The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-23
All Nj IS
ACQUITTED
Weeks Doings of
Maui's Circuit
Court.

MAUI, June 20.-Ah Mi, the wealth,
OChinese capitalist of Maui, was on tria
5before Judge Kalua this week on {
lcharge of bribery. He was found no
guilty, the jury returning a verdict a
midnight last night, after being out FOL
over Ave hours.
The charge of bribery was made IL
connection with gambling game
which All Mi was said to be response
BILE for, and he was alleged to have Of
fered money to permit the game to &C
on. The finding of the jury acquits hin
of this charge.
1t was in a case growing out of the
same matter, that Judge Kalua init
mated that charges of bribery had been
made against him, but this phase of the
question, naturally, was not considered
Other cases disposed Of were
Monday-Territory VS.. Charles Mu-
memo, larceny; tried by jury, found
guilty; sentence, two years.
Wednesday-Territory VS.. Roke Pa
sane, larceny; tried by jury, found
guilty; sentence, nine months.
Thursday-Territory VS.. ]. p. Keanu,
burglary; tried by jury, found not
guilty. Territory VS.. Wong Lock, lar
ceny; tried by jury, found guilty; sem
tence, eighteen months.
BOOMING SISAL.
Apropos of sisal, Haiku Sugar Co.,
at Haiku has now about 10000 plants
in it's nurseries and have between seven
and ten acres planted. The number of
plants in nurseries and the acreage un-
,,,;ll h. ir1r 10
rapidly as possible.
KEANAE A JAPANESE TOWN.
Keanae, the tiny seaside village, has
been recently transformed into an ORR
entail town with a population of four
or five hundred Japanese, who obtain
the necessaries of life at several thriv
ing stores.
The woods in the vicinity re-echo
with the noise of pick and shovel and
new Haiku ditch is progressing.
Vincent Fernandez, a prominent Por-
tuguese resident of Kokomo, aged 65
years, died on the 18th, death resulting
from a fall from horse On the 18th
the old man, eager to ride, Ga feat
never before attempted by him),
mounted an animal, unknown to his re-
latives and rode into the pasture of
Judge Copp where he was seen to fall.
When picked up he was unconscious in
which state he remained until Saturday
morning when he died.
. His-funeral took place on Sunday.
He leaves a wife, a daughter, and one
son, j. V. Fernandez, the Kokomo
storekeeper. The Fernandez family re-
Gently removed from Honolulu to Ma
kawao.
NOTES.
The government schools of Maui
closed yesterday, the closing exercises
generally being largely attended by
relatives and friends.
Miss Malone, formerly of Alexander
House, Waikiki, is now travelling on
the mainland for her health. Incl
dentally she is attempting to raise an
endowment fund for settlement work
in Wailuku.
F. G. Douse has resigned his posi-
ton as superintendent Of the Paia
pumping station and, accompanied by
his family, will soon depart for the
Coast. George Lindsay, of Puunene,
will succeed him.
kama, the Keanae native who was
recently killed while fishing with giant
powder, was the son-in-law of H.
the Honolulu carpenter
now deceased. He had some extra
and while busy igniting another stick,
accidentally lit the fuse of the explo-
sive in his pocket and was disem-
bowelled.
The Morning Stars beat the Lahainas
at baseball by 10 to 8. the game being
played at Wells Park, Wailuku, the
afternoon of the 14th.
Crowds of people from all parts OF
Central Maui attended the Corpus
Chri I'll exercises at Wailuku Catholic
chv :ch last Sunday, the 14th.
Tonight the eighteen or twenty Ka-
school boys now touring
Maui will give dance in Wailuku
Court House. Their concert in Wal
uku school house last Saturday night
was quite a success.
The steamer Nebraskan arrived in
Kahului Friday morning.
Weather: Very warm and dry.
FROM THE MAUI PAPER.
This week has been a scorcher in |
Wailuku, with but faint trade winds, |
but the nights, however, are cool and |
The residence of Attorney d. H. Case !
IN Main street is about completed. and !,
will shortly be ready for occupancy.
On account of the overloaded calen-
lar, it will probably be the first of !
July before the June term of Circuit |
Court closes in Wailuku.
The marriage of Miss Rebecca !
Daniels to f. F. Deinert is announced |
'or next Saturday evening. June 27, at |
he residence of Mrs. VIM. Daniels, at
Puunene.
Mr.. ]. F. Darcy. chief engineer at the
Honolulu Plantation, Oahu. spent the
week visiting the mills and plantations
IN Maui leaving for Honolulu on last
lights Kinau.
A card and reading room is being
quilt on the veranda of the Maui Ho-
el, adjoining the billiard parlor, which