The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-20
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Bits Of Paragraphs that Give Con.
densed Notes Of the Day.

On April 25th, Morgan will; hold sale
of furniture at the residence of J.. r.
Keyworth.
The department of Public instruction
gives official notice in this issue of
summer vacation.
The annual vestry meeting of st.
Clements chapel will be held at 8
o clock this afternoon.
Whitney & Marsh announce the ar
rival of fiVe cases of the celebrated
Stanley white shirt waists.
Y. Mau Sing, Nuuanu street, above
Hotel, carries a full line of ladies' un-
derwear. Dresses made to order
D. b. Maconachie, returned by the
Mikahala from Kauai yesterday after
an absence of about three weeks.
Samuel M. Kekoa, aged &C. died at the
corner of Punchbowl and Queen streets
this morning of cancer of the stomach
Leong Duck has sued Kalanihuia and
O. j. Holt for possession of piece of
land on Iwilei road claimed by plain
tiff.
This is bargain week at L. B. Kerr
& Cos. Unheard of prices have been
placed on goods that are needed every
day in the home.
George Duval yesterday pleaded
guilty to a charge of profanity in the
District Court, and was discharged
with a reprimand.
Captain Murray and First Lieutenant
w. f. Rowell were reelected in Com
pany II. Sergeant Youell was elected
second lieutenant,
Emeline NJ. Magoon has entered suit
against Lydy r. Lucas to quiet title to
a small parcel of land in Manoa Valley
claimed by petitioner.
The application of the Waianae Com
pany for a slight amendment to its
charter will be considered by the Cabi-
net Monday morning.
1t is reported that the editor Of a
city paper will be the editor of the new
Republican, and that l. r. Burns Will
be business manager.
Notice is given in this issue of the
seventh assessment on the assessable
stock Of McBryde Sugar Co, Ltd, due
May /, and delinquent May 10.
Patrons of the Metropolitan Meat
Company must place their Sunday or
ders before three tomorrow afternoon.
The shop will not be open on Sunday.
There will be a baseball game at wa
kiki tomorrow afternoon between the
st. Louis College team and combined
nine from the various hardware stores
in town.
The auction sale of land advertised by
| James F. Morgan for tomorrow, has
been postponed for one week. The sale
will take place at IL O'CLOCK noon, oil
| saturday, April 20.
Disputes between the Government
and owners as TO values of Beretania
street property required for street
widening have been settled by COM
promise out of court.
Major Potter will sail on the 9th fol
Paris to look after the Hawaiian eX.
hibit-fIuits, etc. for the big show
sent forward by the Australia.
At the new I. X. L. furniture store
in the Day building on Beretania street
no more secondhand furniture Is car
ried Everything is new and up tc
date. A call will convince as to prices
being right.
About a dozen or more cases have
been filed by Chinese against insurance
companies to collect on policies OF
stores burned in Chinatown on Januar!
20. All the suits set forth that the fir
was accidental.
Manager FraZee of the valley electro
light station, says that the water in tn
reservoirs is again sinking. While
there have been almost constant show
ers, they were so~light as only to we
the ground.
The rainfall has had very little in
fiuence upon the lower part of the Nuu
anu stream which has risen only FEY
inches. This shows that the natura
reservoirs have been filling up. If tn
rain continues and all these are file
up there will be a freshet down tn
stream, but it will be some time befor
they are full.