| Show HAWAIIAN ISLANDS lame LAIB sandwich islands april 25 1898 ninety eight years ago kime I 1 was made master of all the in the sandwich group with abe be exception of kauai and and for the hawaiian islands it was the beginning of a now new era prom from the death of kamehameha I 1 seven ka kings and one queen have sat upon the hawaiian throne in the nineteenth century ventury to is the cammen commencement cement of another new DOW epoch for the Hawaii hawaiians ans thus for far the change has proven anything but an ail advantage to either the whites or the natives the latter yat jet believe the queen will be reinstalled aral led the deposed queen ebi may have had reasons to primul katei gates new constitution with tie con nent of tier cabinet while the whites vre partially justified in maintaining A provisional government jt it is a fact that the liberality and can doc of the hawaiians Hawaii ans is known far and they hav i sacrificed their rights that the he foreigners might ac oam wealth A great proportion t j the laws on the statute books have been made through the instrumentality of the moneyed men of the kingdom and for financial purposes aes the treaty the united states was a financial to the sugar planters laws lawr bere rere impasses im passed to flood the country with pauper labor many chinese and jap anew were also let in they came here as a plague to the natives degraa fag instead of elevating them it la in an to report the proceedings of the wailan mission the new mission abiouse at late was not completed by abe time lime expected nevertheless it now for its ita admirers to say that hat tab tow work of the designer Is ia very creditable redi table the edifice Is ie on an elevated spot and this displays its beauty uty to advantage the building will be a permanent convenience for many years to come and a credit to the sainto in this land A variety of work is ia a marked festa re of the new house there are no two bows wows alike I 1 Juri during nit the past term the rain fall exceeded many times that of previous otio yean for several successive days filled their channels to overflowing thereby flooding a great per ANni tage ol of the rice plantations The health ol of the brethren and sisters ak how been comparatively good consid fang aging the unusual spell of damp weather the native saints sainte are still troubled with disorders the youth have inherited the diseases of their parents and they are seldom free from ailments the traveling elders have arrived safely at late lale after a sojourn of five months montha among the natives they report the saints sainte financially poorer than they have been for many years the circumstances of men who depend upon their daily toil are much worse than those who cultivate their taro the hawaiian conference of the sandwich islands convened on the ati ath ath ath and ath of april at lio laie elder matthew noall presiding on the stand were fourteen american elders The attendance was about as usual ono one hundred and forty five was the number that represented the branches outside of late laie the program of meetings was wi as follows wednesday forenoon afternoon and evening fur for dunday school and YM Mt Association conference thursday forenoon and afternoon general conference priesthood meet login log in the evening friday forenoon general conference afternoon and evening contest meetings for the sabbath schools and Y M M 1 associations saturday forenoon and afternoon relief society conference an entertainment in the evening sunday general conferences conference april fth was a special day and its ito importance was impressed upon the minds of those assembled the saints marched two abreast from Liani Lani huli buli to tn the meeting houses bouse led by the late band the meeting house bouse hid had been previously decorated for the occasion facing the congregation were the of the first presidency Preel denoy just below was a large picture of president brigham young on the right of this a picture of the temple partially finished and on the I 1 left 0 it a view taken when the capstone wils was laid in 1892 six banners hearing bearing inscriptions script ions appropriate for the day were placed in the most conspicuous parts of the hall the subjects treated by the elders eldera were what the earth was created for nature of the fa fall establishment of the kingdom of god temples and the book of mormon all these were plainly set forth at noon a grand festival for the conference was given in the now new house john T giles presided at the rab bab bath school conference the various officers reported their respective schools elder giles announced that exhibitions would be hold held on the di different Terent islands during the latter part i of the season elder noall spoke upon I 1 toe difference between the sabbath schools here and those in zion the members there are mostly young r while here the majority are aged he gave ua ve good counsel on the manner of conducting the exercises in the sunday contest maul maui was awarded first and lite second prize the prizes were two framed pictures of one of the temples 1 the general officers were sustained the local officers for the following term are john T giles prest president lent J J johnson joanson and hyrum do de fries counselors moke secretary mathew noall treasurer the Y M M 1 I A conference was called to order by A J davis prest dent who spoke upon the duties of representatives presenta tives the authority of presidents the general questions to be sent out to the several associations for the ensuing term the length of meetings etc in the contest meetings of the improvement pro associations maul was decided best and lale laie next best beet first prize picture of first presidency second prize picture of bait lake temple the general officers were sustained toe the local officers are as follows A J s davis president 1 I F fisher and I 1 H grace counselors moke secretary matthew noall treasurer at the belief society conference the sisters met at Lani bull buli and were led by the band to the meeting noose house libbie noall presided eight ameri can sisters and the delegates of the society did the preaching general instructions were given as to the duties of ef those included in the member ship of the society this is the leading organization in the hawaiian mission minion the general officers were sustained local officers for corning coming term libelo noall president with all the amerl ameri can sisters as aa her side aide Ko kekuewa kuewa kahuhu and Nia counselors kekuewa Kaku aau sau secretary A primary association was organized in connection with the rulief society the manner of condu conducting ottil these meetings as aa adopted in 2 lion will will be deemed wise libbie noall was chosen president maggie davis and lizzle brown counselor helen grace music director kehnl secretary rattle kattie hottendorf treasurer at the general conference the names of the general authorities of the church were presented and sustained local authorities matthew noall noah president of the hawaiian mission with all american elders as his counselors ecclesiastical appointments jno jos joe Jh janson president of the rona kona kau and puna conference M K kou assistant hyrum de fries president of the hilo district katila assistant J B Hawks president of the kamakua district and general director for the kamakua and kohaus conference daniela kiaha assistant hyrum duffitt Duff fiti iri president of the kohla bohu dl district strict john smith assistant A J davis president of maui mani conference also president of the branch H E duffin moke and sam lus liua assistants assistant 1 I F fisher president of honolulu branch stephen keeler assistant john brown also assistant periodically john brown president resident of the oahu bahu conference 3 james amea Bilah assistant john TUlles T ailee president of the kauai oon fereno ferenc and special laborer from kapaia kahaia and wa hilura henry hottendorf and makanui assistants john brown clerk of conference J F fisher assistant temporal appod appointments u ame ants matthew noall manager of the late laie plantation J H grace and jos joe id thurber as si sistan tf libbie noall bookkeeper maggie davis storekeeper C D harding school teacher helen grace assistant liale laie branch matthew noall presidents president rt 8 r t H grace and jos joe H thurber counselors john brown branch clerk sam kit music director C D harding president of sunday and kato kaio counselors counselor kanihonui Kaniho nul pres ideria of YM M 1 I A Nawa bine and kahana counselor kapo president of the relief belief society rod and kai counselors statistical report for term ending april oth 1893 american elders and st sisters aters 22 total holding the priesthood mare male saints 1598 female saints 2027 total officers saints and children blessed new baptisms re baptisms 24 children blessed under eight yel years rs 01 of age received in branches excommunicated bated 21 deaths 65 on the fourth the missionary elders and sisters held a special fast day that they might have a proper spirit to food feed the saints with suitable food for reflection the spirit of affection order and faith was the prevailing characteristic throughout the april meetings gf scores of testimonies were borne to the effect that the conference had not yet been paralleled on the islands the answer to the sappl ca eions odthe of the elders made a lasting impression upon the minds of all present regarding regard dg the goodness good nees of god C D HARDING clerk |
