The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-07
Big Crowd of Visitors Going to
the Volcano.
BASE BALL CRAZE STRIKES HILO.
barrassment-Three sudden Deaths
Within the week-Road Building
Progressing RapIdly-News Notes.

HILO, (Hawaii, Aug. with the
renewed activity of the fires of Kilauea
large crowds of people have been at
tracted to the scene of so much gran
deur. Not only tourists are taking
advantage of this recurrent outbreak
in Madame Pele'S domicile, but island
people as we'll are fiocking toward the
spot of wonderland. Mr.. Lee states
that forty guests departed from his
hosiery for Hilo during the past two
DAYS AS many as fifty have been ac-
commodated there at one time this
week. The lake is steadily rising, hay
ing come up as much as two hundred
feet. In all probability it will continue
to rise until another overfiowlng OF It's
banks is caused The demonstrations
are rather unusual at present, mas
much as the fires of the lake seem to
appear at regular intervals of from one
and one-half to two hours. AT such
times the scene is most fascinating and
grand, as the entire surface breaks
into one fiery flow from which great
fountains are shot upwards to con-
siderable height. The weather at the
Volcano House and in Hilo has been
perfect today. and the returning sight
seers were much entranced by the
beauty and picturesqueness of their
thirty-mile drive.
No arrangements have as yet been
concluded concerning the permanent
reopening of the hotel, but from the
many rumors regarding the various
negotiations under way, it cannot be
long before some definite plans have
been decided upon.
Baseball craze has reached the Hilo
boys with all its enthusiasm. Last
Saturdays game drew an immense
throng of spectators to the Hilo Board
ing School grounds, where the Hilos
and Holomuas Wed with each other
for runs for the third time, success
falling on the Hilo team on this occa-
sion. The score stood So to Is.
Mr.. Abercrombie of Olaa is hard at
work with his nine whom he hopes will
be able to defeat the Hilo teams at the
first crossing of bats.
The Hawaiian circus has not claimed
packed houses during this weeks per-
formances, and the trick to which the
manager escorted for drawing a
crowded tent for their farewll perform
ance was anything but commendable,
to say the least The directors of the
concert for the benefit of the Hail
Church would certainly have sent out
their notices of postponement if they
had entertained any notion of defer
ring their concert on account of the
farewell performance of the Hawaiian
circus" and Messrs Price and Burns
deserve a severe censure for having APP
pended such a notice to their posters.
The concert given under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Brown and Mr.. Kapahe at
Freinan's Hall Saturday evening was
largely attended, and satisfactory re-
turns We're reaped. for the benefit of the
Hailf Church. Most of the music was
very well rendered and received well
merited applause.
Owing to a break down in some por-
ton of the machinery at the electric
light works on Thursday there was al
absence of that illuminant in the even
ing and a consequent scrambling fol
stowed-away lamps. The company
were unable to repair the damages I'M
til Saturday when the town was once
more radiant with electric lights. This
has been the first serious inconVeni-
ence the company has encountered.
There were three sudden deaths re,
ported in the district this week. Or
Monday morning the unconscious ant
almost lifeless body of e. B. Bartlett
was found lying on the floor in his
house near Wainaku. DR.. Moore, who
was called, stated that the old man haC
probably received a paralytic stroke
and had undoubtedly been in the con
dition found for at least SO hours. He
died at eight o'clock Monday evenins
without having regained conscious
ness. Mr.. Bartlett has lived in anC
around Hilo for a great number o
years. working at his trade, that O
machinist, and is supposed to have ;
fortune saved somewhere. A famil!
survives him in the States.
On Tuesday the dead body of a Chi
nese was found in his hut at Waiakea
The deceased had been i'll for SOM
time and death was not unexpected
a Portuguese laborer, Antonio d
Costa, employed at Waiakea by ].
Canario, died suddenly of heart dis
ease on Wednesday last while at worl
in the field. A coroner's jury returne,
& verdict in accordance with the aboy
facts. He was over sixty years of age
Over one hundred prisoners are a
work on the Hilo-Hamakua road a
present and are making splendid pro
gress in building the new road. Driving
is good now as far as Onomea, ant
before long the road will be complete,
TO Kaawanui.
The Hilo Herald Company is gettin,
up its presses and machinery in tn
CanariO building on Church street nea
Front. Manager Bradford expects t
send out the initial copy by the middl
of this month.
Prof. Price and his balloon salliet
forth from the circus grounds on tn
Beach Road about o'clock last Satur
day evening, ascending some 5000 t
1000 feet The balloon shot upward
quickly then, sailed slowly through nit
air until ". H. Shipman's paddock
nearly two miles distant was reached
There the descent was made with tn
parachute. Another ascent was mad
yesterday, but as the course of the bal
loon seemed seward. Prof. Price dic