The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-03-28
LOCAL BREVlTlES.
Trom Wednesdays aoIly)

The FIRE claims commission is sull
busy with the claims OF the Insurance
companies 4. O.. NJ. Robertson Is rep
resenting the claimants.
At meeting Of the trustees Of oahu
College, held on Saturday, :. l.. Da-
mon and w. II. Babbitt were elected To
MI vacancies on the Board of Directors.
Soldiers driving a dray lost barrel
of sauer-kraut overheard yesterday in
front Of the Metropolitan Meat Mar
ket, and left about a third of the CON
tents.
The Honolulu Commandery, Knights
Tempiar, will attend Easter services at
Central Union church next Sunday in
a body. a special program being ar
ranged for them at o'clock in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Abadie was quite badly hurt
yesterday morning by being run over
by a japanese hack near the corner Of
Alakea and Beretania streets. She was
removed to her home on BeTetania and
Punchbowl streets.
S. Sake, one of the secretaries Of the
japanese consulate here, will be acting
consul at Vancouver, y. c., during the
absence-Of Consul Shimlzu. He is the
oldest member OF the japanese consul
lar force in Hawaii
deputy AlltIltE 'FH'Idl NdlilN All I
| left yesterday in the Mauna Loa to APP
pear for the Territory in the criminal
! cases before Judge Edings Chester
| Doyle and David KAPPA also went on
/ the same steamer to attend court.
j F. Hackfeld, the German consul,
| has asked for a report from the Board
of Health upon the tua-tua plant, and
! its possibilities as a cure for leprosy.
| Many inquiries are being received since
/ the announcement Of a successful cure
/ IN Tahiti,
The remains OF William Crewes,
whose death occurred Sunday, were
/ buried yesterday in Makiki cemetery.
J MIR. Crewes was 81 years of age, ma
tive of Pehzance, Cornwall There was
a large turnout Of friends and many
floral offerings.
a conference Of delegates and mem
bers of the Mormon church in Hawaii
! viii be held in Honolulu next Saturday.
The convention will be held in tn
! Purchbowl church and is to last thr c
days. on April 9th, a second meeting
will be held at which reports Of d-le-
gates will be presented.
NJ teorologist Lyons reports that the
rainfall for yesterday was so inches
At the home OF W. r. Castle the gauge
showed lg2 inches, and at HANS resi-
I
Prof. Lyons says that the heaviest
rains were probably on Punchbowl
causing the flood In town.
Prof Il. c. l.. Perkins has been APP
pointed by Commissioner Wray Tay-
lur to act as entomologist during the
absence Of Professor Koebele. The
principal need of such an official all the
time is to prevent the introduction into
Hawaii OF any plant or insect pests
Prof. Koebele will leave for Mexico to-
day on the Sierra If he can secure pas
sage.
G. Kunst, the Samoan capitalist, who
has had as his guest at his southern
home the artist Theodore Wores, re-
turned in the Sierra last evening. Mr.
Kunst was very i'll when he left Sa-
moa. but the voyage seemed to furnish
a needed tonic, and when he arrived
last evening he was in his usua
health. Mr.. Wores had a most sue
cessful trip and has n great number
of sketches and some finished paint
ings as n result of his journey. Mr.
Kunst will stop here about three
months, after which time he Will pro-
coed to Germany for a visit.