Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXI, Number 19, 7 May 1892 — Ka Hoopae Opiuma ma Maui. [ARTICLE]

Ka Hoopae Opiuma ma Maui.

I ka Poalia o ka hebcdoma i hala, ua hopu ia ma Ilonolulu nei, ho ekolu mau haolo malihini mai Maui mai, no lakou na inoa Bro\vu, Johnson a me Williama, no ka hewa hoo-

pae opiuma, aua bela ia lakou he $1000 o ka haole mua, he $500 pakahi na haole hope. Ua noho ka Aha Kiekie e hooloho i keia hlhia ma ka Poakahi iho nei, aka ua noi

ka aoao o ke aupuni o hoopau wale. Mahope koke iho, ua hopu hou ia keia poo haole malalo o ka palapala hope i hoopuka ia eka Lunakanawai Hoomalu o Wailuku no ka hewa hookomo,kuai a lawelawe opiuma. Ua hoihoi ia aku lakou i Wailuku e hookolokolo ai. Ua laulaha ae he lono, ma ka moku a keia poe haole i holo mai ai i Honolulu noi, ua poina ia he eke ili iloko o ke keena moe o kekahl o kei*poe iluna oka mokuahi a loaa ike kuene. Aia nae iloko, he mau bila kikoo dala 1 kakau inoa ia e Ah Mi no lakou ka huina he $12,000 a e ohi ia ma Honoiulu. O keia mai ke kumu hoohuoi, a hopu ia ai kela poe haole. Ha kekahi lohe hoi, aia na ike no keiā hihia opiumn, uapauikaloaa mal nel i na makai kiu o Maui, a nolaila i hoihoi la aku ia i Mani e hookolokolo al. Keolelo mai nei hoi k» makou palapal» oka U3O o Apeiila mai Maui mal, penei: ««Uapau lka hopuhopu ia ka poe nana i aihue ka opiuma a kela poe haoie e paa la i Honolulu." Ua manao waleia, ua hoolele U ka opiuma ma Maui e ka moku kuna Ocuco 9 nokeia haoie hoopae malu kaulana nona ka iooa St»wtrt