The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-12-06

There was only a small crowd at the
station, and there was no cheering Oh
uncovering of heads.
A special dispatch to the London
Times from Tientsin says the Chinese
Government has learned that a secret
treaty has been concluded between Rus
STA and Corea, providing for a Russian
protectorate of Corea.
Messrs. Oussiannekoff, grain mer-
chants of Odessa, Russia, have failed,
their liabilities amounting to one million
of rubles. The creditors are chiefly
English and German. This failure has
wrecked two firms at Moscow and six at
| Odessa.
| John Dillon will visit Australia this
winter. His health is badly broken, and
the doctors have ordered him to spend
| the winter in warmer climate. While
in Australia he will do what he can to
further the cause of Ireland.
A London despatch of Nov. 20 says
the British cruiser Hyacinth has taken
possession of the Cook Islands in the
name of the British Government.
American Affairs.
1t is expected by the assignees of
| William 7. Coleman & Co. that a settle
ment with the creditors on a basis of 40
| cents on each dollar of the Indebtedness
| will soon be made A large majority of
the creditors have signed a conditional
| agreement accepting the terms offered.
There has been great loss of time in
reaching the creditors, who are scattered
over all the world.
1t is understood in Washington that
the plans and specifications for the new
armored battle-ship Texas, which were
purchased in England by the Navy De-
partment, have turned out to be entirely
useless. Inquiry at the Navy Depart
ment could elicit nothing on the sub
ject.
The steamer La BOurgogne, which ar
rived at New York November 10Th,
brought the remains of Mrs. Deacon, the
daughter of Rear Admiral Baldwin.
Mrs. Deacon died on shipboard on the
same day on which her father died,
1t is said by friend of Robert Garrett
that he will be removed this week to
Baltimore. This decision resulted from
the announcement of his doctors that he
cannot live much longer. He is daily
becoming more violent and unmanage-
able.
Harrison's plurality in Pennsylvania
was 1851.
A rumor is gaining currency in Wash
ington that Cleveland contemplates ap-
pointing his Private Secretary Namont)
Judge-Advocate General of the United
States army in place of General Swain,
now under suspension. An earlier re-
port says Cleveland and Lamont will
possibly become residents Of New York
Cleveland was to take a long vacation
after retiring from office, possibly max
ing trip to the Pacific Coast. Bayard
goes into complete retirement at Will
mington. Secretary Whitney will visit
i'll i L.. L.
and law practice; Endicott will go back
to Salem; Garland returns to the prac-
tice of law in Washington, and Dickin-
sons course is undecided
There was an immense throng at Lord
Saekville's residence in Washington on
the 18th, when the aCctioneer was the
master OF ceremonies. PEOPLE bid high
for articles that they could not See for
the crowd, in feverish anxiety to get
mementoes of something English, you
know" to remember Lord SackviIle by.
A shoal discovered by Capt. Edmund
son OF the British ship Druml&nrig, 35
miles southeast of the Farallones, not
being on the map is attributed to an up
heaval by the recent earthquake 1t is
not dangerous to navigation.
It is believed by Whalemen in San
Francisco that the whaling bark known
as Ohio No. z, which was last seen off
Cape LisboUrne, on October Sd, is lost
The missing whaler was built in Balti-
more in 1880, and she and her catch are
valued at $l5, 900.
The Cunarder Etruria, that reached
New York Nov. 49, was swept by tidal
wave the previous Tuesday, when one
sailor was killed.
A rumor got about in New York on
the 10Th that the Cunarder Aurania, sail
ed thence on the 18th, had collided with
and sunk the Hamburg packet Suevia,
then overdue. Nothing was known of
such disaster at the offices of the two
lines.
@. w. Oldreive, of Boston, scarcely
out OF his teens, on the 18th made a 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 a miniature man-of-war. They are
air-tight, 3 feet 4 inches long, inches
wide and inches deep. Each has a
hole in the center large enough to hold
mans foot. On the bottom are four
square "fns 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 confiscA |
ton for violation of the blockade of the |
port of st. Marc and for actively partici- |
patfng in the rebellion of the northern |
districts of Hayti. The sentence of the |
court was passed on October 3Ist 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-
November Sd and nrotested |