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CLAUS SPRECKELS, THE
Man Who Made History J
! in Hawaii Record I
a Great One.
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(Associated Press Cablegram.)
SAN FRANCISCO, December "26.
Claus Spreckels died at half-past four
o'clock this morning. Rudolph Spreckels
and John D. Spreckels, with the
lattcr's daughters, were at tho bedside,
and tho othors woro summoned.
Rudolph and 0. A. Spreckels aro
named as oxecutors In tho will, to
serve under a bond of half a million
dollars. Tho lncomo of tho cstato is
stated to exceed a quarter of a million
dollars a year. There aro matters that
. xced Immediate attention. Tho will la
In possession of tho widow.
for all the children and disposes
tf an estato of possibly fifty talllion
dollars. Tho opening of the will Is to
lake place on Monday.
rimiR Snrcckcls. tho Sucar King, tho
jicwb of whoso death camo to Honolulu
Ly cable yesterday, was for many v cars,
intimately connected with tho political
and industrial history of Hawaii. IIo
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THE LATE CLAUS SPRECKELS.
was, up to tho timo of his deatn, sun vcstmont in Hawaii. In 1876, Mr.
connected in many important ways Spreckels camp to Honolulu for
tho commercial and industnnldifo . ir triomt nf Mm
of the Islands, and ho had, during' tho
yturs luim uu ui.i """'.
Ills interest to tho Mid-Pacific, rendered ,
crcat services to tho leading industry"
of this Territory.
Claus Spreckels was born in
Hanover, Gormany, in 1828, mi
frrntlng to the United States in 1846.
It was with n desiro to cscapo tlio en
forced military duties that every man
5s supposed to go through in tho Vater-
land that young Spreckels camo to
America, and he was an illustration of
the process of nntural selection by
-which tho most energetic, tho most cn
torprising and tho most resourcoful
ments of tho nonulation of Europe have
vlieen sifted out for tho benefit of tho
.uniieu amies, jiiost 01 iuv guuu
Tilo of Lamstcdt were satisfied to do as
they wcro told, and thoy have mndo
no further mark on tho history, of tho
world.
Almost Penniless, but Ambitious.
The more ambitious youth, however,
secured a steerage passago to Amoricn,
land nir at Charleston in law wun
!,. flnllnrs in nno nockct and a huco '
slice of tho beet sugar industry of Ger- j
many in tho other, llo did not Know
at that timo what it was that his other
pocket contained. Ho only know that
there was a fortuno in it Of somo kind,
which could bo brought to light by vigorous
work. Ho started working in a
orocerv Btoro for his board. In the
second month ho was earning four dol
in v . 5n tho thir.1. nnnthcr erocer
..:-J him olniif. .inllnra nnd
eighteen months later ho had bought Hnrtwcll and tho Minister of tho In-out
his second cmployor and was run- tenor Mott-Smith to grant tho Haiku
ning a Btoro of his own. He flourished water rights to Spreckels that their resin
Charleston until 1885, when ho went ignations were called for and tho Wil--to
New York and won still greator sue- aer ministry appointed, a fact which
ecss in tho same business. But Cali- illustrates tho influence exorcised by the
fnrnia was nlreadv callinc him. The
.' ! a
Tush of tho had not yet
subsided. Ho landed in San Francisco
5n 1856, tho year in which Coleman
-was mnrshaUng his ton regiments of
"Vigilantes to save civilization from law.
Minintr micht be a gamble in fhoso
Jays, but tho minors all had to cat, der being judged by tho Hawaiian his-
could not tonan as tho ab est administrator, tho
so an enterprising grocer
e!l 1 unl.n tMnnm U I1TAA lr rt I 0 T1 fl i 1 1
$Uy thousand dollars", and then ho look-'
XfJ . . . .....,., u! m. -
d aooui ror somoniing uingr. " "
man with tho traditions of Lamstadt,
Hanover, still fresh in his mind, tho
object that loomed largest first was
naturally a brewery. Spreckels bought
one. It flourished so well that in a few
rears he was able to dispose of his
- . .. - . - , ...
investment for
thousand dollars.
