The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-22
AFTER THE
SENATORS
Maui Wanted Them
But Missed
A Cog.
HEAVY CATCHES
OF FISH INSTEAD
A Leak in the Oil Pipe - Sailing
Vessels are Few-Jap's
Ankle Crushed.

| MAUI, Sept. 20.-The Republican and
Democratic parties of Maui fused
| for short time on Wednesday, the
18th. The fusion was for the purpose
of extending an invitation to the SEN
atorial Commission to visit our island.
Hon. A. N. Kepoikai, secretary of the
Republican District Committee, and ].
L. Coke. Esq, one Of the leading is
| land Democrats, drove together from
| Wailuku to Lahaina, met the steamer
Claudine there and interviewed the
Commissioners while sailing from La
| haina to Maalaea Bay.
| They were most courteously received
by Messrs. Mitchell, Burton and Fos-
ter, and We're accorded the favor of a
secret session
The labor question was the principal
theme under discussion, though other
subjects We're touched upon.
The Senators were unable to accept
| the invitation to visit Maui, inasmuch
as they are compelled to return to
| Honolulu on Monday, the 22nd
| Senator Mitchell is from the same
State as Mr. Coke and is acquainted
with the Coke family. MI Kepoikai
had previous acquaintance with SEN
ator Burton. This exchange of cour-
| tesies will remind the Commissioners
| that Maui as well as Honolulu and Hilo
| is part of the Territory. Messrs Ke-
poikai and Coke made the round trip
| Waikiki to Lahaina and return-in the
record breaking time of six and one
half hours.
| HEAVY CATCHES OF FISH.
| There have been unusually heavy
catches of fish all over Maui during the
past week, Kahuiui, Kihei, Lahaina,
etc. On Wednesday, the 18th, at Ka-
| hului, over one hundred gunnysacks
| of fish were caught and sold at the
rate of 50 per bag, while at Kihei the
peddlers bought them for only % cents
a sack. All Maui has beeen eating fish
for several days past.
OIL ON THE WATERS.
| A week or more ago while the oil
schooner was conveying by pipe the
1 crude petroleum into the large tanks
| on the beach at Kahului, leak in the
| pipe coated the surface waters of the
| bay with black oil before the outlet was
repaired by a Japanese diver. Since
| Their fishermen have complained that
| the presence of the oil in the sea has
rendered the fishing industry most diff
| ficult and most disagreeable.
| CATTJOC CuTDc E1E,yN
Few sailing vessels are expected in
Kahului in the future. The launch of
the Young Bros. of Honolulu, and div
ers employed by them, are busy chang
ing the mornings in the harbor so as to
| accommodate steamships instead of
sailing vessels as formerly.
JAP'S ANKLE CRUSHED.
4 Saturday, the 18th, Japanese labor
err in Puunene Mill had his ankle badly
crushed by piece of heavy machinery
falling upon it while he, in company
with others, was engaged in moving it.
DR.. Dinegar amputated his leg just
below the knee.
A SILVER TROPHY.
| A tall, handsome silver cup upon an
1 ebony pedestal is on exhibition in the
| window of Hoffman & Vettlesen. 1t
is to be awarded by the Maui Athletic
| Association to the champion baseball
nine for the past season on Maui.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Quite an ornate civil engineers Office
| is in course of construction at Puunene
near the plantation office,
| Another improvement on the planta-
| ton is the fitting up of a library room
in the large club house known to fame
as Hotel Renwick." The Puunene
clubmen should be most comfortable,
| in as much as they already have a fine
billiard room with two good tables and
a social hall which is at present nearly
filed with ping pong tables.
On the 18th at Lahaina the "Alohas'
| beat the Males" at baseball, ten to
/ three. VIM. Searle of the "Waikapus"
| pitched for the "Alohas."
Saturday night, the 18th, an enjoy
able dancing party was given by Mrs.
B. .. Baldwin at Puunene. The same
evening at Lahaina the plantation club
gave their monthly social and dance.
| Wednesday evening, the 18th, a
kindergarten social took place in the
beautiful and spacious rooms of Alex
ander Hall, Waikiki. The pupils of
| the school, some parents and few
towns people attended. There was a
musical program and refreshments
| were served. Miss Huntington and
Mrs. w E. Beckwith presided.
II Capt. Cottrel drills the Wailuku COM
Epany of the National Guard one even
| ing week.
The pipe for the Lahaina waterworks
1 has arrived and is being placed in posi-
l ton.
The party of Republican speakers
/ who have been stumping Molokai re-
turned on Thursday in a whaleboat.
| 1t is possible that another delegation
! will visit the Leper Settlement in COM
pany with the Board of Registration
! on the 23rd, the steamer Lehua making