The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-02
Found a Friendly Bark and was
Off and Away.
WEEKLY NEWS NOTES OF MAUI.
Mrs. ROsecrans Dies from Injuries.
Japanese Evening of Literary So
cIety-Stevedores Threaten to Strike.
social News and Shipping Notes.

MAUI, Feb. 29.-The beautiful
moonlight of last evening caused al
unusually large attendance at the
monthly meeting of the Makawao
Literary Society, which event took
and Mrs. J. w. ColviIIe of Paia The
large parlOrs were more than filled
quite number coming from Spreckels
vile, Kahului and Waikiki
II was a Japanese evening The
Veranda decorations were la jap
| anese, and the young ladies who pre-
sided over the tea tables were CARRIED
in kimOnas as we'll as the eight or ten
little girls who took part in the enter
tainment. TIE first part of the pro
! gramme consisted of marches. songs
and fan drids by eight little maids
from Toxic. Then came numerous
| shadow scenes ia which a lusty Turk
and a modest japanese maiden were
| principal characters. Miss Beck " it'll
sang the words of this thrilling
romance. The last part of the pro
gramme was lecture on Japan by
Rev. J. Oyabe which was much
appreciated by his audience, unique
metaphors and startling bits of
rhetoric giving spice to the discourse.
Mr.. Oyabe5 lecture was illustrated by
twenty-five beautiful views of the
most enterprising country of the
Orient.
During Sunday, the 23rd, a Por-
tuguese boy, ten years of age, named
Marian Ambrose was drowned in one
of the HamakuapokO reservoirs. The
lad was bathing in the Haiku ditch
and was carried by the current into
the deeper water of the reservoir.
Antoine Fernandez is running an
express from Paia depot. 1t is the
first and only public conveyance in
the vicinity and will be literally
patrOnized
Police Captain Scott and wife have
been visiting in WaiIuku and Maka-
wac during the week.
w. G. Crook, Jr. who has been in
California for several years and for
the last six months in Ala ka is max |
ing bis parents in Makawao a brief |
visit.
Wood is sold and delivered in Ma
kawaO at S. for single cord and at |
FA'-O - hO" CcbLo ago III
wa- $14
On Wednesday, the 18th, Purser
Wallace of the Claudine was fined |
$500 in the Wailuku police court, |
charged with "opium in possession. -
He appealed to jury. Wallace had
the key to the freight-room in which
was an unclaimed box containing p
tins of opium marked "W. c., Hama"
Recently the opium smugglers of
a MI ~ xyf.aS j:
their cOntraband goods ashore In
packages marked with names of pro-
people of eproachabIe
character.
Fred SGoltz of Waikiki is in the
hospital,
1t may be interesting to some Ho-
nOlulu people to know that Ira Van
Camp " skipped the country last
week most unceremOniOusly Having
BEEN refused a passport by the coll
lecior he went aboard the Claudine
OstensibIy bound for Hama When
the steamer threw off the line by
which she had lowed the brig Lur
line out of Kahului harbOr, she got
Roadway on anu ran close up to tue
brig. At this moment Van Camp
called out, ga passenger for San Fran
ciscO!" and the Lurliue's small boat
was lowered and the transfer was
made.
Mrs. ROsecrans, the mother of Mrs.
Osmer Abbott of Lahainaluna and
Mr.. ROsecrans of the Kipahulu school.
lied on the 14th lust. from Injuries
'eceived in the runaway accident {
which occurred iii Lahaina during the
same day.
"Opium" Brown left Maui during
he 22ud inst. He will return how
yer IN two mouths, SO it is said.
During Wednesday, the 26th, at 4
) m.-thirty or forty native long
horemen employees COR recently sO)
# the KahuIui Railroad Co. packed
end OF the pier at Kahului and
waited the arrival of the Claudine's
bore boats, their intention being, so
: Is stated, 10 prevent the landing of
leven new men which Superinten-
ent X. h. Berg was bringing from
honolulu. Deputy Sheriff Carter and
everal policemen were calleu to the
Gene, so no demonstration was made
nd the incipient strike was at end
)r the present. 1t seems that during
sst week while some of the men were
work aboard the steamer KahuIui,
hey, while still in the mploy of the
abroad company at 81 so per day,
1tered the service Of Capt Tyson al
per diem. Upon refusal to obey
lie com maEp of Superiute ndent Berg
TO come ashore" were discharged
I'D msu To ill their places were
Fought from Honolulu.
DR.. Reed of the Colonial Sugar
ompany OF Australia has been In |,
'scting Maui plantations during the
eek. Yesterday, the 2Sth, he went
Yer Pais and expressed himself as
9TH surprised anu pleased at the
lifOrmity OF growth of the cane, etc.
J. D. Spreckels & Co. recently sold \
e brig Lurline to the Hawaiian Vi
Company. 1t is the first
III only vessel owned by the com
my.
President Wight of Wilder & Co.
IS been oU Maui during the week,
During Saturday afternoon, the