The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-26
LOCAL BREvlTlEs.

L. A. Thurston left yesterday 70
Maui.
} The Board of Health will meet thi
afternoon.
The box office of the Orpheum opens
this morning for the sale of seats.
/ Bishop Restarick leaves next Tues
day for Maui and will remain ava!
for aboHt two weeks.
Mrs! L. A. Thurston, Mrs. F. A. Pot,
/ terSand Mrs. A. w. Pearson are occupy,
ing the Davies residence at waikiki
4 The Supreme Court adjourned yester.
day for the term after hearing argu-
ment in the case of Kaikainahaole VS.
| Carter.
Mark Robinson is unwilling to accept
the appointment as Treasurer for tbs
Territory because of conflicting bust
ness interests.
| The monthly meeting of st. Clements
vestry will take place on Friday even
| ing next in the vestry of the church al
half past seven sharp.
| A meeting of the Builders and Trad
ers' Exchange will be held Friday even
| ing at which time will be submitted
| the report of the labor committee.
On Thursday, Thanksgiving day
| there will be the usual service anG
a celebration of the Holy Communion
in st. Clements church, Punahou, al
| 10 o'clock.
!, Judge Estee has appointed a commit
| tee composed of r. w. Breckons, j. w.
| Cathcart and one other attorney to ex-
anime into the qualifications of E. S.
Cunha for admission to the bar of the
United States court.
The United Chinese Society has sent
$4,000 for the relief of the famine suf-
| fereds in the Canton district, China,
and the Bow Wongs are raising fund
of $4,000 which will be sent to China
for the same purpose.
Land Commissioner Boyd will soon
throw open about three thousand acres
of fine homestead land in the Kau dis
tfict on Hawaii to homesteaders. The
liand set apart for the Dakota settlers
is in the Kona district
On Thursday, Thanksgiving day, the
train due to leave Honolulu at $40 p.
m. will not leave till 6:15 p. M There
will be an extra train leaving Homo
lulu at 11:15 p. m. going as far as Eva
Mill. There will be no freight trains on
Thursday.
Judge Estee yesterday overruled the
demurrer in the case of United States
VS.. w. C. Peacock and the defendant
was given ten days to answer. The de-
PENDANT in the case has appealed to the
Treasury Department for a remission
Of the penalty, but the court held that
this did not stay proceedings in court.
The Chinese Social Club, which was
organized early this year and maintains
handsome. club CHARTERS on Nuuanu
avenue, is TO give a dance in Progress
hall on Saturday evening, November 20,
at O'Clock. Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Ahlo are interesting themselves in max
ing the affair success. The tickets
are being sold at 81 each.
Postal Inspector Erwin, who is one
of the best stereopticon lecturers in
the country and is we'll remembered
here through a lecture given at the Ha
waiian Hotel, will be heard again on
Friday evening next, his subject being
"A Day in the Nations Capital A
large collection of fine views will be
shown. The lecture will be under the
auspices of st. Clements church.
Frozen turkeys are all right said
a butcher yesterday. 1.-THE reason they
seem tasteless when put on the table is
that they are roasted in the frozen
state. They should always be hung in
the air for twelve hours before being
cooked. They will not turn, but will
soften to their natural firmness and
then are prime for the oven. Try one
and it will make you think of back
East
Workmen making excavations at
River and Kukui streets yesterday I'M
earthed a skull which was taken to Dr..
Pratt for examination. Part of the jaw
was missing, but there was sufficient to
allow of its Identification by Pratt as
the skull of a South Sea Islander. The
place where the skull was found was
filled recently with excavations from
the harbor and it is probable that the
man was drowned years ago.
Governor Dole has received three hum
dred copies of his annual report to the
Secretary of the Interior which have
Been distributed about the city. The re-
port this year contains no Illustrations
or maps, though quite number of
photographs We're sent to Washington
to accompany the printed report. The
order of President Roosevelt for cur
tailment of the heavy expenses of the
printing bureau is probably
responsible for the omission of illus
trations in the report.