The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

J. \. NJ. Johnson and family leave II
the Korea for their new home in Japan
Judge Robinson had to issue a spe-
/ cial venire for more jurors yesterday.
The King Of the Detectives" this
evening at the OrDheum. Secure seats
now,
| The Board of Health and the Board
| of Education both will hold their
meetings today.
Two charges against P. D Kellett, Jr.,
called in the police court yesterday,
were nol-prossed.
Geo. d. Gear has opened law Of
fees IN the rooms formerly occupied
by Justice Hatch on Kaahumanu
street.
Installation Of officers at the meet
ing of Olive Branch Rebekah lodge this
evening. at 100 o'clock, in Odd Eel
lows hall
The dedication Of the new Eva
church has been postponed from jan
uary : to some future time. to be an
n0unced later.
w. D. Logan. chief engineer of the
dredger Pacific, left in the Alameda
for his home in Seattle, to be gone
several months.
Philip Peck; Post Patron of Hawaii
Chapter No. l, O. E. S, will be the
guest of Lei Aloha Chapter this even
ing in Masonic Temple
J. G.. RothweH, j. F. Morgan and
J. P. Cooke, as a committee to canvass
for funds for the Washington dele
cation, raised over $4,000 yesterday.
The Honolulu branch of the Theo-
sophical Society meets every Tuesday
and Thursday evening at 7:30-Kapio-
lani Building. Thursday visitors night.
Work of demolition began on the old
buildings at King and Bethel street
yesterday to prepare the site for the
McCandless block described in Tues
days Advertiser.
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn has purchased
from the Kapiolani Estate, Ltd, and
Princes David and Jonah the relics of
the estate of his late wife, Princess |
Miriam Likelike Cleghorn. The price |
was $4,000.
Dinner viii be served tonight at $50 |
and Mr.. JOS. G.. Pratt will give US a |
talk on Our Postoffice System at |
l:15. Those desiring dinner will please
send in their names to the Y. M. c. A.
before 9 this morning.
Mrs E. D. Tenney is expected home
IN the Korea due on Friday. She will
De accompanied by DIR. ST. D. c..
who was summoned to attend
her when she was recently taken with
L slight stroke of facial paralysis.
The regular meeting of Lei Aloha
Chapter No. 3, o. E. s., will be held
his evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Masonic
emple. All members are requested to
Lttend and a cordial invitation is ex-
ended to visiting members of the Or
Ter.
A count of Oahu county funds in the
lands of Treasurer Trent was made
yesterday, when the amount was found
o be S65,3S2.61 distributed as follows:
Bank of Hawaii, s2S,265.90; Spreckels
Bank, $4,000; First National Bank,
6O23.42; Bishop & Co, SIS, 1000; Treas
rer, $1093.29.
The 18th regular and second annual
leeting of the Hawaiian Entomolog-
al Society will be held at 1880 this
yening in the library of the Board of
griculture and Forestry King street. 7
There were but three deaths in Ho- .
0lulu from contagious diseases be- i
yeen December II and December 81,
vo of typhoid fever and one of tuber-
llosis.
Kauai county has promulgated an
rdinance requiring permit from the
GARD of supervisors to enable any
ersOn or corporation to maintain any
itch, railway or other way across any
ublic road, also providing that the
older of such permit shall keep the
rossing in good condition. Violation
a misdemeanor with a penalty o.
fly dollars.
Antonio Perry is the first of the de-
in the beef trust case to file
n answer in the Federal court. Deny
lg the allegations of unlawful COM 4
ination in restraint of competition he
oes on to say that, while owning ten
lares in the Metropolitan Meat Co,
e has not attended the meetings and,
hen giving his proxy on one or two
casons. he did not know how it was
oted, having given no instructions in
lat regard. nor had he at any time
led to direct the policy of the COM