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MAUI BLUE BOOK
Hon. J. W. Kulun, Circuit Judge, Wttllunu
W. .1. Coelho. (Jl!rk Circuit Court. Walluku
Judge W. A. McKay Dint. MafjiHtrnte, Walluku
" Clias. Coup, " ' Malta no
' Kul-uiilulio ! ' l,iihalna
" Kiitiuknti, ' " ' Honuniila
" J. K. Hanunn, " ' Hnna
" lllmanu, " Klpahuln
" Muliot " " Molnltal
' Kahoohalanala; " ' Lanai
L. M. Hnldwin, Sheriff, ! ' Walluku
VV. E. Safforv, Deputy ShcriS Walluku
Kilirar Mnrtou " " Malinwao
C. K. Mnctsej, " ' Lahalna
f . WUIIDCk, ..' num.
H. It. llltchcoc.k " ' Mololtal
Levi Joseph " " Kipahulu
" '" , Captain Police. Wal'uku
H. Iwtonit, " " Makawao
Win. Koonu, " Lahalna
II. Z. K .lino. " ' Hana
J. H. Wilmington, ' Kalaupapa
W. T. KoblrMm',T I Assessor, walluku
J. N. K. Keola, Deputy Assessor Walluku
(TPnri? flnim. !" ' Pais
G. Dunn. ' Lnhnina
M. H. Heuter. - ' " Huua
WAILUKU
There seems to be a misapprehension in th minds of some in
Wailuku and elsewhere concerning the origin and aims of the Im
provement Association of Wailuku District, and the News hastens
to set the matter, right. True, the constitution was adopted and the
officers elected by a few men, who then called the body. of the citi
,zeus together, and laid; the matter before tnem for ratitication. This
.course was, adouted after sp,!T'fi,debate, and for the simple reason
.that it was considered desirous to give the citizens of Wailuku a clear
.understanding, at their first meetiug,o the aims ahdthe ambitions
Of the pew organization. SftmeiWho have neither read the cons'i
tutioh nor attended any of the meetings claim that it is a one-man
organization, to promote certain selfish ends. Nothing could be
more unfair or untrue, and it is the dutv of ev,erv citizen who has
any interest in the present or future of Vailuku to attend the meet
ings,, read the constitution and familiarize himself with the aims of
Jhe organization. Such investigation will conclusively pnwe the
falsity of the above rumors, and no good citizen will find any rea
son for not joining the Association.
Japan has unquestionably proved its superiority to Russia on
the sea. and in a few weeks the curtains will be swept back and
tragedy herself will stalk on the stage, when the land forces of
Japau and Russia meet iu decisive conflict. ,The prolonged winter
has so faj delayed rapid movement, and nonet save those who were
' present to experience it can form any idea of the terrible hardship
jvhich the moving armios of both nations must have undergone.
jBut adverse conditions are rapidly disappearing, and the relative
lighting ability of the Jap and Russ will spon be put to the test and
determined While the Russian sold iert are renowned h,s hard and
persistent fighters, still the general feeling is that Japan will not
be denied in the coming struggle.
fgj The delegates selected to attend the Republican National Con
vention at Chicago are a. splendid representative body of men, well
worthy of the honor bestowed u,pon their. The only cause of re
gret is that the Island of Hawaii is np represented by oncj of its
leading men. According to all accounts, however, the delegates
from Hawaii are to blame for this. tyaui and Kauai were only .too
jiviljUig to give Hawaii one delegate, and that should have satisfied
Hawaii,. , Unfortunately the delegates from Hawaii made the fatal
mistake ,of attempting to ignore their natural allies. Maui and Kauni.
jaud put their trust in the Oahu delegates, and it is to b,e,. looped
that they have learned a lesson which will be of benefit to them in
the future.
5 ,Nmv for the grand ceremonial of laying the, corner stone of
pur, new, .school building. This is a ceremony which should draw
ajl the .citizens of Wailuku District .close together in more friendly
and united bonds than have ever existed heretofore. Every citizen
of Wailyku should put his shoulder to .the wheel and help the thing
along. Governor Carter will soon, visit Maui, and it would, be well,
jf possible, to have him as au active participant in the ceremonies,
ttisuptothe Improvement Association, as our representative
civic body, to take the matter in band and conduct it to a successful
Its Post, Present and future.
, Three tilings are requisite to the
upbuilding of a flourishihu town or
city and these ore tirs a desirable
site, second', favorable surroundings,
and third, progressive citizens.
Wuiluku possesses thefirstof these
requisites in a marked degree. There
is perhaps not a more beautiful and
attractive site for a town In the
whole of ihe Islands thnu that of
Wailulf u Nestling in the foothills on
a gentle slope three hundred feet
above the level of the sea whic h; only
two miles distant, spreads out in a
marvelous panorama,and cmbovered
in a grove of trees and ehrubbery,
Wailuku receives on'y a gentle lilt of
the trade winds which sweep across
the isthmus trom Kahului to Maahtea.
