The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-13

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Barometer s a. m. 1896: absolute hui
mildly %. M. ISL grains per cubic
foot. relative humidity. s "a m. IS per
cent; d W point. s "a. M, go.
Wind velocity: 6 "a. m. .. r.; a. m,
4. NE; "a. M, NE; noon D, NE.
Rainfall during "a hours ending a.
m, o inches.
Total wind movement during - hours
ended at noon 14O miles
ALEX. McC. ASHLEY,
Section Director. u. $. Weather Bureau
Republic district conventions on Oahu
will be held next Friday evening.
Treasury warrants numbers 561S to
6156 inclusive win DE paid upon present
alton.
j.. O. Han 81 Son have just received
q fresh lot of Pneumatic balls and are
selling them at 50 cent each.
A horse attached to one Of the Union
Express Company rigs ran away on
Queen street yesterday afternoon.
The household effects of Mrs. H. W..
Foster will be sold at auction at 10 a.
m. tomorrow by James r. Morgan.
Loans made on Real estate repayable
by monthly installments by the Phoe-
nix Sayings Building & Loan Associa-
ton.
The 5. ). Sierra will bring seven days
later mail tomorrow from San Fran
cisco She will arrive early in the
morning, as she left San Francisco on
time.
The steamer Maui made a special trip
to Mahukona yesterday at noon having
on board Manager Renton and his two
sisters. Their father is seriously I'll on
Hawaii.
The best lunch in town is served
every day at the Criterion Saloon. COM
mencing at II a. m. Tables and chairs
are furnished. The bill Of fare ia
changed every ay.
The Wilder ). $. Company will in fu-
ture mark all goods shipped to Hilo
subject TO "a wharfage tax Of ten cents
a ton. This tax is to be charged for the
purpose Of conducting a health crusade
at that port
The departure Of the transport Thorn
az for Guam and Manila yesterday at
noon was enlivened by the action Of the
master in breaking half a dozen bottles
Of beer that had been brought aboard
by a belated cook.
william Green -Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. william Green a nephew of Sam
Macy, died at Kalihi yesterday after
noon, aged % years. The funeral was
held today from the undertaking par
lors of Mrs. r. A. Williams.
An Improvement Association for Kai-
muki, Palolo and Waialae suburbs is to
be organized. A call for a meeting has
been issued for the Merchants Associa-
ton Hall, Young Building, at 4 p. m.
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 18th.
Chu Gen, Wong Chez and San Tang
who were appointed by Judge Robinson
to assess the value Of one ninth share
of the business Of Gee WO Tong e CO.,
owned by G. Jock JOY, minor, have
filed a return placing its value at $5.4S.
Yokoyama Mokoziro committed sui
eide Wednesday night at Waipahu
Maui, by drowning himself In a taro
patch mud puddle. The evidence III
the case together with the coroner
Jury verdict were received today by
High Sheriff Brown.
The warehouses near the foot OF Ala
kea street on the makai side Of Allen
are being demolished to make room TOT
the big new docks which the Territory
is to commence work on shortly The
ground is cleared except for few old
buildings and they are rapidly coming
down.
Mrs. Hugh Morrison, wife Of the late
Hugh Morrison, at one time manager
OF Maxwell Plantation, Kauai, died a.
Rudenstein, Germany, on August 30
Death was due to an attack Of pneu
monia which she received while travel
ling. News of the death came in a ca
bleRram to Alexander e. Baldwin.
G. Iadauoann president ~ the Homo
lulu Iron Works, leaves today on tn
steamship Sonoma for the East, OF
business connected with letting con
tracts for heavy machinery for Hawai'
an sugar plantations. The Iron Work
recently secured among others, a con
tract for important additions to tn
milling property of the Maxwell plan
tation on Kauai.
Oahu College began Its sixty-thir
year yesterday. When President A
F. Grimths mounted the platform /
Pauahi Hall at o o'clock every desk sea
was occupied, and the divisions Of tn
senior, Junior, sophomore and fresh
men classes were noticed to be we
balanced. Nearly a hundred pupil
were present at the opening and other
are expected to enter IN the next tw
or three weeks.
The executive committee Of the re
publican Territorial Central Commute
last evening adopted the suggestion
the Central Committee to have ii
n campaign open on the evening Of Sa
urday Sept "a. at the Orpheum thef
y ter. The speakers will be the cand
Il dates for election TO the Senate an
House Of Representatives, who are
n bn selected 1T the conventions Of NJ
= Fourth and Fifth districts, separated
and Jointly