Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-03
EASTERN NEWS.

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ernor-elect Sulzer reached Hudson af-
ter forced march" through the
darkness in binding snowstorm.
The physicians attending Mrs.
Payne Whitney, who has been danger
ously ILL since the birth of her child,
state that she is now out of danger.
The child did not live. Il.
New York for the first time cele-
brated municipal out-of-door Christ
mas with a 60-foot tree In Madison
Square. On New Years Eve philan-
thropic persons plan to give a cele-
bration in the cause of "saner New
Years, eve.
On his return home after the in
dictment for criminal violation of the
Sherman antitrust law, Charles Mel
len announced. that the steamship
lines owned by the railroad would be
sold within the year unless he should
be supported in their operation by the
interstate commerce commission.
General Leonard Wood has been APP
pointed to lead the inaugural parade.
in March. r.s E.. d.
Miss Isabelle Hagner, who was Sec
rotary to Mrs Roosevelt in the White
House, has been chosen to serve in
the same capacity by Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson. .-<, t..s.. ~ -. .....e,t - 20
Enrico Caruso distributed Christmas
money to the sum of $1450 among the
members of the orchestra, chorus, bal
let and stage hands of the Metropoli-
tan opera house.
The French architect Achille Du-
chesne has returned to France after
having visited the site of the mansion
to be erected by Mrs. Francis Carolan
at Burlingame, Cal. The palace is to
be along French lines with sugges-
ton of Italian, and adapted to the 10
cation. ....'
Paul Rene Loubet, young French
aviator, has taken out naturalization
papers and enlisted in the United
States army.
Three hundred thousand dollars of
patronage will be taken from the
president and placed under civil serv-
ice in the treasury department before
March 4. The plan meets with the ap-
proval of the president.
Finlay J. Sheppard, the fiance OF
Miss Helen Gould, is spending the
holidays at the Gould home on Fifth
avenue, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beal Mclean
of Washington prepared and served a
bountiful Christmas dinner to their
servants, afterward sitting down with
them to the repast.
Before leaving for Panama, Presi-
dent Taft made arrangements for the
distributing of 126 turkeys among the
faithful employees of the White House.
By order of Governor Blease of
South Carolina, eighty covnicts were
liberated on Christmas Day. Several
negroes were included in the number
set free.
AS a result of Christmas celebra-
tions 200 patients were received at the
hospitals in Atlanta, Ga.
At a Christmas wedding ceremony
at Taylorville. Ill.,, a carpenter shot
his mother-in-laW, against whom he
nursed a grievance. and was himself
fatally wounded by the police.
The United States steel corporation
announces that it is planning an ad-
justment of the wage scale. There
will be special increases in the case
of unskilled labor.
A blizzard along the Atlantic coast
has resulted in several deaths and
has seriously interfered with transport
tation and communication between the
ports.
General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff. will head the parade on the Oc-
Casion of Woodrow Wilson's inception
into office
Woodrow Wilson spent most o.
Christmas Day in bed with light at
tack of the grip. He attended large
dinner. however. in the evening.