The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-30

v here he goes to construct one of his
improved grass burners for the Hilo
Railway Company. Totman goes under
contract, and if the burner, which has
proven such a success here, is up to
their expectation, they will enter into
a contract with him to manufacture
them for the market paying him a
royalty on each machine. Totman
worked on the burner several years
before it was a complete success, but
he now has no fears but that he will
be able to put up a burner that the
Hilo company will be glad to accept.
He will sail on the steamer Enter
prise on Saturday (Cal.) Sun.
The Princess KaWananakoa is domi-
ciled in the San Reno Hotel, New
York city.
Florence Dietrich of Paia registered
at the Young Hotel this week.
Mr.. G.. A. Cool, manager of the Hilo
Tribune, has returned home from this
city.
Mr.. James l.. Coke, County Attor-
ney of Maui; registered at the Young
Hotel a few days ago.
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Mrs. Mabel Wing Castle has lately
left Swiss sanatorium, where she has
been staying for some weeks, much
improved in health.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Thomas, who
have been occupying the Methodist
parsonage since Rev. and Mrs. Crane
went to the Coast, are now domiciled
at the Hawaiian Hotel.
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Mr.. r. B. Hale, secretary of the
Coast Chamber of Commerce delega-
ton which visited Hawaii and Japan
last fall, will soon publish in pamph-
let form, full account of the trip.
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Mrs. Jack Myers of Kilauea, has
been at the CORTLAND awaiting the
arrival of Mr.. and Mrs. Gill, the latter
her sister, from Portland, Oregon. in
the Manchuria. Mrs Myers and Mrs.
Gill are sisters of Ed. Dekum, form
erly of this city.
Judge Selden B. Kingsbury, recently
appointed to the Circuit bench of Maui.
will leave for that Island on Tuesday
to make arrangements for dwelling
place. He will return within a few
days. Judge Kingsbury has received
no official news regarding the confirm
alton of his appointment, other than
that which came in the Associated
Press cable.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Stone and daugh-
ter arrived in the Manchuria yester-
day. Mr.. Stone is a banker of Los
Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Brown left
in the Manchuria for a six months
tour of China, Japan and the Philip-
pines
Baron T. Fukuhara. accompanied nv
several prominent Japanese, passed
through in the Manchuria from a plea
sure and business trip to the States
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Mr. W. H. Hogs, leaves for the
mainland in the Mongolia, bound for
Mr.. Thomas T. Calf, a wealthy man
from Chicago, arrived in the Mancbu-
ria yesterday and will be in Honolulu
for some time. Mrs Calf accompanies
her husband.
The Count and Countess Monteglas
Of France, passed through this CITY on
their way to Yokohama, in the Man I,
ohuria, yesterday. They are on a tour
Of the world.
At the Kilohana Art League hall
Wednesday evening the Dramatic Cir /
Gle presented the delightful sketch, !
Mrs. Oakley's Telephone" in a man
ner creditable both to the League and
70 the performers. The sketch is par
Icularly pleasing from a comedy
and the ladies playing the
roles gave character impersonations
which reflected credit on Mrs. McI,en-
nan, under whose supervision the re-
learsals wer held.
The telephone, as the title indicates,
plays an important part in the plot.
rransbay telephone messages between
Berkeley and San Francisco with the
nterminable waits and aggravations
attendant upon long-distance 'phon-
ng' with the added complications of
IN Irish cook and a German maidser-
'ant who appeared to have FREQUENT
,ause to use the phone comprised
series of laugh-provoking incidents
Which kept the audience in a CONT
lual ripple Of applause.
In a sketch with only four princi-