The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-01

4th.-A laborer on the Young build
ing is struck on the leg and sustains
/ compound fracture. The Rapid
Transit Company reports a total of
go, 405 passengers carried over the line
during December, resulting in net
earnings for the month of $5.SsSsS
Home Rulers have their long talked of
meeting at the Drill shed ito ratify the
Presidents message"
5th.--Sudden death of Mrs. DR.. ]. S.
g. Pratt.
9th. Collision of the ]. A. Cummins
and Malolo off the entrance to the port,
causing considerable though not serious
damage to both vessels.
7th.-Claudina, a Porto Rican, is
, caught in the act of stealing a SAFE
from a Richards street cottage.
Sth.-Alex. Solomon, an East Indian,
! in demolishing Davies C Co.'S old office
building, is caught and buried beneath
other workman narrowly escaped.-A
native in a dazed condition is run over
by tram car and badly hurt. He was
sent to the hospital.
9th.-Prompt response to an alarm
for fire at the corner of Fort and King
streets averts serious disaster.-Night
providers and attempted burglaries in
eastern part of the town are becoming
matters of daily report.
11th.-Annual meeting of the Histor-
ical Society. After the election of Off
GERS the paper of the evening on Ha-
waiian Superstitions by j. S. Emerson
was read by the author.
12th.-Death of Jose Rosa under cir
cumstances that subsequently arouse
suspicious of foul play, which resulted
in exhuming the body and the arrest of
the widow and his brother
13th.-The jury in the second Pearl
Harbor land case award damages in
favor of Honolulu Plantation Company
in the sum of $105, 900. Both sides note
an appeal-Two Porto Ricans are ar
rested in an attempted hold up of a
HdCh uSdI OOuLH anu S<uSCA
Following the inquiry relative to the
condition of elect ic wires throughout |
the city Mr.. w. F. c. Hasson is ap-
pointed inspector.
14th.-As a result of the coroner's |
jury inquest on the body of Jose Rosa |
the charge of murder in the first degree
is entered against George Rosa, his |
brother
15th.-Annual meeting of the Wire
less Telegraph Company. Officers |
elected and proposition to reduce the
capital stock. Directors are empower |
ed to secure loan wherewith to OPP |
crate the system. which practically sus-
pended last November.-William Far
rant, from heart disease, falls dead in
the arms of his wife.
16th.-Sheriff Brown plans to round |
up the idle Porto Ricans of the city |
and apply the vagrant act; alternative, |
work on plantations or roads.
17th.-Anniversary of the overthrow
of the monarchy, a legal holiday.-Dr. |
Walters is thrown from his horse and
seriously injured on the head.
1Sth.-Early morning fire at resi- |
dence of c. l.. Rhodes, Young street. |
occasions considerable damage to
house and loss of personal effects
Clash among sailors near the Railroad
wharves results in several arrests and |
the surgeons aid.
19th.-Bishop Willis posts a notice |
on ST. Andrews Cathedral door official |
ly terminating the existence of the
Second Congregation, but it continues
its services.
2Oth.-Truschler, a German shoe |
maker, tried to shoot a Japanese wo- |
man, then blew out his brains with his
ristol.-Death of Frank Brown, we'll |
known kamaaina. after a long illness. |
.Kilohana Art Leagues musicale, at
the home of Mrs. Castle, Manoa, was a |
brilliant social and artistic success
United States training ship Mohican |
arrives from La PaZ, Mexico.
22nd.-Much anxiety felt over the |
long overdue British sloop-of-war Con- |
dor. which left Victoria, B. c., Decem- |
Der 2. last, for this port.
23rd.-Thos. E. Krouse, well-known /
hotel keeper, suicides by shooting him
self twice.-The police cleverly capture |
an Illicit distillery outfit at Diamond /
Head; three japanese of the reported |
gang of six were secured.-Mrs. Dr. h. /
Hoffman passes away at the full age /
Of SO years.
25th.-Arrival of United States trans
port Fitzpatrick and French cruiser
Protet from San Francisco.-Farmers
Institute organized at the Wahiawa
Art League holds its
literary contest of essays, poems and
story by local writers.
27th.-German Emperor's birthday
celebrated by an official reception a.
the consulate and formal opening OF
the new HaCkfeld building at noon
Mission Children's Society meet at the
home and plan for a golden
Jubilee in May.
2Sth.-Death of w R. Buchanan,
aged 72; a resident of this city for the
past so years.-Tua-tua herb remedy
for leprosy favorably reported on from