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VOLUME XX
WAILUKU, MAUI, T. II., SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1913.
NUMBER 22
ANOTHER HUSBAND KILLS
WIFE AND THEN SUICIDES
Aged Man, Said to be Demented, Slays Spouse at Ulu
palakua Horrible Sight in Bedroom- Adopted
Dauqhter Discovera Crime at Noon
Once more murder and suicide
has shocked the community, and
this time the tragedy occurred near
Ulupalakua, on Thursday last at
noon. The dead are Sam Brown
and his wife. The latter was shot
dead by her husband, who imme
diately committed suicide by shoot
ing. The man was over seventy
years of age and woman about for
ty. Brown has been regarded as
half crazy for many years past.
The couple had a small farm below
the Raymond Ranch, and had an
adopted daughter, aged twelve
years. A double barrel shot gun
was the instrument of death.
The first news of the horrible
tragedy was given by the adopted
daughter, who, after discovering
the bodies in the house, ran to a
relative's place.
From the girl's story it seems
that early on Thursday i..orning
her foster-father ordered her out of
the house and told her to keep
away all the forenoon. The girl
went-for a walk but, at noon, re
turned to the house. She saw that
the door was locked on the inside
so she climbed to a window and
looked into the bedioom. The
sight that she saw terrified her, and
she ran screaming down the road
to her uncle's house.
The uncle proceeded to the
Brown home and burst open the
door. All was quiet in the front
room and there was no sign of any
body moving. In the bedroom the
Solon
Up Offici
In future all the monthly reports
of the county officials and other
employees must be filed with the
County Clerk prior to the monthly
session of the Board of Supervisors.
There has been a general laxity in
this regard and the supervisors are
determined to stop it.
No salary warrant of any county
employee will be issued by the
County Auditor till the report of
said employee be filed.. TImssIioiuI,
the solons think, make the men
esponsible for reports, file them
on time and not get months in ar
rears as some are said to be.
The board took up the matter of
opening bids for school desks and
after some discussion it was 're
solved to accept the tender of the
Office Supply Company, which
concern offered to provide the ne
cessary furniture for 2,704.22.
Maui Hotel
9
Fine Dance
On the evening of July Fourth
there was a fine dance at the Mmii
IIoel and the affair was the most
successful ever given at the well
known hostelerj. Hundreds of
guests were present and the Hono
lulu contingent was well represent
ed. The music was excellent, the
floor was perfect and the refresh
ments that were generously donated
by Mrs. Field, wore tho very best.
vThe hotel was tho conter of activ
ity on the evening of the Fourth
, and many Honolulu people who
s Stir
scene was different and an awful
sight met the man's eyes. The
body of Mrs. Brown was lying
half on the bed and her head had
practically disappeared. Brains and
blood were scattered over the bed,
walls and floor. The woman must
have died instantly.
Alongside the bed on the floor,
was the body of Brown. He, too,
had made no mistake in destroying
himself. Mis head wrfs olown off
and his gore mingled with that of
his late wife. The room was like
a slaughter house, and the scene
sickeneA tliR uncle, who ran for
further tsistance and to notify the
police.
The Sheriff was informed of the
shooting and he called a coroner's
jury to investigate the tragedy.
The jury returned averdict of mur
der and suicide.
Brown was always considered to be
mentally unhinged and, some years
ago, he was examined and treated
for his trouble. The day before the
tragedy he is reported to have re
marked to some relatives that
someone was coming to his house
to shoot him on Thursday. The
talk was thought to be one of his
delusions, and no notice was taken
of it.
The little adopted daughter is in
a very hysterical condition, and she
is being taken care of by some
friends. It is considered fortunate
that the girl was not included in
i the horible affair.
had intended .. to return on the
Malum Kca stopped over in order
to take in the dance.
Host Field was in his clement
and his good wife was also happy
in attending to the wants of the
guests. The decorations of the
hotel were fine, and the electric
lights made the place look like
fairyland. The dunce was a fitting
wind up to the best Fourth of July
ever celebrated on Maui.
Play Ball
Tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon the second
series of the Maui baseball league
will begin, and the schedule is given
herewith. Tho series should prove
to bo as good as was tho first one,
and the fans are looking forward to
the renewing of the baseball season.
Owing to tho resignation of Louis
Soares, of tho Stars, there may bo
somewhat of a change in tho lineup
tomorrow. It is not known who
will have the big mitt, but some
one will doubtless, bo found. Tho
rest of the team will bo as usual, it
is expected. Tho schedule follows
July 131:30 p. m., Kahului vs
Lahaina. 3:30 p. in., Stars vs
Puuncno.
July 20 1:30 p. in., Puuneuovs
Lahaina. 3:30 p. in
Stars.
Kahului vs
July 27
Lanaina.
Kahului.
-1;30 p.
3:30' p. m
in
., stars vs
Puunene vs
August 3 1:30 p. in., Stars vs
Puuneno. 3:30 p. in., Kahului vs
Lahaina.
