Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-06
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Existing Conditions AmOnS lhl Natives
Of tho Sandwich Crop.
NEW MISSION HOUSE Al L,iR.


Correspondence DSstrs, Neet
bArE. Sandwich Islands, April ?s
interchangeable years ago Kane
hameha 1. was made master Of all Tn,
Islands in the Sandwich group, will
the exception Of Kauai and Niihau
and for tho Hawaiian Islands Il wa
the beginning Of a new era. ffou
the dea'h OF Kamehameha I. sovsI
kings aud one queen have sat upon Ia,
Hawaiian throne. In tie Nineteenth
century Is the commencement Of
another new epoch for the Hawalians
Thus fur the chsnyc has proven
anything but an advantage 10 eithei
the whites or tho natives. The lailel
yet believe the queen will be rein
stalled. The deposci queen, Liliuoha
lani, may have had reasons to promul.
gate new constitution with the con,
sent Of her cabinet, while the whites
were partially justified in maintaining
a provisional government.
II Is fact that the liboralliy and eau.
dor u the Hawaiians IL known far and
near. They havs sacrificed their
rights that the Foreigners might &C.
cumulato wealth. A great proportion
Of the laws on the statute books have
been made through the fundamentally
oil the moncyod mea OF the kingdom
anu for financial purposes. The treaty
with the United States was n financial
benefit TO the sugar plsnters. Laws
were passed to food the country with
pauper labor. Many Chinese and jap
aneso were also lot In. They came
hero as q plague 20 the natives, dogrAI.
ing Instead Of eleyating them.
II Ia an established rule 10 report
heml-nnnually, the proceedings II the
Hawaiian mission. The new mission
house nj Laie was not completed by
the time expected, nevertheless IL now
stands for It's admirers to say that
tho work OF tho designer Ia
very creditablc. The edlflce e on an
elevated spot anu this displaya itH
VIII DO permanent convenience. for
I II
Saints In this land. A variety OF
mechanical work Ia a marked f.ntu re
OF the new house. There are no two
rooms alike.
During the INST term the rain 6nIl
exceeded many times that of preylous
years. For several successive davs.
ireshets filled their channels 10 over.
flowing, thereby iiooding a great nor.
cen.agc OF tho rice plantations.
Tho health of the brethren and slstera
has bsen comparatively gooJ, c,nsld.
.ring the unusual speli of damn
weather. The native Saints are stiil
troubled with disorders. The youih
have Inherited the Diseases of their
parents aud they are seldom free from
ailments.
The travelling Eden have arrlyed
safely at Laie alter solourn OF Ave
months among tho natives. They re-.
port the S iints financially poorer than
they have been for MANY wears. Tho
circumstances OF men VINO deDend
upon their daily toll arc much wors,
than those who cultivate their taru.
The Hawaiian Conference OF th,
Sandwich Islands convened on the
9th, 9th, 9TH, sth and 9th of April nj
Lac, Elder Matthew Noall breeding.
On the stand ypfe fourteen Amerlcnn
Elders. The atteudauce was about as
usual, One hundred and forly.fly ewas
tho number that roptesented Tho
branches outside OF Lale.
The program OF meetings was M
follows; "Wednesday forenoon. AFTER.
noon and evening for SUNDAY scboal
and YIN. M.I.Assoclatlon conferener.
rhuraday forenoon and afternoon
general conference; Prlesthoud nneei.
ing in the evening: Friday forenoon
general Difference; afternoon AMI
evening contest meetings for IN,
Sabbath schools and Y.M M
Associations; Saturday forenoon and
afternoon Relief Society conferenc,
an entertainment In the even.
ing; SUNDAY, general conferoncos.
April 9th was a special day and ita
importance was Impressed upon In.
minds Of those assembled. The SANTA
matched two abreast from LanihulI 10
the meeting House, led by the Laio
band. The meeting house had been
previously decorated for the occasion.
Facing the congregation were the
photographs OF the First Presidency.
Just below was a large picture OF |
President Brigham Young ON tho
right OF this picture OF tho Jennie |
partially finished aud on the luit q |
view taken when the capstono was
laid In 1899. Six banners bearing In.
scriptions appropriate for the dny
were placed IN the most eonspicuo,is
putfa NJ ina hall ph. .,,li..,,. -.