The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-09


&iS advancing IN price.
Gates, president of the wire trust. may
so to jail for making false statements to
Guse stump in stocks.
Admiral Dewey's candidacy was the
chlef OBJECT OF satire at the recent meet
Tag or Washingtons Gridiron Club.
Inc Pope has increased his military
stard from 40 to COO men owing to the
Increase in the number of pilgrims.
Count Castellane's property may be
seized for debt. He owes a London curl
Jsity dealer alone more than $50. 600.
A Minnesota man has taken out a mil
non dollar life insurance policy, the pre-
mum upon which is $iS,3s0 per year.
ST Johns Reformed Episcopal Church
chicago is the latest victim of the
church nrebug. 1t was basely saved.
nrkIsh lrade directs Rear Admiral
ahmed Pasha to go to America and
study the construction of battleships.
In conflict between Imperial Chinese
troops and rebels on the line of the Man
ciiuriah railway 200 rebels We're slain.
~ e!en Bertram, the actress, NAV go to
jail Tor contempt of court for disobeying
summons in New York city court.
ne Nlcaraguan Government has can
ceieu the concession to the Maritime Ca
nal company to construct a ship canal.
David Belasco, the playwright fen
down hight of stone steps in London
ana received serious if not fatal injuries
me new japanese battleship Asahi ran
ashore off Southsea and was for a time
ioated.
1he Oldest cafe in Paris tba procone
founded by a Sicilian in 1859. has closed
Napoleon used to visit IL IL. his Quarter
Latin days.
The House Committee on Labor has
made favorable report on the eight
hcur bill, applying to work on Govern
ment contracts.
Lynn (Mass.) Five Cent Savings Bank.
by pressing an alarm button while under
threat of death.
ambassador White discredits the report
hos ,rrIN
German Lloyd from landing American
meats and cereals.
The Senate. by majority of nine. re-
fused to take up Pettigrew's resolution
of sympathy for the Beers. Hoar voted
with the Democrats.
The War Department has ordered the
arrest of Lieut.. S. c. Hazard, L. S A..
who has deserted and run AWAY with a
woman not las wife.
The Riksdag threatens to impeach the
Swedish Ministry for appointing a Nor
wegian to the highest departmental post
in the Foreign Office.
There is dark outlook for laborers in
Germany owing, to the advance in the
cost of living, which is greatly in excess
of the advance in wages.
excitement was caused at a swell
LONDON wedding, at which the Prince
OF wares was present, by the brides veil
taking fire. No harm done.
Cyril Parsons London half-penny pa
per, the Express, is not successful It's
novel feature-to Londoners-is the pres
The wife of General James H. Wilson
was burned to death at Havana. She
stepped from carriage upon a match
/ lgnltlng 1t and setting fire to her dress
General Bell has issued proclamation
declaring that he viii retaliate relentless
~ uhiess guerrilla warfare ceases, ana
mat ne VIII burn all the towns which
harbor guerrillas.
Sierra Leone telegram says: A Sc
rlous rising in the Ronietta district is re-
ported ana detachment of the West
3 o. hoe.
tofunk to quell it.
Bishop Thoburn is defendant in a suit
brought at Springfield, o., by Mrs. Arm
strong, for defamation of character. She
had trouble with the Bishop while do
Ing missionary work in India.
Samoans from all over the group are
hooking to the American island. The
London Mission School has also gone
there. A larger town than Apia is like
~ to grow up at PagoPago harbor
"A murderous footpad is operating in
Washington and Laguna, Broadway and
Fiiimore and Franklin and Geary streets
were the scene of recent depredations.
The total receipts for liquor licenses in
n New York city for the coming year are
s4,S59,s5l This is 5000 more than was
PAID last year and includes saloon, no.
censes.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, the Madison
square Theater and old Delmonicos
in New York. The hotel and theater
property brought s4225, 900, and the Del
monlco lot went for $950,000
The Methodist General Conference is
| in session at Chicago. Bishop Bowman
opened the session. He is the oldest OF
the Bishops. One of the important ques-
tons before the Conference will be the
proposed changes in the amusement rule
The Bachelors Club of London has ask
ed the Duke of Orleans to resign, his ex-
plaraton about insults to the Queen not
being deemed sufficient The Duke con-
graduated the caricatllriSf who drew he
picture of a French soldier spanking the
Queen.
All the union plumbers of ST Paul
have struck for shorter hours and more
pay The Building Trades of Philadel-
phia struck for the eight-hour rule. The
architectural ironworkers of Cincinnati
are out for nine-hour day. The Wood
workers Union of Minneapolis also
struck
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. has taken
special pains to violate the injunction is
sued by Justice Freedman of the Su-
preme Court of New York, prohibiting
officers and members of the Cigarmakers'
International Union from paving bene-
fits to striking employestof S. Levy & Co.
Mrs. Frederick Petrie of Chicago, wild
ow of Judge Fetrie and for half CEN
fury prominent figure in the Methodist
church, is dead. She was a flower girl
for Lafayette at a fete given in his hon
or in 1924 and knew Andrew Jackson,
Henry Clay and their contemporaries
She also knew every Methodist Bishop
holding office during her life
Sir VIM. c. Van Horne says that he IS
associated in the proposed reorganization
Hill. II. NJ. Flagler and others. Lines TO
be bought will cost about 500, 0000 900, IN
Guiding the Herrera steamship line. i ne
syndicate has not been able to get The
two trunk lines running into Havana
and will build Independently. Work in
Cuba will h'"t1 at' ~"ce.