The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-29


vigorously prosecuted by Sanitary In
spector Bowman and his assistant. The
town has been practically cleared of
tin cans and other rubbish that fosters
mosquito breeding. A number of loads
OF this material have been carted away
during the past month. Next week,
Mr.. Bowman expects to begin work on
the canal through Waiolama swamp,
after which he does not believe mos
quitoes will infest the place in such
numbers. The canal will be cleaned
out and the edges cut clear of grass
and distractions, allowing free cur
rent.
While in Honolulu Mr.. Bowman dis
covered that cesspools are a prolific
source of mosquito supply. They breed
and multiply in these places by the
million. The mosquitoes deposit their
eggs in the water in the flush tanks.
These eggs pass with the water into
the dark subterranean pool, where they
hatch in due time. They escape to
the outer world through the vent pipes
and fresh air inlets. In some cases the
cesspools are not air tight and mos
quitoes enter from the outside to de-
post their eggs. Such should be made
air tight at once.-Tribune.
JAPS CONVICTED AGAIN.
In the Fourth Circuit Court this
week the tri; of Funacoshi and Wata-
nabe on the charge of conspiracy &C.
cupied four or five days, ending Thurs
day morning in a verdict of guilty.
C. C. Biting, attorney for the defense,
awaited himself of every means to turn
the tide in behalf of his clients. In his
final address to the jury he spoke for
two hours and that his theories of the
case found sympathy in the box is
shown by the first ballot cast which
was six to six for acquittal and con-
viction. The defense put no witnesses
on the st.nd at all but argued the case
as shown up by the prosecution. The
attorneys for the Territory We're
Carl S. Smith and Thos. C. Ridgway.
After the verdict was handed in de-
PENDANTS counsel filed a motion for a
new trial.
The defendants are under sentence
of long terms to the penitentiary for
murder in the second degree, appeal on
which is now pending in the Supreme
Court. The crime of conspiracy was
committed in connection with the muir
der of which they were convicted.
We're holding Motohiro for a ransom.
In other words they conspired to ex-
tort.-Tribune.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS.
The Young Mems Republican Club
of the First Representative District
held a meeting Tuesday night and a
dopted a constitution and bylaws and
elected officers. The club starts out
with a membership of over thirty
charter members and will seek re-
cruts from every precinct in the dis
trict. The constitution is one approved
by the Republican Club at Honolulu,
anu iilloIiS It's StiiNltSl
is loyal republicanism on the part of
every member.
The officers elected are as follows:
lanes d. Lewis, President; r. a. Ly-
man, Jr., Vice-President; Charles
Akau, Second Nice-presdent; w. H.
Beers, Secretary; 6. l.. Desha, Treas
lrer; G. F. Alfonso Corresponding
Secretary; Il. NJ. Rowland, Sergeant
t-Arms.-Tribune.
BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND.
James McNichols of the Hilo Elec-
ric Light Co. has good scheme up
lis sleeve and through our columns
his week gives the public the benefit
If it. Nj. Nichols suggests that the |
low idle cables of the cid Waikiki
bridge he utilized in the |
building of n Suspension foot-bridge |
rom the MARYLAND at Kainehe across |
o Cocoanut Island The building of !
he piers, etc, would cost but few |
hundred dollars, but the benefit to the
public would warrant the outlay which
should be by puolio subscription. A
oll-keeper could be employed and
lominal figure charged and collected
rom persons using the bridge to get
cross to Mokuol... Who will head the
list with 500? Only $500 would be re-
luired.-A Voc Publica,
THE NEW RAILROAD,
The surveyors are at work on the
me of the Kohala-Hilo railway. Stakes
ave been driven from Hilo To the
ionolli gulch. The work is being done
nder the supervision of Robert Hawk
urst, engineer for the Kohala-iillo
railroad Company.
A MONSTER SHARK.
japanese captured shark of Hilo
Iarbor this week measuring over
curteen feet IN length, This monster
Z the deep had mouth twenty inch-
= from jowl 10 iowl, ana could easily
wallow any man IN town except
iouza, Berg ana L. Blond, The big
elachlan was turned over 90 Il, u,
iuard who viii preserve its head and
krlet0n,