First Sugar Ventures.
Then at last his attention was
to his life-work. Ho saw opportunities
on the Pacific Coast for tho
of a great sugar Industry,
with tropical islands within easy reach
nan DAiiTitn nP rotw mfitnrinl ft Till nrtinn
into tlio possibilities of Hawaii from a
refiner's point of vigw. At that time,
his son, jonn u, opreciteis, was living
jn nonolulu. n clerk with Hackfcld &
Co ( nnd ll0 as abo t0 inforra nj9
fathcr of tno cmncos for profitable In-
Kin- negotiated -with th'o Hawaiian
pinnters for securing a control or tneir
product and made arrangements to be
come a planter himscit on a gratia
smlc.
Becoming aware of tho fact that tho
Legislature of 1802, in legislating In
settlement of tho personal claims of tho
nliis against the crown lands, had omit
rpA n nrnvirtn fnr tho Princess Ruth.
n of Kamehnmcha IV, ho
purchased from hor for ten thousand
dollars her claim against the govern-
ment. Pressing this lnim ho was
awarded tho lands of Wniluku, and on
this grant was established tho
tion nf the Hawaiian .Commercial and
Sugar Company. Ho securod tho ser-
vices or iicrmnn ecnussier, a ceieDrntoa
engineer, who planned tho great
cation system installed at a cost of
half a million dollars. This canal, near
ly thirty miles long, carried tkrrugk
thirty tunnels cut in tho solid rock,
still brings tho water to 'tho plantation
laterals.
His holdings rapidly increased until
Spreckels became tho undisputed Sugar
King of Hawaii. With his. power as a
piumur tuuio mu jiunui yuniicuuy. j.u
financial ways ho made himself of sneh
servicoo tho King and government
that for years ho Btood as tho power
behind tho throne, making and unmaking
Cabinets. Spreckels, Kalakaua and
uibson, in tno order or powor named,
wore tho triumvirate governing the
kingdom for years. It was through tho
refusal of the thon Attorney General
Sugar lung over tno King or tlio land
Vlthl A AAlAJlflntl r
"' " tho lata S. G
,lde,r at ."'o v'. instance of Mr.
Spreckols, is an indication that whilo ho
desired those in power to bo his friends
he at tuo samo time used his inuuenco
in tho appointing of ablo men, Mr. Wil
lilitJt V UUU
In,.ma,ny Mr Spreckels was
Identified with tho -political movements
, . .7 . . ,
1 tI
f "B "" reign of Kalakaua. It was
''j applied tho bullion for tho firs
Kalakaua co.nago while at. his persona
remonstrance with the lung the bit
"tending fo grant a charter to a Lousi-
ana lottery concern
lit iiih Kfciinii rt'imini' 111 inr
ture of 1884.
In 1880 tho friendship between tho
King and Mr. bprcckcls camo to an
uuu, uiiu uuring uiu session ui ijio
Legislature in that year thcro wcro
two parties struggling for control tho
Spreckels party, led by tho Ministry,
nnd tno King's party, which xavoreu
the floating of n
tno Indon market. At thnt time
th0 government was indebted to
Spreckels for $000,000. Tho Ministry
is defeated, nnd the Sugar King loft
the Islands in disgust. Tho debt to
Spreckels was paid off the following
, J'car' , .,
During the -,.,...
1 Government, Mr. Spreckels worked
( conBiatently in opposition to tho
i nexatwn Fentimcnt and was strongly
opposed to tho final consummation of
the negotiations 1 between tho Republic
"fJInwa1' a"a hS United States. His
Helief was ,t,m for, tho. i"tcfc9ts of
. tho sucnr planters tho ncht to
'ate their own immigration laws and
' l'o Tight to contract labor was of
greater importance than tho certainty
of tlio freo market of the United
States, although It seemed nt that timo
that tho reciprocity treaty which had
existed in force sinco 1876 would bo
abrognted by tho United States Senate.
He endeavored to securo tho
united effort of the planters against
annexation, but in this was not, successful.
