The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-16
CLO TH|NG
OR DAMAGES
Mrs. Augustine
Sues Oceanic
Co.
Land Commissioner Boyd to
Leave for HiIo
Soon.

| sl,231 against the Oceanic Steamship
Company for the failure of the latter
corporation to deliver to her a trunk
which was placed aboard the steamer
Mariposa on which she was a first-class
passenger.
| In her complaint she states she is
resident Of Seattle, Washington, and says
| the Oceanic Steamship Company is
common carrier between Honolulu and
San Francisco, California. That on or
about February l.. 1901, the steamship
company caused its steamship Mariposa
| to enter the port of Honolulu for the
purpose of carrying passengers to San
Francisco and advertised the ship as
| common carrier On or about that date
the plaintiff says she applied to the com
pany through its duly authorized agents
| for passage to San Francisco and pur-
chased a first-class ticket, emitting her
to passage with "a transhipment of her
baggage. On the same day the plaintiff
says she delivered a trunk to the steam
snip company which the company's ser
wants took in charge giving her receipt
| 20. S. IS. Co. NJ. S."
! Later she boarded the Mariposa and
was carried to San Francisco safely.
There she sought her trunk from the Off
GERS of the steamship company and pre-
scented the check, but the steamship Off
| GERS reported to her that they could not
| find the trunk, and were therefore I'M
able 10 deliver the same TO her On
March %, 1901 the plaintiff presented
| claim for her trunk but the company
wholly refused and neglected to pay for
the same She claims the value of the
trunk lost by the defendant company is
1921
| Yesterday was the last day of grace
fer attorneys who wished to file COM
plants in actions that will appear dur
| ing the August term of the First Cir
cult Court. A number of lawyers wait
| ed until late in the afternoon before
| they entered their complaints with
Clerk Smith.
! MACON DISPLEASES HER
| A native woman, some % years of age,
asks through her attorney, w. ]. Rob-
inson, that ]. A. Magoon, who is and
has been the legal custodian of her
property since October, 1889, be dis
charged from that Office, as he is not
Ionly uncongenial to her personally, but
refuses 10 present accounts as the law
directs.
In her complaint the woman de-
clares that in October, 1889. Magoon
was made her guardian. In February.
1884, she became of age, and in July OF
the same year was married to one ka-
ilaulaula at Kaneohe, Oahu. by a min
lister of the gospel. Since that time she
has been 4 kind faithful and loving
wife, doing her own homework and
making her own clothes. Her conduct
has been most exemplary, and she is
accustomed to habits of economy and
tfrugality In view of these things and
fully believing herself TO be competent
to manaee her own affairs she asks
that M Magoon be discharged from
his Office Her attorney, she affirms, is
unobligins and inattentive Often whes
she visits him asking for a report of his
expenditures aDA receipts he tells hel
to come again If she is to have q
guardian, the petitioner asks that i
be someone else than Magoon
a SEAMAN'S WOES.
Yesterday afternoon at O'Clock tn.
hearing in the matter. of the United
States versus Robert NJ. Tapley, an(
Patrick McCarty, the captain and tn,
second mate of the American ship st
James, who are accused of cruelty OF
the high seas, against an abIe-bodiet
seaman, named Herbert Hadley, wa.
begun before Commissioner Robinson.
Hadley alleges that on May 31st
while all hands were on deck, pulling
on the main brace, a heavy sea which
the ST. James shipped, threw him down
injuring his knee, hurting his back, ant
rendering him insensible. McCarty, tn
second mate, began kicking him abou
THE back and shoulders with his heav.
sea boots. From the injuries received
he was forced to remain in his bunl
for several days.
On the witness stand yesterday after
/ noon the plaintiff declared that the cap
tain did nothing to prevent the abus
lof the mate, although he saw the who'll
affair.
Ten subpoenaes were served by Mar
, shall Hendry yesterday for the appear
ance of witnesses in the above name
- action They were John Towio. Han
Gunderson, George II. Thefle, Emil Os
ternanC, Z. NELSON, II. t1aSldnd,
Eglett, Herbert Had1ey, David Atkin
son and Peter Lyman.
FORMAL DENIAL FILED.
: Hatch & Siiliman, representing thei
client, F. J. Cross. in the action O
Narconi's Wireless Telegraph Compan,
VS.. F, ]. Cross. have fled a formal de
NAL to the allegations in the complain
fled.
4 WANTS INJUNCTION DISSOLVED
Answers were fled yesterday by Lor
rim Andrews. in the civfr>suit of S. N
Kanakanui VS.. John Ena ct al, NOR
Familiarity known as the 'Iwilei injunc
ton case" The attorney for the de
PENDANT asks that the injunction no.