The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-03-06

ferry companies, compelling the lat
ter to tow vessels wherever the mas
tiers choose.
Thomas Edison, as inventor, and
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, as owners, have received letters
patent On the new harmonic tele-
graph method of transmission by
which two or more messages may be
sent in the same or different direc-
tons on the same wire.
}. g. LATER of Watrous, New Mex
leo, has been arrested on charge of
numbering John Clifford. rich lum-
Der merchant, in June, 1882, for
which Lafer's twin brother was con
victed and sentenced to ten years in
Sing Sing. James @. is a graduate
of Cornell and his brother William of
Yale.
In the French House of Deputies
the Under Secretary of the colonies
stated that the actual expenses of the
Indo-Chinese account do not exceed
100000 francs. Troops have been
reduced to 10000 men. After debate
President Tirard called on the Cham
Der for a credit of 19,900,000 francs,
10000 less than originally asked The
credit was adopted.
From San Reno, Feb. 18th, it is
said: The Crown Prince passed an
excellent night. He sat up three
hours yesterday and remained up
longer to-day. His appetite is good
and there are no indications of fever
or bronchitis. The Crown Princess
devotes her whole time to the invalid
and scarcely quits the sick room.
A pathetic story is that of a land
claim of Miss Della Campbell, to
quarter section in San Luis Obispo
county, Cal. She came to San Fran
cisco to press her claim at the Land
Office, the excitement made her in
sane, and she was found dead from a
pistol shot evidently fired by her own
hand. Now the Land Office has al
lowed her claim, the property falling
to her heirs, father and mother liv-
ing in Texas.
Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy
died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, Feb.
18th, aged "a. Archbishop Lamy
was born in France, ordained a priest
in 1888, and came to America in 1889
and to Santa Fe in 1851, after being
ordained bishop of Agathon and
Vicar Apostolic of New Mexico. The
present prosperity and power of the
Catholic Church in the Southwest is
due almost wholly to the tireless and
unceasing labors of this able man.
Miss Maria A. Brown of Boston is
in Washington looking for an appro-
priation of $4,000 to pay the ex-
penses of herself and other antigua
rians while they hunt through the
libraries of Europe for proof that
Left Ericsson discovered America
about the year 1000. She has already
spent much time across the water in
pursuit of that object, and there are
those who say she will get the appro-
priation.
New York society was agitated
over the marriage, to have taken
place on Feb. 14th, of Lieut.. Bettini,
a penniless italian officer, to Miss Dais
Abbott, a graceful brunette, striking
ly handsome, and the heiress of a
great New York City estate. Bettini
gained notoriety in 1883, by shooting
three bullets into himself, on the steps
of the house of Mrs. Josephine Aver,
widow of the wealthy patent medicine
manufacturer, because Miss Aver re-
jected his addresses.
Parnell, in speaking on the reply
to the Queens speech, said his party
had special interest in facilitating
business. Looking forward to the
in the near future of
better government in Ireland, it was
their direct interest to assist the Gov
to diminish the facilities for
He concluded by NOV
ing an amendment representing that
only the remedial portion of last |
sessions Irish legislation tended to
diminish crime, whereas the re-
pressive measures had done much to
ALLEVIATE the sympathy and respect of |
Irish subjects For the law, and that |
the administration of the Crimes Act, |
as well as much of the general action
Of the Executive, had been harsh and /
partial.
The Supreme Court at Washington
has decided against the steamer in
the case of the United States against
the British steamer Strathairly, a
libel to recover $4,000 in penalties
for alleged violation of United States
statutes relating to Chinese immi-
grants. The California Circuit Court
sustained exceptions to the libel and
the bill. Now the Supreme
Court, in an opinion by Justice
Matthews, holds that the libel sets
.orth sufficient cause of action, upon
proof of facts, for the United
States to recover under the
irst and second commits. but that If