Statewide County HI Archives News.....Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States - Part 9. June 29, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 July 10, 2008, 8:42 pm Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands June 29, 2008 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 June 29, 2008. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Hawai'i Keepers of the Culture A Study in the Time, of the Hawai'ian Islands Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States -- Part 9. by Darlene E. Kelley ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 9 - Hawai'ian Chronology. ++ 1876.--S.T. ALEXANDER and H.P. BALDWIN begin construction of the Hamakua-Haiku ditch to irrigate Maui sugar lands. CLAUS SPRECKELS, first arrives in the Islands; scene of his coming fnancial exploits. Government passes as " Act for the Protection and Preservation of Woods and Forests " which includes watershed preservation. Kapi'olani Park Association organized. " Hawai'i Pono'i " declared Hawai'i's national anthem. August 15 -- New Reciprocity Treaty with the Unted States ratified by the Senate; the treaty guarentees American markets for Hawai'ian sugar. American cargo aboard the Cyane is first to enter Honolulu under the Reciprocity Treaty. Hawai'ian canned pineapples shown at the Centenial Exposition in Philadelphia. $1,812,000 worth of imports arrives in Hawai'i; exports total $2,181,000. Among thousands of Chinese laborsers arriving in the Islands, a group of 28 baptized Christians, includig five women call on Rev.SAMUEL C. DAMON, the minister of Bethel Church. He acceptstheir certificates of baptism and Bethel Church establishes a small English night school to help the emigants adjust to their new life. Missionary communuty marks the passing of the last of the pioneers. MRS L.G. THURSON, who died at Honolulu at age 81. STEPHEN ALENCASTRE, future Bishop of the See of Arabissus and Vicar Apostolic of the Islands, is born, U.S. -- GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER and 264 troopers are killed by Sioux Indians at the Little Big Horn River' ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL patents the Telephone. America celebrates centennial of Independence. EDISON produces the Phonograph. ++ 1877 -- E.H. ALLEN - previously Chief Justice of the Supreme Court -- becomes first Hawai'ian minister to the United States. April 9 -- WILLIAM PITT LELEIOHOKU brother and heir apparent to King KALAKAUA, dies at age 22. KALAKAUA'S sister LILI'UOKALANI is proclaimed heir apparent in his stead.. June 11 -- Kapiolani Park, the first with extensive recreational facilities, is opened at Waikili under charter to a private goup. Fire breaks out along Honolulu's waterfront Esplanade, destroying old buildings and warehouses and causing $258,700 in losses. Everyone turns out to fight fire, including the King. Hawai'i Island tsunami kills five, leaves 163 homeless. Lava outbreak reported from summit crater of Mouna Loa. The flow runs through the Kona district, discharging in the sea near Kaawaloa. Stamp Act goes into effect establishing production and cancellation procedures for adhesive postage stamps; production falls under the government's Minister of Finance. Harnakua-Haiku water works opens. Import duties increase to 25 percent. $2,554,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i. The Islands export $2,578,000 worth of goods. September 1 -- C.H. DICKEY operates the earliest commercial telegraph system connects his stores in Haiku and Makawao, Maui. DICKEY and C. H. WALLACE are granted a charter on January 12, 1878, as the Hawai'ian Telegraph Co. Contract drafted for Portuguese plantation labor. Signing up for 36 months of sevice, workers will receive free passage from Madeira, daily rations, lodging, garden space, medical care and wages paid in gold or silver. REV. B.W. PARKER of the 1833 group of missionaries, dies at age 74. Replacement tide gauge from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey installed near the entrance to Honolulu Harbor. KAMEHAMEHA Day Races moves to the one-mile circular course at Kapi'olani Park, where they became a popular attraction for many years. U.S. -- A period of labor violance begins with a general railroad strike, and Federal troops are sent to restore order after violence erupts. First shipment of meat from U.S. is sent to Europe. Swan Lake is performed in New York. Music by Tchenasky. ++ 1878. -- Scottish author CONSTANCE F. GORDEN-CUMMING visits the islands. Later writes about his visits. Frenchman AUGUSTE MARQUES arrives on O'ahu and buys a tract of land near Punahou. He taeches music at the school and later bore's Honolulu's