Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-10

capitol building, at /: 30 O'Clock tomor.
row afternoon.
The members of the Honolulu Street
Railway Benefit Association will meet
/ in the organizations club house. Bere-
tania street near Alapai, at 7:30
O'Clock Thursday evening.
The case of Ben Haaheo and Rebec-
ca Robinson HoughtaiIing, charged
with having committed a statutory of
tense. was to be given preliminary
hearing before u. s. Commissioner
George s. Curry late this afternoon.
The board of retail trades of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
Thursday afternoon in the chamber
business conditions as he found them
on the mainland
At his request, three charges pend
ing against Ralph Mcdonald, arrested
Saturday, were continued in district
court today until July Is. An effort
will be made by the defendant to have
the charges withdrawn.
The next meeting of the territorial
grand jury probably will not be held
until week from next Thursday. The
city and county attorneys office re-
ports that but little work has accu-
INFLATED since the last meeting.
Under bond in the sum OF $4,000,
Mrs. Minerva Fernandez, widow, has
been appointed administrative of the
estate of the late Abraham Fernandez.
The final accounts of E. X. Fernandez,
temporary administrator, were APP
proved yesterday.
Riyu, woman, was arrested for al
legged assisting and maintaining che
ia game on Beretania street by detec-
tives from Capt. McDuffie,s office this
noon. With her William Kekipe and
Yano were taken charged with hav-
ing tickets in their possession.
Wireless dispatches to the Canad.
ian-Australasian agency in Honolulu
today state that the Niagara will ar
rive from Vancouver at daybreak to-
morrow and will dock at Pier Z. She
will depart with about 20 passengers
from Honolulu at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon for Sydney and way ports
e. P. Winter, former qlartermaster
OF the steamer Siberia, who is charged
with having Struggled $1,000 worth OF
opium into Honolulu the latter part of
June, was released yesterday on bond
in the sum Of $500. The case will be
given preliminary hearing before U.
s. Commissioner George s. Curry on
August "a.
In line with a campaign now being
carried on in Honolulu by the United
States Public Health Service, the To-
cal board of health has received from
the service headquarters an interest
ing bulletin explaining the spread Of
disease by rodents. The bulletin deals
mainly with disease-carrying rats and
the efforts which are being made to
exterminate them.
Upon the recommendation of Maj.
Gen. William H. Carter, the war de-
partment has issued formal orders
which will permit the transforming Of
King Kalakaua's hunting lodge at Lei
lehua, which is now used as quarters
for the commanding officer at Soho.
field Barracks. into q country club
for use by the officers OF the garri-
son.
The four charges against Alfred
Ferreira for alleged cheating of labor
ers by representing himself to be the
chief engineer Of a tug In HiIo harbor.
and in need Of oilers, were continued
In district court today until August II.
IT is alleged that Ferreira collected
small amounts from prospective eem-
ployess for medical examination
fees"
A request from the Smithsonian In
stitution in Washington, D. G., for a.
complete set Of samples Of Hawaiian
woods. which was received by George
r. Carter recently. has been turned
over to the Chamber of Commerce
Mr.. Carter, Charles s. Judd. superin-
tendent of forestry; the College Of
Hawaii and the Hawaiian Develop
ment Company will cooperate in fill
ing the order.