The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-10

French exporters say that the Payne
schedule will hurt France.
Montana is preparing for a dry
farming congress which will meet in
Billings in November.
A student at the University of Ore
gon was hazed and thrown in river
because he violated a rule against
shaving
Nevada mining men have. planned a
six mile tunnel in Plumas County, Cal,
by means of which rich properties will
be successfully worked.
A chauffeur in New York found
gems worth $4,000, the property of
Mrs. Russell Hopkins of Georgia, in his
machine, and was handsomely reward
ed for their return.
A supply of fiexer serum from the
Rockefeller Institute was rushed on a
special car from Seattle to Colfax,
Wash, to save the life of Marian Wal
tiers, who was i'll with cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
AT attempt to smuggle Chinese into
the United States at Ell Paso, Texas,
by coneealing them in dining ears was
frustrated and a wealthy Chicago Chi
nese and two Mexicans were arrested
as conspirators.
Theodore Roosevelt, IT., has again
denied that he is engaged to Miss
Mum of Washington. This denial fol-
lowed the visit of the young lady and
her mother to Mrs. Cowles. the aunt of
of young Roosevelt.
Representative Kahn of California
has introduced bill making it a mis-.
demeanor, punishable by fine of from
$500 to $4,000 for any person to know
ingly transport out of any state any
article which is the product of prison
labor.
superintendent of Indianapolis, was ar
rested with his affinity in Oakland,
Cal, and was jailed for deserving his
wife, but on being forgiven by his
spouse was released and returned with
her to his home in the East.
Ambassador Bryce, in lecture at
Berkeley, advises Americans to stop
combining themselves to the problems of
their own country and familiarize them
selves with the similar ones with which
other countries are wrestling and to
become citizens of the world.
The Forestry Service is preparing to
distribute 100000 baskets of willow cut
tings from its experimental farm in
Virginia. Most of the willow used in
the United States for the manufacture
of baskets is imported from Europe.
and an effort is being made to raise it
at home.
4 man dying of consumption in
Sacramento hospital appealed in vain
to his sister for aid to send him tic
Arizona that his life might be pro
longed His sister is Gertrude Hoff,
man, the famous Salome dancer. who is
drawing salary of $1,000 a week in
New York.
President Taft must seeide what is
real and what imitation whisky if
change of ruling is to be obtained by
the distillers from the Department of
Agriculture. The distillers have taken
exception to the rules Of the pure food
law. because many grades of whisky
are not included under the head of int
tation whisky
After brief stay in California. f.
II. Hefflnldn ieII Tor New 0rk. Dur
inc his stay he and President Louis
Hill of the Northern Pacific attended
a polo game at Burlingame together.
Plans for union depot in San Fran
cisco viii he abandoned for the present
owing 10 the exorbitant price asked for
the land, was the decision of the two
railroad magnates.
Hartman has at last succeeded in
getting the use of the Northern Pa
eific tracks along the north bank of
the Columbia River, after a three-year
skirmish with Hill. Hartman s right
of way through this section was sub
ject to the periodical overflow, while
that of the Northern Pacific is stra-
tegie and high enough up to avoid the
flood waters of the Columbia.