Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-07
Frear looking well
Afte r his Trip,
Talks of Things
he has seen and
done Attorney
General but just
Recovered from
long Attack OF
SeaSickness =

10 MIDWAY ana LlaySan and lHetrmedf-
ate islands the u. 8. revenue cutter
Thetis, under the command of Capitals
G. s. Cochran and bearing Goyernoi.
FIear and Former Attorney General
Alex. Lindsay, steamed into Honolulu
harbor and dropped anchor at its old
berth at 1920 o'clock this morning
An hour later the governors partfn2
salute, Of thirteen guns, was fired as
the territorial executive and his party
drew shoreward in the ships launch.
In the Official parry returning were
only the Governor. Judge Lindsay and
ELyid T. Fullaway, entomologist for
the u. S. Agricultural experiment sta
tion. who has been making large
collection Of insects among the islanda
visited by the Thetis.
Tanned almost to a nut brown and
with the sprightly carriage Of boz,
Governor Frear's verbal assurance
was unnecessary 70 prove the benefl.
eial effects Of his long outing, ami
while there was no fea salt In his
beard his face indicated long exposure p
to the salt bfeezes,
- Judge 7ifdsay also is deeply tannef
Governor Freaf declared that he-the
f,eyerncre-hRn not been seasick d daS
tut the Judge did not attempt to re-
iterate the statement In, his own be-
held. Captain Cochran remarked:
"He was perfectly well when he
came aboard at Honolulu, and he is
perfectly well as he leaves the ship
today Nough said. !.
Land certainly looks awfully good
to me-, commented Lindsay.
All are enthusiastic in their prais ;
Of the trip, however. and are brim.
full Of fish stories the like of which
might make an aged fisherman turn
pale, and OF yarns concerning birds
and animals they have seen. They
brought home three wild canaries
captured on Midway. and say the
golden hued songsters aided materi,
ally In beguiling the long hours
aboard snip by their bursss Of wild
music. They also brought several
huge turtles and one seal. The seal
Is dead, however, and is to be stuffed
II the warm weather along the route.
has not ruined the carcass.
Governor Frear was so enthusiss
tic I'm retailing accounts Of their al
ventures that he had little time 10
discuss his work on the legislative
affairs, to which he had expected to
give considerable attention during the
vacation jaunt, though it is under
stood he has been able to prepare q
general outline of his ideas on the
various subjects for submission 10.
the legislature The more serious
work on these matters douDtiess re,
mains to be Hnished, however.
Had a bully time" declared the
governor, forgetting himself so far
as to fall into Rooseveltisn phrase
ology, ''and while we didn't stop at
any one island more than q few hours,
and in no instance an entire Gay, We
had some great sport, swimming in
lagoons of water almost crystal clear.
where there are miles of beaches be
yond compare, better than Waikiki
ever could be made.
At Laysan island the party of scien-
fists. sent out by the department OF
agriculture to clean up that island OF
the rabbits which are infesting and
running the place, was dropped. In
this marty are Commodore G. r. Sails
bury, George Willet, the Los Angeles
peliceman-scientist; w. S. Wallace,
specialist on forms Of sea life, and A.
M. Bailey, taxidermist
The governor and Judge Lindsay
went ashore with the scientists and
used the % rifles to good purpose on
the rabbits, killing, so Lindsay says,
fifty of the poor defenseless little an
imals in one or. two hours steady
shooting COMPELLED to deSiSt, by
WEAKNESS and the heated gun barrels,
they returned to the vessel and sailed
away. On their return to Laysan
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