The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-23
THE LATEST NEWS.
Troubles Between England
and Russia-The War
in the Soudan.
cLEVELAND's CABINET.
The Central American War
France and China.
Withdrawal of the Treaties -Fenians
Fired From France.
New Steamers for the Pacific Mail-Hsavy
Failures - SharOnic Showers Tho
Honolulu COnsulShip Decline in
European COnsOls - Civil
Service Reform.
Withdrawal of the Treaties--Fe
Fired From France.
March 5tlI.

March 5th.
The French transport ''Tonquin, - for
merly the 'City of Paris, - came in collision
with another transport off Malaga yester-
day and sunk, carrying down twenty-four
of the crew.-The Nationalist propose
demonstration against the Prince of Wales.
during his tour in Ireland.-John r. War
man, teller of the National Fulton County
Bank, has absconded. The " Alert y has
been returned to the British Government,
with thanks.-A malignant type of dip
liberia has broken out at Crockett, Contra
Costa county; there are now over thirty
cases.-Sarah Althea's motion, for stay of
proceedings in the Sharon case, was de-
nied.-Colonel Jackson has sold his inter
est in the Evellieg Post to Postmaster
Backus who will conduct it in the future
with General Sheehan. - Lord Derby,
Colonial Secretary, has invited the
colonial agents resident in London
to attend a conference on the offers made
by the colonies to furnish the Government
with troops for service in the Soudan.-
Stocks of Hawaiian and Chinese rice in
San Francisco are short.-Bismarck IS to
have an Assistant Minister.-The passing
of the Grant Retirement Bill has been the
cause of great improvement in the Generals
in his diplomatic dealings with England
regarding Germany's colonization schemes.
The British Government believes it would
be impossible for General Graham to re-
lieve the garrison at Kassala.-The dynam-
tiers have issued manifesto pledging
themselves not to injure the Prince of Wales
during his visit to Ireland.-The strikers
on the Texas and Missouri Railroad con-
tinue to stop all freight trains.-The British
Government has accepted the offers of the
colonial troops for the Soudun.-The Com
mons voted $3.50, 900 for extra naval ex-
penses III Egypt and for the construction of
ironclads.-Signs of discomfort among the
natives against British rule are increasing,
and threats against the life of Stephenson,
the English commander, are frequently
heard In the streets at Alexandria.-The
Government has granted Lamothe con-
cession to blow up the rocks in the Nile at
Silslich and to construct two basins to regu-
late the overflow of the river at a cost of
$3.50. O0O.-O'Donovan Rosa received
box which he feared contained dynamite;
when opened dead mouse was found
Holman made the most notable speech in
the House against the Pacific Mail subsidy
clause of the Postoffice Appropriation bill.
Cleveland held a public reception at
the White House yesterday and Hendricks
presided over a brief session of the Senate.
morgue in San Francisco has been signed
by Governor Stoneman.-A dispatch from
Calcutta says India is able and ready to
concentrate &c, 900 native troops under the
British imperial cOlors at Quettah. A force
of so, 900 men has been preparing for the
past six months to take the field in Pesha-
waur and Kohat. The Governments about
to ask the assent of Parliament 10 an in
crease of 20, 600 in the armies.-Large ship
- ~ n va haaTa 10
to China and Japan from San Francisco.
March 9th.
President Cleveland sent to the Senate
the following nominations: Secretary of
State, Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware;
Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Man
ming of New York; Secretary of War, Will
liam G.. Endicott of Massachusetts,; Secre-
tary of the Navy, William C. Whitney of
New York; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q.
@. Lamar of Mississippi; Postmaster-Gen-
eneral, William F. Villas of Wisconsin;
Attorney General, A. H Garland of Ark
ansas. Riddleberger objected to the i'm
mediate consideration of the nomination of
Bayard He did so because of Bayard's
attitude on the Irish question. He thought
him more English than American. The
Senate adjourned without confirming any
Cabinet nominations.-The Union Iron
Works helpers are still on a strike IN San
Francisco. Charles p. Duane has filed an
affidavit accusing G.. W. Tyler OF forging
will purporting to have been drawn by Hiss
N. T. Pacheco of Marin county Maple
son has compromised with the ticket scalp
ers on account of the non-appearance of
Miss Nevada, who was announced for
Wednesday night.-The Ald'S bill of cost
in the libel suit brought by Sarah Althea
amounted to $S65.-Mercy Small one of
the Patti opera ballet girls died from the
effects of a chill caught when travelling
overland.-The motion to strike out the
affidavits of Nellie Bracket, William Shar-
on. All Sam and others, in the Sharon
case. was denied. Judge Sullivan held
that any affidavit that had been read must
appear in the bill of exceptions. Expert
ments are being made to operate the ele-
waited railways in New York by electricity
Foreigners at NingpO are nervous. Threats
are constantly made to massacre them
Troops are suffering greatly at Suakim
from the scarcity of water.-Fresh dynamite
outrages may be expected within few days,
probably in the navy and dockyards.-
Baron de Staal, the Russian AL lSsador,
and Count Won Munster, Ambass lOr from
Germany, had an interview with Earl
Granville-The total number If enrolled
volunteers in Great Britain at tn. pa ent
time is 2l5, 600 men, the create. t Lunber
yet attained.-A young English ntIeman
recently marfled mas COMMITTED suede; he
lately lost $3.50, O0O at Monaco.-The first
official act of President Cleveland was the
nomination of his Cabinet, His second to
afix his signature to commission U. s.
Grant as officer on the retired list of
the army with the rank of General
DR.. Peter Collier OF the Department of
Agriculture addressed the Chamb r of Com
merce ON his project ef eheapening sorghum
sugar production to a cent a pound.-Ihe
Union Metallic Cartridge Company OF