The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-29
CONDENSED NEWS
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there was never a complaint lodged
against him.
If the Interstate Commerce Com
mission persists in reducing passen-
ger rates the railroads threaten to
abandon all their luxurious through
trains. substituting less expensive
land much slower locals
The government has refused to al
low 100000 pounds Of green tea to
be landed at san Francisco, but has
permitted the landing Of the same
quantity of black herb faced" tea.
Ireland is in the grip of great
strike, the island being in a state Dor
dering on anarchy and all industries
are at a standstiu
Three large fishing firms have COM
bined to control the fresh halibut
trade on the Pacific Coast. The Booth
fisheries companies are behind the
transaction.
A gun on the French cruiser Gloire,
stationed at Toulon, burst yesterday,
injuring thirteen members of the crew.
The Spanish cruiser Catalunia has
run ashore on the Moroccan coast. 1t
is thought that she can be saved.
Rev. Father Sherman, one of the
most brilliant Jesuit lecturers in
America. and a son of General VIII
liam Tecumseh Sherman of the Civil
War. has been committed to the Ag-
news Insane Asylum near San Jose,
California.
John L. Sullivan is to run for Con
gress from Boston, Mass. He claims
that next to the ring championship,
he has desired all his life to sit in
a congressional seat
The Harrison line, an English COM
pany, has announced a monthly SER
vice from Puget Sound to Europe.
Thirteen knot, 6OOO-tons vessels will
be used. This company owns and
controls forty-six steamships.
Sir Robert Hart, the famous Eng
fish government officer and admins
traitor, for many years financial adj
ministrator of China, and organizer
of that country's postal service, has
died in London.
The new American dreadnoughts
launched this year, will carry smaller
crews than older vessels, owing to the
fact that the batteries are more homo
Igeneous, requiring fewer men to man
them.
Bellingham, Washington Protestant
ministers, have refused to join in the
coming reception to President Taft,
because he has accepted an invitation
to lay the cornerstone Of the Unitari-
an Church there. The rest of the
ministers dislike the Unitarian min
lister because he won't mix in politics.
The president of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company of California
advises gas corporations to get ready
to sell their plants to the common
wealth. He declares that municipal
tiles will soon take over public SER
vice corporations.
Spanish strikers at Madrid have
been held in check by the army. The
rioting in the provinces has been less
since the government took a firm hold
of the situation.
Jack Johnson, the "cullud pug" who
was so popular when he first went to
London, has lost most of his popular
.ity because of his excess of frivolity
when going the pace-and he has GER
tainly been going it.
Correspondence of September 22.
1t is rumored that William R.
Hearst has purchased Tattersall Cas-
tie, one of England's most famous fif-
teenth century castles, and will have
the entire building removed and re-
built on his Long Island, New York
estate
The Russian investigation following
Premier Stolypin's death has uncov-
cred the usual batch of intrigues in
high government circles. The assass-
in of the Premier was appointed one
of the body guards of the royal cir
Gle.
Slush ice is forming in the Yukon
and Tanana rivers and water trans
Iportation to many prominent Alaska
towns will soon cease for the winter.
Divers have recovered $780, 900 in
gold from the wrecked steamer Ramo-
ina which recently sank off the Alas
kan coast. The vessel itself is a
total wreck and no attempt will be
made to save it.
John c. Stubs, vice-president and
director of traffic of the entire Harri-