The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-03-15

Berlin. have been seized. Disorders have
occurred at the Charkoff University, Russia,
caused by the expulsion Of three students for
i'll treating person, formerly Socialist, Tor
changing his views.
LoNpoN, Feb. I3.-It is announced that
Roustan, the French Minister to Tunis, viii
shortly be recalled. There is talk Of his
sacceeing Count de Mousy as Minister at
Athens, who is going to Washington.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. ia Jewish
family, consisting Of the mother, daughter
aged seventeen, and a son aged fourteen, have
been murdered by peasants in the Distinct OF
Ananieif.
PANS. Feb. l3.-B. B. Hotchkiss, the
American inventor of revolving cannon adopt
ed by the principal Governments, has received
the decoration Of Gllevalier Of the Legion OF
Honor, or account Of his services to the
French Marine The Danish Government has
also conferred upon Hotehkiss the Cross Of
Denmark, for similar services rendered to the
artillery.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE Times Winnepeg
special saws: Major Van Horn viii to-mor-
row announce the resignation of General
Rosser as Chief Engineer Of the Canada Paci-
fic, and T. b. Reed will officiate. Rosser will
continue TO reside here.
The contractor on section 40 announces he
will have the track finished from Winnepeg TO
Fort William, Lake Superior, by July ls;.
CHICAGO, Feb. I6.-The Times prints this
morning what purports TO be copy OF a
registered letter sent by Mrs. Scoville to Mrs.
Garfield last Tuesday, pleading for forgive
ness for the assassin. 1t concludes: Never
can rest satisfied until be allowed, on my
bended knees, under the weight of this humil-
lation and despair, few brief moments in
which to pour forth to your merciful heart the
pleadings of one who must ever ieel sister s
love for an insane motherless boy, even
though by the whole world condemned and
despised.'
NTw YoRK, Feb. l3-Advices from Lima
of January 25th confirm the report that d
treaty of peace has been signed between
Bolivia aud Chile BY its terms, Bolivia is
left without a sea board.
New YoRK, Feb. l3-A Lima dispatch
says: The result Of the contests between the
hands Of General Mass and Nillavicencia, at
Chindia, in Bolivia, shows that between fifty
and sixty foreigners lost their lives, and
property valued at 1000, 900 was destroyed.
General Mass gave his soldiers permission to
sack the town after entering it.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA Washington special
SAYS: General Fitz j ohm Porter, last Friday
had an interview with the President and eX-
planned the Pope campaign and how he had
been so long misiudged. He invited the
PresideRt TO carefully peruse the records, as
General Grant lad recently dOne. General
Porter will return, and in few days press
the passage of a bill restoring him to his
former rank.
WASHINGTON, Feb li.--Ihe President will
not do anything 10 the Fitz-Jom Porter case
but will leave the whole matter with Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Fitz John
Porter case was under consideration at the
Cabinet meeting to-day, and it Is believed that
action will be taken toward having 1t re-
opened. All the members were present,
except the Attorney y-General.
New YoRK, Feb IA letter to the World
from Aspinwall, dated the 18th inst, says that
of thirty Belgian mechanics who arrived some
three months ago, to work on the Panama
Canal, eighteen have died of Isthmus fever.
Those who have escaped arc leaving as rapid
ly as possible. 1t is said that thus far since
the commencement of the work, 1000 persons
have died
Hueme, Stevens 4 Lynch Of San Francisco
have secured a contract for the excavation Of
six million cubic meters of canal at 80 cents
(gold) per meter This is considered a re-
markably low price They will have to cut
through swamp and alluvial soil 1t is the
worst section in the whole surface Of the
canal. 1t was here that the dreadful mortality
took place when the Panama Railroad was
being built Fifteen hundred lives were then
lost, and many deaths were Unchronicled.