The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-16
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MR.. HENRY N. CASTLE.
THE YOUNG MAN AND HIS DAUGHTER
WE'RE LOST AT SEA.
Passengers On the Eibe --The Liner Run
Down by a Small staamer-35O
Lives Sacrificed.

Interest here in the sinking of the
German liner Elbe is almost entirely due
the loss of Henry N. Castle and daugh-
ter. passengers.
LONDON, Jan. 30--The first inform.
alton of the disaster came from Lowest.
OFT, suffolk, one of the chief English
fishing ports. Late this afternoon a
dispatch was received srom that place
ST, lug it was reported there that a
trans atlantic steamer had been sunk in
the North sea and that the loss'of life
was very great. The first dispatches
said there had been $50 persons on the
Elbe and that only nineteen had been
saved, the rescued having been landed
at Lowestoft by fishing smacks.
Later dispatches to the Exchange
Telegraph Company and the Lloyds
confirmed the report of the lost steamer,
and still later it was learned that the
Crathie, the steamer that sunk the Elbe,
had been put into Mas Luis, Holland,
in a damaged condition.
She reported that she had been in
collision with an unknown ocean
steamer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-Henry N
Castle OF Honolulu was one of the
prominent supporters OF the new Re-
public. He was editor and proprietor
vi the Honolulu Advertiser. One of his
brothers was Commissioner to the
United States, aud another was by the
side of Charles l.. Carter when he was
shot III the recent revolution. Henry
Castle was u native of the islands, but
was educated III the United States, hav-
ing graduated at Uberlin aud taken a
law course at Harvard. He took an
active part Iii the revOlu-
lion, and when things Quoted
down returned To this country to
take a post graduate course at Ann
Al Dor. When the prop sition to restore
the Queen was maze by President
Cieveiaid, he FASTENED to Washington,
and then returned to the islands in COM
pany with Minister Thurston, and took
up tie defense Of the republic in his
newspaper. Again surprising the
ISLANDS TO have quieted down, he came
back TO America, and last Septem Der
lett for Germany, where he had studied
before. 10 take IA course III philosophy.
1t is supposed by Minister 1hurstun
that on hearing OF tile recent uprising
he was again fastening back 10 the
islands. lie always Travelled on the
Elue. He had with him IN Germany his
.Itle daughter Dorothy, four years old,
his only chld by his first marriage, and
she was with him Oh the return voyage.
He married again Two years ago, Miss
Mable Wing, ID teacher III Oahu College,
honolulu. She is u native of New Eng
lanu and has an uncle III the Government
service i'll Chicago, whom they fire.
quentiy visited. Mrs. Castle was lett
Uehind i'll Philadelphia aud child
was born there since the father sailed
nized as one OF the must determined
supporters of annexation, and Minister
ihurston was deeply affected by the
iuss OF young Castle, who was only
twenty-niue years old, aud was of the
cotorie OF bright young men who have
directed the course Of events in the
Islands for the last three years. His
SISTER is Mrs. Mead, wife of professor
al Ann Arbur.
Mis- Helen CASTLE Mead of Chicago
Nent To Phiadt lphia at once upon
learning the news by telegraph, to be
| with Mis-. Henry Castle. " no had spent
| the winter there. only "a brief letter
came from there. She wrote to Captain
| Morse of the Alameda at king him t.
/ communicate with any member of the
family OF OF the firm of Castle q Cooke
who might be at the wharf, and if pos
| >ibie pre:ent the dreadful news from
coming to Mrs. Castle through the pa
pers. Fortunately MIR. Gilman was there
| md the Captain hurried To inform INN
| ana lie drove at uhce to Mr.. George L.
| Castle. The letters give nothing more
| tnan the papers contain. "A telegram
from Mr.. Joseph II. White, brother.in-
law oil Mi. james b. Castle of the 2lsl
January says:
ship Elue reported lost-English
Ghannel-henry and Dorothy on board.
No particulars received. May have been
saved" JOE.
Letters of sympathy have been re-
ceived from many friends and ac-
quaintences both i'll Caliio and the
| East.
| Henry Castle and infant daughter will
return III April Or May next.
A letter from Mrs Castle speaks OF
the intense excitement felt ON all side;
uy the news vi Tie instruction in
Hawaii. Under date of January 20. she
says: Il have cabled Henry To return t.
Hawaii at once if he h AXIS best, giving
up the ex tected European tour of tht
coming summer.
Mr.. Castle returned TO America will
the intention Of carry ing ouu ANA finish
ing long cherished plans of study ant
travel III Europe. But more partlcularl,
at that Time 10 take little Dorothy to BE,
her grandmother i'll Lepslc. Ate
| which he iliienued 10 return TO TIL,
Islands for "A permanent residence. Ht
expected 10 have come home late II
1888.
Mrs. Castle (the mother) says that sh'
is reminded most forclbly of "a remarl