The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-19
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erican flag az Monterey on July 10.
1916. died Dec. 9. Of old age In the
Odd Fellows Home at Thermslito.
Cal
The Board Of Fortihcatious and
Ordnance Of the Army is about TO
recommend sites for the four mill
tary camps authorized by the Army
reorganization bin
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pzny IS preparing 10 bore a tunnel
5000 feet long. S feet wide and feet
high through Juneau mountain, ~one
mile below Juneau.
To bottle the oxygen Of the at
mOsphere Is the queen object Of a
company whose corporation papers
we're sled with the County Clerk at
Los Angeles. Cal, Dec. I.
Jan KubelIk. the young Bohemian
violinist, who has been for the past
two years the musical sensation OF
Europe. has begun his first Amerf-
can tour. playing in New York.
A London financial journal OF re-
pute states that the Philippine to-
bacco-growers have organized trust,
financed in London, with a capital
Of from s30,O0O,000 to ss5,000,000.
At a session Of the Privy Council
Dec. 10. King Edward definitely fixed
June 20. 1902. as the date for his
coronation. It was also decided that
Parliament will meet January 16.
As a result Of her fondness for
horses Miss Carrie Blabon, a popular
young lady OF Los Gatos, Cal. is
minus the index finger Of her right
hand She was bitten while feeding
the equine.
Lieutenant-ColonelR Robert L. Meade
OF the New York Marine Corps, who
was tried on the charge of drunken
ness. has been acquitted, and he has
been restored to duty at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
One OF New York's well-known
banking-houses has decided to limit
its new block located in the heart
Of the business part of the city,
TO four stories and occupy the entire
structure itself
Edward H. Brown, aged rs years,
Of Girard (Kas.), who has been pro-
minent in political and railroad cir
cles. dropped dead Of heart disease
Dec. Z, while visiting his sister at
Kansas City, Kan.
Reduced rates for a number Of big
annual gatherings to be held next
summer were agreed on by the gen.
eral passenger agents Of the rail-
roads east Of Chicago at a meeting
in Chicago, Dec. s.
The Maryland Court OF Appeals has
refused 10 admit women TO practice
at the bar. on the ground that the
language Of the law in the case uses
only the masculine pronoun when re-
ferring to applicants.
The introduction of the automobile
in Russia has suggested the construc- |
ton OF a new form of roadway for |
their accommodation between points /
in the empire not reached by rail 1
ways. and over roads.
Great indignation has been aroused
at Boston Dec. 10 bv the sale OF jun |
ping jacks labeled Mckinley" A
tour of toy shops was made and it /
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jumping jack In stock.
A. ". Fraze. a prominent officer
in the Seattle. Wash, Salvation Ar
my. is missing. He has not been seen
since November Both When he left /
the city good share Of Salvation |
Army money disappeared.
AS a result Of a fight In Salt
Lake, Utah. Dec 10. Nicholas Cd 4
gers, a miner. known as Uncle Nick,
is dead and Thomas Hill. a city water
works employee. is under arrest
charged with causing his death.
Representative Gardner of New!
Jersey has introduced a joint reso-
luton authorizing the State Depart
ment to purchase the Danish West
Indies and sppropriating not ex-i
ceeding 100000 for that purpose.
An explosion that shook the earth
for blocks around, shattered hundreds
Of windows in South Sharon. Pa.
Dec. 10. moved adjacent buildings
from the foundations and caused the
injury Of nine men. two perhaps ia
tally.
One after another. the Pacific
Coast towns and cities are being
lighted by electricity. Reno is among
he later ones to acquire this add
ionsl convenience, the power furnish
ng ii being obtained from Truckee
liver.
The Pacific cod fishers have plead
ID vainly with the United States
Fish Commission for several years
past for the establishment OF a
in Pacific waters to keep
~ the supply on the northern cod
ranks.
The Democrats completely over
the Republicans in the
Boston city elections Dec. 10. General
A. Collins being elected May
n over Mayor Thomas A. Hart BY
he largest plurality in q quarter Of
century.
The slump In copper stocks is pro
ably traceable 20 the fact that ex-
orts Of the metal during the first
en- months Of this year amounted to
MY 1e9.72S.S97 pounds as against
eo.16e.7t1 pounds during the same
eriod last year.
The Chicago Historical Society is
ow the owner OF the most valuable
ct Of private papers in America
-hich remain unworked into historic .
al volumes. II includes the diary
nd correspondence, state and per