The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A cablegram received yesterday by
DR. c. B. Cooper announced that Mrs.
Cooper was starting home from Lon
don.
The Supervisors may find it neces-
sary to readvertise for tenders for the
burying of the INDECENT dead 1t has
been discovered that Williams bid of
$3.50 did not include the digging of the
grave.
Lieutenant Houston, Z. S. n, light
house Inspector, has appointed James
Keanu as keeper of the Makaualua
point Light on Molokai. Keanu has
been lighthouse tender at Kalaupapa,
Molokai.
Alice 7. Larsen has fled suit for d.
vorce from her husband, William Lar
sen, alleging that, although they were
married less than year ago, he has
failed utterly for the past seven
months TO support her.
Willie Crowell, a 13-year-old Port
uguese boy, was run over by a hack
on Merchant street yesterday morning.
He was not seriously injured and after
DR.. Brinckerhoff had examined his
hurts he was sent home.
Manager C. L. Wight of the Gas
Company, has offered to equip the
schools of the city with gas appliances
for instruction in cooking, free of
charge. The only charge to the county
will be for the gas consumed.
John Rodrigues, who was found gull
ty by Judge Andrade on Tuesday of
having stabbed Antoine Freitas with a
pocket knife because Freitas had won
his lady-love away from him, has ap-
pealed his case to the Circuit Court.
Manager Balch states that by We'd
nesday the old wireless station at Bar
Der S Point VIII be discontinued and
all wireless business transacted through
the Kahpku station. The present land
telegraph line eff Kahuku is working
well and phone attachment will soon
be installed with it.
Undertakers NJ E. Silva and Henry
H. Williams are indulging in recrimina>
tiOns at the expense of each other.
Each accuses the other of unfair con
duct and Williams is alleged to have
used some very uncomplimentary Ian
guage concerning Silva. Both men are
applicants for the contract for burying
the INDECENT dead.
Judge Charles B. Elliott, a through
passenger on the Mongolia yesterday,
is on his way to Manila to take his
position as associate justice on the SUI
preme Bench of the islands. Judge Ell
lott was formerly Associate Justice of
the Minnesota Supreme Bench. He
called on Governor Frear yesterday,
and was introduced around by Treasur-
er Conkling.
Superintendent Campbell has receiv-
ed letter from Arthur Hooker, Sec
rotary of the Board of Control, con-
frming Mr. Hooker's cablegram in
which he stated that Ralph Hosmer, of
the Department Of Agriculture and For
estry. had been given place on the
program at the National Irrigation Con-
gress at Spokane as the representative
of Hawaii. Mr. Hooker expressed his
appreciation Of Hawaii s interest in
the Congress.
DR.. Thos G. Green, the lecturer who
made several addresses in Honolulu,
writes from Los Angeles that he and
Mrs. Green arrived there safely and
that his wife viii remain at the Holly
wood Hotel while he goes east to full
fill his engagements. He states that
in every lecture he will tell of the
hospitality and ''the charming courtesy
of the people of Honolulu. He and
Mrs Green send greetings TO all their
friends and both look forward to COM
ing again to the "'blessed j Sands
A young man named Drqssner drop
ped off the Tenyo Maru last fall and
during his one day in port managed to
film fam several Honolulsns mainly
through his pretensions to aequaint-
anceship with missionary friends in the
Orient. He was caught at his game
and notified to leave town on the Tenyo
which he did. Later he was caught up
by the police in Salt Lake for work
ing the same game and now he has
turned up again in his home town-San
Francisco-doing the same old tricks.
| He has been arrested in Santa Rosa,
accused of passing fictitious checks. The
Call tells of his escapades along the
| financial route and refers to his brief
avparianc1 in Hano1ulr1