The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-20
LOCAL BREvTlES.

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The Grand Jury met yesterday, but
adjourned without doing any BUSH
ness.
/ Mrs. Frank Thompson is expected
home from California on the steamship
! Siberia.
The educational classes at the Y. NJ.
c. A are taking a two weeks holiday
vacation.
/ A scheme to stock Kaukonahua
stream, a feeder of Wahiawa ditch,
with mountain trout is mooted.
I Great flashes of sheet lightning in
the southern and western skies last
evening portended Kona storm.
George Galbraith's will is held up
from probate for ninety days to give
relatives in Ireland a chance to be
. heard.
! / Several recommendations of pardons
for Christmas day have been made to
the Governor by the Prison Commits
sioners.
George A. Henshall of the Star edi-
torial staff leaves in the Alameda to-
morrow for a vacation of two months
On the mainland.
IL IS 1OH IcpOAhSd AA1t S4lC C%AeCAfS u
the Kahuku ranch deal was the re-
fusal of Colonel Norris to give G. Bolte
an option on the property.
Honolulu Branch of the Theosophicaf
Society meets now and until further
notice in KapioIani building, room No.
% at 1880 on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. Visitors welcome.
A dispatch in the coast files from
Wilmington, Del, says that Edwin
Rose arrested for stealing Panama
hat from the Hilo postoff1ce, is a
brother of Queen Liliuokalani
/ Mrs A. K. Weir of the Kauluwela
school has rendered her resignation as
teacher and accepted position in the
public schools in Oakland, California.
Mrs. Weir will leave on or about the
18th of January.
Chin Hoon was placed under arrest
last night for a small offense. Mr..
Chinaman made the mistake of offer
ing the officer a dollar to let him go.
Result, Chin Hoon in jail and the dol
lar is the evidence that he attempted
bribery.
Christmas and New Years week the
steamers Kinau, Claudine and Likelike
will sail from Honolulu one day late at
the usual hour, the Kinau and Clau-
dine returning on schedule time and
the Likelike returning one day late on
both trips.
In answer to a letter from ]. w.
Mason OF Hilo relative to bids for the
Ka1apana roads, it may be stated that
bids were opened, as advertised, and
the contract was awarded to 1. Erick-
son. This fact has already been pub
lished in the Advertiser.
| A number of business men in town
have dubbed together and raised a
sum sufficient to keep Secretary At
kinson in Washington for a month at
least in the interest of legislation for
Hawaii, particularly harbor appropri-
alton. Secretary Atkinson was to have
been notified last night that this ac-
ton had been taken and some word is
expected from him today relative to
this matter and also to the final sig
nature to the agreement for the sale
of the Territorial bonds.
No drawing of grand and trial jurors
for the Hilo term in January took place
yesterday, as District Attorney Brock
ons informed Judge Dole that in cases
! arising on the Island of Hawaii all
of the defendants resided on the Island
OF Oahu. If meantime any cases arise
/ here residents of Hawaii are impli
Gated jury panels can be drawn there
for later. It was stated that in four
| terms held by the late Judge Estee
in Hi1o a Grand Jury was summoned
or, but one occasion.