The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Fifty-one new benches have been de-
livered al Aala park.
There win be initiation in the Elks
Hodge Friday night.
There viii be no meeting Of the
Board Of Health today.
Honolulu Aerie 40, r. O. E, will
meet in X. Of P. hall at 1880 this even
ing.
Damien Council No. 5s3. 7. NJ. I, viii
meet in san Antonio hall at 7:30 this
evening.
| There has been a recurrence of Board
OF Health vigilance at Honolulu Plan
tation, due 10 one case.
| There will be q meeting of the Board
of Agriculture and Forestry on Friday
| if \. W. Carter Is in town TO complete
a quorum.
Miss Edith N. Russell of Atlanta,
| Ca, who has been visiting Miss Kath-
crime GoodaIe at Waialua for some
weeks. leaves in the Alameda for home.
For the fifteen days ending July 10,
| the following cases Of contagious dis
! ease occurred in the district Of Ho-
| nolulu: tuberculosis 5, typhoid fever 1.
Two applications for government jobs
| 10 be filled soon were considered in
secret session Of the Republican Coun-
! " Committees executive committee
| yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McCorristOn have
| issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter Margaret Theresa to
William EIderkin Kerr at their resi-
dence at KamaIo, Molokai, August Z.
The ladies Of Fort Shafter will be at
home every Friday afternoon, and as
far as possible transportation will be
furnished TO convey people from the
end of the car line and return between
the hours OF 1 and s p. m.
Attorney General Peters will leave
for a vacation in the country the first
of next week. He viii probably not
resume the duties OF the office, at least
to more than nominal extent as his
resignation to the incoming Governor
was absolute.
Consul General Saito has received a
cablegram announcing the sailing of
Commissioner Ishii in the Nippon Maru
to arrive here on July 29. The extent
of his investigation of immigration
matters in Honolulu will depend on the
time the steamer stays in port.
E. c. Brown has presented the Ad-
vertiser office with a souvenir of his
recent trip east in the shape of half
tone panoramic view entitled, "A Yard
of the National Game-Chicago Base
ball Club, Champions of the National
Lea que, 1907 It shows the champions
in presence of a crowded grandstand.
Charles T. Chillingworth will leave in
the Alameda on business connected
IF To
nese to the continent. He may also
have some business connected with the
Kumeric's voyage with Japanese to
Vancouver to settle. Another report is
that he may look into mining pros
poets.
1t is reported that employees of the
Honolulu custom house are going to
form a cooperative association for the
purpose of buying their family gro
ceries and provisions cheaply. A sec
rotary will administer the business and
the expectation is that the members
will obtain their provisions at less than
wholesale prices.
Consul General Saito has received
from Sheriff Keolanui Of Hawaii the
personal effects OF Koichi Shinnaka, a
japanese who was killed in attempting
nau's boats at LaupahOehoe. A bas-
ket of clothing and $3.50 were included.
Keolanui reported that the death was
due to the mans negligence. Shinnaka
was a steerage passenger in the Kinau.
Deputy Attorney General Prosser left
for Hawaii yesterday to attend to the
interests of various Territorial officers
of some years ago in the suit of Esther
K. Baker for damages for forcible
election of herself and husband from
school premises. Plaintiff is moving
for judgment on a verdict for $4,000 in
the Third Circuit Court, at the pres
ent Kohala term, the Supreme Court
having set aside a former judgment for
some flaw.
Harry E. Murray, chairman of the
Republican County Committee, yester-
day reported to a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee from the special
committee to confer with the Board of
Supervisors on appointments. The re-
port contained a denial that there had
been any friction between the two
bodies. together with a statement that
the supervisors would henceforth con-
slider nominations for office submitted
by the committee.