The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-11
WORLD s NEWS


Ahe upper House 81 the New Hamu
shire legislature has refused 10 vot,
IN favor of the direct election of seua
tors.
A son has arrived al the home o.
Mr. and Mrs G. c. Rumsey of New
York MW. Rumsey Is the daughter
of the late E. H. Hartman.
The la Clede Gas Company of 81
Louis is making rebates to 100000 pa
irons, and will continue TO do SO a,
long as the company prospers.
Anne Morgan, daughter OF J. p
Morgan, has Joined the fight I'm New
York now being waged against fire
trap factories.
An unknown woman in New YorB
has announced that she is the widow
of the late Thomas T. Eckert. former
head Of the Western Union Company
and is trying to claim some OF the
millions Eckert left
-Four thousand union carpenters in
St Louis, and one thousand in Kan.
sas City struck because they were re-
fused a raise of five cents an hour i'm
wages. The present rate Is so cents
per hour
IL has been found that many valua.
bic books contained in the library of
the New York State capitol, recently
destroyed by fire, were saved, owing
to their being covered with debris
and soaked with water
A court decision at Washington, d.
c., states that it is no crime to run a
bucket shop" The Federal statute
prohibiting bucket shops" is declar-
ed unconstitutional, in that it violates
a contract right.
Charles Gates, son of "Betcher.a.
million" Gates, is being sued for di.
vorce. There is mystery as to the
cause.
Tetrazzini, the famous songbird, at
her seasons farewell concert in New
York, sang a six-thousand crowd into
frenzy, and they almost mobbed her
after the performance to show their
appreciation.
Champ Clark has been given two
Missouri mules, to live up to his
promise made years ago that he
would drive the mules up Pennsylvania
avenue if he were ever elected Speak
er of the House.
The bribery case of Senator Lori,
Fner of Chicago Is to be opened dur.
Ing the extra session Of Congress,
new evidence having been obtained
which tends to prove his guilt,
1t has been estimated that the dam
age to the New York State capitol
will amount to over $7,OOO,O00 The
building originally cost $2O,OOO.0OO.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock has
given the railway mail service in the
East a severe shake-up and overhaul
ing, dismissing men, and changing
others about because of dereliction of
duty.
Otto Ringing, the financial mana
ger of Ringing Brothers, the family
who practically control the circus bus
mess, has just died in New YORK.
Booker T. Washington, the negro
educator, has purchased an estate in
an aristocratic Long Island town, and
will have many wealthy New Workers
for neighbors.
The government has dropped the
famous libel suits instituted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt against the New York
World and Indianapolis News, which
made serious charges in connection
with the purchase of the Panama Ca.
nal property.
1t is rumored in Washington that
Acknowledgement Wickersham has his
eye on Wall street, with an idea of
proposing new laws which will pre-
vent the concentration of capital in
few hands.
Passengers on an elevated train in
New York, looking through a second
story window, saw man kill his wife
and then shoot himself.
The cathedral of st. John, the Di-
vine, in New York, the fourth largest
cathedral in the world, is to open this
month. 1t cost nearly 100000 and
took nineteen years to build.
Thirty-eight boys from the Column
bia Park Boys Club called upon
Mayor Gaynor at New York, received
a pleasant reception and we're given
some good advice
The Southern Pacific will begin the
distribution of quarterly dividend
this month which will amount to $4,-
O9O,S59 on the common stock. The