The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-09
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A find of gold has been made in Los
Angeles by excavators in the business
section. One lump of float has been
found larger than mans head, COM
pletely studded with the precious
metal
Coquelin died of embolism shortly
after rehearsal of RostaAd's new
play, "The Chandeliers, in which it
was expected he would create n great
er sensation than he did in Cyrano de
Bergerac.
Diplomatic relations between Chile
and Peru have been severed by the
withdrawal of Senior Echinque, Chilean
Minister at Lima. The controversy is
| entirely diplomatic and has not as
| sumcd serious proportions.
A terrific snowstorm at Messina has
added to the suffering of earthquake
survivors. Edmund Billings, represen-
, tative of Massachusetts, relief commit
| tee, has placed $4,000 at the disposal
| of the Duchess of Aosta for relief pur-
poses.
A special from The Hague says that
| the Dutch demands on Venezuela in
clude consular convention assuring
the appointment of Venezuelan Con-
suls in the Dutch West Indies, free
dom of entry at Venezuelan ports for
all Dutch vessels, the abolition of the
8 per cent. extra shipping dues and
fishing rights for Dutch vessels in
| Venezuelan waters.
| A fire has burned roo feet Of tim
bers in Sutro tunnel, connecting mines
of the Comstock lode. The fire caused
a slump in stocks and excitement on
change. All stocks dropped many
points. some of the leaders sagging
| heavily. There were wild scenes Of
confusion in the board-room. Three
hundred thousand shares of Comstocks
were sold during the day
The anti.Japanese tendencies in the
California Legislature have been ar
rested and Senator Drew of Fresno viii
amend his bill to apply to all aliens
The opinion is advanced that ii anti
Japanese measures were forced to an
issue in California, Roosevelt would
send special message to Congress ask
ing that the Nipponese be given the
] right of naturalization. The Legisla-
ture will probably give up the fight on
the ground of this theory.
Secretary OF State Root has decided
against the extradition of Rudowcz,
demanded by the Russian Government
on the ground that the crimes OF mnr-
der. arson, etc., were committed IN fuf-
therance of political movement. The
offense charged comes under the mead
of political prohibition against extra
dition in the treaty with Russia that
if the extradition be sought to punish
for an offense of political prisoner,
surrender shall not take place.
Five articles written for an illus
trated weekly by Will Irwin were filed
with the State Department to show
what are claimed to be the real condi-
| tions in California as to the Japanese.
. Irwin visited Secretary Straus and
told him that in the fall of 1907, dis
r puised as a farmer, he had no trouble
in contracting for the importation or
Japanese laborers. He said he found
= Japanese everywhere crowding out
: Chinese and whites, absorbing rapidly
the richest valleys in California.
Il Governor Gillett, acting under In
structions from Washington, has warn
ed the Legislature, in special mes
sage, against measures irritating to
the japanese, and urged caution in the
, consideration of pending bill that no
alien should be permitted to become
the owner in fee simple of any lands
within the State-agricultural, grazing
, or mineral-or of any city property for
, the purpose of trade, commerce or
manufacture. If the law is enacted
; fodbidding the same, the subjects OF
/. all nations must be affected alike, ana
, under its provisions citizens of Japan
must have equal privileges with those
of other favored nations. The Govern
, or says that encouragement of invest
ment of foreign capital is to be avoid
ed in the passage of bills, unless IN
the honest opinion of Legislators the
general policy of the State and its fu-
ture development demands discrimina-
ton against the alien ownership OF
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