Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-26
TRUST FUND FOR
BABESORPHANED
BY MAUI FLOOD
Manager of WaiIuku PIanta-
ton Gives Money for f."
Four Children ....

When four little Spanish orphan
children, who lost their parents in
| the lao valley coludburst on Maui
last week. reach maturity they will be
presented with the principal and in
terest from a trust fund which has
been established for them by Wailu.
ku plantation. on which their fathers
were employed. b: -.
This news was made public today
by Senior Luis CULLEN Gil. consuLgen-
eral for Spain. who returned yester-
day on the AIauna Kea from Hilo. aft
er visiting Maui to see what had
been done for the flood sufferers of
Spanish nationality. =. - f.. u.
Waikiki Plantation, through Man
ager II. B. Penhallow, has given $500
cash, or 500 for each OF the four or
phans." said Senior Gil this morning
at his office The money will be
sent to me TO be placed in a trust
fund here. When the boy orphans are
% years old, the age of attaining a
majority, provided by Spanish law,
they will be given the money, plus in
terest. The girls will receive their
dete' when they marry. | hope by
wise investment to make the principal
earn seven or eight per cent inter-
est, so when they are ready to re-
5ceive their portions they will amount
perhaps to several hundred dollars. .
Total Stays at Fourteen.
Senior Gil said the total number of
those losing their lives by drowning
in lao valley was IA, of whom seven
were Spaniards. Cirilo Fernandez,
his wife and baby, were drowned
Their three other children, as if guild
ed by Fate's hand, we're playing in
neighbor's house out of the valley.
They stayed there over night. be-
cause II was raining too hard for them
to go home This saved Their lives
when the flood swept away Their pa
rents house:
Juan Roman Madronal, his wife and
two children also met death when the
nagry waters overwhelmed their
house. The third child escaped drown
ing
The three Fernandez orphans have
been adopted by Wailuku residents.
One, little fouryear-old girl, has
been taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Will ].
Cooper. Mr. Cooper is editor of the
Maui News.
The second Fernandez orphan has
been taken itno their family by Mr..
and Mrs. o. J. Whitehead He is
agent for the Singer sewing machine
there. They already have two chill
dren, daughters, but have no boy,
and the little two and a half year old
youngster has filled that want.
The third orphan of this family has
been adopted by Attorney and Mrs.
Daniel H. Case. -
Wants One Adopted Here.
The sole survivor of the Madronal
family has been adopted by Spanish
laborer, but is to be brought here as
the man is alleged not to be proper
person to have custody of the child.
Senior Gil appeals to Honolulans to
adopt the baby. which will otherwise
be placed in an institution.
That Manager Penhallow has done
everything possible to relieve the suf-
ferings of the hundreds of persons
rendered homeless by the cloudburst
was stated by Senior Gil, who said
Waikiki Plantation will build new cot
;tages for them right away, and that
no more houses will be allowed to be
erected in the river bottom. In the
meantime, from 10 to u persons are
living in each available house, until
the new ones are ready.
Splendid relief work was done by
the committee of Maui citizens, the
Spanish consul said On the commit
tee are.L. R. Mathews, chairman; J..
Garcia, secretary; R. A. Wadsworth,
treasurer; Clement Crowell, j. H. Ku-
newa. N. K Otsuka and DIR. William
Osmers. A. J. Souza, who suggested