For a background, grand mountains
clad in eternal verdure rise sharply
and maiesticallv to cloudlatid, unci
from a cJeit in these mountains beau tl
ful Iuo River gushes forth in an tin
ceasing streams of pure, limpid,
healthful wtiter. which has been
caught up in ireservoirs and pipes
and brought to every dooryard iu the
town. 1 1
In its surroundings Wailuku l
equally bhssed. Five flourishing
sugar planationiclustered in central
Maui, with busy Kahului as an outlet,
all claim Wai'uku- a their shireknvn,
and as lonji as they flourish, Wailuku
will grow. : ,
What Wailuku thas most lacked
heretofore has-been the third requis
ite, that of livo and Up-to-date cit
izens who would stand together for
the' nromo'lon of! the interests of
r -
their town. That era has passed
however, and .today, the citizens of
Wailuku, under the banner of the Ini
provement Association, are solidly
united and are working is one man
for our upbuilding. Ancient bus
iuess methods still prevail to some
extent in Wailuku, butittew blood is
pouring in,aud back number business
men will have to make place for new
business men with modern ideas.
Wailuku is one of the oldest moderu
towns in the Islands, having been first
a missionafcy station established in a
native village of considerable size
The Baileys and Alexanders led in.the
matter, and itheir early work bears
fruit today in the large handsome
native church, os well ns a large cl.ss
(if intelligent and well educated, Haw
aiiaiis, the children and grandchildren
of those who received their first teach
ing from the missionaries. The udvent
of tbo sugar industry really estb
lished the too here, and the growth
of Wailuku is a reflex of the grow,lh
of the sugar plantations. Shortly af te
annexation a paper was established
t
issue.
ozon handsome residences unit a
practical renovation and rebuilding of
a large part of Marnet'strfett us well
ns a fino new $25,000 sehoollviuse un
der way, and a new courthouse not
far olT. i.
At present Wailuku .contains two
cood. hotels, the "Maui" and the
'Wailuku,". two lartro general mcr
chandise and grocery bouses, Hoffman
& V.'eight and A. Enos. The Bismark
and .the Iao aro the two lending livery
stables. The First National Hani? of
Wailuku, under the management of
its energetic cashier, C. D. Lufkin
Esq., has outgrown its first home, and
a new bank building is in course of
erection. Alerander Hall and its
kinderirarden and Chinese school is
one of the jewels in the crown of Wai
luku. A long needed school building
is well under way, which will be one of
the finest in the United States when
bnished, and it will be ready for oc
cupancy at the opening ot the fall
term of school. ;
A progressive spirit, has taken hold
f the citizens of Wailuku, the result of
which has been the recent orgaiuza
tionofthe Improvurient Assoc'ation
of Wailuku District hi dy of men who
have already taken up and pushed
needed work for the town. Next
month, this Association will with fit
ting ceremonies meet and lay the cor
ner stone of our nnw schoolhouse, by
the time of which meeting the name of
every citizen of Wailuku should be on
the rolls of the Association.
And if te News were to predict to
d.iy what the growth of the next five
years will be, a'like-incredulity would
greet its statements, yet it is hard to
forbear the mention of the fact that
we will have a new, big sugar mill in
Wailuku, electric lights for the town,
a complete fire pvsterh including hose
carts, chemical' engine and engine
house, a. new courthouse and jail, a
sanatorium, and withal a number of
additional handsome residences of
those who have come to Wuiluku to
educate their children at what will
then be one of the principal high and
industrial schools of the Islands, while
leading far ud Jao Valley, and also
belting east Maui and linking Wailuku
with . Ulupalukua, Makawao, and
Hana, we will have substantial roa ls;
and there will also be a breakwater
and pier at Kahului which willcnvey
passengers and freight to commodious
wharves on deep water alongside of
which the largest steamer will lie.
Of course this may be considered
fanciful, but the present growth of
Wailuk j would have been regarded as
only fanciful, if predicted five years
ae- ...
Summarizing, Wailuku possesses
all the elements needed to promote
growth, but the principal om Of these
is the power possessed byour.citiz3ns
as a civio body, to promote its growth.
should organize an Association kin
dred to the one in existence and
throuyh it work for the sanitation
and beautifying of our little town, so
tint ns it grows it will grow in grace
and beauty as well as in lusty vigor.
F'om Cabinet to Senate.
