The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-01
THE VOLCANO
AT ITS BEST
TESTIMONY OF FORMER MANIAC
Err OF THE VOLCANO HOUSE
WlTD d.ij JUST SEEN IT.

Manager Bidgood, of the Haleiwa
Hotel, returned from Hawaii this
morning by the Mauna Loa and is fill
ed with enthusiasm over the Volcano.
AS Mr.. Bidgood spent two years at
the Volcano House, leaving there four
years ago, he is in a position to speak
with authority upon the present acti-
witty. He said:
Never in my experience has the
Volcano been so active or so beautiful.
All those who have seen it in the past
twenty or twenty-five years agree that
at present it is far beyond anything
which has been seen in that length Of
time. 1t is not a matter of spasmodic
activity as it has been before, but the
display is continuous. There is great
boiling lake, like a huge pot of fire,
that is continually throwing up spurts
of fire that rise high in the air This
continues through both day and night.
while we were there, about twenty
five people were at the Volcano House
and all were enthusiastic. spent
three nights, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, at the crater, and every
minute was to be enjoyed. 1t makes
no difference how many times anyone
here has seen Kilauea in action, it is
now worth another trip and for one
who has never seen the display it is
the chance of a lifetime"
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memoirs for publication by a Boston
concern, the same house that a dozen
years ago issued her interesting vo-
lume entitled "Hawaii's Story, by Ha-
waits Queen
Queen Liliuokalani was 20 years of
age two months ago, but, contrary to
recent report, she is in exceptionally
good health, and feels none of the usual
handicaps of years As a woman Of
wide experience among notable people,
she is said to be more like the late
Mrs. Jane Stanford than perhaps any
other woman California has known.
Her conversation shows depth and a
wide general knowledge of affairs. Her
first book, now out of print, wove the
romance and femininity of her own
personality into an unusually unique
story of the natives of the islands.
THE Queen is going to Washing
ton" said her young secretary ]. D.
she does not intend to press her claim.
If the United States Government sees
fit to grant her the $250,000, all right;
| if not, all right. The Queen has an
| income for life of ST 900 a year, voted
her by the Hawaiian Legislature rnen
she owns 5000 acres of valuable sugar
plantations on the island of Hawaii
all under cultivation, has other small
FER parcels of land on other islands,
aggregating less than 1000 acres, and
she owns her residence in Honolulu,
the famous Washington place, about
two-thirds of a city block 1t was her
husbands. Her only near relative Is
Prince Cupid, our Congressional rep
resentative in Washington; he is heI
nephew"
Altogether, it appears that Liliuoka-
lani has property that, combined with
her annuity from the Territory, must
bring her an income of $4,000 year
The crown lands, explained her sec
rotary, are now valued at 100000, 900
and they all belong to the United
States Government. Had Liliuokalan
remained Queen these lands would
have belonged to the royal family, ant
she would be reaping the immense re
venue from them. But the Govern
ment made no settlement with the
ousted Queen. and now in her old age
she has no mind to make a legal fight
and she made none when she wa!
forced to abdicate and let the islands
become a republic before they were
annexed by the United States.