The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-26
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Judge Little was an incomes by way
OF the last K:nau.
DIR. Shorey has found an alkaloid
poison in Poinciana regia beans.
c. r. Amana was discharged from
bankruptcy by Judge Estee yesterday.
Mr.. c. ii. Prouty is n guest of friends
In town. having come over from Hio
during the week
The j. a. Cummins went to Puuloa
yesterday afternoon for a load of sixty
tons of salt.
Mr.. c. Kunst came in on the Sierra.
Mrs. Jared Smith arrived Tuesday
from the colonies.
The public schools will be closed on
Thursday, Thanksgiving day, and will
remain closed Friday.
Mr. S. NJ. Damon has recovered from
his illness, and will probably soon be
able to come to his office.
Manuel Fragoza de Mello, a former
subject CT Portugal, was made citizen
Of the United States yesterday.
Louis Won Tempsky, manager of Ha-
leakala ranch, is just recovering from
a serious attack of appendicitis.
The schooner Waialua went ashore
at kahului on Saturday, but was pull
ed off without being damaged.
scaffoldng has been erected about
the new convent building on Fort
street, preparatory to applying the ce-
ment finish to the front.
o. A. Stevens came down from Hilo
on the kinau. and will go from here
to the Philippines. where he expects
to remain three or four years.
Professor Lyons says that the planet
Venus is now ranging away from
Jupiter and Saturn. The latter two
will be in conjunction next Thursday.
Eva mill finished grinding on
Thursday. 1t will now be shut down
for three weeks, during which repairs
and the connection with the new mill
will be made.
Land Commissioner Z. S. Boyd is
going to Maui next week to investigate
possible land openings. From Maui he
will go to Hawaii, and will probably
be gone about two weeks.
About Z p. m. yesterday, two of
Pains cars tried to solve the long
vexed problem of passing each other
on the same track. The spectacle was
witnessed on King street. near Fort.
The new office for the United States
army quartermaster which has been
in course of construction on the Drill
shed grounds, is rapidly nearing COM
petion. 1t is substantial, well-built
structure.
| A Japanese storekeeper Of Aiea, va
motto, drove upon the Rapid Transit
track in Palama Saturday, seemingly
believing the noise of the bell came
from a tram car The wagon was
overturned, but little damage was
done.
The federal grand jury is called to
meet today. 1t will consider at this
! time the case of a Hilo man alleged
! m "a
shall Hendry returned from that city
yesterday, after having subpoenaed
half a dozen witnesses in the case.
About fifty Epworth Leaguers took
part in a trolley ride given last night
in honor of Miss Christy Tackaberry.
The party went over the system and
ended up at the Methodist parsonage,
where refreshments We're partaken of
and a social hour spent.
A large number of people attended
the luau given at Waimea to celebrate
the first birthday of II. Parker Wide
mann. Among the Honolulu people
who were present We're Sam Parker.
Captain Ross. Mr.. McCrossen, Judge
Gear. Geo. A. Davis Albert Cunha and
others.
A Porto Rican found guilty by jury
in Circuit Court of burglary in the sec
ond degree Che attempted to break into
a house but the crime was frustrateO
was sent to the reef for term of one
year by Judge Humphreys yesterday
morning.
High Sheriff Brown held his annual
inspection of the police force Saturday
morning. There We're thirty five men,
not counting the officers of the patrol
division, and Sheriff Brown was much
pleased with their appearance. Anoth
al inS " Ia h.1
this week.
The fund to bring the Olympic Club
team down is steadily growing. and is
now close upon 500. Final word will be
sent TO Manager Muma early next week.
1t Is now pretty certain that the Olym-
pics will come down, as the gates for
the two games will undoubtedly net a
sum large enough to more than make up
any shortage In the subscription list.
a hydraulic engineer is likely to be
soon sent to Hawaii by the United
States government as result of the
representations made by Secretary
Cooper upon the occasion of his recent
visit to Washington. The engineer is
to examine into the water supply, and
the best methods of conserving it, and
will make thorough investigation on
all the Islands.
! Collector Chamberlain has been noti-
neu that In the future the fnlilpplneS
will be treated as domestic territory,
and no more export bonds are TO be
! accepted for Philippine shipments.
Until the Supreme Court passes upon
the case American shippers of goods
to the Islands will have to pay both
foreign and domestic duty, one of the
other to be refunded later.
Hackfeld & Co. have filed application
in the Supreme Court for writ of
error against the Hilo Railroad, Smith
& Corey, and Herman Eldarts. all of
Hilo. The application grows out of
the result of n decision in the Fourth
Circuit Court at Hilo, wherein judg
ment was given in favor of the defend
ant in error, and for refusal to find
for the plaintiff in error the present
action is brought.
Harry l.. Evans. of the Hawaiian
Ballasting Company, is said to have
fallen heir TO a fortune of ES0O00 in