The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-18
NEWS OF WORLD
CONDENSED
M'K1NLEY no ATTEND NEPHEw's
FUNERAL

CANTON, Ohio. Jan. 5.--President
and Mrs. Mckinley are expected here
Thursday evening to attend the funeral
Friday OF James Saxton Barber. their
nephew, who died In Hongkong OF ty-
phoid fever while on duty as paymaster
in the navy. The body reached San
Francisco on the transport Grant anu
Is expected here tomorrow.
BRYAN VISITS KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 6.--William ].
Bryan passed through Kansas city to-
night on his way home from Galveston,
TEX.
Speaking Of his paper, the Commoner,
he said the first issue would be out
about January 20. He feels that his
newspaper enterprise will be great
success. He said that subscriptions
were received from thrty-three states
and territories within a week after he
announced his intention of publishing
the Commoner.
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied by his
son.
IKINYOUN BEFORE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature at Sacramento is to
be asked to pass a joint resolution re-
Iquesting President Mckinley to relieve
Dr. j. j. Kinyoun, United States Quar-
lantine officer at San Francisco, from
further service on the Pacific Coast.
The resolution was placed in the hands
of Senator Cutter and was offered to
the Senate several days ago. The Sen
ator says that he has discussed the
matter very fully and that he is con-
WINGED that the resolution will be
adopted.
SHERMAN REACHES FRISCO.
The transport Sherman reached San
| francisco on January 9th with her state
rooms unroofed and her hold partiall:'
filled with water as the result of a &C.
hour battle with typhoon near San
Bernardino Straits. She carried a large
number of sick and disabled soldiers, aud
the bodies of twelve soldiers who had
died in the Philippines Six deaths oc-
lcurred on board while the steamer was
en- route.
TAKES WASHINGTON COAL TO HA-
VAIL
| TACOMA, Wash, Jan. THE Ameri-
can bark Agate cleared today for Eleele,
| Hawaii, with a cargo of coal. The Agate
lis the first vessel to carry coal from Ia
coma to that port and the second ves-
| sci to sail there from the Sound. The
AEates trip to Eleele is somewhat of an
| |eXperiment, the owners of the vessel hop
ling by landing Washington coal there
| direct to obtain the added profits that
| have been going to the steamboat own
| ers.
SUGAR WAR IN DOUBT.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Oficials of the
American Sugar Refining Company and
of Arbucke Bros. refused today to con-
firm or deny dispatches from Chicago to
the effect that the war between the two
corporations is about to be ended. At
the offices of Arbuckle Bros no one was
willing to talk concerning the report. An
official of the American Sugar Refining
Company said the company would inform
the public at the proper time whether
the war would be settled or not.
CANAL BILL BEFORE SENATE.
Senator Morgan presented part of the
report of the Senate Committee on inter-
oceanic Caanls on the project of an 18TH !
m.an waterway at Washington on jan
uary Z. 1t was chiefly interesting in be-
ing a reaffirmation that the House bill
now pending in the Senate providing for
the construction of the Nicaragua canal
| furnished the true, safe and honorable
method of dealing with the rights. pow
ers and duties in connection with an
sthman canal" The report says that !
there is no reason for further delay, but !
that the pending bill should be passed or
a abandoned.
TO SIGN JOINT NOTE.
The report that the Chinese court has
instructed the Chinese peace ENJOYS to /,
sign the Joint note of the powers is con- /
firmed at Peking under date of January
a. The court referred to the objections
to the southern Viceroys. which are the ,
same as the court have. Prince Ching,
however, informed the court that it was
too late and a reply from the court Is
expected shortly.
ELECTION AT MANILA.
The first municipal election at Manila
was held successfully at Bagulo, Prov
ince OF Benguet. Saturday, January Z.
The 1gorrotes took part in the election.
The Filipinos in Manila have been en-
joylng recently novel experience. in
the holding of free, open political meet
ings.
GEARY ACT EXTENDED.
Representative Kahns Chinese excu-
sion bill as introduced in Washington
January 9TH, extends the Geary act for
twenty years from June 80 1902, and pro-
Nides several amendments, the only i'm
portant changes being provision giving
the United States or accused Chinese the
right of appeal from the decision of the
United States Commissioner.
CAPE TOWN FEARS BoERs.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 5.-The heads of
firms here are hastily organizing their
Stars into companies OF the city
Guards, Independent of the colonial de-
fense.
An emergency meeting of the Cabinet
was convened at noon today after long
consultation between the British High 4
Commissioner, Sir Alfred Milne, and
Premier Sir Gordon-Sprigg. An impor-
tant announcement is expected.
PAYNE FOR THE NEXT CABINET.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Henry C. Payne
Of Milwaukee, vice chairman of the
Republican national committee, was at
the Auditorium Annex tonight. When
asked as TO the probability of his be-
coming Postmaster General In McKin-
ley's second Cabinet, he said; 1T is
understood in Washington, | believe,
that there VIII be no changes in the
Cabinet except one, Attorney General
Griggs means TO resign"