The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-04
LOCAL BREvITIES.


! Mrs. L. G. Blackman will reopen her
school on College street on September
18th.
Marston Campbell is Acting superin-
tendent of Public Works in the absence
/ of Supt. Boyd, who departed on the
Alameda yesterday for a vacation on
the coast.
| The steamer Helene leaves this port
on Saturday, Sept. 18th, at 10 o'clock,
for Hilo and the volcano. This will be
the second excursion to the volcano
this season.
1t is reported from Kohala that DR..
James Wight, a wealthy resident of
that district, has been poisoned by eat
ing mushrooms. Other members Of the
family also suffered from eating the
mushrooms.
Mr.. Thomas Prime will hold ques-
ton meeting tonight at Arion hall, just
back of the opera house. This will be
a very interesting meeting, and no
doubt will be largely attended by The
osophistS and others.
w. C. Weldon has written to the
Chamber of Commerce that his lectures
and views of Hawaii have been very
much appreciated in San Francisco and
that Los Angeles and San Diego will
be his next stopping places.
Manuel Borges, a youth who is em-
ployed in Portuguese grocery store in
Kalihi, was arrested last night by Off
GERS McDuffie and Renear for selling
liquor without a license. Two half
empty glasses of beer were brought in
as evidence.
Lon Agnew, the pugilist whose last
fight in Honolulu with Jack Weday
ended in "a fiasco, departed yesterday
from Honolulu for San Francisco,
where he will make his home for the
future. Lon tired of Honolulu and its
lack of pugilistic opportunities, and re-
Gently retired from the police Depart
ment.
Walter H. Bradley, a subject of King
Edward, was refused naturalization by
Judge Estee yesterday, not having liv-
ed in Hawaii the required five years
prior to annexation. The court held
that Bradley's service in the National
Guard did not affect his status, and the
applicant then took out his first citizen
ship papers.
Rev. Dr. Jenner of England, whose
lecture on Freemasonry will occur at
the Y. NJ. c.. A. rooms on Friday even
ing, is a Mason of the 33rd degree. He
has been here for some months having
taken part in the cathedral services
during the final incumbency of Bishop
Willis. He is widely travelled man of
pleasant speech and should give an in
teresting address.
The case of w. R. Sims against Con-
ductor Bergen of the Rapid Transit,
who is charged with assault and bat
terry on the former, comes up for trial
in Judge WilcoX'S court today. The
case of Bergen against Sims, in which
the latter was charged with using pro-
fame language in Rapid Transit car,
was concluded on Tuesday, but no de-
cision will be given until today's case
is closed, both growing out of the same
incident.
e. E. Hartman, who narrowly escap-
ed death on Sunday at the hands of his
Japanese cook, was at the police sta
ton yesterday afternoon and swore to
a complaint against the fellow charg-
ing him with assault to commit muir
der A charge of assault and battery
on Mrs. Hartman has also been prefer
red against the cook, who now lies
wounded in the Queens Hospital. The
wound is not healing rapidly and it is
said that blood poisoning may set in.
commencing Monday, Sept. 8, 1902, at
the Honolulu Bowling Parlors. The
following games will be played and a
prize offered for each: Five Back, Ten
Pins, Nine Pins. A championship med
al will also be given for the highest
average all around player. Entries
close Saturday Sept. 9Th, at 9 o'clock
p, m. The alleys have been put in first
class condition, and together with new
balls and pins, some big scores are
looked for.