The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-26

born in Dresden February 25, 1859, was
a captain in the First Regiment. of Oh
laus and a Chevalier of the Order of the
Back Eagle. lie was unmarried
The Russians, it is rumored, are rap
idly pushing into MaIchuria, where all
indications point to extensive opera
tions before the arrival of winter. They
have suspended work on the railroad to
Picking. which adds to the compllca-
tons 1t is believed that their object
in this is to compel the other powers
to consent 10 the destruction of Picking.
A British signal ofiicer r ports a sharp
engagement between company of the
Fourteenth United States Infantry and
1000 Boxers at Motao (Matow), on the
road to Picking. The Americans made
a gallant stand, and a detachment OF
Bengal Lancers. near by, hearing the
! firing, came to their rescue and charg
ed the Boxers in the rear. The Chi
nese were routed, leaving 200 dead. The
Americans had no casualties.
| General Macarthur reports under
/ date of September 16: Charles Nc
Question, captain Fourth United States
! Infantry, died yesterday at Mangonone,
BacOr, CaVite province, $3.50 evening,
/ from a gunshot wound caused by a
private soldier Captain McQueston, in
/ a fit of temporary insanity. attacked
men of company, shot one or more and
was shot himself in seif-defensa. Fur
! Their particulars when received"
| Robert Louis Stevenson's widow and
her son, Lloyd Osbourne, are building
two houses on Lombard street. San
! Francisco, and intend to make their
/ home In that city. Since the death of
the great novelist Mrs. Stevenson has
been travelling, and these two houses
| are modelled after some she saw while
in Portugal. They will be architectural
J novelties and will face each other. The
family income has been materially in
crea sed by the successful dramatization
of Stevenson's Prince Otto"
| The national wholesale druggists are
in session at Chicago. They favor a
national pure food law to regulate the
inspection OF drugs by a general law
instead Of. as at present, by the laws
of the various States. A memorial will
be prepared for Congress embodying the
claims of the druggists that the present
State laws conflict ard injure the drug
trade. Modification of the war stamp
tax viii also be urged. Before the adj
iournment on Friday the associations
expect to have a committee on its way
to Washington to present their projects
1 before the congressional committees
i The conference of the Institute of
Journalists. held in London under the
auspices of Lord Mayor Newton, pass
ed number of remarkable resolutions
the results of which are awaited with a
hereafter If the dictates of the insti-
tute are obeyed, editors must refrain
from inviting contributions from per.
sons of wealth, position society etc.
, because they thus deprive of valuable
space those who are journalists by pro-
fession and have no other means OF
livelihood. 1t was resolved also to form
committee whose duty it is to investi
gate charges against papers manipulat
ing items of news or unduly expand
! ing cablegrams. Another committe,
was appointed to draw UP a scheme fo
the examination of all persons aspirins
to newspaper career
The State Department has receive,
J a dispatch from the Consul at Fuchau
China, transmitting a copy of an agree
ment entered into between the Vicero,
and Tartar general of Fuhkien provinc
4 and the foreign consuls at Fuchau
which provides in substance that tn
Chinese will do everything in their pow
er to protect the lives and property o
foreign officers, merchants and mis-
: sionaries resident in Fuhkien and a
: Annoy; that central and southern Chin:
snail not be attacked by the foreig1
: powers so long as the local authorize
maintain order, and that the admiral
or the several nations will be informe
that 1t Is not advisable that a mum
Il Der of naval vessels should visit Flu
: chau, lest the people be ALARMED. TIL
;, agreement Is signed by the Russian
II United States, Japanese, British an
: French consuls, and by Viceroy HIS
II flng kuey and General Shan Lien.