The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-09

defeat of Count Hedervary as a per-
sonal affront to the Emperor and ap-
prehensions are felt regarding the out
come of the crisis.
NO MILK FOR BOSTON.
BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 29.-As the re-
suit of the failure of the directors of
the Milk Producers Union to agree
with contractors on the price to be
paid farmers for milk, the union has
issued orders to the farmers to ship
no milk to the Boston market after
October 1 until the contractors come
to terms.
The union demanded 40 cents a can
for milk and the contractors. refused
to pay it. The local branches of the
union have Endorsed the action of the
directors, so no milk will be sent to
Boston.
STONED THEIR OFFICERS.
BERLIN, Sept. "a crowd of pri-
vate soldiers belonging to the Second
(Baden) Grenadier Regiment threw
stones at their officers recently while
riding at Reichertshausen Fifteen of
the soldiers were arrested and have
been taken to Heidelberg for trial.
The Second Grenadiers is the regi-
ment in which occurred the case of the
four privates who were recently SEN
fenced one of them to ten years i'm
prisonment and the others from six to
three years Imprisonment, for assault
ing a sergeant named Peters, which
severity was contraisted by the Social
list Vorwaerts with the light sentence
1.-TWO years Incarceration In fortress)
imposed on Naval Ensign Huessner
III f,iA ay~ffI lay- a
for not saluting him properly. The
army authorities hold the Socialist
successes at the recent elections to be
partially responsible for the discon-
tent among the soldiers, who gathered
at Heidelburg after the announcement
of the verdict in the Peters case and
uttered threats against their officers.
The Vorwaerts, which almost every
day attacks the behavior of officers
and non-commissioned officers, today
cites 159 verdicts in cases of brutality
for which non-commissioned Officers
were punished with an aggregate OF
fifty years and nine months imprison-
ment and eighty verdicts against OIL
GERS whose sentences aggregated
twenty-four years and seven months
confinement.
SOFIA, Sept. SO-A report issued by
the revolutionary committee at Mon
astir gives details of a long list OF
atrocities committed by the Turkish
troops in September, including the
ruthless slaughter of a number of chill
dren, who were hurled from high rocks.
1t is said that the Turks killed more
than 200 peasants in number of VII
lagos, and that while taking $50 vii
layers as prisoners to Nevesko they
massacred seventy-five of them. AT
another place eighteen women were
maltreated and then shut in a barn,
which was set on fire.
GOING TO ABYSSINIA.
WASHINGTON, Sept 30.-Robert P.
Skinner, United States Consul at Mar
settles, small, dark and alert, and ii.
w Wales, his secretary. large, blonde
and muscular, constitute the entire
complement at present of the eXpe-
dition which will penetrate Abyssinia
to negotiate a personal treaty with
King Menelik. They will formulate
more definitely their plans at confer
ence tomorrow with Assistant Secre-
tary of State Francis B. LOOMS. who
returned to Washington tonight.
Skinner does not consider the venture
the greatest thing in the world. He
talked modestly about it tonight.
1.-The project has no political signtfi-
canoe whatever" said he. IT have
communicated with the prime minister
of Abyssinia and 1 have been assured
of a cordial welcome at Adds Ababa.
American products have so great a
hold on the Abyssinian market that
we should have a definite commercial
convention. I expect to sail for my
post Marseilles. on October s, and to
leave for Djibouti, the port nearest
the Abyssinian frontier. We expect to
have a guard of marines from one of
| the warships of the European fleet
and it will be necessary to employ
many natives to care for the pack ami
| mails. The expedition will be organ
| lied at Harrar.
81 am carrying, on a silver platter,
as it were, an invitation for King
| Menelik to send an exhibit to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. We
| believe such representation would be
| extremely advantageous both to the
| United States and to Abyssinia."
| 1t is undecided as yet whether the