To embarrass tho government,
he issued a demand in May,
1800, -for tho immediate repayment of
some $05,000 duo the Spreckels Bank
by the government. This political
movo was met by tho prompt raising
of the money, tho repayment of the
loan nnd the political check causing
the Sugar King to again leave Hawaii
in anger, stating that ho would never
return to tho Islands until Queen
was again seated on the
throne.. He had been a warm partisan
of the deposed ruler, and in that timo
nf great political excitement, when
feeling ran high, it is stated that
tli rents against his life had also been
mado hero.
Tho Deserted Spreckels Mansion.
In leaving Honolulu as ho did, Mr.
Spreckels demonstrated his own faith
in tho belief that the Condition be
named for his return might bo some
tition in finished products cut off by
mountains nnd deserts. Ho bought an
3ntcrest in a small local refinery and
soon worked -up a largo nnd profitable
-business. Then ho bought out tho
other stockholders and becamo tho solo
proprietor. With improved machinery
and the magic of his personal direction!
mill was soon earning enormous
-profits. But still Spreckels was not
Ho knew that ho was not
using the best methods. He resolved
to master tho whole art of
inc nnd thon mnko a fresh start. IIo
sold out at a high pricq and wont to
t ni,n.i 0 ,ih n...n i.n
put on'tho rough clothes of a common
laborer and secured employment in a
Tcfinery at Magdeburg. Ho worked for
wages there for six weoks, and in that
time he had becomo familiar with every
detail of tho rofincry process.
It becamo evident to him thit California
was not yet ready for tho beet-sugar
industry, and ho resolved to do-vote
his energy for the timo tocane.
IIo nut up the California refinery in
1868, enlarge tho small wooden building
four times in threo years, and then
Teplaced it with the immense brick
building with a capacity of eight' hundred
barrols per day which now looms
over tho Potrero of San Francisco. At
that time, it took threo weeks to mnko
hard sugar. Spreckels invented new
processes by which tho timo wns reduced
to twenty-four hours, ne introduced
the modern cube nnd crushed sugars
to the American market. At first
J10 bought most of his ray materia' in
tho Philippines, but when the Hawaiian
Reciprocity Treaty was negotiated
In 1870, ho saw that a revolution was"
Impending in the Pacific Coast refining
industry,
Becamo Friend of Kalakaua.
A year previous to this ho had been
in Honolulu ns a visitor and be had as
a capitalist and a man of affairs looked
SUGAR KING, IS DEAD
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day met with, by simply closing up his
beautiful mansion, on Punnhou street
nnd refusing to either sell or leaso it.
Tho house has been opened sinco that
time, howcAOr, onco on tho occasion of
n -visit hero of his son, John I).
Spreckeli, nnd lator, a few years ago,
when the Sugar King nnd his wifo
returned to pay to Honolulu
Tho mnnsion, erected on a tract of
I'unahou property purchased trom
Oahu College, was for many years tho
finest private residence in tho city, be
ing only second to that of tho King's
palace. For years, until tho hundreds
of palms and"othor trees set out by
tho owner grow so as to practically
hido tho residoncc, tho white three-story
houso of the Sugar King was
ono of the things pointed out to tourists
as n Honolulu landmark. During
the period 'of excitement referred to
above, in 1893, a placard was discovered
hanging on ono of tho now padlocked
gates of tho property, tho warning
consisting of a skull and
across which, written in red
ink, wcro the words: "Gold and silver
can not stop lead." This, added
to tho chagrin of being thwarted politically,
resulted in tho doparturo on
the next' Oceanic liner toleavo for
San Francisco of the wholo Spreckels
family.
Last 'Visit to Honolulu.
Twice sinco then has Mr. Spreckels
visited this city, both visits being
paid' in 1905. Thcso visits wcro paid
partly in connection with the renewals
of tho contracts tho sugar planters of
Hawaii had entered into for tho salo
of their cntiro product to tho Spreckels
Tcfinery. In tho winter of 1904 nn
attempt was made to securo better
thn former nirreemGntS' havimr
been based on New York prices less
3-8 of a cent a pound. No terms
could bo arranged to satisfy both parties,
however, and tho result wns tho
eRtnblishing by the Hawaiian planters
of their own refinery at Croekett.
