The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-29
tFrom Saturday Advertiser. ,

~. A'Nh' oatuiudy AuNeEIlseT) .....
Details of the provisions contained in
the will of the late Charles R. Bishop,
whose ashes were placed in the Royal
Mausoleum in Nuuanu Valley on
Wednesday, were received from San
francisco in the Shinyo Maru mail yes.
terday morning. According to the in.
formation received special requests
totaling $4,000, were left local people
and educational and charitable insti-
tutions, as shown above. The proceeds
Of twenty nine West Sacramento Com.
pany bonds will go, in addition to q
special bequest of $4,000, to improve
the Bishop Hall of Science at Punahou
Academy.
Honolulu Relative Gets Big Slice
Il. Faxon Bishop of Honolulu, presi-
dent of Brewer 4 CO., a pioneer bust
ness honse of this city1 and hreasurer
of the, Hawaiian >FerfiH ser sompany,
and q cousin of the late Mr. Bishop,
was leftta oDB.sixth interest in three
ffths of the estate. Al a whole the
estate is estimated at ten million dol
lars, this ope-sixth of thTee-ffths is
roughly fgpredt at q million dollars.
The $4,000 bequest to the Leahi Home
is particularly timely one and will
be Of great benefit to that institution.
The Associated Charities of Honolulu
will get $1,000, while the organization
of former students of the Kamehameha
schools for Girls comes in for $1,000.
funahOu Academy, already richly en-,
dowed by the late Mr.. Bi. hop, Is also
made a further beneficiary of his
philanthropy to'a goodly extent.
Remembered Child Protege
Mrs. Helen K. Kinney, who was left
IA brquest of $1,000, is the wife of Henry
WalSworth Kinney, territorial superin
tendent of schools. Mrs. Kinney and
the Kinney chiidFen have been In HiIo
the past few months, but will return
to Honolulu on Tuesday morning $
Mauna Kea from the Big Island. Mrs.
Kinney, when a child, was brought up
by Mr.. Bishop and his wife, the Prin.
cess Bernice Pauahi Paki Mrs. Kin
ney's grandmother, Kahaku akoi, was
Mrs. bishops first cousin. Mr. Kinnev
was informed last night by The Ad-
vertiser of the mention made of his
wife in Mr.. Bishop . will 1t was the
tir't Information he had on the subject
The following facts giving the dis,
position of Mr.. Bishops estate were re
eeivcd by the Shinyo Maru mail yester
day morning: -. e..
Ten Million Dollar Estate -..,r
George l., Bishop and Mrs. Emma
Berniee Durham of Oakland are tn
heirs to millions, according to the will
of the late Charles II. Bishop, Hawaiian
millionaire, filed in the probate division
of the superior court Of Alameda cOun
ty, California, on June Is by Irving l..
Moulton, George L. Bishop, b. Dun
ham AMI Leland Durham, who ask for
letters Of administration, as provided
for in the will.
The Bishop estate is valued at be.
tween $9,OO0,000 and $10,0OO,OOO, and
the Oakland heirs, his nephew, and
niece respectively, receive onestlfth of
the estate apiece, or q total of about
$4,00O.OO0 between them. Bishop lives
at 1851 Harrison street, and Mrs. Dun
ham at PCS Grand avenue, Oakland
Charles Reed Bishop died at. the
Shattuck Hotel, Berkeley, at the age of
o., on June 2. He had had an adven
turOus life, and amassed his great for
tune in Hawaii, His wife was Princess
Bernire Pauahi Paki, who once rejected
the Hawaiian throne She died on De-
tOber Is, 1884, in Honolulu, and in his
will Bishop asks that his body be ere
mated and his ashes mingled with hers
in Hawaii.
BeUuests To Friends
There are twenty two bequests in the
will to friends and minor relatives.
whose totals equal $4,000, and there
is $4,000 bequeathed to charities. Then
Charles Bishop and Mrs. Durham get
their one fifth apiece after these are de-
lucted after which the remainder is
divided equally among Edgar Bishop of
Oakland, cousin; Corey BraytOn of
Berkeley. cousin; Elna J.. M"C"f.
fiery, grand niece; Charles B. and Lee
land Durham, grandnephews, and f.
Fnvon Bishop Of Honolulu, cousin.
, These also get smaller specific benuestS.
Althou h Bishop had no direct heirs,