The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOertiser
SATURDAY, MARCH Is.
FOREIGN NEWS,
rrER }. D. srREckELs, MARCH CT

Palace. Five soldiers were killed and thirty-fye
wounded.
LoSDOS, February l7th.-A later dispatch
from st. Petersburg reports that the mine was
laid under the guard-rOOm Of the Winter Palace,
which IL Immediately under the dining-haIl.
Owing % accidental delay the Imperial family
had not entered the latter at the usual time. The
explosion made a hole in the floor Of the dining
hall ten feet long and six feet wide.
ST. PETERsBuRo, February I6.-Gen. Gourka.
GoyernOr-General Of st. Petersburg, was engaged
at the Winter Palace the whole night Of the 18th
investigating the explosion. The dynamite was
hired by an electric battery. Several pounds Of
that explosive material must have been used.
The cellars Of the palace have long been used for
storing purposes, aud appear TO have been Occu-
pied by four wOrkmen, three OF whom are under
arrest the fourth Is missing. Many arrests
have been made in the Winter Palace and the
immediate neighbOrhOOd
ST. PETERSBURG, February l9th.-Th NoUOe
PrenyG publishes the particulars Of the attempt
ed assassination Of the Imperial family, showing
that dinner was appointed for six O'Clock Tuesday
evening If il had not been accidentally delayed
all would have been seated at the moment Of the
explosion. As it was, their escape was very mar
row. The Emperor, accompanied by the Princesses
Of Hesse and Bulgaria, was about to enter the
dining-hall through one door, and the other
members OF the Imperial family Except the En-
press) by another, when the explosion took place.
servants who were in the dining hall were
injured. The force Of the explosion was such
that numbers Of windows Of the palace and ad-
Jacent houses were shattered. The gas was
blown out, and complete darkness prevailed.
The bodies Of two more soldiers have been
found among the debris, and Of the forty-fye
injured several have since died.
LONDON. February 17th.-A dispatch from
Lahore says a Turcoman force, believed to be
accompanied by Abdul Rahman Khan, has
reached Akweha, IN Afghan Turkestan. There
is great excitement at Cabul over this report.
New YORK, February I4th.-The Herald says
The acquisition of - coaIing stations " for the
United States Navy at Colo Dulce on the Pacific
and at Chiriqui harbOr on the Caribbean Sea,
may prove but the entering wedge of a new
foreign policy Of transcendent importance. 1t is
Just possible, as more than one explorer has here
tofore asserted, that the Chiriqui route may
prove the best for a canal, and its magnificent
harbOr add largely to its feasibility.
LIVERPOOL, February I4th.-The London cor
respondent Of the Courier says: Assurance is
given me that the statement of the intention of
Baroness Burdett-COutts to devote f500, 900 to
the amelioration Of the distress in Ireland is true.
Contradictions have been made In most of the
London daily papers, but the fact is incontroyer-
sible. This money will be invested in the pur-
chase Of land in the district of C~onnemara,
County Galway, to be afterwards let to small
tenants in long leases and at moderate rents. A
committee of Irish gentlemen interested in agri-
culture Is associated in the scheme.
CHICAGO, February I6th.-A Journal WASH
ington special says The House Naval COMMITTEES
to-day agreed to report the joint resolution au-
thorizing the sending of a naval vessel to carry
provisions and clothing to Ireland.
CHICAGO, February I7th.-George Augustus
SaIa said to a Times reporter that he wondered at
American sympathy with Parnell, who is to Great
Britain what Kearney is to America. He said
90 Parnell disparages emigration to this country.
Why, it is a land Of milk and honey, a paradise
to the IrishmaD. Paddy never knew what good
- - r.FI - s~-,ko 49, I'D uvhoN Eo T.
has had has been a series Of square meals beside
the food in his OWL country" Sala refuted
Parnells assertion respecting the clOuded ances-
t-v of the Duchess Of Marlborough, and stig-
matized Parnel's motives as insincere and IN
patriotic.
Row, February l7th.-The Papal Encyclical
argues In favor Of the removal Of the rite Of mar
riage from all civil jurisdiction whatever. IL
traces the history Of marriage from patriarchal
to Catholic times, and declares that Christ elevat-
ed il to a sacrament which only his Church can
administer. The attempts made under the vari-
Gus guises of the modern spirit of i~rreligion to
rob the Church of her right either to bind or
loose the marriage tie, must be resisted by the
whole Catholic world. His Holiness indicates the
conditions under which the separation of husband
and wife NAV be sanctioned by the Church, and
concludes with an exhortation to the universal
Episcopate to communicate bis teachings to the
faithful for their welfare in both worlds.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 23d.-The official
MESSENGER announces that the inquiry into the
Winter Palace explosion has had the result OF
rendering it TO some extent certain that the crime
was committed by q person who passed as a
workma and that there Is reason TO suspect a
connection between this person and the same
individuals who were arrested previous to the
explosion.
In view Of possible explosions, the police have
ordered citizens to be provided constantly with a
sufficient supply Of water for two days. The Nj
hiIists have issued a proclamation threatening to
set fire to the capital on the Sd Of lIarch. The
Government has decided 20 increase the number
of house portcrs, who will be instructed to be
ready TO guard against emergencies, especially on
the anniversary Of the Cars accession to the
throne.
BERL1S, February lsth.-It is said that Cen
eraI SkobelOf will command the Russian main
army Of invasion, numbering 10000 troops,
marching from Tashkend across Bokhara to Merv,
with a view Of operating in the rear Of the Turco-
mans. while two other armies, from Tchikislar
and KrasnoyodOk respectively, will form a juno
ton with him before the end Of May.
LONDON, February 23d.-In the House of
Lords to-day, Earl Cairns. the Lord High Chan
celIor, introduced bills simplifying conveyancing.
facilitating sales and leases Of lands. and general
Iy increasing the powers Of owners for life to i'm
prove land. The principal one Of these bills
passed It's first reading.
The Standard states that rumors were freely
circulated on both sides OF the lobby last night
that the immediate dissolution of Parliament is
contemplated. The Standard adds; These re-
ports are at present premature, but If the business
of the House continues to be systematically OBJ
structed, the Government will have no alternative
but to dissolve Parliament at an early day.
The Home Rulers will meet to consider North
cote's motion to cheek obstruction.
New YoEK, February l6th.-The news to-day
IL mainly Of a political character The Tribune
vehemently supports Blaine, and the Times
Grant There is a vague, untraceable rumor that
Blaine will soon withdraw from the candidacy to
make room for Grant, With expectations four
wears hence.
The Sun wants anybody nominated who can
beat Grant, and says this Of Bayard If there IS
any one thing clear, it is that Bayard is an able
and distinguished Democratic leader who cannot
possibIy be elected President lie Is a Southern