Spreckels' sugar War.
In tho meanwhile, during the timo
that Mr. Spreckels dominated tho
sugar circles of tho Hawaiian Islands
nnd was tho center about which raged
much of tho political agitations of tho
reigns of Kalakaua and, Liliuoknlnni,
his intorests on tho mainland had grown
immensely.
Soon after tho organization of tho
Sugar Trust, its promoters loo"kcd over
the Rocky Mountains into tho Tich preserves
on tho Pacific Coast and thought
they would like tn annex them. They
invited Spreckels to bcII jut. IIo declined.
Then tho trust subsidized tho
American Sugar Refinery of San Francisco
to drivo him out of business. Tho
American Refinery could sell at a loss
and have its deficits mado up by tho
Eastern profits of tho trust. Spreckels,
having no such resource, would have
to go under. It was the usual trust
program, and waB supposed to bo. in
fallible. But Spreckels was not tho
usually helpless opponent. Perhapf ho
had road the story of Agathoeles, tho
tyrant of Syracuse, who, when he was
besieged by tho Carthaginians in his
capital, sailed away by night and car
ricd havoc to tho gates of Cathngc.
Perhaps, not being a classical scholar,
ho just acted according to tho light of
nature. At any rate, instead of lying
down and-asking tho trust to dictato
its terms, ho ltimped ncross tho contl
nont to Philadelphia with flvo million
dollars jn his pocket and there built
tho largest refinery in tho world. IIo
was now in a position to fix prices In
tho trust's own market. Ho could sell
his sugar produce by tho most improved
methods at a better profit (hnn the trust
could at tho points upon which it de
pended for its chief returns, and the
profits bo obtained would nlfow him to
mark timo in California whilo his competitors
were going nhcad thero at a
loss. Tho trust studied the proposition
for a timo nnd then capitulated. It
bought out the Philadelphia refinery
and loft Spreckels in control of tho
business of tho 1'acilic Coast.
Beet Sugar Interests.
And now tho timo had como for tho
new ndvanco of which he had dreamed
when ho put on tho overalls of a workman
at Magdeburg in 1807. Tho conditions
in California had becomo such
that tho beet-sugar industry might bo
established tboro with success. Experiments
in a small way with imperfect
machinery had proved that the schema
was practicable, Mr, Spreckols built at
Watsonvillo the largest beet-sugar factory
in tho United States. It was opened
in 1888, and paid a -dividend tho
first year. By 1897, its aggregate
dividends had amounted to one hundred
and seventeen dollars per ono hundred-dollar
share. In that year-Mr. Spreckels
bought out tho minority stockhold
ers, paying them threo hundred dollars
per share for stock that had cost one
liumireu dollars.
ThiB was only the foeelnnlnc. In
1890, another visit to Europe In search
of tho very latest German methods was
followed by tho construction nt Sallnss
of tho most gigantic beet-sugar plant
Tho WnUonvlllo factory
had been almost as largo as tho otkqr
two uii tornii establishments combined.
Tho Salinas refinery was n third
greater than all tho others put togeth
er, including tho one at watsonvillo.
It cost two million seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. It devoured
threo thousand tons of beets per day.
That meant thirteen thousand dollars
for tho fnrmors. Mr. Spreckels had refused
to begin its construction until
thoso farmers hnd contracted to keep
.nearly thousand acres planted
in beets for a series of years. Tho
beet-fields that supply it with raw ma
terial stretch for nine miles in ono
direction and five miles in tho other.
'It takes ono thousand two hundred barrels
-of petroleum a day to keep tho
mnchinery runping.
