The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-14
MAUI NOTES
Sugar From the Burned
CaneheIds.
William Hannis, Sanitary Guard
Acquitted Of tie Charge
Of MansIaUghter.

MAUI, Apr. Z, 1900.-On Monday the
2nd, Ws. Hannis Of Hanna We ac-
quilted Of the charge Of manslaughter
by District Magistrate KaleiNlu at tie
Wl.uku Court. He was accused While
aching as a quarantine guard at Ho-
nomdnu. OF setting his bulldog on a
Chinese. AkiOna of Peahi. the dog in
fleeing such wounds as to cause his I
death.
On the afternoon Of the 2nd four .
teen teachers attended the regular /
monthly meeting in the Makawao /
Government school house. Inc subj
jects presented were: The Life of |
LongfellOw." "Evangelina.'' and
Reading"
On Wednesday, The 4th, Mrs. Ran
dali Won Tempsly gave a luau to her
tenants at Erehwon Cattle Station.
Kula. This feast was to celebrate the
signing of many leases to corn-lands.
There were between 80 and 100 present,
Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
Il w. o. Aiken has charge of the ecu
Sustaining in Makawao district. which.
is to be accomplished during the
month of June next. He will be as
sisted by Chas. Corp, E. II. Pieper, Z.
| Morton, Geo. COpp and A. +. Tavares.
Nahiku plantation has been hard
| pressed for an adequate supply of pro-
visions recently. When the Claudine
| sailed away on her ten-day search for
| the Cleveland, she had on board a
| hundred bags of rice and other staples
| consigned to Nahiku. This was the
| last straw, so Manager Hooking char
| tered the schooner Norma, which is
now on the way to Kahului for the
| purpose of taking on load of provi-
>sions to be conveyed to Nahiku.
\. l. G. Atkinson, SUPPLEMENTARY
Camp Wood, KaIhului, is recuperating
4 from an attack of malarial fever at
| Haleakala Ranch He is the guest of
| Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Won 4 empsky.
Hay WodehCuse Ks temporarily in
/ charge of New Kahului."
II Maui people endorse the appoint
/ ment of DR.. Garvin as executive Off
/ Ger of the Board of Health. They also
wish to extend their thanks to DR..
\ Wood for his invaluable services to
the Islands.
During the evening of the 18th, the
Makawao Literary Society will meet
at the residence of DR.. w. F. McCon-
key, of Paia. During the evening OF
the 18th, the Makawao Debating So
ciety will meet in the ;parlors of the
Paia Foreign Church.
On the 9Th, G. II. Dickey took the
Re Au Hou at Lahaina for Honolulu.
He will leave per s. s. Australia for
| a two months trip to the Coast.
The Thursday Club discussed Goethe
at the residence of Mrs. J. J. Hair OF
Hamakuapoko. There was a large at
tendance of ladies.
The Paia Foreign Church is having
tesselated walks constructed.
Peaches are ripe in upper Maka-
wac. II.
| Weather-Light showers from the
sea. During Thursday, the 5th, from
$4,000 to / inch in localities. Some
south wind during the early part oil
the week.
Under date of April 10, the Adver.
Users special correspondent a
Spreckelsville, Maui, sends the fol
lowing:
Just four weeks from the date OF tn,
first cane fire here, the grinding of the
burnt cane has been completed. Tht
fire rushed through 1t at such hurri
cane speed that it was not much dam
aged, and thus every single stick o
cane could be ground. This is a mucl
better condition than could have beer
anticipated. and the loss will be bu
about ten per cent of the whole outpu
from the burnt cane.
w. G.. Scott, the head overseer, ha
resigned his position owing to IL
health and will seek an interval o
rest and recuperation.
The Centennial, from the Coast, ar
rived on the eth inst at Kahului, an'
brought as passengers Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Lowrie. They have been a
far East as New Orleans and bot
look to have been exceedingly benefit
ted by their trip.
Mr.. Lowrie will assist his father II
the managership, and they will resid
at fine new home that has bee
, built for them near the center of tn
plantation. Five young men direc
4 from Scotland have lately arrived her
and taken positions as lunas, and Nj
Chas Macleod, late of Eva, has ais
Joined the staff.