The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-09

Hu pOiSOH from q lance HedQ viper
which will last physicians all over the
world for the next half century. The
poison, which is used as a serum in in
sanity cases, is exceedingly hard to get
owing to the rapid extinction of the
snake from which 1t is obtained.
PACIFIC COAST AND WESTERN.
| Canada has invited the feet to visit
/ Victoria and Vancouver.
Forty-eight horses were burned alive
| in a stable fire in San Francisco.
| Stockton, California, Japanese have
contributed $500 to the fleet reception
| fund.
new Building Trades Temple. cost
ing 800, 900, has been opened in San
Francisco.
Two Chinese have been slain in the
new tong war which has broken out in
San Francisco.
A desperate counterfeiting gang has
been broken up by the police in VAN
couver, Washington.
Thieves stole $4,000 valuable tomato
plants from a Japanese nursery near
Haywards. California.
An endeavor is being made by Coast
promoters to match Nelson and Cans
for forty-five round fight.
Robert G. Baldwin, one of California;
pioneers, died in Contra Cost County
/ May 2, at the age of 80 years.
San Francisco is said to rank sixth
in its realty values, compared with
other cities of the United States.
Arm. and navy people on the Coast
are urging the government to establish
wireless station at Valdez, Alaska.
Abe Ruef goes to court in the prison
van now instead of in his automobile,
following instructions issued by the
sheriff.
Mrs. Eva Graney. wife of Eddie
Graney, noted for his connection with
/ prize-fghts, died in san Francisco
May 2
The Western Pacific Railroad hopes
to have the western end of it's line ex-
tended into Oakland by the first part
of July.
The wife of Will Irwin, the magazine
writer, has secured a divorce from him
in San Francisco on the grounds of
desertion.
Thieves are making good hauls on
crowded San Francisco cars, and the
police seem powerless to do anything
to stop it.
An oil strike is reported to have
been made near Fresno, California, a
high grade oil being pumped from a
water we'll
The James Hill & Sons Company of
Los Angeles, the largest pickle and
vinegar manufacturers Of the West,
have failed.
Missouri blew out as the vessel was
a TiFor ut Do.
one was injured.
The net earnings of the Southern Pa
cifie Company for the first eight
months of the year show a decrease of
nearly $1,000, 900.
One thousand allfgators of assorted
sizes have recently arrived at Los An
geles from Louisiana to be placed on
an alligator farm.
Prominent San Francisco lawyers are
endeavoring to raise $4,000 for a school
of law, to be AFFILIATED with the Uni
versity of California
The Western Pacific railroad is en-
!arging its working force to 5000 men
and SEQ teams in California and Nevada
in order TO rush work
The pavilion at Denver. in which the
Democratic National Convention will
be held seats over 1000 people, and
will hold at least $4,000
Rabbi Voorsanger. the eminent Jew
ish divine of San Francisco, died very
suddenly at Del Monte May 2. where
he had gone for a rest
japanese party numbering two
hundred have chartered vessel to car
~ them from Sacramento to San Fran
cisco to welcome the fleet.
A Los Angeles woman tasted forty
one days in hopes of curing her
stomach trouble. She claims that her
health is greatly improved.
The Columbia Park Boys Club of
San Francisco recently gave a very
clever presentation Of Shakespeare
The Tanning of the Shrew"
The recent rain in California has saw
ed the grain crop throughout the CEN
trail part of the state. and has also
done the fruit crop much good.
The police have arrested six clever
in San Francisco, the van
guard Of those who are arriving to
take part in the feet festivities.
John Hays Hammond, the eminent