The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-17
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.


South Pacific.
An officer and two seamen belong
ing to German warship were killed |
by the insurgents at Bagamoyo.
Ten thousand weavers in the cot
ton factories at Thizy have struck.
Fears are entertained that the strike
will extend to Lyons
The immense soap and perfume
mandatory of David & William
Gibbs was burned in London. Loss
over one million dollars.
A conflict occurred between the
strikers and military at Essen. The
soldiers fired upon the strikers, Kill
ling three and wounding five.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says a
high Russian officer has been arrested
for attempting to shot the Gar. He
fired a pistol, but the shot missed
the Car by only a few inches. He
was prevented from firing another
shot.
A Herald's Montreal dispatch says
that there is we'll authenticated ru-
NOR that the steamship Lake On
tario fonndered in the gulf and sank
with all hands. She sailed for Liver
pool with full list Of cabin pas
sengers.
George McLaren, a naturalist
visited Lower California few
months ago. He found enough curl
! osities in animal life to pay all his
expenses and he left with $3.50 coin
for another trip. He discovered six
new species Of tarantulas, and a new
lizard that double discounts the ella
monster in ugliness and ferocity.
Baron Reuter- has obtained con-
cession from the National Bank of
| Persia for power to issue bank notes
| for twice the amount of the banks
capital, which notes are to be the
| legal tender of the country. A con-
| cession has also been granted to
| Baron Reuter- to work coal and other
mines.
A conspiracy has been discovered
among the military officers stationed
in st. Petersburg, and large num-
Der of the cOnspiratOrs have been ar
rested. In their possession were
found papers which proved they
intended to make an attempt to as
sassinate the Gar. A number of
bombs were also found.
Furious forest fires have ragged in
the northern parts of Minnesota and
! Wisconsin. An immense amount of
damage has been done, and for miles
Oh three sides of Duluth the fire
ragged among the pines. Many
country residences have been de-
stroyed. On the Hartmantown road,
near Duluth, every dwelling for four
miles is destroyed.
A railway train with 800 pilgrims,
en- route to Rome, was assaulted by a
mob at Trieste and bOmbarded with
stones. The train hurriedly left the
station to escape the missiles, and
was attacked in a similar fashion at
several other stations. Twenty-four
persons were severely injured and
the railway carriages were almost
wrecked.
In London the police made raid
and captured large number of
notabies gambling in the Field and
Adelphi club. The persons arrested
were arraigned. The Earl of Dud-
ley and Lord Lurgan were among
the prisoners. The police admitted
that the peers were not members of
the Field Club, but stated that they
resorted there for the purpose of
gambling. The case was continued
| for one week.
Twenty people were killed March
25th in a collision on the Tientsin-
Tong-ku section of the China Rail
way. The volcano Meharaizan, on
the Vries island, is in active erup
ton Demands on the Hongkong
and Shanghai Bank at Manila re
Gently caused a furry in financial
circles. A new epidemic more deadly
than cholera has made it's appear
ance in the region about Cape
Misaki.
Captain Weissman with a force of
200 sailors, all blacks, were in an en-
gagement at Zanzibar with chief
Bnshiri's force. The battle resulted
in a victory for Weissman, who cap
tured Bushiri's camp. The camp
was defended by 600 rebels. Eighty
of Bushiri's men were killed and
twenty captured. On the German
| size IOFCy DldcKS were killed.. An
officer and other whites were slightly
wounded. Bushiri fed.
Seventy families were rendered
homeless by fire which swept the
suburban village of Moreland near
Chicago. The fire started in the
Presbyterian Church and burned al
together thirtyeight buildings, in
Guiding most of the village stores
and many residences. The families
burned out were mostly in poor cir
cumstances. The loss is estimated
at 100000, insurance about S50,000
A incendiary attempted to burn the
remainder of the town.
It may be worth placing on record
Says the Vienna correspondent of
the Daily Chronicle that the 18th of
March-the date of the disastrous
hurricane at Samoa-was long ago
predicted by DR.. Rudolph Falb, the
eminent meteorological, as day on
which great atmospheric disturb
ances might be expected. It is also
worthy of note that on the 18th of
Al l.