The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-01-31
TIE PACIFIC
Commercial A1Orrtlsrr
SATURDA y. J~ANUARY3I.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Per City of New York" Jan 2s

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81 Petersburg. to die there. having first r~econeiled
nef husband and son and established peace in that
divided family The Empress says the father sus-
poets his son Of conniving at NihiIist plots. while the
son accuses the father Of dragging the Russian I'm
peral family down 70 ruin, and the Emperor's mis-
tress poisOns his mind with suspicious against his
son Inc CzareNiteh and CzIrena are virtually i'm
Prlsoned IN the Palace His uncle, the Grand Duke
Constantine, believes his own life endangered, he
hayIng offended the favorite- Prince Orlof's journey
20 Cannes Is IN obedience 10 the Empress summons.
one wishes to eonhde to him a message for the Gar
Whicn she dare not telegraph. Prince Orlof has
been Tor the past two days unable TO approach the
Empress, whose ~suherings are rendered tolerabIe
only By subscutaneous injections, and who is kept
alive by an artificial atmosphere pumped into her
lungs.
BERLIN, Jan. IA German ConsuLGeneraI has
been appointed at Sydney at a salary Of 20, 900
marks A Consul has also been appointed az Samoa.
The North German Gazette announces that ade-
quate security against anarchy in Samoa has been
guaranteed By Germany, England and the United
Malietoa.
WAsmSGToy, Jan. I4-ColoneI d. P. Holloway
OF Indiana, Postmaster at INDIANAPOLIS and a
brother-in-IaW Of the late Senator Morton. is here
working for the confirmation Of John NJ. Morton to
the San Francisco Internal Revenue COIlectorship.
He says that Morton will be confirmed by twelve ma
JorIty even If opposed by both the California
Senator'S The President Is said to be equally GER
tain Of the confirmation. Mrs. Morton is 10 the city.
Holloway complains Of the course Of Senator Booth,
claiming that lie promised not TO oppose the con-
uhAAtt0u. re uses strong language IN regard to
Booths claim that Morton Is not a resident Of Cali
fornia- The two Democratic Senators from Indiana
are claimed 10 be in favor Of MOrtOn's confirmation,
and 10 be using all the influence they can TO secure
Senator Farley's consent to IT, The Post this MORN
ing publishes what purpOTts 10 be a newspaper dis
patch from san FRANCISCO, announcing that " a petit
ton Is being circulated and Is receiving signatures
OF prominent bankers, merchants and business men
asking California Senators 70 withdraw their oppOsi-
ton, and requesting the Finance Committee TO re-
port hyOrabiy on Morton's nomination for Internal
RrVqnua GCIfaoFrw > . NT~rfluTa --.-..A - +
clined to question the authenticity Of this dispatch,
which appears only in the Post, and may have been
furnished by some Democratic friend for immediate
effect on the Senate.
NEw YORK. Jan. 14-The Courier ds Efats
UHts, having said recently that the canal Of De Les
seps ought to be built under the protection and
guarantee Of France, If only to make an end Of the
pretensiOns of citizens of the United States in regard
to the American continent, the World thus COM
meuts: This IS undoubtedly the opinion Of De Les
seps himself and Of those with whom he is chiefly Co
operating This, however, is not the opinion Of the
American people. The United States is as much
America as France, Germany Austria and Russia
are Europe. Ia other words, the single interest Of
the United states IN controlling the policy Of
America is at least as great as the combined interest
ofthe four great European Powers We have named in
controlling the policy Of Europe. and We presume
that our esteemed contemporary will hardly question
our assertion that the Mediterranean would never
have been connected by waterway with the Red Sea
and the Indian Ocean, had France, Germany, Aus
tria and Russia, acting together, seen reason TO be-
lieve that such waterway, when built, would fall
under the practical control of Great Britain
DUBLIN, Jan IA dispatch from Galway states
that the distress among the unemployed poor is in
creasing, and that numbers Of them are ~parading
the streets crying, We are starving The situa-
ton among the people is constantly growing worse.
