The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-09-21
MRS KATE I. FOUNTAINS

Irsozmzrioa wxs received BY N,
T Is, STEAMER that Ms. 6zts L You
uAus rsesntly died II New 6ors
. C5y.
I The elder residents Of the Islands ~
call her a. the wife q Judge William
L Lee. who served the King and
people * this country 80 well 70,
many years. She Srrivsd zc this por.
shout the ysxr l>+- q : Sunday
morning. il the charge q General :
=. 3 MARSHALL after : voyage SrCUDI
Care Horn As she desired 70 Dc ul&r,
ned On Shipoo4r1. Rev. Mr.. Damon
ES> called upon - perform the ser
vice ~ ID O'Clock. the usual hour for
the Bs-hEl service. which WAS SEtsui-
81 ~ nearly 81 q the white people.
he congregation NET - usual, and.
after waiting IN >ilznes for some time.
= Messenger arrived Sul informed the
Rev. Mr.. Dole thSr Mr.. Damon WAS
detained Mr.. Dole then read 5 So
vies snd dismissed the eongrsg Cation.
Judge aud Mrs Lee lived for many
years N Washington place. with the
elder Mrs. Douinis. After Judge
Lees death, Mrs. Lee resided in New
YORK City. She hsd considerable
property, >ous OF which vas in the
LIhus plantations. on Kauai. Her
house N New York WAS : fSvorire
meeting place o. literary people
AooCt the ysSr 1855, she married
Professor Edward L Yo1uzus, who
vzS then in the early days OF his re-
uSrksdls career - : writer On Scieu-
the subjects, Srd whose biography
h&S been uosE simirSbly prepared,
% Professor Flske- % Harvard Uni
vsrslty, and VS. recently published
Mrs GoGE&DS sided her husband.
both With her money Sni her fine
critical power in literature. sui her
wOEk bSs hSi much 70 do with that
mos valuable q zlI periodical literS-
-Crs, the Popular Science Monthly
which ! gradually working its wsy
into SIl educated families. snd
= doing uOre, perhaps, 10 SET
people 70 sound thinking than any
publication Of the times TIE writer
q this notice could only regard Prof.
EOCuSus with admiration; : man,
who, blinded by disease for many
years, still boldly, persistsntIy snd
With 81 energy beyond the average
energy o. the best men Of his race,
pushed bIs ESy in scientific rsseS-ch
tor the good O mankind
When the regulations for s rseiP-
rOeiCy trszty between The United
STATES Snd Hawaii began, Mrs. You
usus gave the most valuable assist
zCee IN Informing the public mind re-
zzrdiuZ the merits % the proposed
treaty. Her intimate acquaintance
with Mr.. Dams, Of the New York Sun,
with Mr.. ". c. Bryant. the poet, and
editor Of The Ne= YORK Evening Post,
with the editors % the Tribune and
Tines enabled her 10 command the
influence Of those journals, in the in
tsrssts q the treaty. Some Of the best
writing On the subject wss done By
her. Mr.. Carter, our lSte Minister 70
Washington, found her, in the various
psrpleIiuE Q questions, which surround
ed the uegOLIztIOuS, - most valuable
SLY. II only scznty justice was done,
the Republic would erect monument
70 her memory by reason Of the aid she
gave in bringing great wealth % these
Islands She was regarded by her
friends 81 su example Of s woman,
who knew how 70 reach Sud control
public men without destroying their
pszes Of mind
She kept about her the noted lite
rzrYs people q New York City, snd
drsE them 70 her by her great magnet
su- She TSs not : eouyersAtiOuAlist,
oUtz brilliant listener, Snd hzi the
rare power Of showing people how 10
make the best Of themselves She de-
voted much time 70 charitable work,
and grztUItoUs literary criticism on
behalf q young and ambitious writers.
On the arrival Cf Herbert Spencer,
N the States, she entertained him for |
some time. Mr.. Spencer informed !
The writer q this uOtire, thst she |
would rate s. rare EOmzu, in sny
country, and that he felt that she was |
1ue Of the few women, who lad taken |
he trouble TO carefully study his |
works
During her long residence sTsy /
rom Hawaii, she never lost her in |
crest in the islands, or the people, |
she felt thzt her adherence
% Mr. Speueer's philosophy would \
.zu<e her s cold welcome from the /
element here Her /
loQse in NeE YORK vas filed with |
q rare value which she had i
,ztherE1 IN foreign lands. She left /
10 children Nh c. r Bishop, who /
migrated from tie States, with Mr. /
lee, Ezs her life long friend. Both
Z them came, re believe, from Sara
aga County, New YORK