The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.

W. a. Bryan leaves on the Alameda
for Washington.
Engineer James T. Taylor leaves on
the Mauna Kea for Hawaii on a profess
sional visit.
Excelsior Lodge No /, L o. o. F.,
viii meet in Odd Fellows hall at 1880
this evening.
| Mrs. D. L. Van Dine and family are
leaving on the Alameda for a winter 8
sojourn in the East.
Ladies' Auxiliary, A. O. H., Division
No. /, viii meet in c. B. U. hall at
clock this evening.
Pacific Rebekah Lodge No. l, L o.
o. F., viii give masquerade ball and
card party in X. OF P. hall October 10.
The Hawaiian band will play this
morning on the Matson wharf in honor
of the departure of the Matson S. S.
Hilonian.
Philip Schuyler, nephew of J. D.
Schuyler, the engineer, leaves today in
the HiIonian. He has been spending a
few days in the city.
The only deaths in Honolulu from
contagious diseases during the last half
of September were two from tubereulo.
sis and one from typhoid fever.
Delegate Kalanianaole returned from
Kanai on Sunday. While there he made
addresses in all parts of the island and
/ expresses the belief that the Republi.
cans viii win.
Miss Stuhr, late assistant director of
the Y. W. c. A, leaves on the Hilo-
man. a reception in her honor was
given last night at the new Engleside,
on King street.
John Gallagher, an old resident of
California, died at Petaluma lately. He
leaves a considerable fortune to his
children, one of whom is w. j. Gala
CHER of Honolulu.
A lease of the Ahuimanu ranch prop
erty from James Steward and others
to Fred w. Macfarlane for term of
twenty years, at a rental of $4,000 a
year payable quarterly, has been filed
for record.
| In McInerny's window, Fort and
Merchant street, is shown bunch of
/ feathers from pheasant found only in
! China. The feathers are about four
feet long and are the property of Ma
son Mitchell, consul to Samoa.
A meeting of the heads of booths of
the Gypsy Encampment viii be held
at the Moana Hotel tomorrow (Wednes-
day. morning at 10 clock. The pres
ence of each head is desired as the mat
ter of decoration and position is to be
finally outlined.
The Board of Registration has de-
cided at the request of some of those
interested in full registration, to keep
open until eight clock instead of clos
ing at seven each evening. Friday
evening viii be the last evening at
which voters can register.
I The Y. NJ. G. A. viii organize a class
in English for foreigners tonight. A
number of foreigners have always ap-
piled for English instruction at the
Association, and this class is organized
to meet this demand. 1t will be taught
by Prof. Porter of the College of Ha-
wall.
Fukuda, a Japanese wanted for the
killing of his wife and her paramour
at Kohala last year, was captured Sun
day morning at Puunene, Camp Ten, by
the sheriff of Maui county. Fukuda
was gambling at the time he was cap
tured and made desperate resistance
to arrest.
Governor Frear and the party which
included Mr. Newell did not return
Sunday on the Mikahala as was re-
ported. Their names on the Mikahala
passenger list was due to the fact that
they were passengers on the Mikahala
from Kahoolawe to Lahaina. From
Lahaina they took the Maui to Kona.
The cornerstone of the new Yoko-
hama Specie Bank building was laid
on Saturday. Owing to the illness of
Manager Y. Akai, the ceremonies were
not very formal n Otsuka, the assist
ant manager of the bank, laid the stone
Among Others there were H. l.. Kerr
and Fred H. Redward. A group photo
graph of the staff of the bank was
included in the things placed in the