The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-09

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day afternoon to James Bicknell Castle,
who died Friday, when men aud WON.
en- Of every walk Of life gathered in
Mission Memorial Hall 10 do honor TO
his memory and assembled later in IA.
waiahRo church yard to stand with
bowed heads while the sad.sweet
strains OF Aloha De attended the com.
initial Of his ashes to their last resting
place. a..
Business men, lawyers executive
heads, kamaninas--practically every
person In tho city who had been iden.
tilted IN any way with James B. Castle
In his large constructive enterprises,
and many who knew him less intimate
ly but ,reyered him none the less genu:
iuely, were In the assembly Of mourn.
ers who listed to the eulogistie words
Of Rev. Albert W. Palmer, pastor OF
Central Union Church, who preached
the funeral sermon. Ard when he hal
concluded, they made their WEy, .uAceV,
cred and with bowed heads, along tho
path Of the Mission Memorial grounds,
cross the street and laid each o trib.
ute Of flowers upon the bier.
Rich Floral Tributes O.. ....t ,
The wealth Of AoraI tributes teati.
thed fragrantly to the esteem In which
Mr.. Castle was held. Rarely, II ever
before In the eity's history, has there
been hsaped above the ashes Of u ono
departed such a mass of bloom, the
tributes of SO many people Of 80 mAny
different walks Of life. :, These were
piled high in the Mission 7 Memorial
"a - -
funeral services there, each of the per!
SONS present took q wreath or bouquet
and bore II to the church yard. = =
The eight pall.bearers were allpInen
who have striven shoulder to shoulder
with Mr.. Castle in the development of
Hawaii, and one OF two of them, were
with him through the Hawaiian revo-
luton. The Governor and mayor were
present, Ok were Japanese and Chinese
dignitaTies Of Honolulu, and the as.
senIblage that bowed in the auditorium
included, venerable servants Of the
Castle household aud many a humble
man whom he had befriended at one
time or another ~..s..
A Man With Q Conscience
I" A builder with an ideal that shons
above the money rewards n pioneer
+ who cared more for the creation OF new
! developing enterprises thar he did for
wriHging money from those he had al.
ready created; member of the great
Church Iuvisible- which deals With the
noble things of the spirit: and man
with n conscience was the way Rev,
A. w. Palmer referred to him, in q
short eulogy following the reading Of a
scripture passage showing that the son
/ OF Isaac was also possessed by the
spirit Of the pioneer, to ego forth not
knowing whittier he went"
~ have heard II remarked that o
large portion OF the conscienre Of the
! Hawaiian Island died when he died, -
said Mr. Palmer F'Conscience is dy
mamie and cannot die, but this is nn 4
luItration Of the esteem in which this
, man was held. -
Man Of High Ideals
Builders are sometimes selfish and
ruthless but l take II that Mr.. Castle
did not build for the seIfshness Of il
! but was actuated from the standpoint
OF the ilealist; and he did il in order
TO make the Hawaiian Islands Q bet
ter place TO live in. His genius as 4
! builder was governed by high Ideals
He was a man who loved books AMI
treasured them and o man who love-
books has something in him that il
fine and noble whether he Is ilentifer
with the established institutions o.
ethics or not. l. hope that tho churel
Of the future may be developed Il
the point whore such men as this vii
feel that they have q place in II anC
will embrace the wide ideals of tht
Church Invisible which Mr.. CastI
tvlrifes, for these men, too, love tn
things Of the spirit and which represeh
the domain of the conscience to While
he belonged. God grant that We MA,
bring, the Church Visible into close
relations with the Church Invisible.
The music consisted Of appropriat
selec tons by q male qusrtette and b.
the Hawaiian Band.
At the grave the quattette rendere
an anthem and the band played an
sang Hawaii .Ponoi. The final rend
ton Of Aloha De; was, given by tn
choir of the RawaiahaO Church whic
appeared at the balcony Of the chure
and sang the Hawaiian hymn jus
before the conclusion Of the fnal rite
The pail -bearers were Judge s.
Dole, Judge r. NJ. Hatch, Andre,
Adams, Prof. NJ, NJ. Scott, l.. Tenue
Peck, D. L, WILMINGTON, John Waite
house and Eben Low.
Worked For Annexation
Just twenty years ago this mont
James r. Castle, then secretary Of Il
Hawaiian legation at Washington, Wi
, bending all his energies toward brini
ing about the annexation of the HI
waiian IslandA to the United State
He was one Of three men Of HawA
who were keeping this question hefoi
- the national lawmakers-L. 4. Thur
:. ton, annexation commissioner; Frar
Hatch, Hawaiian minister, and hir
self "t'
During the month of April, 1898, Il
question Of whether or not the Unite
States would declare war upon Spa
was uppermoSt, and while Hawaii d
i not then appear rs a factor in the +
!" ture important changes in the Paci
n which were TO be brought about
=, the war, he'was then urging. with ot
v ers, the essential need Of HAWAII
u the Unitod States.
n 1t was not until Commodore Dew
n sent his startling news to America III
a Ii" had smashed the Spanish fleet
Manila Bay, that the Spanish poss,