Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-09
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K W. events in the life of Kamef
at the age H II u. with his friend. VII
ham l.. Lee. afterwards Chief Justice
/ Lee. In Honolulu Mr. Bishop, after
! clerking in various positions, went
| into the mercantile business and lat
er, with his partner, Mr.. .Aldrich, or
ganized the first bank in Honolulu,
known as Aldrich & Bishop, and which
later became Bishop & Company, up
on Mr. Aldrich's departure from the
country -.: ..., ...-. !. -....<.
His marriage with @Bernice Pau.
ahi Paki, princess of the highest
rank. was happy event for both par.
/ ties. and was contaminated under
| most romantic circumstances. The
! high chief Paki was man of influ-
/ ence and of a feudal authority so
great that still in the 46s he, although
recognizing the sovereignty of the
kamehamehas, had his own house.
hold troops and bodyguard in Homo
/ lulu.
"He was physically superb, feet
high and well proportioned. He had
planned to have his daughter marry
one of the K5mehameha princes
Lot or Alexander Liholiho-and thus
cement the friendship of the two FAM
lilies. All of the young chiefs were
then attending the Royal School,
then a boarding school founded by the
chiefs and carried on by Mr. and Mrs.
Almost Cooke. I'D a..
ut certainly took nerve under these
circumstances for the lovers to at
tempt to thwart the plans of this
mighty prince, but they were equal to
i II, being really In love. The nuptials
we're quietly celebrated at the school,
unknown to the lerdly Paki and his
wife, and husband and wife fled to the
island of Kauai for their honeymoon
There was wrath in the Paki pal
ace and there were rumOrs Of the
probable disinheritance of Mrs. Bish.
OPP in favor OF Liliuokalani, then a
girl, welcome in the Paki household,
and for a long time thereafter com.
monty known as Lydia Paki But
Pah's fondness for his daughter over.
came his anger and she was at length
forgiven and reinstated-
.The home of the Bishops long con.
tinued as a social center in Honolulu
where existed a simple and cordial
hospitality amid surroundings Of trop'
| ical luxuriance. of elegance without
ostentation, a home featured by an
abundance Of excellent books.
1.-The bank of Bishop & Company,
fostered by Mr.. Bishops industry
good judgment and conservative
policy, prospered and became a pillar
of strength for Hawaii in its occasion
al financial emergencies. The reel
procity treaty between the Hawaiian
islands and the United States, in 1875,
brought on a period of large invest
ments In sugar enterprises, hardly
speculations except as to small mum.
Der, but schemes requiring consider
! able loans and great extensions Of
I credit. II .a= s.sss. q. ..>,szs
"This state of things logically
brought about at length a situation
approaching Q crisis, seriously AFFECT
] ing the business community and the
/ .financial standing OF some Of its lead
| ing houses Bishop & Company was
then the only bank in Honolulu, and
| to carry the country through the diff
| ficulty meant the assumption of a
| great financial responsibility. Mr..
! Bishop, however, stood in the breach,
and the danger was averted. r.:
"Mr. Bishops wealth and benefac-
tons have been SO conspicuous that
/ his other public seryiHes,-and these
have been many AID important,-have
! been more or less overshadowed with
many who have not known him per-
sonally. His marriage naturally led
him into the society of the chiefs, who
were not slow in recognizing those
sterling qualities of his character
! which made him desirable counsel
lor in public affairs, especially those
/ that related to financial administra-
! tion. He was a member of the Priyy
! Council during the reigns of five SOW
ereigns under the monarchy; was
member of the house of mobiles for
! ever 80 years, was minister OF foreign
affairs in King LunaliIo's cabinet. and
was president of the board of educa-
ton for II or Is years. In all OF
these positions he gave faithful and
I rainstaking service.
MANY Benefactions.
t. Mr.. Bishops generous and exten.
sive benefactions for education, for
natur'l history, for religion, and to-
ward the various agencies for human