The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-27
DEATH IN
A BLAST
Luna John SoeteS Head
Blown Off,
LATEST NEWS OF HAWAII
HooIuIu Park Beautifed and Pre-
pared for Race Meet on
New Years Day.


,rro Hawaii Nov 22-Tbe Herald
49,. ,..... ,,,,,,,.r,,i,i,cs
says o"e oi '"e '''
of the olaa sugar company II '"e ''''
struction of the nume from Kaumana
Go oio, In the work n number of
-, ,,, ,,,,,oh hias,ir,
h'e' 81 -,
is done In order 10 op'ai" "oiu'"3
ground for the flume frafne"ork'
Iobn Soetes. n luna under Mr. Han
o,,o.,,, 81 tho blasting on
ieo'ie Is nav ~'''' .
Tuesday 'he "ork was p'os '.5'..., 'S',''s -
isfactorlly uhtil II pecaii'e =,
spiehh " p'' " -
quantity ol po"uei WIN
was inserted put the ci'aise Ial'eu
explode hariepe's anu "oe''es -,
to the place ana the latter W''nule"
the Iuse anu iiisei 'eu a L'"
tose'her .iie men - .,ana
n.os ,,,, eirn NJ the fuse burning
v,,,a, twonty foot AWAY Soetes re-
,,,or,,oa ,bo+ tho thing would not burn
ond hotb stonned for n moment. Soetes
,,a, ro,+ oyer IN tbe blast and lust
-, ho stoonod ovar tho explosion took
,,oce u,nneberp threw himself on
N. ,round and Soetes shot up into the
,ir b,s hodv turning like n cart wheel
y,to, 1J,rpahorc racovered from the
-, \, Won 60 u,bore Soetes had fall
-. , ,o,,5 not one-ba1f of his
-, -, o,o ,rr, had heen blown off
~, ,,,o,a ,,,,t 20 town ot onca and
Iat, -. o,,, ona roode an ex
.i.to,, -, t,o hod,, tho resuIt or
ii. NOS, ranortoa 70 tho sheriff De-
,,o,.oa ,,,s former,v a hootswain on
g. ,ou,, Ir,,,ord IJo come from Ant
-, "a ,,,os about 90 vears of ape
~ sohar o,d inauetrious man
,a ,,oI,oh1o assistant to Mr. Han
raher,
,rha rar,,irs ,rera hrouch, 10 EJno
,r,,aaao,, ,,i,rrt ord token to Lacking
800 ,,raorto,,ing rooms from which
,,aoo tho,, ,,,aro buried yesterdav
,arnina
o,,, o,, u,,,o ,,,orosos q n,anta-
tion in Kona was recently complained
against for having vicious dog He
consulted Attorney MaydWell by phone
and requested him to settle the case.
Maydwell wired back that he had bet
ter come over to kailua and attend to
it himself, as his presence was needed.
The young man had scarcely stepped
from the trolley when he was arrest
ed on warrant ana taken TO an I'M
provised court room for nearing
One young chap appeared as prose-
cutting officer and the plantation man
ager sought some one III 'he crown u
defend him, as Mayd"ell was the
torneys got into wransle' Whlch
brought stern repuke from the Juuse'
and 1t Was some time before ORDER
was restored several 'lrles the ue-
fendant expressed Willingness 10
plead guilty to anything put was re-
strained by MS attorney Nheh the
case closed the Judge 1ouna nm Rul..s
and sentenced MN TO pay me Oh $zl
IN beer. until the maj WORD was pro-
nounced the young man was not aware
that he was the Nictim OF Joke
TRACK IMPROVEMENTS
Hooluiu fark is much changed
place since the last races We're held
there. the center plot Whlch is TO be
USED as pan ground mas peeh pIaht
ed IN manlenle ana pufiaIo grass ana
" " |
lawn. me space between the srahu
stand and the entrance TO the track
ana circular plot IN the saddllns PAD
dock nave also been planted IN grass
Al the entrance to the park the com
pany mas punt comfortable dwelling
Tor the Waterman ana erected gate
who have no right in the grounds. 1t
is the intention of the company to
charge an entrance fee of 25 cents for j
all licensed single horse vehicles and !
so cents for all two-horse carriages
that pass through the gate. Private
carriages and livery teams belonging
to the Volcano Stables co. viii be ad
mitted free. Acting Manager t. T..