The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-10
.H|LO HAS A
NEW JUDGE
It's Tom Ridgeway
But He Gets
No Pay.
Baseball League Ready
for the Next
Season.
HiIo Farmers Also Discuss Their
Agricultural Prospects-Mrs.
Merton is Dead.

HILO. Aug. 7.-Thos. C. Ridgway
has been reappointed Second District
Magistrate of the South Hilo District
This office in Honolulu pays s14O0 pei
year, but in Hilo pays nothing. Judge
Ridgway will continue to serve fol-
glory.
Tom c. Ridgway. who returned with
his mother this week from a four
months trip through the Orient, has
many interesting tales to tell of the
trip and countries visited. They spent
a few days in Manila. were in Hong
kong ten days and visited Canton, A
moy and Macao. They were at Shang-
hal. the Paris of the East, and spent
two months in Japan.
Mr.. Ridgway was in Japan when the
war fever was at its height. The peo-
pie in japan, he says, were eager to
be called to fight Russia. All elements
alike were imbued with the war spirit,
and the ministry found it necessary to
adopt stern measures to stem the tide
of popular feeling. The press was put
under a strict censorship and every
diplomatic art was used by the gov
eminent to maintain peace between
the people of Japan on the one hand
and the Russian Bear on the other In
fact it was only the financial embarrass-
ment confronting the ministry, that
prevented its giving way to the popu-
lar clamor.
Mr.. Ridgway says: Shanghai is the
best place in the Orient. There are TO-
900 Europeans and Americans in the
city and business is good. From this
city as a base some of the most eX-
tensive enterprises are being prose-
cuted.
Manila" said Tom, sis a beastly
place. 1t is not Americanized to the
fraction Of a degree. Hawaii is a Yam
kee hotbed in comparison. 1 even had
to talk Spanish to the policemen"
The pleasantest part of the tour was
the visit to the interior of Japan. Three
weeks were spent at Kyoto, the an
Client capital.-Tribune.
THE BASEBALL LEAGUE.
The representatives of the Hilo Rail-
road and Beamer's Specials ball teams
and the Olaa Athletic Association have
signed to certain rules governing base
ball in Hilo during the present season
and have submitted lists of players in
accordance with the rules. There will
be nine league games played. Fol-
lowing is the rules and schedule as
we'll as a list of players:
HAWAII BASE BALL LEAGUE.
Rules and Regulations.
The captains of the teams joining
of signing this agreement and sched-
ule, hand in the names of their play
ers, both regular and substitutes.
After signing this agreement and
schedule, all the teams shall be ex-
pected to play ball as per schedule,
and the only excuse for not playing
ball shall be that the regular players
of the team in excess of the number of
substitutes shall be incapacitated by
sickness or that their regular duties
shall demand their services.
Captains of the teams shall so report
to the captain of the opposing team
at the earliest possible opportunity.
Non appearance of team for the
above reason or reasons shall declare
the schedule game postponed and same
shall be played off after the completion
of the regular schedule.
Non appearance of a team scheduled
to play. for other than reasons above
stated, shall cause said game to be for
feited, and same awarded to the OPP
posing team.
The list of players handed in, both
regular and substitute shall be deem
ed the official list. and no captain or
player shall make application for
to another team until all
schedule games. both regular and post
poned, shall have been played.
The team winning most games of
the schedule shall be entitled to suit
able banner or pennant.-Herald.
HILO FARMERS MEET.
A very interesting meeting of the
Hno Agricultural Society was held at
the offices of Charles Furneaux last .
afternoon. The unusually 1
arge attendance was no doubt due to
the fact that papers were to be read ,
oy several OF the members.
Sheriff Andrews was down for one /
On indigenous bananas and Professor /
Henshaw was to illustrate the article /
IN mosquito breeding previously pub
ished in this paper. Both of these
talks" were interesting. Sheriff An
irews had not prepared a paper but ,
MS knowledge of the banana enabled /
him to speak entertainingly of his sub
ect and much that he said was new
o many of the members. Prof. Hen
shaw related his experience in search
ng for breeding places of the mos
quito and told how rapidly the pests
Increase. He dwelt upon the import
nee of individuals keeping their prem
ses free from old bottles, cans or tubs
which would hold water.
A paper read by William Kinney on
he cultivation Of manioc was very