Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-15

The meeting of the board of direct.
ors of the Young Women's Christian
Association viii be held in the direct,
ors' room at the Boston building,
Tuesday, September 18th, at 3 o'clock.
The board of supervisors will meet
tomorrow evening in its chambers,
municipal building, when the payrolls
for this part Of the month will be con-
sidered. Other routine business is
screduled.
i Thomas Starrow Burbank, five
years old, son of Stephen F. Burbank
of the United States engineers Of
flee, died at the Burbank home in
Keeaumoku street at two o'clock
Thursday afternoon, death being due
to diphtheria.
The supreme court today denied the
motion Of Ernest o. Born to quash the
writ of error and dismiss the pro-
ceedings in error in the civil suit
brought against him by Alfred X !.
IIfng before Judge s. B. Kingsbury,
OF the second circuit court. involving
Eabout s450.
| H. H. Williams has filed a petition
in circuit court asking that the Ha-
waiian Trust Company be appointed
administrator Of the estate of Thomas
Elliot, who died August 20, leaving
amount Of $2005,79, held by w. w.
Wright So far as known, there are
no living heirs.
u S. District Attorney r. w. Brock
ons has received word from Washing
ton that the house committee on fin
ance has approved the deficiency APP
preparation bill as to items, and that
lit probably will pass without diff
lculty during. the present session OF
lcongress The bill carries the entire
appropriation for the federal building
site at Honolulu.
| In celebration of the full moon
harvest festival, the Chinese section
| of the city was ablaze with the stand
ard of the new republic yesterday.
and during the evening private homes
and clubs were thrown open for re-
lceptions and dinners. A substantial
gain and a plentiful harvest to all
those in the Orient and the Pacific
were predicted by the Chinese.
William Henry, trustee in bankrupt
Icy for the estate of Angus r. Nc
Donald, the contractor who disappear
ed from Honolulu last year, leaving a
large number of debts, has filed suit
lin circuit court to recover a lot at
Iberetania and Piikof streets. which
he alleges was seized and is held by
Mrs. Della Mcdonald, the bankrupt's
wife 81
The nights school at the Young
Mems Christian Association, which
l.enrolled W6& thsns3oe students last
year, will commence the fall term
Monday, September g. The classes
will be divided into two groups, COM
mercial and Industrial. and several
new courses will be introduced En-
rolIments may be made with Jay A.
Urice, secretary of the educational
department Of the association.
Among the many windows in the
business section especially decorated
in horror OF Regatta Day, those of
| Wichman & Co. stand out very pro-
minently. One window is beautifully
| trimmed in red and white, for the
Myrtles; the other equally beautiful
| in blue and white, for the Healanis
while the simmer of cut glass and
| the glitter of silver in the neighbor.
| ing windows add the high lights to
make the whole display grander.
The following tenders for the con-
tract to construct sidewalks for the
public library we're opened at the pub
| lie works department at noon today:
IG. ". Fernandez, resetting curbing, %
cents a foot; laying concrete side
walk, % cents per square foot; twelve
days to complete the job. J. F. Bow
Her, Is cents foot for resetting curb
ling, % cents square foot for laying
the concrete sidewalk; twenty days to
complete the work. Pfcanco Company,
40 cents a foot to reset curbing, % IL
Genus a square foot for the sidewalk,
and fifteen days to complete the
| job.
John Hughes. master car builder
for the Oahu Railway and Land Com
pany, who has been in San Francisco
making a personal inspection of the
site and plans of the Hawaiian build
ing as special representative of the
local fair commission, is scheduled to
return TO Honolulu tomorrow. A spe-
lcial meeting OF the commission will
be held shortly after his arrival at
which time he win make a report.
Mr.. Hughes will return to San Fran
cisco at the time when bids are
opened there for the construction of
the Hawaii building, and will have
full authority to award the contract
as he sees best
Concluding series of Sunday night
addresses which he has delivered I'M
der fhp aiIsniepa IF the TDtRr-Ch Church