The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-26

Pleasant Evening Spent
-.-Some Bad Porto
Ricans.

MAUI. February 23.-The February
meeting of the Makawao Literary So
ciety took place at Maunaolu Seminary,
Paia, the evening of the 10th. There
was a large attendance OF people from
the villages round about and the fol-
lowing program, entitled "A Colonial
Evening" afforded much pleasure:
Chorus. .. Seminary Girls
Trio. -. Mesdames Hair and Nicon and
Miss Steele.
Piano Solo,. MISS ShefneId
Vocal Solo. w. Baldwin
Duet. .. Mrs. Randall Won Tempsky and
Rev. Mr.. Bazata.
Vocal Solo. Rev. Mr.. Ault
Vocal Solo. Mrs. r. Won Tempsky
The last number of the entertain
ment was a minuet most gracefully
danced by Misses MCGOWAN, Leigh,
Sheffield and Irene Crook, and Messrs.
Dowdle, Fleming, Reed and Peck.
The costumes of we olden time
We're exceedingly becoming to both
maidens and men. Mrs. Won Tempsky
as the pianist was also in colonial
dress and a chorus of Seminary girls
sang the minuet music. In the trio,
Miss Steele was dressed as Priscilla
and Mesdames Hair and Nfco1 as colo
NAL DANES. The whole program ex-
cited unusual interest and comment.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
During Sunday, the 18th, a number
of Hawaiian churches held a Sunday
school convention at Pulehuiki, Kula,
in the new Mormon church recently
erected there. The edifice, which is
now all complete excepting windows
for tower and painting, is quite fine
church, much larger than the old
building. 1t has cost so far about
s1400
Sunday school representatives from
the congregational churches of Paia,
Keanae, Nahiku HUI
elo, Honopo Kanaio and Keokea, from
the Mormon church of Peahi and the |
Christian Science church at Pauwela |
we're present, all bringing contribu- |
ions amounting to $21420, to assist in |
the new Mormon chapel at |
oulehuiki.
On April Sth, the Keokea (Ku1a) |
hurch will be the scene of another
imilar convention at which funds will
e raised to repair the old-time adobe
hurch building still standing there.
PORTO RICAN DUEL
On the goth, at the Makawao court,
'edro Castro, a Porto Rican laborer of !
was sentenced to fourd/
lonths' Imprisonment in the countyf
all on his plea of guilty of the crime
f assault and battery, the charge of
ssault with a dangerous weapon hav-
lg been withdrawn.
1t seems that on the 18th a sort of
uel took place in scheduled part of
lie Japanese camp at Hamakuapoko.
was between two Pedros, fellow
ountrymen-Pedro Castro and Pedro
vini-and all on account of a woman.
Avini invited Castro to go with him
the upper camp to discuss the mat
r and the outcome was desperate
sht in which the weapons used were
4 Il. x. L." pocketknife and a
e with a sharpened point. Later ,
astro voluntarily gave himself up to
lie police, stating that he had injured
VIM with a knife. The latter was I
riously wounded by an ugly cash Y
OWN his cheek reaching to the neck. ,
e mas been an inmate of the Paia
)spital since the battle.
&1iiotAiei I1aiIdhudpoho Tofto flIcdH
as recently arrested, charged with c
aking threats to set fire to the cane
elds.
People who have visited Porto Rico
ate that the laborers imported here {
ON that island are of the most dis /
'lute class of city deniZenS and that | {
lie bona f1de Porto Rican plantation i
orkmen are much superior Il
NOTES II
The new Kahului bank will begin | {
1siness sometime between April Is |
nd May /. Most of the shares have |
cen subscribed for and the furniture I
II the establishment has already ar I
we'd.
DIR. F. e. Sawyer of the Queens J
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