The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-31
LOCAL BREvITIES.

A s. Humphreys returned on the
Sonoma.
DR.. Derby. the dentist, has returned
from an extended tour on Kauai.
Mrs. Mary Gum will give a dance
on Friday evening at Progress Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence MacfarIane
We're among the returning passengers
on the Sonoma.
Miss Mabel Herrick departed on the
Ventura for the Coast, where she Will
visit with her sister.
Last evening was Halloween, but its
celebration was not particularly no.
ticeable in Honolulu.
Mail to federal officers from The
Washington departments comes now
in black-bordered envelopes.
DR.. Harvey V. Murray left for China
on the America Maru yesterday, where
he intends to make his future home
Chinese claims are still occupying the
fire court. They are being disposed of
at the rate of over a hundred per
day.
Mrs. Yang Wei Pin, wife of the CHI
nese consul general, was a passenger
on the Maru yesterday for her home in
China.
Frank Damon and Rev. E. H.
ThWing have gone to Waikiki, where
they will assist in the dedication of the
Chinese Mission Church Sunday.
O. II. Berrey has cards out for a
smoker, to be given on November 5
at in the evening, at his residence,
corner of Matlock and Piikoi streets.
Miss Florence NJ Handy, sister to
Deputy Marshal Handy, arrived from
San Francisco on the Sonoma yester-
day, and will take a position as clerk
in the United States attorneys office.
Workmen have begun the construc-
ton of the KeWalo sewer. 1t will re-
quire several months to complete the
contract, but superintendent Boyd
hopes to have the job finished before
the heavy rains
Charles a. Parker, manager of the
James Neill Company, came in on the
Sonoma yesterday. and is arranging
the preliminaries for the appearance
of the company in Honolulu, begin
ming November 9th.
]. 2. Mccoy was a passenger on the
America Maru for China. where he
goes to open up the business of the
Oriental Life Insurance Company,
which was recently Incorporated under
the laws of Hawaii.
Byron c. Baird returned on the So
noma yesterday He reports his faith
er, United States Attorney Baird, to
be greatly improved in health. He is
now in Denver, and will probably not
return for some time.
Brother Philippe, of Samoa, has ac-
knoWledged the receipt Of the plants
sent to him by Wray Taylor some time
ago, and promises to send specimens
of timber woods, taro, breadfruit and
maniOc seeds in exchange.
FT-ta Toooifo 7 o5o,a viii i,ol-J
Halloween party this evening IN
Progress Hall. All friends of the lodge
are cordially invited to attend. Tick
cts admitting lady and gentleman, viii
be sold at the door, and are 81 apiece.
Friends in this city have received the
announcement of the marriage o.
AdoIph Zuckerman and Miss Clara An
ma Well. The wedding was celebrated
in New York city, October 18th. Mr..
Zuckerman is a San Francisco mer-
chant who has made frequent visits 10
Honolulu.
Miss Emma F. De Merritt, of Sacra-
mento, Cal, was one of the arrivals
by the Sonoma yesterday. Miss De
Merritt will remain with friends here
for ten days. before leaving for North
Kona, where she will be connected
with the Kona Orphanage. Miss De
Merritt is much pleased with her first
impression of the Islands.
W. G.. Ashley has filed his report as
master in the matter of the first an
nual accounting of David Dayton,
trustee of the estate of w. NJ. Gibson.
The inventory shows the estate to be
valued at $4,000 and the receipts
amounted to $15, 262 10, and expendi-
lures $9413. The master states that
the expenditures are too large, taking
the income into consideration. Judge
Gear allowed charges of $535.20 as COM
missions.
Commissioner of Agriculture WraN
Taylor has received another letter in
regard to his requests for woodpeckers.
Cooper OrnithologicaI Club, of Hay
wards, Cal, writes that woodpeckers
of the "Gairdners" species are plentl-
full there, but that the downy wood
pecker is obtainable only in the east
ern States. The writer does not believe
their species of woodpecker would sur
vive the sea voyage TO Honolulu, as
they are strictly insectivorous.
Mate Mcdonald, of the Emily Reed,
who was expected to arrive on the So
noma, yesterday, failed to show up.
He is under indictment for assault up
on the high seas, and has $500 bond
on file in Federal Court which will be
/ forfeited unless he appears when the
case is called next week. 1t is re-
! ported here that Mcdonald sailed on
/ the Emily Reed to Australia from San
/ Francisco. About half a dozen wit
! nesses are detained in prison awaiting
/ his return.