The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-17
TELEGRAPH NOTES.

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Miss Stone is still a captive
Admiral Sampson is still very i'll, bu
not worse.
Japan's trade with China is greatly
Secretary Root may soon go to the
philippines. -
Naval officers favor the Puget Sound
nava} yard.
BdIp fights will not be allowed at
Los Angeles.
Schley continues to receive ovations
Wherever he goes.
England, America and Japan oppose
the Manchurian treaty.
Lordi Salisbury will retire at the con-
ySlusion of the Boer war
~ The Philippines plead for a lower tar
IN on sugar and tobacco.
Frank NewlandS expects to be the
next Senator from Nevada.
A boiler on a Pittsburg tug exploded
and six of her crew are missing.
Wireless telegraphy Will be tried be-
tween Vancouver and Dawson.
Five millions is the price fixed for
The purchase of the Danish group
The irrigation canal near Modesto,
California, will be completed at once
Ten military prisoners at the Presidio
guardhouse tunneled their way out and
escaped.
Sampson wants a court of inquiry to
determine who was in command at
Santiago
Boer delegations in Europe will ask
permission to go to South Africa to
urge peace.
A dozen fir>men were killed by the
COLLARS Of st. Louis building which
was on fire.
Another new Alaskan railway COM
pany has been chartered, with a capt.
tai of s2.OOO,O0O.
The TOWN of yVadsmnrt+
he wiped out by changes made by the
Southern Pacific.
A gigantic consolidation of street car
lines in Chicago. New York and other
cities Is rumored.
Lord Kitchener reports the capture
of De Vets last gun, and a large
number of prisoners.
A red cedar canoe, centuries old, has
been dug from clay bank in Skalgit
county. Washington.
1T Is reported that Roosevelt will rule
? saiIst Schley 1t is likewise said that
he will favor the Admiral.
Dishonesty in purchasing supplies for |
he army in South Africa is making a !
great sensation in London.
Kansas City woman confessed to |
the murder of Noah Long, an old vet |
ran. for his pension money.
Admiral Walker is still arguing for !
me Panama route before the Senate
committee on interoceanic canals
The steamer Queen City sighted a |
ituddinis sail boom thought to be from
The Condor. when off Cape Beale.
A Dublin dispatch to the Pail Mall |
iazette voices the belief that the Unit
ID Irish League is planning a revolu-
ion.
Miss Roosevelt will go to, London as
L guest of Whitelaw Reid during the
cremation She VIII not represent her
'ather.
Adjutant General Corbin denies any
1ffer Of the United States army chief
lorsc expert to secure horses for the
British.
There will be a wireless telegraph
system between Tatoosh Island and the |,
.ntrance to the Straits of Fuca and
Port Crescent.
By the burning of their lodging house
he Americans who were negotiating |
or Miss stones release had a narrow
scape from death.
Outlaws are again active in New
Mexico. They robbed a bank and pay
ar in Lincoln county, and are now
ieeing from a posse.
The Bellingham Bay and British Col
'mbia Railroad is planning the deyeI-
'pment of the water power at Nook
ack Falls. and the further extension
f the road
Pope Leo is said to be convinced that
he will die very soon, and has his tomb
prepared and is much concerned about
in successor. He favors Rampolla and
works against Oregl.a
Dowaser Queen Margherita of Italy
viii visit America. her interest in this
'santry having been excited by Ris-
ori. the tragedienne She will travel
- the Countess Stupeinigi.
Helen Hay. daughter of Secretary
lay. and Payne Whitney, son of VIII
lam c. Whitney. were married at
February 6. The presents
Moulded houses and lands. a Yacht
ewels. articles of virtu and art with
mt number
me President has approved. with one
ietaole exception, all the recommen-
'2tions made by the army brevet
'oard. of which General Macarthur
vas president, for the bestowai of bre
'et rank on all the officers of the
lrrny who rendered especially merito-
ious services during the war with
pain and in the subsequent campaigns
the Philippines and China. The ex-
option noted is the case of Theodore
roosevelt. who was awarded the bre ,
cts of colonel and brigadier general
sr distinguished services at San Juan. =
'antiago.