Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-04

HA WAIIANS AS
AMERIC ANS.

I ltll
AMERICA
c. H. Dickey, OF Maui island, Ha-
waiian group. arrived in Omaha Satur-
day and was the guest of his brother.
Col. j. ]. Dickey, superintendent Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Mr.. Dickey left Tuesday evening for his
home in the Hawaiian islands, and was
accompanied by Master Jay Dickey.
who will spend the summer months on
I.those islands.
Mr.. Dickey has lived in the Hawaiian
islands for twenty-eight years, and is
at present assessor for the four central
islands Of the group. He was a mem
Der of the legislature during the regime
!. of Queen Liliuokalani. The Bee reports
him as saying:
The people are all pleased with the.
| permanent government" said Mr..
Dickey, in discussing Hawaiian affairs.
l"There are from 1000 to 10000 Caucas-
| ians in the islands. The census has not
been taken for six years but the popu-
|
| 40, 600 of these are natives. &c. 900 Japan
4 csc. 10000 Chinese and $4,000 Portu-
guese. There are about 5000 Americans
by the last census. but believe there
are many more now. The purer natives
are dying off, as the race is intermarry-
ing with all classes of foreigners. These
races are rapidly becoming analga-
mated and could now properly be called
\ A a,.,.. Ia n, ttr,y, ~
qualifications for voters, and 80 per
cent of the population of the islands
can read or write. japanese and Chin
.ese can not vote. There are four En-
glish daily newspapers, one Hawaiian
| daily and three weeklies over there. We
use more telephones comparatively
4 than are used here. Almost every
house has a telephone, even the poorer
classes having them. There are no poor
4 insthe islands, tho. In all Hawaii there
is not a beggar.
Work is plenty and the natives are
4 splendid workers when they work.
\ Like all tropical races tho, they like
sIyresting spells. Sugar raising is the
main Industry of the country. the OUT
4 put being about 100000 tons a year. We
4 also raise fine coffee and rice. but ex-
port little of either. There are no oak
or hickory trees in the land, but of
nearly all other varieties we have sam
pies. The country has good roads and
good schools. For the last fifteen years
the instruction has been in English.
i Our laws are printed in both English
"A and Hawaiian. The laws have heen left
u almost intact since annexation and we
u have an excellent system Of jurispru-
i Idence. cxcelled by no state unless 1t be
New York. In making 1t we selected
from the lawsgof all the states.
IA I'VE have all religions, even Nor
monism, but polygamy is not practiced.
i There are no white Mormons. White
| missionaries of that sect came to the
Iislands and converted some OF the ma
I5tives. The denomination with the larg-
est following is the Congregational, and
Il Catholicism is next. The natives are
a quick to learn, but somewhat deficien,
Il in practical ability Most all our po-
Ilicemen are natives and there are also
native doctors, lawyers and preachers
81 The HaWaiians are natural orators anG
! singers. good-natured and easily led.
We are the only people who have
!. ever stamped out the buboric plague
). land are proud of this record. Since thu
= l5disease has broken out in San Francis
i leo the government has sent a physician
Ito Hawaii to learn how we handled it
! 1t cost us about 1000. 600 to get rid o.
lit. II broke out in December and LASTED
TIL April. ;lltho it never became cpl
Z demic. There We're serenty-one cases
in Honolulu, about three-fourths Of
them dying. Fifteen blocks of build
tngs We're burned. besides numerou.
s Isoiated residences. 1t is a rat disease
/, and these animals must be killed to ge
q rid of it, In not one OF our cases could
+ |it be shown that the disease was taker
81 from another person who had il. AL
Who had ii We're uuarantincd by them
! / selves. No one was allowed to leave
Honolulu The bodies of the dead wer,
!. cremated Thousands of persons hae
i the prophylactic serum. which is a pre-
!, ventive, injected into them. There il
: also d curative serum which is uset
when ii is known that one has th'
J, plague. i think thai it will soon spreat
. east do not think that San Francisc,
can ever be quarantned so as To pro
! hibit 1t spreading. Wherever rats are5i
Will go, tho of course rat prefers al
unsanitary place. One may live 70
!, three days after he is stricken. a FEY
recover. bur it is frequently the cas-
that they die the day that 1t is foun'
that they have 1t.
I'VE are the only country that ha
ever taken care of our lepers There ar
: about 1000 of them and they are KEEP
/ on an island by themselves. The5colon,
E lis on a flat neck of land. behind which
a lis high cliff, Allcoryeniences posi-
t BILE are provided for the unfortunat
E ones Band concerts and entertain
s sments ar. given for them and amuse
y ments5 provided. 1t IS said that il tn
/: .aw would allow them to return to thei
d homes that not more than 100 woui
It avail themselves of the opportunity.
5. All are much pleased with Presiden
Dole. and every one is glad that We ar
S now territory of the United State
, and have stable government TIL
natives celebrate the Fourth of Jul
4 even more enthusiastically than is don
n here They prefer 1t to all the holi
Q days"
9 a Life and Death Fight.
n Mr.. w. "A. Hines OF Manchester, Iowi
y writing OF his almost miraculous escar
!. from death, says: Exposure afte
IS measles induced serious lung trouble
which ended in consumption. | ha
frequent hemorrhages and coughe
II might and day. All my doctors said