The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-17
MAN MISSING
FROM K|RE|
Head Carpenter Is
Nowhere to Be
Found.

MAUI. March 15.-Hasegava, the
head carpenter OF Kihei plantation. has
been missing since the Sth. and in spite
OF the utmost efforts of the plantation
people and the police department. no
| trace OF him has been found.
] According to opinions expressed by
his countrymen and others, it is pos
sible either that foul play is the rea-
son of his non-appearance, or that he
became a victim of the last storm.
1t is stated that he incurred the en-
nifty Of a number OF Japanese who. as
carpenters, worked under him upon
plantation work, by discharging them
for some reason.
In consequence of this dismissal Of
his assistants, he went to Waikiki and
KahuIui on Thursday. the 9Th. to en-
gage another set of workmen. He was
expected at Kihei upon Saturday, the
Sth, and was last seen on that evening
| at Waikapu on his way thither.
Since that time 100 Japanese laborers
OF Kihei have searched for him daily.
but in vain. On Tuesday, the 7th, the
deputy sheriff of Makawao was called
in but up to date the police have been
no more successful than the japanese.
Hasegava was an unusually skilful
carpenter for a Japanese, and as he
had an excellent position at Kihei his
absence is not believed to be voluntary.
1t is thought that he has either met
with foul play or was accidentally
drowned in the lagoon near Kihei, as
was James Smith of Wailuku not long
ago. However, in the latter case his
body should have been recovered.
GRINDING TO BEGIN.
After four years of endeavor and the
overcoming of many difficulties, the
Maui Sugar Company of Huelo will be-
gin grinding on the 18th, for the first
time in its new mill recently completed.
The different parts of the machinery
have been tried. but the mill as whole
has not been put in motion. A crop OF
2000 tons from 400 acres is estimated.
Three hundred acres of new cane have
been planted. This Huelo plantation is
owned wholly by Chinese, and has an
experienced Chinese manager, w. S.
Akana.
LOW TEMPERATURE.
There has been more or less snow on
HaleakaIa's summit for nearly two
weeks past.
In Makawao quite a number of cattle
and horses were killed through expo
sure during the late storm.
At "Ukulele Dairy 1000 feet up on
Haleakala, self-registering thermom-
eter showed 10 degrees Fahrenheit as
the minimum temperature reached du-
ring the last rain. Around the houses |
there was ice In plenty. the standing |
water was frozen everywhere. and the
flowers and plants all withered by the
most unusual cold. |
DEAD BODY FOUND.
Last Saturday afternoon, the Sth. the |
dead body OF Joe de Curt of Kokomo |
was found by Deputy Sheriff Kalama |
at the new Spreckels ditch almost to
Hamakuapoko. 1t was badly mangled |
and crushed by its terrible journey of |
three or four miles through whirlpools. |
against rocks and lantana and over wa |
terfalls. 1t shows the strength of the
freshet that the body was carried from
Kaluanui almost to Hamakuapoko by
a stream that runs only after heavy |
rains. A coroner's jury was deemed
MISCELLANEOUS.
By the 18th all the subscriptions to
stock In the First National Bank Of
Wailuku should be paid in full.
DR.. w. F. McConkey OF Paia is re-
operating his health at Olinda.
Tuesday afternoon, the 18th, the Ma
kawao Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs.
d. c. Lindsay's, Paia.
Mrs. f. II. Wodehouse of Honolulu
Is the guest OF Mrs. l.. Won Tempsky
IF Makawao.
Friday afternoon, the 14th, the La
lies Reading Club of Makawao met ut
TIE residence of Mrs. Geo. Wilbur of
kaluanui. Twenty-Five ladies were
present.
BY the Claudine OF the 18th T. F.
5edgwick arrived on Maui for the pur-
bose of giving instructions to the pota-
% farmers OF Kula
Weather: Cloudy and threatening