The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Fort Shafter this afternoon.
There VIII be a meeting of the Board
Of Health this afternoon at clock
The Association of the Congrega
tional churches of Kauai was held last
week with the church at Waimea
a wireless message to B. F. Dilling
ham yesterday stated that actual OPP
creations on the Hilo breakwater had
begun.
William Pfotenhauer. managing di
rector Of II. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd, left
on the Alameda yesterday to spend d
year in Germany.
Boisse' 5 new postcards include one
in which photographed heads of all the
Republican candidates for the city and
county Of Honolulu appear.
Claus Spreckels is about to build an
$4,000 two-story brick building at the
north side Of market street near the
junction Of Eddy, Market and Powell
streets, San Francisco.
The ladies of St. Clements Guild
VIII have sale of delicacies in the
store vacated by the Hawaiian News
Co, in the Young building, on Satur-
day morning, October 81.
Dr.. Sandow reports to Superintend-
ent Of Public instruction Babbitt that
at the Waimea school, Kauai, out of
something over 800 pupils, ten were
suffering from cOnjunctivitis.
Half a dozen Chinese gamblers.
bagged by Chief Kalakiela, were fined
50 and costs each in police court yes
terday. Nine others arrested Tuesday
evening had their cases continued I'M
til today.
w. T. Rawlins was suffering yester-
day from an attack of ptOmaine poi
soning, and on that account the trial
OF John Wynne for murder was inter
rupted for the day in the United
States District Court. The case will
60 on today, it is expected.
Capt. Grayson v Heidi, 18th U. s.
Cav, who was retired for disability
incident to the service on Sept. 81,
1908, was born in Georgia Jan. q,
1875, and is a graduate of the Z. S. NJ.
A., class Of 1899, when as a second
lieutenant he was assigned to the Sd
Cavalry.-Army and Navy Journal.
A cable was received yesterday from
American Ambassador O 'Brien stating
that Y Abe, the japanese absconder,
had been arrested in Dalny and was
in custody there. Extradition papers
for him have been received from
Washington, and Chester Doyle viii
probably leave by the Siberia on Mos
day, to bring Abe back.
The Kahuku wireless station caught
messages from the West Virginia
about 1900 miles from this port; from
the Solace about 900 and from the
Lurline about $50 miles distant, Mon
day night. The station also caught
messages being flashed from the Sitka
and Tatoosh Island stations, distant,
the former about 2400 miles.
The Territorial Teachers Associa
ton viii hold their next meeting at
the High School building Monday
evening. Mr.. McCaughey will give an
address on "The New Geography, =
and Mr.. c. w. Baldwin a talk on the
of Hawaii. Both subjects
will be thrown open for discussion,
and there will be musical numbers.
A board has convened at the bar
racks for the examination of Lieut.. T.
C. Turner and Lieut. w. G. Fay, of
both of whom are due for
their captainev. Lieutenant Turner
was to have been examined for promo
ton couple of months ago, but was
so unfortunate as to fall and break
bis ankle, thereby necessitating a de-
and Navy Journal.
The moving pictures at the Repub
lican meeting at Kakaako last night
did net work very we'll 1t was the
first time the experiment had been
tried. and Of course, the glare of the
farelights prevented the pictures from
NJ. trong and clear on the
canvas. a larger canvas will be used
at tcnight's meeting at Emma Square
and it is expected the pictures will
be shown perfectly. When the pic
tnre If Prince Cupid was displayed
the crowd cheered, as they did when
Won Holt S picture was exhibited.