The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-27

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MAUI, March 23.-The trial jury Of
the Second Circuit Court began work
on Monday at the Wailuku court
house. Three Porto Ricans and two
Chinese have been the defendants In
the FIVE cases tried by the jury to
date.
on Monday, a Porto Rican, Ray
mond RHO. was found guilty OF as
;saulting a Kihei police officer with
dangerous weapon and was sentenced
TO one years Imprisonment.
On Tuesday the jury found another
Porto Rican, Louis Rosario, guilty OF
assaulting 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 a 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 Wailuku 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
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eleven more criminal cases, appeals
from district courts, still on the calen-
.dar and a number of civil cases. SO
1t is probable that the jury will be en-
gagged during the greater part of next
week.
POLICE INVESTIGATION.
The grandjury was sdischargedlastS Sat
urday. Besides reporting eight or nine
true bills II recommended that the en-
tire police force of Molokai be thor
-oughly investigated by Sheriff Saffery.
In accordance with this recommended
tion 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 Wailuku.
OBITUARY.
On February %, Benjamin K. Kali
wiaea, one of the most prominent citi-
zen of Hama district, died of blood
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 a 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 a 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 a
daughter to mourn him.
NEW SOCIAL CLUB.
Saturday evening so young people of
Makawao and Puunene attended the
first meeting of the new social club
held in the second story of the Paia
sugar mill. A committee consisting
of Misses Heusner, Cunningham and
Irene Crook, Messrs d. C. 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, dancing to the fine music of
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 rs prominent members of Hawai-
ian churches of west and central Maui
and of Molokai took the steamer Clau-
dine at Kahului 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-
Sunday pytanda6 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. H Kahaulelio of Molo-
kai, Rev. S. Kapu of Lahaina, Rev.
John Kalino of Paia, Robert Nawahi-
ne of Waihee and NJ. P. Waiwaiole of
Wailuku. 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.
NJ. 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 were sulphate of ammo
mia, sulphate of potash, dried blood,
and mixed fertilizer.
NOTES.
DR. G. A. McDonagh and ]. A. Nc
Donagh of Canada viewed the wonder
full crater of Haleakala on Monday and
on Tuesday admired the beauties OF
lao Valley. Tuesday evening they
took the steamer for Honolulu.
Miss Genievievs Rix OF San Francis
co, who is the guest of her cousin,
Mrs, F. f. Baldwin OF Spreckelsville,
was a member of the crater party of
Monday.
On Tuesday another party consisting
of Mrs. c. h. Wells of Wailuku Miss
Tisdae, the guest of Mrs. Wells, and
two other ladies' made the ascent OF
Haleakala, returning Wednesday
afternoon TO Wailuku.
Mrs Fisk OF Berkeley Is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. c. c. White OF Haiku.
Kahulu IL still looking upward.
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