The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-07
MANDAMUS
SUIT FILED
JUDGE EDINGS ENTERS ACTION
TO ESTABLISH CANDlDATURE Or
CHANDLER FOR SENATE.

The mandamus suit of John 5.
Chandler, would be Democratic can
didate for the Senate from the Island
this morning by Judge w. S. Edings
and the papers were served on Sec
rotary Mott-Smith later in the morn
ing. The case is returnable before
Judge De Bolt, as the presiding Judge
of the First Circuit Court of the Ter
ritory, tomorrow morning at lOI
o'clock. In all probability it will be
at once handed over to the Supreme
Court on reserved questions, IN or
der that an immediate decision may
be obtained.
The petition recites that John 5
Chandler who has been regularly en-
dorsed for nomination to the Senate
from the Fourth Senatorial District,
mailed his papers to John Emmeluth,
of this city, by registered mail from
the postoffice at Eleele on Saturday,
October 3, and that they reached this
city on the following day, Sunday.
| Owing to the fact that according to
the rules of the postotfice department
no registered mail is distributed on
that day, the papers were not receiv-
! ed by Emmeluth till Monday. 1t is
| further set forth that on Monday at
1875 a. m. Judge w. S. Edings, as the
attorney for Emmeluth, offered the
nomination papers mentioned to Sec
rotary Mott-Smith, who refused to ac-
cept them and has since refused to
do So 1t is petitioned that Secretary
Mott-Smith be summoned before the
presiding judge of the first circuit to
show cause why he should not be or
dered to accept the papers mentioned
and to file them, making Chandler
a candidate for the Territorial Senate.
Observation-Disclosures !.
! be Messrs. J. H. De Forest and j. H.
Mitchell. Both gentlemen will address
| tie members of the club during the
| luncheon hour.
At the masquerade ball and card
party to be given by the Rebekahs in
K. of P. Hall, Saturday evening, there
will be valuable prizes for the best
sustained and the most original charac-
ters, and the handsomest dressed lady
or gentleman.
The Ladies' Society of Central
! Union Church will give an afternoon
sociable tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
J. B. Atherton, 752 King street There
will be a short business meeting at
three O'Clock, followed by a general re-
ception.
Secretary Nagasawa of the Japanese
Consulate General expects to leave for
Japan by the America Maru. He has
served here longer than anyone else
connected with the consulate. He will
be succeeded by Kinjiro Ito of the Jap
anese Foreign Office.
Father Ulrich will leave Antwerp
today for Honolulu, his eyesight very
much improved He will be accom-
panied by Father James and three new
priests for the Catholic mission. With
Father Joseph will come several sis
tiers who will take charge of the new
oryphanage in Kalihi valley.
A divorce suit was entered this
morning in the Circuit Court by Eliza
Gilman VS.. George Gilman. It is
charged that the libelee has failed to
support his wife and their child, which
is little over two years old. An al
lowance for support, the custody of the
child and permanent divorce are ask
ed.
VIM. A. Bryan, President of the Pa
cifc Scientific Institution, left in the
Alameda for the mainland. He will
attend the January meeting of the
American Society for the Advancement
of Science at which it is to be deter
mined whether or not the society will
hold it's 1910 meeting in Honolulu. Mr.,
Bryan will also attend the meetings OF
other learned societies.
A meeting of the Social Science Club
was held at the residence of A. F,
Judd yesterday afternoon. A paper on
tuberculosis was read by DR.. j. R. Judd
and officers of the association were
elected for the coming year as follows;
, DR.. w. d. Alexander, president, and
| w. L. Whitney, secretary and treas
urer. Hon. Gorham d. Gilman of Bos'
ton was elected an honorary mem
Der of the association.
Early in the month of November
DR.. Pratt, of the Board of Health, viii
start on a trip which will not be com
pleted till he has visited every plan
} tation in the Territory, for the pur
pose of making an exhaustive inquiry
/ into sanitary conditions. The parti