The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-01-24
HILO BUDGET.
The Costa Trial Accident TO
Japanese.

in the Costa murder case on Satur-
day evening after the jury bad been
out only twenty minutes. The case
for the prosecution had been miser-
ably weak from the very first, while
the defense was most excellently
handled by Hon. @. W. Ashford. No
defense was made and in doing so he
obtained the right of final address to
the jury, besides prseipitsting the
address of the prosecution before
any preparation could be made. The
case occupied the best part of five
days. Other criminal business has
been occupying the Court up to the
present, but another day or two will
complete the calendar.
Papsikou Mill was the scene OF an
unusual accident on Saturday last
The bursting into pieces of a centri-
fugsl, iniuring Japanese. but not
seriously. The accident occurred at
the breakfast hour and while the
injured man was taking the place OF
the regular attendant on the centIi-
fugals. There is in the mill bat.
terry of six machines in all. -Four
driven by one engine and two by
another engine. The accident was
to one of the latter. The machine is
an American Weston and was put in
recently.
All who have seen sugar centri-
fugals are aware that there is an
outer iron shell IN which basket
holding the sugar swiftly revolves.
The top and bottom of this basket
are of gun metal or iron while the
side between is a perforated steel
screen through which the molasses
passes. This steel screen was bound
BY three bands of nine sixteenths
ron, but the force exerted in run
ming the centrifugal at 100 revolu-
ion minute was so great that it
opened the riveting Of the screen,
lrew the nine sixteenth bands out to
,ne quarter inch before they broke
when the whole thing went into a
thousand pieces. Fortunately the
Japanese was working at the adjoin-
ng centrifugal, or he more than
likely would have been killed. Whe-
her the engine run away or the ma
hine was overloaded remains in
Ioubt. 1t is customary for centri-
ugals to run at this speed of 1900
evolutions, and in doing SO they
Tere only doing the work expected
t them.
On Saturday afternoon last very
elightful party was given by Mrs. L.
:. Turner in honor of her guest,
Irs. l.. Thompson, who is at present
listing her. The invitations, which
ERE unique in themselves, requested
ach lady to come representing the
tie to some book Forty-fve ladies
ccepted the invitation and all en-
.red into the spirit of the thing
18th ardor. A small book with
encil attached and bearing a quota
on mark on its front had been taste
lily prepared and each guest re-
swing one was requested to guess
le book represented by the others.
very lively and pleasant hour was
Jus spent when time was called and
le books given up to learn the num-
sr of correct guesses. The winners
the prize, Mrs. Terry and Miss
ella Weight, each guessed the same
lmber, %.
The most worthy of note was that
presented by Mrs E 2. Baker,
ho wore couple of sprigs of coffee
it'll berries for 'Great Expecta-
ons." Miss MCGOWAN for aLight
Asia" had Chinese lantern. Mrs.
lyman wore "Alohs," love for "The
reatest Thing in the WorId.n
I0narchs L Have Met" was revealed
: two postage stamps of Kalakaua
i'd Liliuokalani pinned on the
east OF Mrs. W. E. Scott. Miss
ely, profusely decorated with
Tist for "Oliver Twist" Mrs. S. l..
1stin as "The Man Who Laughs
ID an advertisement of a man roar
g with laughter and appropriate
Iotations from the book beneath it.
ids to Reflection were seen in two
lall looking glasses carried by Mrs.
f. Richards; a rod and net neatly
ade and worn by Mrs. Terry for Il
a. Fishing;" Mrs. L. Thompson
tn a string of Chinese coin repre-
nted "Other Peoples Money!" Mrs.
Versnce, highly colored, was "Red
a Rose is she;p a marigold pinned
the throat of DIR. Frances Wet
re presented DIR. Marigold.D
ght refreshments were served and
party broke mp with the general
preston that they all had a good
1e
The fttieth year jubilee of the ele-
ton OF Father POuzot to the priest
cd WIS celebrated with great pomp
the Catholic church here last Sun
T. Special services were held and
cry large number of Portuguese
honor to the occasion.
Have Just received telephone re-
IT'S OF revolutionary proceedings
Honolulu, bat no particulars as