The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-02

the Hlo Jail on sentence of twent,
years for murder in the second degree
was released yesterday upon an uncon
ditional pardon by Governor Dole.
HAWAII RAILROAD IMPROVE
, MENTS.
The railway center of Hilo has beer
, moved from Waiakea to Waianuenue
and Front streets. The last three days
} of last week were busy ones with Mr.
Lambert and his assistants for the road
had to be graded and tracks laid in or
} der to carry out the plan to run trains
from the new station on Sunday morn
ing.
The construction gang graded across
| Waianuenue street to the river, cut
ting a passage way several inches be-
low the street. The ticket office was
finished Saturday afternoon and at 8
o'clock Sunday morning a large crowd
gathered to see the first train leave.
The convenience of the change was
realized by everyone who had occasion
to patronize the road and by others
who were there to see, If not to take
advantage of the change. The road bed
was as smooth as that over which the
trains of the New York Central travel
I L IL
line. The double track to the river will
facilitate freight handling and cars
may be left there without interfering
with passenger traffic. 1t is probable
that trains will run between Waiakea
and Hilo early in the morning, at noon
and after five O'Clock at night for the
accommodation of working men. Mr..
Lambert has made drawings for a car
to be used on this train
The company has decided not to build
depot at the terminus until some de-
cision is reached regarding the removal
of the postoflice or until active work
is begun on the Kohala- Hilo railway
The intention is to have a union depot
and both companies will use it.
Nothing will be done on the Olaa
extension of the Hilo road until rails
can be procured. The company made
an offer for a quantity believed to be in
Seattle but when the proposition reach
ed there the rails had been shipped
north. All of the mills are loaded with
orders so that it is impossible to get
the Hilo order filled with any degree of
promptness Even when the rails are
laid to Glenwood it Is not likely that
the company will make any valuable
improvements at that point; the trend
of excursion travel Is toward Puma and
If the company decides to build a
pavilion anywhere it will be at Puma
where the attractions are greater than
at Olaa. 1t is thought by some that
sanitarium will some day be built at
Puma by outside capitalists in which
case the attractions of the district
would be still greater and the travel
would increase proportionately.-
aid.
BLOODHOUND PRACTICE.
VIM. Watson, who is training the pair
of young bloodhounds recently pur-
chased by the Hilo Police Department,
gave the pups n trial spin one day this
week. A pair OF pantaloons belonging
to Lopez. We're hanged to the tail gate
of a wagon and driven over the lava
road through Kaumana. The pups
struck the trail and kept it until they
were tired out. The pair of dogs are
pure bloods from the kennels of DIR. j.
b. Fuller at Beatrice Neb.-Tribune.
CHINESE SUICIDE.
While making his rounds Monday
afternoon, j. U. Smith discovered he
had lost a tenant for one of his apart
ment houses on Front street. Yock See,
an elderly Chinese, had committed sui |
eide. To make certainty doubly sure, |
Yock used both rope and knife. He |
hanged himself with the rope and be-
fore strangulation, had slashed his |
throat with n knife. The body was
taken in charge by the police and
buried-Tribune.
TEACHERS MEETING.
The last meeting of the year of the |
Hilo Teachers Union was held Tues
day evening at the home of F. 5. Ly-
man. The program was listened to by
about twenty teachers. The work of
the year in Roman history was finish
ed by Miss Deyo, who presented a
sketch on Modern Italy. The treat of
the evening was the exhibition of Euro
pean photographs and n descriptive
talk by Mrs. Hyde. Mrs. Hyde's col
lection was made by herself in Switzer-
land and Italy and is very fine. She
displayed at the meeting over one hun
dred yiews.-Herald.
ROOMS WANTED.
From reports from the outside dis
tricts received by individual members
of the Executive Committee of the
Fourth of July celebration 1t is prob
able that Hilo will have an unusually
large number of visitors for nearly n
week at that season. Should the Hilo
Hotel be open at that time 1t will not !
be able TO accommodate the guests who
will ask for rooms. II has been sug-
gested that persons having rooms to let |
will advise the committee, of which Il. |
y. Holmes is chairman, just how many !
rooms they will have for use and how !
many persons they can accommodate |
with rooms and rooms and board. The |
committee will send these lists 10 Ho- |
nolulu so that visitors may know be- !
fore leaving what their chances are TO |
secure comfortable quarters.
FIRE AT PAHALA.
The residence OF ]. p. Limo, the sugar |
boiler at Pahala, was burned last |
Wednesday. The fire was started by /
self heating smoothing iron which /,