The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-18
NEWS IN 4 NUTSHELL.
Bits Of Paragraphs that Give Con-
densed Notes Of the Day.

Admiral Meade, L. 5. ~, is dead.
This is company B's drill night.
"Hawaii's Dung / eople" for May
is out. Copies can he had at Golden
Rule Bazaar.
The arrival of the Alameda at San
Francisco completed the fiftieth round
trip of that vessel.
W. II. Rice advertises that he will
receive sixty head of fine, strong
mules on the schooner Aloha.
DR.. Raymond secured a Judgment
for $3.50 against the Paia Sugar Com
pany, in the Circuit Court this morn
ing.
There will be no rehearsal of the
Choral Society this evening as the So
cety has taken vacation for the
summer.
William \. Henshall and Miss Helen
G. Along will be married on the eve
ming of June t. The wedding will be
private.
Admiral Miller denies that he is
about to retire He says he intends to
take command of the Pacific squadron
in July.
The newly appointed reception COM
mittee of the Y. NJ. c. \. will meet on
Thursday evening to organize and dis
cuss plans.
Sugar stocks have taken down
ward tendency somewhat, as result
of the tariff news brought by the
last two steamers.
Wong Poi was fined 500 in the Po-
lice Court this morning for having
opium in his possession. Hong Pao
was taxed $25 for playing che ia.
William T. Best, the prince of or
ganists, died in England this month.
He was to visit Honolulu couple of
years ago, but sickness prevented.
r. p. Rithet is expected on the Aus
trala, due May %. Mr.. Rithet in
tends looking up the sugar interests
and other commercial matters here.
Sc Chang G. Co. will open the new
restaurant at the corner of Nuuanu
and Queen streets on Thursday, May
20. Separate rooms have been pro-
vided.
Fred Macpherson, who arrived on
the Doric yesterday. is on the editor
ial staff of the San Francisco Evening.
Bulletin. He left for the Volcano this
morning.
/ Per Belgic, f. w. Jordan received a
large shipment of extra fine quality
grass cloth. Other goods spoken of
in ad are laces, edgings and insertions
and ladies' fancy kid gloves.
F. W. McChesney, assignee of the
estate of c. L. Brito. bankrupt, has
S2,1OO on hand, after paying a 10 per
cent dividend. He petitions the
Court to clear up Brito's estate.
kawakani, the Japanese lodging
house keeper, arrested last night for
conducting place without license
on Beretania street, was let off by Po-
lice Judge De la Nergne on his prom
Use to close the house.
British Commissioner Halves desires
The Star to state that, owing to a
change OF plans, the reception on
Queen Victoria's birthday will not
take place at Waikiki, as intended.
but will be held on the grounds of his
official residence at Palama.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Vloten, through
passengers on the Doric, were in Ho-
nolulu for week or so in January
last. Mr.. Van ,loten is a sugar king
OF Java, He is very favorably i'm
pressed with the sugar cultivation in
the Hawaiian Islands.
The press of Honolulu heartily
thanks those people who rendered the
use of flags for the decorations at its
recent banquet. The courtesies ex-
tended by Florist Rhoads, Nursery
man laughs, Theodore Hoffman,
Archie Giltillan, Herman Levy and the
management of the Hawaiian Hotel
are warmly appreciated.
The Pacific Hardware Company adj
vertise the Cyclone windmills, wind
mills to stay where they are put, no
matter how heavy storm. The 30
foot geared Cyclone mill at Pearl
City has been in use six years, raises
water eighty feet, through half a
mile of pipe, and is left to run itself
day and night, and raises $500 gallons
of water per hour.