The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-04

DeFS OF the Military Lodge Of Webfeet. /
4 large number of men were on the |
tower of the Executive building where /
they secured an excellent view of the ,
city
The shore leaves expired at g O'Clock /
this morning. The men had 10 be on /
board their respective ships AT that |
time
The boys are raving over Island /
fruits Mangoes, alligator pears, ba- |
nanas and pineapples are the most ,
popular.
Representatives Richards, McCand- !
less and Kahaulelio were kept busy as
bees during the day looking after the
House mail.
There are three men aboard the
/ Picking whose mission is to resurrect
| the demolished Spanish vessels in Ma
/ Mia harbOr.
The Charleston VIII speed about
/ eight knots an hour on her way 10
Manila. The voyage viii take from
- TO % days.
The Punahou pasture at the mouth
of Manoa valley may be used as site
for a permanent United States Of Am
/ erican garrison.
The contract Of bleeding the eXpedj-
ton was too much for the Oahu mos
quitos. The pests bothered the Boys
! in 2r al
Geo. L. Dali, Walter Disney. Mr..
Dunn and Chas. B. Gray entertained
a number of Pythian Knights amongst
the boys in Blue yesterday.
Andrew Brown was at the King
street gate yesterday and saw to it
that undesirable persons were kept out
of the Executive grounds
SeS
In the Senate Chamber yesterday
Senator Holstein did his part of the
entertainment work. He was an able
assistant to Postmaster Rice.
On the Picking they have had three
meals day from the start. Break
, fast at and dinner at has been the
rnle on the other two transports.
The Island boys in the volunteer
companies could be easily distinguish
ed yesterday by the abundance of leis
: with which. they We're decorated.
000
There were very merry times at the
, Bungalow last night. The officers Of
the expedition are very well pleased
- with the treatment they have received
J. B. Atherton, chairman of the
e finance committee, says there will bt
. plenty of money so long as expense!
are confined to proper entertainment
l. The Kamehameha Glee Club wa!
certainly a drawing card on tn,
4 grounds yesterday. Their songs were
heartily encored every time they arose
A. Nelson Adams, of Stockton, Cal.
:, the musical author of the Californi;
/ Volunteers distributed copies of hi
1 music to people of the city yesterday
, 1t is understood that some of tn
volunteer boys have been restrained
for pulling off the brass buttons from
their coats and giving them to tht
= girls.
The acknowledgements offices were
thrown open yesterday 10 the visitors
An abundance of writing material an(
postage stamps were placed at dis
posal.
Said a Portland boy who is known tt
have an income: Money is no goot
sometimes. I've had to polish brass
for q 'nigger' cook to get extra bis
, cults"
H. F. Wichman had a caller yester-
day in the person of Arthur F. Lund-
, berg, head salesman in the jewelry
house of Shirley & Co. Of San Fran
cisco.
I Said one of the volunteers yesterday
to q charming young lady: I'VE can
not proceed further. The whole army
} has been captured by the people OF
Honolulu"
Through the kindness of Wall
Nichols Co, the Boys in Blue were
, provided with pencils. Two large
boxes were sent up to the House of
Representatives.
Through the thOughtfulness Of B. F.
Dillingham;, meals at Notes restuar-
ant were served free to the visitors
on Thursday. Over 500 were looked
after during the afternoon.
United States Consul Doty of Tahiti,
is in the city on his way to Washing
ton. He rejoices in the fact that he
will be enabled to convey a full &C
count of HonoluIu's reception to the
army boys.
Sergeant r. B. Ellis and Private
Ward Eaton OF Company /, First Re
giment California are newspaper cor
respondents. They held important
positions with the San Francisco Sun
set Telephone Company.