The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-31
CONDENSED NEWS
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Olive Fremstad. Metropolitan opera
star, has secured q divorce from Ed.
son Sutphcu, am American mining pro.
moter
Thomas Edison win be awarded the
Nobel prize for the highest achieve.
ment Of the year in physics,
The author of Sweet Marie" is i'll
and penniless i'm a Boston hospital
A S30.OO0.O0O daughter has been
born to Mrs. Anthony Drexel, former
! ly Marjorie Gould The little heiress
is the first grandchild Of Mr. and Mrs.
George }. Gould.
Orvile Wright had a narrow escape
from death while testing an aero
iplane in North Carolina.
A report of the American Railway
Association shows a large decrease in
Surplus railway cars.
Newport, r. l., notes that there are
over eighty divorce cases to be heard
in the local courts in December. Since
October eleven divorce petitions have
been filed
The Raymond and Whitcomb Com
pany, the largest tourist bureau in the
world, has started an automobile tour
from New York to Los Angeles. Sew
enty passengers have just left in ten
Gartord cars. A following truck car
ries all baggage, repair parts, and the
mechanicians.
In a speech delivered before the
Civic Forum of New York, Roosevelt
voiced the opinion that the people
should control the judges.
There is a report to the effect that
a fund is being raised by some of the
great financial interests headed by
u. p Morgan for the purpose Of de-
feating Taft's reelection.
A New England pastor has been ar
rested on the charge of numbering his
former fiancee.
DR.. HyslOp states that during his
recent visit in Boston he got into COM
Imunication with Professor James in
the spirit world.
The Secretary of the Navy has re-
ported that the explosion of the Maine
was undoubtedly due to an external
cause, as no smokeless powder was
on board the battleship when the dis
aster occurred.
In Andrew Carnegte's library in his
New York residence is carved over a
mantle piece, "He who can not reason
is a fool; he who will not, is a bigot.
and he who dares not, is a slave"
Pittsburg physicians have started a
movement to change the RED Cross
to green, and it is hoped that nurses
and doctors throughout the world will
change the color, The RED Cross"
is to be used by military organizations
only, and then just during war.
Mrs Ida Won Clausen, who has been
revealing marvellous plots involving
Roosevelt, the Emperor of Germany
and others, has been committed to
Bloomingdale Asylum, New York.
The Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing during the last year turned
out over ten billion stamps, an in
crease of nine per cent. over the pre-
vious years postage product
The cotton crop in the south is so
great that the pickers are working by
moonlight to handle the crop. II is
estimated that 100000 bales will be
this seasons cotton crop.
The West Point football team de.
feated the Yale team 60. Dean of
West Point made the first touchdown
against Yale for this season. 1t was
a sensational struggle despite soggv
field and a game played in a heavy
rain.
Brown University defeated the
University Of Pennsylvania football
team go in a clean-cut game in which
the Pennsylvania team didn't stand
much of a show.
1t is rumored that the shopmen on
the Rock Island system will strike,
The University of Chicago has ac-
quired $34,OOO,OOO worth of assets in
less than twenty years. The univer-
sity started at the close of the worlds
fair with backing of but $4,000 OO
The United States government EN-.
ploys 513,S45 people. This includes
civil service employees, army and
navy, diplomatic service, executive
service, Panama Canal service
everyone, in fact, who draws his nav
of Uncle Sam Of this number the
President has the appointment of
9525.
Rear Admiral Murdoch of the
Asiatic fleet has left Manila for
Shanghai to be nearer the scene Of
the Chinese disturbances.
Former Senator Aldrich has submit,
ted to the National Monetary Commits,
sion, of which he is chairman, a revis.
ion of his plan for monetary Iegisla-