The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-15

30 The Directors of the Athletic Association
held a meeting last evening. Reports were made
by various committees. The committee APP
pointed to examine and obtain offers of sites
suitable for a gymnasium reported offers OF sew
eral sites, and IT was resolved that these should
be examined by the Directors IN company at 4
O'Clock pm. to-day. The erection of some seats
on the Makiki reserve was reported. The ques-
ton of erecting a pavilion there was allowed 70
stand over until the more important matter of a
gymnasium has been attended 10.
E Last Saturday morning about ten o'clock
a full head of water came ont with a rush from
the we'll Mr.. Fessler has been sinking at Palama.
The column of water rose more than 40 inches
above the mouth of the casing. On adding fresh
lengths to the casing it was found that the water
stood about 20 feet above the level of the
ground. From what Is known as to the height
above sea level of the spot were the well has
been sunk all doubt as to the water basin of
Honolulu extending TO Palama were thus set at
rest. Professor Alexander has promised to
furnish the exact levels. The jet of water as 1t
rose above the mouth of the casing was a beau
tiful sight and was an object of great interest to
the natives of the neighborhood.
ssg- On Tuesday evening Mr.. Wray Taylor
gave his first organ recital at st. Andrews
Cathedral. The evening was very wet, but not
withstanding the weather there was "A fair at
tendance. The performance opened with a Pro-
cessional March by Mr.. Taylor and, as will be
seen by the subjoined programme, included
selections illustrating the English, French and
German schools of sacred music. The Ave
Maria by List, was pronounced by connoisseurs
to be the gem of the evening. Mr.. Taylor was
assisted on this occasion by Mr.. D.. Mccartney,
jr., whose bass solos were very finely rendered.
The programme was as follows: Professional
March, Taylor Hymn of Nuns, Wely Solo,
9Th Palms, Faure, Mr.. Mccartney Fantasia
in. c, DIR. w. Spark Pastorale, Bach Grand
nG,rt,,.a - L. DafsSAa Sn1O al will RatOipa in
the Lord" Behr, Mr.. Mccartney Ave Maria,
with distant chimes) List Fanfare, Lemmens;
concluding with Hawaii Ponoi.
y That other Chinese, or Chinese-speaking
officials besides an interpreter for our Courts are
wanted here, was strikingly illustrated by a cir
cumstance which occurred a few weeks ago. One
Saturday night a Chinese youth named Wong All
Sung, servant to MIR. Ehrlich, was arrested by
Mr.. A. NJ. Hewett as a deserter from Kilauea
Plantation. Mr.. Hewett had been acting as an
overseer on the plantation, and was very positive
as to his man. The lad could only repeat his
denials, which were not believed. Even MIR. Ehr-
lich's testimony appears to have been questioned,
and Wong All Sung seemed likely to be kept IN
confinement t at least till the Monday morning,
much to the discomfort of the household he SER
we'd, had not Mr.. Erich been fortunately able to
produce the contract of service dated some time
previously, entered into between the lad and n
former employer, who had turned him over to
his present master. This affair is but one in
stance out of many of various sorts (and greater
importance), that could be adduced to show the
need of q body of Chinese detectives who should
be familiar with the appearance of their fellow
countrymen here, and able to identify them. Ii
may also be quoted in support of a suggestion
lately made, viz, that all Chinese coolies taking
engagements here should be photographed and
their portraits kept for reference by the Police.
81 Lum Cum Sing was brought up before
the Police Magistrate, on Monday, charged with
escaping from the Oahu prison-gang on 9th of
December last, while in the lawful custody of an
officer. He pleaded guilty, and was, at the re-
quest of the prosecution, remanded for sentence
until Thursday, it being expected that another
charge would have to be made against him in
the mean time. On Wednesday night he per-
suaded All Akau, the constable in charge, that he
had need to make a prompt visit to the closet.
The constable thought he was keeping watch
over him, but was also talking to the captain of
the watch, who was standing at the back door OF
the Station-house. There Is only q partition
that may be climbed over between the closet and
one at the back of it, and Lum Cum Sing pro-
badly escaped that way. BY the aid OF a box
that was in the southwest corner of the yard,
and q water-pipe conveniently placed above 1t,
he climbed on to the sill of a window in the adj
joining building, thence on to the roof of the
cells at the lower side of the yard. Against these
stands, the two-story building of the Ironworks,
with it's windows looking out over the roof.
None of these windows are fastened, and the
escaped prisoner had no difficulty in entering by
one, and leaving the building again by another
which overlooked the roof of the engine-shed on
the other side, and SO getting away into Nuuanu-
street. He had not been caught again up to the
time of our going to press, although Al Akau,
who has been dismissed for negligence, has
offered a reward of $40 for him. The question
arises whether dismissal is the proper punish
ment for such an offence as this. Our law
makers evidently did not think it was since the
Penal Code says "Any gaoler or other officer
who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner to
escape shall be punished by imprisonment at
hard labor not exceeding two years, or by fine
not exceeding $780," This constitutes the
offence one that must be dealt with by the
Courts, and not by the mans superior officer.