Tim U. S. Senate Is said to be very
much of a retreat for former' mem
bers of the cabinet. There arc-no
less thuti three former Secretaries of
War. Proctor served under Harri
son twelve years ago, and he wds
succeeded by Elkins, who is now a
Senator from West Virginia. Alger
Was McKinley's first Secretary of
War. Teller was a Republican Sec
retary of the i titerior away back in
Arthur'sMiin". . Thpre are u number
of Senators who might have been cab
inet officers if they would have con
sented to it. Allison has declined the
secretaryship of Treasury at least
thro'j times from as man different
Presidents. Aldrlch declined the
sam 'position whert iMcKinley came
in. Ghauilcey M. bepew could have
been Secretary of State under Har
I ison during thP last few months of
the latter's administration after the
resignation of Blaine. Senator Hoar
has been invited into the cabinet, be
sides being invited to be Ambassador
to Great Britain. John C. Spooner
could have been Attorney General
under McKinley and McKinley also
asked him to be Secretary of the in
terior. He was asked by HarrtS6o
to be Chairman of the National Com
mittee when Harrison ran for Pres
ident the second time." Fie declined
with thanks. V.'hen Harrison asked
him again he replied vhat he wouldn't
take the place under any considera
tion. "So much money has to be col
lected for a campain now," he said;
"that if the Chairman is suscessful
he is sure to be called a boodler. If
tie loses tie is sure to be called a
chump. I am not anxious f jr either
reputation."
Eddystone Lighthouse.
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The famous Eddystone lighthouse
stands fourteen miles off the coast of
Land's End and Is perhips the most
Celebrated in the world. If has often
been used as an illustration by poets
ana preachers.for no other lighthouse
in such a lonesome or dangerous
place, and none costs so much money
and trouble. Therm are three keep
ers, who live there with their families,
and two of them are always on duty,
while the third is on main coast en
joying a vacation. They relieve one
ai. other each moith, so that none -of
the keepers remain on duty more tha n,
two months at a time. The change
and rest are said to be absolutely
necessary to preserve the nerves of
the keepers. The lighthouse is 135
feet high, was erected in 1882 at a
cost of $400,000 and rises from a sub
merged rock. The first lighthouse
was erected on this rock as long ago
as 169?, but was washed away six
years after and was not replaced for
a long time. The second was burned
d iwu in 1775; the third stood from
1767 to 1882 snd was famous in history
here, its first issue havingbeen pub-J If a steady, persistent and united ef
lished Feb. 17, 1900. With theadvent! fort is persevered in by the citizens
Balztc't lmpecunioaity.
Of Balzac it is stated thate when
ever he ws hard at work he went to
roost roost "like the fowls.'Vas be
himself put it. at 7 in the' evening
He was called at 1 in the mornirg and
wrote til! 8i then took'' anoi.her hour
ami ia half of slep; then 'alter a litrht
meal went to .wo:k agalrh- untill 4 in
the afternoon; then he took a bath,
saw a few friends, took perhaps a
short walk and immediateh after
dinner went off to bed.
'1 shall be compelled, ' he wrote,
"to lead this nigger s life for a few
mouths without stoppir.g in order not
to be swamped by those terrible bills
that are due." 1 And yet be was
always hard up for money;
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Oddities About Alphabets.
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J5 The Territory is going through a very valuable en,ij.. educative
experience in the,.matter of finapes, , Conditions which. .existed
during the former governments have passed away, and ,new. .con
ditions have,arisen that require new .. methods. The Territory is
not poor, jn fact it is rich,. pompar,ecl vith many of the States and it
is only a question of bjains ancl unselfish patriotism to readjustour
finances on a comfortable .and easy basis. The present administra
tion and legislature ar demonstrating this, and if their .example is
f ollowed.we will soon be out of our financial troubles for good and all.
SJ Governor Carter says; "It is thp sense of the Executive that
clerks, who are in receipt of regular ,. and" stated salauies. should
make every .effort to (meet, iheir proper and legal obligations;"
Hurrah for you, Keoki. But say, were you referring to Wailuku?
Because it was recently developed here, in a case of money string
eucy, with a local tradesman, that at least three government officials,
sume ui wuom were a grace aoove cierKs, owed tne man sums
ranging $50 to f 100. Hit 'em agan. Governor, if they don't whack up.
w ..- .V p m . ,
jK, ,, It was rather a cool proposition to divert the $50,000 appro
.priated for Kahului harbor to the sole use and benefit of Honolulu.
It mayhaye been wise to cut off the harbor appropriation;but it was
unwise and unjust to 6eek to divert the money to Honolulu, and the
Improvement Association did well to checkmate the move. ,In
the original loan bill appropriation, Honolulu captured about 70 per
cent as against 30 per cent for the other Islands, and it has no
right now to grab any of Maui's portion
.
j The legislature has begun and concluded its work iu a manneor
deserving of the highest praise..i The keynote of the whole session
was the pleasant an4 perfect understanding which existed between
the executive and the law making power. Each department assum
ed its full share of the responsibility, and the result proves be
yond all further question that Hawaii is capable of self government.
