The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-27

perienced IN several years and Great
ed . panic at the San Carlos Club.
where q grand hall was in progress
by an accident II Beaver Brook
dam. nov bel, built by the Bridge
port tConr-) Hydraulic Company. be-
tween Stratfors: and Huntington. i've
miles from Bridgeport. IL Is reported
that dfty men we're killed and injured
A special dispatch from Standerton-
Transyaal- date1 December 14tn. says
that General Lo7is Botha is At Er
meio. taking peaceful attitude and
informing the burghers that tie time
has come to submit to the inevitable
After cour-iTg a girl for eight
years. during which time he was often
refused by her when he proposed mar
rage. A. n Peli. Chicago artist, at
tempted TO take the girls life Dec Is
TO prevent her from wedding another
man
At a pro-Boer meeting in London re-
Gently, at which Leonard Courtney
presided, General Kitcheuer's name
was greeted with cries of Villain"
Butcher" Beast" while mention
of Steyn and De Wet elected loud
cheers
A bad blaze which threatened the
destruction of Foster Hall at the Uni
versity Of Chicago recently aroused
the goods" who live in the hall and
forced them to assume the role Of fire
men in 2 hastily improvised pitcher
brigade.
The ted States. as well as else
wh. ordered BY Pope Leo to
pom; e publicly at midnight
serviS his cathedral at the end of
the cenu.-y. provided there are nc
impediments to interfere with the
programme.
The British Colonial Office announ-
ecs its decision to enlist 5000 men.
instead Of 1000 previously asked. TO
be recruited in Great Britain. for Gen.
eral Baden-Powell's constabulary.
which shows that recruiting in South
Africa is less active than had been an
ticipated.
w. f. Cole, colored. has returned to
Chicago free man. Seven years ago.
when he appeared in Chicago. SEN
tence of thirty years in Tennessee
prison was hanging over his head. He
had escaped while serving term for
a crime which he declares he never
committed.
he Rev Ronden Pos of London is
taking legal action against John Alex
ander Dowie, the Zionist. of Chicago.
claiming that he was libeled in the
issue of Dowie's Leaves of Healing"
of October 18th. in which publication
the Rev. Mr. Pos is accused of fraud
and immortality.
Edgar c. BurnZ was placed on trial
December 18th. at White Plains, \. V.
to answer the charge of the murder of
Herbert B. Fellows, the station agent
at Scarsdale. n. Y. on December T..
1899 Burnz, it is alleged. murdered
Fellows as he was returning home
from the station.
Fire on December 18th almost en-
tirely destroyed the big plant of the
Brown Hosting and Conveying Ma
chine Company at Cleveland. Ohio.
Five out of seven buildings used by
the company are in ashes and PROD
erty estimated to be worth over $780,
900 entirely consumed.
A special train consisting of an
engine and one coach made the run
| from Omaha, sos miles. to Billings,
| Mont, in Just one minute over eight
cen hours. The only passenger was
Paul Mccormick. wetlthy Montana
stockman. who chartered the special
| for a race with death
| Telephoning without wires vas
given a most rigid test at Min.
napolis. Mimi, Dec. 16. and was sue
cesful in the face of adverse condi-
tons. Men talked across the Mis-
sissippi river. distance of more
than 1000 fe 1t, despite strong wind
and extremely cold weather.
1t is reported that Hon. Robert r.
Hit, of Illinois, whose intimate &C
| quaintance with the foreign relations
of the Government peculiarly fits him
for the diplomatic service, is slated
to succeed John Hay as Secretary ri
State. Hay. it was explained, will
shortly resign as a result of the fail
ure of his canal treaty in the Senate