Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-19
In KING KADAKUA'S DOMAIN.
His Majesty Has a Very Good
Yearly Income.
GUT HE'S ALWAYS HARD UP.
One OF Earths sGarden spots-Nature
Has Done so Much For the
Islands They DO Little
For Themselves.
Gems of the Ocean.

from visit TO the Sandwich Islands,
gives the following interesting account
of his travels:
'On Saturday. March Z, 1889, went
on board the steamship Mariposa, of the
great Oceanic Steamship Line. We
got under way at 1880 p. m. We had
pleasant voyage to Honolulu, which is
situated on the island of Owahu. 1t is
the capital city of the Hawaiian king
dom and is 2,l0O miles from San Fran
cisco. We had sixty-six cabin passen-
gers, thirty-four were bound for Homo
lulu, six for AUX and and twentv-six for
Sidney. We arrived at Honolulu at
500 p. m. on Saturday, March l6. Our
stateroom was we'll provided with all
| necessary convoniences for the comfort
of passengers. We had competent and
| geutlemanly officers all was in the style
of the best hotels. And yet nearly two
| thirds of our company refused to be
| comfortable, for the reason that the
| Mariposa was constantly in motion, and
| this motion caused commotion in the
| hearts and stomach's of most of the
| company.
Il found Honolulu quite a pleasant
| city of 20 900 people, made up of Amer
| leans, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese,
natives, and half-castes. This is the
only harbor to be found in all the king
| dom, where large vessels can safely
| moor, ut II civilized wharf, and is the
| only port where large vessels make a
! landing. Honolulu is the seat of gov
! ernment, and here resides King kala
| akaua. The government has built u
very respectable palace of stone, resem-
bling granite, with large pleasant
grounds, adorned by tropical plants
| and flowers. The king is allowed sal
| ary of So, 800 per year, and he has also
| from crown lands an income of nearly
| $27 600, making in all revenue almost
equal to that OF the president of our
great republic, and yet his majesty is
| constantly in debt, and his credit is de-
cidcdly bel ow par.
The islands are situated between the
| meridians l54 2O' and 100 0 80 west of
Greenwich and between parallels Is 0
40 and 20 15' north latitude, and con-
| scquently have an almost perfect
climate, and with about double the
amount OF rain they now enjoy would be
an ideal country. There are twelve
islands in the group, four of which are
barren ROCKS, the remaining eight are
we'll fitted for grazing and agriculture.
Hawaii is much the largest of the group,
having an area of 4,2l0 square miles,
while Owaki has only 600 square miles.
The highest point OF elevation 1896
feet on Hawaii. There are over 4,000,-
600 acres in all the eight inhabited
islands. When discovered by Captain
Cook in IT'S, he estimated the popula-
tion at 10000. Now there are $4,000 in
all, 10000 being natives, and 10000
Chinese, 10000 Portuguese and about
IN nD0 pthar fprpiunpr
THE islands are ali of volcanic ORR
gin, with coral reef formations on nearly
all of them. They are all mountainous,
and the soil consists mainly of dlsinte-
grated volcanic rock, which in the ages
which have elapsed since their up
heaval has gradually washed down
along the mountain sides, leaving u
| fairly good red soil in the valleys and
more gradual slopes, but the best soil is
| found at the base of the noun tains sus-
| tained by the coral reefs, and here is
| grown the cocoanut, banana, orange,
| etc., making beautiful border around
most of the islands.
"Since the reciprocity treaty with the
| United States in 1877 there has been
considerable enterprise put forth by the
| islanders, managed mostly byAmericans,
and q large amount of sugar is made.
| This is all exported to San Francisco,
| duty free, while in the form of crude
| brown sugar, to be refined in Callfor-
MIA. This trade will be increased as
more Is irrigated. 1t is at present con-
| fined to such tracts as the few mountain
streams can be conducted to. Sugar is
| now by far the greatest article of ex-
port, and at present prices pays exceed
ingly well. l had the pleasure of visit
ing one sugar mill on Hawaii, which
was making twenty-five tons per day of
nice brown sugar. Employing 800 men,
over two hundred oxen, and using the
best American machinery. The busi-
ness of the islands is mainly with the
United States, both imports and ex-
ports, and sympathy is all with Amer
lea. | was told that at our last election
for president, an election was held at
Honolulu by regular call, and General
Harrison was elected by large ma
jority.
II found large number of church.
going people, and large, fine churches.
Among them were the Congregational,
the Church of England, Catholic
church, and some Mormons. lattended
M Memorial services in the Congrega-
tional church and the English cathe-
dral for the officers and seamen lost at
the great storm of Samoa, and was sur
prised to see large congregations OF as
well-dressed and intelligent people as
are usually seen in cities of that size in
our own country. The natiues are in
offensive, good-natured, lazy people,
and are gradually selling out their
birth rights to Americans. 1 like the
climate and some of the productions.
like many of the people and the Leauti-
full situation of'the islands. The pro-
ductions mightibe largely increased by
little enterprise and work; but who
wants to work ike q New Englander
where there is no winter, and fish, fruit
and sweet potatoes can be had almost
without effort. There are on some of
the islands large focks of sheep and
herds OF cattle. There is some dairy
ing for home use. The COWS produce
about half what our COWS do.
81 visited the Island of Molokal,
where is the leper settlement and
where the government supports 1000
incurables. They have Protestant and
Catholic churches, and all the sources
of enjoyment that are found in riost
small villages anywhere, but once there,
there they remain until death. On re-
turning from Molokai q party of us took