The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

81 the MduHa 49,
2 Mrs A. c. Freeman arrived yester-
5av in the Mauna Kea.
I,dee Stanley was among yester-
5av,e arrivals from Hawaii.
RENDERS for the structure on Soren-
ao,,e wharf will soon be received.
Tho masts for the yacht Hawaii ar
lived by the 5. s. Nebraskan yester-
day.
surveyor w. A. Wall yesterday re-
+urned in the Mauna Kea from a BUSH
ness trip.
" l. Dyer of the Honolulu Iron
works returned in the Mauna Kea
yesterday.
The American Citizens Labor Union
of Hilo is controlling the stevedoriug
business there.
Tax Assessor Dunno of Lahaina ar
rived in town in the steamer Mauna
Kea yesterday.
The Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar
70 is going to have a crop of over
a. 600 tons this year.
a petition is being circulated by
uawaiians to have c. Tracy appoint
ed president of the Board of Health.
NJ. Kanakanui. government sur
yavor has returned from Keanae,
where he has resurveyed government
lands.
Fred Roback, burned by live wire
IN Hilo, was still in critical condi-
4tion according TO most recent ac-
Isounts.
Wtlfred Slower of Lonsdale, Pa,
I hrites Governor Frear to send him
EITHER or both used or misused' Ha-
waiian postage stamps.
County Supervisor Dwight and Road
Supervisor Johnson are engaged in
important road work in Kewalo, along
Ilaniwai, Cummins and Waimanu
streets.
Work on the building for the Japa-
nese bank on the corner of Bethel and
Merchant streets is suspended on ac-
count of delay in the coming of nee
essary material.
The Henry Waterhouse Trust Com
pany yesterday received a cable from
E. POLITE, San Francisco, to the effect
that there had yesterday been sale
of sugar in New York at 4.49.
Representative Charles Rice of Ka-
uai and w. o. Smith We're suggested
Yesterday as chairman of the Repub-
Hcan convention and chairman of the
committee on resolutions, respectively.
There was a rumor about town yes
terday that Peanuts" and Sammy
Stone had slowed away aboard the s
S Hongkong Maru, which left Thurs
day midnight for San Francisco, with
the Lilliputians.
mare, answering to the name OF
Kate, was sold in front of the police
station at noon yesterday to Charles
BeIIina for $50. She was once stolen
by Joe Everett, who is now serving
.hre years for his pains.
John w Merriam, prominent cigar
manufacturer of New York, stopped
Ahere a week on his way to the Orient
! to find If he could secure large
quantity of Hawaiiangrown tobacco
for use in his factories.
Fred Ellis of Oakland writes Gov
ernor Frear and is looking for an OPP
portunity to decorate Honolulu dur
ing the stay of the fleet. He says
that just at present he is decorating
the southern end of California.
Three applicants for the position of
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
yesterday morning worked over ex-
animation blanks. They We're Walter
Doyle. holding the position tempo
rarily: j. ]. Crockett and w. Y. Kolb.
The results VIII be announced next
week.
Governor Frear yesterday consulted
with H. P. Baldwin and Public Works
Superintendent Marston Campbell in
regard to the new Kahului harbor
lines A plan has been made of the
harbor by the United States Engin
GERS and is now in possession of the
Governor.
The subscription list to the Arra1
concerts, May and 8, has been we'll
patronized by music-lovers, and the
indications are for a full house when
this famous singer appears for the
first time here Madame Arral is
handsome woman and her voice is said
to be wonderfully strong and musical
Wireless Expert Arthur A. Isbel
will remain in this Territory and SUI
perintend the erection of long distance
wireless plants and stations at Ka-
huku Oahu. and Hilo. Hawaii prob
ably himself operating the Kahuku
station. Machinery and material for
4Ae Kahuku plant will be ordered by
the next boat
The steamer Mauna Kea brought in
a load of politicians, statesmen and
capitalists, including the following:
Ex-Speaker Holstein of the House,
Rev. s. Desha, c. z. Wright, w. I.
Robinson, H. NJ. Reuter-. Deputy
Sheriff Lindsay. H. P. Baldwin, /.
Barkhausen. r. NJ. Isenberg and T.
Give Davies.
Following affidavits sent from here
by L. s Shipping Commissioner Amy,
who took them from survivors of the
lost ship Eclipse, the Bureau of Nav
igation has ordered the [. 5. District
Attorney at San Francisco to investi-
gate, with a view, if the facts war
rant it. to prosecuting the owners of
the Eclipse for maintaining unsea- |
worthy Iifeboats and gear.
The local Harbor of Masters and |