By the Hongkong Maru.

Word was received by the Hongkong Maru from the Orient that Rev. David Keaweamahi, who left here about twelve years ago for Japan to undergo treatment for leprosy, died in Tokyo on the 29th of July last of consumption. No signs of the disease was visible on his face. He was buried that same evening, a large concourse of friends following his remains to the grave…

[i remember why David Keaweamahi sounded familiar now. Sometime last year i put up a number of articles he wrote describing Japan. As i recall, in general, Hawaiians were not lawfully allowed out of the country if they were deemed to have leprosy, even if like David Keaweamahi, they were going to pay their own way and for their own treatment. And people were asking questions as to why David Keaweamahi was different...

i will try to find and repost those articles at a later date.

This article was found on Chronicling America.]

(Independent, 8/14/1900, p. 3)

The Independent, Volume XI, Number 1584, Page 3. August 14, 1900.