The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-31
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News of the Day.

Harmony Louge No. 9, l. o. o. F.,
meets this evening.
The British gunboat Shearwater is
expected here THIS month.
Miss Leone Clifton will be heard in
illustrated songs at the Empire Thea
tire hereafter.
DR.. Hand will give a course of lee
lures at Aliiolani College on first aid
to the injured.
If you wish your eye glass lenses
accurately and perfectly ground, the
place to go for such work is H. F.
Wichman e Co., Ltd
Major G. H. McKinstry, of the U. S.
A. Engineers, is expected in next
transport to aid in resolving the har-
Dor dredging difficulty. He was here
before.
Rev. e. w. Thwing preached on re-
form to the congregation of the Chi
nese church yesterday, in justification
of a minister's activity against evils
of government.
Rapid Transit Men, your lunches and
other orders will receive prompt and
careful attention at the Manhattan
Cafe on Fort street. rapid Transit"
service is our speciality. R. w. War
ham, Proprietor.
The cases arising out of the dredging
contract, United States against E. J.
Lord and against j. H. Boyd and
O'Hara respectively, were continued
before Judge Dole this morning to Sep
TENDER 10. District Attorney Breckons
appeared for the United States and
F. E. Thompson for defendants.
Accumulated business of the vaca-
ton week just passed makes the Stock
Exchange list somewhat plethoric of
sales today. Prices show little il any
change from week before last. The
dividend list contains no surprises.
Negotiations for the Elks' Labor
Day excursion to the Volcano have
been closed Those desiring to take
advantage of the low rate should call
upon II. c. Easton at the Hawaiian
Office Speciality Co. and secure their
| tickets.
The Home Rule convention is in
session today, Charles K. Motley pre-
siding. A letter was read from
Charles Hustace Jr., soliciting the par
tvs support for him as candidate for
Mayor of Honolulu.
George B. Mcclellan, private secre-
tary to the Delegate to Congress, has
been examined for admission to the
Hawaiian bar. The board of eXamin'
ers has reported favorably on his ap'
plication.
The September. term of the Fedora
Court was opened this morning. Judge
Dole has returned from his vacation
and looks remarkably well. 1t wal
expected that the trial of Hon Yin ant
Liu Kan for adultery would take two
or three Gays and the jurors wer OF
hand for the case. To the surprise o
the prosecution, however, the defen
dants pleaded guilty. The jury wal
dismissed and sentence will be pro
nounced tomorrow.
In a communication received thi
morning from Assistant Postmaste
, General Grandfield, Governor Frear il
informed that the plan of distributing
mail on the steamers between here ant
San Francisco cannot be carried GU
q at present. The excessive cost, with
0 out enough business to warrant sue
b an expenditure, is the reason given
Governor Frear took the matter u
with Secretary Garfield when he wa
here and also with the Postofice de
n partment.
t A wireless was received by Georg
: Clarke Jr., of the Eva Plantation thi
morning saying that his fathe
George Clarke, the district judge q
Kailua, Kona, was dead. Judge Clar
was born in Dundee, Scotland, sixty
five years ago. He came to Hawa
when mere boy and was in bushes
for some time with Greenwell, OF IL
ma. He has held the position of dii
trict Judge of Kailua for a great man
lears and was considered to be an e,
ceptionally good man in the positio
He leaves the following family: WI
y liam Clarke of Paia, Katherine Clark
George Clarke of Eva, John, Lily o
i've, Richard and Charles Clarke.