The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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ment Of Public Works. win leave No
vember L for Kauai, on a tour Of in
| spection.
w J. Coon, who made an appeal 10
the Circuit Court for release on ha-
beas corpus. has been released on
$1,000 bond. pending the decision.
DR.. Shorey. government chemist, is
making an examination Of the poincia,
ma bean, which is said 10 have caused
the death of Joan Silva, Portuguese
boy.
4 meeting of the ewly-organized
/ Hebrew Congregation Will be held to-
morrow afternoon in Progress Hall, TO
. consider the location OF burying
[ ground.
/ FPaymaster Hall yesterday took
tcharge Of the pay Office in the Capitol
building. relieving Paymaster Phillips.
who has been here for the past FIVE
months.
] Yesterday was another distribution
day at the Government Nursery, and
the demand for free plants and palms
far exceeded the record Of any previous
day, so far.
The leader Of the Country Newspaper
Quartet wishes to announce that as
the leading tenor has come back from
the Eastern States, the quartet will
without a doubt appear in public again
shortly.
A meeting Of all the committees con-
nected with the Mother Goose" lawn
vember 4, at p. m, in the Sunday
school rooms OF st. Andrews Cathe-
dral, to report progress.
a four-room cottage on Punchbowl,
occupied by Kuna, drayman employ
ed by Hustace & Co, was entirely de-
stroyed By fire early yesterday morn
ing. II is believed that the explosion
OF an oil lamp started the blaze.
The Hawaiian Microscopical Society
will hold regular monthly meetings
hereafter, the first to be held Novem-
Der 18th In DR.. Sloggett's office. Dud-
ley L. Wadsworth, lately from Den
Yer, is a new member Of the society.
The Independent Order of Red Men
received by the last mail an acknowl-
edgment from Mrs. Mckinley of the
memorial which was adopted and for
warded by the local tribe when the
news of the Presidents death reached
Honolulu.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
kindergarten Association was held
yesterday morning in the Young Mems
Christian Association parlors. The re-
ports of the months work were very
satisfactory To the large number of
members present
A cakewalk and dance is being ar
ranged by the colored people of Homo
lulu, to raise money for sending home
half a dozen old folks, who wish &c
return to the South. The entertain
ment is to be given at San Antonio |
Hail. November %.
The tax collectors office was open |
for business last night, and Will be |
open every evening until November 10, |
which is the last day for payment OF |
taxes. The receipts yesterday were !
larger than for several days, due to |
fire Of month
The Bishop of Honolulu, on Sunday |
morning, at st. Andrews Cathedral, |
will read the pastoral letter of the |
American bishops in convention, to all |
members of the Anglican commission /
under the American flag. All members |
of the Anglican Church are invited to
be present.
terday at the Catholic Cathedral with
appropriate ceremonies. An English |
sermon was preached at the o'clock
service yesterday morning, and Ha-
Haiian and Portuguese sermons at the
O:3O o'clock or Pontifical service. To-
lay is All Souls Day, and requiem
masses will be said for the souls of
The dead.
The various companies of the Ma
-ional Guard are already preparing for
The annual prize drill, which Will
be held in January or Feb
rudFy. Inere IS intense TlNdITy luAS
year among the guardsmen for the !
honor, and the men will be asked to
attend every drill regularly from now
on. The usual prize cup and cash sub
scription will no doubt be offered for
this years contest.
The Judgment in the plumbing case,
to over $1,000, was entered |
up by Clerk Mailing yesterday, and i'm
mediately assigned by G.. n. Brown to
Thomas Fitch. By this means it is
hoped TO defeat the garnishment suit ,
Of the Pacific Hardware Company, as
it is contended that in case of tudS-
ment for damages, no garnishment can
be obtained until after the decree has
been entered by the clerk.
Marshal Hendry is arranging for the
shipment of the remains of the late
Daniel A. Ray on the transport Kill
patrick. which is due from the States
next week. The body will be carried /
to Manila, and then back to San Fran
cisco. or perhaps to New York. Re
turning transports rarely stop at Ho-
and for that reason the long
journey must be made with the re-
mains before given a final resting place
in ChicagO