The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-07-24
An EX-PREMIER'S DEBTS.
MEETING OF SAM PARKER'S
CREDITORS.
Committee Appointed A Case of Hope
less Insolvency Some Gossip
About the Case

The following creditors of Sam
Parker met this morning at 10 o'clock
at the room of the Chamber of Com
merce Messrs. Coburn, E c. Mac.
farlane, Ena, Cornwell, Wenner, P c
ones, Frank Brown, Bruce Cartwright
c. w. Ashford, Fred Lewis, FJcke,
Goo Kim, B. Monsarratt, Wing Wo
Chan, A. P Peterson, Allen, D. B.
Smith, Dillingham;, Mellis, Lowrey,
Wilhelm, Rowe, Luther Wilcox, James
Spencer, Ed. McInerney, r. Walker,
Parmelee, c. O. Berger Gear and
Egan.
p. c. Jones called the meeting to
order and stated that he had issued the
call in response to the wish Of several
creditors, and that the meeting was for
the purpose Of taking joint action in
securing their claims or doing the best
they could under the present state of
affairs. He then called for nominations
for chairman, John Ena being unlni-
mously voted into that position. Nomi-
nations for secretary being next in
order, about six prominent merchants
were put up, one after the other, but
all declined for fear they might be
called away before the meeting was
over. 1t began to look as though the
meeting would have to call on one of
the reporters present to act as secretary
when T. r. Walker volunteered to act
on condition that the meeting would
get through by II o'clock This pro-
viso was accepted and Mr. Walker re-
ceived the unanimous vote for secre-
tary.
p. c. Jones called attention to the
fact that reporters Of the STAR and
advertiser were present, stating that
he thought 1t advisable to obtain the
sense of the meeting as to whether
their continued presence was desirable
or not for the reason that the meeting
was a private one which concerned
only Mr.. Parker and his creditors, and
that he thought an injustice might be
done the former by making his affairs
public A motion was then made and
carried by two thirds vote that the
reporters be requested to withdraw,
which they did.
After the reporters had been prop
erly fired out" the affairs Of Samuel
Parker were discussed pro and con
From statements made at the meeting
it would appear that Mr. Parker is
hopelessly bankrupt, there being about
$4,000 interest overdue on the first
mortgage and about $4,000 on the
second The unsecured debts will
probably run up to 500, 900 or $40, 900.
On motion committee OF FIVE was
appointed to further examine into the
Cond ton of affairs and report on ,r
before next Friday, the first two mem
berS of the committee to represent the
mortgagnrs and the last three the cred
itors. The following were appointed
as such committee For the m TT
gagors-P. c. Jones and Gldfey
Brown; for the creditors-W {.
Wilder, Hermann Focke and H. A,
| Widemann.
A motion thar the committee adver-
tise asking all creditors to file with it
statement OF their claims on or be-
fore Thursday was also adopted, and
the meeting then adjourned subject to
call after the committee reports.
Among the creditors are Wilder &
Co, for $1,000; Hopp & Co., $642 65
Lewis & Co., $I2oo, the latter sun
due for groceries. There is also SAID
to be bill for carriage hire amounting
to some $1,000.
1t appears that when Claus SpreCkel:
came here Parker borrowed $I2oo o
him to pay the grocery bill OF Lewis &
Co, or rather, to ttke up note giver
that firm in satisfaction OF the account
This money went in another direction
and the grocers had the satisfaction 0
being told by Spreckels himself abou
the loaE, and Of hearing the Suga
King say that he would not give the ex
Premier another cent. Later on some
friends of Parker wanted to compromis,
with Lewis & Co for 20 cents on the
dollar, but the firm concluded to de
cline the proffer and to take its chance
with the estate.