The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-17
HAWAIIAN NEWS.
Burial of Prince Consorr-New Council
Coolies Object to Low Wages.

/ Rrr,at NJ Prince Consorr-New Council
Coolies Object to Low Wages.
| SAN Francisco. sept. 15.-The steamship Zea-
| Iandia arrived today with advices seven days
| from Honolulu.
! The burial of John Dominis, prince cousort,
| took place at Honolulu on Sunday, September g.
from the palace, and the obsequies were attended
| bv Queen LiIiuokaana, her court and legislature
| aud all notables OF the kingdom. The rites of
the Episcopal church aud the Masonic order
were followed. The remains were inferred in
the royal mausoleum beside those OF King Kaa-
kaua The court will wear full mourning for
two weeks after the funeral
The queen has appointed Prince David Kwan-
akakoa, Hon. sanford Dole, George Beekley,
Abraham Fernandez, ID. p. Isenberg and John
Richardson to be members OF her privy council
OF state.
The proposed festivities in honor of Queen
Liiinokaiani's birthday on September 2 did not
take place owing to the death of the prince
consort.
One of the most important actions ever
brought in the supreme court of Hawaii is now
pending, being petition for the revocation OF
the viii OF heliiahonui, one OF the ancestors of
the kalakua family who died in 1919, leaving
very large estate to his wife. This is the third
attempt to set the will aside on the ground of
forgery, and the petitioner is Junius kaae, who
claims that mis- deceased wife, who was the
granddaughter of the testator, interested
and that the case involved the title to the king
dom.
some trouble recently occurred at Kohalia be-
tween some plantation natives who had been
impressed as special police and about hundred
Chinese laborers who had been brought from
China by one Asen to work on the Hawaii and
Union plantations The Chinese being dissatis-
fed with the wages, waited on Asen to
IL some modification OF their con-
tract could not be obtained. Being unable to
obtain a conference with him, they started
hOmeward in squads and being closely followed
by native special policemen, who were armed
with bullock whips, one of the squads became
uneasy and one or two Chinese stopped to pick
up rocks. The policemen thereupon made an
onslaught, belaboring the fleeing Chinese with
their whips, and not satisfied with putting the
squad TO flight, the natives proceeded TO attack
a number OF houses some distance away oc-
cuped by Chinese, but who had remained at
home. The windows were broken and the
property demolished, and with their queues
twisted TO the pommel of the saddles about
thirty Chinese were dragged TO the leper cells
and summarily crowded in, their clothing being
appropriated by the mob At the trial on the
following day the Chinese were released by the
court They made complaints except as to
their contacts, claiming they could not live ON
80 small sum coming to them after the govern
mcnt deposit and their passage money had been
deducted from their pay.
The United States cruiser Charleston left
Honolulu on September 8 for Yokohama and
Shanghai after taking on 400 tons of coal.
The minister of finance has issued notice
that tenders will be received up to September
Is for the sale of per cent. gold bearing coupon
bonds, issued under the act OF October, 1856.
The bonds are redeemable in not less than ten,
nor more than thirty years from date of issue.