The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-02

the Emperor. She will succeed Chen
Fei, who, rumor says, was thrown into
a well by order of the Empress Dow
ager during the flight of the court from
Picking i'm August, 1900. The Empress
DOwerger has commanded Duke Kuei
Hsaing, father of The present Empress,
to issue a proclamation to all members
of the Manchu and Mongol organiza-
tons to bring their good-looking mar
riageable daughters to the palace some
day this month for the selection of a
proper imperial consort. About a hun
dred of the most handsome girls will
be chosen for presentation, and from
these the Empress DOwager and the
Emperor will make a selection.
Ching Eel the first imperial concu-
bine and the older sister of the late
murdered Chen Fei, will soon be pro-
NOTED to the dignity of Eastern En-
press, or second imperial consort. The
lady now to be chosen as Chen Fei's
successor will be subsequently promot-
ed to the dignity of Western Empress,
or third imperial consort This is the
position which the Empress Dowager
held as consort of the late Emperor
Hsian Feng.
IN POLITICS: London. June 10
There is excitement in political circles
here as a result of the announcement
that the Duke of Westminster intends
to take an active interest in poll
ties as a supporter of Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman, the Liberal
leader in the House of Commons
The Duke of Westminster is known
as the wealthiest person in England.
BY the death of his grandfather he
succeeded to an estate valued at $780,
100000, most of it in London real estate
and property. The Duke is but % years
of age, but his life has been an active
one, and he has been through more
than most men of 90. He is fond of
military life and served with the Ches-
hire Yeomanry under his uncle, Lord
Henry GrOsvenOr. In South Africa he
was distinguished for his brilliant re-
cord. In March, 1900, the Duke was
married to Miss CORVALLIS West
daughter of William CORVALLIS West
of Ruthin Castle, and known as the
most beautiful woman in England.
WENT ASHORE: San Francisco,
June 29.-The two-masted schooner Eu-
reka, 232.43 tons, bound for Eureka in
ballast went ashore last night about
$3.50 o'clock on the ocean beach, six
miles beyond the Cliff House. All on
board were saved, but the ship IS
thought to be a total loss ,as she was
driven high and dry upon tine sands by
the strong current that was running
through the channel during the after
noon. The Eureka sailed from her an
ChOrage off Meiggs wharf yesterday at
noon, bound for Eureka and scheduled
to return to this port with a cargo of
lumber for her owners, the Charles Mel
son Company of San Francisco, Cap
tain ShOu, was in command and carried
a crew of one cook and five seamen All
went well with the ship until an adj
verse current that came with the turn
ing of the tide set it. About the same
time a dead calm caused the sails to lie
useless against the masts and she be-
came unmanageable Anchors were
lowered, but were Of no avail, and be-
fore the captain realized the danger of
his position his boat and all on board
were high and dry in the sand. The
Eureka was an old timer, having been
built at Humboldt bay, Cal, in 1868, and
for the past thirty-t three years has been
engaged in the coasting trade. She is
hard aground and is imbedded in the
sand.