The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-11
LOCAL. BREVITIES.

Mrs. May Cummings Creighton an
Charles Kibiing We're married las
week.
Maurice G. Beckwith is now locate
at his former address. The Woman
, College, Frederick Nd.
Hawaiian Tribe, Order Of Red Mer
will meet this evening for work in tn
Warriors Degree. All members are re
quested to attend.
Albert Harris, who has been i'll at hi
home and on Hawaii for the past fou
months, was out on the streets yester
day for the first time.
THE Human Soul-Its Birth anG
lGrowth'' is subject of the lecture to be-
given by Thomas Prime tonight at the
Philosophical Society hall back of the
opera house
The Woman's Guild of ST. Clements
church propose holding their fair for
the sale of Christmas goods on Satur-
day, November s, instead Of in October
as previously announced.
| The case. in the District Court against
A. Fernandez for violating the ordi-
nance against storage of inf1ammable
yesterday morning, but was continued
until today.
| There promises to be some lively
sport at the Orpheum Saturday night.
Comedian Bryant and others will pre-
sent vaudeville. Several boxing bouts
| by local celebrities will also be fea-
ture. Seats are now on sale at the
Orpheum box office.
Bishop Gulstan yesterday filed suit
against Malie Kamalu Paabao, to OBJ
tain possession of city property on the
r. c. road. containing about $500 of
an acre. The plaintiff claims he is the
owner and that the defendant has IN
justly converted the same to her own
possession.
The offices OF the United States Elk
pertinent Station were removed yester-
day from the capitol building to the
station back of Punchbowl and no of
flee will be retained in the city longer.
All the records, books, etc, belonging
to the Department are now kept at the
office built for the purpose on Punch
bowl.
An alarm of fire from the Iwilei dis
trict yesterday afternoon called out the
Palama engines, the police patrol and
several hundred citizens, but on arrival
in Iwilei the blaze could not be found.
None of the Orientals there knew any
thing about a fire, and a grouty crowd
wendell its way back to town through
the mud.
Mr.. H. w. Wills, formerly of Lake
Tahoe, Cal, arrived on the Sonoma and
will take the position of chief clerk and
assistant manager of the Hawaiian no
tel and the Waikiki Seaside Annex.
The last named hostelry will in future
be under the more direct supervision of
the Hawaiian hotel management than
heretofore.
Col. Thos Fitch received news by
yesterdays mail of the destruction by
fire of his ranch house near San Ber-
nardino, Cal. His loss was about $4,000
and there was insurance of $500. But
a short time ago Mr.. Fitch had been
notified that his policies had expired, |
but the insurance agent offered to re-
new them until he could hear from Mr.. |
Fitch. A draft for the amount of in
sUrance due had been sent on the |
steamer following the receipt of the in !
formation. |
Judge Wilcox listened all afternoon to |
the case of w. r. Sims VS.. Bergen, a |
Rapid Transit conductor, assault and |
battery being alleged. number of /
witnesses were put on and the case was /
not finished. 1t will be resumed again
his morning. Mr.. Sims went on the
stand and said he had been in rage
,ver a conversation had with a man
,efore stepping onto the car of Conduc-
or Bergen, and might have been in a
rame of mind which in turn enraged
Bergen. The alleged assault grew out
If Sims refusal to pay his fare.
Lillian Shrewsbury Mesick yesterday
lied suit for divorce against Leverett
Hall Mesick, alleging desertion as the
grounds. She states they were married
n Honolulu in 1885 and have three chill
lren. They have not lived together for
hree months. She says that although
lie is of sufficient ability to do so, her
has neglected and refused to
provide suitable maintenance for her
md she has been compelled to live on
he bounty of friends. She says he is
Employed on the Evening Bulletin as
brennan of the mechanical department
md receives a salary of $50 week.