The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-05-12
Late Foreign News.

ing, April 80, the following telegram
was received by Messrs. Goodall,
Perkins & Co., from their agents at
Port Hartford, regarding the wreck
of the Queen of the Pacific:
Queen laying on bottom off the
wharf. Send Monarch at once.
Sprung leak and full of water.
Particulars soon.
The tug Wizard was Immediately
ordered to Port Hartford to succor
the wrecked steamer.
The Queen of the Pacific, which
left this port at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, reached Port Hartford at
5 o'clock yesterday morning, half
full of water, from leak caused by
striking upon rock about fifteen
miles from the last mentioned port.
She was surrounded by life boats
containing women and children,
most of the male passengers remain
ing on board. She proceeded slow
ly to the wharf, where those still
aboard leaped ashore and the steam
err slowly sank to the bottom. The
passengers, 1i3 in number, none of
whom were lost, were taken to the
Hotel Maree, at Port Hartford, to
await the arrival of the Santa Rosa,
which left here yesterday afternoon,
to carry them to their several desti-
nations.
New York, April Pin CONNIE
moration of the anniversary of the
birthday of General Grant an elabo-
rate banquet was given at belmont
co.'s tonight. AS was most fitting,
arrangements for the affair were
made by the old comrade of the
dead General and President, Gene
raj w. T. Sherman. About $50 per-
sons were present. The walls of the
banquet-room were almost concealed
with flags and bunting, and at the
| head of the room were three oil
paintings, representing the dead
soldier in his military uniform and
in civilians dress. The seat at Gen
eral Sherman's table which was to
have been occupied by the late Ros-
coe Conkling was vacant, and on
the chair was hung a heavy wreath
of laurel. Each table was presided
over by some distinguished soldier,
statesman or man of affairs, and on
either side of the presiding officer
were seated six or seven others.
May ga lot of liquor confscat-
| Il h., a
Alaska, was sold by the Marshal al
Portland, yesterday.
A Board of trade is to be perma'
nently organized at Albany next
Monday evening.
| Peter Burgeson went insane, ano
was found perched in tall tree
near Vancouver, w. T., yesterday
with Democratic primary election
ticket and a Salvation Army paper
in his pocket.
The Washington Territory Re
publican delegates to Chicago are
to against Blaine.
Chicago, May "A Burlington
freight tfain was badly wrecked at ;
late hour tonight near the stock
yards. The circumstances point L
the belief that it was the work of thu
strikers or sympathizers. The en-
CINE and two cars had passed whel
some unknown miscreant threw tn,
switch, and the next fifteen car
were Immediately derailed ant
piled up in a hopeless wrecl
In a ditch. As the switcl
was thrown man near the rear o
the train threw a tie on the track
wreclking the next three cars. A
the same time car of "dope" ma
terial of highly inAammabIe nature
used for oiling wheels, which was il
the centre of the train, was set o
fire.. The fire engines responded
the alarm and the flames were cor
fined to the original car. Tn
wrecked train was strewed along tn
track for nearly half mile.
Chicago, May "a special froI
Washington says: With signifcar
unanimity all of to-day's Washing
ton papers announce that Senate
Voorhees, has gone to Indiana o
law business. One newspaper state
that he left on Tuesday evening in
, mediately after his encounter wit
) Senator Ingalls,. learn to-nigl
> that Senator Voorhees, is in secll
Y sion at private hotel in this eli
: and has been there forty-e igl
5 hours. He has no idea of leayir