The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-11
CONDENSED FOREIGN NEWS

Ii Hung Chang. the cOnmander-in-chief oi
the army, has 2s, 900 men under him, divided
into fifty eight camps
President Arthur's movements create the i'm
preston that he Is q candidate for the Republi-
can nomination in 1884.
Cincinnati, July 2l.-A. ID. Bullock d Co. :.
curled hair and bristie factory was burned last
night loss. S2OOOO insured,
Hanlan won the four-Inile race against Ross
in % minutes and 57H seconds-the best time
on record.
New York, July ia fire among the ship
ping at Harbecks dock, on the East river, last
night, caused loss Of at least II. 100000.
The reconstruction Of the burned portion OF
Golden Gate Park conservatory. san FrnHciseO.
has been commenced and will b. completed
August "A.
New York, July II.-OH driIIers and their
families, numbering forty persons, have gone
from Bradford McKean county, Pa. to bore
near EewhaII, California.
KernviIIe Call, July 2I.-A twO-story board
ing-house occupied by William Menzel was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday loss, 81 900; insur-
ance 81, 600.
In two days 2Is children died in New York
from the effects of the heat. This is a worse
mortality among the little folk than any cholera
scourge could possibly be.
Preparations for honoring Lord Chief Justice
CoIeridge Of England, are being mIde in New
York. They are quite extensive AMI caIcu lated
to up a in ordinary physcIl conii-
tion.
Denis Kearney was refused admission TO hI-
rangue a crowd from the steps of Clarendon Hall
New York Kearney then denounced the 10 en-
bers Of the labor unions as .'bl,th-rskites'' and
dirty loafers.''
Memphis, July PA fire at 4 30 o'clock this
morning destroyed the stores occupied by Stew
art, Guisin & Co., Shanks & Co., BrOde 4 Co.,
aud John Reid, all large concerns, entailing a
loss Of 500 OOO- fully insured
Chicago, July 1.-THE failure OF Stiles,
tiOldby 4 Mcmahon was announced on the floor
Of Change this morning. The firm ascribe its
trouble to depression in the provision market.
The amount of liabilities is not given.
The five months Of the current year, to- the
end of May, show in the United States a total of
72O accidents, ls3 killed and 7I3 injured
monthly average Of IA accidents, 81 killed and
I43 injured. The month Of May was consider
ably below the average for the year.
1t is rumored that Ernest Brulatour, Secretary
of the United States Legation at Paris, will soon
lead to the nuPtiaI altar Miss Mackay, the
daughter of Mrs. Mackay and the Bonanza
King. Mr.. Bruatour is the of a New Or
leans merchnnt.-[ Chicago Tribune, July 4.
Gladstone will not ask Parliament at this
session to ratify the agreement with De Lesseps
-GeueraI f. o. C. Ord died OF yellow fever at
II ayana on Sunday night.--The Chinese will
not allow the French to import beef cattle into
Tonquin.-The TeyOlutiOnists in Hayti are vet
unsubdued
The China Msrcboptst Sloan, Gayisp,ion Cou,
Pany's steamer Hing Sbiug Captain Tapley,
aud the British bark Catherine Mardan Cap
tain Marden, coIIided with each other on the
night Of the 18th utimo, of the northern coast
Of China, sinking the former. The second OFF,
Ger, d. Jameson, and seven Chinese were
drowned
The British team the match at Wimble-
don by foTty-fye points The grand totals
British, 1851; Americans, I,9O6.-The
number Of deaths from cholera IN Cairo
dsrestimated by the oficiaIs.-FiVe more bodies
Of the Daphne disaster at Glasgow have been
cOyered--It Is reported in the City of Mexico
that the English debt is not settled.-Owing to
threats by the populace, two witnesses for the
defense in the Hungarian murder trial have
withdrawn their testimony.
A man named Rigney, accused of several
crimes, was lynched at Miles City, NJ. T.-OVer
100 persons were poisoned by ice-cream at Joliet,
H.-The Howe sewing machine works at
Bridgeport, Conn, were burned loss $3.50. 900.
-Four notorious highxtymen have been ar
rested at Sir Johns Run, W. Y.-Governor FOs-
ter Of Ohio charges Judss Hosdley with paying
$50, 900 for the Democratic nomination.-The
Bank Of Leadyille has gned.-Samuel Cliff
ton fatally stabbed by sampson Cason in
Dodge county, Ga.-Hon. Montgomery Blair il
dsad.-TwO persons were killed by an express
train striking a market wagon near Lancaster,
Pa--The body of Charles Neininger of Cincin-
natl cremated at Washington, Pa-The
Belgian tax tobacco has been increased
Hardy, the Polk county murderer, was taken
from Jail at Harlan, Ia. and Iynched-Chicago
SPeeulators who tried to corner butter will lose
about 500, ,0O0.-Ths wife Of 0smond Tearle
the actor. has secured absolute divorce, with
$1,000 n year lalimOny.-Three persons were
killed and two seriously injured by a cyclone
near Eaton Rapids, Mich New Orleans is
taking extraordinary precautions to prevent the
Introduction of the yellow fever.-The Brick
layers Union carried its point at ChicagO.-A
ire IN Colusa. Cal, destroyed 100000
worth of ProPerty,-The Ceres Touring Mills,
near Modesto, were burned loss about $50, 600.
A tre that started in the bnnkers of the Clip
per coal mine. at Lincoln, Cal, destroyed the
works; no lives were Iost.-Frauk Stewart a
prominent grain merchant at Stockton, was
seriously injured by being jammed between two
ears.-A logger named Browning had a foot
crushed in a sawmil at Nevada City.-George
Cook, gold-brick swindIer, who escaped from
Nevada county, has been captured.-Hanlan
beat Lee and Hosmer at Fulton. Distance,
nearly three miles; time 10 minutes and 40
seeonds.-The French campaign will begin in
September.-France is building railways through
the swamps and jungels of Senegal.-M. de
Iesseps il confident that the Panama Canal will
pa finished five years hence.-The bodies re-
covered from the wreck of the steamer Daphne
at Glasgow number 123.-oRida is reported in
sane-The Marquis of L0rne writes pee:Fy he
also must be insane.