The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-19
LATEST NEWS BULLETIN.

News Originating on the Day the
Steamer Sailed)
Benjamin lde Wheeler of the Uni
versity of California is the highest
salaried head of any State-aided insti-
tuition of learning in the United
States.
Miss Eleanor Sears, the athletic
Boston society girl, defeated Lady
Herbert in a ladies' saddle race at
Coronado, Cal She won by two
lengths in a quarter of mile dash
San Francisco is to spend several
thousand dollars advertising San
Francisco in the East as a summer re-
sort.
At least 100000 wooden and cotton
operatives in New England are to
receive an advance in wages approx
mating five per cent before April /.
Hiram Gill, the defeated Seattle
candidate for mayor, who was just
beaten by George Cotterill, is to con-
test the election. Gill was once re-
called by the people because of his
open town" administration.
Over five hundred Mormons are
said to be in and about Boston trying
to get converts to their religion and
special effort is being made to get
young girls to go to Utah
Shawls, kimonoes and silk caps val
ued at 5000 were found on the Man
churia. The goods were being Snug
gled in.
The Mexican ambassador at Wash
ington promises peace in his country
within a month.
The House has passed an appropria
ton of $4,000 to be used by the De
partment of Agriculture in extermi
mating the Mediterranean fly.
A famous French palmist has told
Diaz that he has fifteen brilliant years
to live and will again rule Mexico.
Roosevelt is to start a fight for .
new trust law, the Sherman law be
ing considered antiquated.
The San Francisco Chamber O.
Commerce favors free tolls for Ameri
can vessels engaged in coast com
merce through the canal, but il
strongly opposed to allowing railroad
owned ships engaged in coast traffic
the use of the canal.
The San Francisco supervisors are
appropriating money for street ant
sewer work at once, that thousand
of unemployed men may be given EN-
ployment.
The nine-year-old daughter of Coy
ernor Hooper of Tennessee y maxim
speeches in favor Of woman's SUI
frage,
Abe Attell denies that he tried t
get Murphy to "lay down" in his r,
cent fight. Abe received a bad bea
ing.
4 News of March 10 and II.
Foreign bankers have made an in
tial deposit of $224,OOO with the ne,
Chinese government and more wi
be advanced as it is needed by tn
banking representative of Englan,
Germany, France and the Unite
States.
The German societies of San Fral
cisco are to erect a building costin
100000 in which will be housed a
F German organizations, and which wi
be the center of all German activit
The Olympic Club track and fiel
athletes defeated the Stanford Va
sity track team, 6S to 81.
Roosevelt will probably make
Middle Western trip to take tt
!. stump in the states where primarit
are about to be held
3. In a speech before the Californ
= Club in New York, Patrick Calhou
said that the United States mistreatC
- Colombia in Selling land for the Pa
anna Canal and never giving any COZ
pensation therefor.
Of The second division of the Atlant
g. fleet, consisting of four warships,
to to be transferred to the Pacific. Oh
Pacific fleet will have headquarters
Mare Island, the other at Bremertc
The Countess of Warwick, ov
from England to talk to us on Soci
ism, says the United States is We
near a revolution. She is to deliv
- many lectures. Being penniless s.
~ is trying to recoup her fortunes.
II A thug robbed the paymaster of
San Francisco teaming firm of $26
on one of the main streets of the ci
and got away from the police.
Professor James Tufts of the ph
osophy department of the Universe
/, Of Chicago, has been offered the pr,
J, idency of Amherst College.
The House Commerce Commit
has agreed upon the Panama Car
bill, which if passed will give t