The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-08
Condensed News
OF the Old World

, Serious earthquake shocks have been
felt in The vicinity of Oaxaca, Mexico.
!. a severe drought is being felt in
Mexico and great suffering is reported
from the vicinity of Vera Cruz.
Empire Day, the anniversary of the
| birthday of Queen Victoria was gem
/ orally observed in the United Kingdom.
BY decision of the Superior Court,
Count Boni de Castellane was given au-
thority to direct the education Of his
son.
Guillume Dubufe, the noted French
painter, died at his home in Paris. He
was an officer of the Legion of Honor
and has received decorations from many
centuries.
| Enrico Caruso, the noted tenor, will
undergo an operation on his throat
which he expects will entirely restore
his voice.
A protocol for admission to arbitra-
ton of the Emery claim has been sign
Z: ed with representatives. of the Vene-
zuelan government.
In a violent tempest which ragged on
the coast of Spain, sixty vessels of the
fishing feet foundered and over a
! hundred men were drowned.
A new balloon has been devised for
the British Army which is said to show
some unique features which make it the
latest addition to airship models.
The National Museum at Brussels
has purchased King Leopold s WYndyke
portrait for $50, 900 and is now negot at
| ing for a Rubens. for which the king
asks 100000.
! The Paris strike collapsed amidst bit
| ter determinations by the leaders who
tried to throw the responsibility for
! failure upon each other and the de-
feated postal employees.
Evelyn Hill, pretty Chicago girl,
who married a Filipino in that city
was ket by her mother from joining
her husband on the ground that the
man had hypnotized her.
Queen Winhelmina of Holland. who
gave birth to a daughter April 80, is
fully convalescent and she and the lit
tie princess have had their first outing
in the parks of The Hague.
An American sailor in Norway has
confessed to completely in the crimes
of Mrs. Guinness, and finally of the
murder of the woman herself. The case
has been reported to the American min
lister to Norway.
/ The London operate censor has for
hidden the production of Bernard
Shaw new play, FThe Showing Up OF
Blanco Posnet.'' The play is on 6
theological subject and was in advanced
rehearsal for early production. Mr.
Shaw states that to alter the play t.
meet the censor's objections would bt
to ruin it and that it would be aban
doned altogether.
The Hague Tribunal. to which ha6
been submitted the dispute between
France and Germany over the Casa
, blanca incident, when German official
, protected French deserters, has hand
ed down a decision. While it place
no blame specifically upon either France
or Germany. the decision blames bot
countries representatives for certain O.
their acts. Germany processes to b
: satisfied
The cooperative system, or prof
sharing as a solution of the labor prob
lem in England, is the subject of tn
hour in Great Britain. The system
growing rapidly and is said to be high
ly satisfactory to men and employers
The funeral mutes of Paris hav
threatened to strike because of tn
: effort which is being made to fore
them to shave off their mustaches. The
held a mass meeting and resolved tina
: "rather than be forced to remov
! nature s adornment, general strike @
o the whole confraternity will be d.
clared -