The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-23

GeneraI-Other Matters of Interest.
MAUI, April 2l.-The island is
bristling with political items and
| runners. When in doubt as to inter
esting news, politics is the trump card
to play.
| w. F. Pogue, of Makawao, received
strong backing from the Hama Union
Club for nominee as a delegate to the
Constitutional Convention, but he
declines to run in Iosepa's favor.
! 1t is rumored that G. w. Smith, of
Benson & Smith, was asked to run
by Waikiki American Unionists, but
has declined the honor.
Kula has cosmopolitan gathering
of small farmers--300 or 400 Chinese,
200 japanese, a large colony of Portu-
| guese, and small collection of ma
tives. The Portuguese are prejudiced
against the Japs in the matter of
| blowing. The current prices for
| blowing land per acre among the
former range from $5 to $12, while the
latter plOw any sort of soil at $3.50
per acre, using an unique tool which
simply scratches the ground and re-
! euires the work of but one horse.
The San Miguel men "out- Herod"
the most radical Americans in their
| Americanism.
AS to registration of voters, proba-
| bly, at a low estimate more than 700
names have been placed upon the
lists of Maui, about 800 in Makawao,
| probably over 200 in Hama as their
club numbers more than that figure,
and the remaining 200 is small for
Waikiki and Lahaina, Wailuku alone
having registered about $50 and still
! at it.
The regular monthly meeting of the
I Haleakala Club was held at the old
foreign church last Thursday evening,
10th inst.
1t is reported that paper with
! twenty five taxpayers names will be
| forwarded today to the Minister of
Interior backing M. A. Gonsalves, of
Honolulu, as candidate. This paper
has been in circulation in Wailuku
during the present week, but accord
imp to the fourteen days limit in the
election law, it will not accomplish
the desired result.
STRAY sCRIBBLINGS.
| That stereotyped" trouble, the
"Wailuku water caSe,' was again re-
vived during Wednesday, the 18th
inst, before the Commissioners, Judge
Robertson, at Wailuku Court House.
Messrs. Hatch, Neumann and V. ".
IL
! (Spreckels and the Wailuku natives),
| while w. A. Kinney alone appeared
for the defendant (Walluku pIanta-
| tion). The latter distinguished him.
| self in the severe CT OsS-examination of
the many witnesses that took the
stand during the last three or four
days. 1t is stated that the plaintiffs
rested their case yesterday afternoon,
the 10th inst, and the session was
prolonged until IL o'clock last eve
ming, hoping to finish today Saturday,
2lst), before the sailing of the Claud-
inc. Arthur Wilder acted in the
capacity of court stenOgrapher.
The recent appointment of Auditor
| General meets with great approval on
| Maui, though the hosts of Makawao
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. III. Laws
keenly regret the loss of two most in
! fiuential and popular people from the
com munity.
Attorney General w. o. Smith has
been the guest of Mr.. G. B. Wells of
Waikiki during the week.
T. l.. Wooster, the San Francisco
agent of the Kahului store is at pres
ent with A. F. Hopke at Kahului
Miss Kellogg and Mr.. E. Dowsett
have been entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. @. Z. Wilder of Kahului during
the past week.
Mrs. Hatch and daughter of Homo
lulu have been at DIR. Herbert's in
Wailuku during several days of the
present week.
On Friday evening, the Goth inst,
Mrs Cans delivered a lecture on
Scotland at the Hamakuapoko
church. The lady's descriptions and
remarks were made interesting by
over one hundred stereopticOn views.
The entertainment was fairly attend
ed and pronounced "very good" by
some of the audience present.
Ex-Judge Kaai of Hama has been
visiting John Kalama of Makawao re-
Gently.
On June 18th seven schools OF Wal
luku and Makawao will hold a Sun
day school convention at POOkela
Church, MakawaO.
Auctioneer H. B. Bailey will sell
the entire household effects of Mr..
| and Mrs. II Laws of Paia on Thurs
day, the Goth inst. beginning at 8 a. m.
Grippe has attacked Kahului as
well as MakawaO.
A great deal of smoke has been Wis.
ible during the latter part of the week
caused by the burning of trash at
Spreckelsville.
The John Bailey is taking in sugar
! slowly, and the Oceania Vance and
! Maid of Orleans are patiently waiting
! for a cargo.
Quite a large amount of Paia and
| Haiku sugar Is awaiting shipmen at
KahuIui, though by a different line of
| vessels than those above mentioned.
Weather: One or two heavy rains
| in localities.