The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-06
IDLE
JAPANESE
Maui Looks for Trouble
To Come.
.L0AF|NG CLASS CR|M|NAL
Severely Restrictive Methods Said
To be Necessary General
News.

WAILCKU. Maui. August 3.-The
News says;. Ii Is already becoming APP
parent to the people of the Islands,
more particularly 10 the police and
other officers of the law. that there is
going to be serious trouble with she idle
and criminal class of Japanese who
have recently been released from the
Thievery in a mild form is becoming
epidemic among them on Maui. gam
bling and Illicit manufacture of intoxi-
cants Is quite common, and many OF
them have no conscientious scruples
against the graver offenses, not exclud-
ing murder itself. At present. the Jap
anese themselves are the principal suf-
ferers at the hands of their lawless
brethren. but Il is to be feared that
IL severely restrictive methods OF hand
ling this class of Japanese are not
| adopted. the people of the Islands gen.
orally viii suffer at their hands.
STEAMER TO SAN FRANCISCO.
| Wanted. fast steamer to ply be-
tween San Francisco and Kahului di-
rect. This may at first glance appear
p
a steamer fitted with cold storage to
carry Island fruits. such as bananas,
pineapplcs and avocado pears. TO San
| Francisco. and TO bring fresh beef.
! mutton. fish and vegetables to the Is
land. would develop a large trade In
| these commodities. With passenger
| rates at reasonable figures IL would do
n considerable passenger traffic. Dur
ing the sugar season il would always
have cargo for the Coast only limited
by it's carrying capacity, and there is
no question but that il would be loaded
| TO the gunwales with Island merchan-
disc every trip down, to say nothing
i of the fat mail contract which il would
get from Uncle Sam.
wAILUKU LACKS SOCIETY.
To the ladies' of Wailuku: Won't you
please try 10 infuse a little social life
Into our little town? Really, 1t lies In
your hands TO do so. Get up little card
parties and invite us men to join you
IL We hesitate. have something good t.
eat. That Will catch us as nothing else
can. Try a Chatauqua: that might
work. Emulate the example of the
good people of Makawao and have lit
eraries. debating societies, reading
clubs-anything i'm fact. which will ge
the people together and develope wha
Is painfully lacking in Wailuku
4 RttArttht EVtAslA iiAfiNtaANts fFO AiAlT u
pity for the men who have absolutel,
no possible use for their evenings.
A POL SUPPER.
n most enjoyable poi supper tool
Dace at the residence of Mrs. Bale,
bf Makawao, on Saturday evening. Jul,
f2Sth. The spacious veranda was hand
. lsomely decorated, the entire floor beini
strewn with ferns on which the feas
was set but. in true Hawaiian fashion
All Hawaiian delicacies were in evi
deuce. the only strictly American
course being the coffee and cake wit
which the feast wound up. After al
had done ample justice to the numerou
yiands displayed. some imprompt
dancing was INDUCED I'm and grea
deal OF imprOmptu singing. Those VIII
participated were: Mrs. II. Il. Bail y
Mrs. Carter. Mrs. G.. Bailey. Misse
yohnson, Carter. Kirkland. Susan Kirk
tand. Mabel Kirkland and STACK
Nessrs. Tuthill. w. II. Boote. c. Bailey
81 Carter and r. Carter.
CLUB HOUSE.
The Kahuiui Club House Is now com
plete and occupied. Last night the clu
gave an elegant house warming dinne
Extensive repairs and Improvement
have been made 20 the building an
the boys say that they are now house
in "A manner worthy Of new Kahului.