The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Spend the day at Waikiki Inn.

Spend the day at Waikiki Inn.
A crazy man was brought from Laie
nv the afternoon train yesterday.
The Stacker correspondence in yes
terday's paper was from Kailua, not
KiIauea, as the types made 1t.
Honolulu Harbor. No. "a, A. A. of
NJ. & r., meets this evening at o'clock
in the X of P. hall on King street.
| The Eva plantation and mill, as the
venerable guide, Mr.. Tenney, informs
the Advertiser, is now closed to visi-
tors.
| John Wright wishes to thank the
many friends who so kindly assisted
him in his late bereavement jim the
death of his wife.
James Scott, manager of klhei plan
tation. has resigned to takefcharge OF
the Honolulu Iron Works Co.'S sugar
mill construction work in Formosa.
There are about 2100 names on the
delinquent tax list to be published this
week by Assessor Holt. 1t is some
what shorter and lighter than that OF
last year.
At the annual meeting of the Ha-
waiian Historical Society which was
held January IA, Miss Mary H. Krou
now visiting in Honolulu, was elected
a corresponding member.
Judge Robinson yesterday granted to
Annie Ascincio a divorce from Pascal
Albert Ascincio for failure to provide,
and to Wong Gum Tung a divorce from
Lee San Chin for extreme cruelty.
Governor Carter has reprieved Mo-
rita Keizo, who was to have been exc
cuted next Tuesday, until February Il.
This is due to the condemned murder
er's appeal to the Federal Supreme
Court.
A special meeting of the Waialae,
Kaimuki and Palolo Improvement Club
will be held next Thursday evening at
s o'clock at the residence of Frank
Cook. for the purpose of discussing leg
islative action in regard to improve
ments to be made in this district.
A number of pencil portraits of well
known local men are on exhibition In
the window of the Promotion Commit
tee rooms. These sketches are the work
of Ben Mendoza, fourteen-year old
pupil of the Kaahumanu school and
display the possession of considerable
talent.
Lie 1cCNuTS ~ Tue ilSinDcTS
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. on amateur photog-
raphy, by A. Gartley, will be deliver
ed on the evening of Friday next, at |
o'clock. Mr.. Gartley will deal par
ticularly on the proper treatment of
negatives. Following the lecture the |
Y. NJ. c. A camera club will be reor-
ganized.
The annual meeting of the Boys |
Clubs was held on Friday night at the |
residence of George B. Castle, at which |
the yearly reports of officers were read |
anu officers for the ensuing year chos-
IN. The old officers were all reelected,
rs follows: Theodore Richards, pres
dent; G. B. Castle, treasurer, and Rev.
E. B. Turner, superintendent
1t is reported that Governor Carter
mas offered the commission fdr the va
,ancy in the Board of Education to L.
renney Peck, who is chairman of the
Civic Federation's educational commits
sion. The secretary of this body is
Principal c. Perley Horne of Kameha-
neha. Schools, and the other members
are Clarence H Cooke, President A. F.
iriffiths of Oahu College, Principal
Brother Henry of ST. Louis College,
Principal Alex. Macintosh of the
Royal School, Principal NJ. NJ. Scott of
he High School. E. A. Mott-Smith,
Mrs. l.. l.. McCandless, Miss Felker,
Mrs. Frasher and w. t. Rawlins.