first artesian well. Centennial celebration of Cook's arrival in the Islands takes place at Honolulu and Lahaina. Census counts 6,045 Chinese in the Islands. May or June -- Only two years after ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL patient the telephone, C.H. DICKEY puts into opertion the first line, between Kahului and Wailuku, Maui, under the name of the East Maui Telegraph Co. The Hawai'ian Bell Telephone Co., is incorporated on December 30, 1880. Bishop & Company's new bank open its doors. First Telephone lines in Hawai'i connect SAMUEL G. WILDER'S Interior Ministry office with his lumber yard. LILI'UOKALANI writes " Aloha 'Oe." September 30 -- The first contingent of Portuguese workers from the Madeira Islands arrives aboard the Priscilla, to labor in the fields; by end of the century some eighteen thousand have settled in Hawai'i. Group of Micronesians arrive for labor in the fields. $3,046,000 worth of imports arrive inthe islands; exports total $3,462,000. ALEXANDER & BALDWIN complete the Hamakua Ditch on Maui. Early missionary Rev. D. Dole dies at Kapaa, age 70. First telephone established on the island of Maui. EMMA LOUISE DILLINGHAM introduces the first carnantions from California. U.S. -- First bicycles introduced in the United States. Thomas Edison creates the Edison Electric and Telephone Company. SULLIVAN & GILBERT collaborate and produce "HMS Pinafore" in New York. ++ 1879 -- Honolulu experiences a summer outbreak of measles -- introduced from San Francisco -- but no deaths are reported. However, typhoid and " other low fevers " result in a number of deaths. February -- A demostration of the first recorded sound is given by a Mr. KOHLAR who arrives in Honolulu with an Edison Phonograph. Over 3,500 Chinese Laborers arrive in Hawai'i. The Ravenscrag and Highflyer -- operated by Hoffnang & Company, managers of subsequent Portuguese immigration-- bring a total of 751 Portuguese to the Islands. Portuguese immigrants arrive with a four- stringed instrument called " braguinha or cavaquinho " ancester of the 'ukulele. July 20.-- The Kahului & Wailuku Railroad is opened on Maui, the first rail common carrier in the Islands. $3,743,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $3,704,000 worth of goods. First steam fire engine imported to the Islands. Hawai'i experiences electric lighting when the English ironclad Triumph visits, After nightfall, the warship unexpectedly switches on its spotlight and for nearly two hours bathes the city in its beam. First artesian well bored by JAMES ASHLY, hired by JAMES CAMPBELL, at Ewa, O'ahu, allowing for irrigation of thousands of acres of fields. December 31 - The cornerstone of 'Iolani Palace" laid. U.S -- Edison invents a filament lamp. and demostrates the first electric light bulb in Europe. ++ 1880.-- The firm of Lewers & Cooke is founded by ROBERT LEWERS and C.M. COOKE, Sr. St. Louis College, Catholic high school for boys, is set up in Honolulu; later it is suppimented by Chaminade College.. HENRY ADAMS and JOHN LA FARGE visit Islands. FANNY YOUNG NAEA, mother of QUEEN EMMA, dies at age 74. Hawai'i's first polo match played at Palama between British Naval officers of HMS Gannet and local residents. On August 14 -- WILDER ministry dismissed over mass protests. CELSO C. MORENO appointed to power after KALAKAUA prorouges legislature for failing to grant ten-million dollar loan to a steamship company; a popular uprising forces the resignation of MORENO five days later. New ministry apponted with W.L. GREEN as Premeir. Cornerstone of Masonic Building laid in Honolulu. $3,673,000 worth of imports arrive in the Islands; Exports total $4,876,000. November -- A erruption of Mauna Loa causes a lava flow to approach the outskirts of Hilo; rites by Princess RUTH, a grandaughter of KAMEHAMEHA I, halt the torrent at the edge of town. Eruption of Mokuaweoweo reported. KALAKAUA revives the Hula. Hawai'ian Bell Telephone Co., incorporated. U.S. -- Gold discovered at Juneau, Alaska. French actress Sarah Bernhardt makes her debut. ++ 1881 -- January - KALAKAUA sets out to become the first monarch to circle the globe; he returns to Honolulu at the end of October. KALAKAUA and WILLIAM ARMSTRONG visit THOMAS EDISON to discuss the possibility of generating electrical powere from Kilauea Volacano. Cornerstone laid for Lunalilo Home, established under the will of King LUNALILO for aged and indigent Hawai'ians. Chief Justice CHARLES COFFIN HARRIS dies at age 59. Earlier he served as Hawai'i's first attorney general, appointed by KAMEHAMEHA V. A.F. JUDD appointed Chief Justice of Hawai'i's Supreme Court. The Music Hall Theatre opens across from the Palace on King