The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-16

Edward Damon Il son ~ Minister \.
NJ. Damon and h "Punahou hoy"
Mai. purdy. 4. :. \. paymdsicr here
u a1lkcd 90 sail away for the States
by the Australia.
Mr.. j. \. Mchrten and daughter are
10 leave Tor the coast today TO De alb
sen. several months
The jury In the Kahuku case spent
sunday afternoon at The Hawaiian
hotel annex at waikiki.
There will be q dri,l this evening OF
the First battalion, y. @. H.. COM
mandcd by Maj. Ziegler
Miss Towne. the artist, who has been
here for several months, departs today
for her home in California.
The dance at the Hawaiian hotel
Saturday evening was participated In
by large number of the guests and
city people.
Three men booked from here have
one small stateroom on the Gaelic.
They arranged for sleeps" OF eight
hours each.
Professor Richards and J. II. Light
foot gave a delightful cineograph en-
tertainment to the Boys Clubs at the
Y. VI. G. a. Saturday evening.
There were ninety-elght applications
for passage from Honolulu by the
Gaelic. Only about dozen could be
accommodated on the steamer
Bert Hecht, the San Francisco brok-
er, goes to Lahaina today to look over
the Pioneer Mill plantation, in which
he bought heavily a few days ago.
A. Richley, architect and builder. Of
Hilo. left on the Gaelic to buy ma
terlal for buildings in Hilo for which
Richley 4 Russell have the contracts
c. A. Brown. passenger for Cali
fornia and the East. held a reception
at the Gaelic for an hour before the
departure of the steamer on Saturday.
+. 5. Lyman and daughter arrived
per steamer Kinau, en- route to the
States. Miss Lyman is to be married
and reside permanently on the Main
land.
/ J. J. Egan. wife and child are off
for the coast today Mr.. Egan while
abroad will make heavy purchases for
the dry goods house In which he Is in
terested.
w. NJ. Giffard and Mrs. Glffard.
with their son and daughter, are to
get away for the States by the Austria
liza. The Giffards will be absent for
some months.
w. II. Babbitt, who has resigned
from the faculty Of Punahou College to
enter business life here, will be with
the big new commission and importing
house of Won Hamm Il Young.
The S. s. China. leaving here the
23rd inst. for California, will have lit
tie or no room for Honolulu passen-
gers, though no less than 100 people
would like to travel by her.
c. A. Berner, who came here lately
as a stowaway, was fined in police court
on Saturday for having opium in pos
session. His defense was that he was
an habitual user OF the drug.
On Saturday evening Capt. Paul
Smith was unanimously reelected to
serve his sixth term as commanding
officer of Company A, n. q. II. Lieut..
Carlyle withdrew from the contest.
Lieut.. Kephardt. Fourth Artillery, ".
S. A., Is the chief military officer on
the transport Leelenaw. Hospital
Steward Walter Phares, also aboard,
was in some OF the hottest fighting in
Cuba.
Capt. Lydig, who has been chief
commissary for the U. S. A. for several
months, was fortunate enough to Sc
cure passage by the Gaelic. The Cap
tain was given royal send-oif by
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grieve and Mr.
and Mrs. J. l.. Mclean leave for the
Mainland today. They will be at San
Francisco for some time. Mr.. Grleve
will be under the treatment OF n noted
eye specialist.
There Is not a little apprehension
over the health OF President Mckinley.
He Is reported to be suffering with
cause a general breakdown. The Pres
ident goes to the Virginia Hot Springs
for treatment and rest.
Rev. Chas. NJ. Hyde was not SO we'll
Saturday as he had been for week be-
fore, but with his devoted wife was q
passenger for the States by the Gaelic.
Rev. Gordon, who Is an M. d. as well
q ID. d.. and others aboard the
steamer. will assist Mrs. Hyde In car
ing for her ailing husband.
DR.. Wetzel, who came to Hawaii with
Maj. Langfitt's battalion Of U. 8. v.
Engineers. Is back from San Fran
cisco to remain in the, Islands. DR..
Wetzel will be Government physician
at Lahaina and leaves for his post to-
morrow. He has had hospital exper-
fence In New York and Cincinnati and
was a practitioner at Salt Lake when
the war opened.