The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-17
WANT LANDS
At WA|AKEA
Hawaiiians Meet to
Petition for
Homes.
REPUBLICANS
WANT A RECOUNT
Mrs. Andrews to Be Sent Here for
Safekeepins-Anothe Earth
quake on Hawaii.

HILO, November 14.-About eight!
Hawaiians met in the new church a
Waiakea on Tuesday night for the pur
pose of discussing plan whereby the!
may secure lands in Waiakea. The Wal
akea Mill Company holds under lease
about 95 900 acres of land, extending
from the sea far up the slopes OF
Mauna Loa Several years ago the
company made an offer to surrender to
the government that portion Of the
lease to about $1,000 acres of the maui
ka land in consideration of fee simple
| title to the lower land. 1t is said that
the best the government would DO was
| to exchange only a fee simple title to
the mill site and this was not accepted.
1t is rumored now-at least the Ha-
waiians have that impression--that
the mill company is willing to pay for
its cane lands on condition that it be
given fee simple title, and will surren-
der all the makai town lands and that
portion known as forest lands. Ha-
waiians who have lived on the makai
lands as tenants at will are anxious to
obtain them as homesteads and for
that reason they met Tuesday night TO
consider plan of petitioning the legis-
lature to make such recommendations
relative to the transfer as would be
acted upon favorably by the United
States government The result of the
meeting was the appointment OF a
committee to confer with Mr.. Kennedy,
manager of the mill company, ON the
subject. At least one member of the
committee, while favoring transfer,
insists on an outright sale of the cane
lands and mill site at a price to be
agreed upon by ppraisers.-Herald.
WANT A RECOUNT.
The Republican managers in Hile
have decided to attempt to throw out
the precinct of Kalapana, Puma, on the
ground that the election in that pre-
cinct was illegally conducted. They
will also move for a recount. of tie
Hilo precinct. The specific grounds
for charging illegality at Kalapana are
not given out, but it is known the
claim will be made that important
safeguards required by law were not
carried out. The Hilo precinct, they
claim, was not properly counted, the
judges of election allowing themselves
to be bulldozed by energetic Home
Rulers.
If Kalapana is thrown out and Hilo
is given a correct count it will make
a startling change in the complexion of
this Islands representation in the leg
islature. The claim is made that this
move would set both Desha and Paris
in the senate, and Lewis, Patty, Pritch-
ard and Purdy in the house. All of
these are Republicans except Purdy.-
Tribune.
THE ANDREWS MURDER.
The coroner's jury charged with the
investigation of the death of Captain
r. w. Andrews returned a verdict that
he had come to his death from poison,
supposedly administered by his wife.
Friday Mrs. Andrews was given pre-
liminary hearing before Magistrate
Hapai. She was held to the grand jury,
after waving examination on the
charge of murder in the first degree,
and will be sent to Oahu prison for
safe keeping until her trial.
Domestic trouble is assigned as the
reason for the crime, Captain Andrews
having filed divorce papers against his
wife number of weeks ago, though
the papers had never been served.
Captain Robert w. Andrews was a
native of Maine, but came here as q
sailor many years ago. He found en-
ployment on the local steamers. and
was employed as mate in the Wilder's
and Inter-Island companies. About
| thirteen years ago he gave up the sea
and was given place as luna on the
Honokaa plantation, where he remain.
| ed about two years. Returning to Ho
nolulu he was given position as mate
in the Wilder's company and was after
wards promoted to a captaincy Abou
four years ago he resigned his position
for the purpose Of acting as stevedort
for H. Hackfeld e Co. Ltd. in HiIo
Two years ago he was granted a Ii
cense for saloon at Waiakea and con
Quoted it successfully in connection
with his other duties.
The funeral of Captain Andrews wa
held from the Foreign Church at 3:3
p. m. on Saturday, and was largely at
tended.
KILAUEA VERY ACTIVE.
News from the crater is of an en-
couraging nature. For ten days Their
was little doing and few guests
j watch that little. but on Sunday nigh
the crater seemed to take on activity
and on Monday night the output c
! lava was OF larger volume than ha
been recorded in a single night durin
the past twenty years
| For several weeks lava has sputtere
Internationally from cone that ha
formed in the pit of Halemaumau. b.
| this changed to the form of a gevsf