The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-23

oe@uPiev tue "noie district and tbe-
came very large esHblisament.
The smill4prospered. but. Mr.. Tufton
Iaied IN hit private busgpess. and Mr.
SaPppeil Deeame sole proprietorsof the
Pi9ueer plantation, which, under him
became. one of the bestlmanaged and
1estfpaytns concerns on the Islands.
S0De:time in the. early eighties he sold
Etk pioneer bilIyto Mr.. Horner. and
oppe ito Honolulu where he lived. at
iptertals, untifAiis death. -
KIN 1879 Mr.. Nampbell married Miss
hbBaii Ma{Pinepjne Bright. talented
lady ,of mixed Hawaiian and white
blood, @h survives him. Eight child
rfn hayesfome to bless their union, of
whom foqrF are living aged
'seyenteen3wn graduates this year
from, Notrel dame at San Jose; Alice.
whp,isY Is years old, and who Is also
a. Notfe Dame; MurieI. who was born
h England during November, 1891;
ana Mary Beatrice who is .&q6r. yea rs-of
age OF the four children who died, one
was boy and three were girls.
After his second marriage. Mr.. Camp
bell continued 10 live in Lahaina for
some years as the manager of the Pio-
neer, mifL Soon after coming to Oahu
be bought the honolulu lands. as we'll
as much other reallestate in the shape
both of-ranches and of city property.
Honoulfuli he eventually leased to the
Eva plantation. He also bought land
across the Island and built.up and ran
the Kahuku plantation, which he leas-
ed at later time to The company which
still manages It, =; -
The last fifteen years of his life were
parity spent In extensive travels. He
went to Europe several times, perhaps
with some reference to his wife's
health and to the benefit to his chilli
ren, but iargely-for pleasure and very
little, il at all. for business, During
lhe periods when he was at home he
continued to interest himself in. many
large enterprises besides those men,
toned, though in some OF these he did
not engage actively. Thus he was in-
terested in the telephone and the elec-
trio light companies. AT the time of
his death he owned the Ehlers block.
the Ellis building, which takes in al
most half "A olock from Bishops bank
round by way of Fort street to Queen.
and much property on Hotel street.
He was also one Of the largest stock
holders in the First American Bank of
hawaii Ouc vi itttSl lSt>s
was the St. James Hotel at San lose.
which has only recently been finished.
All his life he had a great deal TO do
with Hawaiians, and he understood
them very we'll and was able TO get
into their confidence. He was an earn
est royalist and partizan of the
Queen, and his wife was the president
or one of the leaders of the chief roy
alist associations among the women.
One of the dramatic events of his ca
reer. and one which showed the stun
he was made of. was his abduction and
Imprisonment In house in San Fran
cisco by two men who tried to force
him to sign papers calling for some
$4,000. On the afternoon of August
3, 1896, he left his hotel in company
with a man who had scraped acquaint-
ance with him a few days before in
San Jose, and he did not return until
Wednesday evening. He had been TAX
en- to a house far out on California
street, knocked senseless, bound. gag
ged. handcuffed, and chained to a bed
Then his captors went through his
pockets and stole S305, and tried 70
bully him into signing an order for
$4,000. He refused, and they kept
llAl III lulS lOOu VI
drink, for two whole days only re-
leasing him finally when even their
threats of torture failed TO break his
sturdy spirit. He showed clear grit
throughout the whole affair. When
the younger of his two captors came
into the room where he, an unsuspect-
ing guest, was waiting to see the sup
posed wife of his friend" and, point
ing a pistol at him. ordered him "a
throw up his hands, the old man ot
sixty-seven replied that he would not
throw up his hands for any man, and
old him to go ahead and shoot. Then
he grappled with him, and they both
went down together. and IL took blow
on the head from the third man, which
knocked Campbell senseless, to enable
them to overcome him. Ali their ef-
forts TO compel him to sign or even to
read the orders failed ignominiously
They could make no impression on his
strong will. and they had to give in at
last and let him go. He pursued Win
throp. the chief criminal, with the dog
ged perseverance which he put into his
business enterprises until he brought
him to- San Quentin. where he is now.
The funeral of Mr.. Campbell will
take place at O'Clock this afternoon
from his late residence on Emma
street