The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
THE MORNING
CABLE REPORT


rrghtful details of the effects Of the
ctuption Of the volcano in the Aleu-
tan range have reached here. Ac-
co-ding to these DISPATCHES the Ko-
diak islanders are sbelieved to be
safe, although the destruction from
the outbreak on the Aleutan PENN.
sula is reported to have been wide
spread. Two hundred inhabitants o.
villages are believed to have perish
ed in the eruption.
In all, says the advices, seven Vii
lagos on the peninsula were complete
" buried under the rain Of falling
ashes and mud mixed with sulphu.
ric acid which has killed vegetation
for scores of miles. There were many
strange freaks of the ashes and
mud rain. In places it fell in a per.
feet deluge At others not far re.
moved it hardly touched and still 9TH
ers completely surrounded have es.
capped untouched
One of the most horrible features
CT the eruption was the fact that
much of the mud, charged with acid,
burned frightfully whenever it fell
upon exposed flesh, the acid slowly
eating into the body, and in. many
cases totally destroying the remains
Of the volcanoes victims.
Dispatches from Juneau announced
last night that the COVE. nor of the
territory has appealed to the United
States government for assistance. He
requests congress to appropriate one
hundred thousand dollars for relief,
declaring that conditions in Kodiak
arc terrible. In some places, he adds,
the fall of ashes amounts to more
than twenty feet and the whole sec
ton of the territory is covered 20 an
average depth of twelve inches.
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June
12.-While making night tests in a
Wright biplane as a part of import.
ant experiments of the army aviation
arm, Second-Lieutenant Leighton w.
Hazelhurst Seventeenth U. S. Infan-
try. and a companion were killed
here last night.
PORTLAND, Oregon, June 10. -
Business men and pedestrians on the
downtown streets Of this city yester.
Gay afternoon were astonished by see
ing a biplane rise from the ground
ana ascending in a long plane, turn
and settle on the roof Of a ten-story
hotel The air-machine was piloted
by an amateur named Christoffersen
the feat Of rising from a street and
landing on such a precarious base be-
| ing considered a novel one in avia
/ ton.
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 12.-Roose
welt leaders here were elated yester
/ day when the result in the contest
over the delegate from the eleventh
district Of Kentucky was decided by
tie Republican national committee in
favor of the Colonel. They announc
ed that they had completed their
| plans for huge mass meeting to
be held Friday night, as a sort OF
/ preliminary to the real convention
Governor Johnson, of California, Gov
ernor Stubs of Kansas, Francis J
Heney and Judge Ben Lindsey, the
"children's judge of Denver, will adj
dress the meeting in behalf Of the
Rough Rider.
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Republi
can national committee decided yes
torday to threw out the afIidavits pre-
sented by the Roosevelt followers or
the contest over the delegates frou
the thirteenth district of Indiana
The fight of the day hinged upon tina
district and Taft won by a vote o.
&c to IA.
SAN QUENTIN, California, June
12.-Following an investigation anC
trial by penitentiary and state Off
Gals the ringleader in the bloody
convict uprising here of last weeE
has been sentenced to spend the re
mainder of his life term in Jail il
solitary confinement and until his
death will now meet no other persons
, beside his guards.
His accomplices, to the number
twenty-four received milder sentences
ranging from three to six months il
solitary confinement, the prison auth
, critics being determined to furnish
a severe example to any convict con
spirators in the future.
SAN QUENTIN, California, June II
The State prison authorities ar,