The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-09-03
LOCAL. BREVITIES.
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The San Francisco demand for Ha-
waiian alligator pears Is gradually In
creasing
Nothing has been done as yet for the
7 protection from the wind of travellers
at the Pail
The number Of merchant vessels now
in the harbor Is down to thirteen, the
lowest number on record Tor long
time.
A. l.. Minnviellc, of Olaa plantation.
arrived on the Kinau. He comes To
take to Olaa Il lot of Porto Ricans
expected on the Colon.
! Leslie McComb formerly superin-
tendent of the Joyful News Mission, of
Honolulu. is lying seriously i'll at the
! Hilo Hotel, suffering from nervous
prostration.
! few drunken Japanese laborcrs en-
gagged In n free-for-all fIght al Eva
plantation Saturday night, but aside
from few bruised heads there were
no SERIOUS results. No arrests We're
made.
gentleman who was riding n wheel
yesterday was run down by II two
horse vehicle and badly bruised. He
was conveyed 10 his room at the Ala
kca House, and was attended by Dr.
Herbert
The School street bridge is about
completed with the exception OF the
approach from the Nuuanu street side
Considerable concrete ana frame work
is necessary before the bridge can lie
opened To the public.
II is stated in the Los Angeles Her
aid of August IL that an ocean going
oil tank steamer will be put on be-
tween the Coast and Honolulu by tn.
Mission Refining and Transportation
company. The vessel win be built es-
Secially for the oil carrying trade.
The marriage OF Captain Samuel
Johnson, Of theaFirst Regiment, y. G..
H., and Miss olive Pearl Cameron, will
take place on Tuesday evening, Sep
TENDER 10, at the residence of Mrs T.
Williams, Chaplain Lane. Miss Alice
Johnson will b" the bridesmaid, and
Mr. Ralph Raymond the best man.
Many Of the small Portuguese and
Chinese stores in the suburbs have run
entirely out Of potatoes, onions can
ned goods and other commodities, on
account of the difficulty IN ubtainin.,
supplies from San Francisco. The pre-
vailing price of potatoes in the small
stores is now four cents per pounu.
There are about 200 applications FOR
land at Commissioner Boyds office
Most of these are from Hawaiians who
want from fifteen to twenty acres each
As Mr.. Boyd thinks they VIII make a
success as small farmers, he will prob
ably arrange for the opening up OF
some valuable tracts Of government
land
The committee to locate the site for
the new home for incurables held "A
meeting yesterday, and made a trip of
investigation OF the various sites Of
fered for the hospital 1t has been
practically decided To locnre the home
at kamuiki, but the exact site has not
been picked. Another meeting rs to be
held next week
A big blaze near Pearl city. which
was plainly visible from various parts
OF the city last evening caused con
siderable apprehension, as it appeared
to be among the cane on Oahu planta-
ton. telephone message from the
plantation last night quoted all fears.
as the red glare was simply caused by
the burning of trash.
John Medciros, a young Portuguese
boy, who was returning yesterday ey- /
ening from the Labor Day SPORTS al
kapiolani Park. essayed to climb To the !
top of a tramcar on the way down
town. When Eva of the switch near
the Hotel Annex the boy fell from the
ROOF TO the ground, striking on his
mead, lie was picked up unconscious.
and the police station was Immediately
telephoned The patrol wagon respond .
ed 10 the call and the unfortunate
boy was conveyed to the house of his
parents in the Portuguese section of .
Punchbowl. The youths injuries are
OF the most painful character. and IL
rs quite possible that Internal harm
was inflicted. The doctors attending
stated that the boy was suffering from
conclusion of the brain.