The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-25
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A dispatch from Picking states thai
the complete reopening of the Tien
1sin-Peking railway is impossible or
account of the lack of locomotives and
rolling stock.
An Indian family consisting of ia
Their. mother and four children was
! burned 10 death at Cannonball, N D.
on December 18th. by the explosion OF
can of gasoline.
John Addison Porter. formerly pri
| vate secretary to President Mckinley
| has been unconscious for several
| hours, and is said to be sinking rapid.
/ ly at rutnam, 0onn.
New York importers of lemons viii
have analytical test made to show
the relative quantities of citrus acid
contained in the imported fruit as
compared with the California product.
The office of Second Vice-President
of the New York Central which was
| held by the late Horace j. Hayden will
be permitted to lapse until present
plans of the New York Central direc-
tors are changed.
Fire on December 18th almost COM
pletely DESTROYED the A. T. Stewart
Pump and Plow Works at Carnegie.
Pa. The loss is estimated at S175.000
insurance about two-thirds. The plant
will be rebuilt.
Fleetwood. the St Louis home OF
Thomas Skinker. in the western SUI
burbs. was burned with its contents
Dec Is causing loss of at least $780,
600 Valuable paintings and furnish
ings were destroyed.
Application on behalf of seven stock
holders of the American Savings and
Loan Association of New York has
been made to Judge Lacombe in the
United States Circuit Court for the
appointment Of q receiver.
At meeting o. the executive COM
nittee of Brown University at Provt-
dence. R. l., President Fauneen report
e.. that good progress was being made
in securing a second million dollars
for the university endowment fund.
William ]. Brvan's new paper will
be called the "Commoner" and will
defend the principles set forth in the
communications as CITY platform. He
will be publisher and editor. and Lin
coin. Neb.. will be the place of publ
cation.
In a bout heavily scented with
crookedness Terry McGovern became
the. lightweight champion of the world
at Tattersalrs, in Chicago. December
/ 5th, by putting Joe Cans into state
OF apparent helplessness in two min
utes and FIVE seconds after the open
ing of the second round.
cisco been so completely cut on from
telegraphic communication with the
rest of the world. as on Dec. Is. when
a sixty-mile an hour wind ragged for
few minutes. The wind storm was &C
complished by thunder and lightning
and torrents of rain and though it last
ed but short time. it left telegraph
and telephone wires in a sadly demon
allied condition.
A midwinter prairie fire was a dan
gerous novelty witnessed in Chicago
on December 14th IL swept ten acres
of grass and was Subdued by farmers,
fremen, policemen and street rail-
way employees. who attacked it with
brooms blankets, rubber overcoats
a sod. Many cars loaded with beef
on the Panhandle tracks were theaten-
ed, as was a knickerhocker ice house
and several farm houses. The scene
was the prairie between Leavitt street
aaa Western avenue and Fortieth and
Fiftv-firSt streets