The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-09-22

Iected a site Cor the proposed Amer
lean naval station on the Samoan
Islands. 1t is on Pago Pago Bay,
facing south, and is surrounded by
highlands. The site is located upon
a broad tract of land at the western
side, and to the north of an arm of
the bay. There are 12l acres in
all. There is a deep water-frontage
suitable for wharves and docks, and
good anchorage ground. Store
houses and other necessary build
ings will be erected, where a guam
tity of supplies will be kept on hand
for use of vessels in the South
Pacific.
Concerning the Samoan treaty
Minister Phelps recently said: at
really is not working formally at
all yet. At least, its influence SO
far is not what its provisions intend
it to be. AS yet they are not ope-
rative; they cannot be until the
Chief Justice gets here, his decision
being the center and power of the
simple machinery. But the mere
moral influence of the treaty's pro
visions has kept the natives peace
full for more than year, and that
is pretty good test"
Mind Reading Feat.
2. Alexander Johnston, til,
mind-reader, performed feat il
Chicago. Sept. 10, which eclipset
all similar records. He has beer
doing many remarkable things ther,
and finally his manager decided t.
attempt the same test which result
ed in the death of the we'll know
mind-reader Bishop in New Yorl
that of finding name in re
gister and pronouncing it. A com
mittee of well-known newspape
men and a physician drove in
hack from the Auditorium to tn
Grand Pacific Hotel by a tortuou
route, and, going to the register
selected a name. Leaving one Q
their number in charge of the re
gister, they returned to the AUDI
forum, where tombstone had re
NAMED in custody of another com
mitteeman. They bandaged hi
eyes securely. tombstone Instant,
rushed downstairs, mounted tn
box of the carriage, and drove
blindfolded, to the Grand Pacific
avoiding cable-cars and thousand
of vehicles on the way. He rushe
to the register, turned the leave
rapidly, found the name, repeate
it, gave the number of the page an
date of the month. On his wa
back to the Auditorium, Johnston
was taken with severe chi
which threw him into a catalepti
fit. The physicians at first pro
nounced him dead. but after work
ing over him two hours life wa
again. perceptible. At night til
mind-reader was resting comfort
ably, but was exceedingly weak.
General News.
The Duke of Portland's Memoi
won the st. Leger stakes at tn
Doncaster September Meeting, Seq
TENDER 10th. Blue Green secon(
Gonsalvo third.
At the Maple Avenue Drlvin
Park, Elmira, NY, September 9tl
the worlds record for high jum]
ing was broken by the horse Ros,
berry, owned by Moorehouse
Pepper of Toronto, who cleared til
bars at seven feet and five-eights {
an inch. The best previous recor
also made by Roseberry, at Chic:
go, was six feet eleven and tire,
quarter inches.
Ethel Curtis, 10 years old, a typ
writer and stenographer, was smol
ing cigarettes in bed at her hon
on Lexington avenue. New YOrl
September 9Th, when she fell aslee
and the cigarette dropped from b,
hand, and ignited the bed clothe
The girl was so terribly burne
about the body that she afterwar
died of her burns at Bellevue Hosp
tai.
A fatally destructive hurricar
in the North of Italy, Septemb'
9th,, did much damage at Bellun
and destroyed many bridges an
houses in Zolda Valley. Invent.
two bodies have already been r
covered from the debris of RUNE
buildings, and it is feared the r
mains of other victims of the stor
are still buried under the ruins
dwellings.
The Servian newspaper Siobod
states that all Austrians are to |
dismissed from the State service
Servia at once. The article is SUI
posed to have been inspired b
Russia.
The deadly grip, that carried c
SO many people last winter, has +
appeared at Warrington, notwit
standing all assertions to the col
trary, and the first death from
was reported to the Health Off
September 10th. The victim w.
Z months old. child who die
three days age after an illness
about one week.