The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-20
LOCAL BREvITlEs.

| J. j. Lando. the clothier. leaves wi.
| Fne Moana for the Coast.
Y FRED West, the Healani's athlete ~ =
swimmer, cut his foot severely whiX
diving Sunday.
Wv. T. Johnson leaves TODAY vi. 49,
hlnau to accept a position on ono .,
the Maui plantations. "
Two goat hunters at Waialae recant
~ discovered an ancient burial o.,,.
near the Waialae road
! Inc wedding of Miss Maud Ralcb .,
san francisco, to Mr.. William Thomn
son, OF this city, is announced IN tot.
! place in October.
me Amateur Orchestra will hold ire
| esuiar rehearsal tonight at the Youne
nen CHRISTIAN Association hall at
I:45 O'Clock sharp.
Wray Taylor has a miniature experA
mental farm in the back ward of the
Capitol grounds. Alfalfa and drv lana
rice are doing we'll there.
Among the Solaces passengers &c,
Lieutenant Commander Holman. who
was navigating officer on the II 8
Maine when she was blown up
The case of Rooney, the hackman
was before the federal court Yesterday
plea of not guilty was entered. ann
the case set for the October term
reception for Rev. George n
Adams and wife will be given in Cen
tral Union Church, on Thursday even
ing, August %. All are cordiallv In.
vited.
me last Tantalus row did not occur
on the government reserva ton, but on
the Coney estate. Natives congregate
there, get drunk and make the nights
hideous with their yelling.
United States Marshal Raw declines
10 make any returns of income tax.
stating that he is not bound to nav
any tax to the Territory on a salary
paid him by the federal government.
The funeral of Harry Congdon. who
died at the Queens Hospital at an
early hour yesterday morning. took
place from the undertaking parlors of
ii. II. Williams, at 1 O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon.
If you wish TO do a charitable act
which costs You nothing, buy coffee
from the kona Coffee Store. The
headquarters are at the Woman's Ex-
change. Orders sent in by telephone
will be promptly delivered
Professor Koebele goes TO Maui to-
day to put stop to the turning loose
of a scale bug species upon the lantana
growth which has been proposed by
some Maui ranchmen. He fears the
bug might work devastation to other
growths.
The court of fire claims was hearing
evidence of Hawaiian claimants again
yesterday. One woman testified that
she lost three quilts valued at SO each.
She had paid that amount for one,
and the remaining two had been made
by herself.
Commissioners Taylor is in receipt NJ
IA letter from David laughs, of the
Department of Forestry, who is in
Waimea, Hawaii, stating that the for
est fires are still burning. He thinks
nothing will stop the fire unless it be
heavy rain.
The tax appeal court heard
the cases of ]. II. Coney, the Camp
bell Estate, E. S. Cunha and Charles
Phillips yesterday afternoon. The
Campbell Estate had the assessment
on one piece of property raised from
$4,000 to S150,O00.
L. NJ Elshemus. an artist ana au-
thor of New York, is stopping at the
California The Devils Diary"
Lady We're are among his current
works. Several sketches by Mr.. Elshe-
mus are on exhibition in the Pacific
Hardware Company's art gallery
a wireless telegraph message was
received yesterday ordering a pumping
engine to be sent at once 10 Puuko, on
account of the drouth in the kohala
district In some parts of the district
the people, as we'll as the cattle, are
compelled to drink brackish water, and
there is general suffering. A pumping
engine will be send forward. by the
Kinau today.
DR. c. F. McComb. a surgeon of the
Great Northern Railroad, and an emf
nent physician from Duluth, Mimi, is
at the Hawaiian Hotel. Dr. McComb
arrived here in the Gaelic from an ex-
tended tour through China and Japan
He will leave on the Hongkong Maru
today During his stay in the city he
was entertained by Mr.. Traphagen,
who knew him for many years in the
States.
Treasurer Wright is back at his desk
again after a visit to Kauai HeTac
iusted the return of the Honolulu SUI
gar Company, which has been raised
from So 900. 900 TO So, 100000 by Assessor
Farley. at So, $50, 900. The difference In
the Kekaha Plantation Company VIII
come before the tax court at Walmea
TODAY. An increase of 100000 was
made by the assessor. j. K. Farley,
assessor at Kauai, has resigned, ana
will depart soon for. a visit to the