The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-28


A grand opportunity to replenish
your sheetings and pillow castings
for one week only at Kerr g. Co.'s.
The U. S. A. T. Hancock sailed
this morning with the commissions
ets for the Philippine Islands.
The sympathies of the Tndepepd-
ent are extended to Mr., aud Mrs. S.
M. Ballou on the death of their in.
FAINT son.
The British ship Grenada, Americ-
an bark Addenda aud the schooner
Compeer left for the Sound yester-
day in ballast.
When you want hack ring up
1911. On that stand you will get a
reliable aud good driver, fine hack,
and no overcharging.
The adjourned annual general
meeting of the Honolulu Cricket
Club will be held at the Arlington
Hotel on Monday week.
The McNear is taking freight for
Laysan Island. She will load guano
at the island for Lahsina and prob
ably make two trips this seaaon.
The Republicans claims to have
700 names attached to the call for a
mass meeting on Wednesday next
for the purpose OF organizing the
party.
The Obapogan arrived yesterday
from Port Townsend with $4,000
feet lumber, 5000 pickets and
10000 laht', consigned to Allen s.
Robinson.
The City Carriage Go. is now in
the livery business. 1t has buggies,
turreys, wagons, ETC., on hand at all
hours of the day or night. Tele'
phone lib.
The recent showers dropped near
~ seven inches Of rain on to the
watersheds supplying the reservoirs
and incidentally the basins OF the
artesian supply.
Rev. G.. L. Pearson will deliver
the lecture to men at the A o'clock
gathering at the Y. M. G. A. tomor-
row afternoon. His topic will be
"a bad practice"
An appeal has been perfected in
the District Court in the cases OF
the three sailors from the lroquois,
convicted OF larceny yesterday, and
the men are out on bail.
The Orpheum's bill is attracting
large houses in spite OF counter at
fractions. To night in all prob.
ability the laggards will be left be.
hind or obtain only standing room
The G. d. Bryant from San Fran.
cisco arrived yesterday with 1906
tons OF general merchandise con
signed to ii. Hackfeld 81 Co. She
brought 10 mules and 10 horses CT
deck.
The Mauna Loa, from Lahaina
Kona and Kau brought 97O9 bag'
sugar, 1l2 bags coffee, 1 kegs but
ter, 4S bdls. bananas, 600 bags ava
SO bdls. hides, 3 hogs, 1873 pkgs
sundri,s, 5000 feet lumber.
o. G. Beardslee, Walter Caro-
and others are working to ESTABLISH
in Honolulu lodge of "The Com
ing Men OF America" A meeting
OF young men in this connection
takes place on Monday evening.
Owing to the departure OF Majo
Potter for the Paris Exposition
Miss Kate Kelly, stencgrapher t.
the Executive Council, will act a
secretary for the Foreign Depar'
ment during the remainder OF tn
Republics existence.
Reupei Kondo, president OF tn
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the Japanes
steamship company, was throug
passenger on the Coptic en- route !
Paris, His company will run II
steamers to Honolulu in the nea
future. At present the line lse'
tablished between Yokohama an
Seattle.
The following passengers lett b
the S. S. Coptic for the Coast ye
terday afternoon: S. w. Wilco,
wife and son, n. r. Halstead, VII
child and nurse, H. Wood, D, !
Bird, Mrs. II. D. Walbridge chi
and nurse, Miss A, Ii. Burke, w, !
Hogs, wife and two children, M
and Mrs. Keyworth and daugnte