The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-02

He Has Just Returned From Ten Weeks Stay i'm HOnolulu-Is Quite Enthusiastic Over This Recent Ad- dition to the United States-Business Good and Everyone Prospering.
 Charles Bigelow, president of the Kickapoo Indian Medicine company, has just returned from Honolulu, where he has been for the past ten weeks in the interest of his firm. MT. Bigelow talked most entertainingly to Courier reporter yesterday afternoon about his trip and the Hawaiian islands.
 He left here with the intention of staying at Honolulu only few weeks and then proceeding to Hong Kong and Manila. Business was so good and the prospects for continuance of the same so very 1attering that he prolonged his stay. MT. Bigelow took two troupes of speciality artists with him, one of which went on to New Zealand, while the other remained in Honolulu.
 He was most enthusiastic over the
 
 ment received at the hands of the na- tives and other residents The city of Honolulu has a population of about 3O,000, of whom 4,0O0 are whites, many formerly residents of the United States, and the remainder of Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and several other nationalities. The city is beauti- fully laid out, with splendid broad r,nor of iJo sidewalks, large modern business blocks and elegant residences with spacious lawns, kept in the best possible man. ner. Most of the lawns are covered with several species of palms, banana and cocoanut trees. There is at present only one system of street cars in the city and that is owned by English cap- ftalists. 1t is horse car line. An opposition company, with large capi- tai stock, has just been organized and it is proposed to run in opposition to the horse car line. The motive power of the new road is to be electricity and representative of the company, MT. Valentine of the Pacific Coast Adver- tiser, is now in this country on a tour of inspection. He will visit many of the principal cities and decide upon what he thinks the best system for use in Honolulu
 The poor natives are the only per- sons in the city who patronize the pres- ent road and as the company. which owns it has monopoly they are not inclined to repair it. There are many wealthy people in the city and they have everything of the best Most of their residences are constructed of wood, which is brought from Oregon and Washington. A few houses are built of stone, which is quarried in the mountains which surround the city on three sides. From the richest to the poorest, hospitality in the extreme is the rule. The people are kind, gener- ous, frank and liberal and treat strang- CTS almost the same as they would their lifelong friends.
 There is splendid modernly equip ped theater in the city and all of the best companies on their way to Aus tralia stop at Honolulu. A poor show would not be patronized.
 The city boasts of fine baseball, foot ball and cricket teams Games are played by teams chosen of members of the military companies in the garrison and also composed of citizens.
 Almost every resident of the city speaks English and is well enough educated to be able to read and write. English is the prevailing language and it is spoken even by the natives. There is compulsory education law and it is strictly enforced. The system of schools is as good as in almost any city in this country. On the death of a wealthy resident, Mrs. Bishop, several years ago, a large sum of money was secured which she ordered devoted to the erection and maintenance of a manual training school. This building has been erected and is a very fine one There is a separate department for boys and girls,
 There are six daily papers, four in the English language, one in the native tongue and one in Japanese. The pa pers sell for five cents and considering the fact that there is no connection with the outside world except by steamer and then only about every eight days. they are very good and quite newsy. Mir Bigelow says that when cable service is secured, the papers will rival many in this country Since the annexation of the islands by the United States, several enterprising Yankees have started land sale and in one day that he attended the auction they disposed of 120 lots They are To- cated on the outskirts of the present city near what is known as the Punch Bowl, which is an extinct volcano. The city itself is located in a beautiful val ley The climate is perfectly delight fuI and quite healthy. The thermome- ter never registers below SO and never above 87. Rains are frequent and they come very unexpectedly and intermit- tently. The sky may be as clear as crystal and all of a sudden there is a heavy downpour of rain, which may last five or ten minutes or halfS hour. These sudden rains cause considerable rheumatism and that is about the only maIady with which the inhabitants are afflicted There is, however, some lep- rosy, but the lepers are banished to a separate island and cared for by the government There are now about 500 lepers confined on this island.
 Considerable land on the same island on which Honolulu is situated is owned bv the Oahu Land and Railway com pany. A New Haven man, Fred Smith, is manager of the railroad It is a