The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Excelsior Lodge No. /, /. o. o, F..
win meet in Odd Fellows hall at 7:30
this evening.
Chung Wad Lodge No. 4, K. of P.
viii meet in its hall, Vineyard street,
at 1880 this evening.
Pacific Rebekah Lodge will give q
whist party on Thursday evening at
$3.50 o'clock. Admission Csc. :
Mystic Lodge No. 2, K. of P. will
meet in X. of P. hall, Fort and Bere-
tania avenue, at 1880 this evening.
A fence around the Craft lot at the
corner of Kewalo and Lunalilo bears
the sign: Proposed site for Children 5
Hospital -
The mandamus proceeding brought to
test the validity of the municipal act
was called in Judge De Bolts court
yesterday and was continued until to-
day.
The big steel bridge at Waimea is
closed for repairs. This is unpleasant
news for autoists who like to spin
around the island
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Irwin and
their daughter, Helene, are at the Ho-
tel Savoy at Carlsbad, where number
of other prominent Californians are also
sOjourning
Police officer Hose Peter yesterday
placed under arrest Charles Hubert,
Owen Holt Jr., Tom Johnson, Kailua,
for dallying with tickle fortune and
CHANGING their money. Peter was as
sisted by other members of the force.
A committee consisting of w. w.
Kailimai and K. Napeleha called on
the Governor yesterday to present the
resolutions adopted at the Aala park
meeting last Saturday night. They
are very largely transcript of the
language of the poster circulated few
days ago by Mrs. Atcherley.
Jerry, an employee of the u. s. gov
eminent corral, sustained a broken leg
yesterday while driving a pair of thor
onghbreds. The breeehing broke while
he was driving past Oahu Jail and a
horse kicking over the dashboard
struck Jerry Just above the ankle. Jer,
~ had leg broken about year ago
while driving a pair of army mules.
Major Samuel w. Dunning, now in
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, has been APP
pointed adiutant-ge general of the maneu-
vers at Camp Atascadero and will re-
port at department headquarters on his
arrival Major Dunning served as mil
itary secretary on the staff of General
Funston for two years, and is well
known in San Francisco society-Ex-
aminer.
| News has been received of the arriv-
al in Japan of Mrs. Reginald Nicholson
and Mrs. Edward F. Qualtrough, who
| left Honolulu couple of weeks ago to
| meet their husbands, Captains Nichol
son and Qualtrough, who sailed with
! the fleet While in the islands both
| ladies were extensively entertained
/ several elaborate luncheOns and recep
tions having been given for them
| Chronicle.
| Marston Campbell, Superintendent OF
| Public Works, in his report to the Gov
ernOr urges the discOntinuance of the
Nuuanu water as a source of supply
| for the water mains for consumption
and its use for the generation. of pow
er to pump artesian water for the en-
| tire city. In this way the best posi-
BILE water supply Will be provided, and
all danger from contaminated water
supply be avoided.
The sailing of the Pacific feet on the
oath will take Admiral Swinburne from
San Francisco. and Mrs. Swinburne viii
leave about the same time on a liner
for Honolulu, where she viii remain
during the stay of the ships at thai
Iport. The contingent of Navy womer
who visited the island metropolis while
the Atlantic fleet was in port write
most enthusiastically of the hospitality
extended to them while there. The
Misses Switzerland were quite as mucl
admired as they were here, and thei1
days were filed with social affairs
Iplanned in their honor.-Chronicle.
The Governor yesterday received {
letter from the Secretary of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress urg
ing that Hawaii send a good represen
tation to the next meeting of the Con
gress. which viii be held in San Fran
cisco in October. Tt is recalled tina
the last meeting of the Congress gav'
much consideration to Pearl Harbo
matters, and that to this was due il
some degree at least the generous ap
preparations received for that work. /
is stated that subjects in which Ha
wall will be interested will be present
ed at the coming session of this Con
gress.