The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-06

neslecting members OF Parliament in a
social way.
Miss Edna Busch, daughter of the
cousin, Hugo Reisinger, against her par
ents' consent.
Street-car conductors in st. Joseph,
Mo-, have struck against the use of a
new device for registering fares.
Proceedings have been begun in New
York to force the clearinghouse Of
Henry Clews & Co. to an accounting.
A mass meeting at Lathrop, Mo-, Feb
ruary 10th Endorsed the action of the
women who wrecked the saloons there.
Men from Arizona and New Mexico
appeared before the House Committee
on Indian Affairs to protest against the
removal of the captive Apaches to In
dia Territory.
Eugene Callahan, a boy of sixteen,
fired three shots at Maude Hall, who is
a year Younger, February 14th, and then
blew out his brains. The girl was not
injured. Callahan was madly infatu-
ated with the girl, and realizing that the
passion was not recilrocated, made ter
rible threats, which were regarded as
idle talk. The affair took place at Che
yenne.
The Salem, ILL.,, Bank vault was en-
tered by burglars February 18th. The
cracksmen got in the neighborhood of
$25, 900 in cash, besides securities Evil
IDENTIFY the robbers found little trouble in
breaking into the vault. The safe proper
was Cracked" the old-fashioned way,
by use of gunpowder. The robbers over
looked at least SIC, 900 in currency and
securities.
The towboat Port Eads of the St.
Louis and Mississippi Valley line during
a heavy fog struck pier OF the railroad
bridge below the city, Memphis, Tenn,
and in few minutes sunk. She carried
crew of forty men. Seven lives were
lost.
The President has nominated Charles
Emory Smith of Philadelphia to be Min
lister to Russia, in place OF Allen Thorn
dyke Rice, deceased. Charles Emory
Smith was born in Mansfield, Conn.,, on
the 18th of February, 1912. He became
editor of the Albany Express in 1865 and
of the Albany Journal in 1870, and since
1880 has conducted the Philadelphia
Press.
An accident is reported on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad at Big Pen tun-
mel, w. Va. The freight train approach
ing the signal station ran into an open
switch. The engine pushed the signal
station into New river and plunged in
after it. The telegraph operator,
engineer and fireman were drowned.
Rev. Albert P. Miller was awarded
$500 damages, February 18th, against
the New Jersey Steamboat Company for
refusing to sell him staterOom on &C
count of his color.
Jake Kilrain and his troupe exhibited
at the Opera House, st. Louis, February
14th. Tom James, of Dallas, met Ran
zia the lightweight of the troupe. James
was knocked out in the first round with
a neck blow which resulted in his death
an hour later. Kilrain and the whole
troupe were arrested for murder, Kilrain
weeping bitterly.
The feeling existing between the French
and English population of Canada was
shown in two exciting scenes which Oc.
Cured in Parliament on February 18th.
When McCarthy's measure abolishing
French as the official language of the
Northwest came up the Minister of the
Interior threatened that the French pop
ulation of Quebec would resort to the
bayOnet if necessary to protect thelr in
terests. The second excitement was
caused by Charlton, member from Ok
ford, who accused the Premier of.seeking
to influence the French Catholic vote by
ignoring the recent religious riots in
Hull.
1t is stated that the object of ex-United
States Minister Fosters visit to Mexico
is to work in favor of the establishment
of a reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Mexico.
The Manitoba Legislature February
18th passed resolution abolishing
French as the official language of the
province. The French members made
bitter fight and will appeal to the
throne.
The following nominations have been
made by the President:
Samuel Merrill of Indiana to be Consul
General at Calcutta.
United States Consuls-Edward Bed.
loe of Pennsylvania, at Annoy.
Levi w. Myers OF Iowa, at Victoria
BIC.
Felix A. Mathews of California, al
Tangier.
James O'Brien of Minnesota, Chiel
Justice of the Supreme Court of New
Cornelius H. Hanford, United States
District Judge for the district of Wash
ington.