The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-17
FOREIGN NEWS.

which vessel brought San Francisco dates L
18th ult.
Guiteau's trial was slowly proceeding IN the
same dis0rderly manner as previously reported
The New York Tribune remarks that though Il
may be impossible for the Judge to keep Gul
telu in order, nothing can excuse the conduct
81 the crowd which always fills the Court room
and appears TO look upon the affair rs a kind OF
PantOmime got up for It's amusement.
One OF Guiteau's frantic out bursts Is Aus
reported .-.s Then he added, after a pause,
ON the question Of malpractice. my idea Is
simply this. that, by the physicians own state
ment, on the 18th Of July, the President was
not fatally shot. Still We DO not want To press
the subject or desire to have it 30 on record SC
that the Court in bank may take notice Of it
After another brief pause, Gulteau added
That's all there Is a. to the malpractice business
short and to the point. i want it understood
that / appear as my counsel. l am the agent OF
the Deity, and / expect Him to take care Of me.
I think He has managed II pretty well so far
Another scene Is described IS follows
.ScoyIlie continued upon the same line and
criticised Guiteau's speech entitled . Garfield vs..
Hancock" He said 1t was a mere tumble OF
ideas, collected from the newspapers and from
speeches Of others. No one but q crazy man
wOuld have imagined, as Guiteau did, that ms
speech possessed any merit. Guiteau became
more and more restless, and IN the most excited
manner ever showed by him, shouted TO Scoyille:
" object to your theory on that score. and
when yOu try to make out that i am n fool 1 am
down on Won. i want you 70 ten n IuAhr bu'
Won needn't try to make me out a fool l say
chat the Deity inspired my act. and He Will take
care Of It. / want the truth, and that Is all
there Is about it." Colonel COrkhill arose to
protest against the interruptions Of the prisoner,
when Guiteau waved his hand 10 him patronlz-
iugly and said 1T Is not necessary to make
any remarks. Colonel just let the matter drop.
Scuyiile closed his opening speech for the
defense III the middle Of the day, on Tuesday
22Dd ult. and witnesses were being heard who
related Guiteau's history and the circumstances
On which the plea OF insanity Il based There
WAS still a talk Of General Butler giving his assis-
tance IS counsel for GUteau and altogether II
seemed probable that the trial would still last 4
week or more
Collections were 10 be made on THANKSGIVING
Day throughout California for the Veteran Home
Association Fund.
The following Is n copy Of q letter received by
Coroner DOrr. Of San Francisco, Nov. % Mr..
COTOneT-TO-night L drown myself; II L AN
found Won will find ont my name and SO IN my
PANTS pockets, all in ten-cent pieces, to defray
my funeral expenses. The most miserable, sell
fish, nasty lot Of people are here mthls hulnbus
State. The California department IN hell II
overcroEded and wants an extra fireman. and !
am going there To make 1t red hot for them.
The letter bore no signature.
Bad weather with destructive floods continued
to De reported from various parts Of the country
From = report lust presented to the Commits
.iouers. it appears that the total cost to June
3Dth. 1881. Of the new City Hall in san Fran
r..r1 had been 3.O52. 3OG G.. besides S341, SiS Il
paid for interest on bonds. The loss ON sale Of
bonds, which amounts 70 S24,464 %, has to he
added 10 the above. How Much Il viii cost %
finish the building no one ventures To predict
Ii u = long way from being completed, although
Il is now more than eleven years since the WORK
was commenced
The .fug California OF oath ultimo says +
President Hayes Is now Road Supervisor IN
Fremont. Ohio. An Ohio man cannot keep out
Of Office
The following extracts We translate from q
Panama paper. La EsfrsHa. Of late date -
FEExcH COSyIcT LABoE POE THE CASAL--We
notice that Baron LesSeps desires to employ
cuuviets from New Caledonia IN the Isthmus.
We are not prepared to accept as certain this
statement. which the telegraph has announced
"a Us. LabOrers can be obtained IN Columbia,
in the Southern Republics. and IN the Antilles.
II the efforts to secure these which have been
made are proving unsuccessful, then there Is
China with. Is enormous population, with Its
millions 81 men prompt to present themselves
where work offers itself for them. Moreover
the circumstances which would arise # French
criminals should be brought here suggest the
inquiry - TO what troops are to act - guards
Tor them. unless they De French. But that Is
impossible Columbia will not permit a foreign
soldier % exercise here any police function, and
the United States. 50 susceptible IN regard to
ANYTHING that relates to the Monroe doctrine,
would also not permit the presence Of a foreign
force IN the territories Of this Republic. We
repeat that We do not believe the proposition to
which We allude has been seriously put forward.
PEEU.-The situation lin Peru may be thus
described The Government of Plerola merely
Supported bv a handful Of men IN the Valley OF
Junin has rapidly lost the prestige which II had
Calderon. established at Lima and recognized
throughout the South. has well-founded hopes OF
being able to assume the entire control OF the
.ountry the United States support the refusal
Of CalderOn to cede Territory to the conquerors
and finally Chile pursues her course as If the pos
sibiIitv Of establishing q Peruvian government
did not exist. n If peace were impossible and
American intervention a dream. A civil govern
ueut organized by Chile in Lima, Il equivalent
to An indefinite occupation, and Will prepare q
way leading to complete annexation and th'
formation of a new Power. 1t will prove the mrs
step towards a Peruvio-Chiiean confederation.
Paris. Nov. 23-Gambetta has issued a circu
lar defining the Tunisian policy. France IL alm
ing al the efficient protection Of French and Eu
ropean interests IN TuDls.