The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-11-05
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raised. This was understood below to be cry Of
" Fire = and panic seized the crowd. A wild rush
was made for the four exits on the first floor. All
the passages were instantly choked with strug-
Cling, unreasoning mass of humanity. There being
no available outlet, the women became frantic.
Many tainted, fell and were trampled upon by the
rushing crowd.
NV YoRK, Oct. 24-The SaH's cablegram from
London Of October sd says: The autumnal ses-
sion of Parliament was opened to-day by a COM
mission, the Queens speech being read BY the Lord
Chancellor. The Irish Home Rule members of the
House of Commons refuse to subscribe to the Gov
ernments theory that the session is solely for con-
sideration of the franchise question The inten-
tion of the Ministry to try to conne discussion
the Franchise bill is plainly defined in che first sem
tence of the Queens speech, but the Parnellitis
say there are at least two other matters which
must be fully discussed this session. One is the
charge that men known to be innocent were hanged
for the Maamtrasna MURDERS the other Is the &C.
cusation that Secretary Cornwall Solicitor Bolton
and other Dublin officials were shielded from pun
ishment for the bestial crimes Of which they had
been iudicially proved guilty.
PHnADELPHIA, Oct. PA Chester, Penn, dis
patch to the Pittsburg OHmeJciGl-Gdzefte says:
The United States steel cruiser Atlanta was
launched this afternoon from: Roach's ship-yards.
The Atlanta has length of go feet, ~ feet beam,
u feet draught aud displacement of 5000 tons.
Her armament will consist of eight-inch and six
inch breech-loading rifles. The guns are mount
ed TO command such sweep that they might make
Chicago class. The Atlanta will be bark-rigged,
with spread of 10000 square feet OF canvas. The
indicated horse power is $780, the engine driving
screw seventeen feet in diameter, with twenty feet
pitch, giving sea speed of thirteen knots per hour
The capacity of her coalbunkers is 5SS tons giving
an endurance of 2, 800 miles at full speed and 5000
miles at ten knots an hour. The contract price for
the hull of fitting, exclusive Of masts, spars, rig
ging, sails, boats, ETC., IS S6lS,OOO.
The number of visitors at the late Electrical Ell.
hibition at Philadelphia was 5000. The receipts
we're SlOO,OOO and the profits $4,000.
Charles Mitchell, the pugilist, has issued chal-
lenge to Doufinick McCaffery TO fight within si1
weeks with hard gloves or bare fists at any city in
the world, barring New Orleans for from $500 to
$3.50 side Mitchell has deposited 800.
SAN JOSE, Oct. 24-Juan Wasielewsky, the Pole,
who murdered his divorced wife in Los Gatos, in
this county, on the Sth of June, 1882, was hanged
in the yard of the County Jail at 1107 o'clock this
forenoon.
The ship Gilbert q. Reyes was launched Oct "a
at Bath, Me- She cost $4,000 and is the largest
ship ever launched from Bath. She is intended for
the California trade.
NV York, Oct. 2I-Ex-Goy Addison Gibbs of
Oregonis now here, and perists that California and
Oregon are not doubtful States. They surely are
Republican and no Morey letter will Be successful
this yeai. f
NV YORK, Oct. 24-The Commercial this even
ing says: There is much gloom among agents and
others interested In the ocean steamship lines over
mess. So large have been losses this season that
there are floating rumors as toimpending failures
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 24-Only two of the persons
reported to have been executed at the st. Peters
burge Citadel last Saturday, for political eenses,
paid the death penalty. The sentences of both the
women and the four officers of the Russian army
were committed to Punishment to Siberia.
PRAGUE, Oct. 2i-The POlifik says: Previously
to the Duke of Brunswicks death, Prussia indi-
rectly informed tho Duke of Cumberland that il
NrnfT lVsNnV hi TnV1-r D.
provided he would renounce all claims to the throne
of Hanover. The Duke of Cumberland replied:
My fathers son shall be King of Hanover and
Duke of brunswick, or remain Duke of Oumber-
land" H
NEW YORK, Oct. 2i-The Washington special of
the Mail and Express says: Apparently the Demo-
Gratis here have given up the Pacific states. Even
Nevadas three electoral votes, which might help
out at pinch, are not claimed enthusiastically.
NEW YoRK, Oct. PA Nail aud Erpyess' Wash
ington special says: John Sherman is here en- route
to New England, where no will take an active part
until the election. He feels no anxiety about the
final result. He thinks Chic good for 5000 ma
Jority on November 4th. No doubt strong efforts
are being made by the Ohio Democrats to reorgan-
ize. They have their hopes in the Prohibition and
the Butler vote to break the solid Blaine phalanx:
Wilkins, Democratic Ohio Congressman is also
in town. He says neither side has relaxed its
Efforts since the October election.
NEW York, Oct I4-Coffee-prime Rio. 1OJ5c.
