The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-08

trane routes might be held so Wash
ington sought to acquire Pearl Harbor
4 hy treaty and sent General Schofcld and
Alexander hero to report on boundaries.
The Hawaiian ministry was agreeable
| to this project, feeling, as did the respon-
| sible American residents, that It meant
security for Hawaii from Old World ag.
Rression, but the Euglish residents had
other views, and Walter Murray Gibson,
the Mormon adventurer who, later, be-
oame premier Of the kingdom, was bit,
tcrly Supposed. He ranged the natives
against the treaty and undecided the
mind of the King, who had at first been
favorable Nothing had, been settled up
Il to the time the King died, and then the
negotiations were dropped.
4 The cabinet also made q determined
effort to carry out the law for the seq
4 regation Of lepcrs, and more than 500
il confirmed cases were sent to Molokai,
ldesnite the protests of their friends. This
made very bitter feeling among the
natives. who personally have no fear of
the rottihg plague and have never been
reconciIed to the Punishment, even to
the comforts and medical care Of the
Molokai settlements, Of their incurable
Kindred.
Crown offered Mrs. Bishop
Il The sovereignty. which LunalilO held,
had been offered by the latter's prede.
cessor, Kamehameha V, to Mrs. Bishop
, But she declined II. When Lunalilo be,
!, gan to fail in health, his cabinet urged
him to exercise his prerogative and
name his own heir. This the dying King
refused. to do. e
HThey elected me, - he said, "let
them also elect my successor
: II What followed was eventful. Eng
llish influence supported Queen Emma
. 1.-THE consort of the late Kamehameha V
!. | for the throne, and the American resi-
dents, among whom Mr.. Bishop was 0
conservative leader conferred on Davit
Kalakaua, a young chief of exalted
rank, and man who was believed Il
be "safe." The Legislature met anC
elected Kalakaua, but the election
brought on riot which compelled thu
D captain of an American warship in tn
harbor to land his bluejackets and re
: store, order.
= A Time Of Travel
After twenty years of busy life il
a Hawaii, Iluring which time Mr.. Bisho
u had made a fortune to which his wife
!, estate did not largely, contribute, h
took Mrs. Bishop on her first visit ava
from the Islands. They did not gofal
q thcr than CaliforuiH,; tho chief naturs
y attractions Of which state they saw
9 They returned to Honolulu in sailin
g, vessel which carried Arson Burlingam
J to China. In 1871 Mr.. and Mrs. Bisho
(, made tour Of the eastern states, visi'
II ing, among other places, Glen's Fal
g. and Sandy Hill, where Mr., Bishop In
Re spent his early boyhoOd. While visitin
IeI in Maine the Indian chief at Oldtow
y reservation, on the Penobscot, nlistOo
in Mrs. Bishop, for one of his race an
TX asked her tribe. She talked to him
ot Hawaiian and he then asked where hi
rs country was and how it was governe
$. She showed Hawaii on the map ar
told him it was ruled by king. "No
r. me speech a little, )" said the chief. .
ne think king no good for if he is ba
by Won have him a. Ion" ms he lives, III
ID if you have a bad President, IN to'
IL years you can get another.
ld In 1875 the Bishops went to Europ
nd where they were presented to Poi
al Plus TX and to Queen Victoria, al
n. we're spIendidly entertained in maj
y. countries.
~ GTOW1DR fIOopoAlSJ
in The following year, 1875, saw lslal
lis fortunes largely increased ny the re-
,ss urocitv treaty betweeen Hawaii a.
or the United States, by which IN retu
Nv for a cession of RIGHTS to Pearl Harb'
lie America admitted Hawaiian sugar "
a of duty. A prosperity, not unlike tn
is which had made Jamaican fortunes I
oh envy of kings in the previous centu'
l.,
fe, who greatly benefited was the bank
Der Charles r. Bishop. His own proper
IN and the landed estate of his wife,
nd Inheritance from the chiefs, her p
lie cnts, 'Paki and Konia, increased en-
RS, mously in value. But with both
ire Bishops wealth "'"s STEWARDSHIP a
the churches and seq obs received great
rn- dowmeats from them, while, their gu
ca. charity sought out and helped mu
ard tude of poor Hawaiians.
rti, Death of Mrs. Bishop
md In 1884 Mrs. Bishop died and Y
,ad buried with the honors due h
the chiefess. Her will was reflection
the her character. She not only rem'
ste bered those nearest and dearest to
eat but many in, whom she had meT
IN ken kindly interest. The Prime
LiliuOkRlani, afterwafd the Ouefb
ha- ccived the use of large estates for II
ign Queen Emma was similarly proVi
NAL for; to e. M. Damon the beautiful
the tate Of Moanalua, which he has 81
TRY materially added to and improved,
nd; beaueathed; faithful servants and
,ub- tanners were pensioned, Two Angli
as. schools. Iolani College and the Pri'
Drm we're aided, as was st. Andrews O.
Mr. edral. Liberal requests for life v
in made to Mr.. Bishop and the remain
for and bulk Of the estate was left to
hite tablish what are now the flourish
Stir Kamehameha Schools for the educa
n Il of Hawaiian youths, AL of the p
lry- erty willed to Mr.. Bishop was
If turned over to the schools, the pre-
of value of the united endOwments b.
about $3,000,000.
Bishop Philanthropies
min, The, Bishops interests in oduca
the we're not merely shown in his pers
the gifts to the Kamehameha Schools,
earl those, to Oahu College, the lea
res place. of learning in Hawaii and
who Of the three oldest schools in
wall United States west of the Miss
falt rivar the nthar tVa hain0 the semi