The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-14
LOCAL BREvlTlES.
Superintendent Cooper left yesterday
on his tour of Hawaii.

| Superintendent Cooper left yesterday
on his tour of Hawaii.
A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held this morning.
Yesterdays New York quotation on
sugar was cabled as 9S75 to 3.S9.
Judge Gear returned yesterday from
WaiaIua. The bank suit was set for
hearing on next Monday morning.
Julia Gomez has brought suit against
NJ C. Silva for 1855, alleged to be due
for money loaned on December Is, 1901.
The officers of Mystic Lodge, No. 2,
K. of P. were installed last night After
the ceremonies there was light supper.
A Rapid Transit car was put out of
commission on Hotel street near the
Capitol yesterday by the breaking of
an axle.
Hugh Gum is now in Manila. Will
lam II. Travis, formerly of the Star, is
soliciting advertisements for directory
in Japan.
George Lycurgus writes from Greece
that he intends soon to be married. He
is also expected back in Honolulu the
latter part of February.
The funeral of William Conway. son
of w. L. Conway, of Waikapu, Maui.
was held yesterday morning from the
Bishop Memorial Chapel.
The appeal has been perfected in
of
Campbell VS.. Hackfeld & Co. wherein
Judge Estee refused to take jurisdic-
ton
The National Guard companies are
preparing for their annual competition
drill, which occurs next month. There
is talk also that the successful company
may be chosen for a trip to the st.
Louis exposition.
The case of the Hawaiian Tramways
Company VS.. Honolulu Rapid Transit
Company, which has been appealed to
the United States Supreme Court, has
been postponed owing to the negotia-
tions between the companies. A stipu-
lation has been filed continuing the
hearing until the May term of court.
Attorney General Dole has disallow-
ed a curious voucher sent in by Sheriff
Baldwin of Maui. The bill was for ten
dollars due the Salvation Army for
services rendered teaching and preach
ing the prisoners at Wailuku jail"
There is no appropriation for such a
purpose and the bill was disallowed.
E. w Otto, a native of New York. Sc
years of age, died at the Queens Hos
pital yesterday of heart disease. Mr..
Otto had been employed for many years
on the Oceanic steamers. On the last
trip of the S. S. Sierra he was discharg-
ed at Honolulu, and on December 26 he
was admitted into the Queens Hospital.
His funeral will take place today from
H. H williams's undertaking parlors. |
The burial will be at Pearl City cemr
etery.
IL. B. Kerr & Co., Ltd, desire to draw
the attention that their fire sale will
continue every day until the whole sal |
wage is disposed of. Any shortcomings |
ION the first day they are very sorry
for and while a good force of assist
ants was at hand, the only apology they
can offer is simply the rush of buyers
was more than they could handle. |
Any one who was unable to have atten-
ton will find it to their advantage to
call again today.
Thornton Pearce. secretary of the
Australasian National Council of the
Y. NJ. C. A and general secretary of the
Melbourne Y NJ. G. A, was a through
passenger on the Ventura yesterday, en-
route on a tour of the world to observe
the workings of associations in different
countries. He was escorted about Ho-
noIulu during the stay of the steamer in
port by Secretary Brown of the local Y.
ID c. A, and expressed himself quite
pleased with the city's tourist attrac-