The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-01

year IN the revelations Of officials and
others who have not proven true to the
trust reposed IN them, the public Offices
affected being the Water Works Bureau.
the Land Office under the late commits
sioner. and the clerks Office of the High
Sheriff. I he Hawaiian Trust Co. and
the ticket Office OF the Oahu Railway
Go are sufferers also from TRUSTEES
gsu1e wrong"
AN EPIDEMIC OF CRIME.
In the double murder OF Mrs. Par
nenter and daughter in 1909. the long
protracted trial for which in one case
resulted ia acquittal, and the deferred
trial III the other, justice still cries aloud
ur1appeased, encouragement seems to
have been given for like acts of criminal
violence, that their frequency, for these
islands. has alarmed the community.
Interference with japanese gamblers
on kauaI caused the murder by dyua1T-
Ite of @. II. Glennan. constructing en-
gineer OF the new Makaweli ditch. After
much patient search the dastardlv mid
night assassin was tracked down and
confessed. Other murders have since
occurred On Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii,
assaiia1ts and victims being japanese.
In this city a likely Chinese insurance
clerk was fouily murdered by a fellow
country1nan for declining to loan a sum
OF money, and d sailors saloon fracas
caused the death of negro named Har-
RS.
The murder OF S Edward Damon. on
The highway near his own PREMISES by
a Porto Rican, without provocation,
save an order to replace a stolen Ian
tern, aroused public feeling at the men
ace TINS INDECENT class OF people are TO
the community. and the high esteem IN
which the victim was held throughout
the islands. called forth their sympathy
TO the stricken widow and parents. The
murderer was caught the same night,
and npon action of the grand Jury was
brought 10 speedy trial, found guilty,
and has suffered the death penalty.
And while N the midst of this trial a
young Hawaiian nlaenifaed some trivial
domestic trouble as to fancy himself
warranted IN the deliberate shooting OF
his wife IN the presence OF his mother
He was captured the following day,
and the case has come TO trial, but the
laws delay under some tecFnicality has
already got IN IT'S work
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Public improvements throughout the
Territory have been prosecuted as far
as means from the loan placement CT
81 100000 effected last year allowed,
and Secretary Atkinson IS now absent
upon the financial mission of advantage
eously placing the remainder of the Loan
for the completion OF plans conteTn-
plated
TIE work that has been pushed under
The loan act embraces certain road and
sewer work, bridges. wharves. dredging,
sater works, etc, and more would have
been accomplished during the year bur
Tor legal fechnicallties and laws delays
IN several contracts.
The new Rival school -btsi1dfne Is at
ast nearing completion. and is a credit
able and spacious structure OF two sto-
res that the educational needs OF this
NY has long demanded.
IahainaIIfna, Wailuku. and several
,ther sections of the islands have also
lad their needs attended 70 II this re-
pect, though all are not yet completed
On the water front new and sylbstaTs-
iai wl1arves are in progress. A clear
Irea now prevails below Queen street
rom the foot of Nuuanu TO the new In
er-IsIand Co.'S wElarves along River
treet beyond Maunakea. BY the derloli-
ion of the cid custom house and the re-
novaI of Brewer & Co.'S recertly-con-
trucfed brick warehouse to the upper
ide of Queen street, near the site of
he original foundry and -four mill
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
With the exception of q remarkably
amy spell IN February, the weather
conditions throughout the islands for
he year has been even and beneficial TO
he agricultural and grazing interests.
The dry spells" and droughts OF sum
aer, usually experienced, gave place 70
sen distributed showers
The ram storm of February was I'M /,