The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-12
LOCAL BREvlTlEs.

Excelsior Lodge meets tonight Tor
work in the first degree.
An athletic association has been
formed among the Portuguese.
Miss Marshall has succeeded Mr..
Fred Holzheiser as librarian OF the Ad-
vertiser-
The tax appeal court yesterday heard
tha cases of Mrs Mary j. Forbes and
A. Fernandez.
Some public lands in Lahaina win be
aoId at public auction on Saturday,
Sept. 18th, in front of the judiciary
building.
Among the passengers by the steamer
Noeau yesterday for the races at Maui
was L Arthur Braemer. who also goes
to Waikapu.
Mr.. Atkinson, who was expected 10
sneak at the normal school this after-
noon, has postponed his address until
Wednesday at 1870 p. m.
John n. Mathews and Christina s.
Keyes were married on upper Emma
street. at Mr.. Lakes house last even
ing, Rev. G. L. Pearson officiating.
The curtain viii rise at 7:45 instead OF
S:15 next Monday evening in Progress
hall on the occasion of the presentation
of afr Bob" by the Pacific ReDekah
lodge.
Today being the fourth anniversary
ef the transfer of sovereignty or the
Republic of Hawaii to the United States
ali government offices viii be closed.
The courts will also observe the day
Today the governor directs that the
government offices be closed on account
of this being the anniversary OF the
transfer of the sovereignty or the he
public OF Hawaii to the United states
The preliminary hearing OF the two
Chinese women arrested for peine I'm.
lawfully within the Territory were yes
terday set for Thursday and Friday
afternoons. The hearings will be held
separately.
Last evening sixty people. mostly
from the Methodist church, were given
q trolley ride by Oscar Hart The par
ty went over the system, Including the
Manoa branch, and had a jolly tune
it>was Mr.. Hart's birthday
Jared G. Smith has received letter
from ID. L. Van Dine, who is investigate
ing the blight on Maui, saying that IN
his opinion the pest attacking corn in
the Kula district is the plant louise. The
potato blight is fungus disease.
DIR. Whitman Cross, the geologist who
is to make an official investigation OF
the Hawaiian volcanoes for the WASH
ington government. VIII De the Sues -, u
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Lovekin while IN
Honolulu. He is the brother-in-iaW OF
Mrs. Loyelin.
The other day when an electric car
STONED before the barns the conductor
and ,riotornan alighted and to the sur
prise of the passengers went at eacn
other in prize ring style. Manager Bal
lentyne came along in time to act as
referee and call the match on
The Executive Council held its last
session yesterday for several weeks, as
no further meetings win be held until
the heads of departments have compll-
ed their annual reports. At the meet
ing Yesterday Land Commissioner Boyo
was authorized to offer for settlement
the remnants of lands in Opihikeo ana
Kamailii, Puma, Hawaii.
Admiral Merry will leave on the Ala
media tomorrow for the coast. He Will
go direct to Washington, and expects
10 go from there for vacation in his
New England home. The admiral Will,
while in Washington, endeaVor 10 close
up the, last of the Pearl ,Harbor cases,
and for that purpose VIII take all the
papers bearing on the matter along
with the Honolulu Pianta-
ton Co. is still pending.
Attorney General Dole has been re-
ouested by Attorney General of United
States to go to Washington at the ex-
pense of the Federal government to
participate in the argument in the Osa-
XII Mankichi case, and has been appoint
ed q special assistant in the department
for that purpose. Solicitor General
Richards. and probably Attorney Gen
eral Knox, will also appear for the Ter
ritory. Mr. Coudert of New York will
appear for Mankichi.
Bishop Restarick met with the clergy
of the Episcopal church yesterday fore
noon, but no business of any particu-
lar moment was brought up. The meet
ing was a social one and intended as
a means of bringing the bishop and his
ministers into closer acquaintance. As
has been previously announced there
will be no changes in the present or
ganized system of the church respect
ing it's ministers, the only exception be-
ing that the bishop becomes dean of the