The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-11-17
PLENTY OF
PREMIUMS

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in the office of Will f. Fisher, large
number Of mmbers being present.
T. j. King officiated as chairman and
after Secretary st. C. Sayres had read
the minutes of the last meeting, j. II.
C,a aig reported on behalf of the Exhibi-
tion Committee.
The details of the coming show are
being rapidly arranged and there are
plenty of special premiums and very
number of members being present.
The following new members were de-
clared elected: S. G.. Wilder, A. F.
Clarke, Jason Andrade. Albert Water
house, j. d. Paris
Applications for membership were re-
ceved from August Ahrens Clarence
McFarlane, Eben Low, Ray B. Reedy.
Il. II. p Lishman, A. T. Brock and
Messrs. Krause and Armenian.
VIII f. Fisher read the list of pre-
miums which have already been prom
ised by the local merchants and the re-
cital was listened to with bated breath
by those present. All manner of things
are presented for the winning, from n
weeks shaving to a Gladstone bag. Ci-
gars there are by the hundred, board
for a week at Notes and the Union
Grill, wet goods and dry goods make an
imposing array and one enterprising
journal has offered years subscrip-
tion to the person pleading guilty to
owning the homeliest fowl in the show.
| The secretary read a communication
from T. f. Orr secretary and treasurer
! of the American Poultry Association,
acknowledging receipt of letter from
st. c. Sayres, asking for information
as to membership in the association and
| stating that the local association is
eligible for membership with the main
land body.
1t was decided to forward an appli-
cation for life membership in the Amer
lean Poultry Association, together with
SO membership fee, at once.
The secretary announced that entry
blanks had been sent to the other is
lands and that Honolulu and Oahu
would be attended to in this respect
in the immediate future.
1t was decided to leave the number
of the Judges to the discretion Of the
Exhibition Committee.
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of the company. Deputy Sheriff ka-
lakiela Immediately empaneled the fol-
lowing jury: ]. j. Egan, w. H.
Coombs, X. f. Brown, w. II. Arm
strong, James McSwarnter and William
Savidge, who proceeded at once to the
scene of the accident and thence to
view the remains at the morgue. Pend
ing the doctors post morten eXamm-
alton, the jury adjourned until 1880
p. m.
At 9:15 last night, after carefully
weighing the evidence produced. the
| jury brought in the following verdict,
| THAT the name of the deceased was
| Kahula, that he was native of the
Territory of Hawaii, that he was about
fifty-th three years of age and that ne
| came to his death on the fourteenth
day of November, 1905, from shock
and crushing of the skull caused by an
accident, to wit, the striking by the
shaft of mill roller in the machine
shop of the Honolulu Iron Works.
The gist of the testimony of the wit
nesses was that the deceased, with two
others, the usual force employed in
such operations, was engaged in pre-
pairing mill roller of about five tons
weight, with shaft inserted, to be re-
moved from the truck used for trans
portation of such machinery, to the
jaws of an hydraulic press. The shaft,
it seems, had been already shrunk IN
to the roller, but measurement showed
that 1t lacked about six inches of hav-
ing been inserted far enough.
For the purpose of inserting these
steel shafts tight enough to Withstand
the excessive pressure to which they
are put when in use, the Iron works
use a frame which holds the roller,
with shaft partially inserted. in place
while a fire is built under the roller.
The fire heats the roller, and the metal
expands. Then by means of a very
powerful hydraulic press. operating
against the larger end of the SHAFT,
the steel shaft is forced into the heat
ed iron roller until the required dis
tance is reached. Then the fire is put
out and the roller cools and 'shrinks"
tightly onto the shaft.
As stated, the process was not COM
plete and the roller with shaft at
tached, was still on the heavy iron
car used to move it to and from the
press and the chains OF the press had
not been attached. The men were at
tempting to pry the roller into proper
position to receive the chains, when
the heavy iron started TO roll toward
the unfortunate employe. He had
his foot under the car and instead of
placing the wooden wedge under the
roller to prevent 1t going further thar
was intended, he stopped to first eX'
tricate his foot. The result was fatal
His foot caught and he neither re-
leased his foot nor inserted the wedge
The roller began to swing and th'
heavy steel shaft struck him on th'
head and then the roller itself ROLLED
off the car and onto his feet and leg
and abdomen. Unconsciousness was un
doubtedly produced by the blow from
the shaft, so that his actual deatl
must have been painless, though hor
rible.