The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Alameda is due this morning
from San Francisco.
Col. Sam. Norris, proprietor OF Ka-
huku ranch, is on visit to Honolulu
| and looking well.
Dr.i A Mouritz of Molokai is in
town, being summoned as a witness
in the Magoon case
Allan Herbert is building a barn on
his Makiki block and will follow il
with handsome home.
Class day exercises of Kamehameha
School for Boys will be held on the
10Th inst. at 100 o'clock
Fred w. Beckley, Speaker of the
House in 1903, has been nominated for
deputy sheriff of Molokai.
1t is reported that a nine-foot shark
has been disporting itself in the har-
Dor, near the Railway wharf.
The grass sidewalk in front of Nuu-
anu cemetery is being removed in the
apparent belief that a dirt one would
look better.
Camp Mckinley men have been hold
ing continuous rife practice every day
this week at the butts on the Diamond
Head slopes.
Cando Sato, a Porto Rican, will be
hanged at Oahu prison one week from
today. He murdered a fellow country
man on Kauai.
The Kamehameha Alumni Associa-
ton will hold a reception for Mr.. Nan
pei of the Caroline Islands at the club
house. at 7:30 this evening.
w. I. Madeira, late postmaster of
Hilo and formerly of the Hawaiian
general postoffice is now stationed as
a postal inspector at st. Louis, Mo.
The Honolulu Gas Co. began the
manufacture of gas at it's works. Iwi-
lei. yesterday, and the commodity will
be piped to customers within twenty
days
Mrs. Esther Jacobsen yesterday
withdrew her former plea to indict-
ment for smuggling and pleaded
guilty. Judge Dole set her sentence
for Monday.
Yesterday the Territorial grand jury
investigated a charge of keeping a
disorderly house and another of libel,
the latter concerning an article in a
Japanese paper.
The Honolulu Symphony Society will
new leader, Jos. H. Stockton, this even
ing. All members are requested to be
present at this rehearsal
A cabbage weighing twenty-five
pounds is one of the products of the
Volcano House garden which reached
George Lycurgus on the last boat. 1t
was served yesterday at the Grill.
There will be medal day handi-
cap, 10 holes, for the Manoa Golf Club,
beginning on Saturday. May 20, at 2
D. m. sharp. On June IL, there will
be a foursome competition beginning
at $50.
The Honolulu Engineers Association
will hold a special meeting next Mon
day evening which all members are
requested to attend, as some
very important matters are to be dis
cussed
The Y. NJ C. A. will have the band
on the Boys Field Saturday at 2 p. m.
and there will be general sports in
Guiding twenty-five events. One hum
dred and thirteen boys and men Will
take part.
All the members of the Kamehameha |
Alumni Association are requested to be |
at their CluD mouse lAlS SNtII-
ing at 7:30 o'clock, to meet Mr.. Mana |
pei. Members of the Kamehameha |
Alumnae Association are welcome.
Pictures for the coming exhibition |
of the Kilohana Art League may be |
sent to the Art League rooms this aft |
noon between three-thirty and five. but
1t has been decided to extend the time |
in which work will be received until |
Saturday, May 20.
Yesterday the entrance examinations
for the naval cadetship at Annapolis
began at the High School under the
direction of the civil service board.
King. the Delegates choice. and Ash
ford and Desha. competing for alter
nate, are the candidates.
There will be a meeting of the stock
holders of Olaa Sugar Co. at a. m.
ON Friday of next week. to consider a
of purchasing the bonds Of
Puma Sugar Co. This il carried out
will effect an amalgamation of the
two plantations. A meeting of Olaa
directors was held yesterday.