The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The band will play this afternoon a
the baseball games.
George c. Sea, deputy high sheriff
is confined TO his house by illness.
a farewell social TO Pastor and Mrs
G. D. Edwards was given at the Chris
tian church last night.
A daughter of Superintendent Alex.
ander Pratt of the Rapid Transit Co
| had an arm broken by a fall two OF
three days ago.
The Hawaiian Agricultural Co. has
taken all of the forty-eight Ffnpinos
| lately arrived to work on its plantation
at Pahala, Hawaii.
Manuel K. Cook, chief clerk of the
Public Works Department, resumed his
| duties yesterday after having been Ill
in bed eight days.
The trial of Charley Wilson, the hack
| driver charged with soliciting, was
| again put over by Judge Whitney yes
| terday morning, this time until the 7th.
Mrs. Philip G. Cox was doing nicely
yesterday after undergoing an opera
ton performed by Drs. Murray and
Wilkinson at her home, Kaimuki, on
Thursday.
At a late hour last night s. s. Itch
field was reported as progressing most
favorably. He is conscious, but has as
yet little realization of what has hap
pened to him.
Chairman Charles Hustace says the
matter of an amended automobile
speed ordinance for submission to the
Board Of Supervisors is in the hands
of the County Attorney.
Matters of great Importance, for the
consideration of which all the members
are desired to be present, are an
nounced TO come before the Kaahu-
manu- Society at Kawaiahao church at
10 o'clock this morning.
George S. Smith, a brother of w. H.
Smith who was here with Captain Met
calf in the Manchuria salvage opera
tons, was among the victims of the
Columbia disaster. w. II. Smith was
a passenger with his brother on the ill
fated steamer, but was saved.
John Asing, one of the two who cap
tured the escaped prisoner, Cheu SEQ,
at Kahana some weeks ago, visited the
police station yesterday and put in an
application for the reward money. His
claim was granted and he will be CIV
en- twenty dollars to divide with his
assistant.
The water contained in bottle of
Rainier beer comes from springs on
that famous Washington mountain.
Though as pure as natures filter plant
can make it science takes hand and
filters it again. The beer is absolutely
pure and the strength is right. Charles
A. Nelson, agent, Honolulu.
Workmen were engaged yesterday in
vanishing the floors of the throne
room and the Railways of the Capitol
as preparation for Governor Carriers
public reception to Secretary Straus
and Congressman and Mrs. Longworth
tonight. A force of electrical workers
was stringing wires among the trees
on the grounds for an outside nlumi
nation.
Whether there are to be any prose
cutions against w. f. Dillingham; and
driving depends upon what view of the
matter is taken by County Attorney
Cathcart. Yesterday Sheriff Iaukea
referred the whole matter to him and
handed over whatever reports of the
accident of Wednesday night had been
gathered in from eye-witnesses by the
police.
Librarian Lydecker of the Archives
Commission has found the original
lease executed by Kamehameha III. to
Brinsmade, Ladd and Hooper, which
was the basis of the famous Belgian
contract The business ended in the
unsuccessful lawsuit brought by Laid
& Co. in 1916 to recover $378,0O0 from
the Hawaiian Government. The King
OF Belgium was mixed up in the deal.
Prof. Alexander tells all about ii in his
History.
A valuable find, not of books or pa
pers, is among the discoveries of
Archivist Lydecker. It is a silver din
ner service, with an odd set of table
cutlery thrown in, which reposed in a
camphor wood chest. The chest was
found among old junk in the tax office
some time ago and given to Mr.. Ly-
decker, then working in the Capitol
attic, who on discovering the nature of
it's contents took an inventory of them |
and sent the chest back to the tax
office. 1t was later returned to Mr.. |
Lydecker in the Archives building. The
plate appears to have been a gift to |
the Hawaiian Government in the sew I
entities.