The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-14
offices will also remain closed today
and tomorrow
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

offices will also remain closed today
and tomorrow.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
AT the meeting of the Executive
Council yesterday morning it was de-
cided that the Rapid Transit Company
will be given the right to parallel the
lines of the Hawaiian Tramways Com
pany on King street from Kamehame-
ha School to Waikiki turn, making a
double line
1t was on account of the expressed
desire of nearly all the property hold
ers and taxpayers along that street
that the concession was made. The
company already has the right of way
between Thomas Square and Liliha
street; one petition asks for an
extension from Victoria street to Wal
kiki road, and the other from Liliha
street to kamehameha. This arrange
ment fills out the two ends and com
pletes a line parallel with the other
company. The plans are to be submit
ted to the executive for approval, and
with this the arrangement viii be com
pleted.
The matter of the exchange of some
land on Tantalus over a year ago was
brought up by W. r. Castle, who pre-
sented his side of the case 1t was
taken under consideration by the
council
1t was decided also that the capitol
should be closed today, it being flag
day. As it is not a legal holiday the
| closing of the offices will be informal.
MRS. LOPEZ ANSWERS.
The clerk of the First Circuit Court
received for filing by yesterdays mail
from the Coast the answer Of the II
belize in the suit for divorce of Joseph
NJ. Lopez VS.. Evalina Lopez In her
answer the libelee denies that by any
| act of hers that the libellant and her
self have lived separately from each
other since July, 1899; she denies the
allegation that she is a person OF dis
| solute habits, or ever was such, and
| alleges that the charge brought against
| her in Judge Davis court was false
and malicious and unrounded in truth,
| and without any fact or circumstance
| to support it.
| Mrs. Lopez says she employed "one
Corroria," an attorney at law residing
| in Honolulu, to defend her rights to
| the children named, and to dfsprove
| the false and defamatory charges of
| libeilant, but owing TO the neglect of
| said attorney she was not Informed of
the day of hearing or given an oppor-
tunity to be heard in her defense.
! She alleges upon information and be-
lief that hbellant fraudulentiy unlaw
| fully and wrongfully. conspired and
colluded with the said 'Corroria, by
reason whereof her defense was by
said attorney neglected. and said court
and the honorable judge thereof, i'm
posed upon. and said libelIant caused
and procured said order to be made as
| to the guardianship of said children
which order would not have been made
il she had had opportunity of present
ing her defense.
She denies that the libellant ever
conducted himself toward her as a
| faithful husband, but on the contrary
| she declares that he has at all times
conducted himself as Tow brutal
and vulgar person. lever since they
We're married. by using vulgar and OBJ
scene language toward her, striking
her and maltreating her. falsely accus-
ing her of acts of immortality and 9TH
erwise abusing her.
She denies ever having disregarded
! her marital obligations, or that she
| did at any time in her life on the ISL
and of Oahu or elsewhere, commit
adultery with Antonio Persia. or any
other person. This denial Is extended
1 to include any time or place and many
! different men, or any man Whatso-
| ever.
She further denies that hbeIlant. VI
pointed guardian of the children, ever
supplied her with any means for the
support of said children or either of
/ them, except what he was compelled to
pay by order of the court. She denies
that she ever neglected said children
/ or allowed them to lack FOR proper
! clothing, or failed to spend funds a,
/ her command for their support. but
alleges that when the libellant desert
ff.1 !, -, Tt,la l.F +, 4.
titute circumstances. so that she was
compelled to work for the maintenance
of her said children. and 10 seek ale
from friends and relatives to procure
the necessaries of life for herself ant
them.
She denies that her husband remov
ed the children from her custody by
reason of any act of hers TOWARD
them; she denies that she was ever al
unnatural mother. The children Were
taken from her by libellant, she pro
ceeds to say. for the purpose of caus
ing her to suffer great mental anguish
and satiate his low and brutal mine
and humiliate her
With regard to an alleged attack up
on Persia by one Miguel, while sh
was walking at night with said Perisa
as set forth in the complaint, the libel
lee makes denials and explanations a
relative of hers and Miguel Is a mar
ried manswith whom she has but
slight acquaintance. and who was In
, PRODUCED to her by her husband Il
their home He is an intimate frien
of sibellant'S. She denies that the II
bellant ever. by investigation or 9th
wise ascertained that She was livin
an immoral life.
All the accusations made against he
life in San Francisco she specffcali
pronounces utterly false She is noN
employed at 3e4 Van Ness avenue, Sa
, Francisco, by sister of James L. an
Charles G. Maggie. her attorneys. an
there We're never improper relation
. between either of them and hersel
When she first went to San Francisc
she lived with Mrs. Roche, a respecta
! BILE woman keeping respectabl
: house, and resided with her childre
there, at 226 Fifth street.
She gives as her reason for leavin
Honolulu that she wanted TO be nea
her children and to try to regain the