The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-04

| Austria is to construct four canals.
| millionaire Beard of New York is dead.
4 The condition, of the Shah is reported
| to be worse.
| The Russian situation is reported as
/ growing worse.
| General Ludlow is In the grip of tuber-
] culosis at Manila.
| There have been disastrous prairie
fires in Nebraska.
| Senator Voorhees, son is in prison in
| New York for robbery.
| The Pittsburg labor unions are plan
ming to consolidate to fight the trusts.
| The son of Lieut.. Col Wildreek has
| been arrested in New York for swind-
| ling.
| Colonel A. E. Buck, Minister to Japan,
| is i'll with the grip in Washington but
1 is reported in no serious danger.
| The two Gypsy girls arrested in con-
nection with the disappearance of Will
| lie Mccormick, the New York boy, have
| been released.
The French Government speaks highly
| OF the hospitality shown the French
training ship Duguay Trouin, while in
American harbors.
The Comptroller of the Treasury has
decided that postal money orders are
| they are drawn.
! Twenty men were arrested in a pool
room raid in Chicago April q. The rooms
were located over, the saloon of two well
known local politicians.
| Nothing has been heard of Willis Nc
Cornick, the missing young New York
e. who has strangely disappeared.
| A writ to compel Chicago street rail-
way company to lower its tunnel beneath
the river at busy street, has been re-
fused by the Circuit Court.
| The American Bridge Company has
signed the scale submitted by the struc-
! tural workers of the different cities with
the exception of Milwaukee.
The evidence in the Cudahy case is
slowly Tightening about Callahan, one of
| the suspects. and damaging testimony
has been given against him.
Striking bakers in Lima, Peru, waved
red flags and shouted DEATH Persons
were attacked, but were repulsed. Riot
ers will be severely punished.
Governor Odell has signed the bill
which authorizes New York City to ac-
cept the s5,2OO.OOO gift of Andrew Car
negie for a free library system.
The Commercial Cable Company has is
sued notice that the Siberian land lines
are interrupted and messages for Japan
via northern route are sent at senders
risk.
TIE New York Stock Exchange opera
lions show unusually heavy transactions
in common and preferred stocks stimu-
lated by the higher range of London
prices.
Colonel Merritt Barber and Major F.
Long have been appointed Brigadier
Generals of Volunteers by the President
on account of long and faithful services
in the Philippine campaign.
In the contest proceedings of G. w
Parker. Republican candidate for Mayor
of ST Louis, filed against Mayor Wells,
seven separate grounds for action are
alleged, involving Illegal voting.
Judge Sneed of the Circuit Court at
Knoxville Tenn, held that the bylaw
passed by the American Legion of Hon
or. Supreme Council, last August, inyal-
idating all policies of over $1,000 was
void.
The thirty-sixth anniversary of the de-
struction of the Government transport
Sultana on the Mississippi river, in which
1Svv lives we're lost, was celebrated in
Knoxville, April 9th About 100 surviv
ors were present
Count Cornulier, a Partisan, after a
two days trial for the murder of his wife
by shooting her three times, as she was
leaving the louise of M. Leroux, an an
te-marital admirer, Yves acquitted on
April 9th amidst the applause of the
spectators.
A majority of the foreign ambassadors
called upon Secretary Hay April q TO
bid him farewell before he left on the
Presidents trip. Most of them, including
Lord Pauncefote, ambassador of Great
Britain, will visit Europe during the
Secretary's absence.
A startling feature Of the series of
forgeries alleged to have been commit
ted by ex-Mayor Hadley Jones of Little
Falls, N. Y, who is fugitive. was dis
closed when his safe was opened. Forg-
ed bank certificates were found, and 1t
is believed he stole about $4,000.
The wrecked schooner Emma c.
Knowles passed in the Delaware Break
water on April q in tow. She was sight
ed off Atlantic City lying on her beam
ends. There was apparently no one
aboard then. 1t is believed that the crew
of nine men have been picked up and
that the men will be landed at some for
eign port.