Ills Railroad Enterprises,
"Whilo others had experimented In
beet-sugar culture In California, it wns
tho Spreckels enterprise thnt mado it
a success on n grand scale, and similarly,
while others had mido ineffectual
dabs at the hnndcuffs of railroad monopoly
that fettered tho industry of
tho state, Mr. Spreckels wrenched
them off. Tho merchants and farmers
of California had been trying to rnlso
monoy for a competing railroad through
the Ban .loaquin valley. They needed
about six million dollars In nil. Sub
scriptions had. been dribbling in, but it
scemea exceedingly doubtful whether
tho amount could bo raised. But Claus
Spreckols shook up tho community by
tnking five hundred thousand dollars
worth of stock nnd making two of his
sons subscribe ono hundred thousand
dollars each. Liter, ho lent tho company
nnothcr million. "Nothing could
stop the enterprise nfter that. Tho
Road was hauling -freight out of
Fresno in 1800. Eventually it-was Fold
to the Santa Fo, and San Francisco had
a second Eastern connection.
- Oceanic Steamship Lino.
Long before this, tho Oceanic Steamship
Company, owned by tho Spreckels
fnmilv, had been carrying tho tradd of
Snn Francisco to tho Pncifiejslnmls nnd
Australia. Alnno It hid been keeping
the American flag flying in tho South
Pacific, nnd it furnished tho proof that
Australia wns nearer to Encland by
way of. American than by wny of thoj
sucz canai.
Thero aro other vast Spreckols enterprises:
electricity, gas, journalism
and what not. But enough has boon
said'to show tho fashion in which thoy
nfo conducted nnd to givo somo idea of
tho manner of man that stood behind
them. With nil his American energy,
Clnus Spreckols has nover lost tho characteristics
of his fatherland. Although
ho cime to this country ns a boy, and
has lived hero for over half a century,
ho always spoko with n marked
ncccnt. Ho had tho German characteristics,
too: streaks of idealism,
scntimontnliiy, alternating
with othors of cnmbntlvenoss, obstinacy
and something very llko malice.
IIo was a most generous nnd affectionate
father until somo things happened
to displense him, nnd then his family
was split In two,- or rnther three, nnd
its dissensions were blazoned through
tho courts. These things shadowed the
closo of a life of incalculable usefulness,
but thoy could not impilr tho
vnluo of tho services that his lifo has
rendered to thq community. Whether
there was pence in tho red sandstone,
palace on Van Ness Avenue or not,
there is happiness in thousands of
homes that owe their existenco to the
tireless nctivity of tho crialcd sucar
king.
His Great Aids to Hawaii.
During tho many years that Mr.
Spreckols has been identified with tlio
sugar industry of thcso Islnnds, his
work has been along tho lines of tho
solid nnd pormnnent improvement of
pinntntion conditions and. in the business
conditions of tho Islands them
selves. Hawaii's wealth has "been
largely increased through him, busi
ness processes systematized, advances
in civilization promoted through tho
broad views, dcfinitOj methods nnd decision
of chnrncter shown by him in
his operations here. It is truo thnt
thero were legal controversies with
which ho wns connected, but thcso
have long Binco censed, nnd now, at
the closo of his wonderful enrcor, his
Inbnrs aro comprehended, and nt tho
period of his last visit to Honolulu,
Mr, Spreckels received the prncticnliy
unanimous respect nnd affection of
Honolulnns, irrespective of party, class
or sect.
Ho wns easily the first citizen of
California nnd beyond any man had
beon identified with tho iincquaicd do
vplopmcnt of tho western part of tho
United otntcs. Utnrtmg with a cap
itnl mainly consisting of brains and
onergy, his forward and upward path
hart been steadily opened with unwuv
oring purpose, with iron will nnd with
concentration in the community whero
his first success originated. Other
capitalists of tho Pacific Coast transferred
their Investments and cstnb
lifthed theirhomcs fnr away from tho
scenes of their early accumulations.
Mr. Spreckels, who had been really at
the head 01 them all, though far
reaching ns his enterprises nnd trans,
nctions have been, centered his opera'
tions in tho State of which he had
becomo a citizen, and Uiough largo
enough in his capacity and in his business
to have been recognized through'
out tho world, ho wns distinctively
known as tho leading capitalist 01
West.
