The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
NEWS !, OF WORLD
CONDENSED

The Postal Code bill passed the Hous
without any changes.
The cruiser New York is to be com
missioned February II.
Bernard Horn, a noted California cat
tie man, died January a.
The rumor that the ST. Paul railroad
has been leased is denied.
Peace has apparently been reache;
among the warning Creeks.
King Edward VII was proclaimed
king at Pretoria January %.
A cablegram of January % report.
continued fighting in Colombia.
| Russia is said to be negotiating fol
three eastern provinces of China.
ON january 20 the Indian hostilities
in the Southwest Were subsiding. -
German American trade is increasing
The imports have increased $50, 900, 900
H. Jeff Dobbins, the Sinson murderer
has been sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
| Word has been received at Seattle
| that the missing schooner A. NJ. Bax-
| ter is safe.
The matron of an indianapolis reform
school is charged with f1ogging the girls
under her charge.
The Supreme Court decided against
the Chicago drainage canal in the II
linois- Missouri suit.
British steel men are worried over
the proposed doubling or trebling of the
German tariff on steel
a coffee club association has been
formed for the purpose of opposing sa
looms in San Francisco.
General Francois de Bourbon V Cas-
telvi. cousin of King Alfonso. has
been retired in disgrace
Advices of January rs state that Car
ter Harrison is almost certain to be re-
elected mayor of Chicago.
The San Francisco ordinance making
half fares for school children has been
passed by the supervisors.
Walter Christie, Princeton's famous
coach, has been secured as trainer for
Berkeley in athletic work.
Under date of January % it is said
that the Eumor that Lord Salisbury
would resign is unfounded.
A wisconsin woman has secured a di-
vorce on the ground that her husband
smoked cigarettes to excess.
Forty japanese soldiers were killed
curing an explosion of Chinese gun
powder at Shan Hal Kwan.
The Municipal Council at Chicago re-
fused to pass resolutions of sympathy
upon the death of the Queen
Joseph Courreges, aged IA, of San
Francisco, disarnled his step-father and
saved his mother from death
vigilance committee has been APP
pointed to drive undesirable negro
characters from Indiana towns.
The town of Jackson Center, Ohio.
was destroyed by fire which started
in grain elevator last week
Major Edwin MCNEIL. formerly pres
ident of the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation Company, died January %.
The. eight-hour day went into effect
for miners in the big Montana and Bos-
ton Mining Company on February l.
Badger" Moore, who has served two
years of a nineteen years sentence in
New York, has fallen heir to $685. 400.
Fred Boehland, an aged traveller, was
lobhad of $751; three hours after arriv-
ing in San Francisco by bunco steerers.
Senator Towne, the Minnesota orator,
made an eloquent appeal to Congress to
stop The Philippine war on January rs.
The women of Anthony, Kansas, are
the examples of Mrs. Nation
and have wrecked four joints in their
town.
T. S. Lippey, a Klondike millionaire,
has received a matchmaking letter de-
$4,000 and signed Black
Caps"
John Muller was arrested at San Di-
ego on charge of being bogus priest
and collecting money under false pre-
lenses.
A burglar-proof compartment in
Seattle jewelers. safe prevented two
from securing $4,000 in uncut
A Venezuelan gunboat is reported to
be on guard in the Caribbean sea 20
intercept Senior Andrade's filibustering
expedition.
The GouiG estate trustees have been
'njoined not 10 pay over any money to |
AnEa, Countess de Castellane. over
200, 600 year
A bill was introduced into the Cali
ornia Legislature making it criminal |
,ffense to publish an anonymous 20 |
itical circular.
Serious riots have occurred at Kfeff !
University. Conflicts between the STU
tents and Cossacks have resulted ia
ally to the students
Many colonists are expected to inn
Migrate to California as a consequence
[ the low rate from Eastern states now
lade by the Santa Fe.
Sir Cavendish Boyle X G. NJ. G..
government Secretary 81 british Gut
ma since 1884. has been appointed Cow
rnor Of Newfoundland.
Many valuable animals persisted at I,
rank G. Bostock's Zoo in Baltimore ]
wing to fire started by badly insu- j
tied electric light wire.
Mrs. Mary Green of Boston has been
to serve a term in Deer Is
ma House Of Correction for conduct
milar to Mrs. Nations.
The will of Philip Armour be- 7
ueathes fifteen million dollars, all to
lie widow and son of the deceased, no I
larities being mentioned.
u. M. Macarthur of San Francisc,
'eated scene in railway station in t
hlcago. Business worries are believed u
have unsettled his mind. Ii
Inc business men of Wichita, Kan r
Is, propose to bring the LIQUOR oues- Ip
on before the Legislature of Kansas t
lc let the people decide it.
A pennsylvania train ran into a snow. r
mt and was nearly wrecked Seven Ip
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