The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-05-10
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Commercial A6bertiser.
SATURDAY,. MAY 10.
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
The brig w. H.. Never, which arrived OF
tuesday last, brought San Francisco dates I,
April Is, from whiel we clip tine following
LONDON. April I7th.-A Berlin despatch state,
that the Chief Of Police Of ArchaugeI has beer
stabbed.
The Chief OF Police Of Yalta, in the Crimea
has been arrested as u revOlutionist. Ii is re
ported that the arrests at Chareof and Kief
number several thousands.
Inc Berlin newspapers assert that Russia ha:
demanded the extEadition of certain Nihilists
from England.
1t is rumored at st. Petersburg that Solouvief.
the wOuld-be assassin Of the Gar, has confessed
the names Of his accompliees.
General ZurOf, Project Of St. Petersburg, has
resigned because Of threats to assassinate him.
Martial law has been proclaimed at Odessa
precautIOn against expected outbreaks.
LONDON, April 17rb.-In the House of Com
mons, NorthcOte said that he understood that the
negotiations for the mixed occupation Of Eastern
Roumelia had not been absolutely broken OF, but
some correspondence had turned the Govern
ment's attention in another direction. England
had made no appeal to the Sultan in regard to
the hhediTe. England was not yet pledged to
any policy with France.
PARIS, April I7th.-The nun Bernadette Sou
bIerons, who prOfessed that she saw the Virgin at
Lourdes, is dead.
MARsEILLEs, April l7th.-Russian officers on
Through at Nice, Monaco and MarseiIes have
been recalled, Ia consequence Of projected repres-
sIve measures since the attempt on the life Of the
Gar.
NEW YORK, April I7th.-A Syndicate, COM
posed Of nineteen banks and banking firms of
this city and Boston, to-day made q subscription
Tor 500 600 900 Of four per cent. bonds, and
$40, 900, 900 OF funding certificates, making this
the largest single subscription ever made to i
Government funded loan IN this or any other
country. The heaviest subscribers are the First
National Bank, Fisk & Hatch, the Metropolitan
National Bank, and j. Il w. Seligman. The
subscription is made through the First National
Bank, Tor itself and its associates.
y large number Of colOred people from the
South have landed at Wyandotte, Kansas, within
che past few days, in entirely destitute circum-
stances. They are occupying the churches and
public balls Of that place Many Of them arc
SICK and dying from exposure. The Wyandotte
Relief has issued a circular to the
generous citizens Of the United States, calling for
immediate financial aid. In addition TO the seven
hundred already there, they say thousands more,
10 the same destitute condition, are on the way.
All contributions should be sent to Northrup &
Sons, bank r..
VICTORIA, April l7Ih. - The war steamer
Alaska is just in from SItka. All is quiet there.
Captain Brown believes further steps unneces-
sary. lie reports the Indians quiet, and does
not anticipate any trouble. He attributes the
excitement to a scare. This Judgment is chal-
lenged by residents Of Sitka and the Collector Of
the port, who still profess to entertain great
alarm
PORTLAND, April I7th.-The Portland Board
of Trade have unanimously adopted a long me-
mortal to President Hayes, condemning in strong
terms Chinese immigration to the State.
NEW YORK, April I4th.-The Tribune says
There IS an end OF ali doubt. At last every sane
man now knows that the temper of the solid
South is quite as vicious, defiant, sectional, rev
olutionaTy and dangerous as it was in 1861. 1t
has not changed for the better, but has only
adopted a less manly and more insidious method.
ST. PETERSBURG, April l4th.-The would-be
assassin Of the Gar is now undergoing an ex-
animation. The full account of the affair says
Towards eight O'Clock this morning. as the En-
perOr was taking his customary walk, a man,
wearing n military cap with n cockade, advanced
toward him, and, as the Emperor approached
nearer, drew n revolver from the pocket of his
overcoat and fred four shots at him. The assas-
SIN, before submitting to his captors, fired
another shot, slightly wOunding n person in the
crowd. i great throng which had assembled
Enthusiastically cheered and congratulated the
Emperor, who thanked them for their proofs of
fidelity ON such q painful occasion. He said that
he knew he had the support OF all respectable
people. He hoped that the Lord would grant
that he might complete his task, which consisted
in promoting the welfare of the Russias. The
Emperor, after the foregoing, drove to the palace
without any escort. lie has not suffered any i'll
effect from the attempt on his life. Afterwards
he drove, still without escort, to the Kasan
Cathedral, TO return thanks for the preservation
OF bis life. When receiving the congratulations
Of the high officers Of the Empire at noon, the
Gar was so much overcome by his enthusiastic
reception Us to be unable to speak for some
minutes. On recovering from his emotion he
said This is the tbird time that God has saved
me. IL is supposed that the Emperor's assailant
took poison before his attempt, as he vomited
after his arrest. Poison was also found under
his finger nails. Antidotes were administered.
lt Is thought he was an employee Of the Ministry
Of Finance, and an agent Of the lnternationals.
The Sultan and the European sovereigns have
teIegraphed their congratulations.
It il stimated that the reception and enter
tainment Of General Grant will cost the japanese
Government S70,O 600.