Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-23
SATURDAY PRESS.
Latest Foreign News.
APRH 20, 1881.

Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch,
notorious in connection with the theft of
diamonds, was arrested Tuesday night in
the village of Sublievna, on the railway to
Moscow, and informed in the castle belong
ing to his father. The Grand Duke Con-
stantine, nephew of the late Gar, was
arrested near st. Petersburg, on suspicion
of being concerned in political intrigues in
favor of his father. II is not known if the
latter was prvy to the intrigues.
The Nihiists thought they were killing
Gar, whereas they were numbering
man. The Gar lives.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 9th. - Hobart
Pasha has been ordered to prepare de-
Tense in the Dardanelles against vessels
creeping in at night
PARIS, April 1.-The Cabinet, in coun-
ell yesterday, decided to order the French
troops to cross the Tunisan frontier.
CoSsrASTISoPLE, April 7th.--A Gordon
of 10000 Turkish troops has been drawn
around the Pauran District, Syria, in con-
sequence of n conflict between the Druzes
and the neighboring Mahomedans.
NEWCASTLE, (NataD, April Sth.-Tbe
Beers are daily infringing the peace terms,
looting the property of loyalists, refusing
to surrender farms and houses, and
assauting the proprietors if they attempt
to take possession. The law is powerless.
DUBLIN, April 3rd.-At meeting at
Cough, County Kilkenny, Dillon read q
telegram from Ballaghadereen about the
ARRAY there yesterday, stating that the
police had fred on the people without pro-
vocation. Two men were killed, two are
dying, and three were wounded
The details of the riot at Balaghadereen
on Saturday are as follows: The people
attacked the police, who opened fire on the
crowd. Two rioters were killed and thirty
two wounded, four of whom are not ex-
pected to live. One policeman was killed
and several severely injured by stones.
At Colonmel to-day Thomas Sexton, M.
p, addressed 10000.
LONDON, April 3rd.-The Land League
have removed the books and papers from
their Offices, in anticipation of descent by
the authorities.
LONDON, April 9th.-The will of the late
Thomas Carlyle is published. In para.
graph expressing a strong feeling of good.
will towards America, and especially New
England, he gives the books he used in
writing the lives of Oliver Cromwell and
Frederick the Great to Harvard University
WASHINGTON, April 7th.--A Treasury
official remarked to-day that there was
now amassed in the vaults of the Depart.
ment a larger amount of gold than was
ever known to be in one place in the his.
tory of modern times At least, and prob.
ably more, than could be authenticated, as
existing in single Treasury at one time
before in the world. There are now about
Sl73,000,000 in gold coin and bullion, ex.
elusive of some $50, 100000 in silver. The
Bank of England has only about $75,0OO,.
900 in gold What is more singular, il
stays in the vaults, no mo tier what the de.
mand may be for it. As fast as it is paid
out it returns, showing that as long as
confidence is maintained it was not the
favorte currency.
Iowa CRY, April 6th.-Hattie Duel
completed her forty-two days in her effor,
at suicidal starvation to-day. The City
Medical Society have resolved that it views
with the deepest regret the unseemly an6
disgusting exhibition of the misfortunes Of
the human being, and those who abet the
prolonged suicide of an insane individual
should be held responsible, according to the
principles of common law. DIR. Aylworth
her brother-iu-law, will reply. 1t is be-
lieved that the Commissioners of Insanity
will be forced to take charge and if posi-
BILE restore her by injecting food.
PoRT TOWNSEND, March 7th.-Orderl
have been issued that all vessels arriving
from the Sandwich Islands must be in
spected by the health officer before having
communication with tho shore. This hal
been done on account of the prevalence O
smallpox in Honolulu.
New York, April 7th.-James Sullivan
denies that the new Governor of the Stat,
of Mexico has thrown obstacles in the way
of the construction of the Palmer. Sullivan
railroad, as reported and states that owe
10000 men are vt work on the road, ans
that there is the greatest harmony between
the company and all the states through
which the road passes. The track viii
reach Laredo from Corpus Christi, Is!
miles, in June, and all arrangements ar
made with it's view to executing the orde
to reach Monterey by the close of the year
There it will meet the track being lai,
northward from the capital, which is in
tended to reach San Luis Potosi at tn
same time, Two hundred locomotive
have been ordered, of which four have al
rived at the Gig of Mexico; 1000 freigh
cars have also been ordered for delivery q
Vera Cruz Corpus Christi and Manzanille
PHILADELPHIA, April 7th.-Chief En-
gineer A. v. Zane, United States Navy
received his orders Tuesday to accompan
the Jeanette Search Expedition to til
Arctic. His homo is Philadelphia. He in
formed press reporter that the Mary an
Helen win probably sail from San Fran
cisco about June lst. OF course we vii
stop at Sitka or some other point for Goa
dogs, furs, and all paraphernalia necessar
for an Arctic voyage. If we do not fin
any necessary at Wrangel Island, wher
we shall probably FIRST stop, we will go
Herald Island, where it was arranged tina
Captain De Long should leave messag,
in case he could not land at the forms
place.
The search along the coast of these tw
islands will probably take two month,
when the Arctic Winter will begin. The
were then ordered to find secure harbo
at Wrangel Island, and if this is not poss