Mr. Spreckels had always been noted
for fidelity to bis friends. Townrds
his employes, ho was n kind master,
nnd strikes on the phrt of his men
wero almost unknown. Ho was a man
true to his word, who, without affect
ed humanltarianlsm or prctonBe of any
kind, never disregarded tho welfare of
tho community in which ho lived nor of
mankind in general.
His personal lifo wns simple, puro
and domestic, and it Is not out of
place to add that ho was much indebted
to his wife, tho mother of thirteen
children, who, to all the qualities that
could mould and adorn a home, "haB
added a fino and discriminating
wisdom.
In carrying out his plans, Mr.
Spreckels moved along lines long
thought out in advance of their execution
and with unerring prescience.
Evory difficulty nnd every obstruction,
with very Saw exceptions, had
been anticipated and mot. When tho
time was rino and the .exactions of
railroad corporations wero felt by him,
ns thev were also felt by tho people
of California, he did not hesitate to
orgnnlro n corporation that
brought freight rates to n reasonable
figure. When he fniled to olitnin n.
satisfactory contract for tho lighting
of his homo In Snn FrnnclBco, ho
founded nnd established a lighting and
power company which spread its
over tho city nnd brought tho
rival corporation to terms. Thcso two
enterprises, involving tho risk nnd tho
uo of millions, woro tho results of an
unbending determination on his part
not to bo victimized by monopoly, and
whilo they ultimately turned out to bo
profitable, they identified him with tho
public good.
rbsolutcly fearless ns he was.
though deliberate and cautious, ho had
broken down all opposition to his vast
projects nnd hnd nover fniled. In tho
midst of Imlofntignbla labor, howovcr,
he had ever been among tho most
of men. His benefnetions,
though unlicrnldcd, were innumerable,
and no genuine causo ever appealed to
him in vain. As n singlo oxnmplo out
of tho hundreds, it may bo noted that
whon, some years ngo, tho streets of
Snn Francisco wcro filled with tho
unemployed nnd n hundred thousand
dollars were needed for their rollef, nt
a meeting called to ralso tho amount,
Clnus Spreckels wns tlio first to contribute.
"I can not mnko a speech,"
ho said; "put mo down for five thousand."
Tho Spreckels Family.
Besides his aged widow, there nro
loft to mourn for him his four sous
nui ono daughter. Tlio son? nro John
D. Spreckels, well known hero; O.
A. Spreckels, known familiarly ns
"Gns"; Adolph B. Spreckels, treasurer
of the Western. Refining
Compiny nnd vice president of several
lnrge corporations; and Rudolph
Spreckols, who has very recently been
in Honolulu and who must have ar
rived at his father's donthbed ionly a
lcw uours uuiuru mo cnu.
Tho Quarrel With Kalakaua.
Tho incidents in connection with
tho qunrrcl between Claus Spreckels
and King Kalakaua, although frequently
related by tnoso who woro
present nnd know tho facts, havo
'nover been published. They nro these,
showing that events of historic im
portanco can originnto in things of no
moment in themselves.
Tho King, Clnus Spreckels nnd two
admirals visiting in port, nn American
nnd a Britisher, wcro engaged in a
gnmo of cucliro at tho homo of a mutual
friend, in 18S0. Tho
tlio two princlpnl chnrncters
had been strained n triflo that
noon, Spreckels having been negotiating
with tlio King -for tho control of
the city whnrves, tho city waterworks
and tho city lighting frnnchlso, In
for which ho had ngrced to
renoic. tho loan ho had mado to tho
Kingdom of $000,000 nnd incrcaso it
to n million. Tho King, for tho first
timo in their relations, had demurred.
They were good friends yot, howovDr,
nnd partners against tho admirals in
the card game.
Tn tho course of tho play, whilo
Bcrgor's Royal Hawalians playod outside,
Spreckels hnd dealt to him a
hand containing threo kings, an nco
and ono smaller card. Turning It towards
ono of tho .admirals, tie remarked:
"If this woro poker I havo tho
winning hand horo." .
Tho ndmiral had threo aces in his
own hand and jestingly offered to bot,
nt tho snmo timo showing his hand.
- ''My four kings would still win
over your aces," said Spreckols.
