The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-29

An excursion sloop capsized in New
York bay and ten persons Were
drowned.
Great crowds gave Prince Won Buelow
an ovation on his departure for Klein
F1ottbeck on July Is.
A costly blaze in Cloverdale, CAL,
destroyed the Citrus Fair Pavilion,
large hotel and a number of cottages.
Margaret Howell Jefferson Hayes, the
only surviving child of Jefferson Davis,
died recently at her home at Colorado
Springs.
The new Shah, Sultan Ahmed Mira.
accompanied by Russian and British
escort, returned to the palace at
Teheran.
Two men were killed and several
were seriously injured by being struck
by lightning while witnessing a ball
game at Lead, S. d.
In clash with the State troops dur
ing the strike of the Standard Steel
Car Company at Lyndora, Pa, three
persons were seriously injured.
A jealous Seattle woman aided the
San Francisco police to locate her lover,
the leader Of gang of thieves, which
have been operating in the city.
A London haberdasher recently ex-
hibited in his shop a sample of the
dozen suits of silk underwear specially
made for wealthy Americans at cost
of $3.50 suit.
Race suicide threatens Evanston, the
classic north side suburb of Chicago,
as the present census shows loss of
213 children while the town has gain
ed 1907 in population.
The speeches of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, which he delivered before
the French labor organizations in Paris,
have aroused intense interest in labor
circles.
A large element of the Mexican peo-
pie are elamoring for the election Of
General Bernardo Reyes in opposition
to President Diaz at the approaching
presidential election which takes place
in 1910
H. j. Kneer, of the II. s. S. Albany,
had a narrow escape from drowning
in tropic waters when his canoe cap
sized and drifted ont to sea. He was
rescued with difficulty by his comrade,
Midshipman L. S. Austin.
Charles Magness, son-in-law of the
late United States Senator Arthur P.
German, and a musician in the United
States navy, was released from the pris-
on ship upon the completion of his six
months sentence for desertion.
Evidence that the country is on q
firm basis of prosperity is shown by
the enormous purchase of equipment by
railroads. Thousands of cars of vari-
Gus kinds are being turned out rapidly
for lines all over the United States
A large portion of the beautiful Mer-
eey Gorge in the Yosemite Valley was
devastated by a fire which originated
in embers left by campers and the best
efforts of the entire military force in
the valley were necessary to check the
flames
Leslie A. Tarlton of Nairobo, who
accompanied the Roosevelt expedition
to the Sotik country, arrived at Nay
yasha and claimed that he was chased
into town by five hungry lions and that
the district was invaded by many OF
these animals.
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Company new tunnel under the Hud-
son river, connecting the downtown sec
ton of New York with Jersey city,
has been opened for traffic, and passen-
gers can travel from Broadway to ,Jer-
sey City in three minutes.
A clash of two American society lead
ers in London caused comment when
Mrs. John Mackay and Mrs. Potter
Palmer, who live in adjoining houses
in the English capital, gave costly re-
eeptions on the same night and marked
evidences of rivalry ON the part of the
two hostess marred the pleasure of the
guests.
Four persons were killed and twenty
injured at a cycle race in Berlin as a
result of the bursting of the tire of
a motorcycle which escaped from its
rider after setting fire to the gasoline
IN the machine. 1t plunged into the
crowd and set fire to the infammable
dresses of several women, which caused
stampede.
The Canadian government and bank
ers have begun crusade against the
use of American silver coins which
have been circulating freely in the
Western provinces. For business and
sentimental reasons the interchange of
American and Canadian money will be
discouraged and immediate deportation
of the American coins will begin.
The report of the court martial on !!
the Adana massacre has been made pub |
lie and it contains scathing denun- |
citation of the ineapacity and apathy of |
the police and other local authorities. /
In view of the reconciliation between /
the opposing elements the report rec
ommends that general amnesty be made |
the occasion of national fete.
The Board of Supervisors of San |
Francisco have passed an anti-cheek |
bill, whereby wages can no longer be |
paid by check when a discount IS
charged. The passage of the measure
was the outgrowth of the recent mur-
der of Miss Caroline Brasch, an en-
ploye of Gray Bros. by James Cunning
ham, laborer, rendered desperate by
his failure TO collect his wages.