The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-10-16
ARMSTRONG NO MORE.
CConunued from page one).


Chapman Armstrong was a sister of
the late Chief Justice Chapman of
Massachusetts.
After preliminary intruction at home
young Armstrong was sent to Homo
lulu where he entered the Royal school
and was there the daily associate of
David Kalakaua, afterwards to become
king, and of the other high born young
Hawaians with whom his future years
were to be spent on terms of intimacy.
They shared in boyish sports together
and King Kalakaua, years afterwards,
used to relate as a joke how his then
Attorney General once in a fight knock
ed some of his teeth out.
Leaving the Royal School, Armstrong
was sent to Yale University where he
graduated well up in his class in the
early COS. He determined to take up
the study of the law and for that pur-
pose entered the office of his uncle who
afterwards became Chief Justice at
Pittsfeld, Mass.
He moved to New York and there
entered the office of the late Joseph
Choate. He practiced i'm New YORK
for several years acting for long time
as commissioner for the assessment of
damages on the elevated railroads.
1t was in 1880 that King Kalakaua,
determined on taking the trip round
the world, felt the necessity of having
with him some prudent advised and
with that i'm view he offered his old
school friend the position of Attorney
General with the understanding that
he should accompany his majesty on
the trip. Armstrong accepted and his
impressions of that remarkable journey
are recorded i'm his book of recent
publication entitled "Round the World
with a King" He returned to New
York in 1882 and practiced law for some
time again but his health gave out. He
came back to Hawaii for some years
then and became editor of the Adver-
! tiser. He was a close student of the
labor question and always was strong
/ in maintaining the wisdom of import
| ing white rather than Asiatic labor to
| the islands.
All this time he was sufferer from
malarial fever which used intermittent
! ly to cause him much pain. He thought
, that he might obtain relief by another
! change of climate so went to Hampton
Virginia, where his brother, General s.
J C. Armstrong had established Hamp-
ton Institute and made his home there
! Ever active he took up the organiza-
ton of the oyster industry on Chesa-
peake bay and was instrumental in
obtaining the legislation which pro-
tects the rights of private owners tC
raise the bivalves for which the Chesa-
peake is celebrated
He continued to make regular trips
here having last been in Honolulu
about a year ago.
His recent letters to relatives com.
plained that his old enemy malaria
fever had again attacked him anc
six weeks since he had to take to his
bed. His last letter however, wa!
more hopeful in tone and careful nurs
ing seemed to have done him much
good. The news of his death therefore
came as sad surprise and while The
! immediate cause was not told in thu
cable it is surmised that his system
broke down under the fever which ha!
slowly been sapping his vitality.
Mrs. Armstrong, his wife, who was
Miss Morgan of New York, pre-
deceased him some years ago. He
leaves one daughter, Dorothy and three
sons Kalani, Matthew and Dick. The
last named is the famous Yale foot
ball player, oarsman and all rounC
athlete.
The deceased gentleman had a hos
of friends in Hawaii who will join il
heartfelt regret over the closing of hi
useful life.