The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-25
LOCAL BpEvIrIEs.

The Kona Orphanage viii receive III
appropriation of $1,000.
Mrs. Hatch and two children left in
the Aorangi for British Columbia
$. NJ Damon sailed In the Aorang
and will return by way of san Fran
cisco.
I Superintendent Of Public Works Hol-
loway will probably leave for Hawaii
next week.
and Judge Dole Will not hold court for
a week at least.
F. II. Humphris, father of DIR. Hum
phris, left for England after prolong-
ed visit to the Islands.
Acting Governor Atkinson yesterday
appointed William Henning as chair
man Of the Lahaina road board.
The Argonaut of August IA has a
story "The Devil of Ben Ching" by
John Fleming Wilson OF the Advertiser.
The public schools of the Territory
will open for the fall term on Tuesday.
| September 5th. Monday being Labor
Day.
daughter, Miss Ivy Ri, harrison, to Ho-
nolulu in the steamer Maui yester-
day.
@. B. Robertson, former editor and
proprietor of the Maui News, arrived
yesterday to engage in small farming
on this island.
B. T. Rogers, manager of the British
Columbia Sugar Refining Co.. of Van
couver. was a passenger to Vancouver
by the s. S. Aorangi.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Asch, with their
| family. will have the sympathy OF the
community in the untimely death of
their eldest daughter.
Federal subpoena has been issued
for Corporal Hitchings. now in San d.
ego, as a required witness in the Camp
Mckinley counterfeiting cases.
Mrs. Hutchins and Miss Laura Hutch
ms, wife and sister of c. ]. Hutchins,
the insurance agent, left in the Aorangi
for a years visiting on the Coast.
John X. Wilder, last of the three
Wilder brothers prominently Identified
with the building up Of Honolulu, is
seriously i'll. He is II years of age.
The affairs of the Elite Ice Cream
Parlors may be Strengthened out this
week If all the old creditors will agree
to a settlement for SO 1-3 cents on the
dollar.
Kong Kok. who is on trial for as
sault with intent to commit murder,
waived examination in the police court
yesterday, and his case will be sent
to the grand jury.
The Research Club meets Monday,
August 2Sth, at DIR. w. d. Alexander's.
Punahou street, when Prof w, H.
Pickering of Harvard College will de-
liver an address on "The Astronomy of
the Moon"
The Alewa land in the Nuuanu val
ley is being plated by o. L. Soren-
son, assisted by Mr.. Oliet and two
helpers. 1t has been found that the
level of this land is below that of the
new Nuuanu reservoir. which can be
utilized to supply the water.
County Attorney Douthitt has fur
nished w. A. Kinney, attorney for
County Treasurer Trent a form Of SUBJ
mission of facts to the Supreme Court
for testing the legality of blanket
warrant. It's basis is warrant to pay
two electric light station men.
Civil Service examinations will be
held in the near future for the posi-
ton of carpenter and storekeeper, the
salary being 800 a month. Applica-
ton blanks and all information can
be had at the U. S. Engineer Depart
ment, Room 65, Young Building.
A thirty-foot right of wav through
certain forest lands from Wainiha to
Waiheawau, Kauai was granted yes
terday by Acting Governor Atkinson
to Mcbride & Company. The franchise
runs for fifty years and the annual
payment will be $40 mile. The road
will be about fifteen miles long.
Rev. w. A. Noble. D. d., for fifteen
years missionary in Seoul, Korea, is
a guest of Rev. John w. Wadman OF
this city en- route back to the Hermit
Kingdom" He remains here for six
weeks or so for mission work among
the local Koreans. DR.. Noble left yes
terday by the w. G. Hall for a tour of
Kauai.
At the Honokaa term Attorney Carl
smith challenged the array or grand
Jurors. Judge Matthewman, though he
had previously ruled in another case
that certain grand jurors were not
American citizens from having been
naturalized by circuit judges. denied
the challenge on the ground that 1t was
made too late.
The prisoners in Oahu Penitentiary
enjoy Injuries not accorded to inmates
of like institutions in other lands. One
Monday morning this month the gang
of street workers who start from the
Penitentiary early took Rapid Tran
sit car in going to the place of their
labors. The curtains were lowered and
the car was whirled through King
street at an automobile pace.-Para-
disc.