Sugar-crushed, 655d6S{c dry granulated, 61{Ci6
5-16c; extra yellow @, 51S@53se. Petroleum-9k
@1095c Hops-17d20c. Leather-California sole,
22g2ie. Pig-iron-No l. foundry, $40 30 to $40.
NV York, Oct. 24-Chauncey Drummond,
Commissioner of the New Orleans Exposition here,
says: "Ihe indifference shown by the manufac-
turers and leading men of New York toward the
Exposition is simply amazing. The other States
have either appropriated or subscribed large sums
toward our fund, but New York has not given one
dollar. New Jersey appropriated $4,000; Iowa,
$4,000 and other States from $4,000 to So, 600
France, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, Spain,
Italy and Russia have also helped us nobly. New
York has done nothing"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2I-The examiners -in-chief
in the Patent Office In the celebrated telephone
interference patent case, have sustained the dec-
sion of the examiner of interferences in favor of
Bell as to the issues b, g, d, Z, F. IL, and L, and
have reversed the decision az far as il appied 10
issue G (which involves the principal feature of
the telephone,) whichw awarded to McDonough,
and which the examiners-in-chief have decided in
Bells favor.
oTTAwA, Oct. 24-The Government will put the
sum of $4,000 in the estimates the coming ses-
SION to lay cable between Nova Scotia and Sable
Islands. H...H-
HANOI, Oct 24-Ihe remainder of the Chinese
troops before ChuhOa have been Withdrawn. The
Chinese there have abandoned their entrenchments.
LONDON, Oct. 2i-The Cabinet has not yet sane
toned the advance of the Nile Expedition to Khar-
toum. They will not bring up the question before
the return of Lord NOrthbrooke British High
Commissioner, who is now in Egypt Gen. Wolse-
lep will be ready on November LIST to advance from
Wady Halfa to Sarrus.
PARIS, Oct. Pile TeltgraPte says France has
declined England's overtures to mediate in the
Chinese difficulty.
LONDON, Oct. 24-The man. of-war Rambler has
received orders to proceed TO Chinese waters in
November.
PANS, Oct. 24-Reports are current here that
the Chinese are pushing their advance into Ton
quin, and are about to besiege Hunghoa.
DUBLIN, Oct. 2I-'The weekly National Irish
papers are exulting over the resignation of IRE
velyan.
San FRANcIsco, Oct 23-The clocks of the diff
ferent railroads and ferries will be changed to
mark the 10th meridian time. Nov. LIST, the time
VIII be computed for the meridian running through
Lake lahoe, and apparent noon here, according
to railway clocks will be actual noon only to
towns on the 10th meridian.
Butler is met and welcomed by crowds of ap-
plauding men and women in his canvass in New
York.
A dispatch has been received at the Chinese
Embassy at Berlin confirming the statement that
the Chinese under Lin Mings Chuan had defeated
$40 French at Tamsui on the 18th inst. The
French operations there we're frustrated by torpe-
does.
1t is estimated that 200 houses we're destroyed
by fire at Carthage N, Y, and that the loss will
reach 100000. There are not sufficient dwellings
left in town to shelter the inhabitants. Carthage
was extensively engagedin manufacturing and all
lis industries are in ruins
LONDON, October 2lst-The comet, recentIy dis
covered by Pro. Wolf of Heidelberg and Prof.
Copeland of England, is now visible to the naked
eye at Alexandria. 1t appears as a nebulous BODY
condensed in the center and devoid of tail
NEW York, Oct 2lst-The SuHs special from
Fort Wayne, Ind, says; Blaine was howled down
by the Democratic crowd in this town this after
noon, and denied the privilege of speaking in the
place assigned by the Republican Local Com
mittee This seems to be the result of a plan
devised by the Democrats to offset the effects of
Blaine's visit. The county is strongly Democratic
with majority, easily, of 1000 Ten day ago the
Republicans prepared for Blaine's appearance
1t was arranged that he should speak from the
balcony of the Aveline House. Opposite this hotel
IS the opon courthouse square. Two days ago the
held at the same time as the one advertised for
Blaine. They selected spot forty feet distant
from the Aveline House balcony. The Democrats
advertised their meeting to be addressed By Hend
rlcks and Senator Bayard. They didn't come.
Their names were merely used to draw a crowd.
Blaine was wholly unadvised of the situation.
When Blaine entered the city he found the place
crowded. Twenty-Five thousand per-
sons were the streets and along the line Of
march. The carriages of the party were driven
two miles through cheering crowds to the hotel
where Blaine was to speak, When he came out
On the balcony there was in front of him at least
one thousand Democrats. They had to take their
position in advance of the arrival of the Repub-
LEANS and were therefore masters of the situa-
ton. Blaine began to speak, when his appearance
was greeted with storm of yells and groans. He
waited ten minutes; during which he essayed to
speak four times, and each time he was yelled |
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