The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-02-13
LATEsTFoRElcNN NEWS


heart for short time but long breath which
they all drew seemed to relieve them wonderfully.
LATEsTFoREIcN NEWS
BY the arrival Of the o. S. S. Co.'S steamer
Narigosu, Capt. Howard, in port here on the Sth
inst, days y hours and - minutes from san
Francisco, news dates TO and including, the lst
inst, have been kindly supplied by FGrseT MeLane.
Following l. summary Of the most important
foreign news contained in the papers received.
Washington. January 9:}rd.-'The Senate Com
mit,ee on Foreign Relations has ordered an
adverse report on the resolutions introduced by
Senators Jones and Gibson, requesting the Pre-
sident to take steps TO terminate the Hawaiian
Reciprocity Treaty. The minority OF the COM
mittee will report in favor of the resolutions.
Washington, January 2ith.-Morgani from the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, reported
adversely the ioint-resulutiOns abrOgating the Ha
vail treaty. The resolution now goes on the
calendar. Sherman presented the minority report
on the same subject. Ordered printed
The friends of the Mexican Treaty in Washing
ton are now confident 1t will be ratified.
London. January 2ith.-Samuel w. Baker, who
commanded the first expedition Tor the suppres
sion Of the slave trade in Central Africa, under
tho auspices Of Ismaii Fasha, the former Khedive,
says. General Gordon and myself recently agreed
upon the course now forced upon the English
Ministry by events IN Egypt, but fear 1t is now
too late TO fulfill . programme which would have
adopted two months ago. Our cOwardly abandon
ment OF SOUdan has encouraged dislOyalty and
has broken the spirit OF both officers and troops.
The employment Of General Gordon at this time
is like summouing the fire brigade after the build
ing has been consumed. The Mlnistry's conduct
upon Egyptian Affairs Is a national humiliation
London, January 2lth.-Russia makes formal
demand that Turkey Immediately pay the $50,
coo still owing rs indemnity eIacted after the
IurcO-Bussian War.
Haiphong. january 2lth.-The French attack
| on Baeninh is postponed till the middle of Feb
ruaIy.
St Petersburg, January 2ith.-AI the female
students, a class from which many Nihilists were
enlisted, are now compelled to reside at house
provided by the authorities, and be at home by
9p.m.
Canton, Jan. 2Glh-Ihe excitement in the sur
rounding country has again risen to fever
pitch aud further cutrages on foreigners are re-
| ported. Two American Protestant missionaries
| and Roman Catholic priest have recently had to
flee into Shameeu for their lives and their places
of worship have been destroyed. 1t isnow next to
impossible for foreigner to trust himself in the
streets Of Canton.
London, Jan. 2Gth-Furious gales are raging
| throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Telegraph
| lines are disabled by thunder storms. At Cork
| to-day the River Lee, swollen by the rains, did
much damage along its banks.
Vancouver, W. T., Jan. 26th-The first female
notary public ever appointed IN America by any
| Governor has Just been appointed by Governor
Newell, in the person of tho wife of exChief JUS
| tioe b. Z. DennIsOn, of this city,
Victoria b. C., Jan. 26th-Hanlan and Lee
| arrived this morning bv the Mexico. Roth were
invisible and sick all the way. Hanlan ate break
fast for the first time on board this morning while
entering the harbor, Lee came in and the stew
ard refused to let him sit down till Hanlan told
| him who he was. There was a great crowd at the
wharf to receive them and they we're followed every
where. The race will probably come of next
| Thursday at Esquimalt. The course was marked
| ont by Captain Blackburn of Her Maiesty's ship
| Heroine.
London, Jan. 2G-'The ships city of Lucknow
| and Simla, engaged in the Australian trade, came
| in collision to-day, III the English channel The
Simla sank. Seventeen persons were saved, and
| twenty men are missing,
Reports from all parts Of the Kingdom agree
| thapthe gale was unparalleled IN severity.
! Paris Jan. 29th-During performance at Port
| st. Martin Theatre, Paris, panic was caused by
| a sudden extin9uishing Of the gaslights. The
slamming Of doors by the wind and the roar of the
| tempes. drowned the voices of the actors. Bern
hardt's foot was wounded by a fragment of
| broken window.
Halifax n. s., Jan. 2Tth-'The brigantine 5. J.
NILSSON has arrived in tow. Three Of the crew are
badly frozen. Two vessels with sugar for the
Nova Scotia refinery abandoned at sea, with
| large cargoes, valued at $4,000. Insured.
| Khartouu, Jan. 27tE-The steamers sent to clear
| the Blue Nile failed. They were attacked by the
| rebels with great fary. The rebels waded TO the
attack and were only repused after so rockets had
been fired into their ranks and after they had
suffered heavy loss.
