The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-05-11
Late Foreign News.
AMERICA.

New York, April Pit is re-
ported here on what is said TO be
high authority that President Cleve-
lands choice of Chief-Justice will
be Associate Justice Stephen j.
Field of California, the ranking
Democratic Justice on the Supreme
bench, and brother of David Dudley
and Cyrus w. Field. Minister
Phelps will then be nominated as
Associate Justice in Fields place,
and ex-Mayor Cooper of this city
as Minister to England in Phelps
place. Cooper, who is brother-in-
law and partner of Mayor Hewitt,
was candidate for the place when
President Cleveland assumed office,
and the failure to appoint him caus-
ed much disappointment in Demo-
cratic circles here, as Cooper had
contributed heavily to the campaign
fund in 1884. His appointment at
this time would, it is thought, indiJ
cate that politics are becoming
bigger factor in the policy of the
Administration now than at the be-
ginning of the Presidential term.
Advices from Panama are to
March 31st. Religious instruction
has been made compulsory in the
public schools of Colombia. The
Bishop of Carthagena has issued
pastoral letter against Freemasonry.
In the election in Ecuador on March
18th there was a riot, the citizens
being attacked by the troops, but
the popular candidate, Eloy Alfaro,
was elected President. Times are
hard in Peru, many mines being
closed and work being scarce in the
towns. The population of Costa
Rlca by last DEFENDERS census is
200, 1877, importations So, 500, 014 for
the year, and exports $6,236, 1858.
Salt Lake City, April PA dis
patch received this afternoon from
General John T. Game at Washing
ton says, President Cleveland has
pardoned d. ii. Scheltler, who is
now serving term in Utah peniten-
tiary for unlawful cohabitation.
Scheltler is cashier of the Zion
Savings Bank, and refused to pro-
mise to obey the law when he was
sentenced, for which Judge Zane
lectured him severely, telling him
that if man in his position could
not live under the laws of his coun-
try he had better get up an leave it.
Louisville (Ky.), April 24-The
report of the commissioners appoint
ed to investigate absconding Treas
urer Tate's office was submitted to
the Kentucky Legislature to-day.
1t contained no sensational disclos-
ures, the deficit being placed in the
neighboreood of $3.50, 900.
San Francisco, April 24-The
Centennial Hotel at Butte, Nj. r.,
was burned yesterday, and two per-
sons were fatally and others less
seriously injured.
San Bernardino is suffering from
the depredations of an apparently
organized gang of burglars and rob-
bers.
The trial of s. p. Maslin, clerk
of the Board of Examiners, for
throwing Reporter Carson out of the
Governors office, was begun in the
Sacramento Police Court yesterday
and some amusing features were
presented.
The construction of the Southern
Pacific branch road from Huron tt
the coal mines near there is TO begir
to-day.
Washington, April 24.-The De
mocratic caucus last night discussed
the Republican committees ultima
tnm on the tariff debate, and tn
general sentiment was that it wa
inexpedient at this time to limit tn
debate. The following resolution
was adopted.