The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-27
TIE PACIFIC
Commercial A0bertlser.
SATURDAY. MARCH q.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Per Jessie N~Ickerson, March 10.
CoysTASrrNOPLE Feb. 10Th An aid-de-camp to
the sultan has been taken into custody for compile
ity with a Greek, arrested for having an Internal
machine in bis possession. The affair appears 10
have been a conspiracy against the Sultan's life.
NEW YORK. Feb. 26th-De Lesseps lectuTed a;
the Union League Theatre tonight on the Panama
Canal He did not present any new points. but he
laid stress On the main fact. that, in his estimation.
a sea-level canal could be built more easily and at
less expense than a canal with locks.
HAvASA, Feb. 2GJh-The i~nsurgent Chiefs, Rojas,
CayOs, Perez and Vasquez. have surrendered,
with more than two hundred armed men and sew
eral families and eedmen. The remaining insur-
gents are closely pursued by Government troops.
ST. PETEEsBURG, Feb. 6tb.-Asemi-oficia state
ment says IL is impossible to rectify all errOne-
Gus tatemens published iu the foreign Press rela-
tive TO the explosion in the Winter Palace. No
members Of the Imperial family have removed to
their apartments since the explosion The Emper-
or informed the Empress Of The explosion the day
after IL occurred. No arrests have been made in
the Winter Palace except those Of wOrkmen Occu-
pying thu room where the explosion occurred. The
dynamite was IN all probability brought to the
palace in small quantities by the pretended car
penter, who bad been working in the palace since
September last, aud who il now supposed TO have
been the mechanical engineer After having sent
away bis fellow wOTkmen, this individual made his
FINAL preparation. iguited q sIOw-matcb and quilted
the palace. Two other carpenters are still in Gus
tOdy. and are more or less suspected Of completely
in the plot. Reports Of Wholesale arrests in st.
Petersburg are unfOunded-
CmcuG0. Feb. 2Gth-The Inter Oceans Wash
ingt0u special says Full reports received from
New York today somewhat dulled the edge Of the
Grant enthusiasm. but bis friends here are as hopeful
a. ever. Ttry claim that Illinois and other great
States will follow New York, when the time comes,
but by n much larger majority. Grants majority
in New York was less than his friends here ex-
pected but they are assured Of success on the
hrst ballot. and this is all they claim to be neces-
sary. They argue Grant will be- chosen on the
first ballo.. aud at the Sherman headquarters to-
day there hrs been great activity ia answering let
tiers and distributing documents An intimate
friend Of Secretary Sherman says the Secretary il
not az all discouraged by the outlook in New
York Al the Blaine headquarters there = aetivi-
~ and hustle, equal % that which prevails at the
sherman Club rooms. Grant men have no head
quarters here, and will have none. They claim
that nothing OF the sort Is necessary till after bis
nomination which they predict as certain to take
place.
vienna, Feb. 26thth-TheC Gas CracOw publish
e. an address from the Poles, 10 BE- presented TO
the Emperor Alexander on the twenty-dfh ami
versary % bis accession 10 the throne. The signers
declare that they are embOIdened to present the
petition, so that the Emperor by restoring the con-
6dence Of tae Poles. may afford them an oppOr-
tunity % devoting their powers Of peaceful nation
al Development TO the welfare Of the kingdom.
New YoEK, Feb. ga London correspondent
writes from near Galway Fifty families here
exc ont a miserable existence. Their houses are
small heaps Of dirty stones Their land Is rock and
bog. hunger and want are every where visible.
People q naked and without food. Many are
slowly starving % death Such scenes OF appall-
ing desttatiOn I never before witnessed. Every
step We took brought before our view new and
more fearful pictures of destitution and suffering.
The more We saw the more certain did death from
starvation appear the inevitable fate Of nearly
every man. woman and child on the island. In
many cabins children crOuched. shiveTing and al
most naked, around the fire. When I entered they
sprang behind their mother. whose single garment
n thin dress. was but the slightest protection
against the wind which blew through the broken
roof. On the Gre was the dinner. a pot Of sea-weed.
1t il certain that unless they are we'll cared for
dozens will die Of starvation.
DUBLIN, Feb. 26.-The Mansion House relief
fund now reaches ESQ The grants made reach
$50 $50. The Duchess of Marlborough fund is
e63,OOO. Relief grants are e52.OOO.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27th.-The designs OF the Bos-
ton owners OF the AtchisOn. Topeka and Santa Re
Railroad have hardly begun to be understood.
Not c%ontented with the projected extension OF their
line to san francisco, they have succeeded in OBJ
tanning from the Mexican Government franchises
which will practically give them a monopoly Of the
Australian. New Zealand and South and Central
American business. and steps have already been
taken t0 turn these concessions to immediate use.
WAsmSur0S Feb. 2gth.-The President has ap-
proved th~ bin resolution. authorizing the Score
tary Of he Navy o. transport contributions for the
relief oi the suffering poor Of Ireland
Per Australia, March I6.
LoyuON. Fro. Outrages are OF daily
occurrence They threaten TO burn St Petersburg
on the anniversary Of the EmPeroriS accession
LoNDox. Feb. 27.-GeneraI Melikof has succerd-
ed Count Gourka, as Governor Of -. Petersburg.
=. A waiter in the employ ~ he Czarwitch has been
arrested on suspicion o. being implicated In the
attempt Is blow up tbe Wiutrr Palace.
CALCUTTA. Feb. 27-Acc"-ding to the Naval and
Military 'sGazrtte" Of Lahore. the British Govern E
ment retains Jailllabad, and places To- the south
and east OF Afghanistau are to 90 under the British
protector1te, Persia receiving Herat.
LONDON. Feb. 27-In the House of Lords a vote
Of confidence in the Government has been carried
LONDON, Feb. 3s.-ln the discussion on the anti
obstruction resolutions the Opposition eagerly
supported th- Government. So as to prevent the
latter appealing tD the country on anti-Obstrucron.
the NV Standing Orders power j. given the
SPEAKER and Chairman Of Committees to name Of
Tenders. Then the House can vote his suspension
for that day without debate. II obstruction occur
the offenders can be suspended for one week
or longer.
LONDON, Feb. 2S-Geueral Melikoa-s dictator
ship has checked the panic ia S. Petersburg He
Is regarded as being resolute without being des-
pouc, aud with his absoIutism develops tremend-
Gus activity
Hohrnlohr a. Foreign Secretary has been made in
Of Prince Bismarck state OF health,
which Is reported to be bad
LONDON, Feb. 2s.-An outbreak on the Cont
nent j. menNcing. Russian and Italian agents are
resisting the Austrian advance on NOvi-Bazar.
There il less sympathy between the Russian and
German Courts.
LONDON, Feb. 5s-Tbe South African colonies
delegates have assembled at Cape Town. to discuss
VI. Hicks-Beach's confederation proposals. IL
i absolutely necessary that the British Govern
ment only garrison Cape Town. The Beers desire
a distinct Constitution for Transvaal-
SYDNEY. Feb. 2S.-The subscriptions obtained in
this colony towards the Irish Relief Fund amount
to go 600.
A Lawyers Peroratlon on Behalf of a