The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-04

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Hanover, Germany.
American Notes.
/ Seventeen bombs were accidentally
/ discovered in pile OF scrap iron at the
/ Newport Steel Mills, Cincinnati. They
had evidently been made for long time,
and, if not found, would have been
| thrown into the retort to be melted and
/ worked over into new iron.
A case OF leprosy has been discovered
at Chicago, the victim being Dane who
/ has been in this country for eighteen
years.
General Seho6eld has been placed at
\ the head of the United States forces.
! Charles Croker, one of the California
/ railroad kings, died on August 18th, at
/ Monterey He was 80 years and II
months old al the time OF his death, the
/ immediate cause OF which was diabetes
/ snd pleurisy. Mrs. Croker was in the
/ East at the time her husband was taken
| i'll, and hurried out in q special train,
arriving only at Chicago on the day OF
| his death. The deceased was buried on
August 10Th.
! 4 resolution has been introduced in
Congress for the appointment OF COM
/ mission to examine into the practicable
4 ity OF the pneumatic tube system in con-
nection with the postotfice department.
Efforts are being made TO supplant
! Chinese labor, in the vineyards and
/ orchards of California, by boys who re-
ceive 4 dollar q day and their board.
! Yellow fever and smallpox are re-
ported from Cuba, while the yellow
| fever in Florida is still prevalent.
! Hanlan's son, while playing with
| matches, set fire TO his clothes and was
burned to death.
The race between Teemer and O'Con-
nor, for the championship OF America,
will be rowed on September Goth.
4 system OF wholesale robbery has
/ been discovered in connection with the
| Chicago postoffice. Tens OF thousands
Of letters have been stolen with enclo-
| sures of drafts, checks, money orders
and other negotiable documents. The
| aggregate value of the property stolen
| will De $1,O00.00O, a quarter OF
| which has been traced and discovered.
Two men, named Frederick Won Ober-
| kampt and Thomas j. Mack, are in
custody, and the former has confessed
his guilt.
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imously passed the House.
Miscellaneous.
The business portion OF the city OF
| CAYENNE, British Guiana, has been
| burned, the loss being 81 100000.
The Japanese Government has de-
cided to spend Gl0, 900 in FIVE years
for the purpose OF purchasing men-of-
4 war
In October the Barring Bros. will issue
! the stock OF g company, with q capital
Of ten million pounds sterling, to work
/ for s concession to supply Buenos Ayres
| with water.
| There has been-a successful revolution
at Port-su-Prince, the Government be-
| ing overthrown and the President taking
refuge on an English mau-of-war. Adj
miral Luce has been directed to proceed
there Immediately in the I. S. S. Ga
lena, as the presence OF an American
| man-ofwar is needed.
Prince Joseph of SaIe-Coburg-GOtha
has died Of Inflammation OF the lungs.
Thirty conyicts; en- route TO Siberia,
made desperate effort to escape.
Eleven were killed, ten wounded and
six escaped.
The Lip4ri volcano is again in q state
OF eruption. Two severe shocks OF earth
quake were felt in Maine on the morning
OF August 18th.
The London Board OF Trade returns
show a decrease in both the import and
export trade with Canada, but rapid
| increase in her trade with other colonies
There has been 4 terrific storm in
Austria. Lightning set fire to twenty
| houses in the Isci district; crops and or
charzis are damaged, and the ground is
/ covered with dead cattle and birds.
From Montreal come similar reports OF
houses being set on fire, people killed
and property destroyed. The storm &C.
/ Cured on August 18th.
Sweeping changes are being made IN
/ the command OF the German army, and
| there is great activity in every depart
meut. The Emperor's anger has been
/ melted BY the Russian Government, and
| the situation is more threatening than
! ever it was. The Emperor gallOped to
| the barracks at Potsdam at ) a m,
turning all the troops out to check pre-
/ tended invasion OF the enemy from Span
/ deau. Superior officers who were slow
/ IN turning out have been punished
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/ a general strike this week and the fight
IS expected to be bitter one. 1t will
probably tie Up al shipping besides pre-
venting any exports OF coal.
shipping Record.
The following is the latest shipping
( news:
San Francisco Arrivals: August
18th, schr. Golden Fleece, p days from
HiIo; August 18th, Haw. bark W. 3.
Godfrey, y days from Honolulu.
I Departures: August 18th, bktne. 5. n.
/ Castle for Honolulu.
The bark Alex. Mcneil, Capt. Friis,
sailed for Sydney on August 10th.
| The bark ". B. Godfrey had her bow
smashed in, and her rigging and forward
deck damaged by being run Into BY the
ship Ivanhoe.
Some Of the sailors Of the Ferris 5.
( Thompson were arrested for refusing to
( obey orders and INSTRUMENTATION on their
I last trip from Honolulu As their Of
I lenses had not been entered, at the time,
4 In the log, nor read to the men, the
I charges against them were dismissed.
NEw YoRK, August 16th-Ivy sailed
I for Honolulu, after repairing from her
collision.
AUCKLAND, august I7th-S. ). Tea
T landia from Honolulu
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