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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-02
IIOmndarY NOtice.

petition for the settlement Of the boundaries
of the iii Of Kaakopua situated in the District
Of Honolulu, Island OF oahu, having been filed
with me by Charles r. Bishop, have appointed
WEDNESDAY. the 10Th day OF December,
1885, at l O'Clock p. M, at my office
10 Honolulu as the time and place for hear
ing said petition. An persons owning any lands
adjoining said Iii Of Kaakopua, and all others in
terested are notified TO be present at said time and
place to be heard.
RICHARD +. BICKERTON,
Commissioner Of Boundaries for Island Of Oahu.
352Itd W dec15
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-02
The French Republic.

President Grevy has decided, in the
event of his reelection, to send a message
to the Chambers, advising the granting of
amnesty to political offenders without ex-
ception.
General Briere de Isle, who was recalled
from the command of the French troops
in TOnquin, arrived at Paris. He refused
to be interviewed. The officers accompany
ing him declare that his disgrace is unjust,
and that his removal has caused discOn-
tent in the army. They say that the
strength of the troops in Tonquin con-
tinues to be Slapped by disease and re-
peated alarms by the enemy.
A dispatch from Picking says that all
the difficulty between France and China
has been removed, and that negotiations
between the two nations have been re-
sumed.
The Political Campaign in Great
nSf
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Notice.

From this date, till further notice, w. +. SEAL
ESQ, is alone authorized 10 collect water rates
and dues OIL account of the Honolulu Water
Works. s~
He is fully empowered 10 give good and sufh-
Client receipt, and none other viii be acknowl-
edged. ssfs.-.'s --%-fH % +A "s
Ali parties are requested when paying water
rates, 10 produce to the Receiver their last
receipt. - -- ...-fr.-
This Regulation does not apply to any business
relating to the Water Works, which now is, or
may hereafter be placed in the hands OF the At
torney-Generai for settlement.
CHAS T. CiULICK,
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A Terrible Disaster.

A dispatch from Calcutta says that 5000
people have been drowned and $50 villages
submerged in Orissa by cyclone, and
that 1,2n square miles in the Moors,
Hedabad and Huddea districts have been
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-02
PORT OF HONOLULU, IL. L.
ARRIVALS.

s TUESDAY, December l.
Pm zealandia (BriD, Weber. from san
sstTnr w q Hall, Bates, from Maui and HaWah
Stwr Waimanaio, from Waimanaio
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BY AUTHORITY.

The Hon. A. >. Cleghorn is appointed Acting
Governor OF Oahu during my absence
JEO- o. DoAfINIS,
Governor Of oahu.
Governors Office, Honolulu, Dec. l, 1885.
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.rCHAS: II. GULICK.

Minister Of Interior and President
Bureau of Immigration.
Interior Office, Aug. p, 1888.
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Effort of the Conference of the Grea
Powers to Restore Peace.

dispatch of the 23d November states:
The Conference has concluded its labors,
but will probably not dissolve formally, so
as to be ready to assemble should any fur
Their question arise out of the commission
charged with the revision of the organic
statute of Eastern Roumelia. To this,
however, not the slightest opposition is an
ticipated. The latest accounts from Eastern
Roumelia tend to show that the people are
thoroughly disguised with the present state
of affairs and will readily welcome the
Turkish Commissioner He will probably
be either a Mussulman or a Christian in
/ the service of the Porte. A parsonage of
| neutral origin will doubtless be chosen.
Austria will probably soon intervene to
prevent further bloodshed in Bulgaria. 1t
is strongly suspected that Austria gave
King Milan a hint to declare war for the
/ purpose of forcing decisive solution OF the
! Roumelian question. The Greek Govern
ment has given assurances with respect to
! the maintenance of peace with Turkey.
| The Balkan Conference has drafted a
! final protocol which embOdies decisions
! declaring that the restoration of the status
! quo ante Is equally binding upon Servia
! and Bulgaria. 1t is reported that if King
/ Milan refuses immediate peace under the
terms of the Conference he will be declared
an enemy to the peace of Europe and two
! of the signatory Powers will enforce his
deposition 1t was rumored that Turkish
| troops had a skirmish with the Greeks
The rumor was subsequently declared un-
true. There are now 272,OOO Turkish
4rco,,o o,, tho -Rollan apniD S3lfa
After a stiff battle the Servians were
driven out of Dragoman pass by the Bull
I garians, who then occupied the pass.
The Servian losses on the 18th, 18th anC
10Th of November included eleven officer
killed and twenty-one wounded. Emperor
Francis Joseph, in compliance with the re
quest of Queen Natalie, has granted per
mission to the doctors of the Austrian Ret
Cross Society to go to Servia. dispatcl
from Tzaribod says that the Bulgarian
have massacred the Servian Iieutenan
Kotitch, who was found on the field of bat
tie wounded, and the Servian Lieutenant
Schivko and Ratkovitch, who were prison
ers OF war. General Leshjanin telegraph
that the Bulgarian troops who had bee
fighting in the field near Urdin have beer
ensconced in the fortress of that town, an
the entire district between Timok, Be
gradiik and Lorn, ON the Danube, has bee
cleared of Bulgarians-
Adyices from Tsaribrod state that tn
: weather there is terribly severe. bragg
man pass is blocked in with snow, and tn
|, roads across the mountains are impassabl,
4 The Drina division forced its way throug
e after a hand-to-hand struggle in Saturday
: fight and Joined the main army befoI
t Slivnitza. Orders have been sent to Be
:, grade to delay the formation of a secon
n reserve division, as it is not needed at pre-
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south American Affairs.

