The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-12

turned over thirty-sovon hundred and
NIFTY dollars To- the Japanese consul and
VIII turn over thirty-sovon hundred and
uny dollars To- the Chinese consul this
afternoon The remaining seven thou
sand five hundred dollars / am holding
and may use five thousand of it TO 81
donation for san Francisco. and the re-
manning twenty-five hundred dollars for
my work iu relieving Hawaiians ana
others I'm our work of relief, We have
not as set received any evidence Of the
death or injury of anyone i'm whom any
residents of the islands are Interested
/ am sull making further searches
through the hospitals but think that
we win not find any of our people i'm
the death or injured list
outside of the fact that we are re-
ceiving numerous applications from
people who have friends in Hawaii and
who have heard that l am chartering
steamers to send all applicants on a
trip to the islands, the applications for
returns to the islands are not very
great. l may send some passengers by
the China tomorrow, but the number
will not ebe more than three or four i'm
the steerageN
In rendering assistance for return to
the islands / study the case thoroughly
and decide what l think best to be
done. There were several applica tons
from young HawG ains who wee sure
that they needed a trip and had select
ed a Honolulu journey. a little advice
given them has shown them that this
was not the trip that / would recon-
mend, and l am happy to state that
( five of them leave on excursion to Sac
rlmcuto tomorrow morning, where they
/ will take work as a tonic instead of a
sea trip. Several Hawaiian boys have
shown a willingness to work and l am
getting them jobs cleaning out dam
aged buildings and working in the
ruins cleaning bricks. To show you
the varied applications for assistance
l enclose a request from one party who
wished a thousand dollars i'm cash and
another of a manly young fellow who
simply wanted clothes for the purpose
of going to work in the brick pile. You
can imagine this request was speedily
! filled. These letters are not for publ
cation.
1 have made arrangements to visit
| the Chinese and Japanese relief camps
! tomorrow and by next mail will write
you thoroughly in regard to these mat
ters.
Yesterday l was very fortunate in
securing from Alexander e Baldwin a
copy of the Western Union code and
would advise all messages sent to me
i'm that code.
saw a notice i'm the daily papers
here that DIR. Noble wished to get
| Portuguese and Italian laborers to go
to Honolulu. I investigated the mat
ter and in the conversation with the
doctor (who, by the way, is a lady who
travelled through Honolulu some months
ago. | found that there was nothing in
the scheme so fe~.
l am debating this letter in great
hurry as / have quite a number of mat
ters to attend to. 1 am endeavoring tC
get the matter of aid to Hawaiians anC
others here in whom we are interested
disposed of as soon as possible, for
feel that there are some hardships COM
ing when the relief committee curtails
some of its distribution of supplies al
though there is plenty of work in the
ruins and at other places for all mer
who are willing and able to work.
l will remain until May 9Oth and you
may be sure that l will clear up al
matters if possible long before thai
date, but up to that time yourself anC
the committee can have my services al
any time. Kindly give my personal re.
CARDS to all members of the committee
Very respectfully yours,
JAS. f. MORGAN.
p. 81 feel very strongly that oul
contribution to the general relief funC
of San Francisco should amount to a
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