Statewide County HI Archives News.....Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States -- Part 13. July 6, 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 11, 2008, 1:42 am Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands July 6, 2008 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 July 6, 2008. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Hawai'i Keepers of the Culture A Study in Time, of the Hawai'ian Islands Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States - Part 13. by Darlene E. Kelley ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 13 -- Chronology ++ 1902 -- HENRY BOND RESTARICK, an Anglican Priest, is elected first American bishop of Honolulu. March 28 - In the earliest recorded basketball game played in the Islands, O'ahu College girls defeat the YWCA team 19-17. Kapi'olani Park's Polo field opens while Moanalua's polo grounds are repaired. Milkcaps produced at Lahainaluna Dairy. Hawai'i Sugar Planters' Association ( HSPA ) sends DAVID W. DESHLER to Korea to recruit laborers. Puerto Ricans working on Island plantations number 1,853. Hawai'i exports $24,794,000 worth of goods. H.Hackfield & Company opens its new three-story domed building, featuring electric lights, 20 automatic telephones, and Hawai'i's first electric elevator. November 17 -- Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole eected second territorial delegate to Congress as a Republican. Prince Kuhio was born March 26, 1871in Koloa, Kauai, the youngest of the three sons of Kauai High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi and Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike. He was the nephew of King Kalakua. When the Kalakua dynasty assumed the throne in Hawai'i in 1884, Prince Kuhio was declared a Prince, hoping he would be next in line to become King when the Hawai'ian monarchy was overthrone in 1893. He was just 21 when he ws sentenced to prison for his role in a Hawai'ian uprising against Sanford B. Dole's newly formed Republic of Hawai'i. After his release from prison, he joined the British Army to fight in the South African Boer War, and he remained in Africa until that war ended in 1902. When he returned to Hawai'i, he was elected to serve in the United States Congress as Territorial Delegate from Hawai'i. He served in that position until 1922, where he died of heart disease at Waikiki on January 7, 1922. He is buried at the Royal Mausoleum in Nuuanu Valley on O'ahu. He married in 1896 Elizabeth Kahanu Kaauwai. One of his main goals was to serve the rapid declining Hawai'ian Race from extinction by returning them with encouragement to be self sufficient farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders on leased particles of reserved lands for Native Hawai'ians. A'a, the first racing canoe of the modern area, was built for Prnce Kuhio. December 28 -- A Pacific cable linking Hawai'i with the American mainland is landed at Honolulu. ++ 1903 -- A system of county governement is established. A Board of Immigration is organized to encourage settlement from the mainland United Sates. The Legislature petitions Congress for admission of Hawaii as a state. January 1-- The first message by commercial cable is sent from San Francisco to Waikiki; the westward extension of this cable, connecting O'ahu with Midway, Guam, and the Philippines, is completed on July 4. January 13 -- The SS Gaelic brings one hundred workers from Korea; by April, 1905, almost eight thousand have come to Hawai'i from Korea. May 2- The first performance of the Honolulu Symphony Society is given at the Hawai'ian Opera house. GEORGE CARTER appointed governor by President THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Laws prohibiting the alteration of food and drugs and providing for their inspection first enacted in Hawai'i, before the passage of the U.S. Pure Foods and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act. Hawai'i establishes a Board of Agriculture and Forestry with the support of the HSPA and allows lands to beset aside for forest and water reserves. WALTER FREAR begins tenure as chairman of Code Commission, supervising compilation, revision and annotation of the complete laws of Hawai'i. SANFORD B. DOLE, former president of the Republic of Hawai'i, begins serving as U.S. District Judge. Largest array of U.S. warships arrives in Honolulu Harbor to take on supplies; flagship Kentucky, battleships Wisconsin and Orgeon, and cruisers New Orleans, Albany, Cincinnati, and Raleigh carry two Admirals and over 3,000 men. First major wave of Korean immigration begins, bringing 7,843 individuals to the islands by 1905. The first group of 103 Koreans is sent to Waialua Plantation. First pack of canned pineapple produced. Alexander Young Hotel on King and Bishop Streets opens for business. Joint Tourist Committee formed, later knon as the Hawai'i Promotion Committee and then as the Hawai'i Visitors Bureau. Over 200 rice farms in operation, covering marshes and reclaimed swamplands. CHRISTIAN COMRADT buys Kaho'olawe lease from B.F. DILLINGHAM for about $15,000 and proposes reclaiming the island by planting windbreaks and grasses on barren portions. Hawai'i's customs district ranks 11th in the U.S., colecting just under two million dollars. KALAKAUA silver coins cease being used as legal tender after 20 years of circulation in the Islands. $14,086,000 worth of imports arive in Hawai'i; Exports total $26,275,000. