The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-07
Total of Claims for Fire Reached
the Sum Of 81, 6l0, 40l.45
Yesterday.

lngS. me losers by the plague ffre nave
only until the 4th of the month to file
their claims, and from now on they are
expected to pile up with vengeance. 1t
would not be altogether surprising If the
total reached three millions of dollars.
Yesterday was another interesting ses-
sion for the court Hawaiians testified
TO their claims the entire day, and the
commissioners had an amusing as we'll
as. a busy time.
Kawelo. a fisherman, WHO owned
lfifty-dollar marble topped bureau, aston
ished the court and made ample amends
for such extravaganza in a fisherman, by
Icalmly stating that his income from his
nets1was fifty dollars a day. lie court
tried TO get him to modify the statement
a trife, but the man insisted that he did
earn that amount, and what was more,
there were. other fishermen who enjoyed
a axe income. For a time it looked as If
ali the members and officers Of the court
were going to hand in their designations
in order to engage In the more lucrative
| occupation of fishing, but when the VIZ
ness refused an offer of 5000 for a. half
l
ed to abandon the idea.
| The same claimant put in bill for
5000 for house which he testified that
his father had built, and afterwards when
questioned as to another item for $3.50
for labor, said he had built the house
| ands tt was one of the other houses his
| father had constructed
Il see you have here claim for $50
FLOR q marble-top bureau; Is that cor
recI% inquired one of the members of
| the court. & ~
That's right" answered the man,
| through the interpreter: st cost $50
where did you get ftp"
| Bought it from Alec Treen."
rs he furniture dealer?''
| mo, a tinsmith."
When did you buy this bureau?'
I Five years ago. 1t was secondhand
! when I got it. Paid $50 for it,
What is your occupation?'
} II am fisherman"
About how much do you earn in
month";"
FIFTY dollars day." was the aston
ishing answer. whiche took away tn
breath of every one present.
do you mean a month";"
| mo, sir; day"
"Do you mean that you make this in
tdependently, after all your expenses are
paid?'
Yes, sir; Independently. every day.
make $50
DO those days happen more than once
la year?"
Yes; I average a hundred dollars a
month
Then, you mean you make $50 on two
days during the month";"
mo, L make $50 day.
do you make that all alone? Don't
yen have partners TO help your a.
Yes. my brothers. and uncle, .2and
father-in-law, and the rest of the family,
help me-"
Then you don't make It alone as you
said?
Eyes. sir; we each make fifty donars a
day. That Is my share, when we come
in after a catch and divide up
do you want to sell half interest in
your fishing business2"
No, I don't"
Would you sell it for SCOOP"
mo, I wouldn't sell it for 5000;
wouldn't sell it at ALL
| The witness was excused, but he left a
bad tlste In the NOUN of some of the
attorneys, who thought the practice of
/ law somewhat lucr4t q but who now
are thinking of abandoning It for the
practice of fishing
h ANOTHER QUEER CUSTOMER
/ Another queer customer before the
commission yesterday was p. Paia. an old
native, who had five koa calaba shes list
ed at $500 He testified that the value of
the calabashes was only s100, and who
ever listed them at $500 must have made
a mistake. He said that he had not done
1t. and did not know who did. He also
had claim for 80 for two white petit
coats, which he said belonged to his two
granddaughter.
Three trunks were put IN at thirty dol
lars, and these also belonged to claim
ants grandchildren, of whom he seemed
to have an inexhaustfble supply.
WITNESS BECAME ANGRY.
John B. Moses. a native boy of prob
ably twenty-one, came near being placed
under arrest because he became angry
at the courts questions and started to
break away before the examination was
concluded.
Among the valuables listed by him was
a purse containing s146.
| What We're you employed at previous
to this fire?''
Il was sailor
| s''Where did you get this money!"
1T was brought to me by my wife,
Where did she get it?"
She went out and earned it."
And you stayed home and let her sup
port you, did yoG?"
NO. l didn't" answered the witness,
sullenly.
And smoked opium all the timer"
continued the Court, who was evidently
well acquainted with the man
The witness made an angry denial
This commission Is ashamed to see
man like you before it with such a story
and you ought to be ashamed"
The witness. who was getting angrier
every moment, again replied hotly In his