The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-22
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News of the Day.

day.
DR.. F. L. Ferguson has resumed
business in the Arlington Hotel.
Special prices on Dolls at Sachs for
the balance of the week. Also special
prices on White Coat Sweaters and
"Hug-me sights" Boys and Girls
Ready-to-wear Straw Hats.
Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton Keefe and Mrs. Keefe started for
a rush trip to the Island of Kauai
last evening on the steamer Claudine
and will start for the mainland on
the Mongolia ON Saturday
George A. Davis yesterday retired
from active membership on the county
committee of the Republican organi-
cation, giving his proxy as delegate
from the fourth of the fourth to Uni
ted States District Attorney Breckons.
For the convenience of the Christ
mas shoppers, our store will be open
nights the balance of the week. j.
Hopp & Co., Ltd, 1885 King Street.
Large airy furnished rooms with hot
and cold bath. Hotel Arlington.
Hopp G Company were fortunate
this week in receiving a large ship
ment of the famous Mission chairs
and other furniture, arriving Just in
time for Christmas. All of the new
goods were opened yesterday and
placed on display today.
a Tppntino Of Doo,d IIoo14h
will be held this afternoon, when ten
ders for supplies for the ensuing six
months for the Leper Settlement Ka-
lihi Receiving Station, Quarantine
Station, etc, will be opened and con-
tracts awarded.
Haas makes the best candy. We
have it fresh and fine. Benson, Smith,
and Co. Ltd, Fort and Hotel street.
Yee Sang, who has been arrested
and charged with having concealed
and facilitated the concealment of op..
ium. was before Commissioner Davis
this morning. District Attorney Brec-
kons. however, intimated that he was
not quite ready to go ON with the mat
ter, and it was accordingly continu-
ed until Tuesday next, December 81.
See that you get your green stamps
when you are buying at the stores.
And call at the show rooms. and see
the many valuable articles you get
for them.
Job Bachelor, as master. has sub
mitted his report on the final ac
counts of H. NJ Won Holt, executor
of the will of the late John Ross. He
charged himself with $7,O43.24, anC
asked to be allowed $1,52762. The
amount of inheritance tax, calculates
at the rate of 500 on $21, O6S.O2, was
81 053.15. Possibly however, this am.
cunt will be slightly reduced wher
the expenses incident to the CLOSING
of the estate have been ascertained
The master stated that he found The
accounts correct. and recommended
that they be approved.
Fern tree pots nice for fernery, also
| Home made mince meat, Poha and
other preserves at Mrs. Kearns. All
Beretania.
The Christmas Exercises of the
Methodist Sunday School will be held
in the old church corner of Beretania
and Miller streets Friday evening, De-
cember 23rd at 1880 o'clock. Mem
bers and friends of the church are
invited
The ST. Andrews Cathedral Sun
day School Christmas Tree will be
held in the Parish House this even
ing at 7 o'clock All friends are well
come.
Can you thing of anything more ac-
ceptable to a man than a Gillette
razor and for a lady a bottle of French
perfume Benson, Smith and Co. Ltd.
at Hotel and Fort streets have these
and many other articles suitable fol
gifts. The Haas candy at this estab
lishment is the freshest and bes
candy in town
Christian Tuch, who has been 2
work some years on machine popu
larly known as a perpetual motto
machine, but which he prefers to rs
fer to as a power generator, gave a
exhibition of his invention yesterda
afternoon before a number of loo
machinists and electricians. An az
cident made the tests incomplet
Mechanics generally do not take an
stock in the invention but there
, considerable curiosity regarding Il
eYact natnra of the daVice In whit