The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-08
SWEPT BY STORM
East Maui Treated to Gale Of
Unusual Proportions.
FRESHETS IN MANY CLUTCHES
Brig Lurline Driven Upon
the Shore.
Chinese Suicide = Circuit Court
Makes Business-TeIe-
phone System.

MAUI, Dec. 5.-The greatest storm
in several years swept over East Maui
| last night and continues today. The
wind blew a heavy gale from the north
and brought with it rain that measured
more than six inches in localities.
Trees were blown down, freshet
occurred in the Wailuku River, the
ever-dry gulches between Lahaina and
Maalaea were running with water, and
the fine brig Lurline was driven onto
the reef.
Between 10 and II o'clock last night
the gale caused the Lurline to break
her mooring chain. In swinging around
she dragged her anchor and went on
the beach just above the old Spreckels
landing toward Waikiki. Though the
tide was full, and there was quite a
sea on, it was the strong wind that
forced the brig to part her chain.
The damage up to the present mo-
ment is slight. She has lost her shoe
(keeD, but is not leaking. The steamer
Likelike pulled her off.
Monday, November Both, the brig
Lurline, Brown master, arrived in
Kahului, % days from San Francisco.
She brought a full cargo of general
merchandise for H. @. Co, and had
deck-lOad of hay. Her passengers were
Miss Mossman, a bookkeeper for the
Kahului store; second engineer for
Spreckelsville, and a Mr. Randolph,
former emplOye of H. G. Co.'s planta
ton.
The Lurline had been loaded with
J,oII I,OI l.
and was to have sailed today.
Wednesday evening, the I'd, ing
Mung and Chang Kai two Chinese res
idents of Paia INDUCED in quarrel,
during which the latter cut his coun-
tryman's cheekbone with a small knife.
Early Thursday morning, just as a po-
Iiceman was about to serve a warrant
on Chang Kai for assault he observed a
Portuguese woman running in great
terror from her cook house. Upon be-
ing stopped she pointed to the kitchen
and exclaimed: "Pilikia no! make MOI"
Then it was that the officer discovered
the lifeless body of Chang Kai sus-
pended by a small rope from a cross
beam of the shanty. Friday the Cor
Oner's jury brought in a verdict of
suicide.
The Lahaina term of court opened
Wednesday, with Circuit Judge Kalua
on the bench and Deputy Attorney
General z. p. Dole as prosecuting Off
Ger for the Government.
Some of the prominent people in at
tendance were Attorneys Robertson,
Enoch Johnson, KepOikai, John Rich
ardson, S. F. ChiIIingworth. George
Hons, Sheriffs L. A Andrews and L.
NJ Baldwin Deputy Sheriffs w. II.
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and Interpreters J. G. Long (Hawaii-
am, and A. F. Tavares (Portuguese).
Five or six cases were weeded out or
calendar of about so. The principal
case so far brought before the Hawaii
an jury was that of Neau-a native
woman-charged with practicing medi-
cine without a license. The defendant
is we'll known Wailuku kahuna. The
case is not finished.
There was but one case. that of w.
c. Crook brought before the Maui Tax
Appeal Board (Messrs. Kalua, COpp
and Hoffman,, and that was decided by
a compromise
Maui Deputy Sheriffs are sporting
quite spicy uniforms.
The Makawao ava license sold for
$3.50 to Kahakaunila, and it is reported
that Young Hee bought the Wailuku
license for $500.
With Hama and Lahaina the Maui
telephone system will consist of about
200 Instruments The line between La
haina and Makawao has been working
finely. 1t was broken by last nights
storm.
The weather: Frequent and heavy
rains during the week