The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-02-06
AIMS OF KALAKAUA.
He Was to Have Gone to Wash
ington.
INTENDED INVESTMENT IN
SAN DIEGO.
Fine Traits in His Character
He Was Sincere
Christian.
AIMS OF KALAKAUA.

Colonel George W. Macfarlane.
the late King Kalakaua's chamber
lain, who was stricken with a |
severe attack of pleurisy caused by
a cold caught during his visit to
Southern California with the King,
had so far recovered yesterday as
to be able to leave his bed and
walk about the garden surround
ing the house on Howard street
where he is staying. The cham
berlain when seen yesterday by
Chronicle reporter expressed con-
siderable sorrow and Indignation
over the reports that have been
published concerning his late pa
irons habits of life and line of
belief.
"Now, 1 will tell something
about His Majesty" said the Col
onel, THAT the world does not
know. In the first place his whole
heart and soul was in having the
provisions of the reciprocity treaty
between the islands and the United
States preserved intact and taken
out of the operation of the McKin-
ley bill. This was the true reason
of his visit to this country. In fact,
so much was he wrapped up in the
matter that had not sickness over
taken him it was his intention to
have gone to Washington on fly
ing visit in order to personally see
the President and Secretary Blaine
on the subject.
che had purposely delayed his
| departure on the Charleston in
order to be able to hear from his
Minister at the capital. This he
had confided to me as secret, and
had not his sickness overcome him
be would, regardless of his weak
ened constitution have made the
trip.
"He had a fear of the effects of
the cold and terrible winters in the
East, but had made up his mind to
brave the consequences rather than
return to Honolulu without having
accomplished his purpose. He in
structed me to telegraph to Mr..
Carter to see the Secretary of
State and ask his influence to have
the President call tho attention of
Congress to the matter before the
4th of next March. The cause OF
his nervous condition was his in
tense anxiety over this matter. He
was so earnest in the project that
during the session of the last Ha-
waiian Legislature he would not
countenance any legislation that
would in the smallest way have a
tendency to alter or interfere with
the existing tariff treaty"
On being questioned in reference
to the rumor that the Kahunas, OF
praying men of his people, were
"praying him to death, and that
the knowledge of that fact had
such depressing effect upon him
that he had given up the fight
against death and yielded to bis
fate, the chamberlain, on declaring
the whole story an untruth, stated
"ln the first place the KING by
his education and association with
the outer world was entirely above
such superstitions. He would lister
to the old Alii's, and then smile
when they had left. TO show how
utterly groundless the story Is,
will state that for some days be
J fore his death l did not allow HI:
| Majesty to see or read any of hi!
letters from Honolulu. He, in fact
received no information whatever
of the doings there, and could moi
possibly have known anything
about such an absurdity, had il
really happened. He knew nothing
. whatever about the appearance o
q school of the alulaua or redfist
in the harbor of Honolulu after hi.
departure, which is generally &C
cepted by the Kanakas as the fore
runner of the death of member O
the royal family.
"The King did not expect to die
On the contrary, be would not ad
NIT that he was sick to a degree
greater than lndispostion caused
by the change in the climate. He
was always cheerful, and when
urged upon HIM the necessity Of
absolute rest and the cancellation
of all his engagements he smiled
{, and said to his friends, George
thinks I am sicker than l am"
"During his visit to San Diego
he became very much infatuated
} with that country, and announced
his intention of investing in land il
that place, and few days before
his last illness instructed me t.
notify the Hawaiian Consul there
that be would make arrangement.
on his return on the Charleston
che expected to come back on The
cruiser) to secure some desirable
, lands there.
He had also considerable
schemes for the future in his king
dom, and has told me repeatedly
that on his return he would lay
aside S45, 900 year out of his in
,, come for the purpose of forming
the nucleus ola great private estate
as we'll as putting a certain portion
, of the crown lands of the Kona dis