The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-08

che Interior. dsr.gE -Tr ~r.Er 20 XIX
EIm.G4ushl ~. ana vas flF1 Fl
member 90 %. pr.yy Council. and &C
.ls Board 90 UsI..1. ffe Ras o. uH.r-
her ut .Ee House 90 NHH.rs w.El f.~
N.uE had che appointing 11a.-. arH
ua Che adoption ut che uHs CON s-
t.uu. whereby Che ut'l... was made . csc
tive. DE was rrs-ga.f e. Size polls. and
continued Co.. hN t5ts honorable Hr o.
zion -ual De- was rendered taa F.ss-
folio % Na.E.gs gt Finance. Laa
highly rg-rrus. l.s Office be- was come
PEELED Co resign on account 90 feeble
health. and since tr.l has virtually
rs..rsd from active lie. although hts
interest .u Clt.u-E. Affairs has never
d unfinished.
Mr.. witsmauu declare cha. ls v...l
never again enter pu. ..sa HEt .s Ea
highly probable tbJt lF U.il b. pre-
vailed upon 90 change his mind. ..aI
wsll soon again uyyury seat loo IIs
Cabinet Beyond che imuHseEut r.l.F-
zeal positions held uy the subject uf
this sketch. he has been q judge ct far
supreme Court ut tHF Kingdom. Al
though NOS educated .u sG. law. M
W.tsuauu is natural born lawyer.
He looks beyond the petty trImus's
which hamper the purpose ut aIs las.
-
justice iu the question presented Ills
decisions are DISTINGUISHED by sound
common sense and q rare appyce.I-
ton OF right. and are entirely free
from bias or prejudice.
II. \. Witemann has been and U.s.
among Hawaii's most successful pi1us-
ers. and 10 j. from sugar cane Planting
that he has made the bulk OF his
present fortune. His frs IgriCu!tui 80
venture was coffee raising on the ISLAND
OF Kauai. where he resided from 1876
TO 1864. The business Was not lurrJ-
tive and was abandoned for the more
remuuerdtivs one uf sugar. HIS HrEr
lkEowi,drs OF cane culture was acquired
while manager of the LGhue p.Iutl,.b
lon Kauai. which he started iu 1850. aud
which WAS the frs, sugar enterprise on
the Islands conducted on The modern
I system. He continued success ful. IS it.
! -lg business until 1876. when. hy the
I Rsc.procity Treaty with America. %
/ = Gereutial sugar tariff was effected .u
favor us the Hawaiian Islands THIS
| treaty was rspueuaut Jo Mr.. W.Ls-
mann. as he believed Jh1t she tariff
was deroEatory to the dignity Of She
Hawaiian people. He Couside.ci shls
lSugar cane culture had been sufiigi "a 30
Ily profitable previous % this treaty
and was very adverse 20 the Govern
meut's placing itself under such obii-
cations To- the Uu!tCd STATES. Be.Ius.
of this sentiment. as well as from a
desire TO retire from active life. Mr.
widemann, that year. disposed OF Sl
his sugar interests. To one OF this
lgentleman's temperament. however. sr
idle life was unsuited. and tn 1875 hs
started the profitable plantation 81
waianac. which ne still owns.
. Hermann y. widvmauu on May .
1859. married Mary Kauai. q H8w1tiIr
lady. who suryiv,, him. To Mr.. ans
Mrs. widemgun have been born Eeyer
daughters and two sons Mrs. u. "
IMaCfarlIuc. Mrs. Fred W. MLcfarlIus
Airs. g. .. Berger. for some years now
a widow: Mrs. Vim. Lam. Mrs. jobs
VI. powsCtt. Mrs. e. Conrad. Mis- Uuaa
widsmanu. and MssSrs. Carl and Hsg,
man w!demauu. Carl is manager ul
the coffee plantation ON the Waian1s
sugar estate. and Hermann holds p1'
sition in the office OF J. II. Sprecksl.
x Bros. Co. in San Francisco.
The funeral will be held from he
Roman Catholic Cathedral at Gs1i
lo'cloCk tomorrow afternoon.