The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-02

Americans and their methods
Governor John 4. johnson is very
likely to gain the Illinois endorsement
over William JENNINGS Bryan
[ W. ]. Bryan may give aid to Senator
Charles A. Culbersop of Texas in case
| he fails to get the nomination.
The House Committee on Banking
| and Currency today voted unanimously
! to table the Aldrieh financial bill
Railroads are facing a tie famine
and so far all efforts of the railroads
| at tree planting have turned out fail
| ures.
New Yory city ears are required to
furnish enough ears on some of their
roads so that every passenger may have
| a seat.
The Archbishop of Milwaukee has
| predicted the disestablishment of the
Catholic church in Italy within the next
few years,
Jessica Keene, daughter of James R.
Keene. railroad magnate, has been
granted a divorce from her husband, T.
J. Taylor.
Dr.. Simon 3. Conover who was a
Senator from Florida at the time of the
celebrated Hayes-Tilden presidential
contest, is dead at Port Townsend,
Washington.
A gas well has been discovered near
Mansfield, Ohio, which has flow of
100000 feet of gas and twenty-five
barrels of oil day.
President Roosevelt has announced
that he. will oppose any bill providing
a commission to consider amendments
to the Sherman antitrust law.
Speaker Cannon and John Sharp Will
liams FLASHED in the House yesterday
because Cannon ignored division vot-
ing demand made by Williams.
The daughter of the late Governor
Lewelling of Kansas committed suicide
in a Chicago hotel Self destruction
was due to an incurable malady.
Maud Allen, an American girl who
has made wonderful success in London
in her "Salome dances, is said to be
a sister of Durant, the California muir
derer.
Governor John A. johnson of Mime
sofa believes that W. j. Bryan should
not stand in the way of another Demo
cratic candidate for the presidential
nomination.
Steel trust stockholders object to the
giving away of great bonuses to officers
and employees of the corporation when
their dividends have been cut from
per cent to per cent.
Mrs Refine Harden-H Hickey, instructor
in vocal music at the Syracuse Univer-
sity, Is dead. She lived in San Fran
cisco for many years with her grand
mother, the Baroness Harden Hickey.
w. J. Bryan has denied4he statement
that he had a very large income, and
has stated that he could make much
more money than he is now getting by
becoming attorney for some great cor
poration.
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency voted to table the Vree-
land bill, the latter being offered as a
substitute for the Aldrich bill, and are
considering the bill offered by Chair
man Fowler.
AS no news has been received from
Minister Russell of Venezuela in nearly
two weeks, the officials at Washington
may send the cruiser Des Moines to
Caracas to demand his person and
that of the consul.
Senator Warner of Missouri in his
defense of Roosevelt for discharging
the negro troops connected with the
Brownsville riot, severely grilled Sena-
tor Foraker for stirring up what Warner
termed Grace hatred
Speakers in the House scored Ameri-
can diplomats in harsh terms owing to
their ostentation, and Ambassadors
White and Tower came in for sharp
criticism owing to their extravaganza
in keeping up great houses.
Edgar R. Smythe, prominent st.
Louis politician, shot and probably ia
tally wounded his son in the father s
home. The father who is being held
by the police said he shot in self de-
Tense, but the son said it was an acct
dent.
Secretary of State Root has made
great change in his department, divid-
ing it into four divisions. 1t is step
toward organizing the foreign consular
and diplomatic service into three or
possibly four great politico- geographical
divisions.
The Rev. George w. Tomson, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Woodbury., New Jersey was found dead
in his room a suicide. At a meeting at
the church few days before young
woman rose and denounced the pastor
for breaking his promise to marry her.
Members of the submarine invest1-
eating committee have decided that the
corruption charges made by Congress
man Lilley of Connecticut against the
Electric Boat Company have not been
substantiated, and Lilley himself is un-
der suspicion as to his motives in max
ing the attack or the boat company.
The cruiser Albany has been detached
from the Pacific squadron and ordered
to Salina Cruz to be used by Senior
Creel, Mexican Ambassador to the Uni
ted States, and W. /. Buchanan, IN
visiting Central American ports. 1t is
an act of courtesy to the two men VINO
recently attended the American Peace
Conference recently held in Washing
ton.
Frank Gould, youngest son Of Jay
Gould, has been sued for separation
bv his wifa dau1hfar nf Edward keI-