The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-29
SPONTANEOUS
COMBUSTION
Manslaughter, Not Murder, the
Charge Against Japanese
Woman.

HILO, April 26.-Spontaneous COM
bustion in damp bran is supposed to
nave caused a fire in Davies ware
house on Front street Thursday of last
week. There was a lot of lime in stor-
g but the water was kept from 1t,
n the building and most of it's con-
tents were saved. The loss was about
$500.
Professor F'riedlaender, a noted stu
dent of seismic phenomena, got lost at
the volcano last week. He started to
make a circuit of the crater at two
In he afternoon and it was one o'clock
the x morning before he got home.
While he was leading his horse, faith
ful old KAISER known for many years
10 tourists, 1t fell in a crack and was
Killed. The professor was accompa
nled by the japanese photographer of
the Volcano House, who also lost his
morse, but this animal was recovered,
slightly injured.
The charge of murder against Shi-
mazu Kane, who stabbed to death a
Japanese named Kurachigi Tokugi, at
Papaikoo last Saturday morning, was
reduced to manslaughter, and the wo-
man was allowed freedom on a bond
of $1,000. Investigation of the case in
dIcated that a verdict of murder would
not be justified, there being a very
strong element of self-defense in the
case.
The case of Shimazu, accused of
manslaughter, served to call attention
to the fact that there is no provision
for taking prisoners from Hilo to the
jail, a mile or SO mauka. The accused
woman was in fact expected to walk,
in charge of an officer, the entire dis
lance up the hill to jail. Her attor-
ney, c. NJ. LeBlond, made a kick, but
there were no horses for the police sta
ton to use in drawing its patrol wagon,
n no money for a hack. LeBlond
finally had to pay for a hack for the
woman, himself and a police officer.
1T is an outrage" a the attorney,
Ito expect persons who are arrested,
and especially women, to walk up the
hill to the Jail, or else pay their own
hack fares"
Fifty ladies' were present at the an
meeting of the Woman's Board
was held at the home of Mrs.
A. Lindsay on Tuesday afternoon. At
ter a brief devotional service the va
reports of the years work were
given, interspersed with solos by Mrs.
Louisa Hapa: and Miss Stevens, and
drill by a number of children from
he Kindergarten. Mrs. Lindsay read
IN interesting letter from her sister
who is a missionary in India. Re-
,reshments were served, and a most
delightful time was enjoyed by all pre-
Officers for the coming year
we're elected as follows: President,
Miss c.. A. Potter; vice president, Mrs.
A. Lindsay; secretary, Mrs. Terry;
treasurer, Mrs. I. Severance.
The schooner Robert Levers is here
o load ohia railroad ties for the Coast.
:. j. Lowrey of Levers & Cooke, came
rom Honolulu in the Claudine to su-
,erintend the work of sending them
rom 30 Miles, where the Mahogany
Company's railroad ends.
A runaway horse at Waiakea We'd
lesday evening last week caused the
of Maria Pilioula, aged four
ears. The runaway was of a Japa-
lese hack, the horse being scared by
n auto and, plunging upon the veran-
"a where the child was sitting, struck
.er down and crushed her body so
hat she died in half an hour. A cor
ner's jury decided that the driver was
-ot to blame.
w. K. Andrews, long with Honomu
lantation, is leaving there, and an
laborate farewell dinner was arranged
4 his honor.
W. H. Smith, formerly of Hilo, has
pened law offices in Portland, Oregon.