2 The shipping ot bananas from Maui to the mainland, which
the Neks has always confidently predicted, has become a reality,
and will prove a success ir the big steamers do not fly the black
flag and display the skull and cross bones in the matter of freight
rates. Such a policy on their part will of course kill the goose
which would. iLsivwise lay them golden eggs
of tho paper, Wailuku "found itself,"
and since then has been growing stead
ily. Had the first tissue of the paper
predicted the growth which would fol
low during the next five yeats, such
predictions would have been tteated
with amused derision, yet today as a
result of less thau five years we have
two new hotels, a bank, a drugstore
two large lirery stables, a wholesale
liquor store, Alexander Hull, half a
as an association, our growth will be
steady for some years yet. This can
and should bo dono however without
'booming" the town, something
which should be carefully avoided.
Let us ask for thoBa things only which
w;ill meet and satlfy pur rising needs,
and promote a healthy while we check
a premature growth.
In this connection, the ladies of
Wailuku have a duty to do. They
When the Portuguese first explored
Brazil they made greftt fuu of thena
tives of that country because they had
in their alphabet no f, .r or 1, a peo
ple, the invaders declared, without
re. ley or rey without, faith, law or
king. The Mohawks, again, have no
labial and vowed It'was absured when
the missionaries tried 'Id 'teach them
o pi-bnounce p and b, "for who,"said
they, "can speak with his mouth
shut?' Blackwood's Magazine.
Ancient Tribe In Panama.
Iu Panama reside the Talamancans .
a tribe of Indians ruled by a king who
have not changed-their habits since
the days of Columbus. The Talamau-
cau's hut, which is a masterpiece in
the art of thatching, is a huge affair
and shelters his entire family tend all
his worldly possessions, includfhg the
animals. As he Is a past mrfster fn
the art of domesticat'ng the wild
deer, the peccary; the tapir and even
the tiger cfat, numbers of these, ani
mals are present iu every village.
uia ueu consists oi tne trunk of a
certain" species of palm cut into
strips and supported three or four
feet from the ground on a frame. A
few earthen pots complete the furn
isihngs of his house;- -
The Composi tion of a Rocket.
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The ordinary skyrocket is made' oT
various compositions packed in tubes
rolled tightly round a cvlindrialcore!
The match by which the rocket is ex
ploded is placed in a cavity at the bot
tom. The movement of the rocket
would be irregular if it were not for
the guide stick, Which is made verjr
light, so that it does not retard the
flight Of the rocket when ' the gases
come but'aud hit the ground with all
their might and send thd'rocket up
into the air for all that it fs worth.
According to the Bris'tish program,
the navy of that country is to be made
strong enotigh tb defeat the powers of
earth. This sets a new standard.
Heretofore teach nation has sougntto
obtain a navy as strong as any other.
Hereafter the ambition will be to ob
tain a navy as strong as any two ba
tions and there is uo telling what thi
ambition will lead to. , . ,
The Minnetouka, bu'jlt at Cleveland
for seacoast trade, being louger.than
the ocks in the Welland canal,' was
drydo,cked at the head of the St. Law-
iciicu system ana cut In two. The rear
half steamed through the canal, while
i.mo rrtw 1 11-1 Unit 1
.uiivaiu uuii was towed.
As between Russia and Japan, the
people of the United States are goinff.
to try to be strletlv H&utrnl hut. n
great deal will depend upon ' which
buys the most American flour and
meat.
dime UableJlaliului 5ailroad Qoiiipany
STATIONS
Wailuku Paia
Kah ului
Walluku
Wailuku
Kahului
Kahului
Sp'ville
Sp'ville
Paia
Paia .
Sp'villn
Sp'ville
Kahului
Leave
Arrive
Leave
Arrive
Leave
Arrive
Leave
Arrive
Leave
Arrive
Le avt
Arrive
A. M.
P. M.
Pas.
a. M.
7.00
7.12
7.20
7.H2
7.35
7.47
T50
?.02
8.12
8.24
8.27
8.37
Pas.
A. M.
8.42
8.54
9.05
9.17
Feeioht
M.
9.40
9.55
10.10
10.25
10.55
11.10
11.20
11.35
Fbeioiit
A. St
1 45
12.00
Freight
v. M.
12.25
12.40
Pas.
p. M.
2.00
2.12
2.20
2 32
2.35
2.47
2.50
3.07
3.12
3.24
3.28
3.38
Pas.
p. M.
3.45
3.57
4.03
415
STATIONS
Kahului -PcuneiNe
F & P
Kahului ,
Puunene
Puunehe
Kahului
Kahului
Puunene
Puunene
Kahului
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Arrive
A.M.
F& P
A. Mf,
6.35
J.40
6.55
8.00'
8.1
8.20
8.35
P.M.
P. 51.
1.20
1.35
1.40
1.55
3.05
3.20
3.25
3.40
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