The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The celebrated Dreyfus case at the
Gem theater Monday and Tuesday.
The japanese Association for Higher
Wages will hold meeting this even
ing at the Asahi theater, Maunakea
street.
George DowdeI, son of Captain
Dowdell of the Alameda, came with
his father on this trip for the round
voyage.
Auetioneer Steven ofieiated as
Santa Claus at the Salvation Army
home Christmas Eve. He carried the
part well.
The Guild and Woman's Auxiliary
of st. Andrew cathedral will be held
on Monday, January 4, in the Sunday
school room.
All visiting members of the Order
of Eastern Star are requested to send
their names to the secretary as per
notice published today.
News came by the Siberia from
Japan that on December 10 at Toxic
bov was born to Mr.. and Mrs. {. Shl-
ozawa, formerly of Honolulu.
The Elks propose to provide funds
to keep up each year the Malihini
Christmas Tree, So happily inaugurated
on Christmas Day by some visiting
tourists.
Members of the Men s League of
Central Union church will have charge
of the services at Oahu Prison this
morning. Theodore Richards will play
the organ and sing. Charles Renear
will speak. 9
F. NJ. Hatch, representing the
Planters Association, presented a
statement of the capital invested and
returns secured in the sugar industry
Of Hawaii, to the Ways and Means
Committee, which is considering the
tariff.
The news of CLAUS Spreekels death
reached the Advertiser early Saturday
morning but as no paper was issued
from this office on that day, small
extra containing the Spreekels dispatch
and some other cablegrams was dis
tributed.
The Democratic Territorial Commit
tee has eabled Champ Clark asking
that the amendments to the Organic
Act affecting the land laws. as well as
other amendments, be held up until
further information concerning them
can be secured and further considera-
tion given them.
Rev. Frank Fitz, headmaster of Ali
iolani College, and previously to that
connected with St. Andrew s eathe-
dral. is to Leave January for Boston,
TO accept a call for work with the
Society of St. John the Evangelist,
COMMONLY known as the Cowley
Fathers. He has been for years no.
vitiate of the order. l.. r. Blackmau
will succeed him as headmaster OF ALI
iolani.
During the first week of January
pupils of Mr.. Hugo Herzer will be
heard in a song recital at Castle KIN
dergarten. Those taking part will be
Miss Irmgard Schaefer. Miss Ella
Wight. Miss Constance Restarick, Miss
Kaipu SIENNA, Mrs. Hugo Herzer, Mas
ter Vernon Tenney, Mr.. Christian Jen
kins and Mr.. Henry Clark. Following
this, Mr.. Herzer will give series OF
three monthly reeitals, Introducing
other promising voices.
There will be no issue of the Eng
Gsh edition of the Hawaii ShinpJ to
dav. the subscribers to that paper tc
receive the anniversary number during
the week instead. This special NUMBER
is to be of forty pages and wall pt
issued to mark the publishing by the
Shinpo of its four thousandth number
For this number short articles by
number of the, prominent men OF the
citv have been written, in addition Il
which will be reproduced large mum
ber of rare japanese pictures and lac
8 h CTf n
the leading men of the japanese EN-
pire. An edition of FIVE thousand copies
will be printed.