island fell to us by hazard of
war, and with them certain obligations
to ourselves, to foreign nations, and to
the inhabitants of the archipelago.
"X. It would be cheaper to drop them
and ran, but it would also be disgraceful, and would doom the Filipinos to
present anarchy and future bondage.
"4. We ought to take the islands as
provided in the Treaty, but it should he
the primary object of our policy to make
the FiKpinoa contented, prosperous, or
derly, educated, and ultimately capable
of governing themselves.
"5. They must never become citizen.of the United States."
We shaH hold and rue the Philippine*,
not for pleasure or glory, but for duty's
sake.
"The White Man's Burden."
Rudyard Kipling's seven stanzas with
this title, form a profoundly earnest but
somber appeal, evidently to the Ameri
can Nation, in behalf of their duty to
the people of the Philippines.
Take up the White Man's Burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folks and wild
Your new caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
sexes, to organise Christian work there.
The
exhortation is most altruistic—
does,
as
on the fore
Standing
Hawaii
to devoted, painful, unrewarded, unap
Chria»,an
civilizatian facing predated service; to toil, for the sake of
front of
westward, we of these islands hold spe- helping, relieving, uplifting.
cial relations to s uch coming missionary Take up the White man's burden,
And reap his old reward—
enterprise, and shall have much responThe
concerning
it.
of
no
blame of those ye better,
i*
It
little
sibility
The
hate of those ye guard—
to
American
Christians,
in
advantage
The cry of hosts ye humour
undertaking this new work, that they
(Ah slowly !) towards the light:—
already hold sc. important and so en- "Why brought ye us from bondage,
lightened an outpost on the way thither. Our loved Egyptian night ?"
—
'
btfore the American people, for which
they must gird themselves in patience
and fidelity. We believe they will accept the lesson.
To noble souls the solemn call to
painful duty contains a vastly stronger
force than any call to gain or glory.
Nelson struck the strongest heart chord,
when HtTiafalgar he flung out the signal
"England expects every man to do his
duty."
Words of Newell Dwight Hillis.
We give the following excerpt from
sermon of Dr. Hillis in Ply-
the first
mouth Church, as a sample of the st«,le
vi th* eloquent successoi of Beechei
and Abbott.
ConaiiVr Christ's enormous intellectOptimism is consciousual
ness f hidden reserves. Pessimism is
poveny of -esource. In the hours when
vice c hi. " in like flood, when crime
and passi ,n arc rampant, when suffer
ing seems to sweep over the earth like
sheeted storms, men grow discouraged
and fall into depression. But Christ
stands forth the sublimest optimist in
history. Conscious of His vast intellectual reserves, He felt Himself equal
to any emergency. The moment when
He entered this earthly scene was the
darkest moment in history. It was an
hour when tyranny and crime had gone
upon a carnival. Yet in such an era,
when He saw a thousand wrongs to be
avenged, Christ maintained His serenity
and reigned victorious over life,'s
troubles, believing that with God ','a
thousand years are as one day." He
taught His disciples that God was
abroad everywhere, leavening society
like yeast; that growth was the genius
of the universe; that God can make
vices virtues, pains to be medicines, and
tears to be joys; that ignorance and sin
and lying and uncleanliness shall become extinct like ancient monsters. He
was the poet leading men to discern the
wisdom of the sage in the prattle oi the
child. Looking forward, He saw the
vices waning, saw the earth growing
roseate with benevolence and love, beheld an era when happiness should be
~
universal and righteousness native unto
young and old alike.
Consider Christ's intellectual supremacy as manifested in His statement
that the only sure basis of social ad
vancement is the progress of the common people. Until His time all philosophers had argued that the only way
to elevate the multitude was to strengthen the patrician classes, exalting as
leaders the sons of strength, the sons
of genius, great generals. But Christ
announced a revolutionary principle.
He came foward saying that the leader
is only a step in advance of the pilgrim
band; that the great statesman and deliverer must find in the atmosphere of
the people their nourishment and stimulus; that since the people follow best a
hero who best understands them, the
true leader comes from among the
common people, and is lifted up upon
their shoulders; and this principle
meant more to society than Newton's
principle of gravity meant in the movement of the stars and suns. From the
very moment that Christ proclaimed the
rise and reign of the people, the generations passed under the influence of
His great impulse. Thrones began to
come down and the people to go up.
Social vices began to wane and the
virtues to wax. When Christ set a
guardian angel beside each sleeping
babe, waved the Golden Rule above
each law and statute book, and unfurled
the flag of equality above the slave
market and palace alike, all society felt
a new impulse, and the race that
hitherto had crept slowly forward climbed into the golden chariot with Christ
and swept swiftly on toward those
heights where wisdom and happiness
do dwell.
Christ's thought of God was that of a
being clothed with matchless simplicity
and beauty. He affirmed that God was
man's Father, who had made his
earthly child in His own image; that
man is a miniature of the Divine Being;
that what reason and judgement and
memory and love in the small are in
man they are in the large in the great
Moving on in His thought,
God.
Christ revealed God as the world's burden-bearer, full of an exquisite kindness
and sympathy; that what He was to publican and sinner in Bethlehem, God was
for all maimed and wrecked hearts in all
worlds; that no human tear falls but
God feels it; that no blow smites the
suffering heart but God shrinks and
suffers; that with wistful longing He
follows the publican and the prodigal,
waiting for the hour when He may recover the youth to his integrity, or lead
the man grown gray in sin to His
1899.
induced to submit. It is however nothing else than Imperialism, or subordiunder the rule of a superinr
Rev. Dr. John R. Hykes was sent last nate
power. But do not be afraid of a name !
September to Manila by the American
Bible Society for preliminary inquiries
A Cry from Starving Millions.
as to openings for their work. His reports are favorable on that point.
Mr. P. W. Damon asks The Friend
In respect to political concerns he reto
make notes of an appeal for relief
ports :
Report on the Philippines.
"While there are doubtless many able
men among the Filipinos, I am convinced that they do not have the qualifi
cations which are essential in the founders of a republic. This is not surprising
to one who knows the history of the
Philippines and is familiar with the
effects of Spanish misrule for more than
three centuries. The natives were little
better than savages when the Spaniards
came to the istands, and while contact
with Europeans has of necessity introduced a higher culture, I believe that if
Western influence were to be entirely
withdrawn, civilization would spontaneously die out in the Philippines. The
mass of the people are ignorant in the
extreme, and they are not prepared and
will not be prepared for many years for
self government. It will be generations
before their aspirations to become an independent commonwealth will be realized.
