The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-19

preparing to protest to the Interstate
Commerce Commission because of un.
just discrimination in the matter of
commodity classification. It is claimed
that schedules are so arranged that a
commodity can move under two CLASH
ications without arousing the suspi-
cion of freight inspectors.
During an electrical storm Manager
William j. Smith of the wireless station
near the Preside, was struck by a
thunderbolt. His life was saved by the
fact that he was sending a message and
not receiving one. He was severely
burned and scared. Smith was COM
municating with the Lurline bound for
Honolulu. It was the first thunder
storm in years to do any serious dam
age.
All Sans defense against a gambling
charge in San Francisco, is Chinese
treaty rights and allegations of dis,
elimination against Chinese. Represen.
tatives of all leading men S and wo-
! men s clubs of the city were present at
the opening of All Sans trial as wit
nesses to prove that white persons en-
joy in their clubs privileges denied to
| the Chinese. Clubmen have been
supoenaed.
The revised tariff which the French
| government contemplates putting into
operation will discriminate against I'M
| ports into France from the United
| States. Under the French-Canadlan
| treaty Canada is to receive all of the
minimum rates of the French tariff.
| Government experts advise dual tar
if by the United States with France
or the United States will be helpless IN
| case of a commercial war.
Bids opened by the San Francisco Su-
pervisors for the purchase of five per
cent. securities show that San Francisco
bonds are in demand by fnanciers. The
highest bid was made on the basis Of
the investor receiving 4.05 per cent.
on the investment N. W. Halsey Of
| New York; The National City Bank of
/ New York, and Speyer & Co., offered
to take the entire issue of par value
of S., 400. 900 at premium of 1865, 500.
The President is irritated by speech
made by Congressman Duncan McKin-
ley at Washington before a chapter of
the American Institute of Banking at
which he voiced sympathy with people
of California in their effort to settle the
school question in their legislature
While stating that the attitude of the
President is right, he claimed that the
irritating question must be settled, II
not by this legislature then by the next
The President regards this public utter
anee as making a delicate situation
worse.
; The breach between Senator Perkins
and President Roosevelt is so great that
the Senator declined to attend the
President s reception to members OF
Congress. The senior senator from
I California has opposed him on the Jap
a anese question. Perkins has declared
e for strong naval force in the Pacific
g and the building of two battleshlps
: The President wanted four battleship
provided for this year, and he has no
/ forgotten that Perkins stood last yea
j, with the Naval Affairs Committee fo
{ two battleships against the administra
|. ton S appeal for four.
0 A peace pact have been drawn up b,
: officers of the six companies in China
: town and signed by twelve tongs where
. by hlghbinders make a treaty to en'
the tong war. which has been keepin
e Chinatown police busy since January
p The Chinese imperial school at Sa,
Francisco was, opened with impressiv
ceremonies by Leong Ching Kwai,
member of the imperial board of edu
cation at Picking, This is one of
chain of institutions to be establishe
in the United States and British Column
bia. The teaching force consists of fv
graduates of the University. of Picking
and instruction viii be exclusively i
Chinese.