Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-06
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An alleged Black Hand agent
who tried to obtain $500 yesterday
from Joseph Drago, one OF John ID.
Rockefeller's employees, at the point
Of revolver, is being sought by dep
+ Gty sheriffs in WeStchester county.
He was shot in the leg in fight with
the man he tried to blackmail and
then when surrounded by a mob held
them at bay with his revolver while
he escaped.
| William J. Murphy, son and sue
cessor of the great temperance
worker, Francis J. Murphy, died in
his home here at eight o'clock this
morning, after an illness of several
weeks. He was fifty-seven years old.
Just as Theodore Roosevelt began
speaking on the fair grounds at St.
Paul, Mimi, today, a. runaway horse
plunged into the crowd about the
stand. Seven persons were injured
and were taken to hospitals. Thirty
OIIlC1 pei oOuS nClC hhONhCN o0"h
and suffered minor injuries. The
nomination of Woodrow Wilson by
the the Baltimore convention was as
sailed by Col Theodore Roosevelt as
she work of Democratic bosses" III
an address today in the Minnesota
State Fair grounds.
The cruiser Cleveland, in command
of Captain De Witt Blake, was off
Magdalena Bay this morning, accord
ing to radiogram received from the
vessel. Two companies of marines,
five rapid-fire guns and several
thousand rounds of rifle ammunition
are on the Cleveland, which is speed
ing south to join the fleet at Corinto,
With the usua: whirl OF oratory
that surrounds Link McCandless on
q stumping tour, the Bourbon candi-
date for the Delegate to Congress
office has hit Maui. In speech
ringing with 1912 Democratisms he
spoke in Wailuku today, and is pre-.
pairing to make Maui's share of the
welkin ring and ring again.
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Ten thousand dollars in gold is
missing from the treasury of MERGED
county, Cal. The loss was discover
ed yesterday, but was not announced
until today, when, after working all
night on the books, expert account
ants became convinced that the
shortage could not be accounted for
by any clerical error
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Suffering from q fractured skull,
the bandit who, single-handed, rob
bed the Nek York Limited train on
the, Louisville & Nashville railroad,
twelve miles east of New Orleans
last night, to be felled later by the
driver, was brought to
New Orleans today and placed in the
Charity Hospital.
Senator A. B. Fall, member OF the
u. S. Senate committee to inVesti-
gate the report that United States
capital is responsible for the present
trouble in Mexico, arrived at Long
Beach, Cal, today. He will be join
ed here in few days by Senator
William Alden Smith of Michigan.
A, private telegram from Sebasto-
pol reports mutiny of the crews of
the Black Sea squadron. The war
ships bombardeG the forts which re-
piled vigorously and sank one of the
attacking vessels. 1t is stated that
one cruiser escaped and reached
Burghas, Bulgaria
The condition of Mrs. John R. Nc
Lean of Washington, d. c., who be-
came i'll with pneumonia on Sunday,
was considered serious today. Mrs.
Mclean is being attended by Wash
ington. Philadelphia and Bar Harbor
physicians, seven of whom have been
in consultation. II
President Taft left for New York
at 10 o'clock this morning, on his
way to New London and Beverley:
Massachusetts, his summer resi-
dence. His lame ankle was still
troubling him. He was wheeled to
his automobile from the White House
door.
Italy is determined to maintain its
hold on Tripoli and Cyrenaica- No
great advance has yet been made in
the unofficial negotiations for peace
now going on in Switzerland be-
tween delegates and representatives
of the Turkish government.
Charles Horace Bonner, the young
mechanic of San Francisco who shot