The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-08
GARDEN ISLE
NEWS NOTES
Chinese Suicides Paul
lsenberg as Host.
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! IIHTE. Nov. 5.-Kum Hoon alias Al
Hoona. a rice planter was found hang
ing to a rafter in his house in Huleif
on Wednesday of last week. He haC
been a cripple and his general healtl
failing some time ago, he became de
his neighbors. The discovery of the
undoubted suicide was made by the
woman from whom he rented the land
She followed two Japanese whom she
suspected of going to the place to steal
oranges off the trees, and going up to
the house. she peered through the Win
/ dow and was Mortified to see the body
! of Kun Hoon suspended from the roof.
Evidently the poor fellow had stood on
his bed while he fastened the rope. one
! end to rafter and the other about his
neck. and then jumped off. The woman
had the police notified and they went
promptly to the house. when it was
found evident that Kun Hoon must
have been dead three or four days be-
fore his fate was discovered
FLOATING MISSIVES.
Another interesting proof of the cur
rents of the Pacific was tossed up on
the Kauai beach last Thursday. A bot
tie was picked up by Francisco Freitas.
of Hanamaulu, on the beach halfway
between the mouth of the Wailua river
and Ahukini bay.
On being uncorked it was found to
contain a regular form, which stated
that it had been thrown overheard by
James Swan from the United states ar
my transport Buford at noon, Septem-
Der g. 1905 at SO degrees 81 minutes
latitude north and 127 degrees s minutes
longitude west. This location is sew
eraI hundred miles to the northwest of
the place where it was found. and it
has taken the bottle nearly fourteen
months to get there.
About two weeks ago another bottle
was found at nearly the same place by
Freitas' neighbor, Jose Camara. 1t had
been thrown from sailing vessel in the
same locality where the latest arrival
started it's peregrirations-The Garden
Island.
GENIAL PAUL ENTERTAINS.
Paul r. Isenberg entertained the
of the Lihue Kegel Club last
inviting them to join in de- :
a key of Gambrni brew and
a couple of real German schinken. The
place was beautifully decorated with
flowers and palm branches, also por-
traits of President Roosevelt and Vice
President Fairbanks. Emperor William
and Prince Bismarck.
The scoring was fair to middling with
a lot of players trying to break their
None succeeded. however. and
Mr.. Maser still holds the championship
of the club with a score of 235 in the
American game.
MIKADO. BANZAI.
The Japanese of Lihue were unlucky
last Saturday as to the weather, but
even weeping sky and mud fail to dis
the little brown men when their
Emperor's birthday comes around. In !
spite of the frequent showers great ,
crowds We're enthusiastic onlookers at .
the races and wrestling matches
we'll as appreciatiVe audiences where
patriotic speeches were made. A Third
of November unce!ebrated is unthink-
able, and nobody was therefore surpris-
ed to see the rockets rise from Hale
haka. The men We're orderly and quiet
as a rule, and when an eXuberance of
animal spirits became too apparent in
reveller he was taken home by his
friends and put to bed whether he
thought it time to retire or not.
HANALEI NOTES.
Miss Molly Cummings, who has been
laid up for the last week is able to be
up and teach again.
Mr.. Harvey the Government survey
or, is now at HanaIei and busy survey
ing the Waioli lands.
Why is it that a certain young man
here goes moonlight boating all alone?
At last we hear that the Hanalef-
Haena road is pau. 1t is almost too
good to be true.
The steamer Ke Au Hou this week
landed a bunch of six beautiful looking
mules for the Princevile plantation.
The rain has been very heavy in the
district during last week. in fact
much so that even the Oregonian talks
of leaving.
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