The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-15
Dope Hunters Oh Lanai Search
without Effect.
ANOTHER ANNEXATION MEETING
Children Are Wanted in
Coffee Fields.
KahuIui HarbOr Filled With YES
seIs-GeneraI News of
Maui.

MAUI, Feb. 13.-Information having
been received at headquarters that
lots of the stuff was about TO be
landed on Lanai, an invading party
consisted of Deputy Sheriffs w. H.
King and William Sheldon, three
police officers, and six boat-boys sailed
over to the little island from Lahaina
on Thursday, the 4th, and patrolled the
coast and searched every cove and
cavern for several days. They found
forty-four tins of water-soaked dope"
which had been washed ashore, being
probably portion of that large guam
tity of opium said to have been an
chored off Lanai some time ago. Each
deputy sheriff shot with rife three
foot "ulua" during their visit which
terminated without further discover
les on Tuesday, the 9th. A whale
boat conveyed the party to and fro.
Monday afternoon Ohe Sth), twenty
teachers assembled in the Makawao
school house TO discuss Page" These
monthly meetings seem to be quite
popular. At the next one, 'RoOper's
Apperception" is to be read.
Tonight in the Wailuku skating
rink a large meeting of citizens is to
be held for the purpose of agitating
the subject of annexation. Hawaiians
are especially invited.
The monthly social of Y. p. S. G. Z.
of Makawao will be held tonight at
Maunaolu Seminary.
A farewell reception was rendered
Mr.. and Mrs. David Center last even
ing by the young men of Spreckels-
vile plantation. Thirty or forty ladies
and gentlemen from the surrounding
villages attended the function and eX-
pressed their regrets upon the depart
ure on the morrow of Mr.. and Mrs.
Center to Waianae.
1t is rumored that a petition will
soon be sent from Keanae to the De-
partment of Public Instruction praying
that the school children of the vicinity
be allowed to labor on the coffee plan
tations three days out of the six.
There are quite Il number of small
planters in that region.
The portable Jail and the prisoners
belonging to Makawao district were
transferred to Kula today, for the pur-
pose of constructing a large culvert
AT Keahuanui gulch near the Keala
hcu school house.
After a visit of ten days, Sheriff and
Mrs. L. a. Andrews returned to Hilo
per last nights Kinau. Mrs. Andrews
has been the guest of Mrs. c. B. Wells
Of Wailuku.
The February meeting of the Maka-
wac Literary Society will occur on
Thursday evening. the 18th at the re
sidence of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fleming of
Grove Ranch.
Recently two peripatetic jewelers.
have been doing Lahaina, Waikiki and
Makawao and delighting the hearts of
the natives by fashiOning at cheap
rates brooches, rings, bracelets, etc,
out of gold and silver wire. They are
quite skillful at their trade and have
come but a short time ago from Cali
fornia.
The postponed annual meeting of the
Maui Telephone Co, will take place
at Paia plantation Office, next Thurs
day afternoon. the 18th inst.
The Hawaiian bark Leahi is still
sailing about outside of Kahului bay.
She was warned to keep off for 10
days owing TO amount of shipping
which filled the harbor.
The Stetson. Jewett and Nelson are
still at their mornings. The StetsOn
will probably get away next week so
/ 1t Is reported.
Weather:-Mean and disagreeable-
| several social affairs postponed on ac-
count cold wind and rain.