The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Rev. D. 3. wallace of Christ church
Kona, is visiting Maui.
Page rank tonight at William Nc
Kinley Lodge No. s, X of P
A date for the new trial of J. Lor
Wallach for perjury has not yet been
set.
Herman Fockes has returned from a
visit of inspection to Pioneer planta-
ton.
Judge c. F. Hart has returned from
visit to his plantation at Multi, Ha-
wall
George Kunkel, formerly well known
here, is playing with the San Francisco
lOpera company.
| Nearly 300 men are employed by the
county road department in repairing
and oiling city streets.
Surveys for the proposed modification
Of location of the Hilo Breakwater are
being made by Bert Loebenstein
Professor John S. Donaghho addressed
| the meeting Of the Hawaiian Engiaee--
! ing Association on the subject Of tides.
The first of a series of Ladies' Night
| dinners was given at the University
! Club last evening. All the tables were
occupied.
The Board of Supervisors of the
county of Hawaii has paid the Homo
lulu Iron Works bill of s3575 for a
steam roller.
S. M. Ballou was reelected president
of the Honolulu Chess Club, Thursday
night, and A. A. Hobson was reelected
secretary and treasurer.
The next meeting of the Buckeye
| Club will be held at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Thrum, 1884 King
street, at 1880 Tuesday evening.
At the closing exercises of the Normal
school next Thursday there will be an
interesting exhibition of lace and other
work of the pupils in the practise
classes.
The Board of Regents are considering
the feasibility of using part of the
old Chinese consulate property for coll
lege purposes until the new buildings
are ready.
superintendent Babbitt, in planning
the High School building, has in view
without doing violence to its architect
ural proportions and symmetry.
Every member of the st. Louis Col
lege Alumni Association is requested
per order of the president to be present
at the dedication ceremony of the new
clubhouse this evening at 7:30 O'Clock.
The Alexander Young Cafe will close,
as such. with the present week. The
soda fountain, candy counter. etc, will
be continued and it is understood that
breakfasts and light lunches will be
served
The annual meeting and election OF
officers of the st. Louis College Alumni
Association will be held at their new
clubhouse on Union street tomorrow,
June Is, at 10 a. m A full attendance
is requested of all members.
Coroner Jarretts jury in the case of
James Bruce, the negro private of the |
Tenth Cavalry who was drowned while |
swimming near the naval slips Thurs |
day afternoon, yesterday morning re-
turned a verdict of accidental drown
ing.
There is to be a game of baseball
this afternoon that will be worth While. |
The Saints are to battle with the Pu- |
nahous and the Kams will try conclu- |
sions with the Diamond Head team. It I
will be one of the best days of the sea-
son.
A new automobile speeder is to be |
built for the Oahu Railroad & Land |
Company. The speeder will be equip I
ped with a twenty-horse-power engine |
and be much stronger and faster than |
the one now in use.
The I. O. @. r. annual memorial SER
vices will be held in Odd Fellows hall |
OF p. m. tomorrow, and all members /
of the order are invited to be present.
Canton Oahu, 2. NJ, is expected to at
tend at 1870 in full uniform to take
part in the exercises.
Two heavy shocks of earthquake are
as having occurred last Tues
day morning at 3:43 and fifteen minutes
later, on Hawaii. The lava flow from
the late outbreak is throwing off great
of steam due to the rainfall
On the still hot mass.
Land Commissioner J. w. Pratt Is
going to Kauai the first of the coming
week to see what is doing with the ka-
oaa lands. He will go over them with
he surveyor, now for some time past
IN the ground, and also meet some OF
he applicants for homesteads.