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MAUI NEWS. If you wish Prosperity Advertise in the News VOLUME xv WAILUKU, MAUI, H. T., SATURDAY, APRIL 2-, 1908 NUMBER 10 What is Best for Maui Is Best for'the News W. F. Pogue Recommended Delegates meet and Choose Candidate. Senator S. E. Kalama who is Republican campaign manager for Maui and Molokai has made the following plan and the same was carriod out for selecting a successor to Supervisor T. M. Church. Last week the executive committees of three of the four Republican pre cinct clubs of Makawao district, Hamakuapoko,- Makawao, Huelo, and Ulupalakua held meetings and chose delegates to a convention which was held at Paia at 10:30 a. m., Tuesday, the 21st., the appor tionment being based upon the last vote cast for Mr. Church, one dele gate for every 30 votes or fraction thereof over half. The choice of this convention was to be submitted to the Republican exective com mittee of the island which after action thereupon at a meeting held on the 22nd made a recommen dation to Governor Frear who has the power to fill the vacancy. This plan waB carried out and W. F. Pogue was the unanimous choice of the convention. On Saturday afternoon, the 18th the first polo game of the season was played by the Makawao club at Sunnyside, Paia. The game set for last Saturday was postponed as the grounds wero not in condi tion. It is stated that the 1908 crop of the Maui Agricultural Co. will ex ceed the estimate of 21 ,000 tons of sugar. It is possible that 23,000 will be tke number reached. At the next meeting of the Ma kawao Literary Society which will bo held Friday evening, the 24th, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Murdock of Paia the old but most popular farce, "Box and Box," will bo given. Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Baldwin and two children of Honolulu are at "Maluhia, Makawao. On' Tuesday by die steamer Nebraskan Mrs. T. M. Church of Paia with her three children de parted for the Coast. Lorrin K. Smith, son of Hon. W. a. Smith of Honolulu, will try plantation life at Hamakuapoko for a year or more. V. Foster is the new bookkeeper at Paia Store vice F. P. Rosecrans who is now manager. S. It. Dowdlc of Kula is doing some carving of railings for the now Wailuku court house. The friends of Leong Hong, the former Kula Storekeeper, stato that THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WAILUKU Chas. M. Cooke, President V. T. Robinsor., Vice-President C. D. Lufkin, Cashier R. A. Wadsworth, Director D. II. Case, Director SIXTH ANNUAL at the close of business, RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $138,280.45 United States Bonds 16,500.00 Premium on U. S. Bonds 450.00 Other Bonds (quickly convert) 42,850.00 Cash and Due from Banks 43,280.15 Banking House, Furniture.etc 7,050.00 Due from U. S. Treasury 825.00 $i49.a35.6o 1 TERRITORY OP HAWAII. ) ce COUNTY OP MAUI, j I, D. H. Case, 2nd, Vice-president of the nbove named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true tp the best of my knowledge and belief. j D. II. CASE, 2nd Vice-President. (Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of January, 190S. k J. GARCIA, Notary Public Sec. Jud. Circuit. Ball Season i 0pens Four Teams Enter League Will Play 30 Games. The baseball enthusiasts met at the court house Tuesday evening and adopted a schedule for the sea son.. Two games will bo played each Sunday when possible, the first at 1 :30 p. in. and the second at 3 p. in. The interest shown in the games is such that a successful season is assured. The report of the schedule com mittee which was adopted without alteration was as. follows: May 10. Hdalani vs Kahului. Stars' vs Waikapu. May 17. Kahului vs Sfars. Ilealani vs Wailcapu. May 21. Waikajiu vs Kahului. Healani vs Stars. May 31. Stars vs Waikapu. Knhultti vs Ilealani. June 7. Ilealani vs Waikapu. . Stajs vs Kahului. June 14. Ilealani vs StaV Waikapu vs Kidnuui. June 21. Ilealani vs Kahului. Stars vs Wfrtkapu. June 2S. Waikapu vsllealani. Kahului vs Stars. July 5. Healani vs Stop. Waikapu vsjvahului. July 12. Stars .ys WalkiipuT' Kahului vs Ilealani. July 1!). Kahuftn vs Stars. Waikapu vs Ilealani. July 2G. Healani vs Stars. W-aikapu vs Kajihlui. Aug. 2. Stars vs Waikapu. Kaliului vs Healani. Aug. 9. Waikapu vs Kahului. Healani vs Stars. -Aug. 10 Healani vs Waikapu. Stars vs. Kahului. Respectfully submitted, GEO. N. WEIGHT, L. M. BALDWIN, ' CI IAS. WILCOX, Committee. he and family will reside at Canton and that ho took away a snug for tune of $20,000. Pretty good for a country storekeeper. Twenty-five Guinea fowl have been recently set looso at Ohnda and are running all over the moun tain side. At Puunene tliesc fowl did not increase. j Acacia trees are blooming throughout the Kula section and the pastures aro green and corn and potatoes aro thriving. Corn, watermelons and other plants are also growing well on the Makawao farms. April showers have been quite frequent in Makawao recently. STATEMENT December 31, 1907 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 35,000.00 Surplus and Profits 20,821.29 Circulation 16,500.00 Due to Banks 14,346.16 Dividends Unpaid 1 ,400.00 Deposits . 