The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-04-10
LATEST FOREIGN news.
San Francisco, March 9th, per
s. s. Australia.
AMERICA.

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Jaw Gould was reelected President
of the Missouri Pacific on his return
from Europe.
Mayor Hewitt is mentioned as an
alternative to President Cleveland for
the Democratic Presidential nomina
tons.
William B. Allison has been nomi
mated for the Presidency by the Re
publican State Conventions of Ohio
and Iowa.
With the exception of the Burling-
ton and Northwestern the railroads
on March 26th advanced freights TO
the old rates.
Senator Stewart was moving to
prevent the Government from pro-
ceeding with suits TO vacate land
grants on the Pacific Coast.
The House Committee on Foreign
Relations unanimously reported ia
vorably Hills resolution ''to promote
commercial union with Canada"
Tascott, murderer of the million
ARE Smell in Chicago, is asserted to
be hiding in the mountains on the
line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
a Commissioner to the Australian
Centennial Exhibition has not yet
been named by the President. There
are several candidates from Cali
fornia.
Two mutinous convicts were shot
and killed by officers in Alabama.
The incident is attributed to law
prohibiting the whipping of refrac-
tory convicts.
The situation on the Upper Mis-
sour river Is identified with that of
the spring Of 1881, when disastrous
foods occurred destroying life and
property of great value.
Ohio is excited over charges
against three State Senators, of offer
ing to sell their votes on beef in
spection bill. for $1,000 each, to an
attorney of Armour q Co. of Chi
cago.
The Senate Commerce Committee
has reported in favor of quarantine
stations at San Francisco, San Diego
and Port Townsend, 100000 to be
appropriated for the first and $4,000
each for the two latter.
Mills was going to have a report
from committee on his tariff bill by
the 2Sth. He expected enough Re
publican votes to offset the Demo
Gratis against the bill, and there was
q chance of Randall supporting it
provided he got certain reductions.
Anxiety IS felt at New York for the
Yacht Cythera with w A. w. Stewart,
a prominent lawyer, his companion,
c. Smith Lee. and a crew of eight
men. which left for Bermuda March
IIth, before the great gale, and had
not arrived before the last steamer
left there.
The International Council of
Women opened in Washington on
the 18th. Susan B. Anthony pre-
sided and introduced delegates from
Norway. Finland, France, India, Ire
land. England and Canada. A hun
dred or more delegates were seated
on the stage.
q party of twenty-five alleged
bandits were arrested and jailed at
Matanzas, Cuba A Havana paper
has been suppressed for copying an
article from Madrid paper in criti-
cism of Minister Balagner. A fire
in a San Jose plantation destroyed
10000 arrobas of sugar cane.
The Senate Committee on Terri
tories reported in favor of admitting
new States only on terms of constitu
tional equality, which being impos-
sible for the present in the case of
Utah made it inadvisable to admit
that Territory as a State. A bill was
placed on the calendar for the adj
mission of Montana as State.
Stewart of Nevada has moved an
amendment to the bonds purchase
bill. the intended effect of which is to
place silver on a par with gold. 1t is
to allow owners of gold and silver
bullion to deposit such in the minis
and ASSAY offices of the United States,
ard receive coin certificates therefor.
gold at standard value and silver at
market value. The certificates are to
be legal tender for all dues and be
redeemable in gold or silver coin at
the option Of the Government.
4 New York despatch of March
oath reveals an alleged scheme Of
Gen. Blanco to secure American sup
port for a projected anti British revo-
luton. 1t was to have the body of
the patriot Gen. Baez, which had lain
at New York for fifteen years, accom-
panied on the United States ship
Pensacola by Americans qualified for
military command. These We're to
Join the revolutionary forces on arri-
val as officers, and Americans previ-
ously shipped to Venezuela as la
borers were to take part in the up
rising. The United States Govern
ment becoming suspicious refused
passage by the Pensacola to any but