The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Maui county expended S36,4 61 on roads
| last month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. J. Lowrey re-
turned home in the Korea.
Ir and Mrs. P. H. Dodge are leav-
ing for Japan on the Korea.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. R. Burns returned
in the Korea after an absence of some
years.
Mystic Lodge No. ?, K. of P. will
meet in K. Of ?. Hall at 100 this
evening.
Excelsior Lodge No. I, I. o. o. F..
will meet this evening at 1870 at Odd
Fellows Hall.
Miss Rose Dawson, the humane Off
Ger, is going to look after overloaded
Koolau stages.
Clifton Tracy and James Dougherty
are likely to be the choice for Iieuten-
ants in Co. T.
The Waiau Sunday school gave fine
concert Saturday night which was
largely attended.
E. H. Paris of T. o. Hall & Son, Ltd,
returned in the Korea from a business
trip to New York.
r. E. Steere of the Henry Water
house Trust Co.'S staff returned from
the Coast yesterday.
No. l, Will meet in c. B. U. Hall at
s o'clock this evening.
The band will play at the departure
OF the Hilonian. at the Oceanic dock,
this morning at o'clock.
A divorce summons has been received
from Hilo for service on JapGnese
woman living at Waipahu.
Miss Abbie Dow, who graduated from
Vassar college last commencement, re-
turned home in the Korea.
Mrs. W. Lua, an old kamaaina of
Laie, died in Honolulu yesterday after
noon. She leaves four children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
failed to connect with the Korea and
are now expected in the Siberia about
August /.
Nearly one hundred internal revenue
licenses have been issued to liquor deal
ers. the number being slightly less than
in former years.
Mrs. Puahi has been reelected presi-
dent and treasurer of the Kaonoi1io-
kala Pau Riding club. The club held
a luau yesterday.
Since announcement of the opening
next Saturday night the Commercial
Club has received many applications
for new membership.
Gear & Harrison are reported to have
in hand a scheme for chartering steam
ers 10 carry japanese from Honolulu
to Canada and Mexico
Another assessment of $40 a share has
been made on Oceanic Steamship Co.
stock in San Francisco. Delinquent
shares will be sold on August 10.
Bennett Bridgewater is doing nicely
at Miss Johnson's sanitarium after an
operation for appendicitis performed by
DR.. Herbert on Sunday morning.
At the Kilohana Art League rooms
this afternoon. from two until six
O'Clock, there viii be an exhibition of
china painting, the work of Mrs.
Moore.
Mrs. L. A. Holmes, mother of County
Engineer Gere, arrived in Honolulu
from the Coast yesterday on the S. S.
Korea. She will spend some time in
the Islands with her son.
An officer of the steamer China is
quoted as saying there is no indication
in Japan of threatening trouble between
that country and the United States.
Count Okuma is simply making a noise
TO injure the Cabinet.
A cablegram to the editor of the Ha-
waii Shinpo says K. Ishii, the special
envoy of the Japanese Foreign Office
to investigate the San Francisco trou-
bic, will arrive here on the 10Th inst
1t is thought he will not stay long, as
his report is wanted quickly.
S. Nishiwaki, promoted from being
assistant manager of the Honolulu
branch of the Yokohama Specie bank,
instead of going to his new post short
ly as intended, leaves for Japan in the
Korea, having been called home by a
cablegram saying his mother was seri-
Ously i'll.
W. s. Fleming, former Deputy Attor-
ney General. returned with Mrs. F'Iem-
ing and child in the China from Shang-
hal. Although Mr.. Fleming had pass
ed Judge WiIfey's stiff examination for
the bar without difficulty, and entered
upon a good practice. the health of his
wife and child compelled him to return
to Honolulu. His own health is fine.