The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17

wall. The areas of these islands are as fol-
lows
Square miles.
Nlnau ......''..'................ 81
Kauai ................... .................... $50
Oanu ':'...'.................... 600
Molokal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 210
MAUI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .................. 40
lanai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Hoji 90 %
r1d"dll 4,NO
Total 74O
The area of the eight islands is larger
than Connecticut, but smaller than Mas
sachusetts The Island of Hawaii is the
largest of the group, and presents great
varieties of soil and climate. The windward
side, which includes the districts of North
Kohala, Hamakda, Tilo and Puma, is cop-
ously watered by rains and in the Hilo dis
trict the streams rush impetuously down
every gulch and ravine. On this island are
now situated numerous sugar plantations.
Coffee is extensively cultivated. There are
several hundred owners of coffee planta-
tions some of them cUltivaring only a few
acres, and some of them having as high
as 100000 trees. There are thousands upon
thousands of rich coffee lands still uncul-
tivated. Mauisis also a very fine island. 1t
has many sugar plantations, and the rails
ing of coffee is being taken up rapidly The
western slopes of Haleakala, the principal
mountain of Maui, are covered with small
IarmS on winch potatoes, corn, beans and
pigs are raised.
Honolulu, the capital city of the Ha-
Wal1an Islands, is located upon the islano
of Oahu. 1t has a population of about 30
coo, and is pleasantly situated upon the
south side of the island Every house is
located in a garden, and the widespread
ing palms upon the streets make the pros
poets beautiful. Some of the houses are
of very handsome architecture.
The city is lighted with electric light;
there is very complete telephone system,
and tram cars run at short intervals along
the principal streets and continue out to
a sea-bathing resort and public park, four
miles from the city. There are numerous
stores where all kinds of goods be OBJ
tanned. In this particular Honolulu oc-
cupies position ahead of any city of
some and commodious. There are numerous
churches, schools, a public library of over
10, 600 volumes, Y; M. c. A; Hall, Masonic
Temple, odd Fellows Hall and. theater.
There is frequent steam communication
with San Francisco, once a month with
New Zealand and the Australian colonies.
Steamers also connect Honolulu with China
and Japan. There are three evening daily
papers published in English one daily
morning paper and two weeklies. Besides
these there are papers published in the Ha-
waian, Portuguese Japanese and Chinese
languages. and also monthly magazines in
various tongues
A line of railroad has been constructed
which at present runs thirty miles along
the coast from the city, and it is proposed
to extend this railroad completely around
the island.
Kauai is called 1.-The Garden island" it is
so we'll watered and SO luXuriant in vegeta-
ton. Sugar and rice are its principal prod
ucts at present.
THE GOVERNMENT.
The story of the overthrow of the mon
archy of Liliuokalani and the establishment
of a republic is too well known to need
repetition. The President of the republic is
elected for six years. The Legislature con-
sists of a Senate and House of Representa-
tives, all memoirs being elected by popu-
lar vote. The senator's elected for
term of six years, and voters for senators
must have real property worth $500, or,
personal property worth $1,000, or an income
of not less than $500 per annum. The vote
for representatives is based on manhood
suffrage.
All males between the ages of twenty and
sixty pay a personal tax of S.. viz: Poll
pays a tax of l per cent. on the cash value,
and personal property similar rate. Carts
pay ST. brakes IS, carriages So, dogs 81, fe-
male dogs 49, From the above it will be
seen THAI the taxes are not heavy, as com
pared with other countries; moreover, there
are no local taxes of any kind
There is an excellent system of free
schools in which the language is used
The teachers in many cases have been i'm
ported from the United States. The school
system is modelled after that of the public
school system of the United States. Educa-
49,
The various Christian denominations are
represented and all forms are tolerated
The country churches of the Protestant
denominations are chiefly conducted by Ha-
waiian pastors, the Roman Catholic by
French and German priests, who are mostly
good linguistS and speak Hawaiian, Eng
lish and Portuguese, besides their mother
tongue. Wherever there is a large collec-
ton of English-speaking people Protest
ant church is usually supported by them
In Honolulu there is large number OF
churches, Congregational, Roman Catholic
Episcopalian, Methodist and Mormon. There
is a Sunday law, and all work which is not
absolutely necessary is prohibited on that
day Rational outdoor amusement is not
prohibited, such as riding, boating, shoot
ing etc, and the government band plays
at the public park at Waikiki every Sum
The population of the islands, according
to the census of $780, was S9,991, or in round
numbers 80, 600. A census OF the population
was taken in 1896. 1t showed the popula-
ton as follows:
Hawaiians .................... ........... 1000
Part Hawaiians ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lO,O0J
Chinese ........-....'..''''..' 1o,OJO
Japanese .'.'...-'''. ''''''''''''''' N a'0S0
Portuguese ......... ...........-....'...'. 5VJV
American and European ................ 1900
Total ..... ................ 1O9 900
The vessels flying the Hawaiian flag num-
Der fifty-two, aggregating 21,67S tons. They
Tons
Twenty-three steamers. aggregating... 1915
Five banks, aggregating ................. Abs
Three ships, aggregating ................ 6,272
Twenty-one schooners and sloops, ag
gregating .......... ...........,.-....... LOS
OF these vessels thirteen are employed in
foreign trade and thirty-nine in trade be-
tween the islands.
Taking exports and imports the business
done by the Hawaiian islands in 1888
amounted to S14 1859. and of this sum
So, sos. 50SS2 was done with the United
States.
ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE.
Although the written history of the Ha-
waiian islands begins with their discovery
| by Captain Cook in 177S, yet the aboriginal
| inhabitants had at that time oral tradi-
tional history which extended back for sew
| eral centuries
AS to their origin, these people formed