The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-01
BREVITfES
(From Saturday Advertiser

Frederico Belmont was sworn In yes.
tertlay ~ spanish interpreter Of the
territorial grand jury.
A petition to register the title Of the
Bishop Trust Company 10 . piece Of
land in Puueo, Hils, worth $4,000, was
fled In Judge Whitney's land court
yesterday.
A coroner,s jury, sitting yesterday
afternoon in the case Of Mrs. Lucy
Christian, brought In a verdict Of death
by suicide. Deceased took ant poison
at her home in kalihi on Thursday az
ternoon.
Charging haBitnaI intemperancs
against his wife, Henry o. Vida yes
terday fled in tho circuit court q suit
for divorce against Mrs. Elizabeth X
Vida. Since the FIRST OF the year
Twenty-Five actions for divorce have
been instituted IN this city.
Wesley f. Kane, Camp 4, United
Spanish War Veterans, has been named
as department. adjutant by James T.
Mcdonald, department commander, in
Place Of Henry Z. Knapp, who has been
ordered to the mainlnnd. The resigna-
tion took effect january 81.
II took a jury in Judge Ashford 8
court yesterday, after two days trial,
Just FIVE minutes TO lind Akana not
guilty Of malicious INJURY Akana was
charged with breaking part Of a wall
built by neighbor and which on.
croached on an alley which Akana had
been3using during the past forty years.
Pedro Noda was taken to the emery
ency hospital yesterday afternoon, SUI
fering from a scalp-wound caused by
falling brick, the brick and the bean
coming into contact near River and
Kukui streets. 1T came from above, >
is all the light which he could throw
on the subject when questioned by DR.
r. g. Aver.
A petition for naturalization was filed
in the Office Of Foster L. Davis, Clerk
Of the federal court, by william Charles
Irwin yesterday Mr.. Irwin, who Is a
bookkeeper and resides ut Waialua, this
island, was born in Woolwieh, England
on March 23, 1887. The petition will be
heard by Judge Clemens on April 30,
next, the witnesses being william Chris.
tian Peterson and Henry Frederick Vos.
skuchler. .s-A
(From Sunday Advertiser)
Deputy sheriff John ,Ferreira Of Ka.
lauao, informed Sheriff Rose yesterday
that he had been unable to locate the
skeleton which was reported to have
been found near BaTber's Point on
Friday.
The inventory Of the estate Of MeIisa
X. Motley; deceased, was filed in the
circuit court yesterday by Frank II
Fernandez, II. NJ. Won Holt and A. s
Davis, appraisers, The estate is val
ued at $21, 1929.
Governor Pinkham yesterday signed
the following special homestead agree
ments: No. 1924, Henry Simmons, lott
IA, 6s and so, and No. 1925, Charles
Spencer, lots 20 and l66, all in Mano
waiopae, North Hilol Hawaii.
On Friday, night Burglars broke into
the store Of r.. J. McGrew, Vineyard
and Emma stretts, a1Id darhaged tn,
"a cft ~ amount Of sS6 by SCATTERING Il !,
over the door, Fifty cents and few
stamps were taken from the cash regis
ter. &.
(From Monday Adyertiser)
b There win be a meeting Of the har
Dor board at half past one O'clock mex
Wednesday afternoon in the basemen
Of the Capitol. M r..
A deeision is expected to be handle,
down shortly by Judge Smart on TIL
demurrers and other pleadings recent
ly argued before him in the sui
brought by Delegate Kalanianaole u
set aside and cancel the trust dec
made in February, 1910, by Queer
Liliuokalani. H.iasa A.. i
The funeral Of the late P. J. Mon
Afghan was held yesterday Afternoon
from the Catholic Cathedral, the inter
ment being in the Catholic cemetery
Many members Of the local lodges o
the Modern Order of Phoenix and tn
Fraternal Order Of Eagle, Of which tn
deceased had been a member, ATTENDED
the funeral. e'
Judge whitney's probate ealenda
for TO-DAY, will be as follows: Estat
of William X. Namauu, deceased, pro
bate of will; estate Of Mrs. Emil.
Bemrosc, deceased, accounts; estate o
Terao Matsumoto, deeessed, administra
ton; estate of William McCandless
deceased, further hearing of the viii
contest.
Col. Rudolph G. Ebert, surgeon gen
eral of the Hawaiian department, ha
notified Governor Pinkham that he can
not accept membership in the commits
sion recently appointed to compile tn
sanitary. code Of the Territory unit
he hears from Washington that it vii
be all right for him to do so. Colone
Ebert has been thirty-eight years Il
the service of the United States. r.
(From Tuesday Adyertiser) az
Miss Helen Kingsbury has receives
The sad news from Ottawa Canada o
the death OF her father.
The case instituted against DIR. J, H
Raymond of Ulupalakua, Maui, by Eu
gene Murphy, a Waikiki lawyer, wal
discontinued in the local circuit court
yesterday. This was an action for debt
A notice of appeal was fled yester
day in the circuit court In the auto
mobile tax test case Of Capt. A. +
CaSsels against Tax Assessor Wilder
The case goes 10 the supreme court
where II was already once before. v
The annual dinner Of the members o.
the staff Of the Nippu Jill, Japanes'
newspaper, was held at the Ishinro tel
house Saturday evening While he wa
on his WY to this dinner, Tanaka, al
employe Of the composing room, Nal
run down and killed by U. p. ALL