The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-17

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roslcalI
Mrs Joseph Burns was shot and
killed at luna. Feo- Z. b. Marion
Alexander. constable who surTend-
cred himself 20 the aufnorities-
Addison Cammack. for years one
Street New York. died Feb s, at his
home in that city. aged "a years
The National House Committee IN
Coinage has acted favorabiy on the
bills establishing branch mints n
Omaha. Neb-- and Tacoma Wash
Eleven prominent people of Contra
liza, Wash, have been arrested charg-
ed with melting a riot IN the effort
to prevent liquor selling on Sunday
A dredger has been built for the
Suez canal which viii excavate to a
depth Of forty feet and LIT with -
buckets 1850 tons Of material per hour
Mrs Frederick Hansen. formerly
Josephine, Countess Ritter, age q
years. committed suicide by shooting
herself at Santa Barbara Calf. Feb Z.
The inventor of smokeless powder,
Count Serge d. Smolianinoff. was con
victed in the Washington, D. C. Police
Court Feb. 6. Of being an habitual
drunkard.
A heavy freight train on the North
ern Pacific became unmanageable
Feb. while descending the Cascade
mountains and was dashed to De
struction.
The number of vessels, as reported
| by counsel A E Smith at Victoria
which propose to engage in seal hunt
ing from the port Of Victoria this year
is thirty-four.
| Part of the lis papyri presented to
American universities and colleges by
the Egyptian exploration fund Of Lon.
don has reached Rev. w. c. winslow
of Boston, Mass.
The second heavy snow storm in One
week visited the Middle West Feb T.
and for hours business was all but sus.
pended in the Great Lakes and Mis-
sissippi valley region.
At an important conference held
Feb. the general outlines of a pol.
| icy on the part of the California legis.
lature toward the University of the
State were agreed upon
| A letter from the Vatican at Rome
has been posted to Monsignor Marti-
nelli, the Apostolic Delegate in the
United States, notifying him that he
will be created a Cardinal
The large prune growers around Sa-
ratoga, Calf, are engaged in promot.
ing an irrigation scheme of more i'm
portance and larger extent man any
ever undertaken in the valley.
The strike on the Spanish railroad
on the Portuguese frontier is causing
great disturbance of traffic Only a
few trains are running and they are
worked by military engineers.
Information has been received at
Washington of a clash between sail
ors of the United states naval vessel
Lancaster, now at La Guayra, vene-
zuela, and the populace of that city.
The executive committee of the Am
erican Cattle-Growers' Association
has issued call for the first annual
convention Of the association to be
held in Denver, commencing March
5th.
The work of compiling the American
claims for indemnity on account Of
the uprising in China has been prac-
tically completed. The total amount
or the private claims is sS01 900 in
gold.
Only rich man can afford to be a
belted earl. The unavoidable initial
expenses which Lord Roberts will be
called upon to pay on attaining this
dignity will total up to something like
s675.
The British Government has at last
made up its mind to relieve Kitchener
or the military paralysis. entailed in
the defense of about 1900 miles of rail
road communication between Pretoria
and the sea.
The st. Cloud Hotel. at the south.
east corner of Broadway and Forty
second street, New York City. owned
by John Jacob Astor, will. in all prob
ability. be replaced soon by a twenty.
story hotel
Five women, emulating Carrie Ma
ton OF Kansas, raided seven drug
stores in Chicago FEB. Z. and though
the whole police force of the city is
on the lookout for them they have
evaded arrest.
The bin amending the immigration
laws so as to exclude persons affected
with insanity, idiocy or epilepsy has
been fayorably reported from the
House Committee on immigration and
Naturalization.
Destructive bush fires throughout
Melbourne colony. Australia. have
done great damage to property and
stock. The heat is excessive. and
there have been violent dust storms in
and around Melbourne.
At session OF the German Agricul.
tural Council at Berlin. Feb. 8. Count
Won Buelow, the Imperial Chancellor.
made strong speech regarding the
vital Importance of protecting and
fostering German agriculture.
A fire broke out Feb. in the maya
xfnes of the Caspian and Black Sea
company, near Baku. Russia, which
contained 100000 pools Of petroleum.
The confagration resulted in great
loss OF life and widespread damage.
An official Of the National Tube Com.
pany OF Pittsburg. Pa. received q teie-
gram Feb Z from President e. C.
Converse. which stated that the "a
pers for the purchase of the stock of
Andrew Carnegie had been signed.
bur the deal was not closed.