Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-20
M0l0KAI TRIP WAS
V,RY ROUGH ONE
Surf Heavy So Many
Could Not Make
Landing.
CONDITION Of INMATES
IS FOUND SATISFACTORY
BAND WENT UP BUT DID NOT GET
ASHORE - LEGISLATORS FIN
ALLY MADE lT-HELD
MEETING.

with the Hawaiian band playing q
popular tune and $50 passengers crowd.
ing her decks. the wilders s. S. Kinau
pulled out of her wharf al II o'clock
Saturday evening and steaming down
the channel, headed her nose towards
her objective point--the Mclokai I.ep-
err Settlement.
II was the second excursion, In
which pleasure, sorrow and business is
combined. which has taken place under
the auspices of the legislative branch
of the government Of the Territory
since the Organic Act went into effect
and many persons, including legisla.
tors, business men and friends and rel.
atives of the Molokai exiles, availed
themselves of the opportunity.
The weather was splendid, a bright
full moon Illuminating the heaven, and
the sea was so smooth that but few
Of the passengers felt the effects Of sea.
/, sickness during the voyage-which
/ usually is a very rough one Captain
Naopala of the Likelike was in com.
mand Of the Kinau for this special trip
and won many well earned compli-
ments for the able way In which he
performed the duty which had been
assigned him. Along with him were
Captain Clark, Admiral George Beck.
] ley and Charles Rose of the Wilder's
Office.
The vessel arrived off Kalaupapa at
o'clock Sunday morning and an.
ehored awaiting daylight. Unfortu.
nately, between 4 and 6 o'clock q
heavy northwesterly swell sprang up
and the rocking and rolling of the
anchored vessel became very unpleas.
ant. The surf beat upon the rocky
shore with gradually increasing VOL.
ence and rapidity until 1t became evil
dent that the landing Of the visitors.
during the day was very problematical.
AS tn eveil Of the morning mist melt
ed away under the warm rays Of the
rising sun, the panorama Of the Settle.
ment unfolded itself to the eyes Of the
visitors. From the superb cliffs that
line its northern shore the island of
Molokai tapers to a narrow desert in
the south. The plateau upon which
the Settlement is located, is washed
on three sides by an ever tumultuous
sea, while the fourth side Is guarded
by a precipitous mountain wall two
thousand feet In height. The land Is
grassy and undulating, and owing to
the continuous winds, Is scantily sup
piled with trees. The rocky shore af
fords no safe landing save in fair
weather. Nature seems to have SET
this almost inaccessible tongue of land
aside for a particular purpose. And q
grievous land 1t is: nothing can be
more formidable than the walls OF
adamant that shut 1t out from the
heights and depths Of SURPRISING beau
ty. The very walls themselves are
decked with dangling gardens Of flow
ers and ferns. festooned with pandu
lous vines that are but a foretaste Of
the perennial loneliness of the yer
dant hills and wales beyond them.
But few Of the $50 visitors, how
ever. noticed the magnificent scenery
offered to their view. Their attention
was concentrated upon long moving
line Of residents Of the Settlement or
their way to the beach to welcomt
their friends and relatives. In few
minutes the Kalaupapa landing wal
black with people and the strains o.
the Mission band began to be waited
to the ears Of the visitors. On board
great excitement prevailed. A rumol
begun to circulate early to the effec
that the officials In charge had decid
ed that It would be unadvisable to at
tempt landing owing to the condi
ton Of the surf and that the Kina,
would steam away back to Honolulu
within q short time. Men and womel
wept and complained until the seem
became unbearable. A boat was lower
cd and the first officer sent on her L
investigate the possibilities of landing
superhuman efforts and finally SUI
ceeded in landing President Pinkhar
of the Board Of Health. II was the
decided that II was out of the questio
I to attempt to land the passengers an
every one settled down to long an
dreary wait. At 10 o'clock the Healt
Committees Of the House and Senat
= held q joint meeting under the chat
manship OF Senator Dowsett and the
:. finally decided that instead Of waitin
Il would be better to 80 at Kalawao {
Waikolu. While the anchor was bein
raised the impression gained groun
that the Kinau was returning to Hon
lulu and for while serious tronb
was threatened. Berger became vi
tim Of that impression and ordered h
band to play "Aloha De- This WI
the last straw. A shout of mingl'
sorrow and despair went up from Il
shore and the deck Of the vessel. al
n strong men wept. the pity Of II all b
n ing too much even for their strong n
turas Ar Kalawan the surf also M