The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-10-05

better condition as regards vitality
than il was at this time last year
But the tonnage per acre is much the
same. The rains have been bettel
scattered over the year, this year thar
last, but they have been insufficient
for full development of the cane. Ow
ing to the considerable rainfall on the
mountains, the cattle are not suffer
ing from the drought so severely a:
they did last year.
| Last week a schoolhouse at Hawi
was burned. The fire was of incendi-
ary origin. A young man returning
from a neighbours at about eleven
o'clock in the evening saw the blaze
| before the whole building was wrap
ped in flames, and by the odor of the
smoke, and the manner in which the
flames spread over the floor, he was
convinced that the floor had been sat
urated with kerosene. Others soon
arrived, but beyond saving one or two
seats nothing could be done. The
most of the furnishing OF the school
had been removed previously, as the
former school-teacher had refused to
take the oath, and the school had been
closed by the Government officials
For some reason the investigation was
delayed by the sheriff for day or two
when a jury was called, but no evil
dence leading to conviction was dis
covered.
There is a play and a series of tab
leaux in preparation to be placed be-
fore the public in about a week. AS
the Circuit Court will be sitting at
that time, a larger audience than
usual Is anticipated. The prepara-
tions indicate a total eclipse of all
previous efforts at entertaining the
public.
President Dole drove mp into the
district from Mahukona upon the ar
rival of the Kinau, and many of our
loyal citizens hastily donned their
best clothes and hurried off to do the
President all the customary honors,
but by some misunderstanding they
failed to meet him.
The Registration Board having COM
pleted their duties in Kona and Kau
report much greater numbers register
AAS N44aAl A1oh bCCh lucy
begin their final round in Kohala on
October 4th. The natives here are in
clined TO register, and the ultra royal
lists are exerting every effort to induce
them not to. Meetings are of frequent
occurrence among them, where proph
cts prophesy and dreamers tell their
visions of the night. One prophet
puts restoration at six weeks distance,
another at ten days. The theory now
is that Germany and England will
combine forces for the purpose. They
try TO intimidate natives inclined to
register by gravely impressing upon
them the unpleasantness of sudden
death when restoration shall have
been accomplished, and lists of regis
tered voters have been forwarded to
the sanguinary folks who will inaugu-
rate a reign of terror. One dreamer
was privileged with a peep into
heaven. There he saw Mrs. Dominis |
on a great white throne with golden
carpet at her feet. Reposing on the
silvery lining of the clouds were the
countless legiOns of her devoted ad-
mirers, while angels on the wing how |
cred over them with assorted Gala
bashes catering to their various needs. |
It is to be hoped that the dream will |
come true. Heaven is the only place |
where our misguided sister can hope |
lOr throne.
A meeting of natives was held near |
on Saturday night under the |
auspices of leading royalists. AS a |
Iuau accompanied it nearly one hun |
1red were present The burden of the |
addresses was that the Provisional |
had fallen and the Re !
public would fall likewise when the |
time of its iniquity was full. They |
did not say where it would fall, but |
citizens of the Republic feel that it |
has already fallen on royalty so hard |
that that iniquitous system is pretty |
well fiattened out, and in the three |
msnths from now till Christmas we |
may expect to see a procession of |
weary royalists crawling from under, |
one by one, and coming out into the |
light of freedom.
Our primaries are over, aud Frank |
and E. c. Bond have Sc
cured the nominations for Senator |
and Representative respectively.
The most lively political meeting |
Of the season was held in the court
house on Thursday night. G.. F. Rem
ton was called to the chair. j. Barnett
was appointed secretary. The min
utes of the previous meeting and |
copies of correspondence on political
matters were read by the secretary,
and approved. Then the committee |
Of five on nominations was listened to |
in their explanation of how they man.
aged to accomplish nothing. 1t was q
meagre and scarcely satisfactory re-
port. The only thing of any interest
in it was a letter from n. l.. Holstein, |
his views, as a possible |
on sundry public questions. |
AS the committee made no recon-
for nominations, the |
meeting took the matter into its own !
hands. C. L. Wight nominated ]. |
Mr.. Barnett nominated
E. C. Bond; Mr.. Tullock nominated |
H. L. Holstein; Pauilaa nominated .
and it was vaguely under |
stood that the name of Kshaewaa, of |
Kona, was before the meeting. Mr..
Bond was elected by an Overwhelm-
ing majority on the first ballot. Alter
this the meeting fell into line and
made the nomination unanimous. On
motion a committee of three, consist
ing of Messrs. Tullock, Barnett and
Hind were appointed to look after the
interests of the nominees, and see that
III the rconi ran1ants Of tha laU Uara