The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-12
NEWS
OF MAUI ISLE
General Notes From the Isle
OF Baldwin
Rex.

lNUrNldl correspondence
Miss Edith Alexander OF Oakland %
again visiting her brother, Mr. +. a
Alexander OF Kaluanui. Makawao.
MIR -. r. Fleming has resigned bic
position as teacher In the MakaWa,
school and Is now engaged as an AS
sistant TO Tax Assessor W. O. Aiken
Of Paia. Miss Eva Smith takes his poo
sition In the Makawao school
There have been several changes re-
Gently In the Spreckelsville plantation
Office Upon the resignation Of Pay
master Allen, his assistant, Mr. Keeney
took his place and Mr.. Sparks, stenog
rapher and postmaster clerk, was pro-
NOTED to Mr.. Keency's former position.
and now Mr. Nat Black Of Oakland, a
recent arrival per steamer Ventura, Is
stenographer and postmasters clerk.
There is a rumor current that some
OF the cattle owners of Maui soon in
tend a grand coup" in the shape of a
beef trust Two cf the large ranches
have put IN he price of beef to 10 cents
per pound. they retaining the hides and
taluw This is to butchers; consumers
will be forced to pay is cents The
manager of Mr.. w. II. Cornwell's Waio-
hull ranch during the past week has
been buying up all the cattle he could
purchase from the small owners
of. Kula and Makawao.
Last evening, the Sth, the Makawao
Debating Society held a meeting in the
Paia church parlors and discussed the
following subject
Resolved, That the Nicaragua canal
should be built according to the treaty
as amended by the United States Sen
ate"
Messrs. w. C. Crook and f. L. At
water led the affirmative side and
Messrs. w. O. Aiken and G. +. Copeland
the negative. The arguments of the
latter side won the favor of the audi
ience The next subject selected is Re
solved. that capital punishment should
be abolished"
I Weather-Stormy most of the week
regular trades blowing.
Last week an agent of the Honolulu
Iron Works visited the proposed site
of the new mill for the Maui Sugar
Company at Huelo with a view to set
ting up the plant upon it's arrival.
Saturday afternoon, the End, the
Maui News received it's first wireless
telegraph dispatch from Honolulu de-
failing the wreck of the Rio Janeiro
and on the 4th issued a tiny extra edi-
ton publishing an account of the disas-
ter. The News should be complimented
upon its enterprise.
Apropos OF the wreck of the Rio it
was rumored over the Island that Dr.
Ed Armitage of Wailuku was among
those who had lost their lives. This
OF course, was not true.
Recently some unknown epidemic has
been affecting the chickens in upper
Makawao. Within a day or two Mr.
r. II. Bailey lost thirty-five of his
choicest fowls and Mr.. James Anderson
fifteen. The disease seems to have nc
symptoms. The fowls die rapidly with
out any warning.
On the afternoon of the Sth the La
dies Thursday Club met at Mrs. w. $
Iicoll's, Hamakuakopo
The "clam chowder party" that was
to have taken place at Maliko Gulch
Haiku, last Tuesday night was indefi-
nitely postponed on account of stormy
weather.
Some of the residents of Paia will
give "St. Patricks dance" al Paia
hall next Saturday evening, the 18th
Invited guests are requested to wear
something of a green color.
Tonight (the 9th) a grand ball viii
Dt given III lHe w dluhu SkdlllS Illlh
for the purpose of raising funds for the
Wailuku kindergarten The Waihee
Quintet Club will furnish the music. y
free train will run to and fro from Paia
Spreckelsville and Kahului. w, +. X
Maikai is one OF the chief promoters OF
the beneht.
A afu Maui News Notes.
Maui has been favored this week viii
a number of April showers, some o.
/. which would have drowned a cat.
: 1t is to be hoped that the Legislature,
Will make an appropriation to repair tn,
Makawao roads, as they are sadly il
: need of much work
= Captain Keola received by Wednesday
Claud,ue the hats and legglhss fC
5 Company l, also a snare drum and bu
| gle, Charles Brown has been appointed
i, bugler and Alfonso Jackson will be thu
drummer boy, Goo Lip of Lahaina ha.
the contract to make the uniforms fol
the company, and they will soon be ready
for delivery.
Heavy rains prevailed in Lahaina dur
ing the early part of the week, and tn,
road from Olowalu to Lahana Is I'm bat
Bay and Olowalu Is in passable condi
ton, but needs some work.
5 The recent heavy aims have caused III,
l water OF lao river to wash out the eartl
) under the abuntments OF the lao bridge
and IL not repaired before the next biz
freshet the bridge win probably be rem
dered unsafe for travel