It would be
monstrous to turn the Philippines back
to Spain. It would be a great blunder
to grant them independence. In my
judgment the only proper, the onlyright
thing is for the United States to keep
the whole archipelago and give the people good government and religious liberty. Every Spanish friar ought to be
banished from the islands. If not, there
will be endless trouble. I ought to have
said that the Jesuits were never accused
of the gross immorality with which the
other order* have been so freely charged.
They were driven out of the provinces
by the other religious corporations, and
*
*
*
their work was almost entirely confined
to Manila. There is a priest here in
Shanghai who was in Manila for many
years, and he does not hesitate to say
that the lives of the Spanish friars were
scandalously corrupt."
Unqualified Imperialism.
The Sulu Archipelago is a south
extension of the great Philippine group, reaching from Mindanao to
Borneo. It is stated that President
McKinley proposes to continue the
power which the Sultan of Sulu has enjoyed under Spain, hereafter to be under
Father's house.
the sovereignty and protection of the
United States. This is highly probable,
there
being no other form of governvessels arrived from foreign
ment
to which the Mohammedans and
iin February—nearly double the
als in January.
savages of that extensive group could be
Sixty-six
[March,
THE FRIEND.
18
western
sent by a committee of the 118 mission-
aries in the province of Shantung, China.
A large section of that populous province has lately been laid waste by excessive floods of the Yellow River. Besides
the wide spread destruction of homes, it
is estimated that two millions of people
are starving. "Living in straw huts,
many have absolutely no shelter, subsisting on bark, willow twigs, roots, etc."
This printed appeal is addressed especially to the charitable in America, but
it is hoped that friends in Hawaii will
aid. "Shantung is peculiarly interesting
to American merchants as the best market for their products in all China."
The relations of Hawaii with those great
provinces tend yearly to draw more
Rev. Hunter Corbett writes to Mr.
Damon :
"The overturning at Peking sent a
hostile wave all over the land. Two
Catholic priests and two Protestant missionaries and a number of native Christians have been murdered. Others have
had their homes burned and been com
pellet! to flee for their lives. Wcaie
now anxious with reference to our mission at Ichowfu, in this province.
Some of the stations have been attacked
by mobs, and the country is in a state
of semi rebellion. * *
Our work is
very encouraging. We have lately ordained and settled six native pastors
over churches self-supporting. During
the past year I have been permitted to
receive 140 into the church on profession
of faith.
* * Mrs. Nevius, Miss
Downing and others finished the exam
ination of seventy pupils in the school
in which English is taught. All the pupils pay for boarding and tuition—and
the Chinese friends of the school, not
yet church members, have given the
money to erect fine buildings for the
school."
This statement may as well be added
from the appeal for the starving : "The
natives are doing all in their power.
One firm in Chefoo has contributed the
equivalent of $70,000 U. S. gold in cash
and 10,000 bags of corn, and all classes
are contributing; but let us not forget
that two millions of people are starv-
ing."
Mr. F. W. Damon will gladly receive
and forward any contributions for the
sufferers.
Vol. 57, No. 3.]
THE FRIEND.
was something to be done by it that
could not be done otherwise, because it
On the 18th ult. a dinner was given
We give an abridgment of observations was a ransom (Mark x: 45), a propitiation
I
at the Hawaiian Hotel, by the Hawaiian on this topic by Prof. F. H. Foster of (Rom. iii: 25; John ii: 2), a sin-offering
Cor.
the suffering of a legal
(II
v:
20),
bar, to Chief Justice Albert Francis Pacific Seminary.
penalty (I Pet. ii: 24; cf. Isa. liii: 4,11) in
Judd, on the occasion of the conclusion! The newest form of the subjective our stead. In a word, by his death he
of his twent} -fifth year upon the bench theory of the atonement answers this laid the basis of our forgiveness. That
of the Supreme Court, the longer part question, "Yes." The work of Christ is is the gospel. God so loved the world
only Son, that whosoof the time as Chief Justice. Very hon- the "direct" way of producing reconcilia- that he gave his him,
takes the work to
ever believeth in
between
by
God,
tion
men
and
gaining
orable tributes were paid to the characover rebellious men. This work involves which he was given, viz., his death, and
ter of his servicts by Gen. A. S. Hart- suffering,
and ultimately death, because puts trust for salvation in that, should
well and by President Dole, both of a good man like Christ must suffer oppo- not perish, but have everlasting life
whom had served as Associate Justices. sition, and one so fundamentally opposed (John iii: 16).
We would add the remark that there
The whole of Justice Judd's service has to evil as he must ultimately feel the full
been during a period of political turmoil, force of its murderous antagonism. If has been a wide spread revolt in the
when the Supreme Court was several one would bear witness to the truth as Evangelical churches from the extreme
times called to decide difficult questions he did in the world, death to such an severity
of some of the doctrines held as
as to Royal power and that of the Legis- one was "inevitable." But was it? I
to
the
wrath
of God against sin, which
lature.
This was done with tact do not believe so.
times
made
an "infinite" sacrifice.
many
necessary
and wisdom. The decisions of the
had
avoided
death
Jesus
Supreme Court have continued as for- before; why should he not again ? See In that revolt, there has occurred a
merly to command respect at home and Luke 4:29; John 8:58; John 10:39: John swinging to the other extreme, denying
abroad, and to inspire confidence in the 7:37-44. But on those four occasions
that any expiation is needed in order to
administration of justice in Hawaii.
he deliberately made his escape, "bemake
God's forgiveness of sin safe and
service
rendered
cause
his
hour
was
not
come."
yet
One peculiar
by Mr.
fitting, and in order to bear a divine tesJ udd, fcr which he was specially qualified What docs that mean ?
by his intimate knowledge of the native
When finally he was taken, he might timony against the foul and deadly
people and their language, has been a still have escaped. He knew Judas' nature of sin. The atonement does more
very kind but effective authority exercis- treachery beforehand. He had such a
ed by him over the native magistrates following that friends on every side than to reconcile or win man to God.
scattered throughout the islands. "Tak- would have warned him of secret dan- It removes all obstacle to God's forgiving
ing a deep and abiding interest in the ger. Open attack as he preached had the penitent sinner. Such is the plain
native race, he could deal wisely with already been found impracticable. He doctrine of the New Testament, as cited
their weaknesses and errors, and by gen- would have won his way and could not above. See also Eph. 1: 7, and
Col. 1:14.
tle coercion prevent them from doing have been suppressed, any more than
We have no fear that the churches
grevious wrong." This has educated his church could be.
them towards a civilized standard of
So from the divine side he had every will not in due time swing back to this
administering justice. Mr. Judd has facility for escape—"the twelve legions clear and reasonable New Testament
been Chief Justice longer than any of of angels." But he would not use the doctrine.
his predecessors, Lee, Robertson, Allen superhuman powers for his own deliverand Harris. His incumbency has been ance.
characterized by tact, urbanity, sound
And now, to re-enforce all these con- Ex-Queen Wronged Judge Widemann.
decisions, and maintenance of the res- siderations, and finally uproot this idea
pect felt for the Supreme Court. In a of "inevitability," came his constant
The late Judge H. A. Widemann had
different way, he has rendered Hawaii declarations as to his death. He "came been a steadfast friend and supporter of
services well comparable to those of his to give his life" (Mark x: 4f>); he laid
down his life for the sheep" (John x: 11, Liliuokalani. In July, 1894, she sent
distinguished father, Dr. G. P Judd.