Further advices concerning the battle of
Jauia state that three of Caceres' Colonies
were captured; that Caceres himself fed
with few officers, and his army was COM
pletely dispersed, and that many rebels,
including Colonel PaehecO Caspedes, were
drowned in the river while trying to es-
cape, as the stream is very much swollen
at this season.
tits stated that Senior Coll, the owner of
rich silver mines in Butica, is about to sell
them to a German company for the sum of
s., 900, 600
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Under the polling arrangements the ten
dency of the borough elections will become
known on Thursday, and the general re
suit of the borough and county elections
on Saturday. but the exact position of the
parties will not be determined until the
drawing to a close of the elections, early in
December. Lord Salisbury viii deliver
the final Con rvative manifesto at the
dinner of the st. Stephens Club to-mor-
row evening The Parnellite manifesto has
fallen fiat. Most of the Liberal newspapers
have pass ed it by without comment, while
the Conservative press criticise it in a
sighting manner.
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The War id Rurnah.

7 The British expeditionary force has cap
ftured Magive, town of Burmah, on the
left bank OF the Irrawaddy river, thirty
five miles above Prone, having popula-
ton fabout 10 600, Among the prisoners
taken were three Italian officers serving in
the Burmese army. General Prendergrast
IS at Menlbo. He states that fighting is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-27
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITlES.

l.. IL. Parker, "a prominent metal merchant of
Baltimore, was drowned at Nassau, n. ii. ON
the I'D inst, by the ppsetting of sail boat.
Frank Steele and Joe e. Archer, two farmers
living near Chattanooga, Tenn, were. drowned
yesterday IN attempting to cross Chicamauga
creek The bodies were recovered.
The Ohio Legislature has adopted a joint reso-
luton to adjourn from Feb % to March 10, to
give the members opportunity to attend the
Inauguration exercises at Washington.
While intoxicated, last night, Jos. Cavanaugh,
of Pittsburg Pa, attacked his wife with a
Ratchet. infiicting wounds about her head and
body which will probably result in the woman's
death. Cavanaugh has been arrested.
A man about sixty years Of age, and unknown,
but who was identified by papers on his person
as John Green, either of ST. Paul. Mimi, or Sc
dalia, Mo-, got off train at st. Peters, Mo-, on
Wednesday, walked mile west and was seen
to deliberately place pistol to his mouth and
fire, the ball passing through his head killing
him instantly. He had 5000 in cash and checks
on his perSon,
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Death of the Detroit ..Times. /.

DETROIT, Mich. Feb. 26.-The Times. an after
noon daily, suspended, to-day, owing to lack of
funds and failure in furnishing Of promised as
sistance 1t glories in the fact that it scoops
the other Detroit papers in the announcement Of
its suspension. In less than the three months in
which it had been running as an afternoon pa
per its circulation had trebed, reaching II, 900.
The announcement is headed as follows:
Dead-'ris done; its race is
The Times has ordered a coffin for one;
A gallant fight, sore defeat,
But death alone the Times could beat;
It's hosts of friends it's left to them
To sign its funeral requiem.
The plant win probably be bought and the
paper resurrected by stock company
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General and Personal.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON; Feb. '26-Charles O. Heading
ington has been designated as acting postmaster
at Collett, and Charles e. Wilson has been
commissioned postmaster at Lebanon.
Ed B.nnister a nd wife, of Lawrenceburg are
here, and will remain until after Inauguration.
Mr.. 4Bannister would like to fill a federal Office
somewhere, but has not yet fully made up his
mind what position he will ask for.
No more general receptions will'be held at the
White House during this administration. Mrs.
McElroy, the Presidents sister, announces that
she win receive her personal friends, who wish
to bid her goodbye. on Saturday afternoon.
The members of the House who signed the
communication sent President-elect Cleveland
relative to suspension of the coinage OF silver,
decline TO give his answer to thepublic in antici
patton of his inaugural address.
The President has nominated Rev. Joseph "A.
Potter, of Indiana, to be post chaplain.
Senator Sherman reported to the Senate, to
day, n.amsndment'tO the srndry civil bill pro-
viding for. erection, in the District of Columbia,
Of statue to the memory of General Lafayette,
at q cost of $50 600
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-27
Brief Mention.

