The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-27
KILLED BY
RUNAWAY CAR
Frightful Fate of Japa.
nese Woman in Wal
akea Plantation.

HILO. March PA runaway car
laden with water at Camp No. 4, Wal
akea plantation, resulted in the instan-
| taneous death of a Japanese woman
about o'clock Saturday morning. Ow-
the custom each morning to haul over
| the plantation railroad several carloads
of fresh water for the upper camps.
A car with a tank of water would be
dropped at each camp. care being tax
en- to see that the brakes We're secure
| ly set or the wheels blocked. On Mon
| day morning the locomotive left a car
| load of water standing at Camp 4,
then proceeded to Camp ;. where an
other car was left, the train crew con-
| tinuing to the fields.
| There is steep grade intervening
| between the two camps, and Portu-
| guese lad, in charge of the car stand
| ing al Camp >, says that the jostling
| of the water in the tank caused loos-
| On the down grade, and when he found
| the car was gaining IN speed, he jump
| ed for his life and the runaway car
went bounding down the track to
Camp f. a mile distant, where was
standing the other car and tank of
water A number of the women en-
gagged in drawing water from the car
at Camp 4 saw the danger and ran
screaming to places of safety. One
woman, Yoshida Tome, who is said to
be slightly deaf, was passing in the
| rear of the standing car with two tins
| of water when the collision occurred.
She was knocked down, the car pass
ing over her body, killing her instant
ly, one of the wheels cleaving the top
part of her skull She was married but
| had no children. Deputy Sheriff Fet-
ter Immediately repaired to the scene
and impanelled a jury, who, after in
vestigating the facts. rendered a YER
dict of accidental death.
PROFITS IN BANANAS.
The subcommittee on varied indus
tries of the Board of Trade have sub
mitted to that body carefully pre-
pared statement of the banana situa-
tion in the Hawaiian Islands, which
commends itself to every person seek
ing to advance the prosperity of the
Territory. 1t is as follows:
1--WE have devoted much time and
thought to this industry, as we con-
slider that much depends on it; so much
in fact that it becomes the duty of
every citizen to lend his best efforts
toward establishing it on a successful
basis. Other products have been con-
sidered as well, all of which present
opportunities to the right person, and
Will be referred to later but this one
article, banana, with all its possible
ties, seems to US to be of more present
Importance than all others combined.
Commencing some eighteen months
or more ago with shipments of from
200 to 500 punches a month, it has
steadily grown to over eight times that
number. The shipment in January was
some $500 punches by one trip of the
Enterprise, and in F ebruary between
5000 and 1000 1t pays in freights
alone some $4,000 a trip
ESTATE IN CALIFORNIA.
E. n. Holmes has filed a petition in
the Fourth Circuit Court asking for
the probate of the last will of his
brother NJ. V. Holmes, who died at
Coronado Cal, on March 1. The orig
inal will which was received on the
| last mail, makes E. y. Holmes, broth
er of the deceased, the sole executor
without bonds and pay, and specifically
provides that he shall not be required
| to make final report in closing up the
affairs of the deceased's estate. The
estate is valued at $27,5OO, consisting
of real estate, merchandise, notes,
mortgages, etc. The legatees named
under the will are a sister, Alley V.
Holmes, at Coronado Cal, Eva r.
Holmes. a niece; two brothers, Willis
J. Holmes and Percy J. Holmes. a
| small legacy is left to John Jesus, Okla
mura and Fukuri, provided they are
still in the deceased's employ at the
| time of his death. To the two small
sons of E. \. Holmes, 81. 600 each is be-
| queathed. The will is dated February
| IS. 1905, at Coronado, Cal, the day be-
| fore his death.
PROFITS IN SMALL FARMING.
| Q. H Berrey. the commercial man,
| who formerly resided in HiIo. has been
| making a tour of the island in the in
| terests of his commercial and business
| agency. While here, speaking of the
| opportunities of small farming he said:
| IT do not see why white man can
| not be as successful as the Japanese
| at small farming. Over in Maui, in the
| Kula district, the Jap is fairly scintil-
| latiug as a small farmer. There are
| more than a hundred japanese engag-
| ed in raising corn, potatoes, chickens
| and farm produce, which they sell to
| advantage to the plantations and white
| residents. They are about TO embark in
| the castor oil business, and many have
| planted trees. from which they expect
| to derive a profit of 80 per cent. This
| ought to be a profitable industry on
| Hawaii and huiling machinery ought
| to be obtainable at a small cost. 4
| rubber plantation at Nahiku has been
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