Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-02
NEWS BULLETIN OF JULY %
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There have been thirteen deaths
from rabies in the lest few months IN
California. The edipemic seems to be
spreading.
A baby weighing IA pounds and 5
ounces has just been born in Bakers
field, California
Thirteen miners, caught in mine
In Uniontown, Pa, by a c'oudburst
which flooded the mire, 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 Christton Scientist. Senator
Works of California, also a Christion
Scientist, has started fight in the
| mans behalf.
David w. Mulvane of Topeka, Kan
sas, may take charge OF Tafi's west
ern campaign. His headquarters will
be in Chicago. Mdlvane 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 Roosevelt's trial and make
him do lot of explaining.
Charles P. Meyer has been reflect,
eG president of the Western Fedora
ton of Minrs.
Because of Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Nagels bad mistakes at
and about the Chicago convention
President Taft is being urged from
many sources to suggest to Nagel that
he resign. 49,. 49,.
Christopher Ravn, prime minister of
Norway, has been travelling through
southern California incognito, looking
for a large tract of lard upon which
to locate a colony of his own country
nen.
The Democratic House, In caucus,
by a vote of 20 to 62 turned down the
senate amendment authorizing two
battleships. They wouldn't even COM
promise on one battleship p ....
A Chicago capitalist has purch qsed
$1,000 acres of land near Fresno Cali
fcrnia for which he paid $4,000, 900.
The land will be divided into so to so
acre tracts and marketed in the East.
Professor Hedschel Parker, the ex-
rlorerf has telegraphed that his third
attempt to scale Mt Mckinley was
essentially successful This is sup
posed t omean that the expedition was
successful scientifically though the
highest peaks was not tapped. i
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 Taftitesh almost
came to blows in San Francisco at a
central committee meeting. After the
Taft men declared the meeting ad-
Journed the Roosevelt men seized the
chair and proceeded with business.
The government will no longer al
low people to receive mail at the gem
eral delivery for more than thirty
days. This is to break up clandestine
correspondence. -.
Former Senator Beverage of Indi-
ana has been selected as the temper
airy chairman of the Bull Moose"
party. a. .
Captain VIM. H. Mclean, for many
years Pacific Mail master, has Just
died in San Francisco. "~
+" Lieut.. Comdr. 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
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, 900
win, lose, or draw. He is holding out
for $4,000.
Two thousand men, members of tho
Industrial Workers of the World,
have struck on the Grand Trunk Pa
cific 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.
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