Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLIII, Number 17, 24 April 1908 — HE POHAKU MOMI KUPAIANAHA Eiwa Makahiki o ka Nalowale Ana a Ike Houia ma Honolulu Nei. [ARTICLE]

HE POHAKU MOMI KUPAIANAHA

Eiwa Makahiki o ka Nalowale Ana a Ike Houia ma Honolulu Nei.

I No na makahiki elwa I hala ae nei | ka loheia ana o ka moolelo e pili ana !no kekahi pohaku momi i iawe aihueia a i kuai ia aku ma Honolulu nei, eia nae me he mea la o ua mpmi la no ia | i ike houia ai iloko o kekahi mau la kokoke aku nei i hala, i ka laweia ana aku iloko o ka halekuai o na lako gula e ku nei md. ke alanui Nuuanu. Ua hiki mua mai keia pohaku momi i Honolulu nei i ka makahiki 1899. na | kekahi koa i huli hoi mai mai Maniia '• mai a kuaiia aku i kekahi Pake kuai liako "Kula ma ke alanui Pauahi mamua aku o ka pau ana o ke kuianakauhaie i ka wa o ka ma'i bubonika. Aole i hoomaopopoia ka. hoea ana o kela pohaku momi iloko o keia kula- | nakauhale a hiki i ka ikeia ana o ke|kahi hoolaha maloko o ka nupepa o Manila no ka nalowale ana a aihueia ana paha o ua pohaku momi la mailoko aku o ka halepule e ku kokoke ana ma Manlla, a ua hiki aku hoi ka waiwalio o kela momi ma kahl o ka |Z5,000. Ua hoolaha hou ia mai keia mea hou maloko o na nupepa o ka hiklna a hiki wale i ka hookomoia ana maloko o kekahl o na nupepa o Kapaiakiko, e hoike ana, ua hooliloia aku ua pohaku momi la i kekahi Pake ma Honolulu no kaiiaha daia wale no, Ua nōkeia ke kulanakauhale o Honolulu nei i ka hull ia no ua moml la, a ua pau pu me ka poe mai .o na aina e 1 ka hele hull iioko o ha haie o na lako gula, he- ole no "nae ka loaa iki, a mamuli o keia loaa ole i manaoia ai, ua pau pu ua momi la me na uhana e ae o ka Fake nana i kuai, i ka wa. o ka pauahi nui ana o na kauhale ma ke alanui Pauahi. He hookahi nae makahiki mahope mai o keia pauahi nui, mamuli paha o ke ano kahiohio o kekahi Pake, ua hoike ae la oia i ka mOolelo e pili ana no kela momi, o ia hoi na kona hoaloha i kuai 1 ua pohaku makamae la, a he mau mahlna pokole ma ia hope mai 0 ka hooliloia ana aku o ka pohaku momi, ua kii hou mai la no ke koa nana i lawe aku e kuai, a haawi aku la i ke kumukiiai i papalua nae ka nui mamua o ka mea i ukuia mai iaia, a hoi hou mai la ka momi iaia. I ka hoomaopopo aku nae, me he mea la aole kela Pake i ike i na mea 1 hoolahaia maloko o nā nupepa e pili ana i ka walwaiio o kela pohaku momi. Ua noke wale no na Pake apau i ke kamailio wale iho no mawaena o lakou e.pili ana i kela pohaku momi a hiki wale i ka poina ana, a pela no hoi me kekahl poe e a.e 1. hoomaopopo i keia. moolelo. j Iloko ae nei nae o kekahi pule i hala i hoea aku ai kekahl koa i manaoia mai ka mokuahi lawekoa Dix mai maloko o ka halekuai lako gula o Carlo, ma ke alanui Nuuanu, a hoikeike aku la i kekahi pohaku momi me kona koi aku e ukuia aku oia i hookahi hanell dala, a e kii hou mai no ola e kual 1 ka wa e hoea hou mai ai ka moku ia nei. No ka manao o kela haole mea halekuai ua nui loa keia huina i manaola no kona kuai ana mai i kela pohaku momi, nolaila aole oia i kuai a hoi wale no kela koa me ka nele. Jna o kela pohaku momi, a o ka pohaku hookahi no ia I kuai muaia ai i Honolulu nei, alaila o keia koa no ka mea nana i kual aku i ua momi la iloko o eiwa makahiki i hala ae nei, a ua maka'u loa oia ke hoolilo aku i kahi e mahope auanei paa oia i ka hopuia. Ua haawiia kekahi makana kiekie o $20,000 maloko o M.anila no ka hoihoiia aku o ua momi la, a i oleia no ka hoike ana aku i ka mea nana 1 lawe aihue i ka pohaku momi.