The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-03
COOKE LEFT
ALL TO FAMILY
(From wednerdar Advert,,er. !

sNSAtiudN y hluihlhEs EVERY cent OF the
immensely valuable estate left by the
deceased fnancier is left to the imme.
date family of the testator-hs wife,
children, brother and sister. No other
provisions Of any kind are made. SO
far as bequests are concerned. More.
over, in a codicil dated August 8,
1905, care is taken that no inventory
or appraisement of the estate shall
ever be made public or filed in any
court and that no accounts or reports
of the estate or the administration
thereof are to DE made or rendered to
any court.
The codicil. provides that monthly
payment of $500 shall be made TO the
testator's brother, Amos Francis
Cooke, and the same amount each
month to his sister, Mrs Annis Monta.
que Turner, during their lives, these
sums to be paid out of the dividends
or net increment or net profits of
Charles M. Cooke, Limited. Full pow.
er is given the executrix and executors
of the estate to handle the entire prop.
erty without any order of court, and
in case the executrix and executors
shall all die or resign, it is left for the
children to appoint an executor These
are the only important notifications of
the original will that are made in the
codicil. No charitable or benevolent
bequests of any kind are made, the
testator expressing in his will the
opinion that he has done his duty in
that respect while alive and leaving
it to his heirs to carry on the work.
The full text of the will follows:
"Know all men by these presents,
that l, Charles NJ. Cooke of Honolulu,
in the Island of Oahu, Republic of
Hawaii, being of sound mind and mem
ory, do make, publish and declare my
last will and testament as follows,
hereby revoking all other wills made
by me:
First: After the payment of my
Just debts and funeral expenses 1 give,
devise and bequeath all real estate and
all shares of stock, all interests in
ships and all personal property be-
longing to me situated in the State of
California to my beloved wife, Anna
G. Cooke, for and during the term of
her natural life; and after her death
| give, devise and bequeath the same
to my children, G. Montague Cooke,
Junior, Clarence H. Cooke, George P.
Cooke, Richard A. Cooke, Alice T.
Cooke, and Theodore A. Cooke, in
equal shares; the issue, if any, of any
of my said children who may die be.
fore the termination of said life estate
to take the share of such deceased
child.
Second: 1 give, devise and be-
queath all property belonging to me in
the Hawaiian Islands not decided or
otherwise disposed of at the time of
my decease, both real and personal, in.
cluding Stocks in corporations, inter
ests in ships, book accounts. life in
surance, interest in the firm of Levers
& Cooke, property bequeathed to me
by the will of Julette NJ. Cooke, and
all other property of every descrip.
tion, except my shares in Charles NJ.
Cooke, Limited, to Charles NJ. Cooke,
Limited, corporation established
and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the Republic of Hawaii.
"Third: I give and bequeath to my
beloved wife, Anna c. Cooke, for the
term of her natural life one.third of
all my shares in said Charles NJ. Cooke,
der of my shares in said Charles NJ.
Cooke, Limited, and all the rest, resi-.
due and remainder of my estate, real
and personal, and all of the shares
above named given to my wife, after
the expiration of her life estate, 1 give
and bequeath to my children, C. Moo.
tague Cooke, Jr., Clarence H. Cooke,
George p. Cooke, Richard A. Cooke,
Alice 7. Cooke, and Theodore A. Cooke,
in equal shares. 1 desire that in case
either of my said children should die
leaving no issue, nor a widow nor sur
viving husband, that his or her share
and portion of said shares of stock
shall pass to and be divided among
my remaining children living at that
time and the issue of any deceased
child, such issue to take by represen-
tation. / further desire that in case any
of my said children should die leaving
widow or surviving husband that
said widow or surviving husband
should have life interest in one half
of the shares of stock in said company
belonging to such deceased child, the
remaining half to pass to the issue of
any such deceased child; and in case
of no issue, to pass to the brothers
and sister of said deceased child and
the issue of any of them who may
have died prior to that time, such
issue taking by representation. Moth
ing above writteo, however, is to be
construed to limit the power of each
of my children TO dispose of any of the
shares of stock in said Charles NJ.
Cooke, Limited, given to him or her
by this will, in his or her lifetime, if
he or she so desires. It is my wish
and hope, however, that none of my
children will at any time sell or by
potheeate any Of the shares of Charles
NJ. Cooke, Limited, that he may at
any time possess, as the object of
forming said corporation was TO hold
my wife's and my own estate intact
for the benefit and enjoyment of oar
children. and in the hope that the
forming Of said corporation might in
iuence my children in helping one an.
other and In guarding and caring for
such of our children who might be
minors.
"As do not will any Of my proper