The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-25
WILL OFFER
The GOLD.
Another Tender to
the Bishop
Estate.
MATTERS IN
BANKRUPTCY.
De Greaves Marital Troubles Before
Circuit Court-Wife With Credit
Needs No Alimony.

| the BiShop Estate in payment of the land
condemned for the Pearl Harbor naval
station has been withdrawn and instead
the amount, s52.7s7.5o, in gold will be
| rendered today. This Is to be done in
order that there may be no question of
the intention of the United States. upon
appeal, to take the land. That amount
of money in gold will make rather
formidable package. Estimating an
ounce of gold as worth sixteen dollars,
the total weight of the coin to be offered
| to the Bishop Estate will be about two
hundred pounds.
The tender will be made today Official
ly to the Bishop Estate. and not to Unit
ed States Clerk Mailing, as had been done
with the check previously Captain AIer-
ry has requested that a meeting be held
| of the trustees Of the Bishop Estate at
which ne will make formal tender OF
the gold. The trustees have agreed to
meet him today, though the offer will not
be accepted. The transcript of evidence
| in this case is now being prepared for
submission to the Ninth Circuit. Court of
Appeals at San Francisco.
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Wade Thayer, trustee in the bankrupt
cy matter of c. T. Amana, has filed In
the United States Court an offer of COM
promise with Bishop & Co. for their
claim OF 1890. 1t appears that Amana
paid to Bishop & Co. the sum of $500
| within four months of the date of filing
the bankruptcy petition. but under the
bankruptcy act such payment Is illegal.
| in that 1t is discrimination against
other creditors. The trustee was prepar-
ing to for the recovery of this
amount when a compromise was suggest
| ed. Bishop & Co. agreeing to pay back
$3.50 of the amount collected. and relin-
iquish all further claim against the bank
rupt Trustee Thayer advises that it is
to the interest of the creditors to accept
the offer.
The commission appointed Thursday to
appraise the property of ]. t. Schneider,
bankrupt, filed their report yesterday,
placing upon the estate a value of $500
A NEW CITIZEN.
| Francis J. Behr, a former subject of
Emperor Wilhelm of Germany, took the
\ oath of citizenship before Judge Estee
yesterday. His qualifications were con-
sidered excellent, in that they consisted
of discharge papers showing three years
service in the United States Army In
Cuba and the Philippines, and also \, a
lcomm;ssion in the army as lieutenant.
1.-The Court considered the documents suf-
fcient proof of the Willingness of the
applicant to fight for his adopted coun-
try. Lieutenant Behr is now stationed at
Camp Mckinley.
CIRCUIT COURT.
| The Degreaves divorce case was before
Judge Humphreys yesterday afternoon,
on motion by the wife for temporary
al:mony during the tendency of the suit.
Evidence was introduced by the defend
ant to prove that she was destitute and
without means of support, but the Court
did not believe the showing sufficient. Il
do not think this lady Is entirely desti-
ltute" Judge Humphreys remarked, land
iif she IS not well endowed with this
worlds goods she has excellent credit at
| any rate, for she succeeded in RUM nS
lup bill of $500 against her husband for
board and lodging. However. i viii Or
der an attorneys fee of fifty dollars to
be paid by plaintiff, also ten dollars for
necessary court expenses of defendant.
! The motion for alimony IS denied"
! IIr. Stewart then brought UP the affil-
/ lated proceeding, John Stephenson VS..
/, John Degreaves, and insisted that the
I Dill OF p2TLlcul2fS med plalnIilL WIS
insufficient. He held that the complaint
set out that Stephenson was entitled 10
/ pay for board. washing and lodging or
defendants wife and the bill OF particu~
Z lars simply gave lump sum per month.
Mr. Fitch replied that as plaintiffs book
! keeper had not been present al the time
( he was unable to comply further with
! the order, or tell exactly what the woTn-
: an ate every day, the exact cost of
: her washing and clothing. The Court
finally allowed the bill of particulars to
island, ana denied Stewards second mo-
ton.
THE SILVA ESTATE FIGHT.
Another squabb,e was begun in Circuit
Court yesterday over the estate of Jose
Antonio Da Silva, a motion being fled
for 4 Inodifcati ton Of the order of Judge
Gear giving the entire estate to the
widow. The motion is made by Jacintha
da Silva, who claims to be a sister of
the deceased; and calls also for an order
/ to fix the fee that should be paid to Tom
Fitch, as attorney at the former trial
! The petition sets out that Fitch has al
ready been given a retainer Of $3.50. and
| also charged 20 per cent upon $50 and
upon some real estate belonging to heirs
I of deceased.
The estate OF da Silva has been a
, bone OF contention ever since his death.
and there have been claimants from two
or three different places. The affidavit
made by this latest claimant Is as fol-
ows:
! Kingdom Of Portugal, Island of Ma
deira. City of Funchal.
/ Il, Jacintha da Silva, residing IN the
| City Of Funchal, Island of Madeira, be-
| ing duly sworn, depose and say as fol-
! lows:
\ MY name is Jacintha da Silva I am
the sister of Jose Antonio. da Silva, who
died at Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, Unit
ed States of America. intestate, on or