The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-02

nolulu. There they were last night
the father crushed the son bowed with
his grief and worn out with long
searching over the waters for trace of
his lost brother
Charles g. Jacox. one of the men
drowned in the wreck, was well known
in Honolulu, lie was at one time pur-
ser of an island steamer and lately was
in the insurance business. He was one
of the organizers of the new lodge of
Elks, which is still waiting "a charter.
JaCoN was Al native of Atlanta. Ca,
but had spent most of his life in Cali
f0rnia and Hawaii. He was about 27
years of age. His father is a railroad
man.
Although the name of G.. E Jacox
does not appear in the list of bookings
from this place, 90 is known chat he
went by the Rio. lt is stated ON good
authority that three persons joined the
steamer after she left her wharf here.
Two ol these, j. G. Johnson and A. W..
Dodd had previously booked. JacoN
was the third one He went TO San
Francisco partly ON personal business
and partly in connection with the or
ganization here, of the Lodge of Elks
On account Of his death the meeting
of prospective Elks arranged for to-
night has been postponed.
a. W Dodd was a brother of the
new Honolulu dentist who located here
only a few months ago. He was an
old friend of +. M Brooks, the lawyer
and had other friends in the city
Mrs s. b. Wakefield was a prOmi-
nent San Francisco lady who had been
visiting the Athertous and other
friends IN the Islands for some months.
Yecng Yong a Chinese student who
numbers among the lost, left here To-
enter college. He is a brother of Lau
Ting. salesman i'm II. Hackfeld q Com
pany.
A. Gussoni. dead was connected
with the Hawaiian Commercial and Su-
gar Company and was on leave of alb
sence.
A w. Dodd, (dead) is brother
of DR.. w. Dodd of this city. He was
a jeweler in Montana
Not one of the ten cabin passengers
who Joined the Rio at Honolulu was
saved
Among the steerage passengers that
We're rescued are: r. W. Long, Miss
Frances Ripley. William Caspar and
Philip Nussenblatt
]. G. Johnson who is supposed to have
boarded the steamer in the channel, is
well known in the city. He was an
inspector during the plague visitation
of 1900.
Miss Francis Ripley was a visitor at
Hatch Sbe ts g., Er,,,itSoo -. a..
and 10 ,aistio,, ~ tha fa,,1ii,, - - -
Ripley of Honolulu
Robert Levers and family and Ed
win Paris were saved from the wreck
in a way that seems almost providen-
ial. They had booked for the Rio, but
finding that Mariposa was leaving so
shortly Yer. they decided at the very
i"II iilvi's,.tl y, ~ l'-Ae l ti.T iVNS "pat,
- n, r DeS nlour was .ie wen hiloM n
Dusliiess manager ol me Aiilerlct III
MaIllla' ne was on MS way 10 san
Francesca TO Purcnase nlaterlal ana en-
gage help' Whlle the no was IN thls
port ne visited all OF the newspaper
iant of anu ood}dions ii,9 IN the in
D1t,rr,a1,I,p
MAIL ALL Dr0 NJ ED'
Louis Kenake, cashier of the Homo
lulu post office who returned by the
Mariposa, says that all the mail by the
Rio was lost. A few bags were re-
covered but is so watersoaked p to be
destroyed. Accordingly it is advised
that business houses and others who
sent mail by the hio, duplicate their
advices.
SAN FRANCISCO FEBRUARY ga
Miss Rowena Jehu. who was lost on the
! Inflated Pio de Janeiro vvas the dauo,h-
! fer of Mrs. sarah Jehu Of 1S1a San I9se
| avenue. Alameda. She was a naive oi
! California. aged 26 wears she was
| the sister of Miss Jennie ,Jehn. a so.
prano singer now in the chorus of The
I Rostonians. Her other sisters and
| brothers are Walter and Nat Miriam
! Lizzie and Maud Jehu. one was a hal
sister of Mrs. M A Evans who re-.
| sides on Encinal avenue
Miss Jebu was ennIoved NJ w w
Dimond She had been in the islands fol
two years and was returning to hel
nome to spend short vacation wher
she met her death. She was formerly
employed by Chickering, Thomas &
gregory, attorneys of San Francisco
as stenographer.
AT THE MORGUE.
SAN FRANCISCO Fehrua,.v % -Th.
bodies of eleven victirns of the nj,
disaster lie at the Morgue OnIv sava,
of them have been identidad rrha idan
tilted remains are those of Mrs Saral
w. Wakefield. age 10. a native of New
York. widow Of fhe late s r WakefeI,
residing at 1857 East Twentv-seventI
| street. Oakland. Mrs Alfred Hart from
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