The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-07

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Assistant United states Attorney
uuHur introduced several witnesses
/ yesterday Who were uut heard on the
ursi trial They were T.. J.. ana : \.
noCaudless The afIIa,lt of th, lat
. tor Do viii be- remembered. was used in
the motion fof q ncN Trial, as part of
. the newly discovered evidence. Tho
testimony 81 these tVo Witnesses fur
nIshcd considerable spice o. cnliven the
proceedings yesterday. though the u.s.
uaI fights between the attorneys and
thc court were In no way abat,d. Tax
Assessor Archer was the first witness
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dItilnal Information to his evidence
given at the first trial on direct eN-
animation he said the land was worth
from three to five dollars per re. taxi
ing in the whole tract condemned by
IN. government and when, upon cross
examination. he placed the total value
at 100000 considerable surprise was
manifested. Tho witness said Doe be-
d 4. .lH..ll al
taking into considera lion the fact that
water supply was available, ana
mill stood upon a part OF the planta-
tion.
Surveyor Thrum. who is now in the
employ of the government, testified
TO measurements he had made OF the
land In question.
l.. L. McCandless was the last Wit
ness OF the morning lie testified that
the lease Of the sugar land in his opin-
ion was worth about forty dollars per
acre end that he had leased land TO
the Honolulu Plantation Company in
that vicinity for about the same fig
ure ON cross-eXaminaton he admit
ted that he was not on good terms
with Manager Low of the Honolulu
Plantation, though they spoke to each
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ahead and give his reasons for It, but
on objection Of Mr.. Silliman, was not
allowed to enter into that phase Of the
question.
j. a. McCandless was the last wit
ness for the government. He testified
that the land was worth from fifteen to
twenty dollars per acre. on cross-eX-
animation, Mr.. Snliman asked If the
land wasn't the same or part OF the
land on Ford Island leased by the Ca
hu sugar Company, of which the wit
ness is a director. Mr.. McCandless re-
piled that II was, and then Judge SILL
man wanted to know If the oahu Su-
gar Company hadn't claimed $20O,0 900
/ from the government for 142 acres Of
/ this land. MIR. Dunno objected. on the
/ ground that that suit had been com
promised. but Judge Estee overruled
/ the objection. and the witness replied
| in the affirmative. The next question
OF the defendant as to his knowledge
sf the quality OF the soil led to all sorts
Of trouble.
The witness started to reply by tell
ing about the well he had bored on
the premises and continued. in spite
Of the objections. which the Court ov-
erruled. Mr. McCandless said that In
1886 he had drilled n well for a China
man, who wanted To cultivate rice. The
experiment was a failure commercials
ly, however. and rice growing was
abandoned and he hadn't been paid
for the well. The next man that got
hold of the land tried to grow bananas
tarp ana vegetables upon It, but this
also proved a failure, and then Henry
McFarlanc took the land ana paid for
the well, but also made q failure in his
attempt to use the land for cultivation
Mr.. McCandless said the soil was of q
dark brown and reddish color, though
he couldn't tell how much there was OF
each.
Are you ON good terms with Mr.
Low. the defendant in this case" ask
ed Judge Silliman in conclusion.
Just on speaking terms" was thu
answer.
Just on speaking terms, you say
well. / haven't any use for Mr.
Low, but Mr.. Low is not the Honolulu
Sugar COMPANY"
Witness denied saying in converse
tion in san Francisco that he woul'
do all he could to injure the plantation
of defendant. He admitted that he ha'
not received any well drilling busines
p from the Honolulu Plantation Com
q pany
. This closed the case for the Unite'
States and Mr.. Low was put on tn
l stand for the defendant. He began b.
relating his experience and qualitica
tions as a sugar expert, and relate
4 also the scope Of the defendant com
70 pany and its plantation. He had no