The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-08
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

The Chamber Of Commerce has se-
lected Atkinson, Judd & Mott-Smith
as its legal advisers.
1t is reported that the Democrats
have offered the position of National
Committeeman to S. NJ. Damon.
Local jobbers have received word
from the mainland to advance the
prices of all cotton goods twenty-five
per cent.
Land Commissioner Pratt disposed
Of number of matters on the other
islands, which had been awaiting ac-
ton by the Mauna Loa's mail outward
yesterday.
All of the eother respondents in the
election contest brought by c. B. Male
and others have filed demurrers to the
petition. on substantially the same
grounds as those presented by Mr..
Birbe
Walter. F. Dillingham;, representing
the Hawaiian Dredging Co.. consulted
with Governor Carter and Superin-
tendent Holloway yesterday afternoon
regarding the company's contract for
harbor dredging.
Tom Mckay, the veteran tourist
agent, will accompany Prince Ching of
China from Picking to the st. Louis
Exposition. The distinguished ORR
entail will shortly pass through Ho-
nolulu on his journey.
DR.. Serene E. Bishop ventlre the
surmse that the recent tidal disturb
ances in Hawaiian waters, with direc-
nm no Nv n
violent earthquake, and probably a
volcanic eruption in the vicinity of the
Aleutian Islands.
The vacancy in the office of Secre-
tary of the Territory. pending the con-
firmation Of A. L. c. Atkinson by the
u. S. Senate, has attracted attention
to the fact that there is no provision
in the Organic Act for temporarily
filing the office in such contingency.
The State Department at Washing
ton has declined to pass upon the APP
peal of j. w. Girvin from a ruling by
Deputy Attorney General Peters that
Lee Chew Al was not citizen. The
subject of dispute was born in China
of parents who were citizens of Ha-
wall before annexation.
The last ringleader at large of the
Japanese organization for the protec-
ton of offenders against Federal laws,
Nakamura Jusuke by name, has been
landed in Jail by Marshal Hendry.
This is the browning arrest of the
whole gang run to earth through the
strenuous campaign conducted by Dis
trict Attorney Breckons.
20 tha
request of Arthur NJ. Brown for new
commission as High Sheriff of the Ter
ritory, having concluded that the office
is in a measure that Of departmental
head. Whether the commission Will
continue valid after Mr.. Brown takes
the office of County Sheriff of Oahu,
to which he Is elected, may have to
be judicially decided.
The cases of five Porto Ricans, who
were arrested Thursday night by
Deputy Sheriff Chilingworth and Off
GERS McDuffie and Renear while Sleep
ing in a 5X5 foot shack near Wyllie
and Nuuanu streets, were continued
until Tuesday. They are believed to
be a gang which has annoyed residents
of that vicinity by acts of petty thiev-
cry.
1t Is earnestly desired by the post
office officials that people get their
Christmas mail in as far ahead of the
departure of steamers as possible. The
pressure on such occasions requires
days rather than hours to get rid of.
Registered mail has to be handled sew
eral times before dispatching. APP
preaching steamer departures are the
Alameda on the 9th, the Nippon Maru
on the 14th and the Sierra on the 18th.
Articles of Incorporation of the Kau
Wine Co., which takes over the Pea
cock liquor business at Honuapo, have
been filed. The capital stock is $751;
Oh in s25 shares, of which w. c. Pea
cock & Co. Ltd, hold a majority of
four shares, the other shareholders be-
ing G. C. Hewitt, G. Davis, ]. H. Ma
kino G. C. Hewitt as trustee, c. H.
White, C. B. I,ki, ]. B. Shoan and w.
C. Peacock. The officers are j. G..
Rothwell president; l.. S. Thompson,
vice PRESIDENT C. S. Weight, treas
urer: r. l.. Auerbach, secretary; Geo.
Dawson 6ireCtor