The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-04-10

The Morning Star came into port
Monday morning, forty-nine days
from Ruk, month earlier than was
expected.
Letters from the Gilbert Islands via
San Francisco bring the news from
Butaritari of the death of Mrs. Nua,
wife of the Hawaiian missionary on
that island After six months illness
from q cancer she died February 7, at
Maxim, where she had gone for q
change of air. Rev. Mr.. Walkup
left Butaritari January 16, for San
Francisco, where his little schooner,
the Hiram Bingham, was to re-
ceiVe some necessary repairs. He
had taken out the propeller but could
not put it back again. Seven Catholic
priests had come into the group, and a
number of sisters were expected short
Iy. The lone Hawaiian missionary on
Apaiau finds it hard work to contend
against the surging wave of heathen-
ism that has swept many of the
church members from their standing.
The work on Tapiteuea, under Revs.
Paaluhi and Kaaia, seems to be main
tanned with vigor, though no great
progress has been made the past year.
Rev. Puma MakihiIa speaks of the
delight the people of Maiana have in
a new road, twelve feet wide, that has
been built from one end of the island
to the other.
On Kusaie, Rev. Mr.. Channon has
had the assistance of Miss Foss in his
training school for the Gilbert Island
Mission, and DIR. Rife has had Miss
Crosby in his school for the Marshall
Islanders. Miss Hoppin had forty
pupils in her Girls School, with Miss
Palmer and Miss Wilson as assist
ants. Miss Hoppin is such an indie
fatigable worker, that though almost
completely tired out she stays at her
post, declining to leave the school for
a much needed rest
On Ruk the Girls School under
Miss Kinney and Miss Abel has had
a prosperous year. Miss, A6elPs
health was such that she has been
sent to these islands for recuperation
during the time the Star remains
here. Rev. Mr.. Smelling has bought
an island, uninhabited, some eight
acres in area, where he proposes to
establish boarding school and con-
duct an independent mission, hoping
for personal support from friends in
the States. Rev. Mr.. Price has taken
hold of his new work with vigOr and
with common sense adapting his
methods to the people for whom he IS
to labor, and seems to be meeting
with the same success that marked
Mr.. LOgan's missionary labors in the
MOrtlock group. He has sent up
very carefully written journal, giving
such interesting detailed accounts of
the work as are often asked, but sell
dom received.
Winds and currents in the equatO-
rial regions are very delusive. Only
q kind Providence, guiding the mis-
sionary vessel, with all the expert
ence and skill of such veteran and
careful navigator as Captain Garland,
brings the vessel safely through the
perils of the voyage back to the home
port again. The Star carries but a
limited amount of coal, the idea being
to use steam power only as auxiliary
in cases of actual advantages or neces-
sity. To steam from Butaritari to
Apaian would require the consump-
tiOn of ten hours allowance of coal.
Captain Garland thought he could
make the short distance under sail
But at the end Of three days sailing
he found himself 160 miles away from
Apaian. The wind failed utterly, and
he was obliged to steam the whole of
the increased distance. The vessel
was on the reefs only once, and got off
with but slighS damage. But it will
be necessary for her to go onto the
marine railway for repairs. It is
hoped TO send her off again in the
course of ten or twelve weeks.