161,168.15 249.335.6o Boiler Tubes Explode Accident to Boilers Tied Up Rapid Transit. HONOLULU, April 20. Hono lulu was yesterday given an oppor tunity to appreciate thd good service of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Com pany such as it has never experienc ed before. Two seemingly unavoid able accidents at the power house, one in the morning and one in the evening paralyzed the system for several hours and made people walk to and from church or seek hacks and automobiles; and in this ad ditional energy of walking or the additional expense of hiring rigs they were enabled to appreciate what the cars of the Rapid Transit system mean to them. At 9:15 o'clock in the morning a lower tube in boiler No. 1 in the Rapid Transit power house, Alapai street, burst and that boiler was put out of commission. -Fortunately nobody was hurt in the morning except that one of the firemen was slightly scalded about the hands and arms. Less than ten hours elapsed when a similar accident occurred and two men were hurt. Nothing could have been a great er surprise than the bursting of the lower tube in No. 1. It was only a few days ago that the boiler was cleaned and everything that is re quired to be done by ordinary regu lations in the conduct of boilers had been done, and more. All the chief engineer can say in this connection is that there may have been a case of crystallization in the tube which 'caused the trouble, crystallization through vibration, or otherwise; there is no means of arriving definitely at the cause, the unfortunate occurrence being one of those inexplicable events which occasionally take place in spite of the best regulated obser vation. Of course the morning accident affected the Easter Sunday morning church crowd and, as luck would have it, the second accident, came in the evening just about the time when it was up to the cars to handle the home-returning church crowds. But it must bo said for the manage ment of the Rapid Transit that could be done was done to alleviate the inconvenience occasioned the public by those remarkable ac cidents. . . Announcements were made in all the churches to the effect that the car system had been seriously affect ed by an accident and people were advised how to connect with those cars which wero running. Manager C. G. Bivllentyno and President E. Tenney Peck whisked about in an automobile, as fast as the law would permit, notifying cars to go to the barn or continue as tho case might bo, and leaving notices at the churches and, this being by no means the least of their consideration, personally calling on the bravo men who wero injured in the accident of the evening. It was about G:80 in tho evening when a lower lube in No. 2 boiler burst and the engine room of tho power house was for a few moments filled witli steam. First Assistant Engineer Frank Boycs, a faithful and trusted em ploye and a man of ready resource, realized in a Hash what might happ en if the' fuel-oil feeding apparatus was allowed to run after tho escap ing steam had extinguished the llame. Ho realized that there was Opium Dealer Goes Free Attorney gels Lum Sing off on Technicality. Monday was set as the day on which Lum Sing was to bo tried on a charge selling opium without the formally of a physicians prescription. The case was not an unusual one in any way except as to the number of tins of opium which iithis case numbered ninety and represented about seven hundred dollars in value. The complaint charged the defen dant with selling opium to Ah Wa while the complaining witness testi fied his name was Ah Wai. Attorney J. L. Coke represented the defendent and of course took advantage of the er,ror and succeed ed in getting the defendant dis charged and permission to remove tnc opium. As the authorities were particul arly anxious to hold the opium or at least know where it was taken the Sheriff Saffery went out to Ihe hack where the opium was placed. Attorney Coke invited the Sheriff to take a ride with him and the two and the opium wero start ed to the residence of the owner of the opium. On reaching the place the hack was stopped and the Sheriff, apparently thinking that the opium was to bo delivered there got out and went into the house. As they did this the hack was driven around tho block while a frantic police officer ran with all his might after the hack but as he is an unusually fat man and never noted for sprinting ho soon fell by the wayside exhausted by his un usual efforts. It is said that the opium was not taken out of tho hack 'during the trip but returned to Market street and on the return of the hack two police officers asked where the opium was. Mr. Coke replied in tliesc boxes pointing to the boxes in the hack. The officers did not believe he meant what he said and went away look ing for the opium. The opium was taken out right under tho noses of the police and much of it is now probably gone up in smoke. The Chinaman is again under arrest and his trial will come up next week but it is dollars to dough, nuts that the opium will never be found. the possibility of the running oil