The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-08

cared for till they die Of old age, ac-
cording to the terms in the will of the
deceased.
A letter has been received from L.
A. Thurston asking that the Attorney
General take no further steps at pres
ent towards the dismissal of the tax
appeal case of the Hilo Pineapple Co.
which is now i'm default before the Su-
preme Court.
Governor Frear was called on this
morning by a Spaniard, who brought
his family of six children to the Exc
cutive building to ask for work. His
wife has been sick in the hospital and
he needs job. He is one Of the He
liopolis immigrants.
A counter petition in reply to the
one which wished the MahukOna wharf
taken from the hands of the railroad
company is being circulated and the
indications are that there will be CON
siderable fuss kicked up over the mat
ter before it is settled
L. s. District Attorney Breckons re-
turned from a vacation trip to Waimea,
Hawaii this morning He was accom-
panied by his wife and little girl ana
spent large part of the time on
horseback While in Waimea the
couple were rendered a luau as cele-
bration of the fifteenth anniversary OF
their marriage.
About a dozen citizens met at Fire
mans Hall last Friday evening in
response to the call for a mass meet
ing to consider the advisability oil
getting the cruiser fleet to visit Hilo
next month. A committee of twenty
two was appointed to take furthel
action if there seemed to be any po-
pular sentiment in favor of the pro-
ject-Hawaii Herald.
Inspector Fennell, Detective Lua-
hiwa and officer Ali raided Wong Sai's
store at Waipahu, arresting the pro-
| prietor's wife in the act of selling a
bottle of gin and a bottle of samshu
to a Chinaman. Two hundred bottles
|
woman, Chung See, gave 500 bail.
Nibal Singh George, a Hindu who
arrived here on June IA, and William
! VIVIAN Stewart, another British sub
ject, have declared intention to become
! American citizens. The Hindu is the
firse of his race in this Territory 20
apply for naturalization. He is said
to be the son of a British army officer
Mr.. w. R. Felter arrived yesterday
on the Mauna Kea to take charge
| of the Hilo Office of the Hawaiian
Mahogany and Lumber Company as
Mr. Harris will shortly make a bust
ness trip to the Mainland. This en-
ables Mr.. Wears, who has been an
Xious to sever his connection with
the company and who resigned three
months ago, to give his whole time
to his other business interests.-Ha
wall Herald.
w. Il. X. Maiaki and d. w. Napihaa
the latter known as the Mayor of Kea
nae called on Superintendent of Pub
lie Works Campbell this morning t
thank him for the work done on thel
landing on Maui. They also desir,
that steps may be built down to thu
water for use at low tide, which will
save the getting up of steam for tn,
derrick when there is little freight
Their requests will be granted
President-elect Gilmore of the Ha
wall College of Agriculture and Mocha
mic Arts has about completed the or
ganization of the faculty. Professo
Gilmore will be head of the department
of agriculture and animal industry, tn
: department of horticulture in charg
of Professor Pope, department of ma
thematics in charge of Professor Dona
ghhO, department of chemistry ant
physics in charge of Professor J. j
Morgan, with Mr. Raymond G. Sever
ance as assistant. Professors have ais
been secured for the department of en-
cheering, department of domesti
science, department of biology and de
partment of modern languages.