Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-02
NEWS BULLETIN OF JULY 2S
AND PC.


There have been thirteen deaths
from rabies In the lest few months in
California. The edipemic seems to be
spreading. q
A baby weighing II pounds and 5
ounces has just been born in Bakers
field, California.
Thirteen miners, caught in a mine
in Uniontown, Pa, by a cloudburst
which flooded the mine, last their
lives and rendered over thirty chill
dren homeless.
A 40 second earthquake shock de-
stroyed the town of Piura in Peru. A
number of children were killed and
many people were injured.
A gunner's mate was imprisoned at
hard labor because he refused to obey
a government order for vaccination as
he was a Christion Scientist. Senator
Works of California, also Christion
Scientist, has started a fight in the
mans behalf.
David w. Mulvane of Topeka, Kan
sas, may take charge OF Taffs west
ern campaign. His headquarters viii
be in Chicago. MuIvane is wealthy,
and old time far seeing politician.
Over twenty thousand English strik-
ers gathered on Tower Hill and pray
ed that God would strike Lord Devon
port dead. The latter is blamed for
the continuance of the dock strike
which has reduced thousands of work
er's homes to the starvation point.
Bryan is planning to get into active
campaigning. He interds principally
to camp on Rooseyelt's trial and make
him do a lot of explaining.
| Charles p. Meyer has been re-elect
e6 president of the Western Fedora
ton of Minrs. ~ -~*
Because Of Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Nagel's bad mistakes at
and about the Chicago convention
President Taft Is being urged from
many sources to suggest to Nagel that
he resign.
Christopher Ravn, prime minister of
Norway, has been travelling through
southern California incognito, looking
for large tract of lard upon which
to- locate a colony Of his own country
men. -
The Democratic House, In caucus,
by vote of 20 to So turned down the
senate amendment authorizing two
battleships They wouldn't even COM
promise on one battleship.
A Chicago capitalist has purch ssed
$1,000 acres OF lard near Fresno Cali.
fcrnia for which he paid $4,000, 900.
The land will be divided into go to so
acre tracts and marketed in the East.
Professor Hedschel Parker, the ex-
Tlorerf has telegraphed that his third
attempt to scale Mt Mckinley was
essentially successful This is sup
posed omean that the expedition was
successful scientifically though the
highest peaks was not tapped.
The General Electric Company has
declared an extra dividend of 80 per
cent. in new stock in addition to the
quarterly dividend of 2 per cent.
Progressive and Taftites almost
came to blows in San Francisco at a
central committee meeting. After the
Taft men declared the meeting adj
Journed the Roosevelt men seized the
chair and proceeded with business.
The government will no longer all
low people to receive mail, at the gem
eral delivery for more than thirty
days. This is to break up clandestine
correspondence. ~.
Former Senator Beveridge of Indi-
ana has been selected as the temper
airy chairman of the Bull Moose"
party. 49,.
Captain: VIM. H. Mclean, for many
years Pacific Mail master, has Just
died In San Francisco. -. ?. i.
Lieut.. Gomdr. David F. Sellers, who
was in Honolulu when the flag was
raised over the Hawaiian Islands in
1898, has been appointed naval aide
to President Moore of the Panama
Pacific Exposition. "s~.
The first japanese Y. w. c. A. in
this country has just been establish
ed in San Francisco.
Johnson has refused to meet Palzer
or Jeanette for a fiat offer of $25, 600
win, lose, or draw. He is holding out
for $4,000.
Two thousand men, members of the
Industrial Workers of the World,
have struck on the Grand Trunk Pa
clfic Railroad in Canada, almost COM
pletely stopping construction work.
Charles w. Morse, the banker, re-
leased from federal penitentiary by
TAFT because he was dying, is in New
York trying to establish a chain of
cargo steamers on the Atlantic.