The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Y. NJ. c. a. has new secretary
coming from the East.
The father of A. B. Loebenstein of
Hilo died at Scranton, Pa. June 10.
Rev. E. B. Turner VIII speak ar the
Prison at IL a. m. today on Baseball
Next mail from the Coast should be
here on Tuesday by the steamer Cali
fornian.
The Alameda will take a carload of
fresh pineapples in boxes packed by the
Tropic Fruit Co.
A special train took the Kahuku
plantation people to Ha,eiwa Hotel for
the fireworks and dance Jpn the fourth.
About twenty couples danced until IL
o'clock.
At Central Union Church today, Rev.
j. Walker Sylvester viii preach at IL
a. m. on THE Christian Man" and at
7:30 p. m. on 1.-The Life that is Called
Blessed The public is invited
Samuel Mahuka Spencer won the
steer-roping contest at Kamuela, Ha-
wall, doing the act in one minute. nine
teen seconds. The steer had $50 feet
start Charles Lindsey was next by
one second.
All members of Hawaii Chapter No.
1, Order of Kamehameha, are requested
to meet this afternoon at o'clock at
the residence, No. S1S Ilaniwai street. in
order to take part in the funeral Of
their deceased brother Pakala Manu-
wal.
Payment was made at the Federal
court office yesterday of Frank Lecour-I
rier's judgment of $50, with his main
tenance bill and costs, against the
American ship Hawaiian Is.es. The
former statement that costs were
awarded against Lecourrier was an err
ror.
Impeachment proceedings against
Deputy Sheriff Chris. Holt of Waianae
are to be dropped, County Attorney
Douthitt having discovered that less
than the requisite number of twenty.
five voters signed the complaint against
the official. Out of 81 signers three
were found not TO be voters.
Nineteen Chinese youths accom-
panied by Consul Chang, visited the
Pearl Harbor lochs last night in the
launch Brothers. AT least nineteen
started, but a number had to be !
brought back and disembarked after q |
short run outside the reef, when the |
sea motion failed to agree with their
suppers. |
THE Palmistry of the Saints" is |
Mr.. Wadman's subject this morning at |
IL o'clock in the First Methodist |
church, and at 1880 he will speak on |
THE Greatest Thief in this World" |
AT the evening service Mrs. Hare will |
sing Whitney Combs ave Maria"
with violin and organ obligato. All are
invited to attend.
Honolulu Plantation Co. has answer
ed the complaint of Felipe Rodrigues,
who claims wages and damages on a
planting contract, saying that plaintiff
was lazy and neglectful of instruc-
tons in using water. His unsatisfac-
tory work. it is alleged, was the cause
Of his dismissal, and he declined ten
Ter of 5000, the full amount due him.
The engagement has been announced
oy Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall c. Lefferts
Of their daughter, Miss Mary Cozine
Lefferts of New York, to Ensign Henry
Rawle. U. S. N, of Philadelphia, who
IS a son of Mr.. Francis Rawle of the
Philadelphia family, and is
related to the Pemberton, Hare and
Wharton families of that city. He is
low on the battleship West Virginia,
n the New York navy yard. Mr.. and
Mrs. LeffertS are at their country
house, Hedgewood. in Lawrence, L. l..
where Mr.. RawIe is visiting his fiancee.
No date has been mentioned for the
Wedding arlington Star.
News arrived from Los Angeles or.
he Alameda to the effect that William
Akers, a prominent mining man of
Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Utah,
had been killed in a automobile acct
lent. His wife visited here about three
)r four years ago with her sister, Miss
stanley, who spent a couple of years
n the islands for the benefit of her
health. The automobile caught in a
street car track and before it could be
a car dashed around a curve
lirectly into the machine smashing it.
Mr.. Akers and another gentleman were
brown out and the former died soon
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