"Wiicro is tho fourth king?" asked
Kalakaun.
"I am tho fourth king," answered
tho Sugar King, whilo iust thon. ns
Kalakaua rose, angered nt boing
slighted, tho Bcrgor musicians struck
up "God Save tho King" nnd
bowed "to tho band leader.
Kalnkaua broke - up tho camo nnd
loft tho houso. attended by Colonel
Gcorgo Mncfarlano, his chamberlain.
That night tho two consulted. Tho
next morning a loan bill was intro
duced into tho Legislature, and, in
spito of Spreckols' opposition, tho
meaBiiro carried and Colonel
left nn tho noxt steamer for London
to float tho loan.
From thnt time on, for n couplo of
years', thero wns active hostility
Kalakaua nnd Clnus Spreckels.
Tlio latte'r returned bis decorntions.
Later, Colonel Macfnrlano nnd Sprockets
chancing to meet in New York, tho
lnttcr stnted thnt ho was anxious to
make up with tho Hawaiian monarch.
Ho was told that Kalakaua, too, was
ready fnr n reconciliation, nnd thereupon
Spreckels wired to San
to have tho Alnmela held until
ho could reach tho Const to sill for
Honolulu.
Other things interfered with this
trip, bowevor, nnd it wns not until a
year later that tho rival kings shook
hands and rosumed their friendship,
H
IDF
According to rumor, tho County
Beacon 1b to bo relit after Now Year's
and mado to beam In tho community
in tho Democratic cause. The editor,
nccording to tho samo rumor, is to bo
Charles L. Rhodes, who will bo at tho
samo timo tho secretary of Mayor
Fern, combining in this way business
with pleasure.
Ever sinco tho Beacon's glimmering
died out a year ago, the local Democracy
has been without nn English journal
nil of its own. This, when thcro
ill bo public printing to do jn tho
way of advertisements nnd news
scoops to bo landed from friends in
high office, Is an unthinkable.' position
to bo in, nnd tho proper steps aro to
be taken to "get out of It,
As n starter the doctrines of puro
Democracy aro to be handed out In the
tabloid form of a weekly; later on
thero may bo further developments.
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FREAR WRITES. OF .
WORK UNDER M
Acting Governor Mott-Smith received
a lottor from Governor Frenr by
tho Alameda touching on a numbor of
matters of intorcst to this Territory.
Tho Governor has secured a recognition
of Hawaii's right to sharo in tho
appropriations for hydrographic and
geographic surveys. In a eonferenco be
tweon tho Governor, Secretary Garfield
and tho heads of tho hydrographic and
geographic surveys it wns decided that
tho chief it the hydrographic bureau
should come to Hawaii as soon ns possible
nnd look into conditions. This is
distant but not uncertain promise, of
tho undertaking of somo reclamation,
projects horo,by the United States government.
Tho matter of leaving Hawaii out of
the penny postngo nrrnngomont with.
Qrent Britain was to havo beon taken.
up by Governor Fronr with tho Postmaster
General tu day after tho let-
iur wus vermeil, itio inirti ivssiaiunb
ruled ncninst tho
Torritory in tho ninttcr of sending tho
election ballots through tho mnils under
n frn,nk. This would havo saved
tno Territory nuout $3UU.
Tho Governor nddressed tho public
lands committee of tho Senate on Do-comber
11, and appeared on tho samo
subject before tho Houso committee on.
December 14.
Governor Frenr expresses hlmsolf na
very much pleased with tho action of
tho Chamber of Commerce on tho coast-
wiso navigation law, though tho situation
hi somowhat bewildering. Boforo
nows of tho nction of tho Chambor of
Commorco wns received, Senator Files,
who introduced and is fathering tho
bill to suspend the coastwiso laws
hero nntl tho Coast as fnr as relates
to passengers, had rcferrod tho
bill back to the committee, nnd it Is
now In dnngor of defeat.
Tho Governor thinks that by calling;
for competitive bids for tho Fcdornl
building soven or oight months will bo
saved.
