The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-06

into a contract with the Holland Sub
marine Boat Company for the con
strucfion of a boat Of the type Of the
six heretofore contracted for. to re-
place the plunger.
II Is estimated that the Desc sugar
crop o. the world in the campaign
Is9s-isai viii exceed that OF isss-Isfa
by nearly 3s9. Geo tons TIE p-Odnet
Of beet sugar IN the last crop year
vas 5.5z3.4 AS tons
Dr. D. x Pearsous. the Chicago
phIlanthropis1- who has given mil
lions Of dollars to various colleges.
has announced his intention OF paying
over to President Siocum Of Colorado
College $4,000 on January Ist-
AgouciIlo. agent Of 'Aguinaldo. in
Paris. declares there is no foundation
for the statements that he mas resign
ed the leadership of the Filipino jun
IA in Europe or that he is going To
Hongkong-
The Pope has ordered that about
IL. 900 old swords, haIbeTds. spears
and battie-axes in the Vatican sTmory
be melted and the iron sold. a fur
mace for the purpose has been erected
in the Vatican gardens
The Woolson Spice Company OF
New York has made reduction OF l
cent per pound in roasteu coffee. This
was followed by a reduction by the
Arbuekles Of cent a pound in coffee
and OF Is points in refined sugar.
A fire Nov. IS destroyed seven build
ings at Sand Point. Idaho. at an esti-
mated loss of Sill 900. The volunteer
department checked the progress OF
the flames by blowing up two build
ings with dynamite The burned dis
trict will be rebuilt
he British cabinet has decided 10
recommend Queen Victoria TO make
Major-General Lord Kitchener a Lieu
tenant-General, so as to enable him
to take over the supreme command n
South Africa when Lord Roberts
leaves the country.
A despatch from Aniche. near Dou-
al. France, says quantity OF dyna-
mite at the bottom of one Of the coal
mines there exploded Nov. IS from an
unknown cause. 4welve dead miners
and eight injured have been removed
and eighteen are not accounted for.
Charles D. Hughes and Ira D. God
frey. OF New York City, who are said
TO have conducted a discretionary pool
brokerage business in that city. have
been arrested. The charge against
them is grand larceny and they were
to be arraigned on that charge Nov. %.
An international congress, attend
ed by 100000 delegates, assembled in
Rome Nov. % to discuss the use OF
cannon to prevent hail. which is so
destructive to crops. The theory is
that firing cannon into the air would
have the effect of breaking up rain
clouds.
The Star Route mail rider running
out of Corralitas station, ninety miles
from FL Paso, on the Rio Grande, Ser
attacked h. highwaymen Nov. %.
fght resulted in which one of the rob-
Aers was instantly killed and another
seriously wounded.
An order came 10 all tobacco deal
ers of Dubuque, Ia. Nov. "a, to at once
sip out of the state their entire stock
of cigarettes and cigarette papers, The
oruer came from the American To
bacco Company, in conformity with
the recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court.
The heavy fog which hung over San
Francisco bay Nov. 81 was responsible
for a serious accident to he ferry
boat Piedmont which drifted into a
ship thought 10 be the j. l.. Moore. be-
longing to the Alaska Packers Asso-
citation. which was riding at anchor
in the stream. The Piedmont was
much damaged.
The Cleveland night express leav-
ing Pittsburg at midnight. Nov. IS,
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg road.
ran into a washout half a mile west
of Beaver. Pa, at l O'clock the follow
ing morning and the locomotive. mail.
baggage and express cars Jumped
from the tracks and plunged into the
Ohio river. No deaths resulted.
Game Warden Johnson and party
who camped November % on the
White river. about thirty miles
below Meeker, Colorado. saws
there are Indians hunting along
White river. between Rangely and
White river city He says the Red
men will fight and under no circum-
stances will they be taken into Gus
tody.