The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-01-29

far as the Dominion is concerned
never will be. the debt being already
something enormous in proportion
to the population,
The Samoan Troubles.
. The situation in Samoa is grayer
than ever. Almost daily cablegrams
come from Auckland bringing in
! formation of more fightin8 Tama-
sese's forces are reduced to hand
full, according to the latest informa
ton. \ battle was fought on the 18th
of December in which the Germans
/ lost 16 killed and IS wounded. That
day the man-of-war Adler went to
Lanta to disarm Mataafa's men. The
Germans landed some troops who
were at once attacked by body of
Mataafa's adherents led by j. G.
Klein, of the San Francisco Exam
liner The Germans had to return,
and contented themselves with BON
harding several villages. All the
white people have left Apia and gone
/ on board the men of war. j. c. Klein
IS well known in San Francisco. He
was formerly ON the Chicago Times
and Herald, and came here about a
year ago. The Examiner sent him
to Samoa at the beginning of the
outbreak.
Cleveland's Cabinet had confer
ence last week and the result is that
the men of-war Mohican and Wanda
liza have been ordered to Samoa to
reinforce the Dolphin, Adams and
Nipsic.
Consul Harold VI. Sewell has made
a full statement to the Senate For
eign Relations Committee The
Committee, it was understood, has
decided on energetic action 1t is
believed, however, that Bayard will
not have the backbone to sustain any
such action.
The Chinese Question.
The Chinese question is engross-
ing much attention. The State
Board OF Trade and the Federated
Trades Committee have had their
conference and the result is that
both sides favor running Labor
trains into the interior during the
busiest part of the fruit and hop
season. The Federation guarantees
plenty of men if the farmers will
supply them decent accommodations.
The Examiner which started the
whole inquiry has organized a white
labor bureau to which fruit growers
can apply if necessary. The same
journal will run the labor trains.
Something OF q sensation has
been caused by a letter of c. Z.
Huntington to the New York Cham
Der OF Commerce asking that body
TO recommend the repeal of the
Exclusion Act. Huntington attri-
buted the opposition TO Chinese to
the hoodlum element alone. As the
California Legislature will pass
resolutions this week opposing Hun
tington's proposition his argument
will be well answered. The trouble
with Huntington. as stated by the
Examiner, Post, New York Tribune
and Times and other papers. is that
his steamship company, the Occi-
dental and Oriental. is losing money
in consequence of the cutting off of
the cooie trade. The losses are fixed
at $4,000 a month.
The case of Chae Chan Ping has
been appealed to the United States
Supreme Court to test whether the
Scott Law applies to Chinese labor
ers who have return certificates. |
Judge Sawyer. it viii be remem-
bered, ruled that it did. Ex-Gov-
ernor Hoadley of Ohio will repre-
sent the Chinese and the Supreme
Court Will hear the arguments on |
the second Monday in March
Sporting.
Sullivan and Kilrain met at To
ronto on the It'll inst. and signed |
articles to fight for $4,000 and the
belt now held by Kilrain. The fight
Is to take place within 100 miles of
New Orleans. on the 6th Of July.
The referee is to be chosen at the
side Of the ring. 4 deposit Of 5000 |
was made and 5000 more Is due on
April 18th at the office Of tbs New
York Clipper. This precludes the
possibility of a fight between Jack
son and kilrain. Thus far Jackson
has paid no attention to McAuliffe's
to fight return battle for
q stake OF S5,0Q0 a side.
Spalding's Australian tour closed
on the 18th inst. The combination is
now Oh the way to Ceylon and
thence It Will go to Calcutta, Delhi.
Alexandria, Cairo. Con 4
stantinople, Berlin, Vienna, Brus-
sells. Rome, Naples, Florence, Paris,
London, Dublin. Belfast, Glasgow,
Cork and Liverpool The players
VII be in New York by the middle
Of April
Jake Gaudaur. the Oarsman, has {
issued a challenge to William
O'Connor, Of Toronto, to row
three miles for $1,000 and the cham
Of America, either at New
Orleans, Galveston or San Francisco,
about March 1st. O'Connor has
accepted, the place to be San Fran ]
cisco.
Billy Mahan, Of San Francisco;
md George 8Iulholland, Of Austria
IL, light weights. fought eighty ]
seven rounds at the G0lden Gate I