The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-13
LOCAL BREVTTIES.

Canoes Circle No. 240 C. o. F.. will
meet in San Antonio hall this evening
at 7:30
Sons Of St. George. No. 355. viii
meet in K. Of 2. hall this evening
al $780,
Pacific Rebekah Lodge, No 1, 1. o.
O. F., viii meet in Odd Fellows hail
this evening at 1880.
C. H. Jennings. the Koloa merchant,
arrived yesterday on the Kinau on a
business trip, and viii return home to-
day.
Edwin N. K. Rose of Honolulu. a
years of age, and Grace A. Hudson of
San Francisco, % years, we're married
in San Francisco August 5.
The Promotion Committee win meet
this afternoon at four 0 clock, a half
hour later than usual because of the
Chamber Of Commerce meeting.
The japanese are celebrating what is
I somewhat IN. the nature Of Decoration
Day for their dead ancestors. The
celebration began on Tuesday and viii
be kept up for six days.
Everything in connection with the
affairs Of the Fleet Committee is ready
for the final meeting. 1t is expected
| that Chairman George Carter will issue
a call for a meetig this week.
A bench warrant was issued yester-
/ day for the arrest Of Namura on a
grand jury Indictment for assault with
deadly weapon. His offense consists
| of having hit his wife on the head
| with rock.
Among the passengers expected TO
arrive on the Siberia from the Coast
on Monday is Col. 2. K. spalding. His
return is supposed to have some con-
nection with the settlement of the Ka-
paa land question.
While playing with matches little
girl residing with her parents on
Young street beyond Piikoi, set fire
to a bed. The fire was discovered in
Hme, but the affair resulted in a shock
to the mother, who is now seriously Ill.
The trustees of the Chamber of Com
meree viii meet this afternoon in reg
ular session, at three clock. As this
IS the last meeting prior to the regular
annual meeting and election of officers,
it is expected that several important
matters VIII come up.
B. J. Kuhns of Kukuihaele, lately ap-
pointed principal at Honokaa mauka
school, has received an appointment as
| assistant in the Bureau of Forestry and
VIII not take charge of the school. He
was highly endorsed for the position
in the bureau by Jacob Kotinsky.
Captain Quincy, the veteran retired
sea captain, has both hands bandaged,
the result of an accident a few even
ings since. While ahghtIng from a
moving ear he stepped into hole, and
IN trying to save himself thrust his
hands against something jagged, LAGER
ating them badly.
George Rodiek of H. Hackfeld &
other day of the death of his father
near Bremen, aged eighty-one years.
Last year Mr.. Rodiek and his family
visited Germany and joined with his
parents in the celebration of their
golden wedding anniversary.
Further information of the accident
in which Mrs. Harry Klemme met in
slant death in San Francisco on Mon
dav last As TO the effect that she was
riding with others in an automobile,
which was upset owing to the bad state
of the roads. Mrs. Klemme was the
only one of the occupants killed.
Samples of the sand brought up in
dredging at Pearl Harbor show that a
large proportion Of it is made up of
deeomposed shells, which makes it I'M
suited for the use of the concrete work
ers IN the proposed big works there.
On this account the Engineers corps
officers here are studying the feasibility
of bringing sand here from the Coast,
TO come as ballast. The Pearl Harbor
work viii require seventy-fve thousand
tons of the material.