The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-20
LOCAL BREVlTIES.

| CnleI Justice frear goes 10 the MAIN
land In the near future.
Governor Dole has gained visibly In
health and strength during his noun
tain sojourn, and will return soon.
J. ]. Dunno has been appointed as
sistant United States attorney, news to
that effect having come Saturday.
| The flags on the various consulates
were dropped to half-mast Saturday,
out of respect to the death of the En-
press Frederick.
| Wray Taylor has a miniature expert
mental farm in the back yard of the
Capitol grounds. Alfalfa and dry land
| rice are doing we'll there.
The Labor Day committee has decid-
ed to give three prizes, 800, $50 and S25.
for the best decorated floats in the
parade of Monday, September 2.
The bark Diamond Head is making
great progress in unloading her cargo,
and may get away on Wednesday next
for Tacoma. to load coal for kahului.
United States Marshal Ray declines
to make any returns of income tax,
stating that he is not bound to pay
| any tax to the Territory on a salary
paid him by the federal government.
Surveyor Wall says that ne knows
nothing Of the reputed rising Of the
Island of Hawaii at kawaihae. and
that ne dsbelieves the occurrence OF
any phenomenon there except the tidal
wave.
| Delegate Wilcox has received a brief
notification from Charles X. Lyman of
| his success in passing the entrance ex-
animation at West Point. He writes
that the battalion was about to go to
the Buffalo exposition.
Briefs were filed yesterday with the
Supreme Court in the income tax case
by General Hartwell, Smith Il Lewis,
and Mr.. Robertson. They follow out in
more detail the oral arguments TO the
Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Francis Murphy Club No. 3 was or
ganized last evening at Kawaiahao
Church. with Mr. Al as secretary pro
tenn. Headquarters for the new club
will probably be located at the corner
of Queen and South streets.
Professor Koebele goes to Maui to-
day to put a stop to the turning loose
of scale bug species upon the lantana
growth which has been proposed by
some Maui ranchmen. He fears the
bug might work devastation to other
growths.
| Carey w. Cook, of Tacoma, agent for
the American-Eawaiian Steamship Com
pany, was notified on August that the
steamship Californian would arrive in
Tacoma on Or about August % en- route
from New York to Honolulu via San
Francisco and Puget Sound.
Agitation has been started by Chi
nese Vice Consul Goo Kim and other
prominent Chinese to have Delegate
Wilcox present bill to Congress for
the admission of 5000 Chinese laborers
for the plantations, with certain re-
strictions.
Sheriff Brown has been cited to ap-
pear before Judge Estee because of his
execution of an order from the Circuit
Court in the Lum Man Luck bankrupt
cy matter. which was in the federal
court The hearing of the bankruptcy
case has been set for August q.
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eral hours in sailing to the Orient last
Saturday on account of the escape OF
two Chinese who had been deporteo
from San Francisco and were to have
been returned to China These Chinese
ing to get away, but We're captured
2 Later, one of them managed to eluds
2 the vigilance OF the ships officers and
{ was about to leave the Mail wharf or
e Japanese dray when the customs Of
. ficers detected the ruse. He was taker
, aboard and an effort was made to as
certain who was his confederate. TIL,
capture is due to the vigilance of In
spector Dinklage.
Heeia plantation, located on the op
!, posite side of Oahu. Is soon to be con
y verted from a sugar plantation to {
rice plantation and ranch. The ratooI
e crop will be taken in about Januar.
n next and after that no further at
n tempts will be made to grow sugar
g Heeia has had difficulties in securing
labor since Hawaii became Terri
tory. Further than this. during tn
plague no sugar could be shipped out
and 1t is stated that between $500
and $780, 900 was lost on these two &C
!. counts last year. The plantation wa
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