The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-12-11

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The missing whaler was built in Balti
more in 1880, and she and her catch are
valued at $1,000
The Cunarder Etruria, that reached
New York Nov. Is, was swept by tida'
wave the previous Tuesday, when one
sailor was killed.
A rumor got about in New York or
the 18th that the Cunarder Aurania, sail
ed thence on the 18th, had collided with
and sunk the Hamburg packet Suevia
then overdue. Nothing was known oil
such disaster at the offices of the two
lines
G. w. 0ldreive, of Boston, scarcely
out OF his teens, on the 10Th made sue.
cessful walk on the water OF the Hudson
river. He started to walk from Albany
to New York, and was ten miles out
making good progress at last accounts.
His WATERSHEDS resemble in shape some
what miniature man-of-war. They are
air-tight, 8 feet inches long, 5 inches
wide and 6 inches deep. Each has a
hole in the center large enough to hold a
mans foot. On the bottom are four
square "fins " of wood, fastened in such
way as not to resist the walkers pro-
gress forward, while they prevent his
slipping back.
The Haytian Trouble.
The Haytian Legation at New York
has received this information: "The
Prize Court of Port-au-Prince, after a
trial, has condemned the American
steamer Haytian Republic to confsca-
ton for violation OF the blockade of the
port OF st. Marc and for actively partici-
pating in the rebellion of the northern
districts OF Hayti. The sentence of the
court was passed on October 31st last.
The United States steamship Boston has
arrived at Port-au-Prince, where her
commander is assisting the United States
Minister in investigating the case. An
appeal may be taken to the Supreme
Conrt."
The Washington State Department
has received official confirmation of the
condemnation, as having been pro-
nounced November Sd and protested
against next day by the United States
Minister, who appealed to the higher
Court. The United States man-of-war
Boston arrived the same day to support
the protest OF the United States Min
lister.
Captain Ramsey, commander of the
Boston, has reported to the Navy De-
partment from Port-au-Prince, Hayti,
under date Of November 18th, that the
Haytian Government has surrendered
the schooner William Jones to him, be-
cause they had no evidence against her,
but that the Government had positively
declined to give up the American vessel
Haytian Republic.
The Bible in the Schools.
Judge Bennett OF Wisconsin rendered
his decision November 10Th in the cele-
brated case of Weiss ct al. VS.. the School
Board OF District Eight, Edgerton. The
suit was brought to restrain the teachers
from reading the Bible in the public
schools. 1t was held by the plaintiffs,
who are wealthy Catholics, that King
James version was not recognized by
their church as correct, and that reading
the Bible under any circumstances, un-
less explained by an authorized teacher
OF the church, was not only unhelpful
but injurious. Judge Bennett held that
the reading of the Bible without COM
ment was not sectariaS instruction. The
question is one which the courts have
never before had an opportunity to try,
and the outcome has been awaited with
much interest.
\ Long-Distance Talk.
On Sunday, 18th ult., Thos. r. Smith,
superintendent of the Hudson
Bay Company at Victoria. B. c., held a
with Sir Donald Smith, over
the Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph
and Mackay-Bennett cable, concerning
the condition of Lord Ennismore, who is
i'll with typhoid fever in Victoria. The
wires worked well, but few seconds in
between question and answer.
Lord Ennismore's father, the Earl of
Listowell, is en- route to British Columbia
on account of the serious illness of his
son.
A Ship Railway That VIII Save 500
Miles in Crossing the Atlantic.
Plans for the proposed railway across
the isthmus connecting Nova Scotia with
New Brunswick, have been approved by
the Canadian Minister of Railways. Con-
tracts have already been awarded two
English capitalists aggregating IS, $780,
200, exclusive of terminals at either end,
which promise to prove most expensive. |
Vessels bound for Europe from Boston
md New York will save 500 miles by !
Utilizing this railway. They may sail |
Up the Bay of Fundy, after being hoisted |
1y hydraulic lifts, and be transported to |
he Gulf of st. Lawrence. The railway
will be about forty miles long. The con-
ract calls for the completion of the
work by 1892.
The Chester Disaster.
The Supervising Inspector General at
has decided that the local
Board of Steamboat Inspectors at San
francisco was justified in revoking the
license of Thomas Wallace, the Captain
nd Pilot Of the steamer City of Chester,
which collided with the Oceanic on Aug.
I'd last in San Francisco harbor. All
he grounds in opposition to the local
Boards decision were reviewed and the
evocation of the license must stand.
A New Panama Steamer.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
las ordered the construction by John
Cider & Co., Glasgow. builders, of a
900 ton steamship for service between
lew York and the Isthmus of Panama
Senjamin Post, until lately Chief En-
ineer of Jay Gould's steam yacht At
anita, has gone to the Clyde to suFerin-
end the vessels construction. The
teamer is to be called the City of
shanghai and is to be propelled by twin
crews.
Fastest Eastward Trip on Record.