Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-26
NO MILLION DOLLAR LEGACY IS
LIKELY FOR F. FAXON BISHOP

are planning TO conduct a campaign
in the near future in the hope OF rails
ing $259. 900 for new buildings and
chairs at Punahou r.,
The Bishop bequest OF $4,000 for the
Leahi home came in the nick OF
time" according TO nr A. y Sinclair,
superintendent. The home is soon to
be presented with a new tubercular
ward. the gift OF the Alexander Young
estate, bnt the institution has no
money to care for any more inmates.
so the new building might be vacant
Of patients on this account. Dr. Sin
clair estimates that the $jnn0 at in
terest would earn $25 month for the
home. and he says that il will help
some.
The home does not need any more
buildings at present as ii has no
money u care for any more patients,
the superintendent reports
Special Requests. :...
T. George H. Bishop and Mrs Emma
Bernice Durham of Oakland. nephew
and niece. are each given an undivid-
ed fifth in the estate. The others be-
sides Z. FaXon Bishop who each get
sixth OF the residue of three-fifths
are Edgar Bishop of Oakland, = cous-
in: Corey Brayton of Berkeley, a
cousin Edna l.. McCaffery.. grand
niece: Charles B. and Leland Durham
grandnephews
Among the individual legacies
named in the will are the following:
Mrs. Cordeli1 Anderson. $4,000: Fran
ces E. Bishop, cousin, $4,000; Corey
c. Brayton. $4,000; Linus Brayton.
$4,000; Eben F. Rishop, $4,000; Har-
ry c. Rumsey, s2000; Raymond 3.
Bishop, $50f0: Orvlle Patterson of
Pennsylvania, $4,000; Bertha Rumsey
of Kansas. $1,000; Alice B. Blood,
5000: Charles B. Blood. $2O00; Mary
A. Breen of st. Louis, $4,000; Helen
) K. Kinney of Honolulu. $4,000; Laura
Hodges of Lake Como Italy. $500, and
Annie G. Lyle of San Francisco, $500.
The $19,4OO for charities is divided
as follows: ".
Berkeley Day Nursery, 5000: Canon
Kip Mission, San Francisco, 5000;
Girls and Boys Industrial Home at
Lytton Springs. $500; Boys and Girls
Aid Society, San Francisco, $4,000;
San Francisco Associated Charities,
$500; Honolulu Associated Charities,
$1,000; First Unitarian Church of Ber-
kelley, $1,000; Maud Booth Home for
Children, San Francisco, $500; Leahi
Home, Honolulu. $4,000; Kamehameha
Alumnae Association, Honolulu, $1,000;
Oahu College trustees. $4,000, with
: proceeds from 80 West Sacramento
Company bonds to improve Bishop
} Hall of Science at the college
Bishop provided that should anyone
try to break the will he shall lose his
portion. He asked a simple funeral
, quick sone-and requested that his
body should not be exposed to public
gaze. Twenty-Five West Sacramento
bonds are set aside for University of
California scholarships. -.
was through the eastern press, but as
yet, none OF my clippings give any sat
isfactiOn along these lines ...
I Il would therefore request you to
prepare and present to the commission
between June and as comprehen,
siye report as you may be able to
prepare, covering your work for the
months of March. April and May, 1915
and outlining your suggestions as tC
!
4 | will submit the same to the com;
missioners for their consideration, for
to use a phrase commonly employed
by you, we must protect the taxpay.
t:ers in every way, cutting down ex.
penSes where possible and advisable. y
Doyle, in a letter OF the same date
wrote to the Star-Bulletin in part as
follows: -.
l. AT no time since | was a candidate
for this position, has my candidacy
!. ever been received with much favor by
:. Mr.. Wood. Although he has repeated
: on many occasions to me, prior to my
appointment, that was the only log
ical candidate for the position. his at
+ titude since my arrival here has beer
one of marked friendliness with a
string to it. have tried to avert all
. friction with him, nor have | taken
! any part in the fight that was made
: for his removal in Honolulu recently
What has caused this attitude at this
time towards me is as near as | can
, figure out the following:
i There has been in the employ Of
the Hawaiian Promotion Commitee,t
IOI OCfcIdI HSIcy yOuuS
. Hawaiian by the name of Carl Nieper
; This young man has been employed by
) the Promotion Committee at a salary
of $75 month. He asked for more
| and was turned down by the last Pro
| motion Committee. Mr. Wood has hin
out here in the building to give ou
folders and information to inquirint
t prospective tourists and to meet steam
|. ers upon their arriving at the dock
| and secure passenger lists on arriving
t Honolulu steamers. According to Me
| per. Wood guaranteed Nieper that as
/ soon as Commissioner Williams arriv
!, ed here there would be three members
: of the Hawaiian commission presen
and at that time he would be votet
/ salary of So a month by the Ha
/ waiian fair commission -.
: "A meeting was held here last Fri
; day, May IA. at which time Commits
sioner Williams, Rivenburgh and Wooe
! were present and the matter of Me
fol NTilIto y,1S