The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-12-24
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

/ dynamite outrage IN London.
There was q centenary celebration By The
! Methodist Sunday Schools Of Baltimore Dec. 18th
L. s Minister Foster thinks the advantages o
fec.s.
/ hI. 10 guard against the introduction Of
cholera or other contagious diseases has been pre-
! pared 1y the L. 5. Committee ON Federal LeEisla
/ tiD4.
The widow OF Carlisle Patterson has offered
/ site for the Congressional Library, but 1t is
/ mile from the Capitol.
| a union Of the puck and petroleum interests il
| proposed to urge Congress TO take some acton
! against German prohibition of American no!
/ products.
Ih, House did nothing Dec l2th but pass tel
/ pension bills including one in favor of Mrs. d.
! Long.
| The sentence Of Capt Dudley and Mate Ste
pAeHs, the Migunnette clnnibals, is commutet
! from hanging to six months Imprisonment with
] ont labor.
araat New Bedford caused losses of aJou
! SJ0upl
! Tho Washington Gr-rfs has come out agains
/ tE1 Hawaiian RECIPROCITY Treaty.
Au attempt Is being made TO prevent the rc-clec
| ton 8t Don Cameron TO the Senate from Pennsyl
/ wanna.
Captain HgEgate the deiaultinS Signal seryie,
officer Is said have written the preface for Lieu
tenant Greedy book on the Arctic.
Randall proposes to get the appropriation bills
| through Congress Us soon as possible.
The cigag-makars of New York will send com
| mitteo 90 Washington to oppose the confirmation
of tie Spanish treaty.
There has been great loss Of life among the
oystlrm-n ON the HappahannOck river Va.
Three girls were burned to death and one badly
hurt iu % ire in a candy factory at Detroit Mich
John Nelly is reported to be seriously i'll.
The Congo Committee Ia, accepted the French
neutrality proposals.
Ike suspension of tho bohemian Mortgage
Committee has caused panic on the Vienna
B3urs7.
The French have defeated the Hoyls in MAZDA.
HE Turks are killing many Christians in Mace.
donna.
one hundred and twenty six Germans have
entered the Chinese service.
Mother MandoIbaum has been acquitted.
rGedrft Of theugw Hawaiian treaty has reached
the Senate II cannot go into effect until ii is fay
uably passed on by both houses Of Congress; four
members OF the California delegation propose to
speak against It.
Ila President has sent to Congress a message
flsaHug the ratification Of the new treaty with
Spain. accompanied by communication from
Secretary FrcllnGhuysen explaining the provision
Of tho agreement.
PER p. 81. s. S, cry OF SYDNEY.
LONDON Dec news mas Deeu received mere
0i die steamer POckhari. near Holyhead, on the
north Welsh coast. The crew, numbering thirty,
were drowned. The vessel was bound from Cork
TO Rotterdam.
PAEIs, Dec. 7.-Despltches to hand from Ton
quil stale that desultory fighting has occurred
between the French forces and the Chinese troops.
Tie French have been generally successful, and
the Chinese are now retrsating in consequences OF
ta defeat inflicted upon them.
L0Spgy. Dec The French Senate has re-
e.. .. 1.
ties that the Senate should be elected by uniyer-
sal suffrage
ClE1. Dcr~G.-A messenger, who has arrived
% Deb5lh from khlrtoum, reports that when
be left the Mahdls followers were only three
hours march from the city. He also states that
GoFl9us steamers had been hamssiuG the enemy
and capturing their Provisions.
CuGa. Dec. Establishments of the 18th Hus-
slls and the lst battalion Of the South Stafford
shire Regiment have arrived at DOngola and
proceeded 20 DCbbgh.
Wrrrryar1y Dec. s-No information has been
obtained us vet by the Government, confirming
The intelligence that Sir JeryOls Is likely 10
coed Lord Lotus as Governor Of New South
Wales.
BEllIS. Dec. The deliberations of the In
tgruatuual Conference on the Congo and Niger
questions have not yet terminated. II Is believed
in we.I-iuformed circles that the Powers will nc.
cgde 60 the British claim of a protectorate over
the country adjacent TO the river Niger
I7Su1N, Dec. Twelve Chinese mcn-oF-war
have been ordered TO the Island of FOrmOsa, to
take part in the operations against the French
there.
