The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-03
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
San Francisco, July Goth, per Bark
Forest Queen.
The Pacific Cable.

The Pacific Cable.
The following interesting intelligence
is dated Vancouver, B. c.. July 10th:
Owen Jones, a director of the Pa
! cific Gable Company, arrived here to-
day en- route to England. Mr.. Jones is
returning from trip to Australia in the
| interest of the company. The Austria
| liam, New Zealand and Hawaiian Gov
ernments agreed to subsidize the cable.
The Canadian and Imperial Govern
ments undoubtedly will do the same.
The laying of the cable, therefore, is as
sured within a few months, especially
as the present break in the Eastern
cable and interruption of cOmmunica-
ton with Australia has shown the ur-
| gent necessity of an alternative route.
| One OF the cOmpany's directors and an
original promoter of the scheme is Sand
! ford Fleming. In order to permit MIR.
! Jones to communicate with him, the
manager of the Canadian Pacific Com
| pany's telegraph placed a wire at his dis
pOsal and for three and half hours
| Fleming and Jones held conversation,
answers following questions almost as
rapidly as though both were in the same
room, instead of being $500 miles
apart. Jones expressed his delight and
which, he considers, surpasses that of
any other line of such length. Jones ex-
pressed strong opinion as to the i'm
pOrtance and value of the new route
through the British possessions for COM
municatiOn between England and the
| colonies, in itself showing the great ad-
vantage of the Canadian over the pres
ent route. Fleming telegraphed that he
will meet Jones at Winnipeg. Now that
the cable scheme is assured, Jones says
that direct steamship communication
| between Australia and British Columbia
will undoubtedly be inaugurated.
Mr.. Randall is improving in health.
General Boulanger is much improved.
General Sheridan's condition is said
to be critical.
An earthquake shock slightly distul bed
the town of Dumfries, Scotland.
The Democrats and Greenbackers of
Michigan have agreed on fusion ticket.
Mrs. Tully, a young bride of Memphis,
was drowned by the upsetting of boat
above Niagara Falls, her body being
swept over the falls. Another lady with
her was rescued.
The Pope in conversation stated that
he does not intend to leave Rome, and
expressed regret that his last note to the
Irish clergy in regard to the political
situation has been misinterpreted.
On the strength of information re-
ceived that cholera is prevalent in Hong
kong, the health authorities of San Fran
cisco are considering the advisability of
declaring Hongkong an infected port.
The Communal and Provincial Re-
form Bill, giving 100000 artisans the
rIrt0k 80 49, ,sr,Ao l.
passed the Italian Chamber of Deputies, |
July 10Th, by vote of 269 ayes to 81 |
noes.
King Milan of Servia is reported to be !
preparing a statement explaining his |
reason for seeking divorce from Queen |
Natalie. He says he wanted to rescue |
his son from Natalie's influence, and |
does not want a divorce to remarry.
One of the three anarchists captured |
in Chicago has made an extended con-
fesslOn, exposing very formidable /
dynamite plot for the destruction of pro- |
perty and killing of all who had been |
prominent in prosecuting the Anarchists. |
The new steel cruiser Charleston was |
successfully launched from the yard of |
the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. |
on the 18th, in presence of an immense |
crowd. Miss Scott performed the chris
tening ceremony with bottle of cham
payne.
The Senate was going to consider the
nomination of Melville w Fuller to the
Supreme Court on the goth. S. j.
Blodgett's nomination as District At
torney for New Jersey was rejected, it
being understood that serious charges
were proved against him.
A terrible rainstorm at Wheeling.
West Virginia, carried away a bridge.
and of 20 to 80 people thrown in the
water ten were supposed to be drowned. |
In the same part OF the country many
people were drowned in the food. Losses
to property are put at 100000
Benjamin Mckenzie, a counterfeiter
and member OF the Johnston gang,
has been arrested at Sarnia. This is
supposed to end the exploits which have
astonished all Canada. The gang flooded
the country successfully with Canadian
S. bills, American silver dollars and
American silver certificates. Mckenzie
accumulated 100000 in short time.
The Manitoba Government is nego-
tiating for the sale of the Red River Val
ley Railway to the Northern Pacific
Railway Company. What the parties
are sticking over is a guarantee sought
by the Government from the Northern
Pacific to maintain reasonable freight
rates on wheat and other grain between
Winnipeg and Duluth, to prevent the
possibility of any pooling arrangement
between the Canadian and Northern
Pacific companies. The Canadian Pa