The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-08
PANESE ARE
PREPARING
WELCOME
tFrom Thursdays Advertiser.)


given to Prince Fushimi is being pre-
pared by the Japanese Buddhists Of
Honolulu for Soncho otani, brother of
Count Kojui Otani, the supreme patri-
arch of the West Hongwanji Buddhist
church, who will arrive here next Mon
day from San Francisco. Not only will
Otani be received with honor as the
brother of the patriarch and as a priest
himself, but he will be received and
honored as the one chosen to reign in
his brothers. stead as hereditary head
and as one who is now on his way
back to Japan to take his place at the
head of the church during an extended
absence of the Count.
In his honor, Japantown will be
bright with flags and banners; to re-
ceive him there will be gathering
of the prominent Japanese of the Ter
ritory at the wharf, hundreds and hun
dreds of school children in uniform
kimonos and scores of decorated car
riages, hacks and automobiles. A rela-
tive of the Royal House of Japan,
he will be given royal honors.
Quaint Religious Ceremony.
The main ceremonies of welcome,
however, will be given at the West
Hongwanji mission, on upper Fort
street. Here will be held at some time
during the stay in Honolulu of the
church leader a great religious revival.
AT this will gather the faithful from
all over the group, who will pass before
their youthful leader-Otani will be a
young patriarch-to receive apsoiution.
This ceremony is quaint one, bark
ing back to the days of ancient Japan,
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clean shaven as to polls. In the same
manner that devout Roman Catholics
kneel before the Pope to receive his
blessing, the Buddhists will kneel be-
fore their leader, but instead of lay
ing his hand upon their heads, the
priest will snip from the head of each
n lock of hair, to ibetoken that the one
so clipped has resolved to shave his
| head and consecrate his life to Buddha.
Office and Wife.
Soncho Otani is Fastening home on
| two important missions. In the first
place he is to reign over the West
Hongwanjis as temporary patriarch in
the absence of his brother, the Count,
who has resolved to take the same
world IS tour his younger brother is
just finishing. This will mark an
epoch in the history of the sect, as
| for the first time the supreme ruler
will have left the empire and set foot
upon foreign soil.
The other important engagement
that Otani has in Japan is to meet
and marry the sister-in-law of the
Crown Prince of the Empire, the young
| er sister of the Crown Princess. So
| important is the office that he will
fill in the Buddhist church that the
incumbent must be related by marriage
to the regning house and when Otani
was chosen, at the same time a wife
from among the ladies of the royal
house was also chosen to mate with
him. The princess with which he will
ally himself is a sister of the princess
married by his brother, Count Otani.
Assumes Rank Here.
In spite Of these important engage
ments, however, and through the efforts
of the Rev. Mr.. Imamura, or the local
West EIongwanji mission, he is to stay
in Honolulu for "A week or so, and it
will be here that he will first receive
the honor due his rank From the time
he left Japan, over two years ago, he
has been travelling incOgnito, even the
resident Japanese of the great cities
of Europe and America not knowing
that the unassuming stranger among
them, travelling with one servant and
studying assiduously, was to be one
of the greatest of all Japan s public
men.
Here, by special dispensation, he will
throw off the incognito and reassume
his rank.
Mr.. lmamura yesterday received n
cablegram from San Francisco stating
that Otani was "assenger on the
Mongolia.
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, Marques Alexandra, deceased" (2)
, elias the widow, Minnie Marques
Alexandra, dover interest in said
fund.-"
The statute, See. 227l r.. L., enacts
that the widow. in addition to dover
in her husband Is land "shall also be
entitled, by way Of dover. to an alb
solute propertv in the one third part of
all his movable effects in possession
or reducible to possession. Mt the time
Of his death, after the payment of all
, his Just debts The money in ques-
tion was not personal property of tho
dccedent nor any part Of his movable
effects in possession or reducible to
possession by him at the time of his
! death, nor was VI subject to any dis
position other than that which he
should direct by will or written declar-
alton TO the society. The direction in
the will excludes the widow from any
share, other than one dollar, in any
Of the testator's personal property, It
Is 10 be inferred that the testator in
tended 10 exclude her from sharing
! in this donation as well ~ in other
property of which he should die pos,
sessed Although she would not he de-
prlyed Of her right by way of dover
In Other personal property the dree'
ton may be treated as effective with
! reference ia the donation The exec
utar 10 the one Who WAS designated TO
: receive the donation fund aud ho
should distribute ID as provided la the
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