The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18
NEWS OF WORLD
CONDENSED

Gen. Acosta, the Venezuelan rebel chief,
b prisoner.
Mabini. Philippine leader. has been
deported to Guam.
German troops may escort the emperor
Of China to Picking.
The French and Jamaica reciprocity
treaties will not be ratified.
The Schley- Sampson controversy has
been resumed in the Senate.
The fighting between the Mexicans and
the Maya Indians continues.
Mrs. Nation threatens TO try her
Ratchet on Chicago saloons.
Henry Miller, the actor, has scored a
success In Richard Savage"
Beers have cut the Delagoa Bay rail-
way in Portuguese territory.
The British Government will send 10000
mounted troops to Kitchener.
The United States Government expects
to ratify the Monroe doctrine.
When in Chicago Nine. Bernhard took
out a 100000 policy on her life.
The wife of the actor, Melbourne Mac
Dowell, has obtained a divorce.
The bill giving travel pay to volunteers
has been passed by the Senate.
An epidemic called pneumonia is caus-
ing many deaths at Daggett, Cal.
Mexican soldiers We're ambuShed by
Yaquis in Sonora and many killed.
The French War Minister defends the
conduct of French troops in China
financiers control OF the public debt.
A national monument to the late Queen
Victoria will be organized at Calcutta,
The Salvation Army at Chicago may
appear on the stage in Rescue" play.
VIM. NJ. Evarts, ex-Secretary of State,
has celebrated his eighty-third birthday.
John Marshall Day. was observed at
Washington with Wayne McVeigh as Ora
tor.
If General Miles is confirmed as Major
General, Bates will become a Major Gem
eraI
There is a bill In the New York LegIs-
lature to compel newspapers to use large
type.
Helen Keller, deaf, dumb and blind, is
keeping abreast of her class at the Har-
ward Annex.
Six We're killed and many hurt by the
ditching of an Erie railway train near
Greenville. Pa.
George Won Leiningen Meyer of Gin
cinnati is the new United States Embas-
sador to Italy.
General Merriam bitterly resents the
fact that he can neither get field service
nor promotion.
Cissy Lotus, the actress, has been run
down by wagon in New York and Sc
riously injured.
The possibility of Boer raid, In pur-
suit of ammunition, is discussed at LOU
renzo Marques
small foraging party of Japanese and
English were butchered by Boxers near
Shan Hal Kwan.
Belgian capital has control of the
American railway enterprise between Pc
king and Hankow.
The end of the sealing industry Is near
at hand. Thirty-four sealers will leave
Victoria this year.
The Kaiser may return to England
next autumn to be the guest of King Ed
ward at BaImoral.
Valuable paintings, including two by
Rubens, have been seized at New York
for differentiation.
Francis Joseph may wed Frau Schatt
the actress, with whom his name has
long been identified.
The result of the announcement Of the
Carnegie steel deal has resulted in a big
rise In steel stocks.
Mrs. Nation appeals to the school chill
dren of Topeka to smash the windows OF
the city.s .'hen holes"
The Mindora Islanders have risen
against the rebel Filipino government
and slain the Governor.
j. Pierpont Morgan will lend his pic
lures, shown in Paris, to the new White
chapel Art Gallery In London.
AT Cincinnati two Bengal tigers fought
until the female was killed. She had
preferred the attentions Of another tiger
and the Jealousy of the discarded one
cost her life.
The Standard OIL Company has distrib-
uted quarterly dividend of s2o. 900 on
capitalization Of 500, 000. 900. Last year
the company paid In dividends $4S, 000. 90.
The stock Is worth over 80.
At Rossford, Ohio, a woman postmaster
was tortured by robbers in vain at
tempt to make her tell the hiding place
OF Government valuables. Lighted
matches were applied to her feet,