The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-19
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younger brother of Coquelin the
actor, who died last week, has passed
away.
! Denman Thompson, the veteran actor
of the cold Homestead is danger
ously i'll.
Up to February 8, the season s fall
of rain in California was four inches
above the average.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
| has accepted the presidency of the Con
| solifated Gas Company of New York.
A bill prohibiting future acquisition
of real holdings by all Asiatics will be
introduced in the Oregon Legislature.
A Santa Fe engineer ran train
safely over sinking bridge 200 feet
long and saved the lives Of 100 passen-
| gers.
Representative Volstead of Mime
sofa has introduced a bill providing an
annual pension of $4,000 for all ex
| Presidents.
The House committee has compiled
the bill which provides for surveys and
/ maintenance of waterways, and it car
ries an appropriation of $10,000,00O,
The Hamburg American steamer
| Deutschland ran aground near Jersey
| City on her way down the Hudson
river She foated on the rising tide.
| Pardo de Tavera, member of the
| Philippine Commission sinces 1901, has
| resigned. Juan Sumolong of the Court
| of First Instance is chosen to succeed
him.
| Contracts for large number of sky
| scrapers mark the greatest building era
in the history of the city of Chicago.
They will aggregate total cost of
/ $50, 10000
District Attorney J. B. Moran of
Boston, widely known by his sobriquet
of the 'Man Who Dares,'' died in
Phoenix, Arizona, where he had gone
for his health
Count Jouffray d'Abbans, attache of
the French Consulate, is to be recalled
at the request of Consul Merou as
result of escapades of which the French
colony disapprove.
The Pope has given audience to petty
officers and number of sailors from
the supply ship Celtic. He thanked
them for the work done in Calabria
and Sicily and gave each man a silver
medal.
Dr. Sigfried Lillienstein, the noted
German alienist, says that Japanese
are exceptions and models for other
peoples because of the almost total alb,
sence of insanity caused by alcoholism
and use of drugs.
i Conservative japanese newspapers
4 profess to believe that the agitation IN
California does not represent the in
telligent opinion of the whole nation.
Nevertheless they acknowledge irrita-
ton over the affair.
It is general believed that President
Figueroa of Salvador and President Ca
brera of Guatemala are anxious for the
overthrow of President Zelaya of Mica
ragua and that disturbances are immi-
nent in Latin-America.
Charles A. Strong, son-in-law of John
D. Rockefeller, and professor of psy-
chology in Columbia University, was
attacked by an insane Brazilian on
board an Atlantic liner and severely
bitten about the face.
There is great loss of life reported
as a result of floods in the Rhine valley,
and the Elbe, Main and Oder rivers are
still rising. The Elbe is carrying down
masses of ice which have partially de-
molished the new bridge at Dresden.
Chen Pi, president of the Board of
Communications of China, and three
| under secretaries of the board have
| been dismissed in disgrace after Chen
ri had been impeached of corruption
in connection with the floating of a
domestic loan of $5,000,000.
King Edward was the guest of the
: German Emperor for four days. Great
. significance was attached to the visit
! as it is hoped that it did more to ease
Germany than did the Emperor s visit
to the British court last year.
The American Red Cross will contrib
ute $250,000 for the establishment OF
an orphanage for the homeless children
as a result of the earthquake in Sicily
and Calabria The home will be called
& the American Red Cross Orphanage
and the children will be reared as ag
riculturists.
Shaban Bey, leader of revolutionist
4 organization of Young Turks, is living
a in secluson in San Francisco waiting
j to become an American citizen. Ht
was exiled few years ago for revol
z against the Sultan of Turkey who ha
placed price of 900 on the head o.
Shaban Bey.
liz The disturbance at Hardin was eaus
ed bv Russian aggressiveness in install
| ing a municipal administration an
overpowering Chinese authority. 1t
reported that the Russians are ignorin
the treaty rights of other nations, an
the Viceroy at Mukden is excited owe
the situation.
HI A reform of the system obtaining i
the Canadian Senate is contemplate
which will make it a nonpartisan an
independent branch of Parliament
is proposed that two-thirds of the Ser
/ ate shall be elected by the people an
1 limit the term of service to eight year
| where the tenure at present is for lif,
Ill Senator Perkins has changed his a
| | titude and sent telegram to a frien
| ] in the Assembly advising him to b
I guided by the President s views. an
asserts that treaties made with foreig
nations become the supreme law of IL
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