The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-23
WOMAN FREE
TEN MINUTES
Divorced Upstairs, Married
Downstairs in Quarter
of an Hour.

| signed the decree of divorce Separa ting
Keawekane from Kekona, alias Kali
mana. yesterday morning, the lady be-
taking place in the office of the United
States Marshal. There was reason for
the haste, the bridegroom being under
Indictment for a violation of the Ed
munds Act and the present of the
bride to him was his liberty. Follow
ing the marriage the couple were al
lowed to wander away from the
shadow of the scales of justice, and no
time was lost by them in their wan
dering.
OPULENT, BUT NON-TAxABLE.
When it came to a question of be-
under arrest on such a humiliating
charge as assault and battery, Ching
Lum was willing to confirm under oath
the statements made by his attorneys,
Magoon & Lightfoot, that he was a
man of prominence in the Chinese
community of Honolulu. rolling in
tain One hundred thousand dollars
was his income in 1905, fifty thousand
dollars swelled his bank account in
1906, but this year business had fallen
off and his income had gone down to
a beggarly pittance of only a couple
of thousand dollars a month. He talk
about a postage stamp. but his tales
of wealth suddenly stopped flowing
when Attorney Cathcart flashed his
tax return for 1906. in which his income
was stated FOR taxation purposes to be
ten cents.
Ching Lum is suing Lam Man Beu
for five thousand dollars for malicious |
prosecution, the case being heard now |
before Judge Robinson. In September. |
1906, Ching Lum had been arrested for |
assault and battery, the case having |
been one of the tong factional affairs |
which were in the police court about I
that time. After thirty-five days of
cost him two hundred dollars in law
yers' fees and the united services of
Magoon & Lightfoot, George D. Gear
and U. S. District Attorney Breckons
TO secure the verdict.
The case has been dragging through
Judge Robinson's court for two days
and will probably take up the most
IF the time of the court today. Hosts
hai1 hoo p~d
IN both sides and the case is being
contested. Magoon & Light
DOT, appear for the plaintiff and John
for the defendant.
EX-GOVERNOR ON THE STAND. ;
George r. Carter, fresh from an au-
cmobile collision with a Rapid Tran
it car, appeared as a witness before I
Judge De Bolt yesterday morning in
he matter of the admission to probate
f the will of the late Samuel Low
EN-. Mr.. Garter and Richard H. Trent /
lad both been witnesses to the sign G
ng of the testamentary document, 2
which was admitted finally to probate.
r. W. HOLT ESTATE. ,
before Judge De Bolt in the
istribution of the estate of r. w. Y
folt, deceased. The master had rec a
mmended that some thousands be a
unchanged and the commissions on II
hem deducted from the administra- t
1r's fees. The matter was taken under
dvisement by the court and briefs T
Overing the point in dispute ordered Il
} be filed. c
BILL OF ACCOUNTING
Joseph Augusta F. Cardozo, through c
er attorney, w. w. Thayer, yesterday T
led a bill for an accounting in her S
lit brought against the St. Antonio i
ociety stipuIating that the respondent
ay have until October Is within G
hich to demur, plead or answer. P
CASES SET FOR TODAY. F
Two burglary cases are set on the q
llendar to be heard before Judge Rob-
son today. One of these is the Ter
tory of Hawaii V. Chew SEQ, bur-
airy in the second degree; the other =,
the Territory " Joe King Martin, he =,
lving been indicted for robbery in -
lie first degree. g.
changes on the calendar, =,
30 important cases have been con- -
nued. The charge of bribery against h.
ee Let, who is alleged to have Of =,
red Chief of Detectives Taylor brides =,
to fourteen hundred dollars =,
week to be allowed to carry on gam
ing games in Honolulu and be guar a
lteed a monopoly in the gambling ~
lsiness and immunity from arrest, =,
HIGH was to have been called today, \.
Is been set over until November %. =,
ne indictment against Lee Let is now
veral months old. 80
The case of the Territory V Charley CT
ilson, the hack driver, accused Of %
Letting, has been postponed for a nj
airing until November 6. IN
FEDERAL COURT TRIALS. &c
Long Chew, who had one more wife m
an the law allows and who had been &c
rested for unlawful cohabitation Sc
eaded guilty before Judge Dole yes u
rday morning and threw himself on
e mercy of the court. He explained ST
at he had already punished himself, OF
cause as soon as he had been in IN
cted and discovered that two wives