The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A luau will be given at Wailuku on
November to raise funds to repair
! the church clock.
| The James L. Tuft has arrived at
KahuIu, forty-two days from Newcas-
| tie, with cargo of coal.
The Hawaiian Womans Club will
meet today at p. m. at the residence
of Mrs. a. b. Wood, on Nuuanu street.
The Court of Tax Appeals was in
session last night. The case of Kawa-
hara, a japanese merchant, was con-
sdered.
Among the arrivals on the Alameda,
is Mr.. Ridgway, who will act as an
assistant to immigration Inspector ].
| r. Brown.
A Cooks tourist party of nine per-
sons is aboard the Coptic, on a trip
around the world. They We're register
| ed at the Hawaiian Hotel yesterday.
Whitehouse & Hawxhurst, the Hilo
contractors, have been awarded the
contract for the construction of the
railroad for the kona Sugar Company
There appears to be but little demand
! for building permits this month. 1t
was reported yesterday that this month
| has shown a smaller number of appli-
cations than for years.
| Colonel Metcalf, who was prominent
| ly mentioned among those who were
present with President Mckinley when
he died, is near relative of Mrs. EN-
ma Nakuina, Of this city.
Robert Boyd, engineer of the road
work of the Public Works Department,
leaves today for Hawaii, where he will
go over the routes laid out by the
commissioner and his assistant.
The Court of Fire Claims was occu-
pied yesterday with japanese claim
ants. The amounts were generally in
the neighborhood of a hundred dollars,
and the cases We're devoid of interest.
| Miss Rose Dawson is having her
hands full at present with the enforce
ment of the truant law There is
| hardly a day passes but that at least
one or two boys are brought before
her.
II Prof r F. Sedgewick leaves today
for Maui to investigate the potato
blight on that Island. He will also
| inspect the results Of the forest fires
at Hamakua before his return next
Sunday.
| a small water pipe burst last night
in the excavation next to the Young
Mems Christian Association, and sew
eraI persons who passed by We're
drenched by the stream which fell into
the street.
yThere was a lively demand yester-
DAY for plants and trees from Agricul-
Itural Commissioner Wray Taylor. The
kgreatest call was for palms and shade
trees, to be used for planting on new
lots recently laid out
The tests of "Pyrocide," a new fire
extinguisher, were held yesterday
morning near Kaumakapili Church. 1t
is in the form of a powder, which by
l1cfn
put it out by excluding the air.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith of Oahu
College will deliver the third of her
lectures at the Young Women's Chris
ton Association rooms tomorrow af-
ternoon at o'clock Her subject will
be, Shakespeare and His Macbeth
The body of the late Marshal Ray
will probably be shipped to the States
on board transport, and will be left
in it's present resting place until fur
Their instructions as to it's disposition
are received. Marshal Hendry received
instructions to this effect by telegram.
Word was received by the Coptic
yesterday that Mrs. A. w. Keech is
very much better. This is welcome
news to her many friends here, as Mr..
Keech was hastily summoned to San
Francisco only short time since, ow-
ing to alarming reports as to her
health
Orders have been posted at army
headquarters telling of the following
promotions in Company F: Sergeant
S. r. Jackson to be first sergeant; Cor
poral Charles Costa to be a sergeant,
; and Private Joseph Seyhold to be a
corporal. The appointments are dated
: from October Sth.
A letter from Delegate Wilcox, ask
ing for information regarding the ques-
ton of public lands, has been received
by Land Commissioner E. S. Boyd.
: The delegate Will soon return to Wash
: ington, and wants a statement from
the land commissioner, as public lands
{ will probably be one of the principal
, Hawaiian questions.
Market Inspector Berndt has received
q letter from David Starr Jordan,
which states that the United States
fishery ship Albatross will come to the
Islands December l. on a fishing eXpe-
dition, which will extend to April IL
President Jordan thanked Mr. Berndt
for his valuable help, and requested
him to continue the same.
1t is proposed to erect the rum dis
tillery at Nanakuli. using the material
from sugar plantations for its manu-
facture +. Brown and James Lars
are interested in the scheme. The mat
ter has been submitted to Attorney
General Dole. in order that he may
give an opinion as to whether such an