Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-14
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O'BRIEN ON PHILIPPINES
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turned on the same steamer with him
from Shanghai to Kobe. Mr.. O'Brien
got OFF there and went by train to 70.
kohama. Relative to a recent telegram
received here regarding the removal Of
Mr.. Hedemann from "a steamer at an
Oriental port on account OF severe Ill.
ness. Mr.. O'Brien said:
1T was thought that Mr.. Hedemann
had appendicitis and he went ashore at
Shanghai. As a matter OF fact, he was
afflicted with that disease. but, after
being under the treatment of doctors Of
that place. he recovered without the
necessity of an operation which was
thought necessary when he left the
steamer. Mr.. Hedemann was not TAX
en- from the steamer. He walked of
just as any of the rest of the passen.
gers. He and his family are now in eS
cellent health and will be back in the
next steamer from the Orient"
Referring to the work Of Mr.. Hede.
mann in the Philippines, Mr.. O'Brien
said
"Mr. Hedemann has attracted a
great deal of attention In the Philip.
pines and he is looked upon as an au.
thority on sugar and sugar machinery.
He told me there was great future for
the Islands II modern methods were
adopted.
mr.. Hedemann spent the tame In
Manila investigating sugar conditions.
He told me he went to investigate
these conditions for interested parties
In Hawaii. During the prosecution OF
Governor. the Secretary of Agriculture
and others in the Government and
gave them many pointers on the way
the people OF Hawaii raise sugar. He
told them II they wanted sugar to be a
paying commodity In the Philippines
they must change the whole system.
He thinks the Government of the Phil.
ippines should establish model sugar
plantation and on It show the best
methods Of growth and milling. This
plantation should have the very best
qualities of cane"
Speaking OF the trip from Yokohama
Mr.. o'Brien said that upon leaving
that port the Nippon Maru ran into a
big storm which was succeeded almost
by another. II was only when two
days out from this port that the wealth
er abated. The storm ragged so that
many Of the passengers never appeared
outside of their stateToOms. Mr.
O'Brien describes the storm as being
something in the nature OF a hurricane.
The barometer was very low indeed
There was no damage to the ship out
side Of a smashed ventilator or two.
or himself, Mr.. O'Brien had the fol.
lowing to say: Il am going to San
Francisco and from there TO New York.
II is my intention to purchase a zinc.
etching and half.tone plant for The
Cable News, with which | am now con
nected. having signed a three years
contract. ! intend to go to Washing
ton and there perfect cable arrange
ments for my paper. As you know. the
cable will reach Manila in July and
The Gable News will be the only paper
In Manila securing the cable dis
patches. The Associated Press may
put in a small service there later on.
intend to take Mrs. OBrien to Manila.
The present plant of The Gable News
has cost $4,000 In gold already. and
you will be given some idea of its size
when tell you that we have four limo
type machines and two presses that
cost $4,000 each that can put our
whole edition on the streets in twenty
minutes. would like to say right
here that the prospects in the Philip
pines are brilliant although at the pres
ent time things are very slow"