The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-01
THE WEEK
ON MAUI
General Mourning
For President
Mckinley.


mourninp N memory of our lamented
president. Wi,!a:a Mckinney At p. |
m. of the 25th. the M ssaEe ann"unc-
ing his death came by wireless Iele-
graph and on the 26th all over the ISL
and schools were closed, fags placed
at half-mast, and some of the large
stores were draped with black crepe.
Manager Wise of the Paia Plantation
store looped the front Of his building
with bands of black OF which an
American flag was the center. The PIC
ture of the dead ruler surrounded with
the sombre color of grief was displayed
on the front of Paia postofiice.
FIRE CLAIMS COURT.
J. NJ Rigg, clerk of the Fire Com
missioners, announced that the court
of fire claims will convene at the Wal
luku Court house at 10 a. m. upon the
End of October for the purpose of hear
ing any claimants residing on Maui
Commissioners Kepoikai and Tesla will
be present.
wAIHEE WATER STEALING.
The News says: The case against An
Pau Tai for malicious injury was heard
by Judge Mckay last Monday. This
case came up previously before Judge
Kaleikau and was turned over for trial
to Judge Mckay on account of Judge
Kaleikau finding himself disqualified.
All Pau Tai was held for stealing water
from "a ditch at Waihee belonging to
the II. G. Il $. Co.
The case was dismissed the prosecu-
fion falling to prove jurisdiction of the
court.
Geo. Hons appeared for prosecution
and Jas. L. Coke for defendant.
CAPTURE OF WAIHEE BURGLAR.
The News says: The residence of
Hugh NJ. Coke at Waihee was again
broken into about noon on Sunday last
and some damage done, but as the
guilty party was seen in the house be
. fore he had completed his work. but lit
tie OF value was taken. The house was
entered by breaking a light out of a
window and then christening on the in
side. Pepenui Ali was arrested by the
police and on examination before Judge
Mckay admitted the crime and was
held to appear before the grand jury.
FIRES IN THE FOREST.
The News says: For some months
past Makawao district has suffered
severely by a series of forest fires which
led last week to Sheriff Baldwin offer
ing a reward of 800 for Information
which would lead to the arrest and con
viction of the party or parties VIII,
started these fires.
George Elber of Makawao has beer
arrested on suspicion and is now held
for investigation.
GENERAL NOTES,
l.. II. Pieper of Paia has been award
ed the contract of carrying the mails
between Paia and Makawao, beginning
October list. He is due in Makawa'
daily at IL IN. and at Paia at $50, leav'
ing the former postotlice at 1880 n. IN
Patrick Cockett of Waikapu has tn,
honor of being the first and only ciu
nonresident on Maui to be drawn on {
Federal jury. He has been summoned
to serve on the next United States
grand jury.
The Misses MCGOWAN arrived ON Ma
nj on Wednesday from New Zealand
They are at Erehwon Cattle station
Kula.
The engagement is announced of Mis-
Edith Lang of Oakland to Mr., Frank \
Alexander of Hamakuapoko.
Hon. W. n. Armstrong, who has beer
taking an outing at olinda and Iia
makuapoko, win return to Honolulu to
day.
w. l.. Beckwith of Paia is recuperat
ing his health in the high and dry ali
of Kula.
The shareholders of the First Nationa
Bank of Wailuku are TO pay fifty PEE
cent Of the amount assessed for theil
shares before October 10th 1901. ant
ten per cent Of balance monthly unit
the fun amount is paid.
The drought remains unbroken, signs
of rains being less noticeable than il
July and August. The nights are quit,
cool and the days very warm.
$3.50
MAUI, Sept, 2S.-Durng the 22d, 23d
and oath, quite an extensive pasture
fire occurred in Kokomo, Makawao
upon the mauka side Of the Opaipilat
Gulch.
The fire was accidentally started
during the evening of the 22d. proba
bly, by some Portuguese farmer il
burning off his land. on Monday. IA
luanu and Haleakala ranch laborer
aided by men dwelling in the Vicinit,
put out, as they imagined, the flames
That night fire appeared again, bu
by Tuesday night ii was agar
and this time, thoroughly eXtinguish
ed. The area burned was a mario,
strip a mile or two long, comprisin
more than 100 acres of Hilo gras
land, the property of the Haiku Suga
Company. Several hundred young eu
calyptus trees were destroyed, For
tunately the fire was below the tmbe
belt, otherwise much OF the large for
est of East Maui would have been lai
low The smoke from this burnin
was so thick as to almost obscure tn
horizon OF Central Maui.
1888
MAUI, Sept. .2s.-The mongoose
fast disappearing from the Spreckel'
Vile cane fields and consequently raj
are on the increase there. From otht
localities it is also reported that II
rat-destroying animal Is also vanish
ing. The only cause mentioned