The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-11
FROM MAUI.
The Celebration Of the Fourth of
OF July at Wailuku,
"A Brutal Murder at WQihee-A
japanese Laborer is Chopped
Up With an Ak.

Signs of the coming event were
most evident during the I'd inst. in
the peaceful plantation village of
Waikiki, Groups of strangers pro,
menaded the plank walks; the mar
ket furnished en- unusually brilliant
display OF fruits and vegetables, lodg-
lighthouses, restaurants and stables
were filled to repletion; significant
conversational bits were overheard
here aud there, and il one desired or
needed any assistance from the tom
serial artist it meant long and
weary wait of an hour or two-all
this foretold of something most in
teresting and out Of the common
about TO occur.
For the evenings all tastes seemed
to have been consulted. If of sport
ing proelivities, there were many
quiet haunts where favorites could
be backed without fear of Interrupt,
ton; If of curious turn of mind, Fee
Lung, of Chinese origin and II years
Of age, gave an exhibition of jugglery
TO q $50 house in the Skating Rink;
or if possessed of q modest and musi-
cal nature, the soiree musicale at the
Native Church. by the Punaheu
Glee Club, left nothing to be desired.
At the latter entertainment Miss
L. f. Dale's solos were the attractive
feature; to Us lotus-e eating denizens
of Maui they were simply superb,
though it must not be forgotten to
express thanks to the college boys
for arousing old and pleasing mem
cries by their glees.
Sunday was trifle poky. 1t was
then that pointers were flying thick
and fast. No matter where one wan
dered-at the stables to have look
at the horses or at the BARRIERS for
the morning shave, or at breakfast,
it was race, race, race. and IL one
did not bet-he was not sin it."
Much better it would have been to
have ridden to Makawao church and
listened to Misses Dale and Fleming
and the College quartette but alas,
many did not know-of it.
During the night, sleep was out of
the question. IL that youthful band
of musical iends that wandered up
and down Wailukn streets during
the wee sma' hours of the 4th could
have heard the direful things said of
them, they would flee the island in
AFFECT terror.
The GLORIOUS Fourth" dawned
clear and beautiful, and all the world
was up betimes getting ready for the
great event of the day The Clau-
dine arrived at daylight with hun
bred and more excursionists, but
forgot to electrify the Nantes with
display of fireworks purchased
before sailing.
As for contests at Spreckels' Park,
well, all that is stale and ''chesnuty"
now, and what remains to be said is,
that the sixth annual meeting of the
Maui Racing Association had its
largest attendance, and that all was
a success. Three records we're broken
the mile dash by Amerino in l :49ss i;
II mile dash by Lord Brock in 2:20;
and the mile trotting heat by Johnny
Haywood in 2:42a. Much money
changed hands because of the poor
showing of Senator Stanford, the
most popular horse of Hawaii nei.
The evening was spent by some in
settling up bets, some at the merry
go-round, and some at the Juggling
show, but the more turned homeward
| for q good nights rest.
NOTES.
At Waihee on Thursday night oc
/ cured brutal murder. One of the
japanese laborers chopped another
| Of the same nationality in a fearful
manner with q Ratchet. Nearly
twenty gashes were made with the
Ratchet, and any one of ten of them
would have caused death. The rea
son given by the murderer was thai
the murdered man had threateaed tt
kill him, and the killing was in self
| defense. He was arrested and com
mitted for trial yesterday.
II MIR. w. D. Akin has taken charge
pof the Post Office and the steamer
Waimanalo's agency at Kahului il
place of Mr.. w. f. MossmaD, VIII,
/ has assumed the management o
Hamakuapoko store.
4 Mr.. @. H. Dickey has moved tn
Assessors Office from Waikiki t,
Kahului. The new Office is in tn
Custom House, and in a central posi-
4 tion.
Mr.. q. 2. Wilder left per stesme
Khan with party of gentleme
friends. Mrs. Wilder and Miss Hele
Wilder will rustieate at Haleakal
during his absence.
A number of the Punahou Gle
Club, including the two ladies, mad
the ascent of Haleakala on Tuesda
morning from Olinda, in spite of q
obstinate guide who insisted on tai
ing them to Kula.
On Wednesday night the sam
party rode over the mountain to ii
haina by moonlight. They were
have left Lahaina by the Khan la
2 night for Hiio.
Maui, July 8, 1892