The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-31


born In Hio. her father having been
Rev. Titus Coan. one OF the mission
aries Of the early days. He came here
from New England in the thirties and
is affectionately remembered as "Fa-
ther' Coan all over the islands.
Miss .Coan went to the East when a
young girl and completed her education
there, returning to Hawaii for what
she believed her life's work AS an
educator she was always sought, and
there are very many who will remem-
Der her as the gentle and kindly teach
er OF their youth now passed away
year ago Miss Coan was found 10
be suffering from cancer and an opera
ton was found imperative. From the
. effects of this she never quite rallied.
Up to the end of the term-5ust closed
; she was a teacher in the Union Schoo',
; where Der services were always valued.
Or. Munson Coan. an older brother
now in New York, and Mrs. Waters
a sister, survive her
The funeral was held on Tuesday
from the residence of DR.. Frances Wet
more A large gathering of mourners
attended
> The will of the late Harriet F. Coan
was filed for probate on "Wednesday
by Carl S. Smith. the sole executor.
The document is dated July 8, and the
| signatures of Miss Bethel of the Hilo
Hospital and Miss Sarah Lyman ap-
:, pear for the witnesses.
, There are six bequests made in the
will, the great bulk of the estate going
to Mrs. Sarah C. Waters of New YORK
| a sister of the late Miss Coan. To
, Mrs Waters are left 9 shares of Wal
, alua 10 shares of Olaa, 125 shares OF
Eva, 10 of Hilo Electric, of the l.
' Turner Co, 2 preferred shares of
Realty Syndicate, San Francisco;
four-fiths of all cash on hand (abou'
$1,000 in alD, two lots on Churcn
, street, one lot on the makai side OF
, Bridge street and a life estate in the
undivided half interest in the Coar
homestead
: To DR.. Titus NJ Coan, one-fifth OF
q all cash in hand.
vI A small sum is left the trustees ol
y the Foreign church. and a similarly
small sum is left in trust for the up
a keep of the Coan cemetery lot.
o Raymond C. Coan, nephew, now al
e Cornell University, is left the fee sim
ple in the Coan homestead after the
: expiry of the undivided half interest
: bequeathed Mrs. Waters. Mrs. Waters
1 is named as residuary legatee.
Following the disposition of the prop
e. erty. Miss Coan gave the most minute
g details for the conduct of her funeral
: even to the number of hacks to be en-
t gagged. The situation of her grave II
d ! specified, and the executor is directed
e to have erected an inexpensive tomb
d stone bearing the words: Harriet f
d | Coan. 1S39-1906 Gone Home
h The entire state of the late Mis-
v Coan figures UP to $10,54S, of whicl
r. $4,000 is cash, about $4,000 represented
/. by real estate and the rest stocks a
v current prices.
Some surprise was expressed at TN
G distribution of the estate, the Heralt
& saws as many people were under th
impression that Miss Coan had in
= tended to leave most of her propert!
# TO her nephew, Raymond c. Coan, nov
Is at Cornell. All he gets is, however
the fee simple of an undivided half il
the homestead, and he does not com
into this until his aunt's life interes
expires.
1 HILO BOARDING SCHOOL.
The annual catalogue of the Hi
Boarding School for the year 1866. 1t
a seventeen year, containing the calen
dar for 1867, contains a brief his
I torical sketch of the institution fror
1t the date of it's founding by Rev. d. f
LYMAN and Rev Titus Coan in 1873
20 to the present day.
e "The new Hilo Boarding Schoc
!, building was completed September
1908. II has two stories and base
a ment and was built at cost OF ,00'
"a 1t is an imposing frame building, %
feet long The main portion is 81 fee
wide and the width of the wings is
u feet On the first floor there Is spa
cious assembly hall. six classroom'
= office, library and reading room UP
stairs there is one large dormitor
lie for the younger students, two larg
h teachers rooms and forty single bed
TO rooms Each students room is 10 b
to 6 feet and contains n clothes locker
Is iron cot and mattress.
Id THE work on the basement was don
ne by the students. Most of IL has a &c
ment floor and contains the wood po
IN ishing department, hospital disper
IN sary, lavatory, play-room and n larg
ulIlilS room, HdNlilB a StdlilB NhphNie
ie for over "A hundred persons. kitche
+ wing AT the rear of this affords ampl
We accommodation for the preparatio
sc and storing OF food.
There are over sixty boys attendln
school from different parts OF the Il
lands, their ages ranging from seve
ty to thirty-three years, The Boardin
n School was established primarily fS
o. Hawaiians, and they are still In II
ce majority. At present. however, eigi
~ nationsitieS are represented and n
ld boys all live and work together
I'd remarkable harmony"
~ LAND LAW OPIAIoN
The opinion of the Attorney Get
bvI eTal IN the matter Of allowing filint
A on village lots ana agricultural trael
ad as proposed for the settlsment ass
,y Citations 10 adverse 10 the plan, the ia
,peciiying that an application may
lnl made by one individual Tor one ~
pdl The opinion IN full NRs Terelsed !
sub,l.and Agent Williams aud iH .
a. foiipNE
adj In reply a. your request Tor u
opinion nH 90 ahrihrr oT nut You I
a. rnmniaHiDlrr ~ Fubiig Landu, have