The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-04

HlLO, ian. l.--1 eSleTQdy at Ihl0-
night Miss Mary Baker, niece of Gov
ernor Baker, was married to Charles
Reinhardt at the residence of her I'M
Gle. Immediately after the ceremony
there was served an elaborate wedding
feast. to which a few intimate friends
and relatives of the couple We're in.
vited.
BAKERS LEASES.
There is a merry mix up over the
reversion to the Territory of certain
| leased Hilo property. The lines are
crossed in many directions, and all
| hands have started into clear out the
| tangIe. Every law firm in town has
been interviewed by government Off
Gals, lessee, sub-lessee, sub-sub-lessee
and Observation-Disclosures.
The expiring leases were made to
| John Baker by the government several
years ago, and cover not only lands set
aside for the Hilo Park, but numerous
| lots and tracts mauka of Front street.
he LTOuUiC Lie lat lAic1l
the government lease TO John Baker
provided that the buildings on the
premises should belong to the govern
ment at the expiration Of the lease. In
his sub-leases Baker gave the privilege
of removing the buildings. This priv
ilege has been passed along from one
person to another down to Japanese
and other poor tenants. Suit has been
ordered by the government against
John Baker for the buildings removed
from the land set aside for the park.
These buildings were removed under
order from the Territory, which, it
seems, had also forgotten the terms of
its deal with Mr.. Baker. The removal
Of the park buildings was unquestion-
ably a fortunate move so far the
public is concerned. The old shacks
would have been of little use for any
thing except kindling wood to any one
else except the Japanese, who needed
them for making new homes in other
parts of the city.
Another suit growing out of the mix
up is the injunction against J. u
Smith restraining him as sub-lessee
from removing buildings. The issue
was sharp and well defined between
Mr.. Smith and E. E. Richards, the
government agent. A gang of Japs
were making the boards fly from one
of Smiths buildings. Richards ordered
them to stop. Smith told them to go
ahead. The Orientals hesitated. The
orders continued to conflict until Rich
ards started for law Office to sue out
an injunction. Smith turned loose a
bigger gang of Japs, and fifteen min
utes before the injunction was served
the one building was removed. But
there We're others the fate of which
must be determined in the courts.
John Baker and good many others
feel that the best way out of the mat
ter is to allow the poor tenants to re-
move their buildings. It was a con-
cession of liberalness on the part of
Mr.. Baker originally which led him to
grant the privilege of sub-lessees.
In speaking of the matter to Tri-
bune representative, Mr.. Baker said
that he did not feel that he was get
ting just treatment from the govern.
ment. He pointed to the numerous
concessions to the government he had
made in the last few years for the BEN
eft of the public, and feels that his
poorly rewarded by a suit to recover
on a score of japanese shacks.-Tri-
bune.
DEATH OF J. T. SILVA.
Joseph T. Silva, Hilo's veteran pho
tographer, was called by death on
Tuesday last at the age of seventy
two years.
Deceased was a Portuguese who left |
his home on one of the western islands |
when a lad and sought an uncle who
resided in New Bedford, Mass. After |
receiving an education he drifted to |
California during the arly days and |
learned the photograph business. Bus |
mess prospered, and he married and |
reared a family of several daughters |
and one son. He accumulated consid- |
cradle means, but in the stock excite |
1nent his fortune was swept away and |
ne found himself poor man Twen- |
ty-two years ago he sailed from San |
FRANCISCO for Honolulu, and located, |
there as photographer. From there
ne went to Maui, and for ten years |
made frequent visits with his camera |
TO different parts of the islands. Twelve |
years ago he opened a gallery here. |
and was active in business until about |
TWO years ago, when illness compelled |
MIN to give up active work and allow |
his assistant to look after the details
of the business. About six months a. go
he went to California, intending TO re-
main some time with his family. but
the climate was too severe. and he re-
turned on the last voyage of the Falls
OF Clyde Since his return he has been
confined to his bed most of the time.
During the past week ]. S. Canario