The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-11-19
KILLED
BY TREATMENT

wAILCKC, Nov. iS-on Thursday
OF last week. at one Of the camps si
the Nahiku Fruit and Packing Co. q
Korean child fourteen months old was
tearfully soalded by upsetting a sauce
pan Of boiling hot cruel upon itset
From the injuries received and the ig-
norant treatment thereof BY the par
ents. the child died on saturday morn
ing.
Wishing 10 save the expense OF 3
night call from the doctor. they con-
tented themselves with applying lard
and certain Korean remedies TO the
! injured child. Its face was roughly
slapped ard its hands and feet were
I pricked with q needle. and the whole
little body was rudely shaken and
ohated when its life seemed to be IN
danger.
The doctor was called in the next
morning and applied soothing salves
70 the burns but the parents imagin-
ing the child was growing worse. in
frenzy. tore the doctors remedies from
the child and refused to accept his
services until persuaded TO do so by
the manager This they did. however.
grudgingiy and II is probable that as
soon as he was gone and no one was
present 10 see them they again applied
their remedies and corporal treatment
in their mad efforts 10 save the child.
OF whom they seemed TO be very fond.
JUDGE KEPoIKAI Ill.
Circuit Court Judge A Y. Kepoikai
is Ill at his home with typhoid fever.
He has been i'll over q week during
which time his temperature ranged be
tween one hundred and one and one
hundred and six. The judge is having
8 fine residence built on his premises |
on Main street and that seems TO be |
on his mind much OF the time and the |
fact that he cannot be up to superin- |
tend its construction worries him ON |
one occasion since he has been Ill ne |
left his room and went 6ut TO see the |
work
DAMAGE BY SURF.
For some days unusually heavy seas 1
have been running and considerably |
damage has been done by them. .On 4
Tuesday the lower track of the Ka-
huiui Railroad Company was damaged 4
near lower Paia.
Water ran over the beach in front
OF the residence of ". G. Scott of /
Paia and left some fishing boats in
his yard some distance from the sea-
At Kahului the damage 10 the break
water is considerable. About one hun
irsd feet Of the surface rock was
washed of the end Of the breakwater
and while not moving the lower rock
Il makes necessary the rebuilding OF
and proves the necessity of using re-
.uforced concrete near the end of the
1reakwater which win be done soon.
On the public road 10 KahuIui seas
washed over the newly built road in
several places and in one continuous
stretch for a distance OF over a thou
sand feet. but 10 damage was done.
This road was built some months ago
md It was freely predicted that the
1rst high seas would wash It away.
Ind yet when we have had continuous
;ses Of unusual height for some days
70 damage whatever was done.
PINKHAN BLAMED.
An article on the WaIlach sTnbroglio
I the Maui News concludes thus:
I'VE have always felt that President
'inkham has been one OF the most un-
iring officials in the service Of the
territory and much credit IS due him
OF the able manner in which he has
onducted most Of the affairs of the
Board Of Health but the way the Wal
ach affair has been .misnsnaged has
Sd many 70 believe that ne is in q
responsible for the trouble
nd whether he IS responsible or net
z has lost much prestige that he can
OF hope 10 regain
FINE COURTHOUSE
The new courthouse being erected IN I
Failuku viii be one Of the finest build
1gs in appearance On the island when
0npleted- TIE lower story viii be Of Y
old concrete while the upper story Q
III % made Of hollow concrete blocks =
he blocks for the building ara being 5
lade row At ths.rate Of about sixty a
= day. I
Tne large blocks are probably of six :
undred pounds weight and all wifi be :
I'D in concrete and viii then form a q
7id concrete mass James Lloyd, r
7h0 was the Inspector On the Kalihi !
-hOoI building, is the inspector OF the a
-ork being done here. /.
ITEMS
Mrs r z PepioEski and little :
zughter have returned from q visit :
} California much improved in health
lrs- Pepl0EShd was in San Francisco
rrinz the street car strike there and
al some thrilling experiences