Hundreds Of families are in great distress, and no
means Of relief thus far devised seem adequate to
meet their necessities
The Government this afternoon issued regulations
summOning Bironial sessions for the object Of taking
into consideration methods for providing work for
the fmmeIulfa emDtOvmeuf of the mnatTI1p1 labor If
Ireland So far as practicable, the works are 10 be
undertaken at once, and to be under the supervi-
sion OF the aided sanitary authorities
BERLIN, Jan. 1.-THE action Of the French and
Russian Governments in increasing their armies, has
determined the German Government to follow suit,
greatly TO the disgust aud dissatisfaction Of the
country generally, and in particular Of the classes
from whom the additional troops are to be drawn.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14-Articles Of incorporation
have been prepared by Ammen, with the assistance
Of Captain Phelps and other gentlemen interested in
the proposed Nicaraguan Interocean Canal. They
will be submitted to a special House Committee in a
few days The name Of General Grant heads the
list Of incorporates
The bill introduces by Representative Ellis and
referred TO the COMMITTEES on Commerce. called - An
Act 70 establish an ocean mail service and revive
and reassert the supremacy Of the American mer-
chant marine,'' directs the Postmaster-General to
contract for q weekly mail service between Portland,
Maine, and Glasgow, via Queenstown between
Boston and Liverpool, via Queenstown between
Baltimore t~touching at New York; and Bremen and
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and Liverpool, via Queenstown; between Charleston,
s.. c., and Havre, via SOuthamtOn; between New
Orleans aud Liverpool; semi-monthly service be-
tween New York and South America, as far as the
mouth Of the River Plata at Bueuos Ayres; between
San Francisco and Hongkong, via the Hawaiian ISL
ands AMI Yokohama; between New Orleans and Ger
tain points TO be fixed upon by the Postmsster-Gen-
eral IN Central America and the Argentine Republic;
between Galveston and Vera Cruz and intermediate
ports; and postal rates 10 be fixed and determined
by the POstmaster-General Il provides that the
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sealed bids and awarded to the lowest bidder, and
that the vessels employed in mail service under the
provisions Of this Act shall be iron screw steamships
built IN American shipyards Of American materials
and owned by Americans, to be constructed upon
the most approved models and with all modern i'm
provements and appliances
LONDON, Jan. 14-Bombay correspondents state
that an expedition is preparing At Candahar for
movements against Ghuzni and Herat, as a counter
stroke Is apPreheuded by a junction Of Hostile
Afghans Of Herat and Ghuzni for another attack on
CabuL- In consequence Of fresh gatherings Of Kohis-
tanis near Lundi, KotaI and Dukka. those stations
have been reinforced with q view to immediate Oden-
sive operations
DUBLIN, Jan. 1O-The police escOrtiug process
servers 1t Kilmina. County Mayor, were severely
maltreated last night, and we're obliged to retreat.
although they had rifles loaded aud bayOnets fixed.
Several police we're cut about the head and Ace.
The process-servers had their clothing torn and the
processes were captured by the mob.
The Irish Relief Fund, Instituted by the Duchess
Of Marlborough, amounts to El9 1000.
NEW YORK. Jan l9.-At the meeting TO promote
the movement Of holding n Worlds Fair in this city
in 1888, on wednesday night, the Secretary sub
mitted the report Of previous meetings Of the Com
mfttee- Many Governors Of States had already aP-
pointed commissioners, and have written 10 the Com
mittee in cordial terms in favor Of the project. II is
proposed 10 ask Congress 70 allow the exhibition to
ask Congress to allow the exhibition TO be held un-
der the auspices Of the Government. General
Joseph G.. HaEley made a speech in which he stated
that SO, 900. 900 spent in the Advancement Of this
Exposition would be the greatest advertising benefit
the country ever had
CALCUTTA. Jan l6-Five thousands MOhmunds.
who crossed Babul River near Dakka. have been
completely defeated. General DOran arrived from
Lundi KOtal too late to cut OF their retreat.