15), and though in one sense this was him and two other gentlemen to WashMany friends will remember Miss A. like the shepherd who meets death un- ington to ascertain whether President
Maud Gould of Augusta, Maine, who intentionally and incidentally in the at- Cleveland would do anything more for
tempt to save his sheep, in another it
was a guest of Minister Stevens in 1893. was very different, for "no one taketh her restoration. They were unable to
She died here February 10th, of con- my life from me," he says (Y. 18), see the President, but obtained a letter
sumption. Funeral services were held neither conspiring man nor raging devil, from him which explicitly declined to
for no one had any power to take it, but take any farther steps in that direction.
at Central Union Church.
he "laid it down ofhimself." In Hebrews On page 259 of her book, the ex-queen
the same thought is
Endowment Wanted for Kohala Girls' tenth (v. 5-10)
language which implies the negclearly brought out. Jesus came to do uses
School.
and inefficiency of Mr. Wideligence
the will of God, and that will was that
should
that
mann
and
his colleagues. To this Mr.
he
sacrifice
himself.
He
did
An important appeal is made by the
There was nothing "inevitable" Widemann recently replied in a pamphwill.
Board of Managers of Kohala Seminary
about it. It was in the highest degree let which has not been circulated in
for Hawaiian girls, to raise its small en- voluntary. When "his hour was come" Honolulu, repelling her accusation, and
dowment to $50,000. For twenty-four —the hour for him to surrender himself giving documentary evidence of their
years this school has been d'dng excel- —he did it, as John narrates.
care and diligence in her service.
lent work, and has sent out large numThe fact destroys the new subjective
The inference is made by others, that
bers of well-trained young women. An theory of the atonement, root and branch. Liliuokalani is not trustworthy in her
average of fifty girls here receive careful Jesus did not meet death incidentally and statements. The affair also confirm* a
Christian culture,and industrial training, inevitably while doing something else. prevalent feeling among her former
as well as a full course of the public He met death for his own sake, because supporters that she is not appreciative
school studies.
that was his chief work, because there of their efforts in her behalf.
Chief Justice's Silver Jubilee.
Was the Death of Christ Inevitable?
19
20
Anglican Church Movement in Hawaii.
THE FRIEND.
W. C. T. U. Willard Meeting.
[March, 1899.
Judge Widemann Gone.
The following statements are from the The Women's Christian Temperance Worn out by old age and a laborious
Union held a meeting on the 21st ult. life, Judge Hermann A.Wideman passed
Hawaiian Star:
"Articles of incorporation of the to commemorate the death of Miss Wil- away Feb. 7, at the age of 76. He had
Church Defense and Extension Associa 'ard one year ago. There was a touch- made Hawaii his home ior nearly fifty
fion haye 1 been filed with the Minister of ing address by Rev. Mr. Kincaid, who
years, and had held many important
Interior and are now before the cabinet counted the
one
departed
high
among
offices, including those of 2d Associate
for a charter.
earth's
saints.
A
touching
was
eulogy
"The purpose of the organization, as
Justice of the Supreme Court for five
Mrs. years, Minister of Interior under Kalastated in its petition for charter, is to read by Mrs. J. M. Whitney.
protect and advance the interests of the Williams, of Minneapolis, spoke of Miss kaua and Minister of Finance under
Episcopal Church in Hawaii, to estab Willard as a personal friend.,
He was a man of strict
The noblest tribute to the departed Liliuokalani.
lish a mission among the Japanese and
and success in business, havintegrity
to issue a propaganda to the church in founder of the W. C. T. U. is what the ing large wealth.
the United States of the true status of Union is doing to continue the work
Mr. Widemann married in 1860 Mary
with increasing ardor and growing wis
the church here.
Kauai, a Hawaiian lady of great worth,
"The real purpose of the association dom.
who survives him. He leaves seven
is indicated in its name. There can be
daughters and two sons. Six daughters
Anglican Church Troubles.
no misconstruction of the word 'defense.'
are married to citizens of substance.
The end and aim is a union of interests
The grandchildren form a large flock.
The vicar of Hexton in England, has
with the church in America, which
Mt. Widemann was strenuously opshould have been done some"months drawn upon himself the displeasure of posed to the Reciprocity Treaty and to
ago. Undoubtedly the association will the Bishop of Peterborough, because he Annexation. As a devout
Catholic he
attain great strength and will shortly insisted on administering the Lord's was a tenacious opponent of much that
hold the power in the Episcopal com- Supper in a Congregational Church at had the support of the
Protestant mamunity. The troubles of the past will Wellingborough to a large number of jority, but was respected by all parties.
churchmen who could not feel at home
then naturally solve themselves."
It is understood that this Association in the excessively ritualistic atmosphere
An Unexciting Election.
their own churches. This bold vicar
has the earnest moral support of the two of
announces his intention of founding a
On the 24th ult. Mr. Theo. F. Lanleading Anglican ministers, and the society of the Lord's Supper, "to pro
financial support of all the laymen of vide the sacraments of the Established sing was elected Senator for Oahu, in
wealth in that church. We probably Church foi those Protestant churchmen place of Senator Schmidt, resigned. He
do not misconstrue "defense" by saying who are driven from the altars of that was the only candidate nominated, and
church by the practices of Romanizing
no votes could therefore be cast for any
that it is directed against their Bishop, priests."—N. Jr. Observer.
other person. Out of some 600 regiswith whom they are in grievous litigaAll this activity of differences in the
tion, to prevent his alleged unlawful Church of England may be favorably re- istered Senatorial electors, only eightyexercise of authority. May they soon
four voted at the sixteen polling stations
win out of their troubles, made thereby garded as a wholesome sign of vitality. —at five stations three each, at two stastronger and better fitted for fruitful No serious fear need be felt that the tions two each, and at one station only
service in Christ's work.
English people will ever revert to one. In all future elections there will no
doubt be well organized Democratic and
Popery.
Republican parties with their opposing
Does Honolulu need a Crematory ?
candidates.
Death of Mrs. Dickenson.