Tho Governor has hod very llttlo timo
to attend tho meetings either of tho
Conservation Commission or of tho
Rivers and Harbors Conference Director
Nowcll of tho Reclamation
appeared in tho lllvors nnd Harbors
Congress ns a rcprcsontntivo from
Hawaii, and rend n paper on tho subject
which attracted much attontion.
According to a Cable, tho Governor
spent Christmas at Manchester,
Mrs. Augustus Knudson wns tho
from Hawaii to tho Woman's
Rivors nnd Harbors Congress, and sho
mhdo an address on Hawaii,
Tho Governor writes! "Wo hnvo not
yot decided whother to introduce nn
immigration bill this session."
ANCIENT CAPITAL'
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STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE
IAHAINA, Maui, Dccombor 20.
There is nothing slow any nioro about
this place, oven tho spocd limit having
been nudged up a notch or two within
tho past fow hours. Yostorday Harry
Helcikalani backed his hack into tho
barn, turned his horses out into tho
manlenio, nnd tooted loud and
a real autoniobilo horn, Ho hud
heard of tho fortunes to bo mado in
burning up gasoline in Honolulu, nnd
has uono into tho auto-hack business
on his own account. All Labnina turned
to boo him crank up aud to admire
tuo shiny pulnt on tho mud guards.
Then tho cliautleur put on his isTngluss
goggles, sharpened his pencil, and proceeded
to book orders for the day. Ha
filled his slate within four, minutes and
ran steadily botween involuntury
stops all the rest of tho day and far
into tho night, when tho acotyleno
glows woro especially admired.
in Laliuluu who was anybody had
at least fifteen minutes of glorious
speeding, aud walkiug as a means of
locomotion dropped off several points.
Mrs. Burt, Miss Burt, Miss
Miss Buriilimii, Miss Law. Miss
Hoso mid Miss (Jrceu uro visiting in
Lahninu.
Miss is visiting her parents in
Honolulu.
Lust Vediics,iy Miss MucDounld of
the Normal School, who is visiting at
I.uliul milium, gao n lawn tennis party
ami afternoon tea to Mr. and Mrs.
Burnhuiii, Miss Mosser of I'uia, Miss
Foils of Wiiiluku, .miss Law, Miss Clap-
ham, Mr. Law, Mr. JUBhurt, Mr. Roberts,
Mr. Wilson nnd Mr. l'aschall. Tho
ga.ncs wcro exciting, Messrs. Wilson
and Roberts doing somo especially fast
work over tho nuts. '
Mrs. MucDunald, who has beon visiting
Mrs. Dodgo of Wailuku for a few
duvs, returned homo 011 Thursday,
On Wednesday evening, under tho
direction of Mr. and M'rs. Kroll, a vory
fino Christmas concert was given at tho
parish hall. The children showed much
skill in taking their parts. Tho play
represented Santa Claus' first visit to
Japan, It will be repeated on Wednesday
noxt.
On Thursday evening tho children of
Wuinco church wero mudo glad by u
Christmas tree in
ball,
Miss' Foltz, who has been visiting
Mrs. Simpson of tlio Baldwin Homo,
went to Honolulu on Thursday evening.
Teachers who went to Wailuku tu
attend the convention on tho 18th say
that if it had not been fur tho kindness
of J ml go McKay, tho Itov. Mr. Dodgo,
Mr, Case, Miss Turner nnd others thoy
would havo been without lodgings owing
to the -hotels being filled with lawyors
and witnesses in tho case of Waldoyer
vs, Wailuku Sugar Co.
Dr. Kincaid of Charlotte, North Carolina,
has sont u 'Christmas greeting to
his friends of Labaiiin.
A Christmas service- was held in each
of tho leading churches on Friday. Tlio
Rev, C. G. Buruhom preached 11 tho
Waineo church nnd Mr. Whito interpreted
tho sermon into Hawaiian.
A party headed by Professors Roberts
ami Wilson wont about a mllo
ubovo tho source of tho Lnhalua water
system on Thursday, Siaco Mr, Pratt
has had the ditch extended tho water
is good, and the wholo system is in excellent
condition, with un anbundaut.
supply.
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