The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-09

The last steamer from the Hawaiian
islands brings the sad news of the
death Of Mrs. Caroline Daly-Kinney, at
Honolulu. on the 18th of last month, to
which point she returned in November,
1896, accompanying her son home on
the termination of his last visit to this
city.
The deceased was a native of Calais,
Me-, and was reared near that place
She came of a pioneer stock that set
tied on the rugged shores of New
Brunswick in the early period of colon
ization. After a thorough training in
the best schools of the day, she was
married in 1856 to William Kinney, then
but recently appointed to the consular
service at Honolulu, and together they
made the trip round the Horn" in a
sailing vessel and took up their abode
on the Hawaiian islands, which, with
the exception of a brief period, was her
home for 40 years.
Endowed with great common sense
and much force of character, she soon
exercised a strong influence in the civ
ilizing and Outstanding of the ma
tives. To teach was natural to her, and
from the primitive systems necessary
to meet the demands of the first steps
in the education of a semi-civilized race
she materially aided in evolving the
institutions of which the islands are
now justly proud Hand in hand with
the leading missionaries, she worked
for the highest good of a tractable and
cCnfiding people and by the example
of a well-lived daily life, as we'll as
the precepts of the the good book
she became a power in the accomplish
ment of the ends sought.
A small family soon grew up about
her, two sons and a daughter coming to
gladden. her home. After a few years
the eldest son went back to visit the
old homestead of his colonial ancestors.
but never returned to the loving
mother in the south seas. While on
voyage from the coast of Maine to the
West Indies, the sailing craft went
down and all on board were lost. From
this sad blow she never fully recovered.
1t was a sorrow that followed her
throughout the remaining years-al-
ways a dark shadow.
After several visits to the states,
about 1891 she came to live for a time
at Salt Lake, with her second son,
William A. Kinney-then, and for sew
eral years after, a well-known attorney
of this city. Here her circle of ac-
quaintance soon enlarged and she be-
came known and respected among the
literary and charitable people, her good
deeds being manifest in many quiet
ana dDDT6CldllNe HOIDeS WneIe pubic
charity never enters.
AS is well known, there is a goodly
of native Hawaiians in the vi
cinity of Salt Lake and by this colony
she was looked upon almost as a god
mother. On the occasion of a visit to
Skull valley a few years ago she was
received with the greatest manifesto
lions of affection and honored with a
feast in true island style. Soon after
an address delivered by her before the
Ladies' Literary society and repeated
in one of the leading churches, on the
subject of the Hawaiian people, at
tracted much attention and brought
both the author and the subject promi-
nently before the public.
Although of a robust and long-lived
race, her health became seriously i'm
paired a short time ago and she re-
turned to Honolulu. The change proved |
to be only temporary relief, however,
and frequent messages have come over |
the waves announcing her gradual de- |
cline and now the news of her death, |
at home, in the Paradise of the Pa |
cific, surrounded by an affectionate
family, loving friends and near the I
completed temple of life's work, I
tongue until the last day.
The sad news comes to a host of |
friends here as a personal grief and /
hey join with those beyond the sea in /
an affectionate farewell to one of the /
noble women of the age, whose memory
hey will ever cherish.