The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-21

made to suffer lndlgnltieS for which
they demand financial satisfaction in
the amo0ne ran e. 1t IS sad & o he ;
VII bring suits in the same amount.
CRIME IN KAU.
For several months pas Lorenzo CO.
Ion nets been empoyed as lapo11r al
Naaleau by the Hutch .nson Plant4. tic n
Co. and, barring an occasional oroil
with his wife, was CONSIDERED a peace
full member of the Latin colony.
on occasions when his temper got
the best of HIM he Was allowed by his
acquaintances TO have it out with him
self, rather than join with him and
take chances on uncertain results Las.
Monday he had a fit of temper and
quarreled with his wife.
He came up behind her and buried a
dirk in her back twice, one of the
thrusts going very near her heart and
passing almost through her body. The
woman died almost instantly and Lo:-
EMO fed. AS soon as the murder was
discovered the authorities were mott
fed and the deputy sheriff called a
jury and proceeded with the inquest
Officers in the meantime We're search
suit. Later in the day man burning
strong cigar walked into the room
where the inquest was being held and
remarked casually that he had stabbed
the woman and that she was his wife. He
was Immediately placed under arrest
and at a hearing before the district
magistrate was held for the next grand
jury.
~ HILO NEWS NOTES.
J. d. Lewis is engaged in building
the addition to the Hotel Demosthenes
to be used as an annex.
The wharf committee is having the
streets recoated with crude oil. The
effect is quite satisfactory.
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs. John K. Kekaula to the we'd
ding of their niece, Abbie K. kekaula
to Charles K. Mcguire.
George bunker has been in Hilo for
a week. negotiating for the purchase of
two steam launches which he desires
to add to his Pearl Harbor fleet.
Captain Haglund, one of the oldest
employees, in point of service, of the
S. n. Co., was a passenger
arriving by the Kinau yesterday.
William Kinney, the veteran farmer
of Kaumana, returned from the Coast
yesterday. One of the objects of his
visit to the mainland was to secure
treatment for his eyes.
Auditor Fisher and A. E. Douglass
arrived overland from Kawaihae on
Monday Mr.. Fisher is auditing the
books Of the deputy tax assessors. They
left for nKau yesterday.
r. T. Guard received a telegram on
from his son Thomas announc-
ing the arrival of the ship John Ena at
and all well aboard. She
made the run in 120 days
Miss Florence Carter and Miss Hart
we'll, the latter daughter of Associ-
ate Justice Hartwell, accompanied by
Alfred F. Judd and Judge Carter, spent
the Sunday at the Volcano House.
The hearing of the application of A.
w. Carter, guardian of Annie I. K.
Parker, a minor, for an order to sell
certain land, in Paauhau, was given in
chambers by Judge Parsons on Mon
day evening and continued to today.
Including the<witnesses there will be
about fifty people leave Hilo for Homo
kaa on Sunday to attend the term of
court there. The Volcano and City
Stables people are supplying accommo-
dations for those who have not their
6Mn conveyances.
Road Supervisor Norman K. Lyman,
who was appointed by the Board of
just before adjournment,
has taken hold of the road work with
a determination to make the road
go as far as possible in the
of good roads of the dis
trict. He has found many opportuni-
ties for curtailment of expense and the
waste of funds, which can
De utilized to better effect elsewhere I,
He has found it necessary to entirely |
the department stables with |
/ new coat of whitewash and applica- !
ion Of disinfectant- has put these quar- |
-ers in a sanitary condition. Several ,
useless animals now eating their heads |
off will be sold at public auction.