The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-23
LOCAL. BREvITIES.

tFrom Wednesdays Advertisor.)
Chief Clerk Buckland of the Secre-
tary's office is expected home from
Kauai today.
George Sea, Clerk to High Sheriff
Henry, went to Kauai on official busi-
ness last night.
II. p. Macfarlane, charged with en-
bezzlement, was discharged yesterday
by Judge Whitney.
A cablegram received by Editor Shi-
ozawa yesterday of Hawaii Shinpo
confirmed the news already printed
that Consul Saito will return to his
post.
The Prison Directors have recon-
mended that Tang Ah Kama, serving
sentence for robbery in the first de-
gree, be paroled under the new law.
He was convicted on January 6. 1905.
Miss Battelle and Miss Fenton, who
have spent three delightful months at
Waikiki, are to sail on the Siberia
next Friday. They are very enthusi-
astic over Honolulu and hope to come
again.
DR.. Grossman is preparing a design
for badges to be worn by Honolulu
shriners at the coming gathering in
] os Angeles. The idea is an emblem
of the, order, suspended from a minia-
ture cocoanut.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Babbitt went to Kauai yesterday to
look after public school matters on the
Garden Island. Because of his alb
sence, there will be no meeting of the
Board of Education this week.
Mrs A. Francis Judd has issued in
vitations for the marriage of her
daughter, Sophie Boyd, to Mr.. George
Paul Cooke, to take place Wednesday
evening, April 4. at $3.50 o'clock, at
Central Union church.
Princess Theresa Wilcox announces
that she proposes to become a factor
in the next political campaign. This
Ia true, If important Her notion is
to form a kind of little Civic Fedora
tion of her own, organizing club to
pick out men to be voted for. 1t is
not stated, however, that she will work
in harmony with the Federation.
Twenty acres of cane on Onomea
plantation, Hawaii, was burned on the
night of March by fire that spread
from some smoldering tree stumps,
the Japanese on the plantation turned
out and fought the fire. A Japanese
house was turned over by the high
wind on the same night, and fumes
valued at 100000 were blown over.
The deed of the Pearl Harbor lands
for fortifications, made by the Bishop
estate to the United States, was ap-
proved by United States District At
torney Breckons yesterday. and the
/ money for the land paid over. The
property comprises twelve acres, for
! which a condemnation suit was
| brought. While the suit was
! pending, compromise was reached
! and the price put upon the property
was twenty y-eight hundred dollars.
J The Douse manslaughter case from
Maui will be tried at the April term
here.
John w. Cathcart will return home
! in the Korea on March 2S.
/ Owing to the need of fumigation nc
mail was landed from the Siberia last
night.
j. II. Maby, jailor at Hilo, was ac-
quilted Of cruelty to prisoners. The
jury was out six hours.
The Federal trial jury for the spe-
cial February term was paid off by
Marshal Hendry yesterday.
]. NJ. Poepoe is reported as pro-
posing to organize all the native voters
! politically to stand together.
John G.. Woolley, the prohibition
leader, is expected here in the Siberia
today and will be entertained by
f. B. McStocker has gone to take
charge of Kahuku plantation during
the absence of Andrew Adams for foul
months on vacation.