The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-11-23
A COMING VISITOR.
His Plans Embrace a Most Extern
sive Tour.

Harrison Bros. have transferred
their real estate, renting, and loan
business to George X. Owsley, who
has taken Offices in the Times build
ing. Five years ago Carter II. Har-
rison, Jr., aud William Preston Har-
rison opened a real-estate Office UNI
der the firm name Of Harrison Bros,
and have been more or less actively
engaged in that business ever since.
The Messrs. Harrison are now get
ting all Of their private affairs in
shape preparatory to going abroad.
William Preston Harrison was
seen vest erday in his office in the
Stock Exchange building, and in
answer to the question whether he
had disposed Of his real-estate bust
ness said:
"My brother and / have trans
ferred our entire business to George
X. Owsley. We shall simply keep
this office until we get all Of our az
fairs in such shape that we can both
travel for some months to come"
"Where do you and Carter Harri-
son expect to go, Mr.. Harrisonp
ave shall not travel together.
My brother is going to take his
family TO settle down in Europe
somewhere until next summer. He
will sail for Gibraltar first, believe,
and then will see most OF southern
Europe, possibly going to Egypt
and India as we'll. As for myself 1
have been pretty much all over Asia
and Europe, and shall seek new
fields this time. | expect TO leave
America about Christmas, and shall
sail first for Honolulu. ] spent last
winter there aud liked IL so much
that l wish to see mors Of the Ha-
waiian islands. The volcano Of XII
lauea il one OF the seven modern
wonders Of the world. / know OF
no other volcano that can be seen
in active eruption so plainly as the
one dedicated To the goddess 'Pele'
on the island Of Hawaii.
ms DESCRIPTION HOLDS GOOD.
"Mark Twain, who saw Il many
years ago, simply exclaimed "This
Is hell, and his description is quite
a. accurate ~ terse. From Homo
lulu shall 20 TO Samoa, the home
OF the great novelist, Robert Louis
Stevenson. A steamer can then be
caught which makes the circuit OF
the Fiji, Friendly and Tonga groups
before sailing to New Zealand. The
Fiji islands belong to Great Britain,
but the Samoan and Tonga islands
are still independent, so to speak.
From New Zealand . sailing vessel
will carry me to Tahiti, said To be
the most beautiful spot on the face
OF the globe. Tahiti is one Of the
Society group and practically be-
longs TO France. ] am now hard at
work brushing up my French, as
that language is almost exclusively
used in many OF the South Seas Isl.
ands. Tahiti is the rendezvous OF
pretty nearly all sailing craft cruis.
ing about the south Pacific. II con.
nections eau there be made ] shall
sail to the Marquisas Islands. Her.
man Melville, an almost forgot ten
American author, wrote a book call
ed 'Typee' which deals with Theses
islands. From this work, which il
almost q classic, ] Judge the Mar
quesas must be most romantic aud
beautiful. How many other Of these
groups Of coral or volcanic origin ]
shall visit will depend upon circum-
stances. No one seems To have writ
ten on the subject and am unable
to learn just where ! should go and
how to got anywhere"
"Are you going to spend much
time in Australia"
"No, | shall hurry through New
Zealand and Australia, stopping only
at the larger cities. ] am anxious
to spend some months in Java, Su-
matra, Borneo, and New Guinea,
The three last-named islands are
still nearly savage, and il may be
that one OF them will chance to be
the last Of my journey"
"Do you refer to the cannibals
who might take fancy to yop!"
"Yes; but still ] think that a Chi
cago newspaper man will not prove
tempting even to the wild men OF
Borneo.'
DEAD CITY IN ASAM.
"How do you expect to come
home?"