The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-01-06
Foreign Items

The fire in Geneva. Switzerland, destroyed two
blocks.
The International Society Is suspected Of having
kindled the late IRE at Geneva.
A convention of diplomats will b. held al Ores
den soon to take precautionary measures against
the Internationalists.
The Emperor Of Russia, Alexander H., is said
to have sIgued tie temperance pledge 81 the re-
quest OF bis wife.
The British Government has granted a pension
Of ; 500 to the Children OF Dr.. Livingstone
The Turkish Government has determined to
cOmmenc a system Of internal Improvements on a
large plan. Rivers. harbors, and roads are to be
repaired and enlarged
\ negro woman OF highly respectable character
has been arrested at Jacmel, jamaica. npon the
extraordinary charge OF cannlbaiIsm- The accu-
sauOn alleges that she has killed and eaten 20
children. whom she had inveigled into her premI-
ses for the purpose.
The Moscow Gazette advises the Russian Gov
eminent 10 demand the naturalization OF Denmark
and the restoration of Schleswig 10 her, as the
best means Of counteracting the power of Prussia
on the Baltic.
An enthusiastic lady. who made a speech in
favor of woman's rights at Halle, in Prussia, was
sentenced on the following morning by u police
Judge to two days Imprisonment, on bread and
water, for advocating treelove doctrines.
The Commissioner OF Patents. in bis annual
report, will present an array of facts showing the
rapid advancement of the inventive genius OF the
United States. and an increased business OF the
Patent ORice over former years.
The Portland Transcript bears witness to the
fact that the President, in kissing a beyy Of Bangor
girls representing the several States at the time Of
the railroad celebration. met the beauties halt way,
and did his whole duty IN the premises. q" His
face" says the Transcript, was as passive as
ever, but there was unmistakable ire in his eyes"
One of the :" unreconstructed = OF South Carolina
uses these words in regard to the burning of Chi
cago. They would shine in the editorial columns
of the. OreJOa Herald: Il glory in this ire-the
burning of Chicago. 1t is but the chastisement of
Providence at last, for their burning our cities of
Atlanta and Columbus. Give them money for
relief? Never; no. never! God is only Furnishing
them for their infamy and guilt at last!'
In Austria there is now u political war on foot
similar to that which for years agitated the United
States. The local Diets claim the power of sover-
eign legislation. which is disputed by the Central
Government at Vienna. The Bohemians are I'd
monished by an Imperial rescTipt that their Diet
cannot be allowed to change the laws enacted by
the Imperial Parliament, and that they must not
persist in such an attempt. 1t Is threatened. to
dissolve the Diets of Bohemia and upper Austria.
The Diets are aiming at decentralization and sep
arate governments the Vienna Cabinet Is intent
upon preserving the autonomy and central power
Of the Empire.
Coffee lovers are cheered by the report that there
has been a reaction III price, stimulated to UNI
wonted activity for the last few weeks on the
ground OF a short crop in the principal cOffee-grOw-
ing countries. The wholesale price of Rio is now
a cent aud a half a pound lower than three weeks
ago, and Java is two cents less. But holders say
the decline is only temporary. and probably the
retailers will not acknowledge it at all. The
stories of short crops are not contradicted, and the
stock on hand in the country is quite light.
TIE leading Journals of continental Europe have
devoted considerable space to the TaInmany frauds.
and most of them speak of tue subject to the dis
credit of Republican institutions. The Augsburg
Gazette says The laws of the American Republic
are such as to render the deserved punishment of
these men (the Tammany plunderers) a matter of
considerable diffculty-nay. almost an impossible
ity the more so as the judges are all politicians.
and elected by the ignorant Tabble. SO the plum
derers seem entirely uncOncerned at their fate. and
defy the honest part of the community. The whole
thing is sickening. Let us thank God that 1t could
never happen under our Institution.
The condition of Mexico appears to be worse
than ever. Everything is unsettled. The revolu-
ton has grown more formidable. the State of
OaXaca has pronounced for ii. and Diaz and other
prominent men there are moving in the cause.
Governors are r~esIgning, the army is disafected.
Generals and COlonels are going over to the side
of the revolutionists, the Government is helpless,
the public treasury is bankrupt, and general de-
moralization seems to exist every where.
How To%ooL ROoM.-Although the hot weather
is leaving us, it may be yet interesting to be re-
minded that the simplest and cheapest way to cool
n room is to wet a cloth of %any'size, the larger the
better. and suspend it in the place you want cool.
Let the room be well ventilated. aud the tempera-
ture will sink from ten to twelve degrees in less
than an hour. This is the plan adopted by many
Eastern nations. A few old newspapers thoroughly
wet. and laid on the floor, will answer the same
purpose.
There was a great deal of enthusiasm at the
meeting of the American Board. at Salem, over
the vote to enter at once upon missions among
papal populations. The magnitude of the under
taking seems to have added Zest TO the prospect.
But the most serious matter in the consideration of
the Board was the great want of men and women
to go upon missions. 1t was announced at the
opening of the meeting that the old debt had been
nearly wiped out, and this was cause for great re-
jOicing. But when it appeared that the debt was
reduced on account OF the scarcity of labOreTs in
the nilsson fields, the feeling of JOY changed. The
great want is missionaries.
The increasing influence of the International
Society in this country is becoming evident from
the attitude which is being assumed by the labor
ing classes a general trade strike is in progress.
The recent denunciations OF the Society by the
Government and the efforts which have been made
for its suppression continue to increase its strength.
-Spdnish Correspondent.
For the past six months the market has been
plethOric with ivory. 1t was a drug in San Fran
ciscn, New York and London. Very large guam
titles were brought from Alaska during the past
summer, in addition to the usual supplies secured
in the Arctic Ocean. \ schooner arriving from
the North Pacific a few months ago brought 10000
which sold at the low fgnre of 10 cents
per pound. The very same article Is to-day finding
a ready market at IS cents per pound. owing to
the late disasters to our whaling feet in the Arctic.
will be made in this. the New York and
London markets ny me paTueS VINO nave large
stocks on hand, purchased at their own figures
Gal. PdpeT.
CHTxA.-The Courts of Hongkoug are likely to
have before them for investigation a case against a
New York gentleman for an infringement of the
laws. i'll connection with the hiring of a
number of Chinese To work as agricultural labor
in Louisiana. Tie proceedings have been in
stituted by the Board of Chinese Hospital. who
allege that the men were being sent here for trans
portation to Louisiana against their will. The
II pnrkODp DJiEy Press defends the American GEN J
tleman as having transacted his business in the
usual way, through Chinese brokers, who are
for any irregularity that may have &C.
Cured.
This case is exciting considerable interest in the
colony, and there are several letters in the papers
on the subject. 1t is said that if the Government
intend to stop the trade they should do so openly
and pointedly and not allow a person to be perse-