The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-13
LOCAL BREVITIES

Court Canoes No. s11o A. O. F., will
evening.
Excelsior Lodge No. l. L o. o. F.,
will meet IN Odd Fellows hall at 1880
this evening.
Mr.. Knudsen viii speak at the Kapio-
LAM building tonight at 7:45 on
"Theosophy in the Worlds Work."
Prominent among the officers on
board the transport Thomas is Major
F. ]. Herman Of the general staff at
Washington, D. G.
. The eases Of Dowsett Co., Ltd, Y. l..
L. MeCandless, and B. f. Dillingham;
V. II. F. Scost, ct al, viii be heard this
morning in the Supreme Court.
Mrs. ingalls, violin recital, which
she intended to give at the Opera
House, VIII be given at the residence
of Governor Erear some evening IN
May.
Mr.. Moses K. Kekahio and Mrs. Rose
Williams and family wish to express
their heartfelt thanks to the many kind
friends who assisted them during their
late bereavement.
There will be a meeting of the Ha-
wall Yacht Club regatta committee to-
night. All yacht owners are invited
to attend and help with their ideas OF
how schedule should be arranged.
The meeting viii be at the Commercial
Club at 0 clock.
special meeting of the members of
the Chamber Of Commerce will be held
in the rooms Of the Chamber, Stangen.
wald building, at 3 p. m. today. Ger
tain matters pertaining to legislation
will be presented for consideration. A
full attendance is desired.
The dance at the Moana Hotel last
night, given IN honor of the officers
on the transport Thomas, was a very
brilliant affair. Local society turned
cut IN force to attend, and the visit
ing officers and their ladies were the
guests at a typical Hawaiian dance.
Dick Reuter- lost the second game
he pitched in the outlaw league of
California. The Coast baseball critics
state that he was very wild and al
lowed six men to walk to first base.
Douglas Erskine Of the San Francisco
Examiner writes to say that Dick
needs encouragement from the fans,
which he IS not getting.
The wretched condition of upper Ma
noa road from Kamehameha avenue to
Cooper s IS matter to which the Board
Of Supervisors should attend. The road
was torn up during the last board s
regime, gravel strewn over it a foot
deep and nothing has been done to it
since. From being a former popular
driveway II has become a mere thor
oughfare for Chinese hucksters.
The question of a set of ways at
Pearl Harbor fo- the Hawaii Yacht
Club has been brought up. A propo-
sition has been made to put in a set
of ways large enough to accommodate
all the yachts, including the Hawaii,
which is now under the jurisdiction of
the yacht club. It is expected that
this proposition viii be accepted, as it
is very expensive matter pulling out
small yachts on the big ways in the
harbor, and is only nuisance to the
owners of. the big marine railway.
The 18th Cavalry band gave a con-
cert at the Moana Hotel last evening
which was enjoyed by large audi
ence. The band played under the hau
arbor close to the seashore, and the
little park was filed with interested
listeners. Following the concert a
dance was given in the hotel parlor
in honor Of the commanding officer and
officers and ladies of the transport
Thomas. a large number of townfolk
were present. The visiting officers and
ladies enjoyed the Hawaiian music
furnished for dancing.
Call-Lieatenant Michael E. Cooney
viii cross the Pacific with only dress
suitcase. When the young officer left
Washington to JOIN the transport he
had with him two big trunks filed
with brand new uniforms of the latest
style and fashion. When he landed IN
the city yesterday he went for his
trunks TO the baggageroem at the
ferry and there he learned that the
baggage car IN which his trunks were
placed had been burned coming across
the continent, and all his effects had
gone mp IN smoke. The value of the
uniforms and appurtenanees was about
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