The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-17
LOCAL BREviTIEs.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. s. De Freest
December 18th, daughter.
Il Mrs. Turner will have a chorus re-
| hearsal of Carmen tonight at Elks hall
DR.. Sinclair was on the stand last
| evening as an expert in the Jones MUIR
| der case.
| Dr. Sinclair was on the witness stand
at last nights session of the Jones
murder trial.
Judge Gear further reserved his de-
cision on the Tatsugoro habeas corpus
case until this morning.
Admiral Evans and staff were en-
tertained at dinner last evening by
Prince and Princess Kawananakoa.
Governor Carter took the oath of Of
flee, under his permanent commission,
before Chief Justice Frear yesterday.
Lieut. Com. Lucien Young is among
those testifying before the Senate COM
mittee against Gen. Woods conduct in
Cuba.
A farewell bachelors supper was
given last evening at the Young Hotel
to DR.. c. B. High who is to be mar
ried this evening to Miss Roth.
Jimmy Scanlon who recently pass
ed through Honolulu en- route to the
coast from Australia, has challenged
the winner of the Weday-Barry fight.
There will be rehearsal this after
noon at 2:15 at Central Union church
for the Christmas cantata to be given
Tuesday evening by the Bible school.
A writ of error has been sued out
in Supreme Court by w. r. Castle VS..
the Kapiolani Estate. Error is assign
ed in the judgment for the Kapiolani
Estate given in the Circuit Court.
Admiral Evans will call on Governor
Carter at 10 o'clock this morning. The
Governor could not say yesterday aft
ernoon whether Admiral Cooper and
the fleet captains would make their
calls at the same time.
H. e. Beasley was acquitted Of the
charge off reinforcement in police court
yesterday morning. He was charged
by Jeweler Ward with having failed
to make return on $3.50 worth of goods
taken to Maui to sell on commission.
The case fell through.
Some of the school collections for
the st. Louis Exposition are coming
into the Education Office. Among them
are the 105 specimens of all different
Hawaiian woods, polished by pupils of
the Normal school. The Kaahumanu
school collection will be viewed at the
school today by Superintendent At
kinson and others. 1t is said to be very
fine.
Treasurer A. n. Kepoikai fathers
County Act test case in suit against
G. S. Holloway, Superintendent of
Public Works, to restrain him from
transferring the Honolulu Water
Works to the "so-called Board of Su-
pervisors" of Oahu county. Andrew
Brown, Superintendent of Water
Works, is also cited as a respondent
The Treasurer has applied to Auditor
Fisher for a warrant to pay Kinney,
& Cooper a retaining fee
of $3.50 as counsel fer complainant.
The Lusitana Society held it's annual
last Sunday and elected the
following officers: j. M. Vivas, presii 4
dent; v. O.. Teixera, vice-presidenty
Christovao Faria, 1st secretary; jose.
Coelho de Souza, End secretary. Board
dent; Abel S. Nascimento, secretary; ].
A. r. Vieira, treasurer; Daniel Correa
and Jose ". Fernandes, Board of
]. r. e Silva, president; F.
r. Tranquada, secretary; L. F. Me-
nezes. reporter; Vicente Fernandes Jr.
and FREDERICK de Freitas.
At the meeting of the Portuguese Re-
publican Club this week to consider the
matter of night schools there was no
quorum, but it was agreed to have the
officers talk over the matter and re-
port to a meeting in February. The
object of the schools is to teach the
pupils in English SO that they may
be qualified to vote. Although names
of lecturers have been discussed, the
same as those previously mentioned by
the Advertiser, none have been ap-
pointed yet, nor teachers for the
schools. 1t may be mentioned that this
papers former informant claimed to
be one of the designated teachers