The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-27

Mrs. Dole, too, was greatly in favor of
the plan, and Mr. w. .. smith, as
President of the Board OF Health, gave
his hearty approval, and to his daugh-
ter and some of her young lady friends
living in the Nuuanu valley you are
Indebted for the sale of 800 worth of
tickets. The American Admiral loan
ed the band of the flagship PhiladeI-
phia, and then the good people of
Honolulu showed their interest in you
by attending in large numbers-some-
thing like seven Or eight hundred
each night.
GAS consequence, we made more
than enough money to buy the instru-
ments and the surplus is to be used
for the benefit of the greatest number
of the leper people. The 7. NJ: &. A.
will get something that it needs very
much, as will Beretania Hall, both
public resorts.
'FYou see from this that you have
many friends in Honolulu, and not
only there but in the United States
and in Great Britain: You are not
forgotten. The people of Hawaii are
taking q fresh interest In you, and I
think il is the intention to do much
for your comfort and happiness.
"The Board of Health is working
hard to discover a remedy for your
stubborn disease; careful experiments
by learned men are being made, and
I believe that ultimately medicine
will be found. Loud cheersl. L OBJ
serve that your houses look better
than they did last year, and observe
that you look better than you did last
year More cheersl, and L hope that
you Will continue to improve in every
way. [Cheers1.
1.-THE beautiful instruments which
are now in your possession came from
San Francisco. They cost large sum
of money and I trust that you will
take good care of them and merit the
continued good will of your kind
friends In Honolulu who contributed
the money to buy them"
AT er three more cheers were given,
Mr.. Ambrose Hutchinson the Assistant
Superintendent of the Leper Settle
ment, himself one of the most afflicted,
replied in Hawaiian, which was trans
lated into English by Nathaniel, in
substance as follows:
''On behalf of the leper band and
the people of the settlement he ex-
pressed to Captain COchrane of the
United States Marine Corps, and the
friends that have cO--Operated with
him, their sincere thanks, and pro-
found appreciation of the kindness
which had been shown in this hand
some and most welcome reply to their
petition for new band instruments.
ave are especially thankful to you
for your personal efforts for US, and we
are encouraged by your kind sthis
day as we have never been encouraged
before. We are the more impressed
and surprised because you are not OF
the same nationality as ourselves.
You are a stranger, and we had no
right to expect so much from you.
1--WE are glad to know that we have
so many good friends and that our
lives are likely to be made brighter
and happier. We thank them all and
will endeavor to prove ourselves
worthy of their generous considera-
ton. May God bless and keep you"
Several men present were moved to
tears by the strange spectacle and the
earnestness and eloquence OF the un-
fortunate speaker, who is the son of
former Minister of the Interior of Ha-
wall, under the late Kamehameha V.
Captain COchrane, who had known
Minister Hutchinson twenty-five
zoo 20 oGH ahEck h n1s With hio so,;
the simple ceremony was over.
During the presentation DR.. G. B.
Wood had his camera in position and
took several views. Mr.. e. @. Hitch
cock, the Marshal of the Republic,
then passed around the hat, and the
cup of the band boys, already brimful,
was made to run over by a collection
of about $25 from the visitors, which
the genial Professor Berger divided
among them.
President Smith, w. w. Hall and
other gentlemen then proceeded to the
Z. M. G. A. Hall to settle a pilikia
caused by two sets of officers trying to
administer affairs at one and the same
time. They found two locks on the
front door and the opposing factions
awaiting arbitration. Some 200 natives
listened to debate which followed,
several taking an active part with
Messrs. Smith and Hall. The white
men deplored these differences and
advised the rival officials to resign and
elect q new ticket, and that will prob
ably be the outcome. Rev. Mr.. Birnie
made some timely remarks, and the
meeting closed with prayer by the
native pastor, Rev. Mr.. Kealoha.
It is plain that leprosy does not
much affect the brain, and suggestive
TO see such zeal and activity in COM
affairs.
At about p. m. the Board and its
guests re embarked and made the
home run in about six hours.