The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-26
DANGEROUS
CHARACTERS
Porto Rican Criminals
Sentenced-.Maui
Budget.

MAUI, March 23.-The trial jury of
the Second Circuit Court began work
on Monday at the Waikiki court
house. Three Porto Ricans and two
Chinese have been the defendants in
the five cases tried by the jury to
date.
mond RHO. was found guilty of as
saulting a Kihei police officer with a
dangerous weapon and was sentenced
to one years imprisonment.
On Tuesday the jury found another
Porto Rican, Louis Rosario, guilty of
assaulting a fellow countryman in lao
Valley with a pick-ax and his punish
ment was three years in prison.
On Wednesday a Porto Rican was
the defendant in child-stealing case,
the child being a Wailuku Porto Rican
girl under fourteen years of age. Up
on being found guilty. Judge Kepoikai
decided that six months in Jail should
be his sentence.
On Thursday a Waikiki Chinese,
Chong Kui, was found guilty of burg
larry in the first degree but he has not
as yet been sentenced.
Another Chinese is now being tried
on the charge of adultery. There are
eleven more criminal cases, appeals
from district courts, still on the calen-
dar and a number of civil cases. So
it is probable that the jury will be en-
gagged during the greater part of next
week.
POLICE INVESTIGATION.
The grandjury was dischargedlast Sat
urday. Besides reporting eight or nine
true bills it recommended that the en-
tire police force of Molokai be thor
oughly investigated by Sheriff Saffery.
In accordance with this recommended
ton the sheriff will depart for Molo-
kai Immediately after the close of this
term of court. w. S. Fleming, repre-
senting the attorney general is the
only Honolulu lawyer in Waikiki.
OBITUARY.
On February 25, Benjamin K. Kai-
wiaea, one of the most prominent citi-'
poisoning after a long illness. Mr..
Kaiwiaea was born in Kipahulu some
AZ years ago. He was educated at
Lahainaluna Seminary, where he grad
uated as one of the leading members
of the class of 81. For the past 25
years he has been school teacher at
Hama, for the most of the time prin-
cipal of the Hama government school
though recently he had been principal
of the neighboring school at Hamoa.
He was man of fine personal appear
ance, of good habits, and was leader
in the social, religious and political
affairs of the community in which he
lived. He leaves a wife, a son and
daughter to mourn him.
NEW SOCIAL CLUB.
Saturday evening 50 young people of
Makawao and Puunene attended the
first meeting of the new social club
held in the second story of the Pala
sugar mill. A committee consisting
of Misses Heusner, Cunningham and
Irene Crook, Messrs. D. G. Lindsay
and w. o. Aiken was selected to form
ulate bylaws and to make other ar
rangements necessary for such an or
ganization After the transaction of
BUSINESS, ddhcills 10 the llIe iHuSlC VI
the Paia string band was kept up till
midnight Picnics, riding parties and
other amusements, as well as dancing,
are to be included in the clubs pro-
gram.
EVANGELICALS MEET.
Last Saturday afternoon between so
and IS prominent members of Hawai-
ian churches of west and central Maui
and of Molokai took the steamer Clau-
dine at KahuIui for Hama. They were
delegates to the semi-annual meeting
of the Hawaiian Evangelical Associa-
ton of the Maui and Molokai churches
| to be held this time at Kipahulu.
The meeting of the association be-
gan on Sunday and extended until
Wednesday or Thursday. The bust
ness transacted was the formulation
| of plans for church and Sunday school
work in the county. Among the dele
| gates were D. Fl. Kahaulelio of Molo-
kai, Rev. S. Kapu of Lahaina, Rev.
| John Kalino of Paia. Robert Nawahi-
| ne of Waihee and NJ. P. Waiwaiole of
| Waikiki. Rev and Mrs. o. H. Gu
| lick, who arrived Saturday morning
from Hawaii, also departed for the
| Kipahulu convention.
PROMOTING AGRICULTURE.
During the past week for the pur-
pose of encouraging agricultural work
| in certain Maui schools, Inspector H
| M. Wells has been distributing choice
seeds, from Burpee and other we'll
known seed dealers. and fertilizers
from the u. s. Experiment Station
The fertilizers We're sulphate of ammo
MIA, sulphate of potash. dried blood
and mixed fertilizer.
| NOTES.
| DR.. G. A. McDonagh and ]. A. Me
| Donagh of Canada viewed the wonder,