The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-01
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teenth Regiment a. Manila. IS in jail
al san Francisco for oD.AIning goods
under false pretences-
The committee engaged on the Van
couveT city. charter have approved
provision permitting married men two
votes, one for the wife
Governor Gage Of California has
called an extra session of the Legis-
larure. presumably to secure the cleo
ton Of Burns TO the Senate.
Count Castellane is reported to have
left Paris with his wife, nee Anna
Gould. for New York, leaving behind
him a heavy burden of debt
Three men were killed and four in
jured in a feud at Frankfort, Ky. The
principals were ex-COngressman Col
son and Lieut.. Ethelbert Scott.
President Hill of the Great North
ern Railroad says that the four steam
ers being built for the Oriental trade
will be larger than the Oceanic.
The Ways and Means Committee Of
the House directed favorable report
on the bill TO suspend the bonding Of
goods arriving in the United States for
Mexico
.
clown more than forty years ago. and
who was the first man to turn a double
back somersault, dropped dead Of heart
disease.
Two boys in Chicago stole valuable
horse from the stockyards and escaped
mounted. pursued by fourteen cowboys
with lariats and q patrol wagon. They
/ escaped.
Captain Squier. acting chief Of the
Signal Service, appeared before the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
/ Commerce and argued for a Govern
ment cable.
/ The British transport Cymric. which
+ was sent out to aid the steamer Man
/ chester Corporation, is reported drift
ing az sea with two of her propeller
blades lost.
The House Committee on Pensions
has ordered a favorable report on the
bill making service in the Spanish
American war sufficient TO remove Con
. rederate disabilities.
DR.. Howard A Kelley of Johns Hop
kins was bitten by a rattlesnake while
using it 10 illustrate the lecture. He
I sucked out the venom and continued
his lecture for an hour.
The French Government has ordered
! 100 steel freight cars at Chicago. which
may be quickly converted into ar
mored cars If satisfactory. sevara
thousand more viii be ordered
In the Senate Mr.. Allen has offered
a resolution asking for all information
and correspondence relating 10 the ad
ministration Of customs affairs IN Puer
I n Pigo Cuba and The phjliUOiUpS
Russian agents have bought S35,J0i
worth of breeding trotters in Ne7
York. eleven in all, and are taking
them to Europe on the steamer Lam
Ludwig. a half-brotheT of Directun
Kelly, is on the list.
The United States Court has dis
missed the habeas corpus proceeding
n the Oberlin VI. Carter case and III
sentence will be executed. Capt. Car
ter is now a prisoner at Castle vii
liam. New York harboT
A gigantic deal in railroads in whic
al the great Eastern trunk lines ar
! said to be interested. is reported froT
|. Chicago. The consolidation viii thro'
. out of work an army of employees, an
Is expected to bring about a large Gu
|. on present expenses and wipe out com
petition.
. Signor Guariani has patented an ar
J paratus which is generally an improve
} ment upon Signor Marconi's method {
!. wireless telegraphy. II viii be teste
between Brussels and London. H
talks of wireless communication be-
tween London and New York as we
within the range of probability.