The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Governor and Mrs. Dole have re-
turned to town.
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The Picking got away yesterday
after taking ON 300 tons Of coal.
us. District Attorney Baird ia
recovering from his temporary i'll
ness.
Two furnished rooms to let al No
8 Gard Lane, opposite Catholic
Mission.
The American Messenger Service
has changed its telephone number
from 444 to Main 1919.
The Sunday popular ncert in
the Capitol grounds yesterday was
another marked success.
Punahou defeated E o. Hall g.
Sous team at Baseball on Saturday
by score OF rs to 10.
The Government band plays at
Emma Square this evening. Ha-
waiian songs Will be sung.
To night Allan Dunu's now piece
"Uncle Rufus Christmas" will be
presented at the Orpheum.
II, Hackfeld & Co, have presented
Deputy Marshal Hendry with
splendid desk for his office.
The Honolulu Driving Association
is at work now, and the first meeting
took place on Saturday last.
Messrs. William A, Kinney and
Harry A. Bigelow have been ad.
mtted by Judge Estee to practice
in the U. S. District Court.
The City Carriage Co. is now in
the livery business. 1t has buggies
Surveys, wagons, ETC., on hand 1T all
hours of the day or night. Tele.
phone lib,
The Honolulu driving association
met at the Hawaiian hotel on Satur-
day evening but owing to the small
meas Of the attendance adjourned
until tomorrow evening at 1880.
Judge E;tee, Of the U. S, District
Court, to day granted Am -rican
naturalization to the following per-
sons: Robert +. LANCE OF Prussia,
aud NJ. A. Rego and j.. p. Dias OF
Portugal.
Row. Arthur Maxson Smith. D. D.
has been selected as tho new presid-'
ent of Oahu college, aud is expect
ed to arrive here in the early part
Of next month. He is a baptist, is
married and has two children.
There was "haole" luau at
Prince Dsvid's residence on S.tur-
day night. l! was evidently not
an Aloha Aila affair, as formally
stated, in our paper as the guests
were mostly impor ted haoles
From letter received by Henry
Smith, Clerk OF the judiciary d.
partmout it appears that the condi-
tion & Judge Hsrdv's health is such
that he may not b. able to hold
court for the September Term.
Another Japanese murder has
boon committed, this time at Olaa,
where the murder killed his wife
with knife simply, according to
his own state mont, because she
would not obey him in his desire to
go to Olaa. lie surrendered to tie
police
Tho following were the snor in
the police rifle match on Saturday:
First Team-Capt. Ksnae 40, Lieut..
Pohaku 30, Lieut.. Naipo "a, Fern
andez SO, Hawai- 80, Kupihea AZ,
Hubbel Al, Peahi 81, Will 81; total,
$40. Second Team-Capt. Opunui
81, Moau 40, Needham 81, Keanini
49, Baker 81, Parker Jr 81, Thomas
80, jack 81, Hart n; total, 3O7
The weekly match races at Kapio-
lani Park are an event highly
appreciated by the sporting frater-
nifty. The races on Saturday were
not very good, but the audience had
n chance to listen to an GRAFTON
from the lips OF Doctor Monse'rat
Fortunately the doctor spoke in
French, and even the judges aud
the police didn't understand him;
otherwise something would have
dropped,
Lack of Jurisdiction.
In the District Court this morn
ing the libel suit against editor