The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
LOCAL BREVITlEs.

| Poll tax is collected at san FRANCISCO
of every japanese laborer from Homo
| lulu who lands there.
Saito and Hironaki. two of the Japa-
nese indicted for forcibly taking a
| woman from railway train. changed
their pleas before Judge Dole to guilty
The original Journal of the House OF
| Repre- entatives. vainIy called for al
| the Meheula trial on Tuesday, has been
| found among old papers in the Capitol
attic.
Tom Bates. formerly of the Ellie
fords. is starring his wife. Miss
| Washington. in Southern California.
She was here as leading lady of the
| Ellefords.
This evening at 7:3O there will be a
meeting of the Physical Committee of
the Y NJ. C. A at the Association
building. Business of Importance will
| be transacted.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Macfarlane
of Honolulu took a most enjoyable au-
tomobile run lately to Byron Springs
and return.-Chronicle.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Field (Mrs. Ger
trude McCauley) have returned from
their wedding trip to Honolulu and are
at the Pleasanton. where Mrs. Field
| lived before her marriage.
Frank Harvey is being urged by the
Democrats to run for Oahu county
supervisorship. He was the only Demo-
crat elected a supervisor at the null
and void county election.
The downfall of E. j. Smith, the San
n
Lillian Leslie, who appeared On the
Honolulu stage a couple of years ago.
Smith spent great sums on the woman,
who lately went to China.
Governor Carter is opposed TO an APP
preparation of $4,000 for the expense of
defending the County Act in the courts.
He considers the cause now one of the
administration which it is the duty of
the Attorney Generals department to
defend
Chairman w. A. Kinney of the
Democratic Central Committee has di-
rected Secretary w. F. Erving to send
a. circular letter to the district chair
men, suggesting to them the advisable
ity of making a party campaign in the
county elections.
Miss Helen Robson writes of the jol-
Hest of good times in hospitable Ha-
waii, but viii not prolong her visit past
the intended limit, nevertheless The
next stea mer will bring her home. to
take her part in the summer plans of
the younger set.-Chronicle.
Mrs. William G.. Irwin, her daughter
Miss Helene Irwin, and Miss Margaret
Hyde-Smith. who will be their guest,
no do 70 IF
their departure for Honolulu, where
they will spend two months at the
beautiful Irwin lantatfon.-Chronicle
1t is found by the Governor and
Treasurer Campbell that the revenue
measures of the regular session Will
yield not more than 1000 of 1ncreas-
ed revenue. Each house yesterday in
creased the expenditures more than
that amount, and they have only just
started.
All of the upper Pa1olo lots whose
first takers We're found disqualified
have been taken by others. Commits
sioner Pratt will receive applications
on Monday, June 5. for a series of lots
in the lower portion of Palolo valley,
a bout half a mile from the Waialae
road electric cars.
At the request of L. A. Andrews.
former sheriff of Hawaii, the writ of
prohibition to prevent Judge Parsons
from enforcing fine of $50 for con-
tempt against him has been withdrawn.
He will pay the fine and then appeal to
the Supreme Court for its remission.
Governor Carter has amended the
county election proclamation to elimi-
nate officers that the Legislature. ow-
ing to objections in the Governors veto
of the County Act which it OVERRIDE,
by a supplementary Act took out Of
the counties and left with the Terri
tory-tax assessors and collectors and
their deputies.
At the low jinks of the San Fran
cisco Yacht Club given at Sausalito on
April &c. a Hawaiian hula girl danced
in a somewhat nude condition. The
town was wrathy the next day and
Mayor Thomas and the town trustees
are endeavoring to fix the blame on
some one. as the law does not permit
such exhibitions to be given.