The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-03
Ribeiro, Minister Of the Interior; Scrpa Pr
mentel. Minister Of EnreiCn Affairs

Rlbeiro, Minister Of the Interior Serpa Pi-
mentel- Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Paris, Nov. S.-Tbe Foreign Missionary Semi
nary has 4 telegram dated Tuesday, stating that
4 terrible typhoon had ragged in Western Ton
quin. Two hundrep churches. "a parsonages
and colleges and 1000 houses were destroyed.
Dix thousand Christians are ruined, and without
resources. The losses are immense. aud the dis
tress is terrible. The kilograms beg for help.
New York, Nov. lO.-A cable special to the
Herald from Cairo says - Another revolt.
which was imminent, has just been averted.
Consul-General Wolf has Just had a two-hours'
interview with Araby Bey. Wolf impressed
Araoy Bey with the fact that hs past conduct
was exactly what the enemies Of Egypt wanted,
and that the abuses he wished to remove were
the result OF centuries of misrule, hence lie must
proceed slowly. Araby said - wish to esta-
olisn q reasonable government, and am ready To
die for that end. The khediye is the first of his
race who is not bloodthirsty and ayaricious. l
Will obey the present Ministry The result of
Consul-General VOLTS endeavors was that Arabv
Bey called on the Khedive and Cherlt Pasha. and
left Cairo. The KhedIve and Cherif Pasha
heartily thanked the American Consul-Genera
for the tact and zeal he displayed IN ayerting a
serious crisis. If 6raby Bey can control the ex-
citement be has aroused all may be we'll"
London, Nov. lO.-A Cape Coast report SAYS
-" The King of Ashantee has killed 200 young
girls Tor the purpose of using their blood for
mixing mortar for the repair of one of his state
buildings. The report of the massacre was re-
ceived from a refugee who was chosen as one OF
the victims. Such wholesale massacres are known
to be the custom with the King"
London. Nov. l6.-An explosion supposed,
to have been of dynamite. on the steamer
Severn, bound from Bristol to Glasgow, carried
away q portion of the decks, killed nine persons,
and severely wounded forty-three others. Four
were taken to a hospital. These last were in n
dying condition.
London. Nov. l8.-A most daring burglary
and robbery has just been committed at Hatton
Garden branch Post Office, and property valued
at ElOO 900 has been carried off. The brilliant
execution OF the robbery shows that it must have
been planned by men of great skill ind audacity.
HattOn Garden is in the very heart of the north
east district of the city, and is the center of the
wholesale diamond market Of London. Shortly
after 4 O'Clock this afternoon, when the POST
Office clerks had just finished the sealing Of the
bags Of registered letters that were to go out by
to-nights mail from the General Post Office, ssmc
thieves entered the office suddenly, blew out. the
gas, seized the registered letter bags, and escaped.
No clue 10 the thieves has yet been discovered.
Quincy, ILL.,, Nov. S.-The water recedes here
very slowly, and it will be several days before such
branches of business as have been interrupted can
get back into their natural grooves again. All
the open country lying between the north end of
the Suy levee and south OF Quincy Is to be leve-
ed as soon as the work can be done, and the dam
aged lcyee is to be repaired. Many estimates
have been made as to the amount of damage by
Hood; but the following are the most accurete
Entire losses in Warsaw drainage district, $780,
900; in Indian Grove district, SIS, 900 In Suy
island district, 81 ,000, 900 in Quincy bay and
the city, $50 900 in and about Alexandria, Mo.
$3.50, 900 to Keokuk and st. Louis Railroad,
100000; to all other railroads, $50 900; to open
lands north of Suy levee and Immediately south
of this city, $3.50, 900 making n Total Of about
&2 GOO 600 Tho full axfant nf tho Iosa n ODIu
be gagged when the river has retired to its banks.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE Times Washington
special says The President is not giving pro-
fessiOnal Ofice-seekers much encouragement.
Within few days there have been several attempts
to have him remove postmasters on the ground
that they were not Grant Republicans. The
President surprised his visitors in each case by
telling them in decided terms that he did not see
how that made any difference, and that such con-
slderatlons would not control him. Officers would
be changed for proper cause, but not for any such
reason as the one assigned. His personal relation
to Grant was enc thing his duty to the entire
Republican party was quite another thing. His
aim would be to keep constantly in view the good
of the service and OF the party as a whole.
New York, Nov. IA cable special to the
Herald from Londun saws The racing calender
now contains further entries for the important
events of next season. Lorillard and Keene seem
to have confined themselves to the fashionable
gatherings hheTc nc EICllc5l prizes are 10 DC won,
as beyond the EPSON spring and summer. and
Doncaster autumn meetings they have entered
nothing. In fact, it is evident that Keene's ia
vorite battle-ground will be Newmarket, as the
above meetings are only, so far as completed, pat
rOnized by Lorillard.
On 9th Nov, two three-story tenement houses
at the corner of South Fifth Avenue and Grand
St., fell in, burying the occupants in their ruins,
and severely injuring most Of them. This led to
Investigations which resulted in over 100 houses
in the city being condemned as unsafe.
The papers to hand from all quarters are full
of accounts of damage done by wind and floods.
The winter throughout the Northern Hemisphere
seems to have set in early, with weather of a Vio-
lent character.
Woodstock, New Brunswick, has been almost
entirely destro oed by fire.
The Capt. and SO ofthe crew of the Koeuig der
Nederlander, have been picked up and brought
to Alden.
The Pacific National Bank at Boston has stop
ped payment. The deficiency is estimated at ST.
$50, 900. This event caused a run on the Con-
trail National Bank of Boston, which had to close
it's doors, but has resumed business after an in
vestigation of its affairs.