Were this a large city, this question We have to record, with the tenderes Increase of Ocean Steamships
at Honolulu.
might be answered Yes, knowing how regard, the death at Lahaina on the 25tht
many people favor that method of dis ult. of Mrs. Henry Dickenson, Sr., at
posing of their dead. At present, there the age of 79 years. The feebleness of During the last three months of 1897
there were twenty-six arrivals of ocean
would hardly be sufficient use of it to
age had been growing upon her for some
justify the expense of such an establish- months. Mrs. Dickenson has resided merchant steamships at Honolulu.
During the same period in 1898 there
ment.
continuously in Lahaina since 1856, were thirty-six such arrivals,
making an
We have no religious scruples about nearly 43 years, and longer than any
cremation. But there is a tender feeling other white lady has done. She was a increase of ten steamships in our ocean
towards what were once the living forms woman of refined and noble character, traffic in one year, or nearly forty per
of our loved ones, which makes one de- of great sweetness of disposition, and of cent. Such a rate of growth in that
sire to lay them at rest in the earth earnest devout piety. Her husband was traffic is portentous.
During those three months in 1898
where one can visit their graves, know- a brother of the late Mrs. John Thomas
Waterhouse,
and
died
some
there
were in addition fourteen U. S.
twenty-five
ing that they are there. Many too feel
ago. Mrs. Dickenson leaves two transport steamers calling at ihis
years
port
a strong repugnance to having their
married daughters, Mrs. Thos. Haysel- en route to and from Manila.
own earthly forms destroyed by fire. den and Mrs. L. M. Baldwin, also three
It isgiven out that the Oceanic SteamLet the disposal of the frail tenement sons, Mr. Henry Dickenson of Lahaina, ship Co. are about to build two, and
be left to each one's choice. It will and Messrs Walter and Frank, of Rock- perhaps three, new steamships of 6000
wood, Oregon. Our relations with the tons aid 17 knots for their Australian
make no difference in the end, if by
Dickensons were intimate and
Gods grace we "attain unto the resur- pleasant, forty years ago, when most route via Honolulu. These will be
their larger and swifter than any now calling
rection from the dead."
children were young.
here.
Vol. 57, No. 3.]
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.
21
THE FRIEND.
dition. We were glad to see in com-
mand our old friend Captain Barker, who
The visit at Honolulu of this distin- was so long in service here in command
guished sailor and statesman has been of the cruiser Philadelphia. The latter
an event of interest. His personality is ship was also in port, under Admiral
Kautz, en route to Samoa.
one both impressive and agreeable. But
his errand in this Pacific hemisphere
President Hosmer, of Oahu College,
lends the chief importance to the occa
has
caused the extension of the famous
sion. It is in the interest of maintaining
night-blooming
cereus hedge to the
the integrity of the Chinese Empire, and
of
a
mile
on
the street wall of the
length
thereby an "open door" for the comcollege grounds. This hedge, covered
merce ot all the nations of Europe with at times with many thousands at once of
that Empire, which is in imminent dan- the great white plumy bells, was a noted
ger from the aggressions of Russia as object of admiration more than forty
well as of France. Lord Beresford years ago.
aims at the united action on the part of
the Powers chiefly interested, namely,
The New Kihei Plantation.
England, Germany, America and Japan.
Their combined action will effectually
A new sugar plantation of the first
frustrate the present attempts of Russia class has just been organized. It is at
and France to break up the Chinese
empire and subjugate its fragments to Kihei, on the lower western slope of
their own control and commercial mo- Haleakala, East Maui, and south of the
nopoly, to the exclusion of the rest of great plantation at Spreckelsville. It
the world. Beresford desires to see comprises some 9000 acres of land,
China organize an effective military
force, supplemented by a railway sys partly belonging to the Haleakala ranch.
tern. This implies complete political These lands will be irrigated from surand financial reform. The admiral's face wells near the shore, by means of
views are clear, broad and statesman- steam pumps forcing the water to any
like. They must produce a strong im- required height not exceeding 800 feet.
pression upon the world. One thing is The plantation is capitalized at three
evident : that the Czar s admirable prop- million dollars, one half of which is asosition of disarmament needs to be ac signed as paid up stock to the owners of
companied with an abandonment of the land, chief among whom are Messrs.
Russia's grasping policy.
H. P. Baldwin and L. A. Thurston.
The assessable half of the shares were
Guam is becoming our close neighbor all eagerly subscribed for in Honolulu
in a few hours and now command a
politically, and soon to be so by steamer handsome
premium. Mr. B. F. Diland cable. It is said to be about twen- lingham is prominent as
chief promoter
ty-seven miles by seven, and to contain of the concern. The seed cane is al10,000 inhabitants, chiefly of the abo- ready growing. Mr. W. F. Pogue is
riginal race, but partly civilized by manager and Mr. Baldwin president.
Spanish and priestly rule tor 300 years. Several of the worthy gentlemen named
Free schools and the Bible will do much have already gone far beyond the dan
for them.
ger line of the "needle's eye." May the
Lord mercifully keep all of his believing
people from "trusting in riches" which
Visit of Battleship Oregon.
he has permitted them to gain. We
Our city has just been favored by a shall all soon find ourselves in the
fifteen-days' visit from this famous war- world beyond, where our greatest regret
is liable to be for having failed, not in
ship. Large numbers of our people vissuccessfully gaining, but in rightly
ited her decks, although lying outside of using for the Lord these earthly riches.
the harbor. She sailed the 20th for
Guam and Manila. The Oregon had
Riverside Park.
made a noble record of battle service in
On the right bank ofthe newly walledbeing the chief agent at Santiago in
Nuuanu river, mauka of the railway
in
and
overtaking
destroying Admiral Cervera's flagship, the Christopher Colon. station, is an open area of about three
She had also made that wonderful rec- acres. This was a low swamp until reord of a voyage from Puget's Sound cently reclaimed by pumping upon it
through the straits of Magellan to Key harbor mud
by the dredger. This raised
West, arriving in perfect order for inthe
some
surface
five feet. This ground
stant service with Sampson's fleet. To
this proof of the superb skill of her has been set apart by the Government
builders, she has now added that of an- for a park, designed especially as a reother run back to the Pacific, and from sort for the poorer classes inhabiting
Callao to Honolulu, still in perfect con- that section of the city. Its use has
been delayed by the necessity of taking
a part of the new soil to raise neighbor,
ing streets to the needed grade. The
earth removed has been again filled in
by the dredger. It is expected that the
new ground will now be leveled and
beautified, and become a lovely garden
spot amid the sordid surroundings.
Across the stream runs a noble street
along the river, extending from Vineyard
street to the harbor, with continuation
through Queen street.
Eye
and Ear Infirmary.
