The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-19
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MAUI.
dFrom the Maui News

Rev Augustus Hutchinson, colored
minister OF Spreckelsville, who came out
from Montgomery Alabama has been
convicted OF assault ana battery ana
sentenced to serve twenty days in the
Wailul<u PRISON. Mr.. Hutchinson found
1t necessary to thrash "A little negro boy
for extremely mpudent and vulgar Ian
guage. ana one Mcleod, Il negro from
Alabama took up the quarrel on the part
of the boy, who, by the way, richly de-
served the whipping which the reverend
gentleman administered. Inc Two men
began to quaIrvI ana wound up by get
ting into It hight, in which Hutchinson
So far forgot the guity OF the cloth as
to administer to h.s opponent sound
drubbiug II is unfortunate that Mr..
Hutchinson lost his temper, for better
things are expected of the ministry. IL
is to be hoped that his punishment Will
teach him the wisdom of avoiding such
encounters in the future.
STOLE TWO WATCHES.
Joe Manuel, Charley Lewis and George
Brooks, three cuored boys from SpreCk-
clsville were arrested on Thursday Tor
the larceny of two watches from the
store of T. Mort Japanese merchant
at kahului.
The watches were stolen on February
IS but were not missed till "Wednesday
of this week Tho boys who were ar
ted that they stole the watches Man
uel sold one of the watches to John
Nash "A negro man who has skipped, al
though the police will probably soon APP
prehend him.
Brooks gave one of the watches to one
Dorset for safekeeping. Lewis was
merely a spectator of the theft. me
BOYS were arraigned yesterday morning,
and the case was continued till Monday.
Manuel and Brooks will probably plead
,t,,t hos IL
gar and insulting language was the
means of provoking quarrel between
Rev A. Hutchinson and Mcleod at
Spreck elsville last week.
THEO. RICHARDS AT WAILUKU.
podrers done in 'blue" with the head
ing. dispense With What? Dispensary
For What?" scattered from Waihee to
Paia, announced the talk of Mr. Theo.
Richards at Kaahumanu Church, Wal
lulu. last Sunday night and forceful
and fruitful talk it was. The speaker
began by calling attention to the fact
= that the things to which people are &C
customcd cause no apprehension, and cit
ed the growing carelessness of a man IN
handling giant powder, winch haplt oi
carelessness grows on him uhtli some
fine day there is nothing left of him eX-
cent a hole in the ground. SO with liquor
traffic which is allowed to increase WITH
out fear of consequences, resulting IN an
enormous increase in the use OF hquor
without in the least interfering with IL
licit traffic in liquor. The admitted evils
flowing from this We're forcibly pointed
ont and the speaker added that a promi-
nent liuuor dealer had asserted that the
dispensary system would destroy MIL
lion dollars worth of business, accompa-
MED with the further statement that in
Hawaii this business pays taxes to the
total amount of not much more thah
1000.
The speaker then made an allusion to
his own businessman of bringing up
boys, the chief products of the country,
as we'll as its chief producers-and snow
ed how his work, as well as that of 9TH
err teachers, had been sadly married.
Many bright and promising young men
from Kamehameha and others schoois
as we'll had been destroyed by drink
which destruction, had 1t been wrought
by any other poison than alcohol, would
have sent a thrill of horror through the
Islands.
While the speaker briefly suggested
that the dispensary is preferable TO the
present SYSTEM for several reasons
which he pointed out, the chief stress or
the meeting being laid on the necessity
fo, the creation of better public opin-
ion in Waikiki, where the drinking hap-
il among the young men Is invading Sc
cial functions to that extent that ladies
hesitate about attending them. The
speaker added that some young men are
quite capable of taking care OF them
selves, but that others of them cannot.
and that while the blue ribbon would be
safeguard still the speaker was par
ticular to urge that God alone could help
some men to keep the pledge. hence the
God helping me" clause In the pie lge.
When ,the speaker plead with The
young men of the town to combine Tor
the purpose of creating better senti-
ment in favor of abstinence, he met a
generous response from the hest blood
OF the town, OF both races. Many DON
ned the blue ribbon, no less In response
to the eloquent plea of the speaker thar
to the persuasion of many of the charm
ing young ladies OF Wailuku, who en-
their influence in encouraging the move
ment.
At the close of Mr.. Richards address
Mr.. Al spoke to the boys and girls II
Hawaiian. and proceeded to break the
meeting up into knots OF enthusiastic
signers of IA new declaration of indie
pCndence.
BURGLARY AT SPRECKELsVILLE
on Thursday night burglars entered thu
store at Camp g. Spreckelsville, through
window, and carried away a 2OO-pounc
safe containing $685. opening the from
door from the inside to remove the SAT-
from the building.
on Friday morning, officer Maverick
the local police officer at Spreckelsville
llt sure III a. hltCll III TIC SaHt
field, some 200 yards from the store. I
had been opened by cutting a hol'
through the back of the safe with al
axe. and the contents. with the excep
ton of SOS, had been taken. The none,
left was gold. and was overlooked b!
the robbers.
Word was sent to the Sheriff yester
day morning, and efforts were at one,
inaugurated to apprehend the guilt!
parties.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t is reported that the law against ka
hunaism Is to be repealed at the presen
session of the Legislature. While tina
will hardly be done, still no particula
harm would result IL this law were re
pealed. Kahunaism, like spiritualisn
and other decisions, will continue TO ex
list in spite of repressive laws, becaus
there are so many people who dearl!