The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-21
THE NEWS
Of MAUI
Changes Made in
Some Excessive
Sentences.
lsncclnl correspnndcnce.l

place OF George 4. Davis, Esq, who
departed for Lahaina.
During the day Judge Edngs tried
the following cases in which Judge
Kalua was disqualified: Territory OF
Hawaii Us. william Morris, assault
and battery, appeal from Circuit Court
of Waikiki. This was brought for
mitigation of sentence, 500 fine and
ope months Imprisonment which were
changed to $40 and costs.
Territory of Hawaii Us. George Nor
ris, gambling; appeal from the Dis
trict Court of Lahaina. This also was
for mitigation of sentence-one year in
prison for crap playing; reduced to
IS and costs.
j. Comes Duarte VS.. j. w. Kalua,
ejectment. This was decided in favor
of Duarte, with 81 damages.
During all of THURSDAY the 18th, the
court and jury We're occupied with the
following: Waiuku Sugar Company
VS.. Solomon Hale. ejectment. The de-
cision was in favor Of Hale.
The next case to take up the atten-
tion of the jury was that of the La
hama japanese, charged with having
killed his wife.
The grand jury will be in session ten
days longer, and the petit jury for u
longer period.
LOSSES BY CANE BORER.
Hamakuapoko stopped grinding this
week. showing $500 tons of sugar as
the annual output of the plantation.
The estimated crop was 5000 tons, but
the "borer" has been responsible for
the loss of 400 tons of sugar. Spreck-
elsville and other Maui sugar farms
have all suffered much from the borer.
Professor Koebele could gain great
additional fame by discovering some
toll tn
A casual visitor to the Hamakua-
poke mill gives much attention to the
new cane unloader which is now in
successful operation. 1t is a machine
of the endless chain variety, with iron
fingers for moving the cane from the
cars. 1t can be raised or lowered al
will.
This labor saving device takes the
place of at least eight laborers In
twenty four hours. and its cost is only
about $1,000
Mr.. Kicker, who is now at Hama
kuapoko, will set up a cane-loader as
| soon as it is taken from the vessel S.
Il. Alexander, now in Kahului.
Spreckelsville and Paia have both
recently purchased leaders which have
| failed. 1t is stated that Mr.. Kicker s
patent will surely succeed.
A MILITARY LUAU,
! The 18th of June on Maui was cele-
| brated by grand luau in lao Valley,
given by Company l, by baseball
game at Kahului between Ulupalakua
| and Waikiki mines, the former win
ming, 20 to 81; and by scrub horse rae
| ing at Kula.
Company rs entertainment and feast
were SO successful that had the hos
| tile majority of the Legislature been
present they would have surely revers-
ed their recent vote against the mill
tary appropriation.
Several hundred Wailuku people
much enjoyed the occasion. At the ball
contest in Kahului George Cummings
acted as captain of the Waikiki boys,
and f. p. Rosecrans for Ulupalakua.
SUGAR PLANTERS DISCOURAGED.
Nahiku sugar planters are feeling
discouraged, and some of them are in
the condition ordinarily described as
''hard-up." On May LIST they were in
structed to begin planting again, and
during the last part of the same
month they were ordered TO cease their
efforts.
The contract with Hama plantation
has failed. at least temporarily, for
some unknown reason. Hama mill was
to have ground Nahiku cane, which it
was proposed to flume to the boundary
line between Nahiku ana Hama, and
from there to be conveyed by train to
Hama. Unless some arrangement is
speedily made, some 800 acres of good
cane will dry up in the fields and be-
come n total loss Planters state that
old cane Is growing wild at Nahiku In
great profusion. Why Nahiku sugar
plantation as a business enterprise Is
not more vigorously pushed is a mys-
terry. There Is a sufficient acreage
available and the conditions for raising
cane-an abundance of water and a
rich soil-are most favorable; still,
sufficient capital to promote what
surely seems to be profitpaying VEN
ture is lacking.
MISCELLANEOUS.
During the 18th, Judge j. w. Kaua
gave "A party at his lao Valley resi-
dence.
on Thursday evening the 18th, there
was a dance given In the Wailuku
courthouse by the young men of the
town.
MIR. and Mrs. ID. H. Murdoch and two
children, of Eva, are guests Of the
ID, ID, Baldwins. AT Haiku.
r. A, Alexander, head luna Of Hu-
makuapoko, departs today for a visit
10 the Coast.
Miss Lottie Baldwin, who has been
attending Miss Heads school OF Ber-
dine Of the lith She was aceompa-
MED by her schoOlmate Miss WALKER.
Iiy the same steamer DR., and Mrs
l., J. Aikru Dr. q, 3 Aikrn ana Irene
Aiken, returned a. MakaWao
Edgar Morton uf kula has been re-
Gently awarded the United states mail
route between Ilupalakua and haka
MAO.
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