The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-23
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Premier Won Bfenerth has recon-
structed the Austrian Cabinet with the
idea of restoring tranquility to the
Empire.
The engagement of Princess Patricia
Of Connaught and the Count of Turin,
brother of the Duke of the Abruzzi
is rumored
Father James Carol, formerly OF
Philadelphia, was consecrated bishop
of Vigan, with impressive ceremonies
at the Cathedral of Manila.
The Mechanics Institute is to erect a
new building to cost 100000 on the
former site on Post between Montgom-
cry and Kearney, San Francisco.
An attempt on the life Of Lord Min
to, Viceroy of India, was made by
| throwing a bomb at the train upon
which he was supposed to be travel
ing.
| Important discoveries made at new
excavations in Rome shed light on
ancient worship, which seems to have
been analogous to practices adopted
| by the Masons.
David BeIasco. accompanied by Ac-
ton Davis, the dramatic writer of the
New York Sun, is in San Francisco
visiting his father. 1t was his first
visit in twelve years.
A Chicago firm has been awarded a
contract to supply the British Army
with corned beef for three years. The
meat will be packed in Chicago under
supervision of British Army officers.
| DR.. Timothy Leary, pathoIogist at
Tufts Medical School, announces the
| discovery of a vaccine that will sue
cessfully check the germs of pneumo-
/ pia, blood poisoning and typhoid fever.
| Britain's reverence for the character
of Lincoln was demonstrated by
celebration which was largely attend
ed. Griffiths. American Consul at
Liverpool, delivered the centenary ad-
| dress.
! Demetri Tias Chenkoa a crazed
| Russian of San Francisco. 81 years old.
killed Dorothy Malakanoff aged 10
years, whom he had claimed to love
and then shot himself He will prob
ably live.
Half of the votes of the Electoral
College canvassed by Congress were
not in proper form and this discovery
will result in the introduction of a
bill prescribing a specified form for
votes of the various states,
The Dos Eocas oil. well has been con-
verted into a geyser and fears are en-
tertained that it may become an ac-
tive volcano. AS much as $4,000 gall
lans of boiling water day and guam
titles of volcanic stone have burst
forth.
Ice blocks the flow of the Niagara
Falls for the third time in history.
Only the apex of the Canadian fails
is left and that is robbed of half its
flow The other occasions on which
ice and wind have affected the falls
were March, 1S4S, and March, 1893.
Booker Washington has made an
appeal for Liberia and says America
is in duty bound to give practical as
| sistance to the republic, which is, in
reality, an American colony, being es-
tablished in 1919 by the United States
Government and philanthropic in
dlviduals.
A patent has been spilled for at
the German Patent office for an aerial
torpedo" which is an improvement on
all projectiles for destruction of bal.
looms manufactured up to date mas.
much as it not only pierces the bal.
Icon covering but explodes its gas
contents.
A mild sensation was furnished il
the Calhoun case, San Francisco, by
Heney, who expressed anger at the
aggravating methods resorted to in eff
fort to disqualify jurors. Preliminary
] examination of a special venire of tales
men resulted in 80 out of the so called
!. being retained for further examination
= by attorneys.
II An attempt to draw the color lin
at London, by an effort to exclude
| negro student of the university from
II a skating rink met with signal failure
II Students resented the departure and es
II poused the cause of the negro and tn
! management of the rink promised il
n court to attempt no further race dis
tinction.
q The great political significance o
( the visit of King Edward to Berlin
J apparent there and many private con
| ferences marked the rsal sojourr
The King has enjoyed the distinction
of being the first foreign monarc
ever entertained by the municipalit
of Berlin. He was greeted in tn
Town Hall by the Mayor and official
of the City Government.
| Gable advices indicate that china
! has been reached in the Liberian stu
I alton and alarm is felt by foreign off
| Gals in Liberia. A British gunboa
] has arrived to afford protection to for
| eign interests. Ability to maintain II
self as a nation is despaired of an
! the Secretary of State will inaugural
( an effort to secure an appropriation
J send a commission to Liberia to dc
I termine what action this Goyernmer
I should take to afford relief.
Activity in the coffee market at Sa
\ Francisco indicates that a gigant
I speculation is being engineered by
| syndicate of financiers headed by Mo-
! gan and Rockefeller. The plan is
| induce Congress to put a duty of sc.
| pound on coffee and then rush 10000
I bags now stored in Brazil into Il
| country before the law becomes effe
! tive. This scheme involves $780, ,0t
1 and has it's focus in Washington b
y has been reflected on trade condition
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