Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-16
Latest Foreign Items.

BY s. +. papers arrived by the ro"sae,o VIC
CLEAN the following items of interest,
LpsDos, March z;d.-A parcel addressed ~ Sir
William HhrcDDrt wag opened by the police AZ blH
request and was found ~ contain loaded pistol.
This attempt on the life 81 Hsrcourt has caused
profound sensation throughout England.
SIcg, March Z;d.-'Ihe Italian opera house WAS
burned this evening. The bodies Of fourteen suf.
located persons have been taken out. IL il feared
that 100 people persisted in the flames
MADnrD, March 2,th.-Eyery evening for six
consecutive days this city has been kept in a con
slant state Of alarm by the explosions VI petards.
Some we're fired in the business streets, others III
doors churches and theaters, causing the break-
age Of glass and some burns. No offenders
have 40 yet been caught, though the police and
detectives are trebled after dusk.
CossrAXTnopLE March 2ith.-.fhcre IL grea,
activity in all the admiralty factories The Porte
il negotiating with Newcastle firms for the deliy
cry Of coal at Chic, Crete yolo. Salonica, and the
Dardanelles. Another Thousand troops have gone
to Volo. The total Turkish force on the frontier
il nox 1000 men.
ST.. PETgIBBUHG, March zd-peagants are
nocking st. Petersburg from all parts Of Russia
pilgrimage to the spot where the bate Emre-
waB killed.
In Gaze OF accident 10 the Czar Alexander III. a
council Of regency has been appointed, Of which
the Grand Dukes Vladimir and Nicholas are
members.
ST PETERSBURG. March 2tth.-A female Nihilist
named Sophie Pieofski arrested today il the
daughter of the Counsellor of the Ministry Of
Domains. She has confessed TO giving the signal
to Hartmann for exploding the mine under the
train at Moscow, and also ~ Ronssakof 10 throw
the bomb which shattered the Gar.
BygLrs. March 2ith.-The Russian proposal for
arranging international measures for the ertrpz-
ton of the Eihilists favorably received here.
LONDON, March Z;d.-The transports the way
to Natal will be sent back without diseInbarking
the troops. Gen. Roberts will 90 10 Natal
DURHAM, March 9th The Beers recently occu-
pie the prison AT Patcheifstrom, so yards from
the fort held by the Twenty-first regiment The
British commander determined TO diElodge them
because they annoyed the garrison. Eleven sol
diers charged the prison, entered i and killed
three Beers. The remainder tried Z, cape, 6ut
the in the fort Ehot thirteen Of then. The
British lost three killed.
| ST. TaoMAs, March Z,d.-It is rumored that the
| United States government il negotiating for the
purchase of the three islands Of the Danish West
indies.
| MRxIco. March l6th.-The MEXICAN chief engi
neer has surveyed the Tehusntepec route, and
reports that Captain Ead's ship railway project ii
entirely practicable.
WASHINGTON, March 2ith.-Comrnodore Shu
fedt. recently ON special service the Z. S. s. s
| Tieo,deroga has been detailed Naval Attache u
the L. S. Legation at Picking. He recently
offered the command of the Chinese navy by tbs
| Viceroy of China.
| NEw YORK, March 24th.-Hugh J. Jewett hal
been selected to succeed Gen. Grant as President
of the Worlds Fair committee
Emigration from Germany TO the United State
! Il so great tIat steamship companies hh'e u
| charter extra steamers.
WASHINGTON, March 2ith.-L. A. Sheldon o
Ohio, has been appointed Governor of New
Mexico, to succeed General Wallace, and Thomal
NJ. Nichol, of Wisconsin, has been appointed Com
missioner of Indian affairs
SACRAMENTO, March asrd.-Governor Perkin
called extra session of the Legislature to col.
vene April 4th, and continue IN session for twent
days.
The S. F. Alta of the 18th says: "At4P.M yes
| tar aft he sitting nm the kailClc
murder trial returned the following verdict W
find for the people, the plea of former acquitta
for the people and We find the defendant, i. NJ
Kalloch, not guilty = The reading of the yerdc
was followed by cheers from the people in IN
Court room, which was quickly suppressed. Tn
cheer was taken up by the crowd outside. who con
tinued il when kaioch appeared He stepped int
hack with the Sheriff, when the people nnhiiche-
the horses and dragged the vehicle to kalloch'
home. The verdict caused considerable indigna
ton among a large portion of the public"