Active steps have been taken by our
benevolent citizens for the immediate
establishment of an infirmary for the
treatment of diseases of the eye artd ear
of indigent persons. A cottage will be
fitted up with hospital beds and all needed appliances. Substantial subscriptions
have been made for equipment and
maintenance.
RECORD OF EVENTS.
Feb. Ist.—Cave of "pictured rock*"
discovered near Koko Head.
3rd.—Lord Charles Beresford arrives
from the Orient, per America Maru, and
is welcomed by a committee of British
residents. At the Consulate an address
was presented him and an informal re*
ception held. In the evening the general reception followed by a ball gathered
a large attendance to do honor to the
distinguished guest.
4th.—Collision of a hack and bicycle,
causing injuries to the wheelman, one of
the "boys in blue" from the Scandia,
en route to Manila, from which he died
the following day.
sth.—The battleship Oregon arrive*,
from Callao, and anchors outside. Many
visitors welcome the noble ship to these
waters, and extend aloha to Captain
Barker in his safe return.—W. Hansen,
carpenter of one of the vessels in the
harbor, dies from heart failure while in
swimming.—The Y. P. S. C. E. observes the 18th anniversary of their organization in this city.
6th.—Prof. Hitchcock addresses the
Social Science Club on his recent visit
to New Zealand, etc. —Fitful delugesthrough the night give the city a much
needed rain supply.
7th.—Death of H. A. Widemann, one
of Honolulu's esteemed citizens, aged
76 years.
9th.—Observance of Chinese New
Year begins, to the discomfort of many
households —Funeral services at the
Catholic Church of thelate H. A. Widemann, largely attended; interment in
Nuuanu Cemetary. The banks and
business houses generally suspended
traffic at 1 p. m.
10th.—Mr. H. C. Tower, Ist officer of
the Gayhead, is brought from Koasa,
22
[March, 1899.
THE FRIEND
Hawaii, having been landed there for
surgical aid for injuries sustained from
the explosion of a bomb-gun while
whaling off the coast. —A large party of
officials and others, with the band, on
the Kilohana, serenade Captain Barker,
officers and men of the Oregon, at anchor
off the port.—A big day of shipping ar
rivals.
11th.—Arrival of the Philadelphia,
from San Diego en routeto Samoa.—Mr.
Theo. F. Lansing is nominated as candidate for Senaterial honors, succeeding
H. W. Schmidt, resigned. —Mysterious
murder of a Malay man in the tenement
quarters of Kapuukolo: a case to test
detective skill.
ofKauai, is ar
13th.—Jules Titcomb,
charged with the
rested in this city,
death of a native woman, under suspi
cious circumstances, several months
ago.
15th.—News received of severe fight
ing at Manila, in which Aguinaldo's
forces are routed, but at a loss of many
lives op both sides.—Customs officials
with the tug Eleu capture a large quantity of opium buoyed outside the reef,
and arrest "three men in a boat" in connection therwith.
16th.—U. S. Consul Haywood gave
a dinner, at his residence, in honor of
Admiral Kautz, which was a brilliant
affair. With the prominent naval officers present were President Dole and a
number of the diplomatic corps.
17th.—Death of Geo. W. Norton, an
old time kamaaina, aged 83 years.—
Stock of the new Kihei Plantation, on
Maui, is put on the market and more
than the limit subscribed for by noon-
—Br ss Belgian King, Weirs, from San Diego.
23rd.—At an alarm of fire for the 19—
Am schr Repeat, Olsen, from Alwrdeen.
stable,
of
Colburn's
a
F.
2il- Br ss Aorangi, Hepworth, fiom Victoria.
burning
J.
Vine, Small, from Kureka.
—Am
hack horse rushed off madly and beside 21—Am schr
schr Bessie X Stevens, Hamer, from San Francisco
Br ss Gaelic, Pinch, from Yokohama.
wrecking its own carriage caused dam- 28—Br
ss Carlisle City, Aitken, from Yokohama.
age to two others. During same alarm -Am bktn
Planter, Marden, from San Kraiu i-co.
25Am schr American Cdrl, Nilsen, from Port Towtisend.
a wheelman was knocked down and
—Am schr Aloha, Dalwl, from San Krancisco.
severely injured in the face by a ridden —Br ss Fausang, Mom ur, from Yokohama.
'26—Am hkiu Skagit, Robinson, from Puget Bound.
horse, and smashing the bicycle.
—Am bktn Kurt ka. Schon, from Kureka.
sh Kdward O'Brien, Lathrop, from Departure Bay
27—Am
iMth.—Election day: it is now Senator
(ashore)
lap >s America Man., Lope, from San Francisco.
Lansing.—A cloud-burst in the mounU SS Celtic, from San Krancisco
tain after night-fall suddenly increases —Am
schr Corona, Anderson, frcm Port Towuseiid.
from Ta« oma.
Nuuanu stream and causes some flurry '2M Am sh C F Sarge-it, Haskell,
Jap ss Hongkong Mam, Kilmer, from Yokohama.
the
sections
which
in
suffered damage
last year, but by moonlight the waters
DEPASTURES.
began to subside and all danger was
passed.
I—Jap ss Nippon Maru, Kvatis, for Yokohama.
Br ss Molina, Carey, for San Fr.iuci-.to
25th.—At an auction sale of sundry
Am si Mariposa, Hayward, for the Colonies.
sh St Francis, Winn, for New York.
parcels of real estate in different parts 3—Am
4-Jap ss America Maru, Cope, foi San Francisco.
of the city high figures were obtained 5—Am hk Ceylon, Willard, for Ta< oma.
bk S C Allen. Thompson, for San Kram isco.
throughout.—Lecture at the Y. M. C. —Am
U S transport Scandia, Hart, for Manila.
A. hall by Col. VVhyte on "Mining in 7- U S transport Morgan City, Dillon, for Manila.
ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, for Yokohama.
the Klondike" securedagood attendance. 10—Am
—Am schr Bertie Minor, Raven, for San Kram i-<
Anamlia, Harder, for Port I ownsend.
sh
11—Br
27th.—Ship Edward O'Brien, coal —Am schr
Mildred, Kindler, for Puget Sound.
laden, anchoring at 3 a. m. too close in 13—Am hk Martha Davis, Prill, for San Krancisco.
bktn
Klikitat. Cutler, for Port Tc-wnsend.
shore drags her anchor and grounds on —Am
U S transport Senator, Patterson, for Manila.
U
transport
Ohio, Boggs, for Manila.
H
the reef at the entrance of the harbor, 14—Haw
l.k Matina Ala, Smith, for San Krancisco.
Steam
long.
the
Miowera
so
lay
where
IS—An s< hr Jessie- Minor, Whitney, for San Kram im o.
