The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-04
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Chalmers Graham left in the Gaelic
for Manila.
| Founders Day will be observed by
| the Kamehameha schools on Dec. 10.
| Mrs. Dole will not receive today on
| account of the illness of her nephew,
Charles Dole.
The police raided gambling joint
in Chinatown last evening. Ten Chi
nese were taken in.
The Catholic Ladies Aid Society will
meet at the Convent meeting room at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The Ladies' Committee of the Chi
nese Hospital will meet on Saturday,
Dec. S, at three o'clock, at the Hos
pital.
The Catholic Benevolent Union will
give a ball in Progress hall tomorrow
evening for the benefit of it's charita-
BILE fund,
The regular monthly meeting Of the
kindergarten association will be held
at the Y. w. C. A. rooms at $3.50 o'clock
this morning.
The woman's Auxiliary of st. An
drew's cathedral meet at p. m. today
in the rear of Iolani school, Beretania
and Richards streets.
The woman's Auxiliary of st. An
drew's cathedral will hold their week
ly sewing meeting today at 2 O'Clock
p. m, in the rear Of Iolani school.
Superintendent Holloway has con-
| cluded that 1t is feasible to fill the
Diamond Head reservoir by the Bere-
tania street pumping station, il the
work is done at night.
| Notices are posted in the banks,
postoffices, etc, calling on people to
present Hawaiian silver coins for re-
| demption before December 80, as after
| that date they will not be legal tender.
| Invitations have been issued by Mrs.
| Margaret Roth for the marriage Of her
| daughter Lucy Ruth to DR.. Clifford
Bell High, on Thursday evening, De-
cember II, at $3.50 at Central Union
| church.
| DR.. Cooper stated last evening that
| there had been decided improvement
| during yesterday in the condition of
| Charles Dole, who was so severely in
jured while horseback riding on the
other side of this island.
Governor Carter satisfied a deputa-
| ton of the Builders & Traders Ex-
| change with an assurance that the
policy of his administration would be
opposed to inviting bids for public
| works and material therefor from out
| side the Territory.
| Invitations for Governor Carriers in
| augural ball on Tuesday evening are
being issued, as from the Governor and
Mrs. Garter. Marston Campbell, I'M
der direction of the Governor, is plan
ming the decorations of the Capitol for
| the event The committee consists of
| Col. J. w. Jones' Senator c. L. Crabbe,
Geo. c. Potter, Geo. E. Smithies, j. A.
| Gilman, Henry C. Hapai, w. F. Dill
| lingham and J. w. Pratt.
| u S. Marshal Hendry made a record
| trip to Kauai and back this week He
/ left here in the steamer w. G. Hall on
| Tuesday evening and returned in the
steamer Kauai early Thursday morn
| ing. Leaving Lihue on Wednesday
morning at o'clock he served two
subpoenas at Nawiliwii, two at kea-
| liza, three at Koloa, two at Makaweli
| landing and one at Waimea, catching
| the homeward steamer at Ahukini at
| p. m. The papers served were in
| the woman slavery case against Haul
| kichi Terayama.
/ What seemed an attempt to play the
Humbert swindle is reported to have
taken place at the First National Bank
of Hawaii A strange woman left a
sealed envelope on deposit there, say
ing it contained certificates of deposit
on the Croker Woolworth bank OF
San Francisco. After while she be-
gan to draw checks on the local bank
which were refused payment as fast
as they came. At last she was called
in and given the alternative of show
ing the certificates or taking the en-.
velope away. She did not show the
| certjficat as