August 101:30 p.m., Kahului
vs Stars. 3:30 p. in., Lahaina vs
I'uuneno
August 171:30 p. in., Kahului
vs Puuncne. 3:30 p. in.. Stars vs
Lahaina.
Wound
Attempts
Suicide
Still another shooting affray al
though, this time, no one was
killed. It was a miracle that the
woman in the case was not mur
dered and, as it now stands, she is
in the hospital with a bullet wound
In her face. Her husband, who
did the shooting, attempted to
commit suicide, but was prevented
from doing so by some friends who
seized him in time. The chief
actors in the drama were a Japan
ese named Kitahama and his wife.
iMiey reside at Lahaina and the
shooting took place on Wednesday
last.
It appears that the couple had a
row about something, and that the
husband grabbed a revolver and
fired at his wife. She fell to the
ground and he, thinking she was
dead, then turned the gun on him
self. Some friends who witnessed
the shooting, rushed at the would-
be suicide and took the gun from
him.
The man was brought before the
court and was committed for in
vestigation by the grand jury on a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon, with intent to kill.
Popular Pair
Are Married
On July 3, the weddingof Miss
Carolyn K. Scholtz and George
Noa Weight, in the Wailuku Union
Church will long be remembered
as one of the prettiest ever seen in
Wailuku. The church was like a
garden in its beauty. Quantities
of potted plants were brought in
and placed so that all "wasja mass of
foliage and color on the pulpit
platform and about the aisles lead
ing to the front part of the church.
Misses Louise Hart, Belle Weight
and Irene Boyd did the work of
preparing the church for the wed
ding. The wedding party was delayed
a little by an automobile accident,
but a few minutes after eight Miss
Mary E. Hoffmann, played Lohen
grin's Wedding March. Mr. Weight
and Jamee R. Love, the best man,
together with Rev. R. B. Dodge,
the minister of the church, entered
from the General Armstrong Sun
day school room, while up the cen
ter aisle the bridal procession
inarched, led by the flower girls,
Annie and Henrietta Hart. They
were most picturesque, and carried
out their part very well. Miss, Leilani
Weight, the bridesmaid, who was
as pretty as a picture, followed, and
then the bride leaning on the arm
of William Scholtz, her brother,
who gave her away. Daniel Weight,
brother of the groom, and Herman
Scholtz, brother of the bride, were
the ushers. The double ring cere
mony was used, and the minister
read the ancient form of the mar
riage covenant, which was most
impressive.
The wedding reception took
place at the beautiful residence of
Mrs. A. Noa Kepoikai, an aunt of
the groom, immediately after the
ceremony. The house was ex
quisite decorated for the occasion.
The receiving party stood in the
large parlor in front of a mass of
green sprinkled with white daisies.
Lillies, caladiums, shasta daisies,
and ferns constituted the elaborate
decorations for the evening. In
the dinning joom were the presents,
which were numerous and of great
value. The silver and cut glass
were in abundance. Sets of china,
and an unusually attractive koa
suite that arrived the day after the
wedding, were among the gifts lav
ished upon the popular young
couple.
Maui Jrs.
Defeat P AC.
Honolulu Juniors Not Quite Strong
Enough Maxwell Makes
Home Run.
On Saturday afternoon last there
was a game of baseball played be
tween the 1'. A, C, Jrs., of Hono
lulu, and tho All-Maili, Jrs. The
go ended in a well-earned victory
for the local nine, which defeated
tho visitors by a score of 5 to 4.
The sensational feature of tho day
was tho homo run that Maxwell, of
Maui, walloped out in tho third in
ning of the Maui lads. Unfortun
ately there was no one on bases at
the time that tho big hit was made,
and tho fast runner could -only
make tho one notch for his team.
The scoring started in tho first
inning, when tho I A. C got two
men, Kiguora and Neves, home.
That looked good for the visitors
and when, in the second, they
scored through tho agency of Kaapa,
tho Maui root'is looked glum. The
Mauians, however, bucked up in the
third and Maxwell clouted out tho
home run that made I ho score
stand at 3 t(. 1 .
There was no scoring by either
side in the fourth or fifth bat, in
the sixth the Maui lads came into
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Kihei Wharf
Soon Real
Within five weeks from the pres
ent time ships' boats will be able
to land passengers and freight at
the new Kihei wharf. The landing,
according to Hugh Howell, who
has the work in hand, should be
ready for the regular traffic within
the time mentioned .
The long concrete piles that have
been "setting" for some weeks
past, were raised on Thursday last,
and the first one was driven into
Hie bed of the ocean. The work
will go ahead rapidly now and
there should be no delays, says
Mr. Howell.
The Kihei wharf project has
been before the public for a long
time and, toward the finish, it
seemed as if the matter was a joke.
However, the wharf will soon be
ready now, and the passengers who
used to shy at McGregor's will be
able to come ashore in comfort and
safety at Kihei.
Breakwater
Job Is Pau
v
On July 3, the last lot of rock
was dumped at the extension of the
Kahului breakwater. The job of
extending the big dyke an extra
eighty-five feet was completed, and
Superintendent W. W. Walsh rais
ed a flag on the head of the derrick
in commemoration of the event.
