The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-25
FEUD ON A PLANTATION
CHINESE AND JAPANESE LABOR
ERs HAVE SERIOUS QUARREL.
Another Fire at Hana-Arrival of Yes
sells to Load Sugar-Personal Men
ton About Visitors and Others.
Maui, january 90.

The past week has been a quiet one
steadily grinding, and running along
smoothly, and fair crop is expected,
though the past year has been dry.
Slight rains have been experienced
during the week, and at present writ
ing Kona storm is threatening.
For some time past feud has ex-
listed at Hamakuapol1o between the
Japanese and Chinese laborers, which
has been the cause of several fights
heretofore, and "A number of arrests.
On Tuesday last while in the field, two
of their number again came to blows,
the Chinaman getting his head laid
open by a club in the hands of tn"
Jap. Much feeling exists between the
two races there.
BY this weeks Claudine Mrs. II. p.
| Baldwin returned from a six months
visit to Oakland. Mrs. j. p. Cooke,
and baby boy, arrived with her, and
Maui friends are glad to welcome
them back. Mr.. Baldwin and Mr..
Cooke met their wives in Honolulu,
and returned with them.
BY the same steamer Mr.. and Mrs.
Center, and Mrs. Dickey returned to
Oakland arrived. Mr.. Alexander is
visiting c. III. Dickey, Haiku.
Thursday night he spent at Kaiiliili,
photographing in the woods, and in
tends visiting Haleakala and lao VAL
ley before returning to Honolulu next
Saturday This is Mr.. Alexander's
first visit to his old home for about
eleven years. Tomorrow morning he
occupies the pulpit in the Makawao
church.
Friday morning at 1 O'Clock the
store of Akanaliilii, at Hama, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire. The stock
and buildings were total loss, and it
is thought were not insured. This
store was situated few yards below
the store of Grinbaum & Co., recently
destroyed by fire and it looks as
though incendiaries have been at
work.
Grinbaum & Co's.new store building
is fast nearing completion, and they
expect to occupy it during the first
part of next month. Mr.. Omsted, the
manager, goes to Honolulu today Oh
business relative to the same. When
| f,,1 fal nd or cd hax x,,sI
have one of the finest stores on Maui.
The Maui Telephone Cos. Hama Office
| is an annex to the above store.
Last Saturday morning at the sub
agents office, Paia, piece of Govern
ment land, containing 27.97 acres. ut
Keahua, Kula, adjoining Makawao,
was sold for $12 an acre.
The circus performed at Hama We'd
nesday evening last, but were prevent
ed from so doing on Thursday night
by rain, which kept the crowd away.
A small purse being gotten up they
gave a limited performance. Yesterday
they sailedf or Hilo.
DR.. r. 1. Moore, the dentist, at pres
ent at Lahaina, intends to move his
chair to Wailuku in few weeks.
The tax office at Paia is having an
addition put to it, so there will be no
lack of accommodation for tax payers
hereafter.
Two vessels arrived in Kahului bav
last week. The two-masted schooner
Viking, Petersen, master, with mer-
chandise on board for Kahului store,
was nineteen days from San Fran
cisco. The three-masted schooner AL
bert Meyers, Marshall, master, came
from the Gulf of Mexico, in ballast,
and was twenty-one days on the way.
Both of the above load III. C. & S. Co.
sugar for San Francisco. The Meyers
appeared off port Wednesday, but ow-
ing to light winds, did not get in till
the day following.
Freitas, a Portuguese, was arrested
today for assaulting Cavalho, a coun-