The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-19
LOCAL BREVlTlES.

Don't buy wheel until you see the
1900 Cleveland. 1t will pay you to
wait.
Nuuanu reservoir number / contains
only two feet OF water while the other
Is dry.
A horse. trap and harness are offered
for sale in this issue by NJ. Paul f. De
La Vergne.
Closing-out prices are quoted on
geese, ducks and fowls by the Homo
lulu Stock-yards Co., Ltd.
Water in considerable quantities is
escaping from a leak in the main on
Lillha near Kuakini streets.
Some important election notices Of
the Portuguese Mutual Benefit Society
Of Hawaii are published in this issue.
X. w. Holt. charged with violating
the Board Of Health regulations. win
be tried before Judge Wilcox today.
For any kind OF an up-to-date livery
re or saddle horse go to the Climb
kiki
We do developing printing and en-
larging. Bring in your snapshot films
and plates Of the fires. Hebron Drug
Company
The health Cf members Of the police
department Is looked after each dav
the work having been undertaken by
Mr.. Bachelor.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Pacific Hardware Co., Ltd, will be
held at It's Office in Honolulu, on Fri
day January 26th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Robert Swan Scrlmgeour died at Ka-
wehewehe, Waikiki. yesterday of loco
motor ataxia. The funeral will be held
from Henry Wilkins parlors at 3
clock today.
George II. Carter has fred his first
annual report as guadian of the G. l..
Carter minors. He Charges himself
with $47, 638.I5 and asks to be allowed
credit for $35,o19.7s.
Teachers in the Government schools
In this district are requested to call at
the office of the Department today and
sign receipts for their January salaries.
See notice In this issue
Charles Davalos, of the Australians
engineers mess, was thrown against
tho side OF the ship by a heavy sea on
Tuesday last, and received broken
collar bone. His injury was attended
to ON board.
In the new census blanks the word
race" has been added to the word
color" as used in previous returns.
Classificatlons will be made by race"
with no reference TO color" in the
forthcoming census.
Four-inch mains for the water works
At Wailuku have been ordered by the
Superintendent of Public Works. and
are now supposed to be on the way
from San Francisco. TwO-inch mains
have been ordered from Chicago.
Mr.. Atkinson. superintendent of cen
sus, has temporarily given up the use
OF his office in the Government build
Ing TO the Citizens Sanitary Commit
tee. and has taken up his quarters in
the department of agriculture.
The Chinese store at King and
Punchbowl streets, opposite Kawaiahao
Church was surrounded by health
guards yesterday afternoon. This
store and the one on Palace Walk next
to the infected house, belonged to the
same proprietor.
The chief surgeon Of the War De-
partment at Washington has recon-
mended that eleven enlisted men of the
hospital corps be sent by their respec-
tive commanding officers to Honolulu
by regular mail steamers, IL being i'm
practicable to furnish transportation
on the transports. The recommended
ton has been adopted.
A Japanese was taken into custody
yesterday by Chester Doyle, who ac-
cuses him Of having stolen a gold
watch, gold bcukle, gold cuff buttons
and other articles. The japanese could
only produce two souvenir spoons
marked respectively "M Il. W." and
&C" The owners may have them by
applying to Mr.. Doyle.
Early this month the Mississippi
river was frozen over at st. Louis and
all river traffic suspended. This has
not occurred before at that place for
many years. At Dubuque, Iowa, teams
were crossing the Mississippi on the
ice two weeks ago and the week previ-
Gus a boy had been drowned in the
river by breaking through the ice while
skating.
The Foreign Office is in receipt OF
telegram by the last steamer from Mr..
J. +. V. Skff, dlrector-in-chief of the
United States exhibit to Paris which
announces that the last u. 5. cruiser
taking the exhibit will sail from Balti-
more on February 1st. Thereafter any
portion of the exhibit sent will be OBJ
liged to go as ordinary freight at gov
eminent expense.
Marshal Brown continues to receive
numerous complaints against needless
driving. He is determined to make an
example OF drivers who are arrested
for careless handling of their horses.
Pedestrians have in numerous tnstan-
ces learned by narrow escapes that
vehicles and not themselves seem to
have the right OF way on public thor
oughfares and crossings.
DR.. Wood, president of the Board OF
Health, has forwarded nine commits
slons to special agents OF The Board Tor
the island OF Maui, who were appoint
ed by a Citizens Committee held at
hahului on Jan. 8. The agents are
mostly plantation men who are deter
mined TO use every effort possible 10
keep the plague away from the planta-
tons All filthy places In the district