The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-01-10
Showing d ihs Islands al
Omaha BIp0SlllOl
GETTING A CHOICE SPACE
Popularity OF Co'iee-tnauirIes- IT,.
tsr.suns Railway Companies
Educational Display.

tltlun ID Dlnahd lhls summer, VIII re
turn "a Honolulu on the China, due {,
arrive on January n. Mr shingle lef
IN his mission to the States In the lat.
ter part OF June.
The hawaiian exhibit was installed
N the Agricultural building, which was
DC, largos' structure ON the grounds.
Nlr. Shiug,e reached Omaha with his
exhibit on the day the Senate passed
the Newlands resolution anneXing the
Islands. hawaii had been assigned
pace IN ,ho International hall. This
uiIding vas not . popular building
and Mr. SMasl, Immediately raised
objection On the ground that Hawaii
vas not q fore IN nation but part and
parcel OF the United States. The point
was Ieierr,d 20 a committee Of lawyers
and MI Sn ngle was upheld In his pO-
s,tiCi..
The Exposition authorities then gave
Hawaii the choicest space in the Ag-
r.,ultural building. Here the exhibit
was speedily installed. being in run
ming order by the middle OF July.
one Of The spaces was devoted en-
:irely to coffee. 4 dozen large coffee
trees, which were secured on the Wal
anGe plantation; these ranging from a
nursery plant 10 tree in bearing.
made a very interesting display. The
CJflCe served was very carefully pre-
pared by expert demonstrators, they
using the drip process. This booth was
tnronged constantly with people, and
many hundreds left behind orders for
the coffee to he sent to their homes.
On another large space adjoining the
coffee booth, was displayed all the 9TH
er exhibits. The space was dotted
with palms, orange trees, small cocoa
nut trees and other tropical plants
which gave the entire exhibit, q trop-
zeal appearance. The school exhibit
was laid out on tables and hung up on
the walls. Nothing interested the Wis,
itOrs to the exhibit so much as this
wonderful work. Many fine compi.
msnts were paid the Hawaiian School
children by competent judges.
The Photographic display was un
guestiOnably the finest and most com
plee that has ever been seen uutsid,
of the Islands. The bulk of these pic
lures were by Williams. The coloreC
photos turned out by Davey were yer!
interesting and attractive.
Besides an immense bulk of litera
ture distributed at the booth, Mr.
Shingle gave away to representative
people visiting the booths. painting,
on small bamboo cards. These card!
were artistically executed by Mr.. Phil
Up II. Dodge, OF Honolulu, who tool
for his subjects typical scenes in the
Islands.
In the matter Of jury awards Hawai-
was strictly in it," Hawaiian COTE,
was awarded the gold medal after tive
jurlcs considered the merits Of al
competing CUffees. The first OF thes'
juries consisted of Mr.. Peck, big cot
fee broker OF New YORK; Mr.. Brown
manager of John W. Doane q Com
pany, of Chicago: and Mr.. J. W. Mich
olson, prominent coffee expert of On
aha. This jury sent in unanimous
verdict for Hawaiian coffee. But the
exposition authorities were not fully
satisfied, and constituted another jury,
the personnel of which included food
experts in the United States Army.
Uncle Sans officers were in the same
way Va NNAhhAlS AhAN Ah' Nbi'N On l'l -
were, and the exposition officials very
promptly turned over the award.
Other diplomas and gold medals were
received for the general exhibit, school
work, native handiwOrk, photograph
display, Hebron Drug Co. taroena, etc.
There was a demand for parts of the
exhibit from institutions all over the
country. Those Of the exhibits that
were not to be returned TO Hawaii have
all been judiciOusly distributed. where
they will DO the most good to advertise
Hawaii. These include such institu-
tons as the public schools Of Omaha,
the University OF Nebraska, the UniYer
sity of Bellevue, the Chicago Univsr-
sity, some Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa
schools, McClymond's Library OF Mas
sllon, Ohio, and Transmississipp EN-
position Historical Society, and the
Smithsonian Institute.
From the date OF his arrival in Om-
aha, Mr.. Shingle began to receive a
large mail from all parts OF the coun-
try. 4 gOOdly number OF these were
from people seeking investment and
pleasure. Others came from men and
women looking for positions To these
Mr.. Single sent answers telling OF the
existing conditions in the Islands, and
advised all to stay away unless they
had means.
During the summer Mr.. Shngle
gathered the names of several thousand
p"ople, who We're Interested in Hawaii
from some standpoint or other. These
people We're all supplied with literature
and many received personal letters
from the commissioner. These name.
ana addresses have been placed with
the passenger departments OF the San
IA re, the Union Pacific, the Southern
Pacific, the Chicago, Northwestern, the
burlington, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul and the Northern Pacific rail-
ways and the several steamship com
panies, all engaged in stimulating tour
list travel 10 Hawaii.
The commissioner interested Col. w.
Il. Haskell, proprietor OF The Mipneap-
oils Times. and the Northern PacInc
Railway in getting up specially con-
Quoted tours 10 Hawaii. The Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific, the Bur