Bloomington is making effort to get the
Oliver chilled plow works to locate in that city.
Forest Turner. of 10 Daviess county. born in
1911, an ex -member of the State Legislature, is
dead.
At Shelbyville, James A. Clark, a fruit
salesman. has been adiudged insane. His latest
freak was that of circulating petition asking
that Ben Butler be made President of the United
States.
a linton. In dispute James Mccain struck
Joseph North over the head with scoop shovel.
fracturing his skull. McCann lived on farm
belonging to North. The difficulty arose over
some land the former had plowed, and for which
labor the latter had refused to pay him.
As John and Thomas Allen late merchants of
Toono, now part owners of the tile works at
Pesotum, were returning from Champaign on q
railroad veloeipede, they saw passenger train
approaching and attempted to remove their car
from the track. The train was closer than they
thought, and John was run ever and literally
crushed by the locomotive. He died an hour
later
j. L. Donaldson and David Brenneman opened
o skating rink at Tayorsville, Last fall some
men obtained goods by forgery and false repre-
sentation, in Missouri town. Several heavy
trunks we're shipped to Edwardsvlle. H., in
November, 1884, and lay there unclaimed until
last Monday, when Donaldson and Brennenan
ordered the trunks shipped to Taylorsville
They were followed by the sheriff OF Madison
county, who arrested them for completely in the
Missouri steal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-27

How the Presidents sister VIII Appear ~
the Inauguration Ball.
New York Special.
The New York tradesmen arc busy nowadays
preparing in various ways for the inauguration
ceremony at Washington
Not only are the viands at the inaugural bali
TO be sent from this city but many OF the deco
rations, and especially the flowers, will go from
here. From an uptown dry goods store two
dresses destined to be worn at the inauguration
ceremonies, We're sent to President Clevelands
sister, at Albany.
&The most notable of these was the one for the
inauguration ball. 1t was an evening dress of
white Ottoman silk, with four white point APP
pllque lace drapings, square neck, no sleeves and
tram. Following the style in evening dresses,
which, by the way is said to have it's origin with
Miss Jennie Chamberlain the Cleveland beauty,
the dress was unusually plain. Over the ball
dress Miss Cleveland will wear a white plush
dolman, trimmed with white fox fur
The other dress was tailor made suit of ladies'
cloth, light blaze color, vest front and very short
in the back. With it was a jacket of the same
simple pattern. In her order Miss Cleveland.
who is plain, straightforward and somewhat
reserved lady, was strict in her requirement tnat
there should be as little estentation possible,
and her wishes were carried out to the latteT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-27

They Want the Pension Bureau and Several
Prominent Foreign Missions.

They Want the Pension Bureau and Several
Prominent Foreign Missions.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26--This evenings Critic
has an interview with an unnan.ei Indiana
member Of Congress, who says Indiana will
have number of applications for prominent
federal positions. Should ex-senator Mcdonald
not 60 into the Cabinet, she will have good
many more than otherwise. 1t is fixed up that
The public partnership shall be striven for by an
Indisnian, and could name. If I chose. we'll
known Hoosier politician who will make a de-
mand for one of the assistant secretaryshipe,
probably that OF the Treasury Leading Demo
Gratis Of the State say they will have the COM
missionership OF pensions, sure. They
say the Republicans of that State
have enjoyed the influence of the pension
Office during presidential campaigns, and Demo
Gratis must have it. have information that DR.
Milton James, of Muncie, will either come here
IN person, or some of his friends win within a
few days, and stay the thing out. think Dr.
James will get it. He is Endorsed by the en-
tire leader ship of his party in Indiana, and has
the very hearty approval of Vice president Hen
bricks. The Office will be filled by Democrat
within very short time, and if there is thing
in signs, Dr. James will be the Democrat. A
half dozen prominent foreign missions are
being figured on by Hoosier Democrats, too"
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Minor Notes.

