The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-16
Accidental Fire Causes Death Of
an Aged Chinese.
JAP LAB0RERS MAKE TROUBLE
Plotting Against Lunas Disturb
on Protection-SoCiaf Notes.

MAUI, Jan. Il, 1S99-Last evening
the 18th, the monthly discussion under
the auspices OF the Makawao DEBATING
Society was held in the parlors of the
Paia Foreign Church and was largely
attended by the district people. The
subject of debate was Free Trade VS..
! Protection" Messrs. F. E. Atwater and
! w. E. NicOll defending the former and
Messrs. J. J. Hair and Frank AIexan-
| der, the latter. Several speakers 9th
er than the leaders made the evening
unusually interesting. Advocates of
protection carried the day" when it
came TO vote on the merits Of argu-
ments presented, the vote being a close
one. The subject for next meeting is
something about the reduction of per-
sOnal taxes, with Tax Assessor c. H.
Dickey the leader of the negative.
Wednesday, the 18th, a Chinese of
Waihee named Aliona was so severely
burned that he died a few hours after
the fire which injured him was discov-
red and eXtinguished. He lived in a
shanty by himself and being very old
and blind was cared for by married
daughter who lived near by The fire
was started probably from his pipe
while he was smoking. The inside of
the dwelling was badly burned. The
corOner's inquest was held yesterday
and brought in verdict of death by
accident.
Wednesday morning, the 18th, there
was some trouble between the lunas
and seventy or eighty laborers on Wal
luku plantation. The Japs, being an
cry with one of the lunas made a plan
to down" him, but head luna Jack
Dow and other lunas interfered in time
though there was an interchange Of
blows Thirty or forty of the japanese
were fined ON the 18th by Judge Mckay
for deserving labor and four or five of
their leaders are still in confinement
awaiting trial for assault upon Mr..
Dow.
Tonight, the 14th, some dozen or
more young men of Wailuku will hold
a meeting in the Club Hall to organize
an athletic club. Their plans are to be-
gin with bicycles and later to extend
the functions of the association to gen
eral athletics and perhaps some time IN
the dim future to build a hall.
The afternoon of the 9th, twenty |
persons attended the monthly meeting |
Of teachers in Makawao school house |
The program consisted of discussion of |
''Parker's Talks by Miss Nellie |
Smith. Hawaiian Soils" by ID. ID. |
Baldwin, and Sewing" by Miss Eliza
dos Refs. Mr.. Baldwin's talk was es-
pecially interesting and valuable. He |
advanced the theory that it is not |
'weathering" but the growth OF vege
tation (the breaking up of the lava |
into pieces by roots) that changes lava |
rock 10 soil.
The 18th, the Hama teachers held
heir monthly meeting in Hama school
house The maximum attendance of
Hama pedagogues is eight.
Inc evening OF the = iIH. SOuuu-
lrum Supper" will be given in Dick
ays Hall. Paia. under the patronage
If the Ladies' Aid Society of Paia
Mrs. d. B. Murdoch of Eva is visit
ng her mother Mrs. D. d. Baldwin of
Haiku.
This afternoon in Paia Plantation
Office a meeting Of stockholders of the
Maui Telephone Co. will be held.
At Kahului the only arrival of the
week is the brig ''Lurline,' Mcleod
master. on the 18th. from San Francis
%. with general merchandise for H. c.
Co., Haiku. Paia and Alexander &
Baldwin companies. The only depart
Ire is the bark "Hesper" for Port
Townsend in ballast.
Weather: -Dry-cOOl mornings and |
warm. still days. No rain for a week
1t Nahiku
Full Noon in Distress.