Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-25

active hand In politics. No use to talk of
aghting-nobody is ready to fight. Bush's Ka
Leo yelps and snarls at it's former comrade
as a traitor to the cause and insists that they
must be true to the queen and each other,
and stick it out until the royalist commits
sion sent to Washing on. Parker. Wide
mann and Cummings, has positively as
certained the Presidents intentions. '''
Meantime the royalist leaders are de-
5ectedly taking counsel together. but are
sadly incapable of finding any useful light
upon their course. II Is credibly learned
that they met at Jim Campbelrs Croyalist
millionaire on the 22d. ard again at Wash
hgton Place Queens RESIDENCE on the
oath, but no plan of action could be adopted.
Among those present Were Bush, Nawahi,
J. o. Carter. and it is said, two British Of
fcers from II. b. NJ. s. Champion. This is
believed to be an accurate statement. The
only activity seen or heard of on their
part. is in issuing English edition of
Bush's paper. Ka Leo. to ill the gap left
by the recreart Holomua. The roy alist Bull
letin is too much on the fence. having too
many patrons and stockholders who desire
political quiet and public order. The Ka
Leo appears in new type on fine paper. but
redolent of Bush's half-white naivette and
Babco English.
Although now a strong queens partisan, in
the last legislature he constantly abused
her in the grossest manner for putting the
chief power in the hands of her alleged
peramour. c. B. Wilson. Bush used to be
a cabinet minister and boon companion of
kalakaua with whom also his wife, now
dead, was especially intimate by her hus-
bands desire He was notoriously dissolute
and unscrupulous. On a mission from
kalakaua to Malietoa at Samoa, he MAIN
tained a constant debauch 50 that he was
ordered away by that monarch. When he
returned here he found the reform ministry
Of 1SS! in power. and himself out in the
cold He then became religious and Joined
the Seventh Day Advent Baptists, built a
eA-pel anu printing office. issued the Ka
Leo ka Lahui Voice of the Peopie),
semi-relisious, semi-political daily, and fig
ures a zealot of very abusive tongue and
Pen. He is terribly down on the mission
aries as oppressive kuaves and blood-suck-
ers.
]. o. Carter Is an older brother of the late
H A. p. Carter. Hawaiian minister at
Washington, and is-in our view-"a good
man gone wrong" He has always borne
. high character for personal integrity, and
for fearless adhesion to principle, but as
apt to adopt extreme views and run things
into the ground. His wife was from child
hood an intimate friend of the queen, and
always greatly devoted to her Like
number of the young whites Of Honolulu
forty years ago, she became a victim of
the glamor of royalty, and learned to
worship it, This was hardly the case with
her husband. although his wife's adhesion
20 the Maynard queen has doubtless in
duenced him Up to 1887 he vigorous
opponent of Gibson and of the kings out
rageous policy. But he failed to fall into
line with the reform party at that time
and became soured upon Thurston and his
Of QUAY
Mr.. Carriers active participation in Minis
ter Willis negotiations with Liliuokalani
while she was Insisting upon vengeance on
her rebel subjects created a very severe
Keeling of Indignation against him, which
caused his removal from his membership
OF an important corporation. This has not
served to sweeten his feelings, and there is
pfobably no more bitter royalist now in
Honolulu.
ThurstOn's Business Interests.
Our minister at Washington, L. A. Thurs
ton, was recalled home to assist the pro-
visional government in their labors in pre-
pairing their draft of the new constitution,
and in organizing the convention. During
the sessions Of the convention he constant
~ assisted the executive council with ad-
vice. and has had a very important chare
IN the results attained. He did not, how
ever. remain in Honolulu to witness the
proclamation Of the new republic on the
Thurston was much engaged during the
Columbian exposition in promoting the ex-
hibition of a cyclorama of the volcano of
kilauea in the Midway Plaisance. He has
been for several years the chief promoter
of the Volcano Hotel Company, as well as
Of the cyclOrama, in both of which his
means are largely invested. Mr.. Thurston
accordingly embraced the first moment
when he could be spared to look after his
interests at the Volcano, which were much
in need of his attention..
IN i f1er -rD,,ffx 10 Rlt,fA to
forces violently active at Kilauea
Madam Pele.' Pele was the ancient god
dess of the crater. "A deity greatly feared.
Now, Madam Pcle appears to have con-
ceived n special regard for Friend Thurston,
who has 50 devoted himself to her interests,
advertising and clarifying her, identifying
her surroundings, and drawing tourists to
worship at her shrine Accordingly the
goddess got up a special exhibition for the
entertainment of Thurston and his young
bride. altogether the finest thing ever wit
Messed there by white visitors.
There we're ten a dozen guests at the
hotel W. y. Armstrong, brother of Gen.
. Z. Armstrong, was one. The Thurs
tons were spending a week or more at the
place. The hotel completely oyerlooks the
vast black pit of Kilauea, three miles by
two in area, and GOJ feet deep. That is 1t
used 10 be of such depth. and more than
that when first saw il. nearly a thousand
feet. But for forty years the bottom
has been slowly rising. built-up by over
flows of lava from the inner crater of Hale
mile in diameter. Sometimes IL collapses,
and becomes a black. smoking pit 500 to
so feet deep. Again il fills slowly up with
boiling lava, which Overftoyys. and floods
the main floor with successive layers OF
glossy. black ard CLASSY lava. These build
UP the hOor. Forty years ago IL was 700
feet down from where the hotel stands to the
floor or black ledge" Now 1t is less than
CO. feet. and from there the ground gently
rises for two miles, going southwest. until
at the time of the last collapse in 1891 the
rim OF the inner pit was only $50 feet low
er than the hotel.
For few lays after that collapse moth
ing could be seen in the smoking bottom
Of the pit. 200 feet down, but the debris of
the walls, which had fallen in when the
supporting liquid lava had escaped below
through some subterranean chasm. which
gave il outlet under the desert slopes of
kah-Oc. Soon the vivid fire reappeared,
and rapidly rose in the center of the conf
cal pit. 1t never fills the whole half-nle
trea- This time. as ii rose 1t made an
enormous fire lake in the center of the
area over 500 feet in diameter. or ten acres
IN extent. Flooding over, il built up a level
door around the lake, reaching to the sides
Of the pit Two years ago. this floor was
90 feet down. and the lake was in violent