The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mr. J. 4. Magoon is in Lahaina.
The Supreme Court will adjourn to-
day until the 9th of January.
The band Will play today at st.
Clements fair. at Makiki, from 2:30 I'M
til 3 o'clock,
Paymaster Hall is i'll at the Queens
Hospital. The malady is not serious,
being simply slight fever.
Kaahumanu School defeated Punahou
Preparatory School last Thursday, in
! a game of football, by a score Of II
TO S.
Yesterdays arrests included: John
English. disobedience to parents; Ven
tura Castro, vagrancy; Wada, drunk
enness.
Charles. the two-year-oId son of c..
B. Danielson, was killed Thursday by
a kick from a horse at the Makik fire
( station.
Miss y. w. King viii hold a recep-
! ton today in her studio over the Pa
cific Hardware Company's store, to dis
play her china painting.
/ c. L. Clement has revived his adver-
! tisiTg monthly at Hilo. 1t is called
side Lights on Advertising" and is a
readable and usefdI publication.
Satin dresses Of the seventeenth CEN
fury VIII be on view in the "Old Gu
Tosity Shop" at St. Clements today;
and Russian brasses are another fea-
ture.
The daughter of Johnson Nickeus
who died here Thursday, is expected
from Hilo today. Arrangements for the
funeral Will not be made until her ar
rival.
a bottle of benzine caught fire and
exploded yesterday morning in George
Martins tailor shop. The blaze was
extirguished before any damage had
been done.
The Sunday afternoon concert tomor-
row will be given by the band at the
Capitol grounds, beginning at o'clock.
The songs which will be sung are all
American numbers.
The Honolulu Stock Yards Company.
which has been occupying the auto
mobile stable since the fire, has closed
up. nearly all the carriages and horses
having been disposed of.
The anniversary Of Founders Day
will be observed at the Kamehameha
Schools December 18th. The pupils
will march to the royal mausoleum in
the morning, and in the evening will
attend exercises at Bishop memorial
chapel.
The session in the District Court yes
terday was one of the shortest on rec
ord. There We're only three cases on
the calendar, and each of these was
nOlle pressed. The cases We're: Akaka,
Toganaga, violating carriage regula-
tons; Juan Lugo, vagrancy.
The Rev. DR.. L. NJ. Hartley will de-
liver an address at the Methodist |
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at |
IL o'clock; subject, The Situation in |
Hawaii and How to Meet It." The :
pastor will preach at 1880 p. M: sub
tect. "The Science of Success"
The condition of Mrs. Emma NJ. Ma
kuina, wife of the commissioner of ,
private ways and water rights, who /
has ben seriously i'll for the last three |
weeks. has changed sI!Chtly for the !
better. Her attending physician enter /
tains hopes of her ultimate recovery.
About 300 fire claims have already
been adjudicated. but the decisions are
reserved until the entire work is COM
pleted. 1t is likely that one-third of
the appropriation will be held invalid,
as it provides for the payment of $780,
BOO beyond the term of the present Leg
stature.
The income tax has been very nearly
collected, there being less than $1,000
still outstanding. Collector Pratt says
the general tax list is considerably
arger, but the lists have not been COM
piled yet, as returns are still coming
n. The delinquent list will soon be
published.
f. NJ. McGrew, a personal friend of
Lee Wilson, the hackman who used to
room with Hugh Rooney, and whose
sudden departure TO the Coast was
matter of interest to the police, says
that Wilson was called there by the
serious illness of his mother Word
,ame to him before Lubbock was killed.
Mr.. McGrew speaks Of Wilson as a
square man.
W. +. Pogue. manager of Kihek
Maui, has rendered his res
gnation, to take effect on the first OF
January next. on account of i'll health.
Mr.. James Scott, chief engineer of the
)laa Plantation, recently chief engineer
# the Makaweli Plantation, has been =
,ffered and has accepted the position,
md viii assume his new duties jan
lary /, 1902.
The Merchants Association Will meet !
his afternoon to hear the reports of
'arious committees. The most impor- |
ant matter will be a consideration Of
he report of the committee upon the
'ecent advances in freight rates De-
ween the Islands. conferences having
'een held with the heads of the inter-
sland companies.
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