Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL

There will be a meeting OF Homo
lulu Lodge No. 6l6. B. p. o. f. at
half-past seven O'Clock this evening.
News comes TO the Hawaii Shinpo
that the volcano of Asama Is again In
eruption. the ashes and fire scatter.
ing To radius of ten miles.
The United States district court viii
hold daily sessions from S.30 a. IN. to
noon from now until July !. when IL
will remove to Hilo for special ses.
sions on the Big Island.
Governor Frear has appointed E. ii.
wodehouse and J.. w. Waldron as
prison inspectors for Oahu, and j. n.
X. Keola and William Henning TO
serve in similar capacity on Maui
A meeting Of the promotion commit
tee viii be held In the rooms Of the
committee, Bishop street side. Young
! Hotel building. at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon. A full attendance is re-
quested
r. ID. Moller Of EIeele, Kauai, and
John Chalmers of Hama. Maui. have
been excused from service on the
petit jury of the United States dis
trict court, and were SO notified by
wireless yesterday afternoon.
AT the auction rooms of o. A.
Steven q house and lot will be offer
ed for sale Saturday noon. The prop
erty on which the house Is situated
contains an acre and is located, on
Aiewa Heights. where the view Of the
sea and hills is matchless.
Governor Frear today signed the
warrant for the arrest and extradition
of II. Nj. Schwartz. arrested here few
days ago on information from San
Francisco accusing him OF forgery He
viii be taken back on the next ship
sent down here for that purpose.
The Filipinos residing throughout
the territory yesterday celebrated the
fffty-second anniversary of the birth
of DR.. Jose Rial, the Filipino patriot
who was one of the first OF his race
to attempt to free his people from the
rule CT Spain. Regular exercises were
held at but few places locally, but
wherever possible the Filipinos gath
cred in honor of the occasion.
One of the important pieces of paw
ing work, agreed upon by supervisors
when 100000 was set aside for perm
anent street improvements to be used
during the ensuing six months, will
be done on King street. That thor
oughfare will be paved so that the en-
tire portion of King street from Liliha
to River streets will be one of the
best stretches of roadway in the city.
Work will commence within a few
deys.
DR.. j. s. B. Pratt yesterday was
authorized by the territorial board of
health to go into the open market TO
purchase paiai for the Molokai settle
ment. no bids for supplying that COM
Iestible having been submitted for the
ensuing six months. The absence of
iany bid for this contract was discoy-
cred when the tenders for department.
al supplies were opened Much of the
poi consumed by the inhabitants of
Molokai is raised in the settlement,
but the crop by no means is sufficient
to meet their needs.
All corporations and liquor dealers
who are required to contribute taxes
to the internal revenue department
are warned by Collector c. A. Cottrill
/ that they have only ten days more in
which to make their payments for the
fiscal year ending June 30. Jnne 80
| is the final day on which corporation
Iand special taxes may be paid, and
heavy penalties are attached for fail
fure to make them on or before that
time The saloon tax formerly was
paid in July, but under the new law
all liquor dealers must meet the tax
before the close of business on
June 30.
Thirteen cases are set for DISPOSE
ton in Judge Robinsons division OF
1.-THE circuit court tomorrow morning
All are either appeals or committals
from the district court and of minor
importance.
| Bids for steel flooring and cases for
THE archives building will not be open
ed by the public works department
until July 10. The postponement is
made necessary by the fact that many
of the firms desiring to bid must send
to the mainland factories for price
lists before preparing their own fig
ures
After fifteen minutes elaboration
1.-THE jury in federal court this after
noon found Pukuwela Mokini and
Susie AIIee not guilty of the statutory
crime for which they were recently
indicted by the federal grand jury.
The verdict was returned at l O'Clock
this afternoon The hearing of testi-
mony in the case has occupied the
court the last two or three days, the
arguments and instructions cOmplet-