Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-02-21

i Mrs. ]. w. Cochran, of Madison, has d
letter of interest from friend, Miss
Marguerite c. Greene, in the Sand
which islands. 1t is dated Honolulu
Jan. 81, and is substantially as fol-
lows:
Il left home Aug Is, sailed from
San Francisco the 23d, reaching this
| lovely land the Both. 1t is indeed beau,
tiful here and / often think of you all
in the states slfivering and wishing the
summer would come.
II am teaching in boys school.
We have about forty-flve young boys
Hawaiian and half white. l am the
music teacher but there isn't much mu-
sic to 1t, only an hour In singing each
day with the boys. They sing very
sweetly and learn quickly-take the
parts naturally without a great dead
of practice. The rest Of the time l
teach the common branches-the one
thing ON earth / have always said
wouldn't do. The Kamehameha
schools are all boarding schools and
very well endowed by Mrs. Bishop,
now dead. The girls school, a beau
tiful new building, is at our right, at
a little distarce. 1t has just been
starved The interior is beautiful in
every way and the furnishings are
very fine. 1t is for Hawaiian girls.
Then ours is the preparatory school for
young boys. / have in my room the
oldest boys In our school, from 10 10
Is years of sge. At our left and back
of us is the big boys school, Very
fine stone buildings and many frame
dornitories and several teachers
homes surround partly large campus
There are about. 100 boys up there.
Church and Sunday school and enter
tainments are held for the three
schools there in Bishop hall. In the
three schools we have thirty teachers,
so we have quite village right here,
you see, and we have very good
times.
"We are having or have been having
a rebellion here. You have probably
read of 1t. We have been very mcrci-
fully preserved. l think. The rebels
had planned to blow up the Central
Union church during evening service
two weeks ago. Everything was
ready. The plan was found out Just
in time, and then the war began. We
felt pretty nervous when we heard
cannons, ETC., going off, and had to be
guarded every night for over a week
by three men. Guards were all over
the city and then the sharpshooters
were In their places ready to fight.
There were eannons on every side and
In the doorway of the palace, or what
is now the executive building; no street
cars or telephones and martial law
even yet. All the conspirators are in
prison now and court martial is being
held The prisoners are marched every
afternoon from the prison to the exec
utive building to give their testimony.
The eX-queen is imprisoned in the ex-
ecutive building. Any quantity of
ammunition was found in Washington
Place, her home, and twenty-one
bombs. Just think of it! o, 1t is ter
rlble, but they will not kill her because
she happens to be woman--and wo-
man who has set men on to what they
did. Papers were found in her
house giving offices, etc. in the govern
ment to all those rebels now impris.
oned. You see she fully expected TO
be restored to the throne and all these
things We're to take place in the new
government. All the white people In
town, were to be killed, their property
contiscated and divided up among the
rebels. as well as great deal burned.
o, it is too dreadful to think of, but
the government Of the republic is
strong and President Dole and his
cabinet are wise. good men and feel
safe and feel that all win come ont
we'll in the end. There has been in
tense excitement and it is by no moons
over yet"