The extension of the breakwater
was rendered imperative owing to
the fact that the long ocean swells
used to swing around the end of
the shorter job. It was seen that
the extra eighty-five feet would do
an immense amount of good and
the work was proceeded with.
Kahului Harbor will be a fine
one when another spur breakwater
is constructed from the Wailuku
side of the bay. It is mooted that
such a breakwater is to be con
structed, and there is not much
doubt that it will be so ordained.
dv
FINANCIA
SD IAD
Rumored That Wages are Being Reduced on Hawaii
Jail Recommended and More Flogging for
Degenerates Filipinos Executed.
(Special Correspondence )
HONOLULU, July 11. It is said
that the neighborhood of Fort Shat
ter was in every respect a newly
discovered mining region with a
half hundred men trying to locate
the loot of tho Filipino murderers
on Monday morning, after the pub
lication of a report that tho men
had buried nineteen hundred dol
lars opposite where tho murder was
committed. In conversation with a
territorial official, assurance was
given that no 0111; need lose any
sleep over the report as the men
did not, in all probability, bury the
money for the reason that with tho
same amount of probability they
never had it.
Finances here are not as bad as
one might suppose from the fact
that dividends have dropped to
almost nothing. One banker re
marked this morning that the loss
in eommecial accounts had not
totalled what was expected; whore
several hundred thousand dollars
rogressini
Out at Kakipi Gulch there is
quite a village now-a-days, and
among tho camp buihiings is to bo
seen a coffee shop and restaurant.
The men employed on tlo job are
comfortably housed and tho work is
going ahead rapidly.
The Fast side of the gulch and
the bridge work is completed or
very nearly so. The present work
is being done on the West side,
where the grade is 0110 of tho worst
on the whole Belt road. When this
relocation is completed, tho "around
the island" road will be much im
proved. Contractor Hugh .Howell has a
large force of men at work on the
Kakipi and other jobs He is kept
busy hustling around from place to
place on Maui, to say nothing of
Molokai.
No Interes
hown
"There have been many fine
meetings of the Maui Chamber of
Commerce, and much work, of
vital importance, has been accom
plished at those meetings," said
President Prank F. Baldwin at the
meeting of the chamber on Thurs
day last- "But," continued the
president, "the Inst couple'of meet
ings have been almost farces. The
attendance has been poor, and
most of those members who did at
tend, came along some time after
the meetings had been called to
order. If meetings are called for
a certain hour the members should
be on hand 011 time. The secretary
always sends out notices, and
everybody is aware that the meet
ings should start 011 time. I think
it might be better to call off the
monthly meetings and have quar
terly ones iustned. Should there
be any important matters to attend
to, then a meeting could be called
between times."
Mr. Baldwin's statement was re
Road
ork
Heat
P
L CONDITION NOT
AS PEOPLE FEARED
was believed to be the amount less
than for tho same period last year,
seventy thousand dollars covers tho
decrease and there is no loss, report
ed in savings f nd accounts. Six
months hence, this cashier remark
ed, tho difference will be greater
though it should not bo much. In
tho number of accounts there has
been no perceptible falling off for
tho army officers who come here
for the first time, and the tourists,
all want to have .'an opon account
from which they may check, and
while the balances are not always
large they represont just so much
money which tho banks are glad to
get. Without the military the re
duction in bank balances would be
far greater.
IIBDUCTIONS.
It is noted that concurrent with
the publication of the high wage
scal for laborers on Hawaii, comes
the information from that island of
Continued on page 3.
cognized to be correct by those
members who waited around for
half an hour or so last Thursday
to begin. Business men have 110
time to waste in such a fashion
and, when the meeting did come
to order, there was nothing of im
portance to discuss. Generally,
when twenty or so members attend
the meetings, there are some inter
esting matters brought forward by
some one or another. Lately, the
meetings have been very dull .Some
members only seem to attend when
there is something that they are
vitally interested in, coming up.
The sense of the meeting was
that the regular monthly meeting
be called in August and that at
that gathering the question of
whether the monthly meetings be
dropped or carried on, be settled.
ounty in
Good Shape
Supervisor Ilennirg has just re
turned from a tour of the County
that is excepting Molokai. He re
ports that tho work that will have
to bo done in tho next half year can
easily bo accomplished with the
funds available. Mr. Henning, as
chairman of the finance committee,
is in full touch with the situation,
and he is pleased with tho way
money has been expended on vari
ous roads and other county improve
ments. Thu'inacadainized road in
to Lahaina is finished, and no fur
ther extension will bo made for at
least two months. The road from
Kauuakakai to Kamalq, on Molo
kai, will soon bo finished and most
of the efforts of tho road builders
will then bo devoted to the Maka
wao district.
Ovor at Hana Supervisor Hen
ning found things running along
well. The road money is being
spent wisoly and, as soon as a sur
vey can bo made, some other im
provements and grading will be
done.
At the meeting of tho board of
supervisors hold on Thursday last,
Mr. Henning told of his trip and
tho knowledge gained while on the
rounds of tho county.
