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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 1, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 44.

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United States Attorney Breckons, of Hawaii, has brought suit against the Hawaiian Beef Trust. It is charged that an unlawful combination is controlling the meat market of the islands, and is charging oppressive and exorbitant prices for meat. The list of defendants includes men in the highest official positions in the islands, one of whom is the president of the territorial senate. The attorney has issued indictments against seventy-eight in all.
The packers of the United States have raised the price of leather to such an extent that the price of every pair of shoes, it is reported, will be increased from fifty cents to one dollar.
The agreement that has been reached between France and Germany in regard to Morocco has virtually ended the independence of the Sultan of Morocco's rule.
The American Bible Society has decided to publish an edition of the Gospels and Acts in Chamorro, the language spoken by the people of Guam.