The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-08-27

list OF all such claims as they snail
have approved as aforesaid, to
which said list they shall thereafter
add only such existing claims
against the grantor as shall either
be authorized by court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, or be shown to
their satisfaction to be just AID cor
rect.
"6. And defendants further say
and allege that the claim of plain
tiff has not been,. since its rejection,
authorized by a court of competent
jurisdiction, nor shown to the salts
faction of defendants to be just and
correct.
mWherefore defendants pray that
the plaintiffs bill be dismissed, and
the defendants allowed their costs. Z"
The case was heard by me on the
third of June, when it appeared
that the goods for which the claim
is made, were supplied on the occa-
sion of the funeral of Her late
Royal Highness the Princess Like
like, under the following circum-
stances, as appears by the testimony
of Mr.. F. H. Hayselden.
Mr.. Hayselden was Secretary to
the Board of Health, and his testi-
mony is to this effect: That hav-
ing heard that certain dealers were
sending up large quantities of goods
to the palace at pretty high prices,
he suggested to Mr.. Gibson, then
Minister of Foreign Affairs, that it
would be better to keep down eX-
penses, to have open competition,
and that Mr.. Gibson told the wit
ness to offer his services to His
Majesty, which ne accordingly did,
as an expert as he described it, His
Majesty accepted his services, and
Hayselden suggested that it would
probably be better for wholesale
dealers to send samples to the
palace, to which His Majesty
agreed, and the complainant and
others were invited to send samples
and prices, and His Majesty re-
quested Mr.. Hayselden to attend to
the matter. The procedure ap-
pears to have been, that His Ma
jesty would send the parties to
whom goods were to be supplied,
with an order to Mr.. Hayselden,
who would then give the party an
order upon the dealer in the follow
ing printed form:
"HoNoLULU, Feb. 81, 1887.
81 To NJ. PHILLIPS & Co:
"Please furnish to the
following articles and charge the
same to account of Funeral Ex-
penses of Her late Royal Highness
Princess Likelike:
One black cloth suit, to cost dollars
One black hat, to cost dollars
One pair of shoes, to cost dollars
One white shirt, to cost dollars
(Sig. Pa CT. II. HAYsELDEN,
Per Order"
Mr.. Gibson told Hayselden that
he was to keep down the expenses,
as this was probably State funeral,
but that the Government would not
authorize more than had been usual.
The orders coming in very fast,
Hayselden informed Mr.. Gibson
who instructed him to tell His Ma
jesty that the Government would
not pay any extraordinary bills, but
would pay, he thought, what was
usually paid, and told Hayselden to
keep down the expenses. On this
being communicated to His Majesty,
the latter said, 81 will pay for it if
the Government won't" This was
not communicated to the complain
ant, but Hayselden had new form
of order printed, as follows:
"HoNoLULU, Feb. %, 1887.
q To NJ. PHILLIPS & Co:
1" Please furnish to the
following articles and charge the
same to account of His Majesty the
King, for funeral expenses of Her
late Royal Highness Princess Like
like:
One black cloth suit, to cost dollars
One black hat, to cost dollars
One pair of shoes, to cost dollars
One white shirt, to cost dollars
(Sig.) f. H. HAYSELDEN,
Per Order"
Which form Hayselden testified
he showed to His Majesty. This
form OF order appears to have been
issued upon and after the 22d of
February, but orders in the first
form were also issued up to and in
Guiding the 9th.
Hayselden made up the accounts
and vouchers and handed them to |
the Minister of the Interior.
Mr.. J. a. Cummins, who acted |
as Marshal of the ceremonies, also |
gave verbal orders to the complain
ants firm for clothes for the pail |
bearers and also dress pieces, and
orders were also received through
the telephone from the palace for
other articles.
The goods delivered under the
first orders amount to about ST.
$50, under the second orders to
about S2265, and under orders
from Cummins and others, not in
to about S2056.