The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-24
LOCAL BREvITIES.

John Walker, the contractor. says
its a boy
japanese claimants were again be-
fore the fire court all day yesterday.
DR.. H. V. Murray is about to take
his departure to Shanghai, to rem1in
| permanently.
The October number of Hawaii's
Young People is out, with an excellent
table of contents.
Among the arrivals on the Mika-
| hala yesterday morning, was c. Hal
vorsen, former deputy sheriff of Wal
mea, Kauai.
The Rapid Transit cars will be run
ming through the College Hills tract
and up Manoa Valley the beginning
of next week.
A halloween dance will be given at
Progress Hall on the evening of Octo-
Der 81, by the Pacific Rebekah Lodge
No. l, I. o. o. F.
Mr.. Daniel w. Balch announces the
marriage of his daughter Maud to Mr..
| William Thompson, on Wednesday,
, October 9Th, at San Francisco.
The guild of st. Andrews Second
Congregation will be entertained on
Saturday al the beach residence of Mr.
and Mrs Charles Booth, at Kaalawai
a welcome reception will be rendered
Rev. E. S. Muckley and wife at the
Christian Church tonight, to which all
friends of the church are cordially in
vited.
Mrs. Cartwright, formerly Miss
Trap, of Carson, Nevada, or anyone
communicate with w. Stanley, must
clan, U. S. F. s., Wisconsin.
Mr. F S Doernbecher a large man
ufacturer of furniture of Portland,
Ore, is in the city, on pleasure bent
Mr.. Doernbecher has his family with
him, and is staying at the Haalelea
Lawn.
II no vessel from the Coast has ar
rived in Hilo quite recently the Wilder
steamer Kaiulani, which has been
working at the Hilo and Hamakua
coast for several months, may be ex-
pected today.
The Federal Grand Jury will meet
again this morning and will take up
the charges made cy the contractors
that laborers upon government con-
tracts were worked longer than eight
hours per day.
A party of thirty people took in the
circus last evening under the chaper-
onage of Mrs. Clarence Crabbe and
Mrs. H. H Williams. They disdained
the dress circle, and made merry in
the peanut gallery.
Collector Pratt is preparing foE the
annual rush of taxes, which is expedited
to begin by the first of the month.
If necessary. the office will be kept
open nights to accommodate taxpayers.
Treasury warrants will be accepted as
cash.
Today is the last day of official
mourning over the death of the late
President Mckinley, the Governors
proclamation having included October
"a. Tomorrow the black draperies will
be taken down, and the flags will fly
as usual from the mastheads.
The old electric light poles on the
Waikiki side of Fort street are being
relieved of the wires, which are being
transferred to new and stronger poles.
The old ones are much decayed near
the surface of the ground, and are
readily toppled over with tackle.
Superintendent Atkinson, of the De-
partment of Public Instruction, visit
ed Oahu plantation yesterday to look
into the matter of school accommo-
dations. The schoolhouse is very much
oyercrowded, and no appropriation has
been made for additional buildings.
Assistant Postmaster Medeira de-
parted yesterday on the Moana for a
six weeks vacation, which will take
him as Tar east as chicago. he Will
also visit his old home in Santa Cruz.
Rumor has it he may take unto himself
bride while away. He will also study
postoffice methods on the Mainland.
Plans for the Waity building, whicn
is soon to be erected on King street,
opposite the Advertiser office, are
about ready. They call for a two
story structure, built SO that addi-
tional stories can be added. The cree
ton of the building will begin on Mr..
Waity's return from the Coast.
The tram driver of a Beretania street
car which came from Punahou to town
shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday, was
sharply called down by a passenger,
who failed to see any good reason for
the driver whipping one of the mules
across the eyes and on the ears with
his long whip. The passenger threat
ened to have the driver hailed before
Judge Wilcox if he persisted in abuS-
ing the mule, and the man desisted.
In the Federal Court yesterday Judge
Estee set the case of c. H. Brown VS..
Davidson ct al, for Monday morning.
This is the suit against the plumbers
for $4,000 damages, alleged to have
been caused Brown by the action of
master plumbers and journeymen, in
settling the strike, and depriving him
of his employees. Mr.. Brown is fore
man of the Federal Grand Jury, and
he viii be excused from further ser