The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-01
CONDENSED NEWS
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| Four murderers were taken from TAI
and lynched in Oklahoma by a mob OF
| 200 men.
Paul Topeters, an artist, committed
suicide IN Seattle by taking cyanide
| of potassium
Several Des Moines college men and
women were mysteriously poisoned q,
a club dinner.
A Chinese girl in Portland risked
| hef life to save her small brother from
the flames of her burning home.
| Whltelaw Reid, the American Ambas-
sador, and Mrs. Reid will remain abroad
and make their permanent home in
| England.
| John Davidson, the English poet who
has been missing some time from his
London home, is thought to have com
| mltted suicide.
The japanese Methodists of San
Francisco have dedicated a handsome
edlfice on Pine street, as permanent
place of worship.
The Governor of California has signed
the bill passed by the legislature limit
ing the. interest of salary loan brokers
TO per cent. month
Professor Pickering of Harvard saws
ten million dollars viii cover the cost of
equipment for the establishment of
communication with Mars.
A. M. Rawson, father-in-law of ex-
Mayor Stephens of Los Angeles, former
~ one Of the city's wealthiest mer-
chants, died poor and alone in cheap
lodging house.
France is beginning to feel the effects
OF the prevailing high price of wheat
IN the United States and the Bakers
Association is considering raising the
price of bread.
The ship Halve Maan, which the
Netherlands will present to the United
States on the occasion of the Hudson
Fulton fetes, was launched at Amster
dam April 18TH
James Clark, a wealthy Kansas farm
er, committed suicide because he feared
being sent to the penitentiary because
ne had not listed all his property with
the county assessor.
liz has been rumored that the Japanese
Glnjiro A1oki and his wife. who was
the daughter of Archdeacon Emery. of
San Francisco, have left Seattle and
nave gone to Salt Lake.
Doctors at the Harbor Emereencv
hospital in San Francisco prescribed for
patient aboard the steamship Presi- |
dent, one hundred miles at sea. by |
means OF wireless teiegraphy.
Potomac Drive, the magnificent new
speedway IN Washington, D. c.. was
offlelally opened by President Taft at |
one OF the most brilliant outdoor events |
ever witnessed in the National capital.
Virginia Harmed, the actress, has bee. |
denied divorce from her husbante
Z. ii. Sothern, by Judge Pike of Reno,
on the ground that neither had estab-
l1shed bona fde residence in Ne
vada
The Labor Party, which three wears
ago seemed to have the opportunity of
becoming powerful political factor in
England, is now slit into factions which
are attacking each other with great
ferceness.
The action of Los Angeles makers in
raising the price of bread is being
widely condemned, it being claimed that
'hey are taking unnecessary advantage
II the present wheat situation and of
he people.
1t is reported that the Newport villa
# Mrs. Herman Oelrich, who was
Teresa Fair of San Francisco, is for
ale and that she and her sister. Mrs.
Willie K. Vanderbilt, II. will go abroad
'or the summer
Permanentfand ineurable insanity will
'e urged as defense in the case of
]aptaln Peter G. Hams for the murder
Il William Annis. General Hams de-
Jared that his son is dying and will not
i've more than two months.
Daniel Kearney, son of the anti Chi
lese ag1tator, was arrested for carving
tools, but he explained to the |
Judge that he worked for the gas COM
ANY and that the keys, etc., found on
nm were used in his business.
Religious riots in Valaderno, Mexico. |
esuited IN much damage to the prop
rty of the Torreon Mercantile Com I
amy, an American concern. A demand
or indemnity will be laid before the.l
state Department at Washington.
thirty quarts of lady bugs have been
ug from beneath the snow at Dutch
lat, Cal, and are being sent to diff
erent parts of the State for the benefit
4 gardeners. The chief mission of
hese bugs is to devour the insect pests &
hat infest melon vines.
The Supervisors of San Francisco /
ave Endorsed the plan to change the
tie OF the City Hall to the civic cen I
er of the city as outlined in the Burn
am plans. The proposed site is at
larket and Van Ness and includes the r
locks bounded by Franklin, Hayes, b
ok and Market.
| :
an Francisco, committed suicide in an q
ndertaker's establishment and left a a
ote to the effect that he had sought
or months to kill Mrs. King, a nurse r
mo ne imagined was responsible for 0
ne death of his wife, which occurred \
hospital two years ago
ALVIN Lehman, the Tacoma man, who +.
eserted his bride-to-be few hours be-
pre- the wedding and after several
eeks was heard from in Sacramento.
lturnpd n Tacoma an1