The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-21
TEACHERS
At STUDY
Maui Pedagogues
Take Up New
Lines.
FUNERAL OF YOUNG
LESLIE BALDWIN
Nahiku Selling off Its New Stock
Baseball Mines Will Come
Together.

MAUI, October 19.-Monday after
noon a teachers meeting was held in
Makawao schoolhouse, fifteen peda
gogues of the district being present.
The program of exercises consisted of
lecture on Comets" by D. D. Bald
win, and paper on Closing Exercises
in Government Schools by Miss R. E.
Crook. # was decided to take up bot
any in an elementary way, using
| Grays book, How Plants Grow" and
to adopt Rolfe's edition of Shake
speare's Merchant of Venice" and
Julius Caesar"
The meeting adjourned until Decem-
her 9Th, the November meeting being
omitted owing to the Island conven-
ton, to be held at Paia November
goth
The funeral of Leslie Alexander
Baldwin, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs Harry a. Baldwin, took place at
his parents residence in Hamakuapo-
ko, Thursday afternoon. DR. E. G.
Beckwith conducting the services,
both at the house and at the cemetery
in Makawao. The attendance at Ha-
makuapoko was very large, not only
many Makawao, Paia and Hamakua-
poke residents being present, but also
a large number of people from Spreck-
elsvilIe The laborers on the planta-
! ton, who had known the little boy
since his birth, attended in force. The
gifts of flowers and fiower-pieces were
many ond most beautiful, the koa
casket being almost concealed by the
multitude of blossoms. The pallbear-
~ n
Baldwin, w. F. McConkey and Robert
| Hogg.
| Leslie was a quiet little fellow, but
bright and CHEEKY, with a happy smile
for everyone. He was but little more
| than three years of age at the time OF
/ his death, which occurred on the 18th.
After a short struggle of but ten days,
he succumbed to dysentery, despite
| the utmost efforts of medical skill.
Dr. w. F, McConkey, assisted by DR..
w. D. Baldwin, uncle of the deceased,
! for whom the tug Leslie Baldwin was
| despatched to Honolulu, and DR.. John
Weddick, of Waialua, all did their ut
most, but in vain.
GENERAL NOTES.
/ Nahfku plantation has been selling
all it's California mules. 1t still has a
number of native-bred animals to sell:
Kihei has two baseball mines One
of them will play the Morning Stars at
| Wailuku, on the 10th.
! Rev. E. CT. Beckwith, d. D., preached
| a fine sermon in memory of William
Mckinley President of the United
States, at Paia Foreign Church last
Sunday.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt at Paia during the night of the
14th.
! I Awana, of Makawao. has been max
ing a very good maple sugar from
! Auelo sugar cane.
6n the 18th, Mrs. Dowsett and Mr..
Alexander McKibbin returned to Ma
kawao, much improved by their trip
to California and British Columbia.
| Mr.. H. p Baldwin, while driving
along the .Hamakuapoko road Tuesday
was thrown from his brake through
the stumbling and falling of his horse
kAIr Baldwin though considerably
| bruised and shaken up, pluckily held
| the animal down by sitting on it's head
| hoping that some one would come to
aid him. No succor arriving, he cut
the horse loose from the harness and
let him go.
| Frank A. Alexander, head luna OF
! Hamakuapoko, was thrown from his
horse Thursday, dislocating his elbow
DR.. McConkey was summoned, and Mr.
Alexander is now doing WELL
a Japanese brakeman, while jumping
off the.train at Kahuku Monday. was
caught by bolt or something project
ing from the car, and was thrown un-
der the wheels, which passed over his
legs. He died on the 18th from the
injuries received.