The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-08

artist and art critic, died in Paris at
the age of eighty-one.
Madame Marcella Sembrich has been
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-
tertaining King Edward at dinner,
which is a 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 financiering.
Two privates and 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 26,
five steamers were unable to make port
| on this account.
Colonel Roosevelt has accepted an
| invitation to public banquet at Mai
robi, British East Africa, for August
3, 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 floated 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 Paris
rejected motion for the reinstatement
of the postal employees who were dis
charged because of their connection
with the recent strike.
Overtures looking to naval under
standing between England and the Uni
ted States have been made by the
British government through Ambassa-
| dor Bryce in Washington.
A Constantinople newspaper is au-
thority for the statement that Abdul
J Hamid the deposed Sultan, has trans
ferred bank deposits amounting to more
than $5,000,0O0 to the government.
According to report the spread of
vice has been marked since the depar-
ture of Americans from Havana and a
society for the prevention of vice head
ed by Bishop Estrada has been formed.
The Gross and Perseval airships, com
manded by officers of the Army, took
part in the recent field exercises of the
footguards at Doeberitz which were
witnessed by the Emperor of Germany.
The body of Madame Modjeska has
been started on its journey to Poland
where the final interment will take
place. The husband of the late actress
will accompany the body and he will
make his future home in Cracow.
One of the latest British scares has
been the presence of supposed Ger
man airship patrolling the east coast of
England. The German airship turned
out to be set of advertising balloons
let loose by dealer in such wares.
Russian sensational newspapers are
publishing reports of Japanese-Aus
trian alliance, providing for an attack
upon Russia by Japan in case of a
European conflict over transbalkan af
fairs in which Austria might be in
volved.
Vladimir Naidanov, a Macedonian
boy student, who attempted to kill King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has been sen
fenced to four years in prison. He an
} nounced at the trial that he would Kill
the king as soon as he was again al
. liberty.
, The Russian and japanese govern
} ments have about completed the terms
of the sealing compact to be entered
into between the two countries. The
representatives are discussing now the
proposal to ask the United States tt
become a party to the agreement.
1t appears certain that the invitation
, of America, extended through DR.
, Wiley, for the members of the Inter
national Congress of Applied Chemistry
| 20 hn1l 10 at n uistt ,tn
will be accepted. Three thousand mem
, bers of the congress are now meeting
in London.
Frederick s. Stratton, collector o
the port at San Francisco, has said tina
there will be no penalty exaeted from
the captain of the Nippon Maru o
Commandant Eberle for violating tn
statute in allowing Admiral UIiu AM
his wife to go ashore before the inspec
ton was made by the custom officials
= Joaquin Beirreiro, editor of Ell Carni
: val, Porto Rican paper given owe
to the publication of caricatures, ha
been arrested by the Federal authori
ties for sending improper matte
D through the mails. The charge is base
on a cartoon of President Taft and
reference to his recent message on POI
5 to Rico.
; Herr Ludwig Hoffman,, architect o
i the city of Berlin, has been commission
ed to map out a scheme for the archi
tectural regeneration of the city. o
Athens. The Athens authorities desir
, to remodel their city upon modern Ell
i ropean lines, while still retaining tn
best examples of ancient classic ARCH
3 lecture.
hidden the production of Bernar
Shaw's new play, "The Showing Up o
Blanco Posnet." The play is on
theological subject and was in advance
rehearsal for early production. MI
! Shaw states that to alter the play I
meet the censor's objections would b
to ruin it and that it would be abar
doned altogether.
The Hague Tribunal. to which ha
t been submitted the dispute betwee
j. France and Germany. over the Casa
a blanca incident, when German official
protected French deserters, has hand
3 ed down a decision. While it place
no blame specifically upon either Franc
t or Germany the decision blames bot
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