The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-05-21
which is to be the most powerful in
South American waters.

Adylces from MassOWah give the
details of the recent death of King
John of Abyssinia. He died OF
wounds received in battle when
his army was defeated by the Der.
wishes.
The American Duchess Of Mari
borough scored a success at the
Queens Drawing Room and kissed
Her Majesty.
4 great fire on March 9th burned
nearly 700 houses at Ichang.
The Paris Exposition will cost
SlO,OOO,OOO.
1t Is reported that a japanese
steamer line will make regular trips
to Guatemala.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg
say that arrests Of Nihiists are con-
stantly being made.
Predictions are made that the dis
astrous earthquake of 1855 will be
repeated this year at Toxic, japan.
1t is said that Judge Denny will
resign as adviser of the Corean King
if Yuan, the Chinese Resident, be
recalled.
1t Is rumored at Alexandria that
Sheik Senoussis, with his Lieuten
ants, Abou, Guiana and Iva, took
Khartoum and the Khalifa fed.
The Cronstadt police have dis
covered stores of explosives which
were to have been used in an at
tempt upon the life Of the Gar.
Sporting Notes.
1t is stated that the negotiations
for the international yacht race for
the Americas cup have fallen
through. The challenge which was
sent recently by Lord Dunraven to
the New York Yacht Club was form
ally accepted by a letter to his Lord
ship, but the conditions which that
club imposed as governing the race,
it is stated. were so different from
those in force when the race between
the Volunteer and the Thistle Oc-
Cured. and so unsatisfactory, that
Lord Dunraven felt compelled to de-
cline to accept them.
Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie
has been launched, and expert
yachtsmen are delighted with the
yachts lines. Her frames are of
steel, the topsides. deck and fittings
of teak, and bottom plankings of
hard wood. Her length is S. feet,
beam 1919, depth 116, tonnage 56.76,
length on the load water-lne just
under 20 feet.
Tom Avery, a well-known San
Francisco prize fighter, fell dead in
the ring at the Cremorne theatre on
Market street, while engaged in a
six-round set to with Ed CUTIE, a
recent arrival from the East.
Peter Jackson, the champion of
Australia and the Pacific slope,
fought to standstill in ten rounds
Patsy Cardiff of Minneapolis at the
California Athletic Club. The con
test, for $4,000 and the fame, was
bark and quick, but the Eastern man
lacked science, speed, hitting and
powers, and quickly showed
his deficiencies before Jackson. The
hall was crowded, and the
fight was a good one.
jackson showed few signs of
fatigue; his opponent was well
but he had been hit so often
he did not know where he was hurt
most. jackson goes to England.
American Affairs.
The st. Louis limited express on
the Grand Trunk Railroad jumped
the track and went over an embank-
ment a few miles from Hamilton,
Ont. The train was going at the
rate Of nearly a mile minute
Eight coaches were wrecked and
burned and over twenty persons
killed. The train started from
Windsor bound for Suspension
Bridge and the East. Immediately
after leaving the track the train
plunged over the embankment The
baggage-car telescoped the smoker
and then both caught fire. Those
who were free tried to save the pas
pinioned in the blazing
smoker, but without success. The
wrecking Of the water tank cut off
the supply of water. All that could
be obtained was dashed upon the
flames by means of pals.