The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-01
CROWDS ATTEND
AN EVICTION
S. c. ALLEN HAS A HARD TIME TO
GET POSSESSION OF LAND
BROUGHT AT MORTGAGE SALE.

What is declared by spectators to be
just like a typical Irish eviction is TAX
ing place on Queen street on premises
Immediately opposite the buildings of
the Honolulu Brewery. The buildings
formerly owned and occupied by an old
native woman are being torn down
around and above her while she re-
mains in an endeavor to keep her prop
erty and what she claims her rightful
possession. The old lady stays persist
entity and remained in her room all day
yesterday while neighboring buildings
We're pulled down and the one over her
head partially demolished. The incident
has cause considerable excitement for
several days and even weeks and has
been Seizen on by the Home Rule party
for political purposes, stigmatizing the
eviction which is on the order of Sam
Allen and his agent j. o. Carter as the
work of the missionaries. Orators are
making the most of the affair and con-
siderable feeling has been worked up
over the occurrence.
Mrs KeilSeinahaOle was the owner Of
the makai Waikiki corner of the block
opposite the brewery Her property is
built upon considerably. There is a lit
tie avenue Of small cottages inhabited
by Hawaiians principally. Several
palms, papaias and ii bushes grow
around the tiny houses and the scenes
are still to some extent typical of the
fast disappearing events of native home
life. One or two stores fronting on
Queen street are occupied by Chinese
as laundries and a restaurant The
property it is said was assessed for
taxes at $4,000.
Some years ago Mrs. Keikeinahaole
mortgaged her land to 5. c. Allen for
$500. This, with accrued unpaid inter-
est ran up to $4,000 as the years went by.
Ultimately the place was sold on fore
closure and was bid in by j. O. Carter
for ALLEN at Mortgage sale for 80 500.
The $4,000 odd coming to Mrs. Keikei-
nahaole from this sale she, on advice
of her lawyers and advisers c. w. Ash
ford and John Colburn refused to ac-
cept and the matter was brought into
court, where she lost. Dispossession
then was attempted but the old lady
refused to move claiming that she had
been given no notice and that the land
had been sold below its value.
For some days past the members of
the 5. c. Allen hui and friends of Mrs.
Keikeinahaole have been at daggers
drawn over the dispossession and
charges of assault and battery made
pro and con. AS none of the prosecu-
tors or defendants dared leave the fort
however the cases have all been nolle
pressed.
Mrs, Kekeinahaole has a small por-
ton of her property fenced off in which
was her own house. Yesterday, while
the agents placed there by the present
owners of the property looked on. an
army of Japanese tore down the adja-
cent dwelling and demolished the house
itself until just a ceiling over three
rooms remains. Household furniture.
beds, chairs tables and cooking utensils
We're bundled out on to the ground, Mrs.
Keikeinahaole sat in her house and de-
fled them to put her out. The despoil-
ers evidently had orders not to use
force. Demonstrations We're made by
natives but the work went on till night
fall.
This morning the scene is a desolate
one. The soaking rain has fallen .on
the furniture and on the torn down
planking and shingles The garden Is
Wilderness. The entrance gate, lead
ing into a little lane is chained and
fastened. Inside is a white man en-
ployed by the present owner and others
OF MS agents. Mrs. Keikeinahaole still
sits in what remains of her house.
The next move will be, it is said TO
remove this remnant of the dwelling
bodily on a wheeled truck. 1t is ex-
pected that Mrs. Kaikeinahaole will
then jump out. There are many other
houses on the same ground owned by
her in which she could take refuge and
the pulling down process may be con-
tinued indefinitely until the whole set
tlement is demolished. All the natives
in the neighborhood stay around the
/ house. There is much talking and
every once in a while speech making by
Home Rule orators. The matter was
| brought up at the meeting last night
after Ashford had spoken.
In the meantime if Mrs. Keikeina-
| haole steps outside the line of her
property she will lose the nine points of
the law and the other side will gain
them But the old lady does not intend
to be ousted as long as she can get un-
der a roof on what she still calls her