The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-29
NEWS
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Preside, San Francisco, on April IA
was notified of his trial by court mar
tial for neglect of duty. The same m-
ternoon, while out alone at target
practice, he accidentally shot himself
in the knee with a pistol.
Representative Clark, of Florida. was
knocked down in a hotel lobby in a
| fight with an unknown young man
caused by a revolving door mixing it
up"
Representative Dalzell, refusing to re-
port a bill to reduce the duty on wood
pulp and print paper, declared in the
House that absolutely no tariff revi-
sion would be allowed at this session.
Discovery that Vice President Fair
| banks had been branded a falsitier in a
| Senate document which he had intro
| duced led Senator Foraker to apologize
and secure the suppression Of the
pamphlet.
Prohibition is declared to be grow
ing in strength in Congress, where
certain members were forcing it to the
front for political effect.
The cruiser Chicago which arrived
at Norfolk on April Z, will be fitted out
as a naval academy practice ship
Norcross Brothers, of Worcester,
Mass, have been awarded the contract
! for the construction of the new home
of the International Bureau of Ameri-
can Republics, in Washington, toward
which Andrew Carnegie contributed
! $3.50 600. The work is to begin at once.
The Japanese Official Gazette an
nounces that on April 80 payment will
be made of about S10,000,OO0 as the
! first instalIhent of the redemption OF
! the $5O,O0O,OOO national loan.
| Chairman Knapp estimated that it
would cost $3,OOO,OOO and take three
years to obtain a valuation of the rail-
roads of the United States.
Germany's colonies are five times as
| big as herself, those of France Is times
and those of Britain 81 times.
w. J. Bryan, in a speech in Kansas
City, advocated the nomination of Sen
ator LaFollette for President by the
Republicans, declared that President
Roosevelt was a failure as a reformer
! and characterized Secretary Taft as a
candidate without a policy.
Two eight-hour shifts of men are
working in the frankfort Arsenal to
! fill orders for cartridges for a new
| type of the Springfield magazine rifle,
which is to replace the Krag-Jorgensen
1898 model.
A large decrease in the Government
revenue from beer whisky, cigars and
cigarettes is shown in figures compiled
by the Collector of Internal Revenue.
The greatest proportionate decrease
has been in tobacco. In the first two
months of this year the decrease in
these receipts was nearly $4,000. The
decrease from sales of beer was $5074.-
so, from whisky $673O19 and from CT
gars and cigarettes $55,S4244.
Hiram Maxim, the inventor, was be-
fore the Naval Torpedo Board ,ately
with an invention which is said to be
well adapted for naval use. Nothing
as to the machines design or use was
given out by the board.
Ten to $4,000 miners and prospectors
will go to Alaska before July, because
more rich gold strikes have been made
this winter than ever before. Fabulous
riches are reported from Nolan Creek
KOyuskuk district, where single pans
run to $3.50 each.
With the hope of saving the life Of
his wife, Emilia, DR.. Luis de Lazo
Consul General of Honduras in New
ting to the operation of TRANSMISSION
but the desperate expedient failed, anC
the woman, who was 30 years old, dice
in the French Hospital. Her husband
became seriously i'll both from the eff
fects of the operation and the shock o
his wife's death.
After having warned the manager!
of crematory ten days previously no
to be surprised if they found his bod!
on the crematOry steps, Melvin A
Root, 60 years old, rich real estate
owner of Bay City, Mich, shot himsel
three times at the place he had indi
Gated in Buffalo, n. Y He was not eX
pected to live. Both Root, who wa
reckoned to be worth $4,000, and hi
wife were Spiritualists. After her dealt
he decided to Jared NJ. Snyder, of Wash
ington, half of his property in return
= for a home for life, but soon brough
suit to set aside the transaction, be
cause, he said, his wifes spirit did no
want the Snyders around the place. II
S lost the suit.
Henry Huntington's entire interest
in California steam and electric rail
ways have been taken over by e. II
, Hartman, his old rival. Huntington
=, has retired from the field. The trans
fer, which involves something like $50,
100000, means that the Southern Paci
fic will be in control of the trolle
t lines of southern California, in add
tion to a majority of the railroa
lines