The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-09

mama.
Company A marched into town
bright and early this morning, the
men looking Gne after their camp
ing out.
The Chinese Consular Agents are
examining witnesses in regard to re-
cent disturbances with Chinese la.
borers on Hawaii
r. r. Berg, w. H. Cornwell, Jr.,
Miss Cornwell, j. S. Walker aud
wife were among the passengers by
the Claudine yesterday morning,
England's national debt shows an
average daily decrease OF nearly
100000 during the last five years.
In the same time the debt Of the
United States has shown an average
daily increase Of Sl25,000.
The interesting ball game be-
tween the naval officers of the U. S.
ships and town team has been
postponed owing to the death OF
Consul General Halves. The date
of the game will be announced
later on.
Tim" Lyons, manager of the store
of the Hawaiian Commercial and
Sugar Company has resigned his
position and will probably take up
his permanent residence in Homo
lulu. His many friends on Maui
will miss him, and his many friends
here bid him welcclc>.
At Christie's, London, recently the
Victoria Cross and Legion Of
Honour OF John Lyons, XIX Reg
iment, for taking up live shell
which fell among the guard of the
trenches Con June 10, 1859 and
throwing it over the parapet," pur-
chased by the late owner from the
family, realized f55.
The four men discharged from
the Mounted Police for assaulting
some Hawaiians will be tried in the
District Court on Friday, The con.
dition of one Of the assaulted men
is so serious that he could not APP
pear in Court this morning. He is
still at the Hospital, The four ex-
officers are released on bail.
Several hundred acres Of pasture
land at Makawao were swept by fire
on the 4th inst. The fire started
from the Norton ranch where some
rubbish was peing burned, and
owing to the recent drought the
fire destroyed nearly 400 acres of
grazing land before tho people and
men from Grove Ranch succeed in
e1tinguished it.
Although it is pay day to morrow
for the May bills in certain depart
ments the Government offices will
be formally closed tomorrow, as it
is the express desire Of the Minister
of Foreign Affairs to pay all the
courtesies it is permitted to the
Government to pay out OF respect
to the memory Of the dead Com
missioner.
The INDEPENDENT extends its sym.
pathy to Hon. S. X. Kaeo OF Nawili:
will, Kauai, on the sad loss OF his
oldest son, Samuel, who died at tho
age of Ia years on the LIST OF August.
The bereaved parent is deeply CRATE
full for the kindness aud sympathy
shown him by Hon. w, ii, and Mrs
Rice, Judge Kahele, Sheriff Garter,
Deputy Sheriff Coney, Mr. j. NJ
Lydgate and other friends and
neighbours.
There has been more trouble on
Hawaii between Chinese coolie and
plantation lunas. A laborer at Pa
paaloa was assaulted by luna last
Tuesday aud had TO be carried from
the field, The countrymen Of the
injured man decided to take him to
Hilo, but It appears that the planta-
ton people refused to deliver the
man up and that a riot eventually
occurred, in which the police took
a hand. A police officer fred a
shot into the crowd iniuring a
Chinaman. A large number of Chi
nese marched to Hilo the following
day TO seek redress in the Courts,