—Am s» City of Peking, Smith, for San Krancis. >
tugs have rendered aid all day with no —Br
ss Miowera, Hemming, for Vancouver.
apparent result.—Rev. C. H. Yatman 16— Am sh Fort George, Morse, for San Krancisco.
hk Harry Morse, Fullerton, for Astoria.
begins a season of evangelistic work at 17—Am
—Br bk Dominion, Beniuist, for Royal Koads.
—Am wh bk Andrew Hick-, Storey, for the Ocholsk.
the Methodist Church.
18 Br ss Copiic, Sealliy, for Yokohama.
Am hk St Catherine, Matthews, for Hilo.
28th—Death of D. F. Sanford, anoth
19—U S transport Centennial. Pierce, for Manila.
er old time resident.—C. H. Judd sus
Am brgtn W G Irwin, Williams, for San Krancisco.
hktn S G Wilder, McNeil for San Krancisco.
tains severe injury from the kick of a 20—Am
—Am bktn Uncle John, Murchison. for Port Townsend.
vicious colt.
U S cruiser ■ regon, Barker, fur Manila.
—
—
—
—
..
.
—
—
—
——U S Iris, Veerier, for Manila
21 Am Australia, Houdlette, fur San Krancisco.
for Snn
— Br-sschr C S Finch,
Sound.
Holmes, Johnson, for
22—Am
Mmr
ss
Gaelic,
Marine
PORT
time.
Journal.
OF HONOLULU,
JANUARY.
ARRIVALS.
Chief Justice Judd
at the Hawaiian Hotel, in recognition of
his twenty-fifth years service; largely at
lgth.—Dinner to
1— |ap ss Nippon Maru, Evans, fom San Francisco.
—Am ss Mariposa, Hayward, from San Francisco.
—Br ss Moana, Carey, from the Colonies.
2—Am bktn S G Wilder, McNtil, from San Francisco.
—U S transport Scandia, Hart, from San Francisco.
by bench and bar.
—Jap ss America Maru, Cope, from Yokohama.
King,
of
the
Belgian
19th.—Arrival
4—U S transport Morgan City, Dillon, from San Krancisco
5—U
S S Oregon, Barker, from Callao.
the pioneer boat in the new "Santa Fe —Am bk
C 1> Bryant, Colly, from San Krancisco.
from San Diego to Hongkong, en —Am -chr Prosper, Paulsen, from Ta.oma.
9—U
S
tiansport Senator, Patterson, Irom San Krancisco
route for the Orient.
—U S transport Ohio, Bogg-, from San Krancisco.
—Am ss Rio dc Janeiro, Ward, from San Francisco.
20th.—The old Market building, on 10—Ambk
Albert, Griffith, from San Krancisco
Street, occupied for many years —Am brgtn W G Irwin, Williams, from San Krancisco.
bktn
S N Castle, Hubbard, from San Francisco.
by C. Brewer & Co. is a thing of the —Am
Am sh I F Chapman. Thompson, from San Krancisco.
to
give
McAllep, from Port Townsend.
been
demolished
schr
Endeavor.
—Am
past, having
bktn Uncle John, Murchison, from Eureka.
place to a new two storied structure for —Am
from Newcastle.
Tobiason,
—Norsh Hercules,
bktn Jane L Stanford, Johnston, from Newcastle.
this pioneer house. —The Oregon and 11—Am
Philadelphia,
from
Sa i Diego.
White,
—U S S
her tender, Iris, sails for Manila.
—U S S collier Scindia Watson, from Callao.
from
Callao.
Iris,
VeeJer,
—U S S stiar
21st.—The much libelled ss. City
12—Am schr Robt Lewert, t oodman, from San Francisco
is sold at auction by the —Am schr La Ninfa, Benjamin, from Seattle via Hilo.
—Am schr C S Holmes, Johnson, from Seattle.
Marshal, but for $ 1,500. Subsequently, IS—Am
schr Muriel, Carl-.en, from Newcastle.
to
conbk Linlithgowshire, Anderson, from London.
—Br
the
Court
refused
on petition,
—Am schr Alton, Neil-on, from Hilo.
—Am schr Maria E Smith, Smith, from Port Townsend.
firm the sale and ordered the vessel to 14—Am
schr Mary F Foster, Thompson, from Port Blakcly
be resold.—Annual meeting of the Ha—Am schr Oceania Vance, Ankers, from Newcastle.
Newsboy, Mollestad, from Newcastle.
waiian Societyof Sons and Daughters of —Amshbktn
Br Star of France, Ulyatt, from Santa Rosalie, Mcx
the American Revolution at the resi- 16—Am
ss City of Peking, Smith, from Yokrhama.
Captain —Am ss Australia, Houdlette, from San Francisco.
dence of Chief
-Br ss Miowera, Hemming, from the Colonies.
Draper of the Engineer corps gave an 15—U S transport Centennial, Pierce, from San Francisco.
—Am schr Transit, Jorgenson, from San Francisco
address.
—Am schr Annie M Campbell, Fridberg, from Everett.
—Am wh sh Andrew Hicks, Shorey, f.om San Krancisco
22nd.—Washington's birthday parand cruise.
tially observed as a holiday.— D-parture 17—Hawbk
Andrew Welch, Drew, from San Francisco.
de—A
—Br ss Coptic, Sealbv, from San Krancisco.
of the Philadelphia for Samoa.
18—Am
Golden
Gate, Balfour, from Caleta Buena.
bk
lightful entertainment was given at the —U S collier Brutus, Cottman from Manila.
Philip, from Liverpool.
bk
lavermark,
—Br
the
day.
is
honor
of
C.
Puget
-US cruiser Philadelphia, Kant/, for Samoa.
23 —Am bktn S N Castle. Hubbard, for San f rant wo.
24—Am bk Albert. Griffith, for San I'raut i-« o.
-US transport Brutus., Cottnian, for San Krancisco.
Br ss Carlisle City, Aitken, lor San Diego.
—Am schr Prosper, Paul-en, for Puget Sound.
Am hk Oregon, Parker, for I'ort Townwrl
'26 Br ss Kausang, Moncur, for Portland.
27—Jap ss America Maru, Cope, for Yokohama.
Nor hk Helios, Chri-tianson, for San Krancisco.
—
•
—
tended
Line"
Queen
of
Columbia
Justice Judd.
Y. M.
A.
—
Fran(i-<->
MARRIAGES.
NOWELL- TAPLIN—At the residence of 11. M. WhitMy, fob. 2d, by the RtT. W. M. Kin.aid, Allen M.
Nowell, of I'ahala, Hawaii, to Miss Kuth Tajilin, of
lloston.
