The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-03
WESTERN NEWS.

Q AhS AAOh' WIZ OdlOllHe Wihlhooh'
sister Of Lord Decies, is visiting Cal
ifornia in the interests of the wo-
mans suffrage movement.
The San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce has started fight to keep
the Alaska Packers Association
from moving to San Pedro, which
they have announced they will do, I'M
less they can get better harbor facili-
ties.
Herbert Repsold, son of the million
aire California wine merchant, has
been sentenced to fifteen years in Jail
for burglary.
H. P. Wilson, San Francisco cap
italist, has sued his partner in the
brokerage business, Frank L. Brown,
for $2S0,O0O said to have been misap-
propriated by the latter.
Oakland is waging war before the
Legislature against the consolidation
bill which would annex all surround
ing country to San Francisco.
/ The mayor of Victoria, B. c., was
unseated because the voters list was
improperly made up. A commission
will govern until a new election is
held.
! M. Fong Guey, a Chinese aviator,
has sailed for China with two BIZ
planes and three mechanics. He plans
numerous flights in the Orient.
! Over 10000 dancers attended the
Policeman's ball in San Francisco.
{ Ebert Hubbard is travelling the
Orpheum circuit, and will be in San
Francisco during the. next two weeks.
Charlie Hong, Chinese curio deal
er of Chicago. has deserted his white
wife and is said to have fed to San
Francisco.
San Francisco has raised a famine
fund for China of nearly $4,000.
The Columbia Historical Associa.
ton of Washington, D. c., are plan.
ming to move Joaquin Miller's cabin
built in Oakland years ago to Wash.
ington to preserve it.
The schooner Willis A. Holden,
from Tacoma to Chile, reached San
Francisco a battered wreck from a
terrific storm encountered off. the
Coast.
The Great Western Power Com
pany, controlled by Hawley, the rail-
road magnate, has purchased the City
Electric Company of San Francisco,
and will enter the local field.
The California Senate has declared
unanimously for a parcels post.
A Sante Fe flyer was wrecked near
Albuquerque, N. NJ, and fifteen pas
sengers were injured, none fatally.
( The work of building the new AL
cazar theater in San Francisco has
begun. This is one of San Francis
cos Oldest and best known play
houses.
/ Women's votes in Seattle defeat
ed fifteen of former mayor Gill's
councilmanic candidates at the pri-
mary election. Gill was recently re-
called owing to the strength of wo-
men voters at the polls.
First call for the funds to build the
Panama Pacific International Exposi-
ton have been sent out.
Gamblers run out of Seattle as a
result of putting the lid" on, are
flocking to San Francisco.
Twelve lives were lost in a fire in
the Belmont, the largest silver mine
near Tonopah.
Four deputies of the California
Fish and Game Commission have
been suspended for grating off the
Chinese shrimp fishers of San Fran
cisco bay.
The California Senate has voted
overwhelmingly in favor of the re-
call of the judiciary. If the Assembly
passes the bill it must be referred to
the voters in the next election to
become law.
Snow fell in Pasadena and hail and
heavy rain fell in San Diego. This
has not happened in these towns in
many years.
Six sailors deserted from the U. S.
S. California and have gone to join
in the fighting along the Mexican line.
The Firemen's Fund Insurance
Company has purchased the Wash
ington Fire Insurance Company Of
Seattle, a concern with 100000 Of
premiums.
The consolidation of the Fairmont,
Palace and St Francis hotels I'M
der one management is reported to
be an event of the near future.
A mother evicted from her home
in San Francisco has offered her baby
for sale for $4,000,
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