geiferating gas in the chamber of supply and being ignited by the ljeat of the boilers, thus possibly re sulting in an explosion that might greatly injure property and might mean several lives. Without a moment's hesitation he waded through the boiling water and scalding steam that was flood ing the cement floor and filling the engine room and, reaching the oil regulator, turned off the flow, sus taining very painful though not necessarily serious scalds on his feet, ankles, legs, hands and arms. I'ireman J. Brockman was the first to suffer in the evening's acci dent, ho happened to be directly in the course of tho spouting steam when tho lower tube in No. 2 burst, and he got it fairly in the small of tho back, tho flesh being badly scalded. The various churches of Wniluku were crowded to their utmost at the Easter service Sund.iy. At the Episcopal Church many of the boys who regularly attend that church had to leave as there was neither .seats nor standing room in the building. GROVER CLEVELAND IS VERY ILL. Dreier Gives $10,000 to Sisters' School.-Trans-Pacific Yacht Race is Doubtful. Tor nado Claims Many Victims. - (SPECIAL TO THE MAUI NEWS.) Sugar 9G deg. test 4.42. Beets lis 9d.' HONOLULU, April 21. The following have been named as chair man of the fleet committee for tho other islands, Hawaii, Holstein, Maui Kcpoikai, Kauai Augusta Knudsen. August Drier has given the Sisters School here 10,000. No entries have been made on the Coast for the Trans-Pacific race. It may not take place. Good progress is being made in the Nuuanu dam. The contractor is keeping ahead. ST. PETERSBURG, April 24. General Lanovitch is dead. MANILLA, April 21. Two bandits have been captured and hang ed. The public was excluded from the execution. BANCROFT, April 24. The tornado which swept across the west ern countries yesterday killed three peoplo and injured a number of others. PARIS, Texas, April 24. The tornado of yesterday killed one and imjured many others. SIMLA, April 24. British troops are being mobilized for an inir mediate attack on Afghan tribesmen. LAKE WOOD, April 24, The condition of Ex-President Cleveland is worse. ' ' ALBANY, April 24. The Governor has called an extra session Jo convene May 11. ' ' SKIDOO, Cal. April 24. Joo Simpson has heed lynched for the murder of James Anold. HONOLULU, April 23. Annie Piggott, the queen of the mainland pickpockets, sailed for the coast yesterday. Boys from the leper settlement are expected here Sunday. HONOLULU, April 23. The passage of the Alameda was. reduced to G5 one way and 110 for round trip. The Toyo Kaisen Kaisha in time may withdraw from tho Hawaiian trade. Harry T. Mills is in jail on account of his failure to pay a fine of 10 imposed by Judge Andrade. WASHINGTON, April 23. The House defeated tho bill allowing individuals or corporations to contribute toward paying transportation of . immigrants. , SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 W. G. Smith was suspended from Stanford on account of editorial comment on student affair committee in the Sequoia. A Iwmb exploded under the residence of ex-Supervisor Gallagher and a witness in tho graft cases. WASHINGTON, April 23. Roosevelt has announced ho will veto the naval appropriation bill unless provision is made for two battleships. ANNAPOLIS, April 2:5. Harvard defeated Annanolis in the maht oared race yesterday. HILO, April 22. The home of totally destroyed by fire yesterday. A were in the house. She saved the get the baby who was upstairs and were lounii in the ruins today. The burial will take place today. Tho building belonged to the Foreign church. HONOLULU, April 22. Land rentals of the Laupahoehoo Sugar Company wero raised 000. ' The Surgeon of tho Alameda denies neglect of Mrs. Cassabeer. Two men on the Iroquois were injured by blowing out of boiler tubes. Kihei stockholders will be paid $10 per share.. The property is sold, Ralph S. Ilosmcr left for Washington today. WASHINGTON, April 22. The bill repealing the Act regarding Philippine shipping and allowing the use of foreign bottoms in coastwiso trade has passed. The employers liability law has been signed by the President. The amendment to the bill for a new navy provides for an appro, priation of $5,000,000 for the immediate begining of work. POUGIIKEPSIE, April 22. Harry Thaw was granted a writ of habeas corpus. ' LONDON, April 22 Campbell Banncnnan is dead. GUATEMALA CITY, April 22. Fivo cadets, guard of honor at the reception of tho American Minister, fired a valley wounding President Cabrera and others. They were summarily executed. HONOLULU, April 22. The Supreme Court decides Counties may not issue bonds. J. B. Castle has bought out Brunsrs coffee and canning business on Hawaii. ' Tho death of Mrs. Cassabeer a passenger who arrived on tho Alameda isundcr investigation. Friends claim she was ill and neglect ed on tho steamer. Fairchild is to bo given a reasonable time to decido in tho matter of tho Kapaa land. WASHINGTON, April 22.-U. S. warships are to bo sent to Yene the Reverend Curtis Shields was Japanese woman andthreoehildi two eldest but found it impossible to it was burned to death! The remains