The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-28
THE DONS ARE
A GOOD PEOPLE
The Spanish immigrants Are
Making a Fine
impression.

| A better looking and more contended
lot of immigrants never landed on
these shores than the two thousand
and odd who came ashore yesterday
morning from the S. s. Heliopolis af-
ter she had tied up at the Channel
wharf. Their voyage had been a good
one and few of the newcomers had
complaints to make, but they were de-
lighted to feel the solid earth once
again beneath their feet and expressed
their joy in prayers. of thanksgiving
and in songs of satisfaction.
All day yesterday the newcomers un-
derwent examination at the hands OF
the immigration officials. going
through the firing process without
grumbling and being as tractable as
the officials could have wished. BY no
means all of them have as yet been
passed, the work being too much for
one day, but Ii is probable that by
tonight all will have answered the rou-
tine questions of the officials and be
formally and legally on Territorial
soil. AS fast as they were passed by
the inspectors yesterday the Spaniards
walked from the Federal enclosure in
to the shed of the Planters Associa-
tion, where they were made comfort
able and where they found interpreters
ready to answer their questions and
advise them as to their immediate fu-
ture.
The immigrants are a healthy, clean
and intelligent lot of people. The men
are small but wiry in appearance and
the women and girls are comely. The
dress of the latter runs to bright colors
and is not according to the latest ap-
proved style, but the effect Of the
bright blues, yellows and reds in a
group was pleasant. There are very |
many children among the latest addi- |
tions to the cosmopolitanism OF the |
Territory and these, with very few ex-
ceptions, are bright, active and merry. |
Yesterday afternoon the little ones /
romped in the station yard and played /
much the same games as the children 4
IF all lands, skipping, tag, ring around /
a-rosy, kite flying and a score OF other 4
active amusements. There are a few
'ick children among the company as
we'll as a few sick adults, but the pro-
portion is very small.
since sighting the SnOreS OF Oanu
here have been births. marriages and
ieaths among the Heliopolis company.
IN board the vessel lies the body OF a
who died yesterday morning,
eaving five little children, the young
st only three weeks old. At the immi-
,ration station another death occurred
morning, another woman.
The marriage was that of a young
irl in the number and one OF the youths
Who had sailed from Grenada with
Ier The girl had been refused admit
ance by the authorities, being alone
nd without relatives to assure the Of
cials that the girl would come TO no
arm or be a charge on the commu-
ity. The couple had become enamor-
d of each other but had not contem-
lated entering the matrimonial state
o soon, but when IL came TO ques-
ion of marrying or separating, the
hoice was soon made. The ceremony
vas performed by the padre who had
ccompanied the party from Spain and
vas witnessed by several OF the I'm
migration officials.
There was some question about the
Icense. but It was finally decided that
ntil the bride had been admitted 70
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