The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-19
IN THE
BALANCE
Lancaster Was Given a
Few Hours to
Live.

the Magoon tenement, had a Porto
Rican arrested Saturday night for as
saulting him. Yesterday afternoon
Lancaster drove to the Police Station
to complain of another Porto Rican
who had struck him in the face with his
fist
Lancaster said that the Porto Rican,
backed by other of his countrymen, had
threatened, in case he complained to
the police, that he would have only
until D. m. yesterday to live. At last
accounts Lancaster was still unharm-
ed.
A police officer accompanied the vic
tim to the tenement, but his assailant
had escaped.
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Republican rally in the Hamakuapok o
native church, well attended by the
many Republicans of the vicinity. All
the Republican nominees for. county
office were present and in addition to
them among the speakers were S. E.
Kalama and Rev. John Kalino.
Friday morning the delegation of
politicians divided. w. T. Robinson,
w. A. Mckay, F. C. Wittrock, IL.
Howell, J. K. Joseph, S. e. Kalama
and John Kalino departed for Laha-
ina. w. F. Pogue, Theo. Meyer, Dav-
Id Marion, N. w. Aluli, A. N. Hay
selden, and w. H. King, turned to-
ward Hama, intending to make the
circuit returning y Ulupalakua. The
latter party spoke at Peahi Friday
and today will meet the Huelo voters
on their way to Keanae.
The Home Rulers have rested quiet
ly in Waikiki all the week till last
evening, when they held a meeting
in the skating rink. They intend soon
to tour West Maui and Molokai
STRAY NOTES.
The Morning Star baseball club will
give a concert and ball the evening
of the 3lst, in K. of P. hall, Wailuku,
in celebration of the winning of the
championship of the island.
T. Botton1ly and L. Barkhausen,
commissioners appointed by Haiku
Sugar Co. and Plia Plantation, have
been busy during the week in estimat-
ing land values at Hamakuapoko and
Paia.
At the annual meeting of the PLAN
tation companies in Honolulu there
were disputes concerning the relative
values of Paia and Haiku lands and
| in other plantation matters. Though
HAIKU possesses the greater acreage,
Paia shareholders claim that their
plantation as a whole is so per cent
more valuable.
Theodore Meyer Of Molokai, Repub-
lican candidate for supervisor, is but
slightly known on Maui. He is a
| member of the well known Meyer
family of Molokai, has been manager
of Kamalo plantation and is the agent
| in charge of the Bishop lands on Mo-
1 lOhctl. ne Is OUC Va tuC oOiio 1iiCAA
of Molokai and will, If elected, do his
whole duty in representing his island
in the meetings of the Board of Su-
pervisors.
The five Democrats on the Home
Rule county slate are Pia Cockett for
treasurer, L. r. Crook for auditor,
John Richardson for attorney, and T.
! B. Lyons and W. H. Cornwell Jr., for
supervisors.
| F. s. Armstrong of Paia returned
on Wednesday from his vacation spent
! in Honolulu.
| Geo. Cooper of Hama has been in
Wailuku this week on jury duty.
| Mesdames j. Mist and H. w. M.
Mist are guests of Mrs. Dowsett at
Makawao.
and son of Honolulu are at Erehwon
Cattle Station, Kula.
Today, by the steamer Maui, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Baldwin of Hamakua
depart for Honolulu.
Surveyor Silliman of the Public
Works Department is busy on the
Kula homestead road.
It is probably that the Makawac
Polo Club will send down a team il
March TO play against Honolulu.
Baseball at Kuau (Paia) on the 18th
"Paia" (new club) s, "Violets" of Pu
uwela 4.
Weather-Lght trades blowing to.
day, though for most of the week 2
kona wind has prevailed.