The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-18
LOCAL BREVITIES.

TO the effect thai Joan 8aEer Las "a
o,.feG controlling interest in III
Herald.
The uniforsa price of lunch at tn
Y. W - = On Wednesday, Februar.
u. is Is ceots. NoIu lunch VIII be serve
on the 22nG.
Ben Lyons of Waikiki is report~
TO have the intention OF running TO
the Senate from Maui. He is a leadin;
Democrat OF the middle island
Rev. 5. P. Merrill whose lecture OF
Palestine" was so much enjoyed q
few weeks ago. Will lecture again al
the Y NJ. c. A. at 4:30 this afternoon
All men welcome. Tea served at $50
Senator Warren has introduced in
! the Senate Federal building biIls-ap-
propriating 100000 for a Honolulu and
$4,000 for a Hilo structure-identical
with those introduced by Delegate Ku-
hio in the House.
The canvass for ascertaining what
freight may be assured 60 new
steamer between here and San Fran
cisco has been allotted by districts to
The various directors OF the Honolulu
Merchants Association.
ing Governor Atkinson from Washing
ton to the effect that Congressman
Serene E. Payne, chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee. continues
his unyieiding opposition to the Ra-
Waiian revenue bill.
Manoa Improvement Club elected the
following officers: w. J. Robinson,
president; H. E. Cooper, vice presi-
dent; John Efirger, secretary: J. H.
Mckenzie, treasurer. Mr. Mckenzie
has a roll of membership for signature
at Bishop & Co.'S bank
Yesterday Guy Owens receive wor'7
that the automatic telephone bill had
been introduced in t:onsress - D.
gate Kuhio. The bill was introduced
on January %, and took the usual
course. being ordered printed and re-
ferred to the Committee on Territories.
Nearly 80 per cent. OF all the teIe-
phone exchanges Goth new and re-
plaaemcGts) sold in the United States
during the past two years have been
the Automatic System. The Guy
Owens Electrical Construction Co are
the local representatives for this sys-
TEN.
The salvation Army-Holiness meet
ing at 1890 a. M; Bible class at
q m; Y. P. l.. meeting at 6 p. M;
salvation meeting at p. N. Ernest
Barnes will farewell in the evening
meeting. He Will leave on the Buford
Monday morning. All are cordially in
vited
A. Waikoloa, lately the postmaster
of Waialua, is the defendant whose in
dictment was on the secret file of the
Federal grand jury. Yesterday he
came into court and pleaded guilty OF
embezzling $277.S4 of postoffice funds.
Judge Dole sentenced him to imprIson-
ment for six months and a fine of the
amount embezzled
Central Union church today: Rev.
w. NJ. Kincaid, d. D., pastor, will
preach in the morning on THE Di-
vine Vigilance" In the evening there
will be q patriotic praise service at
which President Horne will speak on
George Washington" The boys and
girls of the Kamehameha schools will
be present and sing.
The petition of the WaiaIae Improve
ment Club to the Rapid Transit Co.
has been changed to read: I'VE, the
patrons of the Waialae,
Kaimuki and Palolo Rapid Transit car
service respectfully request a 20-min
ute through car service on the Waia-
lac line. believing that public conve-
nience requires such service"
First Methodist church, corner of
Beretania and Miller streets, today:
9 a. M, Junior League; 10 a. m, sun
day school and adult Bible classes;
II a. M, the pastor. John w. Wad-
man, breaches, subject Our Care
Taker." Miss Marion Bell sings
solo. $50 p. NJ, Epworth League; 7:30
p. m, pastor breaches. Three Sym
bols on a Sacred Mountain" A quar-
tet of boys will sing. All are cordially
invited. Seats free. Attentive ushers.
z. H. Paris, secretary of the Mer-
chants AsSocia ton, has received a let
ter from Delegate Kuhio to the effect
that Secretary Wilson does not en-
the expectation of a subsidy
for an agricultural college in Hawaii
this year. An impression created by
former communications between Secre-
tary Wilson and the Board of Educa-
ton was that an annual subsidy OF
$4,000 for an agricultural college was |
a statutory prize hung up for any ter
rltoIy Establishing Sucn an INSTITUTION |
A very handsome pictorial calendar |
IS being distributed in Honolulu by |
the Seattle Brewing & Mailing Co. of !
which E. T. Herrick is the agent in |
Honolulu. The picture shows a pretty |
girl mounted on a coal black horse. |
The subject for the calendar was Sc |
ected in open competition. Miss Hazel |
Mckinnon was the successful contest
int in the calandar contest. which |
closed July 81, 1905, and she received |
he 500 cash prize. Miss Mckinnon |
S Seattle girl and a type of true
American beauty. The horse
s owned by E. F. Sweeney vice-pres-
dent ard general manager of the Sc
title Brewing Company.
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