The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-13


: Senator Hoar has introduced a bill
for the protection Of the President.
A flood of Chinese exclusion bills
have been introduced in the Senate.
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal.
Canadian high commissioner, is seri-
ously i'll.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is plan
ming improvements that Will cost fully
$4,000 600.
The Salt Lake Railroad has been CIV
ens a franchise for wharves on san
Pedro bay.
twenty shoe factories in Cincinnati
have declared independence of labor
organizations.
A heavy storm on Puget Sound did
much amage to shipping and roper
ty at Seattle.
taxes will not be reduced for a long
time to come.
Prussia has ordered dIscontinuance of
use of American oils on the railways.
except in lamps.
Citizens Of Santa Cruz have offered
Laveaga Heights to the United States
for a military camp.
A severe storm has been raging off
the Portland and Washington coast,
doing much damage.
An eight-year-Old girl. by signalling,
saved a train from possible destruction
near Greenville, Iowa.
John S. Sampson, of Los Angeles. a
restaurant cook, shot and killed his
wife because of jealousy.
Richard Croker is said to be prepar-
ing to retire. as he will not live in
New York h year round.
A blizzard swept oVer the Atlantic
coast, and New York and New England
had a heavy fail of snow.
China is said to be looking for an
ally to assist her in opposing the Rus
sian demand for Manchuria.
A coal train was badly smashed in a
wreck near South Wellington, British
Columbia. No one vas killed.
The son of Prince Tuan, head Of the
Boxer faction, has been deposed as heir
apparent to the Chinese throne.
a bill has been introduced for an
appropriation of 100000 for a new
custom house for San Francisco
It is believed the death list in the
San Francisco ferry accident viii reach
six, as three persons are missing.
The Colombian rebellion is almost at
an end, and United tSates marines
have been Withdrawn from Colon.
y test is being made at Baltimore
Of the alleged value of poultices of
violet leaves as a cure for cancer.
Starr G. Pardee, formerly an insur-
ance agent, has been arrested in San
Francisco for passing worthless checks.
Two German boys, bound from
Hamburg to San Francisco, are baliev-
ed to have been killed in the Wabash
wreck.
The bark Highland Light, of San
Francisco. f~oundered eighty miles off
Hesauet, on the Vancouver island
coast.
Official investigation shows that $780,
600 workmen, or 4 per cent of the arti-
sans of the empire, ere idle In Ger
many.
James Hopper. the CALIFORNIA; as
sistant football coach. has accepted an
appointment as a teacher in the Phil
ippines.
Prisoners charged with burglary. es-
capped from the Cotton, Cal, Jail and
destroyed the structure by fire before
escaping.
Charles Clark. who burned several
barns and their contents at Stockton.
Cal. was sentenced to twenty years at
Folsom prison.
Buck Guy, the San Francisco Chi
nese gambler, whose life was threaten
ed by Ratchet men, has purchased Sc
curity for $3.50.
John D.. Rockefeller Jr., who recently
married the daughter of senator AL
drich, has come out as a leader of New
York social life.
Property of Senator Jones, of Ne
vada. was attached for $500. due on an
unpaid note, but the note was paid and
property released.
Charles E. Fitcham, teller Of the First
National Bank of Ballston, N. Y, was
short S100, 900 in his accounts, and the
bank had to be closed.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has rendered an important decision,
holding that surplus bank moneys are
TO be subject to taxation.
The enrolment of Harvard Univer-
sity. including students of all classes.
teachers and administrative officers, IS
6,15S, against 6.317 last year.
A resolution of inquiry into the
charges of Z. S. Maclay, the naval his
torian, against Admiral Schley, has
been introduced in Congress.
Congressman Wachtar or Maryland
Will introduce a resolution prohibiting
football at West Point and Annapolis,
on the ground that~ft is a brutal sport.
Secretary Root has decided that the
reasons Of W. 2. Crawford for lifting
Miss Douglass were not sufficient. and
the young man Will not get a neuten-
ancy in the army.
Upon publication Of the government
cotton crop report, which indicated a
shortage Of 100000 bales. there was a
furry in New York which sent the
price up 40 points.
BriEadier General Bell has issued an
order prohibiting the soldiers in Nor
treT1 LUZon from rinking native
vino. which has been found conducive
70 crime and insanity