The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-04
WEEKS DO|NGS
AROUND WA|LUKU
An Accuser Accused---The News
on Liqu0r---Personal
and Obituary.

/ WAILUKU, February 2.-Meleana
trict Magistrate Mckay of Waikiki to
the grand jury on a charge of man
slaughter in connection with the death
of Fred. Reymon. She had tried to
put the killing of the victim on George
Kaonohi Auehookalani, her brother-in-
law, but his attorney, Hugh NJ. Coke,
| in examining her effectually
showed her story to be false and then
| by four witnesses for the defense Prov
ed that the accused man was at Kaupo,
some miles away. at the time of the
tragedy in the accusing woman's
house.
The woman's forefnger and thumb
were partly shot away. and the wounds
We're powder-marked, from which it
was evident she was not telling the
truth when she said that George fired
at Reymon from the doorway of the
house while she was holding Reymon
| in the yard, from which he had started
with an axe to do up George. The man
was discharged and the woman COM
mitted.
FELL DOWN RUNNING.
Joe Freitas fell unconscious from
fright, or loss of breath, while chasing
| runaway team that had got away
from him Monday evening. The horses
were drawing a delivery wagon and
ran away from lao Valley road,
through Main street, and on toward
Kahului before being stopped.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
In an editorial on the liquor question
the Maui News says:
The proposition to have the liquor
business entirely in the hands Of Amer
lean citizens would improve the evil
conditions that now exist and should
be one of the changes in the present
law. Every one knows that all classes
of Asiatics are constantly violating
many of our laws and will continue to
do so, as they do not respect our in
situations nor customs and will obey
only such laws as they are compelled
to. Visit almost any saloon outside of
" ailuku that is run by Jap or
Chinaman and you will find women and
minors hanging about the place after
night more or less under the influence
of liquor, while places licensed to
Americans are nearly all free from
this class of people.
1T should not be the purpose of the
legislature to make any discrimination
against Japanese or Chinese in the pur-
suit of trade but the betterment of the
evil conditions that have been brought
on by these people should be the pur-
pose of that body.
ssTba rrarrcifior, - x,rnxrar+ IS
suance of license to any one for a
term of two years by the presentation
of a petition signed by a majority of
the legal voters of that place is too
silly for any intelligent body to con-
slider. Any one who has intelligence
enough to keep out of the insane asy-
lum knows that any one can get a
majority of the voters to sign a petit |
ton either for or against any old thing |
and to drive out of business any class
of people by this means would be an |
injustice that would be a disgrace to |
the legislature while it would give an |
impetus to crime by encouraging il /
licit selling of liquor.
"Only few years ago liquor could |,
be bought in nearly every coffee shop |
run by an Oriental throughout the Ter
ritory and yet how few were convicted |
for the offense. It was the purpose of |
the Governor to stop this that the |
present law was enacted for. and it is |
to the credit of the Governor that his
bill did practically put an end to illicit
selling in such places,
PERSONAL.
w. s. Bartlett, accompanied by Miss
Laura Cole of Louisiana and Miss Dor
othy Will of Los Angeles, left Waikiki
for the top of Haleakala Thursday.
They expect to stay up on the top Of
the crater one night and view the sun
rise They have recently visited the
lava flows of Mauna Loa and viewed
the splendors of KiIauea and say that
words will not describe the grandeur
Of the latter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Russell arrived
N town Saturday from the Volcano
House, where they were spending their
Mr.. Russell superintendent
the building of the new mill for the
Waikiki Sugar Company and is well
and favorably known here, while Mrs.
Russell, who was formerly Mrs. Carne-
gle, was for long time the manager ,
Of the Maui hotel.
Judge A. N. Kepoikaf has heel i'll for
some days. While he is able to be up
Tor a short time each day, he is con-
fined to his room much of the time.
OBITUARY.
Elijah Meyer died Thursday morning
after an illness of nearly ten months.
While in Honolulu attending school he 8
received internal injuries that affected ,
lis health very much and he has grad )
tally gone down in health since The
immediate cause of death as given by
he attending physician was pneumo-
1ia. He was son of u. T.. Meyer and
vas an unusually large and strong
roung man. He was born in Wailuku
n 1889 and had many warm friends
lere.
Miss Rosa Dickinson died Thursday
morning OF heart failure. She had been
sufferer from this disease for a long
fn1e and her death was not unex-
'ected. She was a sister Of Principal
Henry Dickinson, Of the Lahaina Pub
lie school,
HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD. a