The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-18
WHOLESALE PROSE UTIONS FOR
ILLICIT LIQUOR SELLING.
Mrs. BIount's Accident Board
ing school and Volcano Road
Matters.

The Police Court has been occupied
for several days recently with whole
sale liquor prosecution. The victims
are nineteen Japanese women accused
of selling wine. They are the fruits
of several plantations, viz: Waiakea,
Wainaku, Paukaa and Papaikou, and
are arrested on the information of four
well-recognized japanese professional
gamblers, VINO have been loafing
around the neighborhood preying on
| their countrymen for months past,
and have become eyesores to the citi-
zens of the neighborhood. That they
themselves are the ones that long ago
| should have fallen under the vigila,nt
care of our excellent police and been
| scooped into their net Is what ought
| to have been. 1t is not the case, how
ever. But after they ha / their plans
laid they went among their victims
and demanded $25 from each, or pub
| lie prosecution. A few, who had evil
| IDENTIFY been in the business, gladly
| compromised, but the others refused,
| and the result was this wholesale list
| of cases. d. II. Hitchcock was en-
| ployed to defend them, and on the
| first case being called in court the
complaint was found to be general
one, no specific dates or times being
given, and it was promptly thrown
| out of court. New warrants were i'm
| mediately issued covering dates dur
ing February, March aud April, and
the cases proceeded with. Adjourn
| ments have now been had on two
| different days and the case is again
| adjourned to the 18th inst. Here are
three days lost by the husbands of
these women, who, naturally, want to
be with their wives in their defense,
in addition to the expense of lawyer
and the worry and veXation they ne
cessarily endure, and all because these
notorious gamblers have been allowed
to ply their business almost openly by
the police. That they have been al
lowed to continue their course so long
has caused considerable comment, and
it shows the laxity with which the
public veal is cared for. The police
are very diligent at times in arresting
for very trivial causes, but real case
that is worthy of their attention is al 4
lowed to GO unnoticed. III
boarding school were held at that in
stitution on Thursday aud Friday Of
last week; Thursday was occupied
with the examinations, and number
of the citizens were present and inter
ested themselves in the exercises. THE
examinations occupied most of the
day, and the pupils exhibited marked
ability and mastery of their subjects.
Mrs. Terry, the principal, has worked
t,, - tos. H., Oh
Present were DR.. WetmOre, Mr.. Ly-
man, Mr.. Baker, Mr.. Desha and many
parents and friends of the pupils and
the school. Two pupils were gradu-
ated this term, Pho Keahi and Philip
Joe; these are the first that have been
graduated since Mr.. Oleson cleaned up
large graduating class on his retire
ment several years ago, most of whom
followed him to the Kamehameha
schools. Since the opening of these
schools, the HilO boarding school has
been in q languishing condition. The
attendance at once dropped, and so
far it has been only possible to get
sufficient attendance to preserve the
running of the school. The exhibition
given by the scholars on Friday even
ing was very pleasant affair. The
SCHOOL room was crowded, and mum
Der were obliged to leave being unable
TO gain access. The school now bears
every evidence of, being in n healthier
condition, and with inc eased attend
auce would soon in a measure regain
its old position.
We are shortly to have q real ship
launch in hilo bay. The Kahaku of
Hilo, the name painted on her stern,
is 81 small freighting slOop of about |
thirty IONS carrying capacity, which |
has been building for an Indefinitely |
long time in the yard of VIM. Bauhm |
OH the water front. 1t is now COM |
pleted and is on the ways getting |
ready for the initial plunge into the |
blue waters of lovely Hilo bay.
By the last Kinau arrived the old |
Honolulu steam fire engine No. l |
with hose reel and the other appurten- |
ances. 1t has been stored in a central |
place on King street, near the foot of /
the town, temporarily.
Mrs. Blount, the American commits
sioner's wife, arrived by the Kinau
and proceeded at once to the volcano.
Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Terry leave by
this Kinau for the Worlds Fair and
tour of the eastern states.
Rev. Mr.. Baptiste, pastor of the
Portuguese church here, also leaves
for the fair.
The bark Annie Johnson, Rock, ar
rived in port from San Francisco,
fourteen days out, with small gener-
al cargo.
An accident happened to Mrs.
Blount on her way over to the crater
floor on Thursday which Inconveni-
enced her greatly for the remainder
of the trip. The saddle turned and
she fell from her horse and was con-
bruised about the shoulder
and shaken up, but managed to visit
the crater on a second trip. On her
way back she was carried in a chair
for some distance, the road being very
bad, to where she reached the car
riages and succeeded in getting back
TO town on Sunday evening.
This leads to a consideration OF the
volcano road and its present condi-
lion and progress. Twenty-Five miles
have been finished and are in COM
paratively good order for carriages.
The balance of nine miles awaits COM
Dletion. OF this nine miles there are
say three at the volcano end that
hardly require any work. The bal
ance, six miles, is the worst slough or
nut or bog hole that one can almost
one mile of it especially
being almost impossible. Being only
he forest trail, it is full of holes and
.uts, which hosres are continually get
nd or |