The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-05
LOCAL BREvITlES.

] Queen lslliuokdihhl VIII NAF' 'N ~
, china FOR the Coast Tor her visit WIN
Eastern friends.
Professor Koobele. the cniomuIHgist.
viii leave by m" Einau tomorrow 10
make Investigations IN the k"hala for
, csts
Superintrndcnt Boyd. ~ tho Depart
; ment " Public works. viii leave Mo-
yemhcr u FOR Kauai. on tour Of m
/ spectiun.
! Waialua people are complaining that
/ the mongouse are becoming plentiful
/ in that neighborhood, and that they are
doing much damage.
| " J. Coon. who made an appeal TO
. the Circuit Court FOR release ON IA
! bcas corpus. has been released on
/ 81 900 bond. pending the decision.
| Fifty recruits for the artillery COM
panies stationed at Camp Mckinley are
ON their way to this city They VIII
probably come on the next transport
Dr. Shorey. government chemist is
| making an examination of the poincid-
ma bean. which is said TO have caused
| the death of Joan Silva, Portuguese
boy
| George Armitage a messenger of the
, New Amsterdam Bank. in New York,
has disappeared with an amount va
ibuSlp F-''NN~ - w.
| 600
John Mott, the pioneer plumber, and
WIFE celebrated yesterday the forty
I sixth anniversary OF their wedding.
I Their numerous children and grand
1 children were their guests at fam
| lily gathering
! Messrs. Whitehouse and Hawxhurst
4 have got a contract for the construc-
| ton of six miles Of railroad for the
Kona Sugar Company. Mr. Hawk
hurst is experimenting the work
which has already begun.
The locomotives OF the o. X. & l.
Co.'S road have all been equipped witt
diamond stacks. These stacks have
spark arresters, which will prevent thu
small cane fires which have frequentl,
taken place along the line.
At the request OF Governor Allen
of Porto Rico, the Planters Associa
ton will send to his home fourteen
year-old Porto Rican, who ran away
from home and came over here with
u band of immigrants.
a four-room cottage on Punchbowl
occupied by kuna, drayman employ
ed by Hustace e. Co, was entirely de
stroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. 1t is believed that the explosion
of an oil lamp started the blaze.
a new fish has been added to FISH
Inspector Berndt's collection of speci
mems 1t is of the well known climb
ing species. but as this specimen va
ries I'm color from the type know
heretofore, 1t has been preserved.
Queen Liliuokalani is the witness Il
be summoned in the investigation int
the destruction of the valuable oC
feather cloak, before the fire court. i
is now claimed that the cloak wa:
stolen from Iolani Palace many year!
ago.
Quick work is being done on tn
Rapid Transit extension. Work wa
started from Liliha street on Tuesday
and the excavations have already beel
made out to the Reform School, an
the tracks have been laid for about 20
feet.
= The meeting of the First Hebrey
Congregation was held yesterday af
, ternoon at Progress Hail, at whicl
, the question of n burying ground wa
, generally discussed Several location
, are in prospect, but nothing detinit
was decided upon.
A cakewalk and dance Is being ar
ranged by the colored people of Homo
lulu. to raise money for sending HON
I half dozen old folks, who wish I
+ return to the South. The entertain
, ment is to be given at san Antoni
, Hall November %.
Or. Camp had IA case yesterda
morning of Portuguese boy dyin
, from the effect of eating the gree
beans of a Ponciana Regia. DR. cam
consulted with Wray Taylor, and a,
investigation will be started to fin
the active toxic principle of the bear
r. ii. Gibson began his work as su
: perntendent of the Boys Refori
, school in Palama on Saturday. Ii
2 states that as things are going o
= very we'll at present, he does not in
tend to make any changes in the man
agement. There are now fortytw
, boys in the school.
, A new set of rules and regulation
. for electrical wiring is being formula'
. | ed by tho Public Works Department
u but it will require several weeks for II
completion. Hereafter greater car
must be exercised in the installatio
OF wires. and the recommendation
made by the Board of Underwriters !
6 this connection will be followed,
Marshal Hendry is arranging for tn
l ! shipment of the remains of the lat
; Daniel a. Ray on the transport Xxi
= patrick. which is due from the state
next week. The body will be carrie
1 to Manila. and then back to San Fran
Z cisco, or perhaps to New York. X,
y turning transports rarely stop at HI
S nolulu. and for that reason the lor
e journey must be made with the r,
e mains before given final resting pla'
q in Chicago.
Nahukona Shipping.