The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-10

German circular IN reference 10 OnAsss
is shaped in very friendly ana afhrm-
alive tone, the Tribune's Lonoon cur
respondent cables.
Robert Curdy Lord, retired banker
and broker, was found dead In mousse
in Mount Vernon. NJ Y. which was
recently rented by him. There was ev-
cry indication that he had deliberately
committed suicide by turning on the
gas. <
The conferences between officers OF
the American Tinplate Company and
men representing their employees have
have resulted in an agreement on the
scale of wages, but some minor de-
mands of the men remain to be set
tied.
The Norwegian steamer Calanda and
the Japanese steamer Use Maru are re-
ported to have been in collision off
'Iwoshima. The Calanda was sunk and
forty-five of her crew and passengers
were drowned. The Ise Maru put In
at Iwoshima.
Heavy fighting is reported across the
Sabi river This means that the British
are intercepting Steyn and Reitz, who.
with their forces, are attempting to
push northward and effect a junction.
A commando is said to be surrounded
near Petersburg.
A large number of guns, mostly dam
aged, have been found along the Croco-
die river near Hectorspruit. Practic-
ally the whole of the Republican Rail-
road stock has been captured on the
Selate line. There are eight, miles of
vehicles, the majority being in good
condition.
Lord wolseley is quoted in an inter-
view as saying that China, Through
love of nature and art, must one day
develop into a great nation" The end
of all things, in Lord Wolseley's opin-
ion, will be China fighting the United
States for the supremacy of the world.
John Gleason, supposed to be dement,
ed, shot and seriously wounded Rev.
Lawrence P. Mccarthy, rector Of the
Roman Catholic church Of the Most
Holy Redeemer, of East Boston, at the
parochial residence. Gleason was ar
rested. The priest will probably re-
cover.
A New York dispatch says: Willard
H. Hutchinson, the boy actor, has be-
come reconciled to his seventy-eight-
year-old bride. He read in an evening
paper that his wife was pining for him
tened to her today. She gave him her
fortune of 100000 when she became
his BRIDE 's.
A Lima. Peru, dispatch says: The
Cabinet has resigned owing to a unani-
nous vote of censure by the Congress.
being inevitable as result Oh the
scandal in connection with the pur-
chase Of arms in Belgium, and the al
hged use by Senior Belamunde, q for
rher Minister of Finance. Of Govern
ment funds for his private transactions.
A Lourenzo Marques dispatch says:
The Austrian steamer Lloyd has sailed
from here having on board 400 Trans
wall refugees, part of them being Irish
Americans. All their expenses have
haan notd hu N al
ment. Each man received 30 shillings
and will be paid $3.50 on landing at
any port which may be selected by
him.
"A Reuter- dispatch from Shanghai
| dated September 25th, says: Advices
from the best sources in the north in
dictate that famine among the natives
! Is inevitable during the coming winter
The usual rice supply has not been
| shipped. There are rumors of move
ments of the fleets tending toward ep-
erations near Shang Hal Kwan, the ter
minus Of the railway
General Won Arnim, who has returned
to Berlin from the French maneuvers
being the first German officer attend
ing them since 1870, Is pleased with the
courtesy officially extended him, and
commended the French artillery and
cavalry In general terms, but regard
ing the infantry he said: LAS sharp.
| shooters they are excellent, but they
are less so when fighting in the ranks
Chinese papers assert that orders
have been issued for the erection of a
new imperial palace at Sianfu. They
also report that Lii Hung Chang has
started for Picking escorted by Russian
and Japanese troops, and that LII
Chuan Lin has been appointed viceroy
of Canton. Sheng's yamen confirms the
rumor that Ii Hung Chang has receiv.
I ed secret orders to attempt to recap.
! ture Picking.
a Galveston dispatch says: The cask-
I ct containing the remains of Charles
Coghlan. the actor, who died in this
city last winter, was found at a point
sixteen miles north of Galveston, near
the town of La Marque. The casket
was washed from a receiving vault al
Lakeview Cemetery, which was de-
stroyed by the storm. The undertaken
who placed the casket in the vault went
to La Marque to identity H.
A cable to the Sun from Lourenzc
Marquee, says: Preparations are being
made for the departure of President
Kruger for Holland on board the
Dutch warship Gelderland. The date
of his departure is not known to the
public. 1t Is said that the reason why
he did not sail on the German steam
ship Herzog. as originally planned. was
because LloydS, who are underwriters
for the gold taken from the train on
September 2, are taking legal proceed
ings against Kruger.
A Lausanne, Switzerland. dispatch
says: "A secret circular addressed b.
Joannicius. the Metropolitan of Kieff
to all Russian Archbishops virtually
communicating Tolstoi, the Russian
novelist and social reformer, is pub
lished here. 1t declares that Tolstoi is
an avowed enemy of the church and
that therefore. unless he recants. the
Holy Synod will prohibit the celebra-
ton of all divine services and expia-
tory masses in the event of his death.
The little town of Ensenada, capital
or the upper district of Lower Califor-
MIA, was thrown into a fever of excite
ment last week by the uncovering OF
what Is believed to be the biggest cop
per deal that has ever been attempted
In this portion of the world. Accord.
ing to the report, which was brought
up on the steamer st. Denis TODAY
charles Benton, III. Ramsdale and a
mining surveyor named Stevens walked
into the office Of the Secretary of Mines
for the Northern District of Lower Cal.
ifornia and stacked up SIS 600 in silver
on his desk and filed documents
Ior nearly 1000 claims to copper mines
Three of the sons Of President Snow
or the Mormon church have filed n de-
nand with the First Presidency, charg-
ing that their father has refused and
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