The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-10-18

lanes Howie, a miser> worth 500, 600,
died of starvation in New York. He
had been living on $1.75 per- week.
Mrs. 4Lottie Garretson of San Diego
has filed suit for divorce against r. w.
tGarretson, a prominent san Diegan-
John NJ -Chretien, the San Francisco
| LAWYER who was convicted OF perjury,
ispoes to San Quentin for ten years.
"A four year old boy Of San Francisco.
with a honltcida1 mania. has been sent
Ito the Napa asylum for the insane.
| s.Luckyh Baldwins daughter, Anita,
has got aadivorce from the man she
ina arried, seven years ago on tugboat.
Stewart Harold, an ex-opera singer,
lis accused of shooting policeman In
Fischers Concert Hall, San Francisco.
| Nine, Perret, rich French woman,
lately deceased. has left fortune OF
several million francs to President Lou
bet.
w. X. Vanderbilt Jr.. has bet a New
York banker that he can run his auto
from New York to Minneapolis in fif-
teen days
Romero kobledo, former Minister OF
Justice, says Spain is near revolution.
and hints at an espousal of the repub-
! lican cause.
The engagement of Miss Mamie Nc
Mutt. of San Francisco, and Lieutenant
Ashton Potter. of the Fourth Cavalry,
| is announced.
Chamberlain is severely criticized for
the speech in which be said that every
seat lost to the Government is seat
sold to the Boers."
The French second-lass cruiser, Ce-
cille, Rear Admiral Richard on board
with crew of 46S men, has arrived at
New York from Cape Breton.
The will of Christian Fieldsted, an
eccentric California pioneer. directs his
widow to scatter his ashes and those
of 1,i fret wifi the
ID. d. Dare, defaulting cashier of the
California National Bank of San Diego,
Cal, is president of a street railway
company of Alexandria, Egypt.
Ex-Queen Natalie of Servia denounc-
es the bride of her son who, she says.
is pretty, narrow-minded and narrow
hearted. fifteen years his senior.
A submarine boat will search for the
hull of the steamer Lexington, which
was sunk off Bridgeport, Conn, half a
century Ago with $500, 900 on board.
The abandoned British ship Nonpareil
was sighted in mid Atlantic, ana vain
attempt was made to tow her to port.
She was afterwards scuttled and set on
fire.
President Errazuriz, of Chile, who
was stricken with paralysis last June
and Is now In perfect health, has re-
sumed control of the Government
Complete tranquility preFafls.
| William Schneider, an Elizahethport
N. j., bank clerk, is discovered to be
defeaulter for 100000, and lived a
dual life,- posing at home as a student
and in New York as a millionaire.
/ Three persons, father and two sons
named Tousalin, were burned to death
in shanty near Roxbury,, Mass. Sew
eral years ago Tousalin's wife was
burned to death in the same place.
The Baltimore Trust and Guarantee
~ L. sv&xv lei
! issue of over $11, ,000,0 900 of stock and
! bonds, with the understanding that the
contract will not be binding IL Bryan
wins.
| Governor Roosevelt is touring the
West. In st. Louis Democratic politi-
clans annoyed him by presenting requi-
sitions for the delivery of Standard Oh
! laws.
The chief South American republics
will participate in the Spanish -Ameri-
can Congress, to meet at Madrid next
month. The Congress will strive to
promote Spanish commercial competi-
tion with the United States.
| Rev. Larkin A. Rockwell Of Chicago
/ invested his savings in Arizona mines
and now has a fortune of from $500 0O(
TO $1,000, 900. He will stay with his
church, lift its mortgage and build a
memorial structure to cost $4,000.
J young woman, formerly an actress
has been arrested for smuggling $500 00t
worth of diamonds into this country
She starved her dog, then fed him dia.
monds concealed in fat, then took the
! animal across the line and killed him
Senator Clark will spend a years in
come, or $7,0C0,G coo or $4,000, COO, to ge
! a vindication in Montana He is cam
paigning with company of vaudevill,
players, and has paid James r. Sover
eign $4,000 to make labor speeches fol
him.
Mr.. Krueger's grandson, Eloff, will
sail from Lourenzo Marques on Octo
Der 10th to prepare residence in Brus
sells fer the former president of tn.
! Transvaal. The latter VIII sail on tn,
Dutch cruiser. Gelderland a few day.
later.
1t is announced that there were 20,00
spectators at the sixty-e eighth produc
ton of the Passion Play at Oberammer
gau. The admission receipts totalet
100000 marks. and it is estimated tha
the villagers received from the visitors
about 1000 900 marks.
An Atchison, Kans., dispatch says
The wife of Rev. Charles Meeder, of th
Emanuel Evangelical Church, nea
Pennington, jumped into a cisterl
with her three year old child abou
midnight, and both were drowned
Mrs. Meeder had shown signs of in
sanity.
1t is estimated, according to TIN
lPietermaritzburg correspondent of th
Daily Mail. that from 1000 to 500
Beers have retreated from Pilgrim
Rest, northeast of Lydenburg, will
four long toms" and Twenty-Five 9th
er guns. The correspondent under
stands that their ''long tom" ammuni
tion Is almost exhausted.
The contract for the building Of th
Pacific cable. according to Melbourne
Australia dispatch, has been formall,
fawarded to the Telegraph CONSTRUCTION
and Maintenance Company, whose offe
to do the work was for a1,sS6,000 ster
ling. They are to finish the work O
construction within eighteen months O
the signing of the contract.
j A serious fire has, OCCURRED at Wei
beck Abbey, Worksop. Nottinghamshire
the famous seat of the Duke of Port
land. The Oxford wing was gutted
The Duke and Duchess of Portland ar
at present absent from home Consid
cradle injury was done by water an
smoke, The art treasures were saved
The loss is placed at $125, 1000.
! Out of 10000 wounded in the Trans
: vaa', $4,000 have actually returned I
duty. Such quick recovery of such