Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-10-21

The body of the late Minister King will remain
in state, for public view at the Executive Build
ing, from IL am. to 2 pm. on to morrow (Sun.
day.. The funeral cortege will very probably
start at $50 pm. from the building.
Business Manager Harkinson, Of the Boston
Lyric Company, has made many local friends
already. He intends to extend his acquaintance.
ship to the outlying points of interest between
this city and Waialua during the coming week.
The contempt case instituted against Mana
ger Paine of the Tramways Co., was dismissed
by Judge Perry the 18th. In connection
with the injunction suit against the company,
by one T. S. Southwick, it has come to light
that many papers of value to the Tramways Co.
in the suit have undoubtedly been deliberately
stolen from the Office of the Minister Of the
Interior.
Col. Clinton A. Galbraith we-known prac.
titioner of Hilo, visited the capital during the
week past and expressed surprise at the pres
ence of so many transports in port and the
orderly manner in which the soldiers were con-
Quoting themselves when on shore leave. The
Colonel met many old friends among the officers
in command. Hilo is hardly prepared to accom-.
modate the transports yet.
The Chamber of Commerce met in regular
meeting, and decided to offer the Hawaiian ex.
hibit, now at Omaha, to the Government for exh.
bition at Paris. 1t was further agreed that
although the Planters Association had guaran.
teed the money for the exhibit Ito be reimbursed
by the Government, the Commissioner to the
Paris Exposition named by the Government
would be approved by the Chamber.
Boring for water, for an artesian we'll, was
commenced at $50 pm. on the 18th instant on
the Kawaiahao church grounds. Mr.. l.. E.
n iS he 10 oc
good flow being obtained at about 800 feet depth.
The supply-pipe will be ten inches in diameter,
and the water will be used for irrgating the park
and the churchyard grounds. Mr.. ]. Lennon, a
practical well-borer, is in charge. The estimated
expense of the flowing we'll is placed at $4,000.
The roar and screech of the Chinese planning
mill, situated on the corner of Bethel and King
streets, will be hushed in that vicinity, in the
near future, by removal of the works to the Oahu
Lumber Mill company, beyond King street
bridge. 1t is proposed, by the owners of the
land now occupied by the mill, to erect modern
brick building, work to commence thereon i'm.
mediatey.
The Japanese have developed "highbinder"
extent, of the other half of the world" that is
permitted to exist on Pauah street. The efforts
OF Mr.. I. B. Richards to remove the prominent
presentation of vice and immortality to more
secluded quarters, demands assistance from the
general public. A schoolhouse, filled to over.
flowing with young pupils, is within the imme.
date vicinity of the public outrage to decency,
now existing. Consnrge! Attorney General,
Board of Health, Board Of Education.
A peculiar, said to be, practical, joke, was
played by some unknown on the throttle of the
steamer Kinau on the evening of the 18th inst.
The joker tied cord to the steam throttle, lead
it ashore and, when opportunity offered, pulled
it, thus opening the valve and causing the en-