FL Mahdi left Fl Obeid nine days ago. His des-
tinatiOu is unknown. He has 5000 men, plenty
of ammunition and Krupp guns. FL Mahdi lost
only 900 men during the engagement with Hicks
Pasha
| London, JAN 27th-The Cify of Lucknow, in col
lision with the SjH'G in the English Channel, has
arrived at Grayesend. Twenty-Five persons went
down with the SiD.Iq.
san Francisco, Jan. 2sth-Judge Ferrars Court
III session yesterday afternoon for the especial
purpose of allowing the attorneys for Sarah Al
thea Hill-SharUn and Vim. NJ. Nelson to put the
grand jurors the stand and get them to tell how
the indictments for forgeTy,periury and conspiracy
were found. and who voted for them. The first
Juror placed on the stand was Charles Sontagg.
Judge Tyler, handed him one Of the indictments
against Miss Hill, and asked him if he was pre-
sent when it was voted upon. Witness declined
to answer. In this manner Martin Mangels, W.
4. CARAT, Henry VI. Black, Thomas NJ. Quacken-
bush, j. d. Spreckes, John DAILY and G. Mangels
took the stand in the order they are named, and
each declined to answer on the ground that he was
a member OF the present Grand Jury, and to an
swer would be divulging its secrets. The jurors
were all committed for contempt Of court, BY the
presiding judge.
London Jan. 2Sth--'The ship Juno, from Liver
pool for Calcutta, fOundeTed in the Mersey, and
all hands, twenty five in number, were lost Many
barges we're sunk in the Mersey during the storm
At Neutrality-suspicious. the spire of All Saints
Church was badly damaged and the roof partially
| DESTROYED. In Ireland the Kerry railway train
was overturned near Londonderry and sixty yards
of the embankmeut of the Northern Railway were
swept away.
As the restoration Of telegraph communication
progresses news Of disasters By the gale puuTs H.
The breakwater at Port Erine. Isle of Man, cost
ing 10000 was entirely destroyed.
Paris, January esth.-The Temps SAYS. Tbs
! language of Marquis Iseng, Chinese Ambassador
continues most warlike. II is that China is only
waiting the attack on Bacninh to make formal
declaration Of war against France. and that the
Chinese Government has ordered the Yiceroys Of
the different provinces TO report the number oil
solo iers they can furnish.
Boston, January q. The New England Free
thinkers Convention have formed an ASSOCIATION
with bylaw, demanding that churches be no
exempt from TAXATION the judicial oath abolished
all laws enforcing the observance of the Sabbatl
and Christian morality repealed. the Bible reaC
refused 10 Sectarlan schools.
Boston, January Sc Albeit, for ten year
. cashier Of the Union Market National Bank, a
, WatertOwu, Massachusetts, has absconded, takinl
; funds Of the bank aggrecNting, far known
: S3l,l60. There Is besides blank check gon
from the check book.
Moscow, January 2s.-The bodies Of the vic
tins Of the .Irameffs Arctic Expedition have ar
rived here. The American residents placed flower
and wreaths Upon tic hearse.
= St. Petersburg. January 29.-GabieIof. the Of
: fcer sent to Kharkhof by Colonel Sudeikin, L
investigate Nihilism vas assassinated on the itl
instant The police discovered plot for the up
rising Of peasants in Little Russia. and also
scheme for putting strychuine in the Cars bread
Many arrests have been made.
khartOum, Ian. 29lh-A refugee from II Obei,
reports that lie saw Major Won ZoekeudoTf stab
bed 10 death while on a bed in the hospital
Edmund ODOnovgn, correspondent Of the Drill
| Neds was killed NEAR General Hicks. The res
Of the Europeans, belonging to the army, he sa1
lying dead. After the battle, he says, II Mahd
sold large quantities Of Watches rings and the like
= Sheik ObodI has been summoned 10 KhartOum &
surrender, TO avoid bloOdshed. The towu Is quiet
bat the soldiers are clamOrinE for their pay. III
! arrival Of General Gordon Il anxiOuslv awaited
: Hrsssin Pasha Is Offering distractions to ever
/. MEASURE.
San Francisco Jan 51ih-The bark Henry Jane
arrived at Astoria yesterday, and il Is probabl
: that by tins time Tommy Qui1k, the defaultin
: harboI ofiicial, has been captured by detective
!. from this city.
: Cairo, Jau- 5Otn-Baker Pasha with 1900
tToops landed at Trnkifat Monday, aud an add
o tiOuai body Of 1000 men landed Tuesday, CON
i pletirg the force for the relief Of Takar Seari
{ 1000 rebels are btweeu Iinkiat and Taxa
z where the first battle viii probably he Tough
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