The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-27

4 Mr.. HaSSon was still the stand when
court adjourned yesterday and the case
will very likely continue for the re-
mainder of the week.
CRIMINALS SENTENCED.
Jose Reveira, a Porto Rican previous
ly sentenced on another charge of lar
ceny for two years, was again before
: Judge Gear yesterday and given an
additional year for the larceny at the
home of S. r. Chillingworth. Alcide
Ortez was given three years on two
charges of larceny.
REPORT OF BISHOP TRUSTEES
The annual report of the trustees of
/, the Bishop Estate was made yesterday,
showing receipts for the year ending
June 80, 1902, of 1902, 1914 and expendi-
lures of $3.50 .904.54, leaving an uneX-
pended balance of s$44, 1920. The MEM
bership of the board has remained I'M
changed, with the election of ]. o. Car
ter as president in place of w. F. Allen.
The trustees report progress in the
matter of improvement of property I'M
der their control, the grading and filling
in of low lands being steadily continued
as we'll as fencing off forest reserVa-
tions and laying out and fencing of city
properties. Among these improvements
as "Mauna Kamala" on King street,
which is now ready for occupancy. In
exchange for portion of this land the
trustees have accepted from the Ameri-
can Board for Foreign Missions the old
Kaumakapili church site in the district
of KamanuwaT and adjoining lots own
ed by the Estate, the tract to be cut
up by streets. making it accessible and
marketable.
Considerable filling has also been
done in the Kakaako district, particu-
larly in the vicinity of the Bishop
wharves. The contract for the wharves
was let to Cotton Bros. & CO. for s14S,-
0S2.0O and of this amount S53 4S0 has al |
ready been paid for work done.
Roads have been constructed also at ,
Kalihi running makai past the Girls |
School to the Oahu railway tracks and /
opening up considerable unoccupied
land.
The investigation of water in the Ho-
nokane Valley has been completed and
the engineer, Arthur S. Tuttle, is now
in New York making plans and esti-
mates.
Fishery suits have been filed, and also
patents secured to lands belonging to
the estate. The value of real estate
purchased during the year was $25,75720
and the property sold brought $685. 466.9O.
This last amount includes $50, 1880 re-
ceived for Pearl Harbor land taken by
the United States. a
The current expenses of the Kameha
meha schools for the year amounted to
$91, 02S.35, while the permanent improve
ment expenditure was $19,026.51. The
total is $3,195 less than the amount
spent on the schools last year, and it is
hoped to still further curtail the ex-
pense. Charles Bartlett Dyke, the
is highly commended and the
report concludes: Under all the cir
cumstances the Trustees are pleased
with the work of the schools this year.
and are encouraged in their desire to
improve upon the trust confided to
their hands to make of Kamehameha a
worthy of its generous
the late Bernice P. Bishop"
During the year McBryde Sugar Co.
bonds were purchased to the amount |
of S42, $50.
COURT NOTES
Copies were received yesterday of the |
calendar for Judge Hardy's September
term of court to begin next Monday. !
Two murder cases are up for trial, /
Chong Kong Why and Yoshiayo Dem
gin. The civil calendar is made up
largely of fishing right cases. There is
but one divorce case on the docket.
Judge Robinson began the hearing /
yesterday of the case of G. r. Hemen- |
way, trustee for K. Taketa, VS.. n. Ia |
keta, which is a suit for recovery of
of a bankrupt alleged to have
been transferred to n. Taketa in viola
ton of the bankruptcy act. The de-
PENDANT claims he paid full value for
the store taken by him and has also
stocked it anew.
In the case of Bishop & Co. VS.. w.
H. Pain ct al, Talula L. Hayselden
has asked that the reissued complaint
be dismissed. The first summons was
out by Judge Gear for failure
of plaintiff to comply with the rules
of court.
Bond for the appearance of Chang
Lee Yum who was arrested for fear
he would leave the country, before a |
suit against him had been settled, was
filed Yesterday