Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-12

LONDON, Sept a6.--Rebecca Jarrett
of the Salvation Army, Thomas William
Stead, editor of the Pail Mall Gazette,
Sampson Jacques, one of the staff Of
that paper, Mrs. Combe, Bromwell
Booth of the Salvation Army, and
Louise Mowrey, defendants in the alb
duction case of Eliza Armstrong, were
committed for trial to-day Russe',
counsel for Mrs Jarrett, reserves his
line of defense.
During the proceedings Mr.. Stead,
acting as his own counsel, read docu-
ment containing his line. of defense.
He claimed that the end which he had
in view in carrying out the scheme, justi
fed the means he had resorted to. He
admitted that he might have been mis-
led by the statements Of Mrs. Jarrett,
who, if she procured the girl Eliza by |
false pretenses, as testified to by Mrs. |
Armstrong, had obtained money from
him fraudently. The magistrate fire.
quently protested against portions Of
the document, stating that the matter
was irrevelant The magistrate sum
med the case strongly against the defend
ants and said nothing could justify their
doings, nor the publication Of the nau
seaus article in the Pail Mall Gazette.
He acquitted Bromwell Booth and Mrs.
Combe of the charge of indecent as.
salut, but committed them, as we'll as
the rest Of the prisoners on other
charges.
Cholera In France.
LONDON, Sept. 27--Cholera has APP
peared at Nice, France, and eight
deaths from the disease have already
occurred there The officials, however,
assert positively that there is nc
cholera in the city, fearing that an ac
acknowledgement of the presence Of the
scourge will have ruinous effect OF
business, in preventing the usual influx
of visitors.
The Cholera.
MADRID, SEPT. 28.-There were 56c
new cases of cholera and 2o3 deaths
reported yesterday throughout Spain.
Throughout Spain to-day there wer,
72o new cases Of cholera, and 32e
deaths have been reported.
/ PARIS, Sept. as Reports received
to-day from various parts Of Alpes
Maritimes, the southeastern depart
ment Of France, show that the cholera
is spreading throughout that district
ROME, Sept. aS.- Dispatches re.
ceived to-day show that the cholera is
decreasing in Sicily, King Humbert in
tends to visit the infected district
there.
RI A Diphtheria Panic.
MERGED, Sept a8.-The public
t school closed here this morning fol
fltwo weeks, caused by panic from fears
, of the diphtheria, believing the disease
f would become epidemic. The chill
dren of several families are down with
the disease, though only one death has
yet been reported.
A Move for Pure Water.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 28.-2The Cal
| ifornia Water Company, who own the
water rights on the Georgetown divide,
, in Ell Dorado county, propose to fur
nish Sacramento city with an unlimited
supply of pure, clear water from Loon
Lake, for $4,000 per annum. Our
: people want pure water, and this is the
T best offer made so far. The trustees
: will visit and examine the lakes and the
, companys source Of supply this week.
, French Defeat
|. LONDON, Sept. 29.-A dispatch from
t Mozambique received here to-day gives
the details OF a battle between the
French troops under Admiral Mot and
the Hovas, at Tarafal, Madagascar, on
September 10th last, and claims the
French forces were defeated. The
r Hovas occupied a strongly entrenched
r position, which Admiral Mot attempted
!. to capture. After very severe fighting,
lasting fully two hours, the French were
compelled to fall back to Tamatay,
which they did in an orderly manner
! with the loss of thirty men killed and
e wounded.
v Congo Kings.
! New YORK, Sept. a9,-A Heyald,
: cablegram from London says: Fifteen
:. native Kings and eight native Princes
d in and around the Congo Territory
{ claimed by the African international
n Association have addressed to the King
of Portugal vigorous protest against
$ this claim, and they ask the Kings pro
G lection against the new protectorate
+ The protest is published here at great
d length. In its text these native re
r monstrants say, "Do not abandon us
P but save us from the tyranny and fero
S city of our enemy the Internationa
: Association"
Floods In I,,dia.
o CALCUTTA, sedt. a9. Disastrou.
II floods covering an area of $500 square
/ miles, have occurred in the Presidency
c of Bengal the largest and most popu
e lous of the twelve main division o
l. British India. A great amount o
e property has been destroyed and mum
e bers of lives lost, many families have
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