The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-09
WORLDS NEWS
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The final part of Mrs. Jane LathroI
StanfOrd's personal estate, amounting
to over $4,000, 900 has been ordered dis
| tributed. $250,000 in property will go
| to the University, and the rest to heirs
! and relatives.
| Fernando Nelson, after a thrilling
ride, broke the automobile record be-
tween San Francisco and Los Angeles.
cutting his former record to Il hours
and II minutes. an average of twenty
eight and three-quarters miles per
hour.
Mrs. Mary z. Dodge, daughter-in-Iaw
of Alfred Dodge Of Dolgeville fame in
New York and Southern California,
was lodged in the Los Angeles County
Hospital on an insanity complaint
after desperate attempt on the life
of her husband.
A swarm of bees which descended at
/ the junction of two of the principal
Los Angeles streets, caused blockade
and kept that section of the city in an
uproar for several hours. Drug stores
in the vicinity furnished any number
of sting -antidotes.
Isidore Isenberg of Seattle was at
tackled and severely beaten by man
on a street car, when he objected to
the mans annOyances. The assailant
proved to be one of the famous Hat
field family of Kentucky, famous for
their feuds with the McCoys.
Tallmadge Delaield, Jr, once
wealthy Fastener, and holder Of
seat in the New York Stock Exchange,
md who became a railroad conductor
when he lost his money, is dead at
Tacoma, Washington. So far his rela-
tives have not taken charge of the
body
The Government has begun the sur
veying of the land adjacent to the low
er end of the Sacramento and San JOa-
quin rivers, with an idea of devising
ways and means to cOntrol the floods
and foundations which yearly cause
enormous damage in that part of Cali
fornia.
The appeal of John Siemsen, the Ha-
Waiian murderer of San Francisco. who
was sentenced to be hanged, has been
denied by the Supreme Court, and
nothing can save him except a pardon
from the Governor of California. It
is extremely unlikely that this can be
obtained
The Pacific and Southwestern Rail-
way has been incorporated by members
of the Pacific Improvement Company
of California, to build a railroad across
the State of Washington. The line,
which is capitalized at $15,000000 will
ultimately become part of transcon-
tinental system.
Jack TreadWell, the private who was
discharged from the army at the Pre-
sidio on direct orders from Washing
ton, because it was thought he was a
japanese spy, has demanded an inves-
tgation, and says that if the charge
is proved he wants to be taken out and
shot like a dog.
Proceedings have been inaugurated in
the California District Court to have
the Main Winchester-S Stone harness
company declared bankrupts. This
was the largest harness company on
the Coast. The owners sometime ago
tried to form harness trust of stores
on the Coast but failed
DIR. J. L. Weller of San Francisco,
who was called TO attend a girl who
committed suicide, tasted the poison
she took in an attempt to find out
what kind Of poison she used. and thus
lost his own life The girl had taken
enough cyanide to kill a dozen men.
The troops stationed at the Presidio
in San Francisco will fire a salute of
tWenty-one guns when Admiral
Evans fleet enters the bay. This is
contrary to the Army rules to fire q
salute of twenty-one guns on such an
occasion, but it is not expected that
General Funston, who gave the
order, will be reprimanded.