The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-14
END CAME SUDDENLY AT g:2J
LAST NIGHT.
Deceased Was A Central Figure In
Religious And Educational Work OF
The Islands-Funeral

DR.. Charles NJ. Hyde died at his resi-
denCe on Beretania street last night at
$3.50 O'Clock, after having been unCons-
ciOus for three days. Though he was
not expected TO rally, death came sud-
denly. At the bedside were Mrs HYDE.
| Charles X. Hyde, Rev. W. NJ. Kincaid,
Miss Cordelia Hyde, Miss T.. x. Snow
and Mrs. Rose.
DR.. Hyde returned about two weeks
ago from visit to his eldest son. who
is banker at Ware Mass. Some
months ago he was critically i'll. When
he returned from the east it was to
take to his bed with a complication of
ills, due largely to the infirmities in
duced by his former severe sickness
Deceased was born i'm New York city
in 1882, and was therefore in his 9th
year. He was educated at Williams
college, Union Theological Seminar
and Princeton. He married Miss Mary
| Knight, daughter of DR.. Knight OF
Brmfeld Mass.
The funeral will take place from Gem
tral Union church at IL o'clock tomor-
row. 1t will lie conducted by Rev. w.
NJ. Kincaid, assisted 10y all of the Con-
gregational clergy of the city. All the
institutions with which the lamented
gentleman was connected win be out
in full membership. The remains will
be Inferred in Nuuanu cemetery.
The honorary pall-bearers will be-:
Rev. DR.. Serene f. Bishop, William
w. Hall, Col. w. +. Allen, Frank w.
! Damon, w. r. Castle, Charles NJ.
{ Cooke, Rev. John Leadingham, DR..
! John NJ. Whitney. The active pail
bearers will be eight students from
| the North Pacific Missionary Institute:
| II. X. POepOe, j. Lua, l.. Kaumeheiwa.
| Is. Lowell, y. l.. Heulu William Ka-
uhi, j. Kalaina and II. Kalehele
Seats will be reserved in the church
near the family for the pall-bearers.
| Oahu college trustees, Kamehameha
trustees, Bishop Museum trustees and
director, delegations from the North
Pacific Missionary Institute, the Chi
nese Mission, Japanese Mission and
Portuguese Mission, the faculty of Ca
| hu college and six students, teachers
of Kamehameha Manual school. of Ka-
mehameha Girls school and delega-
| ton of six students.
DR. Hyde had lived in Honolulu
exactly % years, during which time he
was leading spirit in religious and
| charitable work Of all kinds. He came
| as missionary under the American
Board of Foreign Missions. having
| been Congregational minister in Mas
! sachussetts. He was the president of
the North Pacific Missionary Institute
for the training Of native Hawaiians
a
| tary of the Hawaiian Evangelical As
! SociatiOn, and as one of the trustees
| under the will of Bernice Pauahi Bis
! hop had much to do with the work of
| the kamehameha schools. The de-
| ceased was also a trustee of Oahu col
| lege and took an active interest in that
! institution.
The many friends of the dead man
| speak of him as indefatigable in trying
| to promote all enterprises for the Cul-
tivation and conversion of the natives
and the spread of christian civilization
| and as one of earnest convictions at
! times provoking controversy but of in
tegrity never questioned. He was
i'm fact identified with or interested in
every charitable or benevolent enter
prise that has come into eXistance here
| in quarter of a Centuary and his ef-
| forts leave results that will make him
| long remembered. The Social Science
club was organized largely through his
| influence.
DIR. Hyde took no side in the great re-
Volutionary discussions preferring tC
| keep as close to his chosen work as
possible and avoid politics. His inter.
est In Hawaii and its population was
paramount and he had one of the best
collections ever gathered together OF
| books, documents, etc, that are of in,
terest to historical students i'm the
islands