The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-08
Condensed News
OF the Old World

been threatened at Caracas.
Serious earthquake shocks have been
felt in the vicinity of Oaxaca, Mexico.
A severe drought is being felt in
Mexico and great suffering is reported
from the vicinity of Vera Cruz.
Empire Day, the anniversary of the
birthday of Queen Victoria, was gen.
orally observed in the United Kingdom.
BY a decision of the Superior Court,
Count Boni de Castellane was given au.
thority to direct the education of his
son.
Guillume Dubufe, the noted French
painter, died at his home in Paris. He
was an officer of the Legion of Honor
and has received decorations from many
centuries
Enrico Caruso, the noted tenor, will
undergo an operation on his throat
which he expects will entirely restore
his voice.
A protocol for admission to arbitra.
ton of the Emery claim has been sign.
ed with representatives of the Vene.
zuelan government.
A new balloon has been devised for
the British Army which is said to show
some unique features which make it the
latest addition to airship models.
The Paris strike collapsed amidst bit
ter recriminations by the leaders who
tried to throw the responsibility for
failure upon each other and the de-
feated postal employees.
Evelyn Hill, n pretty Chicago girl,
who married n Filipino in that city
was ket by her mother from joining
her husband ON the ground that the
man had hypnotized her,
Queen Winhelmina of Holland, who
gave birth to a daughter April 80, is
fully convalescent and she and the lit
tie princess have had their first outing
in the parks of The Hague.
An American sailor in Norway has
confessed to completely in the crimes
of Mrs. Guinness, and finally of the
murder of the woman herself. The case
has been reported to the American min.
lister to Norway.
A former circus clown has sued
Adrian G. Honore, the millionaire
brother of Mrs. Potter Palmer, for the
alienation of his wife S affection The
suit is for $4,000, and will be tried in
the courts of Chicago.
Masked bandits held up and robbed
the Overland Limited near Omaha on
May %. They stole seven sacks of
mail and made their escape; 100000
reward has been offered for their cap
ture by the Union Pacific.
A new ruling of the Postoffice De
partment is to the effect that letters
bearing n return card indicating that
they come from collection department
of credit house are unavailable, as ap-
pearing to be dunning letters.'
C. G.. Emory, Pasadena million
aire, has purchased 10,000-acre ranch
in Santa Clara county which was the
property of the Spreckels Sugar Com
pany of San Francisco. The property
has been bought for an investment.
The attention of the Federal author
ties has been called to the fact that
the mails have been tied up for nine
days owing to the strike of the fire
men on the Georgia railways and the
Attorney General has taken the matter
under his control.
The San Francisco Labor Council has
voiced its opposition to the pro
| posed bond issue for the purpose OF
acquiring a civic center. The reason
given is that the additional debt thus
fcreated would diminish and defer tn,
chance of securing an adequate water
supply and other urgently needed i'm
provements
Candy manufacturers in New Yorl
have begun to worry over the rumol
that the Standard Oil interests viii en-
ter the candy business. The Corn Prod
lucts Company which is composed D!
Standard Oil stockholders and makes
over seventy per cent. of the glucose
of the country, is said to be contem
plating such a step.
Tennessee sheriff and his deputies
are held to be in contempt by the Su
preme Court of the United States fo
combining in conspiracy to lynch ;
negro who had been sentenced to dealt
by the local courts and in whose cas-
the Supreme Court had interfered t.
the extent of granting an appeal. TIL
negro was taken from the Jail an'
lynched by a mob and the sheriff AM
his officers made no resistance. This i
the first time that the highest cour
in the United States has undertaken t.
assert its dignity or resent acts reflect
ing on it.
A maniac, armed with two revolveri
drove big touring car through tn
streets of Los Angeles, spreading terro
: in his wake. He was finally capture
by strategy, after three hours of dc
moniacal exhibition of what he coul
do with both the pistols and the auto
mobile in taking the lives of pedei
trians.
An immense irrigation and COLOMBIA
ton. scheme is being undertaken i
California which involves an expendi
ture of $9,0O0,0OO, the irrigating o
250,00O acres of land and the placing o
1,500,000 settlers upon the land thu
reclaimed. The territory lies principal
ly in Glenn and Colusa Counties.
The police were called in to que
an ineipient riot which followed tn
hearing of charges against the Boar
of Public Works by the Good Cover
ment League in San Francisco Tn
arrival of the police resulted in limit
ing the encounter to a verbal engage
ment on the part of the beligerent men
: bers.
The commercial organizations of tn
: Pacific Coast have joined forces {
fight the proposed action of the raj
roads in establishing graded rates tina
would discriminate against the mercaI