The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-18

Manila business men want a 70 per
lcent cut in the tariff.
The Standard Oil Company has de-
clared a dividend of $50 per share
Four children of a Maryland farmer
were cremated while the parents We're
away.
San Bernardino judges have declared
the California vagrancy laws unconsti-
tutional.
w. j. Calhoun of Chicago is said to
be slated for the position of Secretary
lof Commerce.
| The University of California expedi-
ton in Egypt has discovered a papyrus
5000 years old.
| General Weyler has introduced a bill
! in the Spanish Senate making military
training obligatory.
| Newly discovered gold fields in Indian
river tributary have started a STAN
! pede from Dawson.
Governor Taft declares himself as
opposed to General Bells concentration
plan in the Philippines.
Lord Sholto Douglas, a brother of
the Marquis of Queensberry, has
bought a saloon in Spokane
| The House judiciary committee has
reported the bill for the protection of
the President and government officials
against anarchists.
who did the Oakland sports, was ar
rested in Chicago, and will be taken
to Baltimore for trial.
The opponents of Chinese exclusion
have abandoned their efforts before the
House committee, and will make
strong fight in the Senate.
Fire. supposedly of incendiary origin,
destroyed $3,000,000 worth of property
at Waterbury, Conn. Hundreds of peo-
pie We're rendered homeless.
In the Senate. Clark of Wyoming,
moved to have the increase in salaries
Unit t, vIo-
wall, but the amendment was lost.
a merger of the Northwestern, Mil
waukee and Rock Island railroads is
rumored in case the Northern Securi-
ties Company stands the test in the
courts.
made a second attempt to have the
powers intercede in favor of the Span
ish at the time of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
The Colorado Woman's Christian
Temperance Union disapproves of wine
at the banquet which it is proposed to
give Generals Funston and Macarthur
at Denver.
The industrial commission has made
q final report to Congress, faVoring
increased control of railways, and eX-
tension of the powers of the Interstate
commerce board.
General Pearson. late of the Boer
army, has advised President Roosevelt
Of his intention to organize sympathiz-
ers in New Orleans and attack the ,
British mule camp there.
Storms along the European coast did I
great damage to shipping Many lives !
were lost Several Italian towns were !
blocked with snow, and the fierce gale ,
at sea did much damage.
Senator McCumber defended Judge |
Moves of Alaska in the Senate, severely /
the San Francisco court !
which adjudged him guilty of contempt. /
Senator Tillman answered him.
The San Francisco chamber of GEM
nerce and merchants exchange passed
resolutions favoring admission of Chi
lese clerks. etc. The action was de-
bounced in a mammoth labor meeting
few days later
Congressman Kahn addressed the
louise committee for an hour advocat-
ng radical Chinese exclusion act. He
eferred TO the act anneXing Hawaii
md TO the act establishing the Terri
DRY of Hawaii. in both of which were !
PROVISIONS excluding the Chinese from
he Mainland of the United States. He
pointed out that there are only $4,000
'hinese in Hawaii, while there are
70 600 in the Philippines If Congress
bought il wise to exclude the small
lumber in Hawaii, il certainly should
xclude the vastly larger number in
he Philippines from entering this
Ountry.