The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-09-15
CORPORAL MURRAY
Having a Good Time at
Omaha.
Another Breezy Letter From Commissiouer
E1. Hawaiian Dc esation
Al Homeslek.
(Staff Correspondence

Omaha was torn wide open on tn,
Goth ult., and II will be some time be-
fore they get the fragments properly
joined again. The occasion of the
splitting, or rending, was the recep
ton attendant on the return OF the
First Nebraska Regiment of Volun'
teers. There were about 10000 people
on the streets all Of the forenoon, and
there were 10000 at the exposition
grounds during the afternoon and
evening. Everything was placed at the
disposal of the boys, and they, OF
course, had a magnificent time Cor
poral Harry +. Murray OF l. Company
(Thurston Rifles) called early on his
Island friends sojourning in Omaha
He is being entertained by his army
chums about town and Is very popu-
lar and well liked The young man
is in perfect health, Is taller and
stronger and self-reliant in appearance
and conversation. He says the expe-
ricnce has done him world of good
and that he Is glad he went to the war
but will be very happy to get back
home again. On the firing line MUIR
ray took some desperate chances and
Is regarded by his comrades as one OF
the real heroes of the war. 1t was
rather remarkable for him to gain the
chevrons of corporal in strictly
Omaha company. All Of the Nebraska
boys remember Honolulu most pleas
antly, and never tire of looking at our
pictures and talking of the town and
the feast they had.
The exposition Is beginning to get
better from point of attendance, and
will most likely improve from now on
The railways are beginning to take
some interest and the authorities are
doing some intelligent and effective
advertising. Our exhibit is still the
only one that entities them to use the
name Greater America" and Hawaii
Is still the only State, or Territory
represented. 1t is the fact that most
of the Western people have some
knowledge OF the Islands and their re.
sources, and we find the idea that II
requires money for home seeking OF
business prospecting in Hawaii is quite
general. Mr.. Logan and myself are
subjected to a good deal of close in.
quiry every day now by prospective
tourists and investors, and in some
cases by men who talk of cane-grow.
ing on small scale or on shares. OF
of coffee or rice. We handle these PEG.
pie carefully. try to do good for Ha.
wall, and supply them with the facts
and good literature. Something sub.
stantial is being done. but think the
East is the field. There are simply not
enough people in this region.
We get something about Hawaii in
the papers nearly every day. | am pre-
pairing Il couple of Eastern syndicate
articles and besides, series of articles
for the Omaha Trade Exhibitor. the
organ of the wholesalers and jobbers
of the whole trans-Mississippi coun-
try. This latter is by courtesy of Mr..
Hodgln, editor Of the paper.
The big attendance makes the Mid
way very lively in the evening. The
admission to these shows Is from 10
cents to 20 cents, and one of the guards
told me that 1t had been figured It
would cost $3.50 to see everything on
the route, and new affairs or fairs or
fakes are being opened daily.
ED. T.
Omahi, Neb., Sept. l, 1899. ITEM
perature at ! p. m, 80 In the shade,
and do you wonder we are homesick?)