The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-14
MAUI COURT
TERM OPENS
KaIua Charges
the Grand
Jury.
Wants Investigation of
Irregularities in
Office.
Mrs. II. P. Baldwin Entertains at
an Afternoon Tea-Home
Rule Fusion.

MAUI. March 12-The March jury
term of the Second Judicial Circuit
Iopened on the morning of the ninth
at Wailuku court house, Hon. ]. W.
Kalua presiding. w. T. Rawlins rep
resented the Attorney Generals de-
partment and C. w. Ashford, j. NJ. vi
vas and A. G. Correa, visiting Honolulu
attorneys, We're present in court.
After the consideration of the calen-
dar, the grand jury with A. G. Dickens
of WaiIuku as foreman went to work
and will make a partial report of its
doings sometime this afternoon.
The petty jury after two days of la
Dor last night rendered a sealed YER
diet in a civil case of ejectnlent, Ma
ihaka Hoon versus All Moi both parties
thereto being residents of Lahaina.
The verdict as announced in court this
morning was 81 damages for the plain
tiff The trial jury has at least two
weeks work before it.
Judge Kalua in his charge to the
grand jury said:
| 1t is especially within your power to
Investigate alleged irregularities in
public office. Through you the light of
day can be turned upon any transaction
in public life where there is suspicion
of criminality. In your investigations
of entertainments on the public thor
oughfares. the crossing of railroads,
ETC., and such other matters of public
interests, would suggest that you take
into consideration the reports and rec
The Sheriff of this Circuit has called
this Courts attention to the absence
of any sanitary regulation concerning
market places, without which the rec
concentrations of the last grand jury
could not be carried into effect. An
other matter the Sheriff submitted is
that regarding the use of the public
highways as hack stands by licensed
vehicles,-in Waikiki as we'll as in La
haina. Being a representative body,
and with the power in you, such rec
concentrations as to localities you may
make, with such suggestions as to reg
ulations to be enacted, would very ma
terially assist the department of the
government having jurisdiction of such
matters in complying with this public
need.
AN AFTERNOON TEA.
One of the most pleasing of Maui so
cial events took place at the Puunene
residence of Mrs. H. p. Baldwin,
on Wednesday afternoon, the 9Th, be-
tween 3 and 5 o'clock, the occasion be-
one an afternoon tea given by Mrs.
Baldwin in honor of her sister-in-law,
Mrs. James Alexander of Oakland.
The reception was held on the large
lanai where after the formal greetings
to hostess and guest of honor were
over each lady was initiated into the
mysteries of the most amusing mirror
game, that is to say, she was requested
| while gazing into large oval mirror
to draw a square and to connect it's
corners with diagonal lines. a much
more difficult task than it seems. Pret-
| ty prizes were awarded. After a short
musical program rendered in the par
| Tors delicious refreshments were serv-
ed at fourteen small tables on the ia
mai.
Seventy ladies were present from the
different villages within radius of ten
miles.
STRAY NOTES. ii
/ Yesterday for the first time an auto
nible climbed the hills from Puunene,
up into Makawao, 100 feet above the
sea. The machine seemed to perform
its task without unusual effort. The
horses and cattle in the pastures adj
Joining the roads scampered away in
wild alarm at the sight Of the little
f1ier.
Maui Home Rulers appear to feel
quite jubilant over their permanent
union with the island Democrats. They
are confident, of victory at the next
election.
Continuous south wind and myriads
of mosquitoes are prominent features
of Maui life at present. Il
Miss Swan, formerly of Puunene, now
has charge of Paia plantation hospital
Mrs. w. T. Rawlins, the wife of the
Deputy Attorney General, is a visitor
to Wailuku during the term of court.
The steamer Nevadan departed from
Kahului for San Francisco with a load
of sugar on the night of the 10th, Mr..
and Mrs. E. H. Paris, of Honolulu,
journeyed to the coast aboard of her.
Mr.. Paris is bound for New York on
business while Mrs. Paris will visit
friends in San Francisco.
On the 18th baseball games will take
place at Huelo between the Huelos and
Hanas and at Kuau between the Ma
kawaos and Hamakuapokos.
Weather: Warm with little wind.