The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-01-12
.aluanalt OaEettE,
TUESDAY. JANUARY u. lsse
LATE FOREIGN NEWS!
Per p. NJ. S. s. City of Sydney. Dates to
December 29th

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ern cities, as free from liquor saloons as
any town in Maine, has attracted attention
TO the almost phenomenal spread of the
temperance movement in the South
Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi. Ala.
bama, Florida, and even Kentucky, are
moving rapidly in the direction of absolute
prohibition. Kentucky, whose very name
has come to. be synonymous with whisky,
IS only second to Georgia in the movement.
Whole tiers of counties are as painfully
temperance as Neal Dow himself could
wish The names of twenty eight counties
are printed in which the Prohibition law
is rigidly enforced. The sentiment through
radical, and from being merely for temp
erance has taken firm stand for prohibi-
ton. The movement has already asserted
itself in party politics, and the friends of
the cause expect encouraging results IN
1856.
NV York, December 2Sth.-The Sun
says: The opponents of silver money on
this side of the Atlantic extol the blessings
of gold standard and ascribe the depres-
sion Of our business affairs to the fear of
silver.
| CHICAGO, December 2Stli.- Probably the
most exciting glove contest ever witnessed
in Chicago occurred here to night, in which
Jack Burke of Chicago in three rounds
knocked out Mike Cleary of New York.
As early as Z 80 o'clock to night the atmos-
| phere of Battery DIS Armory, exhaled by
fully 1000 pairs Of lungs, reeked with cigar
smoke; and the mob not only packed the
buildings, but ran over into the street.
CHICAGO. December 2Sth.-The police
| furnish details of an extraordinary case of
vandalism occurring in the St Elizabeth
| Roman Catholic Church, corner of State
and Thirty first streets. Unknown persons
entered the church several nights ago, tore
down and completely mutilated sixteen oil
paintings which were on the wall, tore
down all the figures in the inches and go
ing into the sanctuary, threw the vestments
around and spilled the wine found there
over them. Passing into the school-rooms,
the desks were overturned. the books
| strewn around, and the walls despatched
with ink. No cause is assigned for the
wreckage, and no arrests have been made
Mrs. Elliot Shepherd, Vanderbilt's
daughter, has arrived from Europe, and
the Will viii now be probated.
According to a canvass made by the
Philadelphia Ledger, there are lbs Con
gressmen favorable to suspension of silver
coinage and 1871 opposed to it. In the Sc
nate 81 favor it and A oppose.
PORTLAND, Dec 2S.-In the State Circuit
Court to- day, Judge Stearns decided the
great suit of Holiday VS.. Holiday in ia
yor of Ben Holiday
ST. JOINS, n. B., Dec. 2S.-A despatch
from Flagg's Cove, Grand Manan, gives
particulars of the disasters resulting from
Saturdays storm. Advices from numer-
Gus points along the New England coast,
report heavy winds and high tides, and
the stranding and wrecking of small coast
ing vessels, but, so far as reported, no loss
of life.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 29-The usual at
tendance was present in Police Court No /
yesterday afternoon, when the cases of the
so-called dynamiters We're called. A spe-
cial yenire had been brought into Court
from which to select additional jurors. and
Robert Ferral, Weisman's counsel offered
the usual objection, on the ground that
the venire was improperly made, but he
was promptly overuled. In response to
the question then propounded by the
Court, whether any persons had any ex
cuses to offer why they should not serve
as jurors, the whole venire made one sim
Infamous rush toward the Judge. and it
was several minutes before order was re
sumed. The examination of Jurors pre-
ylously drawn was then commenced and
two We're obtained
SAN FEANcIsco, Dec 29-The owners
and cOnsignees of the whaler Amctlyst are
extremely anxious concerning her fate, as
she Is at least two months overdue. She
left here for Behring Sea and the Arctic
Ocean last April and was due here not
later than November 1st Every day since
that time the parties interested in her fate
have become more and more alarmed. The
A'aeHgst, the firm stated, is one of the old
est whalers in the country, having been
built in Boston IN 1922 She is a 1856 ton
vessel, and is commanded by Captain p.
ii. Cootey. She is estimated to be worth
$4,000, and is not insured. The revenue
cutter Rush has been detailed to search
for her
Sir Ambrose Shea has been appointed
Governor of Newfoundland, being the first
native and Catholic Governor since the
days of Cabot
SAN FRANcIsco, Dec. 27-The British
bark Arabella, from Burrard's Inlet for |
with cargo of lumber, went |
ashore on the night of December 9th, on |
the rocks off Trial Island. near Victoria. |
u. {. The tug Pilot also went ashore in |
attempting TO pull her off The vessel is |
a total loss, but part of her cargo between |
decks may be saved with prompt assist |
ance, if the weather keeps clear
MONTREAL, Dec 18th. The Herald. the |
recognized organ of the Canadian |
Pacific Company, says working of pool |
ing arrangement has been entered into |
between the Grand Trunk and the Cana
dian Pacifie The officers of both roads |
deny this saying the only agreement is
tacit understanding as to uniform rates
from the West
CHICAGO, Dec 26.- Schaefer and Slos-
son played the final game in the balk-line
billiard tournament tonight in the pres
ence of about 800 spectators. In the pools
was the favorite at SO to 81. |
With the help of generally good playing
and two or three magnificent runs, Schae-
fer won the game and earned the title of
champion of the world
NEw YoRK, Dec. 26th.-A Hamilton.
Ont, special says: A general election in |
the Dominion has been decided on 1t is |
that Sir John Macdonald fears
to meet the House, owing to the hostility |
Of the French aroused by the Riel affair |
and the knowledge that when Parliament
meets, ugly revelations of corruption and |
Will be laid bare by com
mittee to be asked for. A convention of |
Sir Johns supporters, to arrange a plat
form on which to go to the country, will |
be held Tuesday next, and a dissolution |
will be declared as soon as Sir John re
turns from the other side in January.
Much excitement prevails in the province. |
WASHINGTON, Dec 26th.-The President
has approved the bills granting pension
to Mrs. Grant and relieving the political
disabilities of General Lawton of Georgia.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26th- The thirty
days mourning for the late Vice Presid-
ent Hendricks has expired and the de- 1
partments and other public buildings were
to-day Invested of their mourning drap
ings. The hook and ladder force were re
quired to remove the black cloth from the
tall pillars. of the White House portico.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26th-The Star this
evening says: 1t is impossible to judge