The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-25

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nois, is dead at his home near Barry,
Pike county.
Absolute control of the vast inter
ests of the Nations express companies
may fall into the hands of the railroad
financial powers.
The Shanghai customs revenue for
1900 was only 100000 taels short of
that for 1899 and equal TO that of any
previous year.
Census Director Merriam con-
tends that there will be 440000,00
people in the United States in the
year POOL.
Galveston is recovering rapidly from
It's recent disaster. Over s2,2S5,000
has already been spent there in re-
building.
According TO recent advices receiv-
ed from Alaska the town of Sitka mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire on
January ID.
The army canteen is to be abolish
ed, as the Senate Jan. 9, by decisive
vote. concurred in the provision reia-
tive to the Army canteen.
The proposed migration of the Che
rokee nation from Indian Territory to
Mexico is being revived. 1t was first
preached about two years ago.
Considerable excitement was caused
in Tracy, Cal, recently when several
small nuggets of gold were brought up
by the tools being used to sink a
well.
The absorption of the Guggenheim
smelling plants among the largest in
Colorado by the American Smelling
trust has been accomplished at Den
YER
James J. Hill. president of the
Great Northern railroad, is said to be
looking after senatorial honors.
Paul Krueger's health has been COM
pletely restored.
It is announced that the Canadian
Department of Militia has completed
arrangements recruiting 1000 men for
Baden-Powell's constabulary in South
Africa.
W. J. Bryan has announced that the
first issue of his paper. The Com
moner. would appear Wednesday, jan
uary 23d. The printing will be done
by contract.
A F. Dreutzer of Chicago and Olaf
Bergstrom of Nebraska have made ar
engagements for colonlzing about 100,-
600 acres of land in Fentress and Nor
gan counties in Tennessee.
F. Tennyson Nicely, the publisher
who filed a petition in bankruptcy On
October 81, 1899, with liabilities of
s350.351. is reported by the referee as
entitled to a discharge in bankruptcy
BY a ruling of the Chicago Appellate
Court. in a decision handed down by
Judge Horton on January 10th. the
I-inseed Oil Trust became liable for
/ damages which may aggregate large
| amount.
/ Cornelius L. Alvord. Jr., the default
ing note teller of the First National
bank of New York, was sentenced to
thirteen years Imprisonment. The
amount of his defalcation was $780,
900.
w K Vanderbilt's plan for the weld
ing together of the Union Pacific and
the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
roads, which he conceived more than
year ago, is now about to be carried
/ out
An unidentified young man commit
ted suicide January 18th, by jumping
from the middle span of the Eads
bridge at ST. LOUIS, Mo-, into the main
channel OF the Mississippi river, one
hundred feet below.
| The most sensational! incident of the
wedding of the Elsie French and Al.
fred Vanderbilt is the fact that Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and his wife, who
was Miss Grace Wilson. did not attend
the ceremony.
Die Information states that the Sui
tan of Turkey has appointed the Mos
lem brigand Hadschi Mitch. the motor
ious butcher of Christians, to be COM
mander in chief in the northern prov
inces of Turkey
The Coroner's jury investigating The
explosion in the building occupied by
the wholesale druggists. Tarrant &
Co. New York. has returned a verdict
holding the members of the company
criminally responsible
During the past twenty-five years
there have been "a railroads placed
under receiyerships in the United
States. These represented q trackage
of 1925 miles and bond and stock
Indebtedness of se.Sss, go. 600.
All bids for the raising OF the wreck
OF the battle-ship Maine from the bot
tom of Havana harbor have been re
iected by the Navy Department and
new bids have been invited. TO be
opened February l. 1901.
According 10 the correspondent of
the Skagway News at Dawson. the
Americans at Dawson were much IN
suited at a banquet given there on
Christmas day to Major z. C. Wood
of the Mounted Police
In Are which destroyed the Aber
deem apartment building at Chicago
on January 18th. Frank Crower. super
intendent of Swift 4 Co.'S factory. lost
his life while trying to save his bank
book and insurance policy.
At the National Livestock Associa-
ton meeting held 1t Salt Lake CITY
the report of the executive Committee
Was read on January 18th ana adopted
Among other thinQ 4 prpv,das tor m