The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-16

Brooklyn, has surrendered himself to /
the New York police. He had been in /
Montreal. Miller is seedy, but conf
dent.
Beriah Brown, the Oldest newspaper J
man of the West, is dead at Amazon |
da. He was an Intimate friend of |
Horace Greeley. The two were room
mates and fellow-workmen for a long |
time.
Mrs. Langtry visited the New York |
Stock Exchange and several large fl |
nancial houses to sell tickets for her |
Tommy Atkins tea party, but only |
secured $3.50.
The Weyerhauser Lumber Company
which purchased 100000 acres Of tim
Der land lately from the Northern Paci-
fic organized at Tacoma, Wash, on
February 9Th.
Work has begun on the keel of the
battleship Missouri. She will have a
displacement of nearly 1000 tons more
than the Kearsarge, which is about to
go into commission.
The following cablegram was sent
to Acting Assistant Surgeon Stuart |
Eldridge at Yokohama, Japan, Janu- |
airy 10: Eggs, packed in, and vege-
tables from infected soil forbidden. No
tify Kobe, Hongkong and Annoy.
The Corean Government at the sug-
gestion of Russia has rescinded priv
ileges granted to the Pritchard-Morgan
American mining syndicate, claiming
hat the franchise granted was for
prospecting and not for mining.
H. c. Fricke, formerly president or
lie Carnegie Steel Co., will probably
bring suit against the company in or
er to ascertain the value of his hold
llgs. The amount involved runs into
he millions.
The Chinese Minister to the United
tates made a speech at the dinner
sven in New York by the Silk Asso-
cation in which he stated much of the
tDuble caused in China originated
fpm the missionaries, which he. said
cntained many black sheep.
/. he trial of John Alexander Dowie,
tb head of the Christian Catholic
chreh of Chicago, has taken curious
tuns, five of the witnesses being ar
reed for assault. Dowie was stoned
att Hammond, Ind, meeting, after
speker denounced him, and the trial
rested.
hmiral and Mrs. Dewey were the
gtgts of honor at a dinner given at the
Dhklyn Union League Club on Feb
ruiz Sth. President Mckinley was
t ud lie to be present. The pres dent of
TIL hub presented the Admiral with
: go medal, the Admiral thanking the
cl43n short speech.
Mfessor Arthur c. McGiffert of
UIa Theological Seminary was put
on Eal for heresy last Monday before
the Few York Presbytery. Much in
: ter is felt among Presbyterians in
the latter. Professor McGiffert will
j end-~or to show his doctrinal position
has Zen misunderstood, but will not
o relil aish his views. His opponents
claf he is counting notoriety.
: Ages received last night by the
J. spec biate-hour service of the Adver-
~ tisef sOm San Francisco say that the
) Adm E5tration feels confident that the
Hay uncefote treaty will be ratified
by a b-thirds vote There is a notice
able tnge of sentiment in the Senate
o regaA g the non-fortification clause.
8. ThisF Lse may be evaded by building
d forts leased land a few miles from
q. the i terminals.
- Csc S. Straus, United States Min
- lister Turkey, has arrived at New
York leave of absence. During his
20 incun hey at Constantinople, Mr.
20 StrauI As solved many diplomatic
probe p chief of which was his man.
90 ageme lbf the indemnity claims fol
as Ameri emissionary property destroy
ed by Ikish religious fanatics during
Nv the telI'ie disorders in Armenia. The
h Sultan Sured Mr.. Straus that the
claims Md be paid in full
or Ben Crra, at the head of 1,50C
es picked - Gernment troops, marched
tfrOm (N1AaoC fn do a,
Us Apure tlarwhen he encountered Gen
IN eral Het>r4dez with less than 400 mer
he face4d army about and marched
D. back totu Cacas without giving battle
". NO reasforor his comic-opera tactic.
Is givenl,.
OF Inc usovger Empress of China or
K ders ffetn to the old manner o
study aecoing to the teachings o
Is ConIuclNs l. examinations for oficia
lie rank, amp dects the abolition of tn,
study OF th'now depraved and erro
at neous teachings of the Western
University t Pekin will probabl.
ne close.
q" Inc Navy Department Is preparing
the plans fol the fertilization of st
W Inomas u th Danish West Indies
-" Cnatham tslald, of the Gallapago
-. group, AMI C,lebra and Crab Island
N IN the VIRGIN Passage. midway betweel
0n Puerto Rln ad St. Thomas. 1t |
propaDle TAT the latter islands will b
rs USED only S coaling stations and fur
as tner tnat hey will be abandoned
10 such as SOP as the United States get
90 the ute tdthe Danish West Indies
% lhls acIlo7 of the Navy Department
is another Sep in the direction of tn
acquiremert of St Thomas and Cha
an than IslaIds.
for pooui authorities nave ueclue
to issue stimps with a separate an
he distinct mark for each of the large
ort offices OF the country. Postmaste
leh Van Colt Oh New York says that mel
chants in large cities frequently plac
ger large orders for stamps with postma'
is tiers in smal Offices, who are paid az
en- oOi ~ ~ .Ieir stamp sales. Inc Pos
al authorities are seeking to break u
, & this custom. 1t will be seen that
III, postmaster Who is paid according
md MS sales could sell stamps in lars
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