The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-20
NEWS

DEE INDUS Ky. NEW YORK.
June l0-Henry f. Havemeyer. presl-
dent of the American Sugar Refining
Company denied today report that his
company had obtained a preponderat-
ing interest in the beet sugar industry
in this country. The report had ii that
HaVemeyer had purchased the control
ling interest in several beet-Sugar fac
tories i'm the West and Northwest
When this was called to his attention
he said: 1T is not my intention to tell
the pubic, or the newspapers, the bust
ness affairs of the company. That re-
port about buying beet sugar interests
was only printed in the hope of urging
an avOwal from me. All / will say is
that any statement to the effect that
the American Sugar Refining Company
has prepOnderating interest in the
beet-sugar industry is utterly untrue"
1T is stated that you have purchased
a controlling interest in five beet-sugar
factories in the West?'
That is entirely untrue too" Have
meyer said.
PRAISE AMERICANS: PRETORIA,
June lO.-Boer commandos arriving
here bring reports of fresh instances Of
determination between the Beers and
the British troops. The surrender of
commando at BalmoraI, Transvaal.
was followed by a Sing song" The
British soldiers stationed at the block
house between BalmoTal and Pretoria
in some instances held up the trains
and proffered coffee and tobacco to
their late enemies.
The Beers generally hold unfavorable
estimates of their foreign allies. except
the Americans, whom they declare TO
be crafty and great fighters. 4 prom
inent commandant said: "An the Ger
mans are fit for is to give horses sore
backs"
LIBRARIAN DEAD: POMONA.
June Herbert c. Nash, for the past
seven years librarian of Stanford Uni
versity, died at o'clock this after.
noon at the Hotel Keller, where he had
oeen for six weeks with his wife. The
immediate cause of his death was
Brlghts disease, developing from pull
monary trouble
NEW CARDINALS: ROME. June O..
The Pope was present at the consist
DRY held this morning He was borne
to the Sistine chapel, in the Sediages-
tatoria, surrounded by Cardinals. and
formally bestowed red hats on Monsig-
nors Martinelli, formerly PapaI dele
gate to the United States; Archbishop
Skrbenski of Prague and Prince Bishop
Won Priczyne of Cracow. The Pontiff
also appointed several bishops, incIud-
ing the Very Rev. William ]. Kenny.
Nlcar-General of Jacksonville, Fla, as
Bishop of st. Augustine, i'm succession
to the late Bishop Augustin Verot: and
Very Rev. Philip j. Marrigan, Vice
Rector of the Catholic University at
Washington as Bishop of Sioux CITY,
Iowa. Judge Taft, Governor of the
Philippine Islands, and the Americans
with him, were invited to witness the
ceremony. The party occupied seats
IN the diplomatic gallery in the Sala
Rega (entranCe hall to the Sistine
Chapel. As the Pontiff passed he rec
ognized them and smilingly bowed to
the Americans.
CONNOISSIEUR MORGAN: LON
DON, June THE Exchange Tele-
graph Company Understands tina. the
price paid by ]. =. Morgan for the
famous Consul Buttmln collection of
antique silver and bronzes in Berlin
is 100000.
NINE CREMATED: LONDON. June
9-The inadequacy OF the fire equip
ment Of London has again been de-
monstrated by the fatalities Nhich al
tended COMPARE valy small ilrEc in
The center Of The .ity this afternoon.
The fire occurred i'm the upper portion
of five-story building adjoining the
Mansion House Station i'm the bust est
section OF London III. first extension
ladders 10 arrive at the scene could
not be elevated to the fourth story, ard
inmates Of the upper floors were com
PEELED TO jump down into a tarpauIln
which had been hastily comma ndeered
ny the hremen from a passing fruit
van, Several Of those who Jumped were
badly injured, and others who refused
to take the risk disappeared within the
smoking windows. Several hours
elapsed before the casualties were as
certained. 1t was then found that nine
young girls had been burned to death,
and that fifteen persons hal been in
iured one probably fatally.
OIL IN OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA
CITY COX, IT,, June 1O-At Rerford City
this morning news OF oil gusher was
brought In. The oil spOuted over the
derrick, and continues TO flow. OH was
truck at 1900 feet
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