The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-08-12
NEW BILLET
FOR D|CKEY
Adoption Recalls
Tragedies On
Kauai.

In conformity with Section IL of the
Land Registration Act, Judge Philip l..
Weaver has appointed Lyle A. Dickey
to be examiner of titles for the First
Judicial Circuit. The Supreme Court
declares. as required by the law, that
the appointee is qualified for the
office.
DIVORCE SUITS.
Hooluhi Hao has brought a libel for
divorce against Joe Hao on the
grounds of desertion since September
20, 1903, and failure to provide MAIN
tenance. 1t is alleged that libellee is
an employee of the o. r. G. L. Co.,
with an income of at least s45 a month.
The parties were married by Rev.
Father Limburg at Kapalama on jan
uary. 10, 1903.
Rosie Correa has brought libel for
divorce against John G. Correa on the
ground of extreme cruelty. the speci-
fications being in part as follows:
THAT on or about the 4th day of Au-
gust, A. d. 1904, libellee was again
guilty of extremely cruel, brutal and
inhuman conduct toward libellant by
beating. striking and pulling her by the
hair, and striking her with his clenched
hands, and using vile, profane and
abusive epithets toward her without
provocation on her part. whereupon
she the said libellant was compelled
and forced to swear to warrant
charging said libellee with assault and
battery upon her, to which charge
libellee pleaded guilty in the police
court at Honolulu before Alexander
Lindsay Jr., District Magistrate of said
court
1t is alleged that the libellee is an
employee of Macfarlane & Co., with an
income of at least 500 a month. The
parties were married on April 16, 1902,
by Rev. Father Stephens. The hus-
band is accused of beginning his
( course of brutality short time after
the marriage, and three particular
dates are given as occasions when he
beat and abused his wife prior to the
one aforementioned.
ESTATE SETTLEMENT.
Virginia Comes, executrix of the es-
tate of Francisco Comes Capicha has
rendered her first and final account
with a petition for discharge. She re-
ceived $500 as proceeds of sale of real
property ordered by the court, and paid
NASpto VI Tic cSidte court COSTS
amounting to s234O6O, leaving a bal
ance of $15940. The heaviest payment
was s1961.60 to the Portuguese Mutual
Benefit Association for mortgage and
interest.
ANSWERS IN FORECLOSURE.
In the suit for foreclosure of mort
gage of Louisa 1. Lame VS.. NJ. D. Mon
sarrat, The First American Savings G.
Trust Co. of Hawaii, Calvin E. Camp,
Walter Hoffman and The First Nation
al Bank of Hawaii, w. Austin Whiting
has filed answers for the Savings &
Trust Co. and Hoffman. They state
their respective claims under mort
cages mentioned in the complaint and
pray that after satisfaction of prior
liens on the mortgaged premises they
may have satisfaction of all debts
owing by defendant Monsarrat to them.
PROFITS CLAIMED.
Negotiations are pending between
Henry Smith and Hamakua Mill Co.
for settlement of Mr.. Smiths claim
against the company for mesne profits
of land occupied by it unlawfully for
six years. while his suit of ejectment
against the company was being knock
GU apoul petWeen lildl ana appellate
courts. Mr.. Smith obtained final judg-
ment against the company in the Su-
preme Court on June 2 last. The prop
erty is an undivided fourth of the ahu-
puaa of Kohalalele, Hawaii and Mr.. |
Smiths claim is for $4,000. Should the
attempt at a settlement fail suit to
recover the amount will be prosecuted |
Summons has been issued to catch the |
ensuing September term, for otherwise
the case would not be returnable until |
the January term.
AN INTERESTING ADOPTION.
Joseph Tobias Holloway and Mrs |
Miriam Kapaekukui unite in a petition
for the adoption by Mr.. Holloway of |
the woman's daughter, Flora X. Stolz |
In the petition Mr.. Holloway declares
his intention to leave at least one
fourth of his estate to the girl. He
owns property valued at between fifty
and sixty thousand dollars. Mrs
Stolz's father was a policeman on Ka-
uai who about eleven years ago was
shot dead from behind a rock by a
leper named Koolau whom he was
seeking to arrest. The murderer was
afterward pursued by detachment of
the Provisional Governments forces,
which he held at bay from behind an
elevated breastwork of rocks at Kala-
lau, sending two men to their last ac-
count before the soldiers left him alone.
Some years later he died in peace
amidst the rocky Businesses of Kalalau
cliffs. Flora Stolz is a pupil of Ka-
waiahao Seminary. Her intending
foster father is yard foreman of the
o. r. l.. Co. at Honolulu.