The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-06-10
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

Four survivors from the Jeanette have
been feted at Liverpool, and sailed in the
Celtic for New York.
A Ministerial crisis has occurred in
Russia on the Jewish question. Ignatief
will probably resign, the other Ministers
opposing his measures for encouraging the
emigration Of Jews, on the ground of loss
Of revenue. The loss to Russia by the riots
and the emigration Of Jews is computed to
be SlI2, 100000.
Peasants in Ireland leaving the districts
in which they are known, have begun to ask
the police for passports IN fear Of being ar
rested as the assassins Of Lord Frederick
CavendIsh. The report is general that the
real assassins have escaped to America IN
the garb of priests.
Fire destroyed four-6fths of the town of
Olympia, W.T.. on 18th May.
The leader of the Arabian Pan-Islamist
party has been killed and his followers dis
persed.
A cyclone carried the roof of the Wes-
leyan Church a Warrenton, Mo-, half mile
away. Some of the inmates had narrow
escapes.
About the same time McAllister, mining
settlement in the Indian Territory, was
devasted by a cyclone, ffty-nine houses
wrecked, seven people killed, and nifty
others hurt The wind did much damage
in other places.
George Trevellian has been appointed
Chief Secretary for Ireland. The appoint
ment IS popular
Mr.. LoriIIard's horse Iroquois, is report
ed to have brokeu down.
Fifteen loaded wheat ships were lately
living tn the stream at San Francisco wait
ing for crews
Among the latest bits Of Washington gos-
sin IS a story that Secretary Frelinguysen
Will succeed Minister Lowell at the Court
of St. James, and that he will be himself
succeeded as Secretary of State by ex-Sena-
tor Conkling.
Alfred Tennyson is busily writing at one
of his country places. He has finished his
new pIay, and Mr. Irving will soon bring 1t
out at the Lyceum in London.
MIR. Emerson is sa d to have left on es-
tate valued at about 100000. Much Of
this was accumulated and preserved through
the thrift Of his admirable wife. More than
one visitor to Concord remembers vision of
the gentle lady busy among the clothes-lines
of the philosophers back yard on Monday
morning
BERLIN, Nav ll.-The Prussian Diet
has been closed by royal message. Won
Pultkamer. Minister Of the Interior, said the
Chamber Of Deputies had not given the bill
ON the application of the Imperial surplus
careful consideration, and the Government
did not anticipate any result from proceed
ing with other measures.
The HAGUE. May 1.-THE steamer VIM.
Barents has started from Yenuiden for the
Arctic in search of the Leigh Smith Expe-
dition.
DUBLIN. May l1.-Trevelyan, the new
Chief Secretary for Ireland. and Lady Spen-
Ger. have arrived here The former was
warmly cheered by the pOpulace. He was
escorted to the Palace by mounted police,
and had an interview with Lord Spencer.
Dublin, May l4.-From the information
that the assassins are still in the city, the
conclusion is drawn that they are afraid if
they should be separated, one would turn
traitor. At least twelve were engaged In
the tragedy. It is believed that in the cab
which stood near the scene Of the murder
and lettering under the trees there were
armed men ready to affect a rescue in case
the actual assassins were surprised. The
police have now issued description of the
four men on the car. A car driver from
Kingston, named Bolger, was arrested at
MoviIIe, and sent to Dublin. There is
reason to believe the assassins had intended
to murder eight persons.
Reforms in Sp-In.
Madrid May 19.---In the Chamber of Dep
uties to-day. the Minister of Justice announ-
ced the Government would introduce meas
ure next session establishing trial by jury
and a new Penal Code, framed on very lib
eraI principles. The statement appeases the
dissentient section of the Ministerial major
ity.
The cereals in four provinces threaten fail
ure; the prospects in forty-one other provin-
ces are good.