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey install a Milne seismograph at their Barbers Point Magnetic Observatory. First message by commercial cable sent from San Francisco to Waikiki; the westward extention of this cable connects O'ahu with Midway, Guam, and the Philippines. Hawaiian Tramways' cars make their last run before " electrical rapid transit " replaces them. Paster TAKIE OKUMURA organizes Aiyu Kai, the nucleus of the Makiki Christian Church. First church service among Korean immigrants held at Mokuleia on O'ahu with KIM E-je leading. Between 1903 and 1905, 400 christians arrive from Korea, as many as 30 having done evangelical work prior to their departure from Korea. December 17 - U.S. -- Aviation is born when ORVILLE and WILBER WRIGHT achieve first successful heavier-than-air machine flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ++ 1904,-- Waikiki Aquarium opens on March 19th, initially built and operated by the Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co.,; the City and County of Honolulu assumes control July 1, 1919. Honolulu's first motor car floral parade extending from 'Iolani Palace to Kapi'olani Park takes place. The Mid-Pacific Carnival is the first of a series of celebrations and parades to attract tourists and showcase Hawai'i's multi-ethnic culture. First Territorial Forester RALPH HOSMER is hired; first forest reserves protect upper watershed areas. LUCAS PINKHAM, future Governor of Hawai'i appointed President of the Board of Health. Volcano House at Kilauea acquired by GEORGE LYCURGUS. $15,481,000 worth of imports arrive in the Islands; Exports total $25,205,000. U.S. Weather Bureau opens Honolulu office, with headquarters on the second floor of the Alexander Young Building and the instruments on the roof of the bbuilding's makai tower. Group of Korean Christians rent a house on Emma at School Street and move the Korean Evangelical Society to the new location. U.S. -- President Roosevelt mediates the Treaty of Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the end of the Russo-Japanese War. ++ 1905 -- Hawai'i's earliest zoo -- the Kaimuki Zoo -- opens at Waialae Road and Koko Head Avenue. Hawai'i's population calculated to be 166,728. Honolulu Improvement Club organized. Federal Government completes new building for Immigration Service Offices abreast the channel wharf. Royal School building finished and officially opens in March. Construction of the Pauahi Wing at Queens Hospital begins. Kearns and Lishman construct reservoir in Kalihi to supply water to the area. Supplied by an 18-inch main from the King Street pumping station, the reservoir has a capacity of three million gallons. Chinmok-hoi of Ewa - Friendship Society of Ewa, O'ahu -- Organized by Koreans CHONG MYONG-won, KIM KYI-sop, and KANG YONG-so to promote anti-Japanese movement. KIM CH'I'HO, vice foreign minister of Korea, arrives in Hawai'i to investigate living conditions for Korean immigrants. First major strike by plantation laborers protesting low wages. Led by Japanese workers, the strike fails due to lack of cooperation among different ethnic groups. Hawai'ian Commercial & Sugar Company begins improvements to Kahului harbor on Maui including erecting a 400-foot wharf and dredging the channel to a 30 foot depth. $14,768.000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $36,172,000. Hanin Sisa ( Korean News ) begins publication supported by members of the Methodist Church of Honolulu. Honolulu Improvement Club plants numerous shower and poinciana trees along Wilder Avenue, Penseacola Street and Pilkoi Street. First known blood test in Hawai'i takes place. Long planned garbage crematory completed in Kaka'ako adjoining the sewer pumping station; the two-story building includes six incinerators. Sixty-five ships bring 7,843 Koreans to Hawai'i, men outnumbering women by ten to one ratio. Honolulu's first cowboy exhibition -- incluing lassoing cattle and other feats of horsemanship -- held at Kapi-olani Park. First Arbor Day celebration in the territory ++ 1906 -- Hawai'i experiences its first traffic fatality. Territorial Archives Building is first building in the U.S. erected solely for the preservation of Public Archives. First Sunrise prayer services on Punhbowl occurs. First run of the Transpac Yacht Race occurs, with only tthree vessels sailing from California to Honolulu. O'ahu Country Club formed. Dole Cannery becomes world's largest fruit cannery. Hawai'ian Pineapple Company builds new cannery at Iwilei, Honolulu. ALBERT J.JUDD brings first contingent o 15 Filipinos to Hawai'i. He gives them a tour of plantation working and lving conditions and sends them back to the Philippines to spread the " good word." Between 1907 and 1931, nearly 120,000 Filipinos come to work in the Islands. Honolulu Seaside Hotel, a conglomeration of cottages and tent structures, opens its doors. $15,312,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $26,939,000. A strike at Waipahu Sugar Company wins wide press coverage due to its proximity to Honolulu. First section of Kohala Ditch opens to deliver water to five plantations on the northern end of the Big Island. Wahiawa Reservoir ( Lake Wilson ) built. As O'ahu's deepest reservoir, its spillway includes one of the largest engineered waterfalls in Hawai'i. First movie theatre-- Joel C. Cohan's Orpheum - opens on Fort Street. Korean Chinmok-hoi, or Friendship Society, changes name to Chunghung-hoi, or Forward Prosperity Society. The organization pomotes Korean solidarity and anti-Japanese actions. U.S. -- An earthquake and three-day fire in San Francisco leave over five hundred dead and cause of great destruction. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Continued in Part 14. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/hawaiian5nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/hifiles/ File size: 11.6 Kb