The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-08

been threatened at Caracas.
Francois Emile Michel, the French
artist and art critic, died in Paris at
the age of eighty-one.
Madame Marcella Sembrich has beer
forced to cancel her engagement be
cause of her illness in Berlin.
The Earl and Countess Of Grannard
(Beatrice Mills) had the honor of en-
PERTAINING King Edward at dinner
which is mark of great royal favor
Charles Morrison, an aged Briton who
died recently, left fortune of seventy
FIVE millions, accumulated in his life
time without spectacular fnanciering
Two privates and a sergeant were
killed in fight with Moro bandits fol
lowing the surprise of an outpost OF
the 18th Infantry at Keithly, Philip
pine Islands.
An ice blockade again closed the port
of ST. Johns, n F., and on May %
five steamers were unable to make port
on this account.
Colonel Roosevelt has accepted an
invitation to a public banquet at Maj
robi, British East Africa, for August
8, to be given in his honor.
The Berlin police administration has
decided to establish corps of women
detectives. Ten young girls have been
put into training for the work.
Nicaragua has fioated loan in Eu
rope for funds with which to build a
railroad across Central America.
A Russian priest, leader of the
monarchistic organization in Tomsk, was
found murdered in his bed. The crime
was actuated by political motives.
The Chamber of Deputies in Pari:
rejected motion for the reinstatement
of the postal employees who were dis
charged because of their connection
with the recent strike.
Overtures looking to a naval under
standing between England and the Uni
ted States have been made by th'
British government through Ambassa
dor Bryce in Washington.
A Constantinople newspaper is au
thority for the statement that Abdu
Hamid, the deposed Sultan. has trans
| ferred bank deposits amounting TO NOR
, than $5,000,000 to the government.
According to report the spread o
| vice has been marked since the depar
ture of Americans from Havana and
| society for the prevention of vice head
| ed by Bishop Estrada has been formed
The Gross and Perseval airsbips, con
manded by officers of the Army, too
| part in the recent field exercises of tn
footguards at Doeberitz which wer
witnessed by the Emperor of Germany
The body of Madame Modjeska ha
been started ON it's journey to Polan
where the final interment. will tax
place. The husband of the late actres
will accompany the body and he wi
make his future home in Cracow.
One of the latest British scares ha
been the presence of a supposed &c
man airship patrolling the east coast c
England. The German airship turne
out to be a set of advertising balloon
let loose by dealer in such wares
Russian sensational newspapers al
publishing reports of Japanese-Au
trian alliance, providing for an attac
upon Russia by Japan in case of
European conflict over transbalkan a
fairs in which Austria might be il
volved.
Vladimir Naidanov, Macedonia
boy student, who attempted to kill Kir
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has been Sc
fenced to four years in prison. He a
: nounced at the trial that he would ki
the king as soon as he was again
liberty
The Russian and japanese COVER
ments have about completed the tern
of the sealing compact to be enter,
/ into between the two countries T.
y representatives are discussing now Il
= proposal to ask the United States
become a party to the agreement.
1t appears certain that the invitati
of America, extended through I
Wiley, for the members of the Int,
national Congress of Applied Chemist
to hold its next session at WashingtC
will be accepted. Three thousand me
bers of the congress are now meeti
in London.
- Frederick s Stratton. collector
the port at San Francisco, has said I'll
there viii be no penalty exacted FRI
the captain of the Nippon Maru
Commandant Eberle for violating t
statute in allowing Admiral Uriu a
his wife to go ashore before the insp
ton was made by the custom officif
Joaquin Beirreiro, editor of Fl Car
val. Porto Rican paper given o,
to the publication of caricatures.
been arrested by the Federal authC
ties for sending improper mat
through the mails The charge is ba
on cartoon of President Taft anC
reference to his recent message on 7
A to Rico.
Herr Ludwig Hoffman,. architect
the city of Berlin, has been commissi
ed to map out scheme for the arc
tectural regeneration of the city
q Athens. The Athens authorities des
- to remodel their city upon modern ]
ropean lines, while still retaining
best examples of ancient classic arc
lecture.