The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-09-15
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The plague has reached Zanzibar.
Seattle is battling with an epidemic

The plague has reached Zanzibar.
Seattle is battling with an epidemic
of typhoid.
Hezekiah Butterworth. the author,
died September 9Th at his home at
Warren, r. /.
A crank in San Diego drank carbolic
acid, saying his faith would save him.
The doctors failed.
1t is announced that by June list, 1906.
there will be a continuous trolley SER
vice from Chicago to. New York.
New York's University Settlement,
one of its greatest charities. is con-
vulsed by scandalous disclosures.
Marshall Field, the multi-millionaire
merchant of Chicago, has been married
at 70 to Mrs. Delea Spencer Cation, aged
40.
Cupid has wrought havoc In the
ranks of the public school teachers In
Chicago; at least forty have married
this summer.
A bomb exploded with terrific force
on the Marine Parade, Barcelona. Sep
TENDER Srd. killing six holiday makers
and wounding many.
The merchants of Barcelona have
united in a manifesto demanding the
abolition of the present police as being
incompetent to prevent an anarchist
outbreak.
Sam S. and Lee Shubert incorporat-
ed, is the title of the new $1,400,000
corporation organized to fight the the
atrical trust. David Belasco and other
independents are lending financial and
moral support.
1t Is reported here, through the in
fluence of German Prince, the Ham
burg American Steamship Company
has secured large contracts for the
taking home of the Russian prisoners
in Japan at $3.50 per head.
General Chaffee has issued a general
order putting into immediate effect a
new and thorough system OF education
for army officers. The post command
ers will be in charge OF the schools
and the courses will be both theoretical
and practical.
A fire at Adrianople caused enormous
damage. Seven thousand houses were
destroyed in the Greek. Armenian, Bull
garian and Jewish quarters. There
were many victims. With the excep-
ton of the Catholic church, the
mosques, the schools, a convent and the
telegraph offices, few buildings were
insured.
DR.. Louis l., Seaman the great ex-
pert on army sanitation who Is Just
back from two years with the Russian
and Japanese armies calls the peace of
Portsmouth 'one Of the greatest mis-
takes of the century" He says Rus
STA will not long consent to be bottled
up and eventually the two nations
must fight their battles all over to a
finish.
Ensign Charles II. Wade of the
cruiser Bennington, who has been sum-
moned to appear before court-martial
in connection with the recent explo-
sion on the Bennington, was operated
on September at the Vallejo naval
hospital for appendicitis. The opera
ton was successful and Ensign Wade
is reported to be on the road to re-
covery.
New York interests have secured
contracts for the construction of an
extensive municipal electric traction
system in London and are also engage
ed In the erection of p-to-date Amer
lean lines of huge hotels, apartment
houses and office buildings In the
British metropolis and other parts of
the United Kingdom. These contracts
involve the expenditure of close to
$15.0OO,000, and the placing of big Or
ders for various construction materials
In the United States.
Jiu jitsu, the Japanese art of self
defense, It TO be taught at Stanford
University. Two Japanese students
who have recently entered the univer-
slty, Katakura and Zuzuki, have been
appointed regular instructors in the
gymnasium and will conduct classes
in the various forms of athletics that
find favor among the youth OF Japan.
In addition to jiu jitsu. the Japanese
will teach the fine points OF tumbling,
wrestling and physical development.