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


'ne Mexican National Congress
urged reforms. lie admitted abuses
OF power by politicians and commit
ted himself to many of the reforms
urged by the insurgents.
An organization Of fruit growers
and distributors has been effected in
sacramento for the purpose of fight
ing the fruit trust Branches will be
established in Eastern cities.
A big lumber plant near Tacoma
has been destroyed by fire. The loss
will be over 100000 and 1875 men
are thrown out OF work
John F. Stevens, president of the
'"Hill System" in the Northwest
states has resigned His successor
has not yet been appointed.
The Preside has been stripped Of
cartridges, shot and shell, all the
supplies having been rushed to the
troops on the Mexican border line.
A new gold find near Valdez.
Alaska, has caused a stampede of
prospectors Ore worth $4,000 a ton
has been uncovered at a depth of
one hundred feet.
A man has just secured a divorce
at Reno through proving that there
was too much preacher" in his home.
Throop Institute, in Southern Cali
fornia, has been given $25O,OOO by
four donors.
A confidential woman employee of a
Los Angeles firm has signed con-
tract not to marry for ten years in
consideration of being given a gener-
Gus slice Of the company's stock.
A gold watch and chain, a door
knob, a diamond ring, a chain and
Some nails were found in a cows
stomach. The COW was killed in Val
lejo because it had been coughing
for some time and the neighbors
thought it had consumption.
Thrips, an almost ineradicable
pest, has almost destroyed the pear
and other crops in the San joaquin
valley.
The Wells Fargo agents at Noga-
les, Arizona, who stole $4,000 from
the company, have been captured in
the interior of Mexico.
Socialists swept the boards at the
Butte, Montana, election, winning
FIVE out of the nine alderman and all
the other offices Two years ago the
town went entirely Democratic.
Paymaster A. NJ Pippin, of the
training ship independence at Mare
Island, has confessed to a shortage
in his accounts of approximately
$4,000
DR.. Jordan, of Stanford University,
says that Stanford will henceforth
bar baseball because of Systematic
muckerism." 1t is said that the ma
jority of the faculty also favor the
adjustment of football as well.
Frederick Warde, the famous actor,
will appear in San Francisco in the
near future, after an absence of six
years. He will give Shakespearian
productions.
st. James Catholic Church in San
Francisco, has been Quilted by fire.
The loss is over $4,000.
Theodore Roosevelt has left San
Francisco for Reno and the East His
family will visit on the Coast for
several weeks longer.
San Diego's fair bill has been
signed by Governor Johnson. The
appropriation for the California State
building is $25O,OOO.
Pop" Floyd, restauranteur
known to every one who has ever
sampled of San Francisco's high life"
was instantly killed in a quarrel with
one of his bartenders whom he had
discharged.
]. stitt Wilson, Socialist nominee
for governor on the last California
ticket, has been elected mayor Of
Berkeley.
Former Chief Of Police Wappen-
stein, of Seattle. has been indicted
for soliciting and receiving a bride.
This is the third indictment returned
against him.
The Supreme Court Of California
has denied Abe Ruef's petition for a
rehearing of his case.
Transportation by water is grow
ing on the Sacramento river, and the
activity Of steamboats IN early Call.