The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Oahu College theatrica1s tonight at
Chas. r. Bishop hall
Annual meeting of the Pacific Tennis
Club at 1880 p. m. today in the club
house
Serious results will follow J. Law
renee Smith IS failure to appear for
work at Fort Shafter Monday morning.
The band viii play at the departure
of the Korea today if possible Sunday
the band VII be with the regiment at
Camp Damon.
E. S. Gill, formerly of Honolulu, is
now editor of little paper called the
Rainier Valley Record at Columbia
Station, Seattle.
Dr. Babson of the College of Hawaii
will address the Kilohana Art League
this morning at 1920 Subject: Jona-
than Edwards and Cotton Mather.
Motorman Woods has broken into
the auto carrying business an,i recent
| ly purchased a fine big seven-seatef
He has left the Rapid Transit service
The lowest bid for the construction
of the new building for the Kaniheo-
lani Hospital, plans prepared by Arch
ltect Craig, was offered by A. P. Me
| Donald. The contract may be let in a
! few days.
Plans have been prepared by Archi-
| tect Kerr for an ornate vestibule TO
adorn the front of the Roman Catholic
| Cathedral. The vestibule is more for
comfort than appearance, but will be
of appropriate design.
Yesterday was the date fixed by
| Judge Dole for the sentence of John
t. Stayton, who pleaded guilty to the
| charge of opening official mail, but on
| the motion of Stayton's attorney SEN
tence was postponed until next We'd
nesday.
R. NJ. Overend, proprietor of the En-
pire Moving Picture Theater, is booked
! for the Hilonian. He will 90 to San
| Francisco to make better arrangements
about the class of pictures to be ship
| ped to him when his new theater opens
in a few months.
Col. G. R. Cotton, Collector of Gus
toms of Manila, is passing through on
| the Korea. He goes to Washington in
regard to the proposed tariff revision
on behalf of the Philippines. He was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. r. Stack
able while in town.
A man armed with club stepped
! from a telephone pole on Beretania
| avenue, near Alapai, on Thursday
night and struck young man who was
on his way home The blow fell upon
his arm and hand, bruising them. The
man then disappeared.
The " American Citizens Mechanical
and Labor Association was organized
Thursday evening for the purpose of
| listing Hawaiian skilled laborers with
a view to having better advantages in
obtaining jobs on the army and navy
works and civil contracts.
The trial Of Jacob Rosenberg, who
was indicted on charge of buying
property. stolen from the United States,
IS dragging along in the United States
District Court. The defense is at
tempting TO show that Rosenberg did
not have a guilty knowledge of the
transactions for which he was indicted
Cards have been received from Mrs
Mary Bray, announcing the marriage
of her daughter MoIlie TO Mr. Henry >.
Crane on Wednesday evening, February
II, at 7:30, at No. 451 Castro street,
San Francisco. Mr.. and Mrs Crane
will return to Honolulu in the near flu
ture, and will be at home after Febru-
AIRY 20 at their home in the Kalihi
valley.
Wireless messages originating on
! vessels at sea and sent VIA the local
wireless station for despatch by cable
to other parts of the world, by agree
ment between Superintendent Gaine:
of the Gable Company and Manager
Balch of the Wireless Company, will be
headed Radio, s. S. =, Honolulu
This will indicate to the receiver Of g
cable message that it originated OF
board steamer and was sent out frs
by wireless.
A fractions horse in hack 81 caused
the vehicle to overturn on the Nuuanl
valley road near the brickyard. The
occupants were thrown out and badly
hurt. G. Somma, the barber, was GU
on his arms and legs, and his wife re
ceived severe injuries to the head anC
: shoulders. Chief Steward Lombardo OF
the Hilonian was cut on the hands anC
arms The hackdriver was unhurt. Mr.
and Mrs. S0mma are both under thu
care of doctor.