The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-22
THE NEWS
Of HAWAII
Carl S. Smith is Now a
Circuit Judge.
He SUCCEEDS c. K, WILDER.
Plans for School City" Expert
ment--An Electric Light Plant.
General Happenings

The following is taken from the HA-
wall Herald and Hilo Tribune.
The news received by the last Kinau,
announcing the appointment by Pres-
dent Dole of Carl S. Smith to the Judge
ship OF the Third and Fourth Districts,
vice G. X. Wilder, resigned, was received
with general favor by the people OF tllo,
Judge Smith is graduate of Stanford,
class of 93. and a post graduate of the
same institution In "a. He was the orig
inator and first editor of the Daily Paio
Alto, the Stanford College paper. He Is
a graduate of the Northwestern Uniyer-
sity Law School of Chicago in '95.
He came to Honolulu In 1897 and was
associated first with A. 5. Humphreys ana
afterward with Kinney & Ballou. In
June, 1895, he came to Hilo and became
a partner of the late ID. II. Hitchcock.
under the firm name of Hitchcock &
Smith. Since the formers death he has
conducted the business under the firm
name.
Judge Smith is n lawyer of very high
natural ability and thorough legal train
ing. and during his residence here has
held a position at the bar which Justliles
his appointment.-Tribune.
The "School City"
At the teachers meeting to be held on
Friday, May 25, some observations will
be made upon the school City" expert
the United States. Nowhere more than
in Hilo is such instruction needed, and
the sooner the experiment Is begun here
the better for the future management or
local affairs, and the boys who have
drilled into them a knowledge that will
be of great service when they are called
upon, as men, to take part In the con-
duct of municipal government. The idea
of the people of the Islands should be to
keep local politics in the hands of men
who will make good government, rather
than Doodle, the first consideration in
public affairs. If the education Is i'm
parted to youths 1t will be remembered
by them as statesmen. The work
should have the announcement of every
one. Such a course of study is an inno-
walton here and credit is due to the per
son who inaugurates ii.
The New Light Plant.
The directors of the new electric light
plant company, which was organized
some time ago, met on Wednesday and
the final arrangements pre-
paratory to commencing the work of
construction. Orders will be placed at
once with firms on the Mainland for the
machinery. and bids will be called for
on construction. The company is incor-
porated for s200.O00. The plant will be
put in equipped for lighting, refrigerating
and power purposes. The refrtgeratins
ty-five tons per day. and the lighting de-
partment will be sufficient to furnish s.
900 lights. The power will be sufficient
for railway purposes also. The water
inch pipe. The officers of the company
are: w. G. Irwin. president; J. A.
Scott vice president: George Rodick,
treasurer: Chas II. Fairer. secretary; X.
l.. Auerbach, auditor: c. C. Kennedy. w.
II. Shipman and W. NJ. Clifford, directors
Tribune.
They Didn't Think 1t.
The transference of Il nuisance Is not
necessarily its abolition; at least that is
the opinion of the residents of upper
Waianuenue street and Riverside Park.
1t seems that Sheriff Andrews. in his
zeal to remove the stencil from the nos
trls of the denizens of Front street.
which is, by the way. a most laudable
has neglected to notice the
fact that dumping the garbage carts at
the upper end of Reeds Island might also
be cause of offense. He has, we be-
lieve, been reminded of the fact within
the last day or two, and 1t is to be pre-
sumed that he will hereafter discover
some more suitable resting place for tho
refuse of Hilo.-Tribune.
Riot in Kona.
Trouble has been brewing on the kona
Sugar Company's plantation for several
weeks owing to misunderstanding re-
garding the terms of contract between
the sugar company and some Japanese.
The matter is already in court and an in
junction was issued by Judge Wilder
the japanese contractors from
continuing work. Yesterday two of the
men were at work when forty of the plan |
tation laborers attacked them. There was
n lively battle which resulted in one OF
the men having both legs and one arm
broken and receiving other injuries, the |
other man received painful but not So
rious injury. There was great excite |
ment in the vicinity of the plantation |
and further trouble Is eXpected.-iierald. |
Preparation for the Fourth.
on Thursday evening the general COM
mittee of arrangements for the Fourth |
Of July celebration met at the fire engine
house to complete the program for the |
proper celebration of the great American |
the meeting to order and reported that |
all the plantations had decided to give
their employees two days holiday this |
year, thus allowing them to become ac- |
quaInted with the city of Hilo and realize !
what she can do to furnish them with !
true, genuine sport. Arrangements nave
been made so Iuat the Wilder Steamship
Company will run grand excursion from
arriving here on the evening OF
the Sd and staying here until the follow
Ing Friday. Without a doubt many OF
the Honolulu people will take advantage |
Of this trip and come and see the rapid
strides the Rival City is making TO be- |
come the Queen OF the Pacific.
The general celebration will commence I,
and flag raising at Waiolama at 4. IN. /
During the forenoon there will be athletic
sports, including swimming races, tug OF
war, scramble for flags, foot races and
bicycle races, In the afternoon VIII be
the first part OF the horse races. inc'uu-
ing the trotting race, three-minuie class,
one-half mile running race. HilO bred:
mile dash, free for all; Hawaiian Derby,
and mule race. In the evening there will
be grand ball in the new pavilion at
Independence Park. This pavilion viii
be 40xl00 feet with elevated seats for
those who care to look on ratke- than
in the two-step aud waltz on
the following day, In the morning, win
come the baseball game between the two
teams Of the Hilo Baseball League for the
500 prize, and in the afternoon the coz |
tinuance OF the race program, whcn the I
500 prize and Hilo Hotel cup for the free
for-all trotting and pacing. for holses
that have done 2:25 or better, VIII be
entered. This race will inclu ie the test
racing stock OF the Islands AMI win
give "A chance for new record TO he
made, as the track here will ne the hest
and fastest one In Hawaii The after |
nooE's sport viii also include the half- !
mile dash. free for all steeplechase, and