The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-06-27
Dreier Will
On File
Leaves $4,000 in Real Es=
tate Family Beneficiaries.

Honolulu, June 25:-The will of
the late August Dreler, who died
while aboard ship on the German
sea, near Bremerhaven, Germany,
on May 18th last, was yesterday
admitted to probate before Judge
Lindsay. The value of the real
estate to be administered is given
at $4,000 while the present value
of the personal property is not
given. The will is dated on Nov
ember 5, 1907, at which time the
deceased was sixty years old.
Frederick August Schaefer and
Cecil Brown are named as execu-
tors of the will and as trustees of
the estate to serve without bonds
and the former is also nominated
as guardian of the property of the
minor children, while their mother
is appointed as the guardian of
their persons. In the event of the
death of either of the guardians of
the children, Cecil Brown is named
to succeed either or both Of them.
The first bequest in the instru-
ment gives the gold watch of the
deceased to August Dreier, Junior.
The household furniture of all
kinds, including the silverware,
paintings, etc. land one horse and
carriage is given to the widow.
The balance of the estate is left
to the executor, for the following
disposition:
TO the widow, Emma Dreier,
one-third of all the net income of
the estate during her lifetime;
Four hundred dollars year,
free of all charges, to Mrs. Doro-
thea Reincke of Hamburg, Ger
many, the sister OF the deceased;
One hundred and fifty dollars
month, net, to the son, Emile
Thomas Dreier, for life, portion
of the estate tosbe set aside suffi.
cient to provide such an income;
The income from the balance of
lhe estate to be paid share and
share alike to the remaining child
ren, Anna Markham. the wife of
John Markham; Adele Dreer,
August Dreier, Junior, and Ed
ward Dreier, the first payment to
each to be made upon their arriv-
ing at the age of majority.
In the event of the death OF the
widow before the arriving at age of
the youngest minor child, the in
come is to be equally divided
among the children last named,
and at the arriving AT the age of
morjority of the youngest minor
child distribution. of one-half of
the estate is to be made among the
last mentioned children, share and
share alike. The remaining ba-
lance of the estate is to be held in
trust, the net income equally
divided among the last mentioned
children during their lives and at
the death Of the last surviving
child the estate in trust is to be
divided among the grand children.
Authority is given the trustees
to advance to any of the children,
in their discretion, when arriving
at age or upon their marriage, an
amount equal to one-half the
amount to be given in the final
distribution of the first half of the
estate, but any power on behalf Oft
any of the heirs to assign or sell
any payment of shares is denied,
the trustees being requested to Sc
cure the personal receipt, when
practical, of the heirs when distri-
buting the income of the estate in
order to prevent any assignment of
claims and to leave the estate free
from claims of creditors.
A request is made that "Ulula
nj, the Dreier home, be kept up
as homestead for the widow.
The witnesses to the will were
Frank Z Thompson, Charles l.,
Leyboit and G. f. Clemons.