LoS15y. Dec. I'm the House Of Commons
last night the EedI5tribution of Seats Bill was
read o second time. Parliament will reassemble,
aitert The Christmas recess, on February 10.
CARY Town Dec. Colonel Warren, who has
been appointed to the command of the British
expedition 30 Bachuaualaud, arrived to-day.
LONDON. Dec The trial of the captain and
mate OF the yacht MguOnette, for the murder OF
the boy Parker, was concluded to-day by special
Court. The judges decided that the prisoners
were Zgs.tv of murder, AMI sentence is to be PASS
Cd on them on Dec 9th.
ClIEo, Dec mo intelligence has been reoeiv-
"a here - confirm the report that the Mahdi is
dgId as stated BY the MudIr Of DOngola.
WEI1IyGToS, Dec. The following cable mes
slge was received to-day by the Government from
Mr. Daily, Acting Colonial Secretary of New
South Wales:-"Small-PoI at present confined 10
aau district of tine city. No known cases at large.
but fourteen cases in Smallpox Hospital in strict
quarantine. fOur being continent, four semi.cOn-
l1gll three discTgie, and three cOnyalescent.
Strict house to house investigation instituted in
affected Locality By medical adviser
LONDON. Dec. 3.-The British postal authorities
nave made arrangements by which the mails for
New Zsllanl will in future be despatched alter
uatgIv hy the san Francisco route and by the
direct line Of steamers TO New Zealand.
STDyEY, Dec. l.-Small-PoI appears to be in
erlasinu in Sydney and its suburbs, and nOtwith-
standing the strenuous efforts which arc being put
forth hF the Health Department to stamp out the
disease, fresh cases are UomirE TO light daily.
Three of the cases discovered yesterday were found
1lt mainly through the activity Of the members
Of the Department Of Health, and it is quite pos
s1la that other fresh cases will have to be record
Cd within the next few days.
LONDON. December. 3.-Cholera has broken out
amongst the selmou and marines on board the
French feet at Form0sa.
S7re,fT. Dec. III Il. ;. Nelson. Commodore
Er-liu5, returned TO Sydney from New Guinea
srly yesterday morning after an absence Of six
weeks, and after having proclaimed the British
pr1tgCtorlte, and hoisted the Union Jack at nine
different places on the south coast Of New Guinea,
and some OF the adjacent islands. The last place
visited. and the last place Of departure, was Ieste
Island, which was left at O'Clock in the after
noon %, Wednesday, 18th November.
zHE HNw,uAS TREATY.
NV York, Dee. 1.-The TiBtss says Of the Ha-
gaiiaB treaty: The nation has gained little from
&c. The increase Of the export trade with these
Islands is more than c1unierbalanced by the loss
u revguuC. Its commercial benefits have been Sc
-usll exclusively by spectators. Chinese imTni
grafton has been evil TO the Hawaiian islands.
lie IT.s thinks the workings Of this treaty may
b. studied with interest pending action on the
5thsr commercial treaties by the Senate.
WtsurSGr1S, Dec. 1.-THE draft of the Hawaii
10 Treaty reached the Senate yesterday afternoon
t viii not be considered until next week and then
probably only TO refer il to I subcommittee for
preliminary consideration. Secretary FrelinC-
ly-=n told the Chronicle correspondent that, al
l1lzh the Hawaiian Treaty was but a renewal Of
hC present treaty, it, could not 60 into effect until
Is was c1u-Idered by the House. Although 1t may |
8a ratified by the Senate. a member of the Senate
11mmiItC1 Foreign Relations said to day that |
ha Hawaiian Treaty would require an enabling |
Nc; 10 be passed By the House, the sane as fit |
gere q new treaty. The lobbyists for the treaty |
ire trying to make it appear that it will not Be
necessary for il TO 60 to the House. The ChrpHi-
r. correspondent told Senator Of the claim Of |
DE lobby He answered that the treaty requires |
igw action or the part Of the Senate, and necss-
lrly 1t viii require action the part Of the
fousg.
Circulars =eEg received by number Of Senators \
nd members to-day containing an argument in |
a7ur Of the renewal Of the treaty. based on the /
-rounds shat Honolulu was an important coaling /
tatIon and that IL the United States did no; have
c12liuC station IN the Pacific us welfare would /
= troubled and its existence brief though no hint