The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24
General News.

LONDON, July l2.-In the House of Commons,
motion of Mitchell Henry, member from Galway
County, for the appointment of Royal Commission
the treatment of prisoners, was rejected by vote
of IS to lOl. The motion was made in consequence
of the death of the Fenian Mccarthy.
PARIS, July l2.-The Governor of New Caledonia
has Informed the Government by telegraph of a re-
volt of native tribes Renforcements will be imme-
diatey sent, both from Saigon and France.
GALEsBURG, July l2.-About 1 o'clock this morn
ing, Mrs. Spaulding, the divorced wife of Martin
0'Connor shot him with revolver, the ball entering
just over the heart II died in a few minutes. She
then shot herself fatally, but is not yet dead Jeal
ousy the
NEw YoRK, July l2.-Dunn, Barlow L Co.'s Mer-
camille Agency reports the number of failures in the
United States during the last three months to be
2i7O, with liabilities of S4s 1853 900, against 1886
failures with liabilities of SS2,O7S,O 900, during the
first three months of he present year.
CINCINNATI, July l2.-Six cases of sunstroke were
reported to-day. Two resulted fatally. The heat
was excessive.
ST. LOUIS, July l2-The weather is intensely hot.
The thermometer ranged from IS to l02 in the shade
Numerous cases of sunstrOke have been reported at
the City Dispensary, between thirty and forty in all.
eight of which had died up tn this evening.
ST. LOUIS, July l2-The fact that robbery of
$l2 ,00G in Government Bonds was committed here
yesterday, leaked out this afternoon Nothing more
is known of the matter.
NEW YoRK. July I2.-Sx steamships, which will
sail for Europe to-day. have not OILY full cargoes of
freight but the agents have had decline uch that
has been offered. The freight taken principally
grain but there is large shipment of live stock and
fresh beef.
MILLEDGEvILLE, July l2.-Mike Shaw, the wife
murderer, hanged here to day. His neck was
not broken, and mis- body writhed fe4rfully for six
minutes after the iall.
WumSGTos, Del, July 12.-Hiram Fooks, col
ored, hanged at Princess Anne Somerset County,
Nd, this afternoon, for the murder of John Tyler,
colored, aged ls Pooks died proclaiming his inno-
cence.
DUBUQUE, July 12-Thursday's storm did great
damage. The particulars are lacking. The Illinois
Central Railroad is broken for several miles, three
or four bridges of five hundred feet being gone.
There trains from Chicago. The crops were
injured at several places not far from here. Four
or five lives were lost by lightning on Thursday
morning, and one house here completely de-
molished.
Testimony favorable to Fiz-John Porter eontin-
ues to be adduced before the Committee sitting at
West Point.
Stephen Preston, Minister of Hayti to the United
States, has received letters from Prince,
stating that large fire broke out in tue central part
of that city, june 23d. Thirty eight houses were
burned down and the total loss is estimated at five
hundred thousand dollars
In view of the peaceful condition of Cuba, the
Captain-General has removed the restrictions upon
the use OF cipher in commercial kilograms but re-
serves to the government the right to require the
exact translation of any cipher message before de-
livery.