The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-05
EVENTS IN
VALLEY ISLE
Japanese CeIe.
brate Emperor's
Birthday.

O"SsSNOy'
MAUI, Nov. THE japanese of Maui
will enthusiastically celebrate their
Empcror's birthday anniversary on all
the plantations of the island.
lnasmuch as the law of the land pro-
hibits sports and games on November
Sd, coming this year ON Sunday. some
of the plantations have granted Satur-
day, the End, as a special holiday. while
others have set apart Monday, the lth,
for the same purpose. Saturday. the
End. will be kept in a festive manner by
the children of the rising sun" of Wal
luku Spreckelsville. kahului, Paia and
Hamakuapoko, while the little brown
men" of kihei will regard Monday, the
ith, in the same manner.
During the End wrestling contests for
prizes will take place at Kahului Ha
makuapoko and other places.
During the evening of the same day
Japanese theatrical exhibitions will be
given at kihei and at Camp 3, Spreck
elsville. November Sd is the greatest
of japanese holidays on Maui as else
where.
Yesterday, the 1st, delegates from all
the Maui Hawaiian churches assembled
in the Kaahumanu church Of Wailuku
for the purpose of holding their an
nual convention at which church and
Sunday school matters are fully dis
cussed. reports rendered, and the pro-
gram for the coming year arranged.
The meeting will continue for week,
two days of which are set apart for
church affairs. two days for Sunday
school business and two days for the
concerns of the Hawaiian Board. Rev.
o. +. Emerson and Rev. Mr.. Timoteo
are the representatives of Oahu.
In place of the traditional ice cream
and strawberry festival, or the GUS
tomary bazaar Hawaiians when they
wish To raise money for the church give
luau for which tickets are sold. To-
day for the benefit of kaahumanu
church of Wailuku a grand luau is
being given for which more than 500
tickets have been disposed of.
1t is stated that all the Hawaiian
Sunday schools of the Territory will
June A similar convention was held
NhiS sc'i III IiiI''
BONES OF y JAPANESE.
ON Thursday. oct. 3lst. the bones of
"A Japanese We're found in the woods at
Nailiilihaie gulch which is about three
miles mauka of the ditch superintend-
ent's house at Kailua in the Huelo re-
| gion.
Mr.. George Baldwin, surveyor for the
Haiku Sugar Co., has IL camp there be-
ing engaged in laying out bitches and
tunnels for water. His assistant, Jap
aneSe, while engaged in cutting away
| the underground of the forest found
| these bones which had evidently been
there for long time as all the clothing
had rOtted away and nothing remained
with the bones excepting a pocket COM
pass of Japanese make, a Japanese ink
tablet and a few other small articles.
Japanese state that no one excepting
an educated man knows the use OF a
compass in Japan. and so it Is thought
by Deputy Sheriff Kalama that this
man was attempting with the aid of
the compass to cross over the noun
tain: for the spot where he lost his life
is at $500 feet elevation and in an al
most inaccessible place, perhaps never
before trodden by a human being. An
inquest will he held next week
GENERAL NOTES.
During Sunday morning. Oct. eth.
Rev. Mr.. Thwing gave an interesting
discourse on China and the Chinese
! in the Paia Foreign Church
Dysentery is epidemic at Paa.
on Tuesday morning, Oct. 29th,
Fathers Boarman and Megevney left
! Wailuku for Lahaina intending to take
the kinau the same evening for Hilo.
During their stay in Wailuku they gave
lectures on the evenings of Oct. Gath,
25th. 26th. 2Ith and 2Sth. They COM
pleted their work of forming the Jesuit
mission on Monday night.
1t is prophesied that as soon as crude
oil for fuel is in use at Spreckelsville,
Hamakuapoko, Paia and Kihei the
price per cord for frey wood will dimin-
Ish considerably throughout Makawao
district from which place the supply of
wood is obtained for Central Maui.
The two Portuguese who were buried
by the cave-in at the pump on Paia
plantation last week are doing we'll at
Paia hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W, Hebron and
daughter are guests of Mrs. II. A. Bald
win.
Mrs. d. C. Lindsay of Paia makes a
trip to Honolulu today.
All Saints Day was observed at the
Makawao Catholic church. Father
James Beisel holding services.
Weather Dry all the week.