The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.


TODAY Is THE LAST DAY To
PAY TAXES BEFORE THE 10 PEI
| CENT. PENALTY.
=. w. Marsh. late manager of the
Hilo Tribune, left in the Alameda
| There is said TO be good deal OF
grippe and dengue fever in town.
Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge No. >
/ O. o. F., meets this evening at 7;3(
o'clock
| 1t is reported that Editor Harrington
! of the Bulletin is about to have an op-
| Grafton for appendicitis.
Riley H. Allen, a newspaper reporter
| here last year, is now editor of the
| Washington Magazine. Seattle.
| Howard w. Adams has retired from
| the mana cement of the Zoo and en-
tered the employ of w c. Peacock &
] Co.. Ltd
Nagaran Fernandez is mentioned by
| his friends for the position of clerk
| to the House of Representatives.. John
| H. Wise may be a rival.
George P. Thielen has bought Geo.
c. Stratemeyer's painting of the Vol
| cano OF Kilauea wherewith to decorate
| his office in San Francisco.
There will be an old style hula a.
Mrs. Puahis, Waikiki, tomorrow
night. beginning at 7:3O, for the benefit
of the Ka no hi ka la Society.
TAX OFFICE OPEN TODAY GAST
| DAY) FROM A. NJ. TO $50 P. NJ.
Miss Marion de Camara. principal of
Pahala, Hawaii, school, who has a
years leave of absence, left in the
| Alameda yesterday for a visit to the
mainland
Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge No 2
will meet at 7. O. O. F. Hall this even
ing. when there will be initiation and
important business. All the members
are requested to attend.
Mr.. Francis Lewis Hatch clerk of
the United States District Court, and
Miss Annie Whitney Were married at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Whitney, yesterday
evening
Chas. Mersberg, ten-year-old youth,
is booked at the police station for lar
ceny in the second degree. 1t is al
legged that Charley walked off with a
bicycle which he had found unguarded
for the time being
w Iiidin w liIld HiSOfl was erected To
succeed his late partner, Geo. P THE
len. as a member of the Honolulu
Stock & Bond Exchange. He paid So
600 for the seat. being the same price
as Mr.. Thielen had bought it from Mr..
Eakin for.
The November volume of the Para
disc of the Pacific is a handsome issue
and raises expectations over the De-
cember number. which promises 81
pages. The Paradise is doing good
promotion work and the custom of
sending a copy or two to friends abroad
is spreading.
Rev Stephen l. Desha, who was de- |
feated for reelection as Supervisor on !
the Republican ticket, County of Ha- |
wall has resigned the pastorate OF |
HALL church, Hilo, one of the largest |
native evangelical churches in the |
Territory. 1t is reported that he will |
exchange places with Rev. E. S. I'll |
moteo, travelling evangelist OF the |
Board.
Captain Slattery has refused to ac-
cept bids of s. a cubic yard for broken |
rock, of size to pass through one-inch |
mesh screen, received from Hilo. He |
wants the material for the construction |
of a monument lighthouse at Hilo, but |
says rather than be held up With such |
a price for stone he will not do tho |
work. The rate of 81 a cubic yard |
paid in Honolulu he considers high.
There was a long session of the Ter
ritoriaI grand jury at the Capitol yes
terday. Deputy Attorney General ,
Prosser was presenting cases. A Chi
nese doctor was under investigation
for some alleged criminality, one of
the witnesses being little Chinese
woman with babe in arms. Another
matter, judging by the witnesses at
tending. was the Kakaako registration
Of voters.
Four lots belonging to DR.. w. H.
Mays, at Kaimuki, adjoining Judge
Gear and Albion F. Clark's places,
were offered at auction at Morgan's
yesterday. L. n. Cox
bought a lot containing 12.1S7 square
feet for S210. o. H. Sweeney bought a
ot containing 20.237 square feet for
$500. A bid of 1915 was refused for
cleared lot of % $3.50 square feet and a
fourth failed to attract any bid.