The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-10
MORE STATEMENTS
OF THE FINANCES
President and Treasurer Show Up
Figures es-Amounts Received
for Temperance Work.
~RANCIS MURPHY and tho
r Murphy movement in Hawaii
Z will be permanently separated
from Franklin Austin and the
lefcE%IIy cRSTs.

r Murphy movement In Hawaii
L will be permanently separated
from Franklin Austin, and the
movement will go on with renewed
vigor according to present plans. The
movement will be in charge Of a body
not yet formed but which will bear
close relationship with the club, which
is known as Club No. 1. of the assoc
citation, and 1t Is possible that 1t will
give Its name. as it gives its support,
to the reform propaganda,
The moves in the Murphy association
scandal were not made rapidly yester-
day as they were not completed when
midnight arrived. There was more than
"a little excitement during some. OF the
preliminaries, but after all the evening
settled down without anything definite
being accomplished, the principal
actors, Austin and Bancroft being un-
able to get together In time to prepare
statement which could be submitted
to the directors of the club. before those
gentlemen had to disperse on account
of the lateness of the hour. The result
was that the scheduled joint meeting
Of the directors of Murphy Club No.
and the trustees OF the Murphy Asso-
citation did not come off, AT the hour
named Bancroft was absent, and then
there was kind of general talk which
Tended in the directors holding their ses-
sion alone, and the two trustees, Austin
and Bancroft, spending the last portion
of the evening in preparing their state
ments of the amount of expenditures.
which fit their statements Of the re-
ceipts.
The preparation of a statement was
possible by reason of the finding OF
the records of Mr.. Austin which were
thought to have been captured by some
eonspiring robber. These-which in-+
clude no books-constSt of "a bundle OF
bills which had been found by Treas
urer Noyes and given to the barkeeper,
and they were returned early last even
ing. From them the President of til
Association has made up g. statement
which shows how much money was
spent out of the total of the collections
This is comprehensive though not rni-s
mute. The item Of old bills appears. leav-9
ing much of information I'd. be guessed
Sundries in the statement Of Treasurer
Bancroft is a small item. though there
are other items which would bear
itemizing. 90
The most important of the decisions
of the day was that Of the directors OF }
Club No. that they would not pay
any more bills, which were incurred
in August as they turned over to the
association all the money earned IN the
clubroom and they think that the Assoc
citation should pay all the bills. From
this time there will be no connection
between the Association and the club
except that which will exist between
two organizations which have the game.
end in view. The directors OF the club ,
have made up their minds that in. the
future they will manage the businesa-ek
the club When the new officers took
hold last week they started in this way
and already they have some money in
bank and are going ON their way with
a determination to make success.
The affairs of the club are in some
thing of muddle owing to the lack
Of a proper statement from the proper
former secretary, according to Treasur-
er Noyes. He said, last evening that
there was a lack Of definite informa-
ton. and that Mr.. Bradley who had
been acting as secretary would be ask
ed for a statement at once. With this
at hand the club may start into busi-
ness with a clear sheet and go in it's
work.
A meeting of the directors of the
Murphy Association was to be held dur
ing yesterday afternoon at Mr.. Ban
croft's place of business. The meeting
was not held however, owing to the
absence of Mrs. Whitney, who is one
of the directors, and of Mr.. J. p. Cooke,
auditor. Mr.. Austin, when seen by an
Advertiser reporter yesterday, stated
that meeting of the officers of the As
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