Mrs Elizabeth Wyman, of New Albany nine
ty-two years old, has been declared insane.
Mrs. Sarah johnson, well known in Shelby
vlle died at her home last night, aged sixty
seven years
IL is given cut that Claude g. DeBruler will
shortly retire from tire editorial management of
the Terre Haate Express
The Jeffersonville base ball ground will be on
vacant ground near the bridge 6ll and afford
fine view of the penitentiary.
Nick Frazier. the boy murderer, sentenced
from Perry county to the penitentlary for life
has been taken to the House of Refuge,
Reuben Daley, editor of the Jeffersonville
News has contracted with Eastern publishers to
write historical sketches and fiction for publica
ton.
H. c. Andres, eighty nine years old. father of
ex County Treasurer Andres, of Bartholomew
county, died at his sons residence on Wednes-
day.
Azariah Freeman, one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of White county, died at his
residence in Valparaiso. aged seventy-six Mr..
Freeman has represented his county in the Legs
lature and held several other offices of trust.
AS Frederick Reichert. seventy years old, was
walking on the railroad track from Aurora TO
Cochran. he looked up suddenly and saw the ac-
commodation only little way ahead of him. and
coming at a rapid rate. Hs happened to be cross
ing culyert over which there was . COW trap.
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and. in attempting to get off in hurry, he got
his foot caught, and the train struck him, seri-
ously injuring his hip and head. His wounds
are not necessarily fatal
On Saturday cheese from the Fairfield factory
OF Fruit Bridge, Mich, was retailed at South
Bend to l.. LIE Van, A. Anderson, Fred Fox,
Theodore PETER. Lishe Solomon, DIR. Dunning,
and eight or ten others, and not long after the
first sale reports began TO come in Of severe
sickness in several cases always after they had
partaken OF the cheese. Vomiting and diarrhGa,
with severe pains in the stomach. were the
symptoms of poison. and the sickness would last
several hours. No fatal results attended the use
Of the cheese. The. cause Of the poisoning is
thought to be the coloring matter used in cheese.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-27

Good Business Men Anxious to Secure POlit-
ical Appointments.

Good Business Men Anxious to Secure POlit-
icaI Appointments.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb 26-'I am very sorry to
see such yearning desire upon the part of good
business men to accept any kind of political po-
sition," said a Republican senator from the West,
to-day.
'Ayhat does it indicated asked.
Hard times; hard times, indeed" was the re-
ply. II am receiving three or four designations
every week from railway postal clerks This
has been the ease for two months They expect
to be dismissed from the service soon after the
4th OF March, and, as rapidly as possible, they
are hunting other avocations. The law provides
that postal clerks SHALL at first receive proba-
tionary appointment for six months. IL they
prove satisfactory, then they are permanently
appointed. Well these probationers receive $40
month. OF course, none bat Republicans are
appointed, and as a matter of political
reason it stands to good argument thatvery few,
if any, of those receiving appointment on proba-
ton will ever receive permanent appointment.
Yet have in my desk enough applications to
fiji these places, the way they are being vacated,
for ave years, if there would be no more appli-
cations sent to me. And the applicants are good
men, in nearly every instance. Some of them
were good and successful merchants. Isuppese
it indicates hard times"
DO you take the best class of men when you
recommend appointments to fill these vacanciesf'
81 take good men, but choose them without
reference to their ability for being disappointed.
would not recommend a man | believed was
xabout to abandon business for the place
Professional politicians are the best fellows. just
now, for these places.
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How General S,saiin Took the News.

How General Sysaim Took the News.
Washington Post.
A representative of the Post saw Gen. Swain
at a late hour last night, at his residence at
Mount Pleasant, and asked him what he thought
Of the findings and sentence in the case.
Il can't say anything until know what they
are" replied the General laughing.
Have you not heard the sentence in your
caser inquired the Post reporter.
'.No. have not was the reply. The Post
thereupon enlightened him. The General be-
trayed no surprise whatever, and after pause
inquired: "Has the sentence been approvedlp
On being told that it had been, he soliloquized
Twelve years!"
What do you propose to do about it% in
quired the Post.
81 can do nothing; there is no appeal"
tenceq"
mo; it would not be proper for me to do so.
can say this, however, can afford to suffer, il
my sufferings have so enlightened the people
that it will work good to the army by correct
isterirg Justice through the medium of courts
martial"
''Have you anything to say in regard to the
composition of the court which tried yous"
Il can say this. said the General, "the court
was composed of majority Of my juniors, with
out any reason being stated in the order conyen-
ing this court that court could not be composed
of officers Of my own rank"
DO you imagine that the result of the court
martial in your case will lead to the adjustment
of the Office of Judge Advocate General in the
army by Congressl'
mo, do not think so. The Office is essential
to the administration of Justice in the army