The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-08

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publishing libelous matter against
/ him.
A crowd Of 500 persons rescued a
4 prisoner at Abbeyfeale, Ireland, and
stoned the police Fifteen officer:
were injured, four severely. The pc
lice were subsequently reinforced
and arrested five Of their assailants
The British gunboat Falcon has
sailed for Morocco, to resent an at.
tack of Moorish troops on the North
African Company's depot at Point
JUDY, in which the manager of the
depot was killed and others were
wounded
The Paris Municipal Council con
demned Boulanger's campaign, de
clared the Council ready to stand at
the head Of the people IN order to
save their liberties and preserve the
republic, and voted confidence in the
Ministry.
Senator Stanford's stables at Palo
Alto, Cal, have been burned, seven
valuable horses perishing among
them the trotter Norlaine that last
fall beat the worlds record for year
lings. Total loss estimated at $780,
600.
In the House of Commons, April
18th. Edward Heneage moved the
passage of a bill to legalize marriage
with deceased wife's sister The
motion occasioned sharp debate, but
was finally carried by vote Of 239 to
1S2.
One death occurred from yellow
fever at Santiago de Cuba and six at
Havana during the week ending
March 31st. Smallpox is increasing
in the vicinity of Havana. Smallpox
has made its appearance at Charles
ton, S. c., and Norfolk, Va
1t is estimated that 10000 persons
were parading in the Latin quarter
at Paris on recent Saturday even
ing in favor of Boulanger. They
were mainly tradesmen and working
people who gathered to defy the stu
dents, who are all Opportunists.
Mr.. Morrow has introduced a reso
luton in the House in favor of Sa-
moan independence. Also, bill to
enforce treaty restrictions on Chinese
immigration Also, to provide for
Pacific ocean survey to mark dangers
to navigation, and ascertain proper
locations for telegraph cables.
Pere Hyacinthe III a sermon advo-
Gated Casarism and advised the one
man power in the control of the
French nations destinies. He was
interrupted by a party of students in
the church. DR.. Loyson sharply re-
buked them, whereupon they made a
demonstration and left the church in
a body.
The great Colorado Montezuma
irrigation tunnel was completed re-
Gently. This tunnel is over one mile
long and runs under one of the
range of mountains composing the
Rockies" and with fifty miles of
canal will convey the water of the
Dolores river over the richest agri-
cultural valley in Colorado.
The United States Consul at Fayal,
under date of March 18th, informs
his Government that smallpox is
raging with intensity on one of the
islands. The Consul further says:
"The variola is not classed by the
Portuguese authorities as one of the
infectious diseases, and they give
clean bills of health at times, not
outstanding its presence"
Count de Marinprey in the French
Assembly strongly criticised a civil
ian, De Freycinet, being at the head
of the War Department. Premier
Floquet cited the successes of civil
ian War Ministers Of the ancient
monarchs, and referred to De Frey
cinet's patriotism in 1870 The As
sembly then adopted an order express
sing confidence in De Freycinet.
Sharp correspondence has taken
place between the Foreign offices of
Great Britain and the Argentine Re
public, concerning the sovereignty of
the Nayarin, OF Falkland Islands.
The islands lie directly in position
to control both the route round Cape
Horn and the one through the Straits
of Magellan Great Britain desires
to hold them for strategic reasons.
The Argentine Republic POUNDS its
claim to ownership of the group upon
from Spain, the latter
country having retained it by treaty
with England in It'll, and also the
absolute possession by the Spaniards
Of the whole group up to 1910
COLONIAL NEWS.