The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-21
LOCAL BRtWn1S

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& formed i0 China Hnd Japan.
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.flfi.u i"IfrH mfH il accept position
lH tht Philippine
Wulbm % uaU constructing engi
meet Ht che So fff1n plantation. atfit
10 in town Yesterday morning pn the
steamer MikahalB
Miss Marguerite q coleman hss
h"lu appointed Boz 900 ihH vacancy w
.he Treasury uiiltr. Ifft tp her aunt
Mrs Coleman. who bias retired on ace
tuuui ~ 900 hrHfh
Work on the rnvor ontfnii has been
suspended because ~ rough water AID
lack 1T facilities. II is proposed 10 uHo
The big Cove rnmont dfedger 10 cOmpiot
laying the big pipe line but no action
has been taken IN the matter yet
Governor cieghorn has presented
the Wilder steamship Company with
handsome picture Of the late Prime -
kaiulnni. Yesterday g. y. Wilder
hung the work Of art in the cabin or
he steamer kaiulani.
Hundreds Of eucalyptus trees are be-
Ing felled on the Eva side Of Tanta-
lus. I'm preparation for the WORK of
the Agricultural Experiment station
Laborers' shacks have been put up.
and clearings are rapidly being made.
Captains Mosher ana Fern. of the
Inter-lsland service, participated In "A
| friendly wrestling match on the water
| front on Saturday. Both are powerful
men, but Captain Fern gained the bet
ter OF the encounter by reason OF his
science.
! a Galician child playing on the street
was run over by an express wagon on
| Monday, on Ponahawai street, the
team running away and knocking the
child down at the foot of a hill The
funeral took place Tuesday afternoon.
I-I1ilo Herald.
A. +. Taylor, of the Advertiser, who
| fell i'll of nervous strain, is recuper-
ating at a ranch high up on the slopes
of Haleakala. Maui. A letter from him
states that he will probably be able to
return to Honolulu the latter part OF
this week.
Captain Hilbus, who has for so long
| a time been the captain of the tug
Eleu, has resigned his position as such.
and Captain McAllister, formerly COM
mander of the Helene, will take his
place. Captain Hilbus resignation Is
due to his continued i'll health.
The lights of the Japanese fishing
sampans on the eastern line of the har-
Dor these evenings give the appear
ance of fleet lying at anchor from
line. There are about thirty boats in
line fire-fishing.-Hilo Herald.
Miss Rose Dawson, in charge Of the
Hawaiian exhibit, reached Salt Lake
City on May 9Th, and was entertained
by Governor Wells. Secretary Of State
Thompson, and other high officials. She
was shown the places of interest and
left the same day for Chicago.
Deputy Marshal Hendry went aboard
N1.A 's.l,t In.y 20
two offenders for assault on the high
seas, the first and second mates Of the
vessel. When he arrived the offenders
had vanished. They are thought to be
in hiding somewhere on the water
front.
The moon is now in her perigee, and
this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon
the tides will be- unusually high. To-
morrow morning they will be unusual
ly low. The perigee of the moon is that
point in her orbit when she is nearest
the earth.
The comet appeared last night at
7:4O, and was observed until sos. 1t
was plainly visible to the naked eye.
though less bright than on previous
evenings. 1t appears to be growing
fainter, and will probably be invisible
In two or three days The comet was
a degree higher last night than the
night before.
Smallpox has seized the Islands. This
Is declaration a great many people
would make after reading the after
noon editions of some of the papers.
| DIR. Cooper said last evening that the
case of smallpox reported from Wal
mea was nothing more than a mere
case of varioloid, and that the physi-
clans at Waimea had handled the
case in a thorough manner, and that
all danger was past.
A runaway occurred near Pensacola
street, on Beretania, Saturday. In
which lady was badly cut about the
| face. She was driving a team. and 1t
is said that the horses, becoming
| frightened at the steam roller, bolted
and dashed the carriage against a tele-
phone post breaking the front part
and throwing the lady against the
| post While her injuries are very
painful, they are not thought to be
serious.
A site for new quarantine station
has been ordered selected for HiIo by
the Washington authorities. BY the
last Kinau DR.. L. Il. Cofer, u. s. NJ.
II. s., arrived, and with f. l.. Winter,
comprise a committee to select the To-
cation. Accompanied by Sheriff An
drews, they visited a point at Publ,
near John Bakers place, and selected
a tract of fifty acres, which had been
surveyed by ~. ID. BALDWIN, and plans
will be referred to Washington. There
will be from $4,000 to $4,000 expended
on the buildings and grounds, and. the
| roads leading thereto. The buildings
will be constructed on the most APP
proved system, and every precaution
taken for the complete isolation of a
large number of people, and the condi-
lions for handling contagious diseases
will be something that has been badly
needed here, with the possibility OF
epidemics breaking out among the la
borers imported for the plantations
The old station, Cocoanut Island, will