The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-04


notwiths landing repeated attacks. 1t is
certain that Rivas took Cojuetepegie on
Saturday. If Mendez is beaten there is
almost sure to be civil war in Guatemala
Funeral of Prince Karl.
BERLIN, June 18th.-The funeral OF Prince
| Frederick Charles took place to-day in the
royal garrison church at Potsdam. The
| Emperor William aud the entire royal
| family attended the funeral ceremonies. The
| body was dressed in the scarlet uniform Of
the Brandenburg Hussars, and lay in
plain oaken coffin. The Emperor William
received coincidence from the English and
| other courts.
hiel and Big Bear.
OTTAWA (Ont.), June 16th.--Crown coun-
! sci who are to conduct the prosecution in
| behalf of the Government in the Riel trial
are here. receiving instructions. The date of
! the trial has not been fixed. It is under
| s.ood that the defense will first endeavsr to
| prove Riei's American citizenship. This
| fact established, his counsel will point out
that he can only be tried for waging war
against foreign country. The trial would
| then have to be under cOurt-martial, but as
martial law has not been proclaimed in the
| Dominion the trial could not be conducted
in this way, and would have to be aban-
| doned. If tried as a Canadian citizen it
must be for high treason, and as three of
the six jurors are to be half breeds, it is be-
lieved the jury would disagree. This would
| involve a new trial, when the same difficulty
would undoubtedly be encountered.
ba Ind l.
now said to be a French Canadian, and
cousin to the Canadian ''Eoet laurate'' l..
H. Trechette.
Earthquake i'm England.
LONDON, June 18th.-York was visited this
forenoon by an earthquake shock which
lasted several seconds, and caused great
alarm among the people.
The earthquake shock was also rather
severe in North Dalton, Yorkshire.
A Strike Expected.
OLDHAM, June 18th.-The cotton mill
owners have decided upon short time and a
reduc ton of 10 per cent in the wages. The
operatives agree to n former but not to
the latter, and strike on large scale is
expected.
Ministerial Crisis I'm Italy.
ROME, June 18th In the Chamber of
Deputies to-day, the Prime Minister an
nounced the resignation of the Ministry.
He said that King Humbert had not yet
accepted the resignation.
HOnOrs to Emma Nevada.
LONDON, June 16th.--Miss Emma Nevada
was the guest last evening of the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Marlborough House.
Miss Nevada delighted brilliant company
with her singing and charming manners.
She will go to Paris tomorrow.
Terrible Coal Mine HOrrOr-Many
Lives Lost.
LONDON, June 18th.--A terrible explosion
took place to-day in Pendlebury colliery,
near Manchester. Sixty persons have been
rescued alive. Seven dead bodies have been
recovered. A hundred miners are still be-
low, and there is only faint hope that any
of these can be saved. The cages in which
volun teers were descending to the bottom
of the pit got stuck in the shaft, and it was
two hours before the party could get to
work. The rescued men state that when the
explosion occurred they fed to the bottom
of the shaft, and that they are ignorant of
the fate of their companions.
<AnOtLCI dCCOuHG VI IIS COIlIcfy 0Xp1OSlOR
near Manchest ter says it occurred in Clifton
colliery. There were $50 men at work at
the time; 120 were taken out, but $50 are
still imprisoned, and it is feared that most
of them will perish.
Later dispatches from Manchester say the
explosion was caused by fre-damp. There
were working in the mine at the time it
ooourre6 rninarS. 1eO Of +baua 1xora
work in the level in which the explosion
occurred. They are still in the mine and
cannot be reached, owing to masses of coal
thrown down by the explosion and which
closed up their means OF exit. The 100 men
before reported rescued were taken out be-
fore noon.
A dispatch from Manchester says that 100
additional men have been rescued from the
mine, and probably 100 have been killed.
The latest dispatch from Manchester states
that 204 miners have been rescued alive
from the Pendlebury colliery; that % bodies
have been taken out, and that 1872 men are
still unaccoun ted for. The work of explor-
ing is impeded by bad ventilation and water.
The Cuban sugar Crop.
HAVANA, June 17th.--According to. the
statement of reliable sugar house, the
crop this year up to June 1st amounts to
SCI, 900 tons, against $4,000 tons to the
same date last year. The weather is still
unsettled. On the south coast Of the island,
however, grinding has commenced again. The
amount of cane still in the fields is esti-
mated at 100, 900 tons.
Election Riot i'm Mexico.
GALVESTON, June 15th.-A special to the
''News" from Leredo says: Passengers on
the Monterey (Me1icol express which ar
rived here tonight bring meager reports of
the serious election riot which occurred
yesterday in the city of Lampas, State of
Nuevo Leon. During the riot three men
were killed outright and great many per-
sons wounded. Further particulars Of the
fight will probably be obtained tomorrow.
Serious Riot by WOrkingmen I'm
Austria.
BRUNN (Austria), June 17th.-A labor
riot of great proportions took place in this