BURNS—ArONCi—At the residence of J. A. MaK ...n.
this.ity, Keb. 13th. by the- Rev. \V,„. M. Kirn aid, I. K.
Burns to Miss Bessie AfonK.
BERGER—CLARK-At Waikiki, Fob. Ist, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McChcMMy, l.y the Rev. H. H.
Parker, C'.ipt. H. Merger, of Honolulu, to Miss Rose
Clark, of Cnristchurch, New Zealand.
BIRTHS.
4th. to the wife of Or. C. R
Wood, a son.
THRUM In this city, Feb. ftth, tt> ihr wife of F. Wm.
Thrum, a daughter.
CROCKETT—At Hil), Hawaii, Feb. Hth,to the wife of
Albeit WalloCrocket!, a MO.
ROACH —In ihis city, Feb. tthh. to the wife of D. W
Roach, a son.
WOOD-In
Honolulu, Feb
DEATHS.
WIDF.MANN—At his residence, Punahou. this city, Feb.
7th, H. A Widemann. a native of Hanover, aged 7o years
WILLS At Pahala, Hawaii, Feb. Bth, T L. Will«, a
native of Lincolnshire, England
"9 years.
NORTON—In this city, Feb. I7tb, (let. B. Norton, a
native of New Hedfoid, Mass aged 83 years.
DICKKNSON-At Lahaina, at the residence of her
daughter, Mpe. T. J. Hayselden. Mrs. Dickenson, a resident of these islands for the past forty-eight years.
SANDFORD— In Honolulu, Feb. 28ih, Dan'l F. Sandford,
a native of BoMe-n, Mas*, aged 74 yeari.
,
HAWAIIAN BOAKB.
HONOLULU. H.
I.
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. 0. P. Emerson,
-
Editor.
Ponape, Nov. 28, 1898.
Rev. O. P. Emerson
Respected Sir—
I am instructed by Mr. H. Nanpei,
who is, I am sorry to say, still held in
captivity by the Spanish authorities here
on Ponape. It is now just six months
since Nanpei, with his wife and five
children, were taken captives and confined in a cold, damp room to eke out
their existence as best they could. And
all for what ? Simply because they
were Protestants and refused to become
Catholics. Nanpei has indeed had a
very hard time of it. He was not permitted to see any of his friends, neither
was he allowed to write or receive any
letters. On one occasion he, Nanpei,
asked one of the officials why it was he
could not write to or see any of his
friends. "Well," replied the Captain,
"the Governor was going to release you,
but now he cannot do it because the
Spanish and Americans are at war."
Nanpei said, "What have I got to do
with the war ?" "Oh," said the Captain, "you are too much of an American.
You like the American missionaries too
much, and the American people, too,
and now you have got to remain here
until we whip the Americans, and then
you may be allowed to go."
I wish to say that those priests have
been after Nanpei for months prior to
this outbreak, to get him to renounce
his faith. They have held out all sorts
of inducements to him, but he will not
and cannotdo that. Those astute priests
know very well that Nanpei is the only
and principal obstacle in their way, and
which I am inclined to say is quite true.
However, Nanpei will not yield one
iota. He believes, heart and soul, in
the faith which he has received from the
American missionaries.
There is no
wavering and no flinching with Nanpei,
and it is my candid belief that had this
man Nanpei been educated in America
or elsewhere he would have been an ex
ceedingly clever man. I have worked
seven years for this man Nanpei, and I
know him thoroughly. I have always
found him to be truthful, and he will
keep his promise at no matter what cost
to himself. I firmly believe, also, that
Nanpei is a true Christian, who makes
it the rule of his life to do good and
forego evil. I have found, also, that
Nanpei is a man that is capable of tremendous opposition if any one manifests
a desire to interfere with his rights,
hence all this trouble. Nanpei claims
that religion is a strictly private affair,
:
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THE FRIEND.
Vol. 57, No. 3.]
in which no one has a right to interfere.
The antipathy and hatred that those
priests manifest towards the Protestants
here is something intense. Nanpei has
not only had to battle and contend
against the Governor and ten priests,
but against two thirds of the island besides, so you may easily imagine the
sort of time he has had of it.
Several meetings have been held during his confinement for the purpose of
finding out the best and surest way of
disposing of Nanpei. The priests and
the majority of the Catholic natives said,
"Kill him !" Others said, "Crucify
him !" and others again said, "Confiscate all he's got and exile him !"
Now, sir, is this not a most scandalous piece of inhumanity for those priests
who pretend to be God-fearing and
Christian men to talk about killing a
man because he does not believe as they
do ? And mark my words, they would
have done so if this Spanish and Amer
ican war had not cropped up. This and
nothing else has saved Nanpei from
death or banishment from his island.
Nanpei informs me that the Spanish at
present are a little more ltnient towards
him. He and his family are now permitted to take a stroll every day. He
says it is quite a luxury to be able to get
the sunshine and fresh air.
Now, after being imprisoned for six
months, and receiving at the hands of
his would be murderers the shabbiest
and meanest kind of treatment, now just
let us see how Nanpei has been reveng
cd. For the last three months the
Spanish have had little or no food—in
fact, a famine was inevitable. Now,
where is the supply to come from ?
Nanpei! That's so ! Nanpei sent an
order to his people to bring cattle, pigs,
yams, bread fruit, sugar cane, rice and
bananas, which they did in abundance.
My dear sir, this is the way our warmhearted and generous friend deals with
his enemies. Are they not ashamed ?
Is not this act of forgiveness and generosity onNanpei's part enough to make
Christians of these priests ? I should
imagine so; but my opinion is, nothing
can change their evil and wicked hearts.
They belong soul and body to his Sa
tanic majesty, the Evil One.
It is reported here that the Spanish
have to give up the islands. We sincerely hope that it may be true. If they
are permitted to be remain they would,
I am sure, exterminate all who refused
to come to the Catholic ban. The people are in hopes that the Americans will
take control of the islands for missionary purposes. The natives have a tearful
dread of the Germans getting possession. They claim it will be like jump
ing out of the frying pan into the fire.
A German man of war has been prowling about here for the last three months.
This is why they are so dubious. I may
say, and I speak from experience, that
the people here at Ponape just love and
adore the American people—in fact they
like everjthing that is American. The
people are praying daily and blessing
God for their deliverance.
Some two months ago the priests got
up a sort of a story among the Catholic
natives and told that the Spanish with
four men of-war had taken New York,
and that the Americans were scared to
death and were now sueing for peace.
We hope in a week or two to have
Nanpei here with us.
While I am writing this a Japanese
trading vessel has just arrived. She
brings news of the war being over.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Henry
Beaumont.
Chinese Element at Manila.
