The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-02
Beniamin Pitman,
.High Chief . r
Dies Near. Boston
Millionaire Businessmen Of East,
Who Revisited Hawai- Last
fPaT, Passes Away-canie Of
Exalted Ancestry - ~, -.

Benjamin r: Ksoidkalahi Pitman, son
Of the late High Chiefess Kinoole Of.
Hilo, and for the past fifty.one years
a, resident Of Boston, died sunday,
June 30, at his home near Boston, &C.
eOrding to eablegrams which arrived
here yesterday morning.
Mr.. Pitman and his wife, who is q
leading member Of the suffrage organ.
fizatioh Of Massachusetts, visited in Ho.
nolulu a year ago last February and
March, for the first time in fifty years
and his arrival and stay here were
marked, BY receptions by Hawaiians
\ who accorded him unusual honors.
During his visit to the Island of Ha.
wall, where his mother was supreme IN
her day, the Hawaiians turned out en-
masse and regarded him almost in the
/ light 81 q chief Of the old regime re-
turned 70 them. ..
\ Mr.. Pitman 3 health was falling ut
The time of his visit to his native Ha-
i wall, and II was because Of this Rn0wl-
\ edge that be determined to revisit the
Islands which he had left as q small
lad when his father took him to Bos.
ton after the death Of the high chiefess.
Even while here he mentioned his
health many times and Mt al times tn .
was the object of Mrs. Pitman's care
! HOWEVER, the receipt Of the cablegran
announcing his death was q surprise as
no mention had been made in recent
letters from Mr.. and Mrs Pitman thai
his health had undergone radical
change. His two sons, who bear Ha.
Il waiian names, are both IN the service
Of the United States. '"a
Was . Millionaire
H. Mr.. PitInan was at the head of the
firm of L. p. Hollander in Boston, one
of the best known business houses in
eastern America. He married the
daughter of Mr.. HOllander and succeed,
ed TO the business He acquired much
wealth and was regarded as q million
aire. During their stay in Honolulu
they occupied the old Alexander Young
/ residence at Waikiki Beach where eight
4 friends who accompanied them on their
trip here were their house guests Tho
Pitmans entertained lavishly while
Fl here and were in turn the guests OF
honor at luaus and "Nights in Hawaii
and at all, times Mr.. Pitman was &C,
= corded the hon0rs of a high chief, which
he was in reality. His half, century
Of residences I'm the States, however
/ had completely haUleized him and h,
Y had Forgotten his mother tongue. Whilt
here hefwas Generally known among til,
. Hawaiians as ~ Kebla'':
He was BORN IN Hiio, ana is the grea'
grandson of KameeiamOlu. the older OF
, THE two famous twins (Kameeiamokr
and Kama laval, the warrior chiefs whC
taught Kamehameha the arts of war
; and who aided him In acquiring the su
premacy over all the islands. In &C
, acknowledgements Of their great service
their efigiss were :, authorized to b.
, Eplaeed on the Hawaiian cOat-of arms.
Son Of An 81 - tsiG5
Hoolulu was the son Of Kameeiamok,
and Kahikiloa, high chiefess of Kar
, and daughter Of King ImAkakaloa, VIII,
was offered as q sacrifice on an alta
, by rKamehameha the Great. Hoolull
, married Halaki (chaflotte) Cox anC
! one of their daughters was Kino0le
mother of Mr.. Pitmkn. oHalah was
lineal descendent of KamelIameha Nm
, aifttau, king Of Maui, who was son o
: Kekaulike the Great. 'NKin6ole marie,
, Benjamin Pitman, business man o
Boston, who eohd1cted'"a business n
a Hilo. They we're the patents of Ben
iamin "Keolah Pitrhan, just dead
a Hoolulu was the chief who buried tn
-. bones of Kamehameha the Great an,
who said after&afds, "'ohly the star
p viii know where Kamehameha
> buried" ~
=. The father Of BENJAMIN Pitma
a amassed fortune in Hawaii. Whe
=. young Benjamin Pitman was twelv
>. years of age, he accompanied his fathe
TO Boston. He was about sixty seve
!. years of age when he died.
;. In his quiet way Mr.. Pitman di
. much for Hawaiians on the mainlari
/. ever needing any appeal for asSiStan'.
4 Scores of young Hawaiians,, Temporal
=. lily stranded on the mainland, found i
Mr., Pitpan true friend of Hawai-.
Was Host of oneen 81 F1,-s
> The late Queen Lilfuok alani, durin
visit to Boston. during the monarch
days, was a guest at the home of NJ
| and Mrs. Pitman. One of her favorit
! Jewels, which she kept near her at a
| times. WAS a gift from Mr.. Pitman wit
the date of her Sisit to Boston engrave
thereon, and this was found among tn
Jewels which she had in her room
few days before she passed away las
November.
Pitman Street in HilO, is named al
ter Mr.. Pitman's father as KinoOl
Street is named after his mother.
The devoted way in which Hawaiian
SO generally greeted Mr. Pftman as tn
descehdent Of one Of the mightiest me
Of old Hawaii, of the glorious reign G
Kamehameha the Great, touched VI
Pitman deeply. When he left the Is
ands last March . hookupu receptio
was given for him. at the Young res
dence where rare md costly Hawaiia
PITTS were shoWered upon him and Mr.
Pitman.
W. 8. g. 49,