Street; it is soon closed by a smallpox epidemic but re-opens in 1883 a the Royal Opera House. Smallpox introduced to Honolulu from China by passengers aboard the steamer Meifoo. Total number of smallpox in Hawai'i is 789; a little over 36% -- 289 of the patients were fatal. Chinese Church Building dedicated. Scandinavian contract laborers, mostly Norwegians, arrived in Hawai'i; first to Maui on the Beta, February 18, and then to Honolulu on the Musca, May 13 th. Macadamia nuts first brought from Australia by WILLIAM HERBERT PURVIS. Rice exports for the year total 6,627,000 pounds. $4,548,000 worth of imports arrives in Hawai'i; exports total $6,737,000. Fort Street, the first paved street, from the waterfront to Kukui Street. Lava flow from Mauna Loa stops at the edge of Waiakea Plantation in Hilo, 50 miles from its source. U.S. -- A treaty allows the United States to restrict immigrants from China. San Francisco is over run with Chinese. China Town can hold no more as they are crowded into huddles. Many Chinese are sent back to China. President JAMES A. GARFIELD is fatally shot by an assassin and is succeeded by CHESTER A. ARTHUR. BROOKER T. WASHINGTON heads a normal and industrial institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, and becomes the foremost advocate of black education. ++ 1882. -- The Legislature conveys to sugar industrialist CLAUS SPRECKLES, a large tract of Crown lands at Wailuku, Maui, to settle a claim purchased by him from Princess RUTH for $10,000. Smallpox kills 282. Postal Stamps for the Universal Postal Union first issued in Honolulu. 'Iolani Palace completed in December. KALAKAUA builds Hale Akala on the Palace grounds as a more informal residence. WALTER MURRAY GIBSON, Ministry is appointed. Cornerstone of YMCA building is laid. CAPTAIN WILLIAM MATSON acquires the first vessel of his sailing fleet for transport between Hawai'i and the mainland. Treaty of Amity and Commerce signed by the United States and Korea opens door to Korean emigration. Senhor A. de SOUZA CANAVARRO received by KALAKAUA as Consular representative of Portugal, a post he retains for many years. Honolulu's oldest extant restaurant, Wo Fat, opens for business. Planter's Labor and Supply Company organized. Hawai'ian Agricultural Society forms. $4,975,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; exports total $8,219,000. Hawai'i's first two elevators are installed i the Wilder Building and the Beaver Saloon across the street. Both in Honolulu. A man by the name of ISENBERG plants the first ironwood trees at Kilohanna Crater, Kaua'i. Kohala Railroad opens. REV. TITAS COAN, missionary at Hilo, dies at age 81. ++ 1883.-- H.A.P. CARTER becomes the second Hawai'ian Minister to the United States, after E.H. ALLEN, the first Resident minister (1877 ) had died at age 79. MOTHER MARIANE ( Barbara Kopp ) and six nuns arrive in Hawai'i, hoping to serve at the leper colony on Malokai. The mongoose is imported from the East Indies by way of Jamaica to attack rats in the canefields, with mixed results. 72 mongooses were released on the Hilo and Hamakua coasts. The first YMCA building in Honolulu is finished and dedicated. February 12 -- KALAKAUA and KAPI'OLANI hold coronation ceremony in the front of 'Iolani Palace on the ninth anniversary of his asscesson to the throne. February 14 -- The statue of KAMEHAMEHA I in front of Aliiolani Hale is unveiled to commemorate the centennial of the arrival of Captain JAMES COOK. PRINCESS RUTH KE'ELIKOLANI dies at Kailua on the Island of Hawai'i at age 58. CHUNG KUN AI begins merchandising career by opening a dry goods store and tailoring shop. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company incorporated. Inter-Island postal money order system inaugurated. First annual fair of the Hawai'ian Agricultural Society held at the foot of Alakea Street. Oceanic Company's new steamhip Mariposa arrives from San Francisco, beginning a regular semi-monthly run. First Installment of new Hawai'ian silver coins is received from the San Francisco mint, worth $130,000. $5,624,000 worth of imports arrives in Hawai'i; exports total $8,022,000. Hawai'i's second phone company, Mutual Telephone Company, incorporated. Hawai'ian Chinese News begins publication. Located at the present site of Roosevelt High School, Lunalilo Home opens as a care home for aging Hawai'ians. Marine Railway in Honolulu inaugurated. British ship S.S. Madras from Hong Kong, with smallpox aboard, is refused quarentine. Portuguese immigration from the Azores inaugurated. U.S. -- Brooklyn Bridge and the Metropolitan Opera House, both imposing structures, are completed. 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