The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

I Battalion drill was given by the FRS
Battalion LAST evening.
Newspaper mail boxes are now being
Installed about the city.
The regular meeting of the Board
of Health is scheduled for today.
The Mckinley memorial executive
committee will meet this afternoon. -
H. X. Meemano has been granted a
permit to issue marriage licenses I'm
Pearl City, Eva and Waianae.
T. w. Macfarlane, chairman Of the
fire claims commission, was an outgo-
ing passenger on the Sonoma yester-
day.
The postponed monthly meeting of
the Officers Club was held last even
ing. The coming prize drill was dis
cussed.
tic that Lieutenant and Mrs. Ashton
Potter We're being congratulated on
the arrival Of an heiress.
There is talk of a football match be-
tween the Capitols and the Judiciary.
The Capitols, it is reported, are pre-
pairing to issue a challenge for an in
tercollegiate game to the strong men
of the courts.
Manuel Martin, who drives hack 1S2
on the Hotel Stables stand, wishes to
correct the statement that his hack
was in any way connected with the
robbery of Wards jewelry store on
Monday night. The hack number was
2S2.
II. J.. Penfeld and wife departed for
San Francisco yesterday on the Sono-
ma. Mr.. Penfield has for the past six
years had charge of the printing and
English departments at Kamehameha
School. He is going to study at the
University of California.
Mrs. j. c. Cohen received news yes
IerdaX morning of the SariOrlS illness :
of her mother, Mrs. j. c. Walker, in
San Francisco, and departed on the
Sonoma to go to her bedside. Letters
received by Mrs. Cohen stated that /
Mrs. Walker was at the point of death.
Among the cadets on board the Wis
consin is John Henry Walsh, an old
pupil of ]. NJ. Taggart. principal of
Kalihi School, when he was a teacher
in Washington. Owing to strict regu-
lations on board the battleship Mr..
was compelled to forego the
pleasure of visiting his former pupik
Mr.. w. A. Baldwin, the retiring mAp-%
of Kahuku plantation, was the
recipient of a fine diamond shirt stud,N.
a gift of the employees of the planta- +,
After exchanging greetings and
bidding all goodbye, Mr.. Baldwin left i
on the train for his new plantation,
aloha of all associated with the plan
tation.
Recent Mainland dispatches stated
that Rev. w. u. Bantam had been
called to Honolulu to take charge of
The Congregational Church. As yet
of the Central Union people seem
10 know of such a call. w. a. Bowen '
p. g. Jones, IN of Central 6
Union, say they have never heard of ?
he minister's coming, and believe it is t
| mistake. FL
Secretary Cooper yesterday received
proofs Of the report of Secre-
AIRY OF Agriculture Wilson. in which
-pecial reference is made to Hawaii.
Wilson recommends an APP +
.,ropriation Of SIS, 900 for current ex- :
lenses. and S1O,00 additional for the =
experiment s~tations The fur -
needs of the station for buildings .
nd equipment should be supplied by
he Territory, says the secretary. M
Yesterday was a hard day for theNfl
force. They worked all of X
Ionday night clearing away the 10000 d
etters brought by the Doric. a big 81
lail was sent on the Doric to the OrlStH
mt, and about sixty more bags went Il
n the Sonoma to the States. The
fauna Loa carried away forty bags,
nd the Kinau eighty-three. while both
he Claudine and w. c.. Hall took away
big mail. The Sierra Will probably
ring another large mail tomorrow.
with the arrival of the Nippon
faru. December IS. and the Alameda.
p. the Christmas rush so
ar as Honolulu is concerned, will be
yer.