A most suggestive fact, in connection
with the coming evangelization of the
Philippines, is the presence there of a
considerable Chinese element. Those
people are likely to be quite accessible
to the Gospel, the more so that they are
somewhat isolated among races strange
to them. It seems quite certain that
under the mild and just American regime, the immigration of Chinese will
be very large. They will be greatly
needed for their skill and industry.
China is near by and crowded. They
will swarm over to the Philippine ports,
just as they now do to Singapore and
the Straits settlements. They will absorb many branches of the industry of
the Islands. Thtre will be no motive
for Americans to exclude them, as there
is no white labor for them to compete
with, all the industries of the country
being carried on by the colored races.
The American ruling racewill need them
on account of their diligence, exactness
and general business capacity, in which
the Filipinos are generally lacking.
Their assistance in developing the resources of the country will be essential
and invaluable.
The Chinese are the best possible immigrants for the purpose of improving
and breeding up uncivilized races. The
thoroughness and intensity of their
civilized and industrial characteristics
supplement the defects of the backward
races in a way that no other civilized
race is capable of doing. It would be
one of the greatest of blessings to the
Filipinos to become part Chinese.
There is therefore to be a strong ten-,
dency to a large movement of Chinese
to that group. An important branch of
the missionary work there will be for
their conversion to Christ. Perhaps
no better agents in such work can be
found than devoted young Chinese who
have. enjoyed such a mixed American
and Chinese education as Mr. Damon
is giving in Mills Institute. The American element in their education would be
of peculiar value under the American
political and business rule in Manila.
S. E. B.
24
March, 1899.
THE FRIEND.
The big steamer Columbia, after a
long history of misfortune, was sold under the hammer a week ago for only
$1500. In San_ Francisco she would
easily bring $40,000, being a large iron
ship, and requiring only adequate repairs
A Probable Shipwreck.
The great spring has nearly
failed which supplies the waterworks
The Edward O'Brien lodged on the
and electric works of Hilo town, and the
plantations can hardly flume their cane. reef at the entrance of the harbor in the
ruary.
The westerly sides of the islands have
enjoyed much more rain in February.
The winter is exceptionally dry.
to become sound and staunch in hull
Easterly rains have set in gently n»ar
and engines. She will probably ply on the end of the month, and may relieve
the Pacific for many years to come. A the drought on the windward side.
new sale is ordered by the Court.
Some reasonable hope appears to exThe immense amount of building this ist that compressed air may be the moseason in Honolulu has overtaxed the tive power for our new street car system.
carrying capacity of all the available This will enable the obstructive trolley
ships on the Coast, and lumber has gone poles to be dispensed with, as well as
up to a high price, at which it seems the dangerous wires.
likely to remain for some time. Builders
are overtaxed by work.
It is learned that heavy rain storms
have been experienced on the windward
Pacific Heights.
sides cf Maui and Hawaii, relieving the
drought in those sections.
A new residence tract, under the above
The steeple of Paia Foreign Church
Bruce,
name, has been opened by
was struck by lightning and badly shatWaring & Co., upon the headland lying tered.
between Pauoa and Nuuanu Valleys.
Heavy freshets have filled the streams
extending from an elevation of 150 to on Oahu.
750 feet. There are about 450 acres in
the tract. Lots will be from l/2acre to Temperance Legislation for the Army.
2 acres in extent. It comprises the well
Among the amendments recently
known Booth property.
adopted by Congress for the new Army
What seems a still more available Bill is one abolishing canteens and the
tract for residences, is the upland beginning at the N. W. end of Judd St., and sale of liquor in the camps. While we
Stretching up along that side of Nuuanu recognize some unavoidable limitations
Valley.
to the general principle of prohibition,
we see no reason why our soldiers
Huge Pumps for Irrigation.
should not be quite rigidly protected
from
that which is the sworn enemy of
Spreckelsville Plantation is installing both their discipline and their health,
four sets of pumps, with a united capac- both so essential to their serviceableness
ity efraising 48,000,000 gallons of water as soldiers. Such prohibition is no
to a height of 380 feet. This will irri- hardship but the greatest mercy. In the
gate 4,000 acres of superior land not heats of the Soudan, Kitchener's men,
without liquor, were healthy and happy.
h'ifherto capable ofcultivation. This is Returning to Cairo and grog, they fell
s*id to be the largest irrigating pumping victims to pestilence.
plant in the world.
Theatrical Morality.
Ewa plantation is putting in an additional [lump delivering 8,000,000 gallons
For the benefit of those who maintain
jn twenty-four hours.
good moral tendency of theatrical
the
Oahu Plantation pumps are now irriwe quote from a Honolulu
performances,
of
gating their recently planted tract
IWo,acres, lying between heights of 100 paper the following:
ano 400 feet. From eight to ten tons "Wailuku 'society' is very sensitive; a
per acre are confidently expected for this fact well demonstrated on last Wednescrop of 1900.
day when a number of the 'select' got
morally shocked at the Kickapoo show
and left the house. The hardened sinRainfall for January.
ners saw the play out and enjoyed a
the group, the rainfall of hearty laughter by the silly action of the
'moralists.' Too bad for the old girls!"
January was very far below even the The truth is that the "sinners" are
.monthly average. The absence of rain everywhere in the numerical majority.
was most remarkable in Hilo, which is The "moralists." however, will generally
usually deluged in January. This year control, when they are consistent and
the whdle district suffers from
, , almost
„ , a resolute. God and the right are on
their side!
..
... .
early morning of the 27th ult. It is near
the spot where the steamship Miowera
lay for six weeks a few years ago. She
has on board 3540 tons of coal from
Departure Bay. The ship will probably
be a total loss. An error was made in
anchoring outside too near the reef, instead of standing off and waiting for
daylight and a pilot.
The Government have decided to proceed immediately with the new Sewerage System under the direction of Mr.
Rudolph Hering. The present instalment will include the district bounded
by Alapai and Beritania Streets and
Nuuanu Stream, including the denser
and business part of the city.
Dr. Pigou, Dean of Boltris, in a vol
ume of reminiscences just published,
tells this among other good stories. A
new curate paid his first visit to an old
woman, who at once said in broad
Yorkshire: "Eh! yore the new curate,
aren't you?" "Yes," he said. "Well
now, I'll tell yer what yer does when
yer comes to see me. You takes that
stool, d'y see? You sits down, reads me
a Psalm—mind, a short Psalm. You
gives me a shilling, and then ye can
go."
A special young man confronted an
old Cjuaker with the statement that he
did not believe in the Bible. The
Cjuaker said:
"Dost thou not believe in France?"
"Yes, though I have not seen it I
have seen others that have; besides
there is plenty of corroborative proof
that such a country does exist."
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