The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-06

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I the department Of agriculture in grow
ing varieties Of tobacco under the
( shade Ct chsesecsoth-
The Egyption Gallery At the British
Museum has Just come into posses
Z sim q the mummy Of 2 man which
{ nisv weI be the eldest known body
Of any hUna nbeIng.
Great loss Of life has been occasion
+ 81 u shipwrecks in japan One OF the
/ vessels lost was the japanese train
ing ship Tsukishims Mzru. in which
! disaster III officers. cadets and sail.
OTIS persisted
A New Mexico railway official has
/ received a box O. fifty gems closely
/ resembling and alleged TO be diamonds
I found near Captain. a coal camp or
/ the line OF the Il Paso and Northern
/ Railway company.
After quelling a disturbance tina,
had arisen at ball given by Italian
| socialists at Barre, Vt, on December
2sth. Chief Of Police Brown was shot
as he was leaving the hall and prob
| ably mortaliy wounded
The British war Office has begun the
| promised reform of the army in a sen
sational manner. II has demanded
the resignation OF Major General Sir
Henry Colville. commanding an infan
try brigade at Gibraltar
A telegram from Ceigordeavilla
/ Cuba, announces the death OF F. p
/ Brothers. one OF the best known rail
! way contractors in this country. He
succumbed 10 typhoid fever on Christ
( mas after a brief illness.
The Daily News. the oldest liberal
| paper in London. viii cease support
( ing the governments South African
| policy and will virtually demand a
cessation OF the war and the giving Of
liberal terms TO the Beers.
Goyernor-elect Odell of New York
has after a long conference with Sen
a.or Platt and Chairman Dunn an
nounced in his message that he would
recommend a single-headed police bill
to he passed by the Legislature.
The Fayai mine, located at Eveleth,
Mimi, has cleared shipments OF a
trifie over 1900. 900 gross tons of iron
ore for the season. This is the largest
shipment in point of tonnage ever
made by any mine in the world.
By dynamite explosion Dec. 2S at
Baker Camp. near Durben. Pocahon-
tas county W. Va. on the line of the
coal and iron railroad now building
out from Elkins. six men were killed
and several others fatally injured
Disguised as woman. Pat Grove,
the notorious criminal who is being
sought by the police all over the Unit
ed States on the charge that he was
the kidnaper of Eddie Cudahv at
Omaha, has been seen in Chicago.
Forty-fve thousand dollars in Gov
eminent bonds. with the coupons still
attached and running back for thirty
years. were found in a chest in hut
occupied by Hermit Ypsilanti Smith.
who died at Springfield. O.. few days
ago.
William H. Smythe. grand secretary
of the Free and Accepted Masons of
Indiana. was murGerouslv assaulted in
his Office in the Masonic Temple on
December 9th. at Indianapolis. and
IS diving from a pistol wound in the
head.
To occupy the post of first Russian
consul at Bombay. the government
has appointed N. Klemme. for many
years in the foreign Office service IN
Central Asia and latterly secretary of
the Russion political agent at Box
hara
Mrs. Carrie Nation, president of the
DO r-har ~ Uny,ronfc hric
Temperance Union entered the Carey
hotel barroom and with a stone
smashed a $500 painting of Cleopatra
at her bath. and mirror valued at
800. She was arrested.
Learned men and women from
every center of the United States |
gathered at the University of Penn
svlvania at Philadelphia on December !
9th. to attend the opening session Of |
the Congress of Archaeological and |
Pathological societies of America
II is reported that the expansion of |
the Illinois Steel Works means he |
employment of 1000 men in addition |
to those already employed at the COM
pany's works, and that the working !
force of the manufacturing plant then |
would be between 5000 and 5000
The failure of the well known bank |
ing firm of Francisco Martinez. Ne |
CRETE & Sons of Guadalaiara, Mexico. |
has created sensation in the City of |
Mexico, where the firm has for mary |
years been identified with its business
Liabilities are s2,235,- |
600.
One of the most serious fires which |
have occurred in the east end of Lon |
don during the last ten years broke |
out December 27th at the East India !
docks. Five immense sheds filed with |
goods, including a thousand bales of |
hemp and quantities of jute, were con-
sumed.
The Colorado State Teachers As
ISOLATION. which has recently been IN |
session at Denver. adopted resolutions |
the Colorado representa-
tives in Congress to employ their best |
endeayores TO urge Congress to Re
organize the bureau of education upon
broader lines.
The full statement of the earnings
and expenses of the Southern Pacific
for the fiscal year ended
iune 30. 1900. shows more than 8 IL
per cent earned on the $500 .ooa. 600 OF
stock. after paving all the operating I
expenses. taxes, rentals and interest /,
on the bonds. /
Il looks as though many pages print /
ed in American histories concerning
the exploits of Marcus Whitman. who I