The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-29
LOCAL BREVITlES.
Orpheum tonight.


disinfeCtants. Hebron Drug Co.
The electric lights were turned on
last night in the Makiki district
You can catch several rats at one
time in DimOnd K Co.'S patent rat
traps.
The augmented choir OF the Central
Union Church viii meet on Saturday
evening ut 1880.
Mrs. c. II. Atherton is III in Oakland
and her husband left on the last Aus
tralia to- join her.
w. G.. AcAi Il Co, real estate brokers,
have their temporary Office at No. 1l3
Kaahumanu street.
The J. II. Spreckels brought a large
consignment of stock, poultry, etc, for
the Honolulu StOCk-yaTds Co. Ltd.
During the quarantine. period
Schweitzer & Co. will have their tenn
porary Office AZ Jas. F. Morgan's, No.
33 Queen street
The reopening of the Government
schools in Honolulu, which had been
appointed for Tuesday. January 2d. is
postponed until further notice.
The charge OF perjury against four
young men in the Houghtailing trial
was commenced in the District Court
yesterday and continued till this morn
ing.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of Hawaii Ltd.
will be held January 9Th. 1900. at 1880
4. m, in the directors room OF the
bank.
The annual meeting of the Honolulu
Sailors Home Society VIII be held at
the rooms OF the Chamber of Com
merce on Saturday, December SOth,
1899. at 10 q. m.
Lovejoy 4 Co. have temporarily
moved their place of business TO the
warehouse opposite the police station
and are fully prepared to serve their
patrons; telephone 30S.
\ special meeting of the Mid-Pacific
Steamship Co., Ltd. will be held on
Friday. December 29th, ut p. m. at
the office of John III. Wilson, old Bull
letin building. Merchant street.
A police officer reported live wire
on King street near Fort to the Elec-
trio Company at about 10 o'clock last
night and a lineman was Immediately
sent out to investigate the matter.
DIR. Day returned to Honolulu yes
terday and had n conference last even
and George Smith of the Health Board
on matters pertaining TO the plague.
The United States army animal
transports Athenian, from Manila, and
Westminster. from San Francisco, are
due today. The transport Flintshire
sails next Monday for the Philippines.
Mr.. III. ID. Wishard. school teacher
AT Waimea. Kauai, is unable to return
To hG rsar.r IN N a
ton of the Inter-Island Company that
the Mfkahala should not take paSsen-
gers for the present.
There will be a midnight service at
st. Clements Chapel. Punahou. on next
sunday night at 1880 o'clock. instead
of the usual o'clock Evensong. The
Christmas music will be repeated at
the morning service.
Owing to the engagement of so many
of Honolulu's young men on guard du-
Nv at Chinatown. the Y. NJ. c. \. have
decided to- indefinitely postpone their
New Years reception and entertain
ment. set for next Monday.
A Sunday school Christmas tree cell
ebration was held at the Christian
Church last evening. \ large Christ
mas tree occupied the pulpit platform
and was beautifully decorated with
candles. toys and presents for the chill
dren.
The mortality report for the month.
nm 20 last night. showed total of 156
deaths. This breaks the record. Even
in cholera time the total deathsln one
month did not reach this figure. The
ponulation of Honolulu Is, however,
now far greater.
49, will mot Midi
vay island until next spring, owing TO
some changes in the plan of the Navy
Department ar Washington. She VIII
take n cruise TO Hilo in about fort
night in the meantime remaining at
her anchorage in Naval Row.
Fears are entertained by Major Pot
+ar that he NAV experience some trou-
hla I'm shipping the Hawaiian exhibit
+o Paris when IL is ready, IL the present
strict quarantine, which requires the
sum;ration of all outgoing goods, Is
long continued. A large part OF the
axhihit would be injured, if not de-
stroyed, by fumigation.
One of the inspectors in the China
4orn district stated last night that
manv of the Chinese and Japanese
noonad M n. quarantine were oHerlng
80 high as $50 for q pass, but so far
-. le5rned there were none onered
for sale. They are using every means
OF ingenuity to escape the quarantine,
offerfng brides and attempting 10 run
The guard. The guards are yigilant,
however, and are determined to make
a strict quarantine.
About thirty Japanese attempted 10
,,,n the guard last evening at kukui
street by swimming the creek under
the bridge which spans the street. The
lash was made with a rush. but the
enard at that point fired blank cart
ridge. which brought mounted patrol
man to the scene and the Japs were
finally corralied and forced back into
the lines without any arrests being
made. This was the most determined
attempt vet made to break quarantine
INIT owing to the excitement preNalilhs