The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-05-29

greatest loss thus far is to the rail-
road, submerged sawmills and bust
ness houses. -Four inches of melting
snow have fallen, and was still fall !
ing, April go
The dueIists are at it again in
Paris The encounter which cost |
Dupuis, the artist, his life is likely to
be followed by another. The princi-
pals are the Duke de Grammont, the
wellknown sportsman, and NJ. Rain
bault, fellow-member of Cercle de
la Royale. The latter was very
pointed in joke he told at the ex-
pense of the former, who, in his
anger, struck Raimbault in the face.
The New York Times, May 1st,
says: An official, Charles l. Debaun,
Assistant Cashier, whose twenty years
of service in the National Park Bank
had led to implicit confidence in his
honesty, has taken from its funds
nearly 100000 by an ingenious sys
tenn Of classifying the books of which
he had control. The defalcation can
not seriously affect the bank, as it is
one of the richest banks in New York.
The officers of the bank are very re-
ticent. A meeting of the bank direc
tors was subsequently held, and the
amount of the defalcation was ordered
to be charged to profit and loss ac-
count.
The rock train on the Magdalena
branch of the Santa Fe Railroad
ran away May LIST. A few miles from
Socorro the road comes in on heavy
down grade, and when about four
miles from the town the air brakes
gave away and the engine, not able
to hold the train, it dashed through
the town of Albuquerque at ire
mendous rate of speed. An old Mex
lean woman, Josefa Jaramillo, walk
ing on the track, was run over and
her body was torn to pieces. All the
men jumped and saved themselves.
The engine and four cars were piled
up in the ditch.
The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church opened
its session in the Metropolitan House,
New York, May 1st. Long before the
appointed hour the vast auditorium
commenced to fill up with ministerial
delegates. The Bishops occupied
seats on the stage. The galleries and
boxes were crowded with ladies and
gentlemen. Bishop Bowman, the
senior Bishop, presided, and conduct
ed the exercises. The number of
ministerial delegates elected was 266,
and the number of lay delegates It's.
Among the lay delegates were six
women. Every State and Territory
in the Union was represented, and
there were delegates from Canada,
Mexico, China, Japan, Africa, Italy,
Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzer-
land and India
In the little town of Arandas, Mex
leo, during the performance of a
drama called "After Death" the actor
who was to feign death fell to the
floor and really expired. When this
fact was announced, intense excite
ment prevailed in the audience, and
people rushed from the place pell
NELL, tramping over each other in
their efforts to reach the street
The statement of the public debt of
Canada on the Both of April last
shows total gross debt of $276,632,
163, with assets of $48, 1896, 292, leaving
the net debt 1927, 935,676.
The Democratic State Convention
of New Hampshire met on the first
of May. 1t was the largest ever held
in the State. j. NJ Mitchell, who was
elected President, delivered an adj
dress, which was frequently applaud
ed. The resolutions adopted heartily
indorse the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland, and earnestly recon-
mend him for denomination. They
approve of the Presidents message
to Congress on the subject of tariff
reform and the reduction of war
taxes. Daniel Corners, Joseph c.
Moore, Alva W. Sullaway and Frank
Jones were elected delegates to the
National Convention. They are I'M
instructed, but are all for Cleveland.
A New York despatch of April IA
LAS 6ue lOIIOWI'IS' hdIIleG DeecAeI
Stowe is failing. Her memory grows
daily more treacherous. There are
intervals not unfrequent during
which she forgets the names of
friends, loses track of her own bust
ness concerns, and cannot speak ac-
curately of events of the past. In
some of these forgetful intervals she
has denied all acquaintance with peo-
pie whom she is known to delight to
honor. Her condition is not unlike
what Emerson became. The author
lied biography of Mrs. Stowe will be
written by Florine Thayer McCray,
whose house is not far from Mrs.
Stoves residence in Hartford
4 newspaper correspondent writ
ing from Berlin, under date of April
18th says: A strong picture of the
devotion of the Empress Victoria to
her husband is offered Since her
husbands sickness she has not been
absent from his bed. She personally
superintends in the kitchen, cooking
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