The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-18
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w. r. Castle win return from his
Eastern trip on the Ventura, October 20.
President L. z. Pinkham of the
Board of Health went to Hawaii from
Maui.
Mrs. Augur is a leading worker in
preparations for the Free kindergarten
opera to be given in November.
The Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia
is due from San Francisco for the ORR
ent tomorrow. She will call at Ma
Mia.
The man reported previously as hav-
ing been found hanging to tree IN
HiIo district proves to have been
Chinese named Young Wan.
The CA. steamer Miowera is due to-.
morrow from Sydney for VancouveY
and the Aorangi of the same line from
Vancouver for Sydney on Saturday.
An effort win be made to have a
meeting of the citizens mosquito COM
rnittee this week. Agent w. f. Hall
reports effective work being done all
over town.
Honolulu Branch of the Theosophical
Society meets now and until further
notice In Kapfolani building. room No.
"a, at g.0u OH uSSUdy d4A0 AhAA SAcsJ
evenings. Visitors welcome
The Ladies Auxiliary of A. o. H.
VIII meet this Tuesday evening at
o'clock in the Catholic Mission Hail
All those DESTROYS OF joining the or
ganization are cordially invited to be
present.
At the meeting of Chinese rice
planters on Saturday committee was
appointed to investigate and report on
plans whereby the present system OF
cultivating and marketing rice may De
improved.
The father of Frank NJ. Jenifer, Pa
cific Coast agent for the Hawaii Pro-
motion Committee. died at San Fer
nando. Cal, on Friday last. Agent
Jenifer cab1ed the tidings to Secretary.
E. NJ. Boyd.
e. b. McClanahan, of the law firm
of Kinney, McClanahan & Cooper, IS
very i'll in San Francisco and about
to be removed to his old home in Chi
cago w. A. Kinney received this pad
news by cable yesterday.
Sheriff ]. H. Coney received the fol-
lowing wireless message from kauai
yesterday morning: Double murder
lattefnpted at Hanamaulu last night.
Both. in hospital, not expected to live
| Assassins arrested. All Japanese.
| Helen Nahielua, pupil of Kameha-
rneha. Girls School, died at the Queen s
Hospital on Sunday evening and her
| funeral took place from the Bishop
memorial chapel at $3.50 p. m. yester-
day. Miss Nahielua was well liked by
! her teachers and sehoolmates- Her
death succeeded an operation.
| Antonio Comes was killed at Naa-
lehu. Kau. September 20, by a planta-
ton train running over him. coro-
ner's jury found that the fatality was
/ caused by the victims own careless
hess. An additional finding, however,
was that the plantation was negligent
/ in operating its railway system.
| The Wailuku Improvement Associa-
tion has a committee working on the
question of a site for the n. G. H. ar
mory, Col. j. w. Jones having written
to Capt. w. E. Bal of co. 1 saying
| the appropriation for the structure was
available at any time and the only
thing necessary was the securing of a
site.
! DIR. A. G.. Hodgins leaves on We'd
nesday for San Francisco. Dr.. Hod-
| gins will make but short stay on the
| Coast, his idea being to return on the
| Alameda with Mrs. Hodgins, who, on
| account of i'll health, has been away
! from the islands for about two and
one-half years. Mrs. Hodgins is now
much improved and will make her home
| in the islands permanently.
At the request of Pearson & Potter
| Co, Ltd, Mr. Mcbride gave an exhl-
bition of rapid typewriter work at the
| Honolulu High School. 1t was the in
| tention of Pearson & Potter Cos Ltd,
| that he use an Underwood Visible
| Typewriter but through their fnabii-
ity to procure in time for the exhibit
ton a speed dog attachment for the
machine. Mr.. Mcbride was compelleo
| to use another machine on which ne
successfully wrote $50 words per min
! uta on a speed sentence; 125 words pei
minute on dictation to the typewriter;
| and 100 words per minute blindfolded