The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22

legcS up TO the IrSt Gay OF January
1902. The rates have been made very
low and are much lower than the old
charges for excavating and cleaning
cesspools. No one ever complained
about the charges for that service. and
it was four or five times as high as the
present scale. which ranges from four
to twenty dollars a year.
The sewer was built with a special
appropriation and every householder or
store was allowed to connect if they
SO desired. Most of them did, thus eff
facting considerable saving to them
selves. There was no appropriation by
the Legislature for the maintenance. or
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attitude. has been huisted ON a pole and
exhibited In a conspicuous place.
am informed that the British CON
sui has drawn the Chinese authorities
attention to the present state of affairs
around here and to the issue OF The
placards AZ Tiet Shan-!iongkonS
Press.
MANILA OFT. l7.--Govcrnor Taft is to
be provided with "A vessel which Will be
informally known As the "GoYcrnor's
yacht" For this purpose the United
States naval transport General Alava,
commanded by Commander
Halsey, has been placed at the disposal
OF the governor, thus giving him good
comfortable and economical ship with
which to make trips to unsettled dis
tricts.
SYDNEY, November s.-Thc govern
ment has been requested to proceed with
the erection of cable buildings al Nor
folk Island the expense to toe borne 10y
the Pacific Cable Board.
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I ALBANY, n. y, Nov. S.--Thc CONNER
c!al Gable Company, recently incOrporat-
ed to operate Il cable line between this
country and the Philippine Islands, today
filed with the Secretary of State a GER
/ titicatc of nc'easr OF capital from sl,r0,
( co to 100000
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. lat is
feared here that IL terrible ocean diSaS-
ter occurred in the eastward track of
! transatlantic steam craft on the night
! of November /. about 1000 miles off
! the coast of the United states. \ large
unknown vsssel caught fire and was
! blown tn pieces by an explosion soon
afterward
The first news Of the disaster was
! brought To this port today by Captain
Fcrian of the Australian steamship
/ Etelka. from London. Captain Feriau
reports to his agent: Between mid
night and | a. m, Sth instant in lati-
! tude Al north. longitude 80 west | saw
a large steamer about FIVE miles to the
I southwark. From its sudden disap-
! pcarance IL looked as if an explosion
had occurred ! steamed toward it. but
it had disappeared before the steamer
/ reached where il had been sighted
T.. t,,,,, gGi1 IN, no.
sci. excepting that she was large
craft.
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/ ROCHESTER,. \. Y, November l0.-
George Smith IA Sherburne farmer he
cause he tied his team of horses To the
Ibrake-bcam of an empty freight car, is
mourning the loss of "a valuable pair Of
horses and paying large Doctors bill.
Smith, accompanied by his family, drove
up to the station with a load of cab
bages late yesterday afternoon. After
cautioning his wife and children to re-
main in the wagon, he tied the team To
one of the empty cars and ran into the
station.
In his absence a switch engine backed
down and coupled onto the string OF cars
ana started to pull them out onto the
main track The horses held fast by
strong rope matters, followed, first at a
walk. which was increased to II trot, and
finally as the engine gained Roadway
they were obliged to break into mac
galiop TO keep up, the wagon bumpinl
and bounding over the rails ana ties
spilling its occupants aud load OF cab
bages all along the route.
Smith, coming out of the station will
5 a wild yell, followed up the track. Th
n station agent. seeing the predicament o
= the Smith outfit, signaled the switch en-
CINE to stop, which it did, not, however
until the horses had fallen through
trestle.
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. NEW YORK, November lot is sal
Il on trustworthy authority that WI Tin
Il Fang, the Chinese Minister to the Unite
: States, and eminent as n scholar. ha
e been requested TO become a member q
Columbia University's faculty. The reg
20 ular monthly meeting Of the trustee
. was held on Monday last, and the sui
!, ject was discussed, but the result wa
" not made public.
1t Is said that the request that he tax
= the chair of Chinese literature is in tn
d expectation that Minister WI intends
y give up his diplomatic post and becom
IL a permanent resident of the Unite
States should his government assign hi
IN TO some other country. as has been IT
No ported.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-Secretai
% Long intends to send Rear-Admir
= Robley d. Evans out to the Asiat
station, to be second officer in con
l. mand Both Admiral Remey, con
mander- in-chief of that station, al
Admiral Kempff, junior squadron cor
- mander, will return soon TO the Unite
~ States. This will leave Rear Admir-
- Rodgers, now in senior command of &
= squadron, in supreme command.
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IN MADRID. Nov. 13.-The Illness and e
III treme debility OF the premier. Senior s
me gasta, are causing anxiety. Sagasta
S, the leader of the liberia! party in Spai
re and was prime minister durihg the vi
st between the United States and Spain.
early life he was repub lean but upt
ro the death OF the king in 1855 he fouI
himself at the head Of affairs and su
AZ cessfully opposed the republicans uni
'n the birth of the present king when