The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-13
Sam Francisco News

send her homes. +. Chronicle
San Francisco News.
The Princess Colonna expects to
make her home in California for ut
least year aud then bring her pro-
ceedings for divorce here. In Cali
foruia she can secure q divorce which
her attorneys say will hold good
anywhere in the world, and one of
these attorneys has dropped n hint
that one effect of the divorce scandal
will be to bring the Mackays home TO
California to spend their money. The
divorce is TO have an international
significance, because the treaty be-
tween the United States and Italy is
to play a prominent part in the con-
tention-in fact, it is on this treaty
that the Princess Will rely to make
her California divorce good all over
the world.
1t is stated that the shfinkage IN
value of the Central Pacific Railroad
stock has cost the Stanford estate
nearly u half million dollars.
May Yohe, the American burlesque
actress who has for number of years
been a heart breaker for the dudes. IL
appears is now member of the peer
age of England. She was secretly
married IA year ago TO Lord Francis
Hope, heir presumptive to the duke
dom of Newcastle. The woman was
once chorus girl and has had a re-
markable career.
John Hayes Hammond, former
prominent mining man of the Com
stock, is now in the South African
mines, and is reported to be receiving
a salary of $4,000 as consulting en-
gineer. He has made fortune there.
Among the noted people who are
taking in the Mid-wlnter Fair are
Major General Sehofield, command
ing the army of the United States;
ex Secretary of War Robert t. Lin
coin, son of the late President, aud
George NJ. Pullman, the inventor of
the palace car.
The Coxey army, which left San
Francisco for Washington and got as
far as Oakland, was refused free trans
portation by the railroads and is in a
very defiart mood. 1t consists of
about 200 men, aud has been ordered
out of Oakland by the police.
VIM. Fredericks, the eX- X-convict who
killed Cashier Herrick, of the branch
of the San Francisco Savings Union,
has been brought to trial, ana a special
effort is being made to secure his con-
victiOn within two weeks of the time
he committed the crime. It is hoped
that he can be hanged within sixty
days.
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, California
girl, has developed the most wonder
ful voice ever heard. She has an easy
register of three and one baH octaves.
She sings from q below the treble
cleft to ID sharp in altissimo Miss
Yaw is believed to be the coming
pr'ma donna of the world.
In an iucendiary fire this week Mrs.
Ia a 4. L.
burned to death, and her mother,
Mrs. A. X. Irving, was badly injured
by jumping from window The
fend who did the work has not been
discovered.
Irving NJ. Scott has been appointed
Park Commissioned vice Richard z.
Hammond. The latter was one of the
best officers the city ever had, but he
was Democrat, and had to go.
On April 18th, 18th and 18th, there
will be grand Mardigras carnival in
connection with the Midwinter Fair.
The event will be most notable one.
The Superior Court has ruled that
the State cannot collect the inherit
ance tax from Mrs. Stanford as q
legatee. This saves the estate large
sum.
Messrs. Huntington, Crocker and
Searles have resigned as directors of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
in a very hurried nIanner-a fact
which is said to be due TO the early
arrival Of the representative of the
English stock and bond holders. There
appears To be large row in prospect.
General II. II. Warfield has finally
secured u lease of the California Hotel
for five years, with the privilege of
ten. Colonel @. w. MacfarIane, OF
Honolulu, was one of the bidders for
the lease.
The Executive Committee of the
M,dwinter Fair has made report of
receipts and expenditures to March
24th. The receipts were S742, 635, and
expenditures S6S2, ,S54. With bills
payable, there was az that date a de-
ficit OF Sl24, ,575; but the Fair is now
making money, and there is no doubt
but that it will be financial success.
American News.
Municipal elections were held in
many of the Eastern States on the Sd
inst. The elections were generally
favorable TO the Republicans, and in
Ohio gains were made over the Nc
Kiuley sweep OF last November.
The presidential boom of Senator
Hill will be launched in Chicago,
shortly, by the Washington Club.
Twelve thousand coke makers are
on strike at UniOntown and other
places in Pennsylvania. Over dozen
people have thus far lost their lives
in Iiotings. 1t is thought that the
St ,te militia Will be called out.
a fatal shooting affray over cleo
tions between the Catholics and the
members of the Am ericaE Protection
Association occurred at Kansas City
on the 81. About two hundred shots
were exchanged before the riot was
stopped. -Four people were killed and
many were injured.
The Union Mill at Stockton, CAL.