The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-22
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.
tFrom Saturdays Daily.)

The vernal equinox Will occur on the
PEND and there is not much expectation
of settled weather.
1t is stated, on the authority of Audi
tor Fisher that the Honolulu tax office
books are straight
There were 423 bags of mail, the larg-
est ever landed by single steamer
here, brought by the Alameda, besides
large lot of express packages.
]. G. Drinkwater of the Assistant
Traffic Managers office, Cape Colony
railroad, South Africa writes to the
Promotion Committee that he has seen
a copy of Beauty Spots of Hawaii"
and wishes for more detailed informa-
tion concerning the country. He will
be supplied with literature for distri-
button.
| 1t is reported to have been ascertain
/ ed from Attorney General Knox by ca
/ bic that Henry Kapea, the alleged EN-
! bez2ler of $4,000 from the Hawaiian
Trust Co.. cannot be legally detained
on arrival in the steamer Siberia al
Yokohama Neither his employer nor
the local authorities thought he could
be extradited, as embezzlement of pri-
vate property is not extraditable under
the treaty with Japan.
(From Sundays Daily)
The Auditor has found the books of
the Land Office correct.
John Ouderkrk was awarded the
contract to build the new wing of the
Queens Hospital for $53,333. There was
close bidding by FIVE contracting firms,
the highest being $5599S. L. w. Bath,
, among several bidders, gets the plumb
ing for sS763.
Frederic VIM. Unger, a war cores
pendent and author, who was in South
Africa during the Boer War; first with
Roberts and then with the Beers, is n
passenger on the Buford en- route to
the Orient. He is a rapid-iire histori-
an and expects to write a history of
the war between Russia and Japan.
Henry Kapea is said to have enter
ed himself on the steamer China's pas
senger list as "E. r. Hendry, age 81
years" in his flight to Japan as an en-
bezzlerl from the Hawaiian Trust Co.
U. S. Marshal Hendry was not return
ing to Japan SO soon after bringing
Adachi from thence-not even by proxy
If he knew himself.
A Nahiku homestead, under govern
ment right of purchase lease, came I'M
der the hammer of Jas. f. Morgan at
the Judiciary building yesterday. 1t
contained 121 23-1O0 acres and was sold
under foreclosure of mortgage by Sell
Fukuda and Shma Fukuda to the late
Geo. Hons, assigned to r. r. Berg.
John Waterhouse bought it for Alex
1nlar. e, III win n $1,000
Japanese homesteader gives up.
Ten defendants were arraigned I'M
der indictments before Judge Robinson
yesterday morning. Kaanaana plead
ed guilty to the charge of most bru-
tai crime for which prior to his arrest
he narrowly escaped lynching by a
mob at Kakaako. He will be senten-
ced tomorrow. The others reserved
pleas or pleaded not guilty. They in
cluded Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese
and Porto Rican nationalities and were
indicted for various offenses.
(From Mondays Daily.)
The Honolulu delegates to the church
convention at Hilo returned on the XII
nau Saturday.
Rice is becoming a costly luxury on
Maui, since the recent war began. The
price jumped a dollar a bag last week.
Maui News.
Judge Lindsay returned yesterday
from a two weeks vacation visit to his
parents on Kauai. He will preside in
the Police Court again today.
Treasurer A. n. Kepoikai returned
yesterday on the Claudine from a
weeks visit on Maui While there he
consulted with prominent Maui people
as to the course to be pursued relative
to the governments financial policy.
Because of the restricted steamship
traffic between the United States and
Japan, due to the withdrawal, for pur-
poses of war, of three vessels of the
Togo Kisen Kaisha line, the Japanese
government sometime last month, it
| is said, increased the maximum of i'm
migrants for each outgoing steamer to
| 400, and, until further notice, restric-
tons as to the number of women immi-
grants proportionate to the number of
men have been spended-Hawaii
| Shinpo.
| Mr.. X. Yamamoto of the firm of Ko-
! jima Shoten of this city will leave for
Japan by the Siberia. He goes there in
the interests of his firm, and intends to
be back on the return trip of the same
steamer. For almost decade, Mr.. va
mamoto has been occupying the posi-
ton of manager, and his business abil-
| ity is almost "A by-word among the Jap
anese merchants. During his absence,
! Mr.. S. Kojima will personally attend
| to the management of the store.-Ha-
wall Shinpo.
| One of Governor Carriers proposals
| for increasing the revenue is to raise
the taxes on live stock.
Captain Berry, army quartermaster
of the transport Buford, entertained at
dinner last evening party of Honolulu
people.