The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-06

Of $500 as the best student in Ameri-
can or European universities.
Miss Ramona Rollins of Phoenix.
Ariz-. en- route 10 Denver tn marry W.
E. Rollins. wealthy mining man,
stopped off al Kingman. A. T., and
married a travelling musician.
A find of gold has been made in Los
Angeles by eSeavators in the business
section. One lump of float has been
found larger than mas 5 head, com
pletely studded with the precious
metal
Coquelin died of embolism shortly
after rehearsal of Rosrand's new
play, 1.-THE Chandeliers, in which il
was expected he would create great
er sensation than he did in Cyrano de
| Bergerae.
Diplomatic relations between Chile
withdrawal of Senior Eehinqpe, Chilean
Minister at Lima. The controversy is
| entirely diplomatic and has not as
sumed serious proportions.
A terrific snowstorm az 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 saws that
the Dutch demands on Venezuela in
| clude a 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
3 per cent. extra shipping dues and
| fishing rights for Dutch vessels in
| Venezuelan waters.
| A fire has burned zoo feet of tim
bers ii Sutro tunnel, connecting mines
! of the Comstock lode. The fire caused
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 Comstoeks
were sold during the day.
| The anti-Japanese tendencies in the
California Legislature have been ar
| rested and Senator Drew of Fresno will
amend his bin to apply to all aliens
The opinion is advanced that if 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 or State Root has decided
against the extraditien of Rudowiez,
demanded by the Russian Government
on the ground that the crimes of mar
der, arson, etc, were committed in fur
therance of a political movement The
offense charged comes under the head
of political prohibition against extra
dition in the treaty with Russia that
ii 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 VIII Irwin were fled
with the State Department TO show
what are claimed to be the real eondi-
tions in California as to the Japanese.
Irwin visited Secretary Straus and
told him that in the fall of 1907, dis
guised as a farmer, he had no trouble
in contracting for the importation Of
japanese laborers. He said he found
: japanese everywhere erowding out
Chinese and whites. absorbing rapidly
the richest valleys in California.
Governor Gillett, acting under in
struetions from Washington, has warn
| ed tbs Legislature, in a special mes
sage. against measures irritating ta
the japanese, and urged caution in the
consideration of pending bill that nc
: alien should be permitted to become
. the owner in fee simple of any lands
within the State-agrieulturai 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, and
under its provisions citizens of Japan
must have equal privileges with those
of other favored nations. The Govern
or saws that encouragement of invest
ment of foreign capital is to be avoid
ed in the passage of bills, unless II
: the honest opinion of legislators the
general policy of the State and its fu-
fure development demands diserimina-
], ton against the alien ownership of
e land.