The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-11
At DEATHS SUDDEN CALL. .DRFIED FAR OUT 70 SEA
EDWIN AUSTIN JONES SUCCUMBS
TO PNEUMONIA.
\ Bright Citizen of Honolulu Dies at
His Country Residence-A Serious
Loss to the Community.

The community received terrible
shock yesterday when the news grad
ually spread that Edwin Austin Jones,
cashier of the Bank of Hawaii, was
dead. 1t seemed as if only the day
before he had been at his ordinary
avocation, and no premonition of the
dread event had been received. He
died of pneumonia at his country res
idence, Waikane, at midday yester-
| day.
The late Mr.. Jones had taken his
family over the Pail to enjoy a little
vacation on the Fourth of July. In
the evening he amused the children
with setting off fireworks, and as it
was damp, with slight showers. he
caught cold. and during the night had
a chill. DR.. Wood. the government
| physician, was called in last Tuesday.
but no alarm was felt until Saturday
morning. when the case became so
serious that DR.. Day was telephoned
for. Later Drs. Herbert and G. B.
| Wood were summoned. and Mr.. and
Mrs. p. c. Jones. the parents. were
called. In spite of all efforts of medi-
cal skill, Mr.. Jones breathed his last
at few minutes afternoon noon yes
! terday. There were present at the
deathbed, his wife and children. his
parents, Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. Pierre
Jones. The slight cold of Tuesday
morning developed into pleurisy and
! later into pneumonia, which carried
| the unfortunate young man off. There
are left a wife and four children. a
boy aged seven and three little girls,
and the parents and two sisters, to
mourn the loss of husband. father.
son and brother. and the swift close
of what promised to be a solid and
bright career.
The solemn procession, bearing the
body, came over the Pail last night,
and the funeral will take place, from
the home today at p. m. The Rev.
d. p. Birnie will conduct the service.
The pail bearers are George r. Car
ter, f. r. Adams, Clarence Cooke. F.
L. Lowrey, S. G. Wilder, J. A. Gilman
F. w. Macfarlane and f. O. White.
Edwin Austin Jones was born in
1868. His father, p. c. Jones, for long
occupied the principal position and a
large partnership in Brewer & Co. La
ter he established the Hawaiian Safe
Deposit Company and has recently
opened the Bank of Hawaii. He ranks
among the foremost of our business
men, and Edwin was following close
in his footsteps. His mother was a
daughter of the late f. o. Hall, the
founder of the large hardware firm
in this city, and Edwin was the eld
est child, and only son of the union
He was educated at st. Adams col
lege. Punahou. and finished his schoo
work in Boston. On his return tc
Honolulu he became bookkeeper tC
the firm of Levers g. Cooke, and ther
accompanied his father to the east
where he was i'm business for {
couple of years or so. Returning, tn,
Safe Deposit Company was started
and later the Bank of Hawaii, il
which establishment the late Mr.
Jones was cashier. In November o
1883, Mr.. Jones was married to Miss
Fuller, eldest daughter of Captain 4
Fuller. harbor master of this port b,
his first wife.
In all relations of life Mr.. Jones
won the respect and esteem of his fel
low citizens. He was prominent il
many circles, as the church, society
the healthy sports, and was ever ge
nial and kindly. In his death on
community suffers a distinct loss, TO
he had the promise of useful career
not only for himself, but for his fel
low men.