The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-05

the houses will be removed by the
authorities. The long expected and
much hoped for decision from the Cen
eral Land Office at Washington favor
able to the squatters seems to have
been lost In the shuttle, or else it was
buried by them as was the notice tc
vaCate.
THE DISAPPEARING JAPANESE.
TIE item in this paper last week,
says the Herald, relative to a japanese
Gisapp earring from the hospital seems
TO have been misstatement, though
me information came from a source
presumed to be reliable. The man was
COW al scent and wanted to go home
before Miss Grub thought it advisa-
bic. he walked out of the place and
was returned by his friends a few
hours later
PASSENGERS ARRIVE. l
The following passengers arrived by
the Falls Of Clyde: Hon. c. NJ lie
Blond. c.. a Dauphiny Miss Dauphiny.
Mrs. J. d. Fraser, Mrs. d. Noyes, Miss
Margetts. Miss Potter. Mrs. Cruzan.
Mrs. Walker and child, Miss Richards,
J. T. Lewis and G.. ). Mckenzie.
NEW YEARS RACES.
Arrangements are being made by the
Volcano Stables and Transportation
Company for another race meet to take
place ON New Years day. says the
Herald. IL is. definitely settled that a
number Of the best Honolulu race
horses. both harness and saddle. VIII
be brought over, and some San Fran
cisco trottiEg horses Will be sent down
on one of the sailing vessels.
no a Of ut
work on the track getting ii into con-
ditiOn: all the weak points noticed at
the July meeting have been strength
.ened 50 that no fault will be found by
horsemen when the horses go on. Ev-
cry effort will be made by the COM
pany To repeat the success of the last
meeting.
STORY OF MMAHON'S HAT.
The genial expect laureate of Ha-
wall. who wOrshiped so assiduously at
The affairs OF Madame Pele and the
been heard from by several of his Hilo
friends. says the Tribune. He is, or
was. at the time of writing, residing
in San Francisco. divided in mind as
to whether he should depart for Peru
or Tahiti. nc made no aliusion to Ha-
wall. except to remark parenthetically
that the climate was disintegrating 10
1 -ttt At@i Nfss anu lt4t iiD utSlIt lOf H.
Mac has been ecouomizing in head
gear. and wears i'm The California me-
tropOlis the same papale, broad of brin
and Hawaiian of manufacture, which
ne sported on Front street and ever
/ and anon along the lava strewn and
| donkey Infested shores of KOna. This
leccentricity of cranial covering has
aroused a more than fluttering interest
| in the hearts of blasa San Franciscans
and nearly preciri.ated several riot:
among the mob. who apparently lool
upon il as an emblem of Polynesiar
4 PopOcracy, or IS to- / talking through
a hapa-haole hat
/ The first time that his attention wa
called to his unconventional hair-de
stroyer is related by Mac as follows
| Coming TO the Windsor in a cable
car a little urchin boarded US. sellinl
papers. Immediately he got his eye OF
lme a broad, knowing smile spread owe
his precocious mug. Hello he shout
ed. 'how's Honolulu? looking critical,
lat the hat. Everyone began to laugh
| You must be a mind reader / said
Oh. / know yous fellers when 1 SCI
yous.' he grinned, jumping off the ca
with the agility Of a monkey, to boarC
Ianother one"
/ For several successive days thereaf
Il ter Mac found himself more amusing
to the general public than Picking
from Puck" or a Sunday supplement
land young ladies. especially, seemed T.
smile at him. il not upon him, withou
lany lawful excuse. Sunday morning
however" he says. 1.-The mystery wa
cleared up. sleek little Chinamal
knocked gently at the door of my bou
Il doir and said, You likee buy lotile
ticket How mucn7 says I. oh.
show YOU says he. stepping in as l.
spoke and closing the door with an al
OF mystery as II he were running tn
gauntlet of an the detectives in Sal
the hat. You mally? he said. 'Bime
by, I think.' said I. You mally now
he said, That you wife hat pointing
to my papale.'
i III Mac doesn't look out he will b
hauled up as a second Luetgert VIII
has disposed in some mysterious man
ner Of his wife and everything con
nected with her except the hat.
4 HAWAII PERSONALS.
i J. u. Smith returned on wednesda
from a trip TO Puma, whittier he wen
TO act as guide. philosopher and frienl
to the leaders OF the orthodox part,
in that district. He reports that pros
poets are good there, and ii is though
that the Republicans will poll at leas
a hundred out of the two hundre
votes. J. u. also incidentally interest
ed the denizens Of the lava district &
Sunday school, church socials and tn
shell game.
. As the result OF efforts made by MI
: Mckay. the local manager of the VIII
: der Steamship Company. islam
freight rates have been somewhat re
duced. and IL is believed they will b
! more so in the future.
IL Is as yet impossible TO note an
7 results from the removal of the post
| Office makai except greater difficulty 1
/ Preaching the same, and a most un