The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
Spells Of Pen and Scissors From Many
Sources.

/ The Prince of Wales attended the
| American baseball match in London.
A paper makers trust has been
! formed in England with 100000
capital.
The Duke Of Cambridge ridicules
! Lord WOlseley's advocacy Of con-
scription in England.
1t Is reported that the divorce Oh
tanned by King Milan from Queen
| Natalie will be annulled.
The motion in the Canadian House
| Of Commons in favor of reciprocal
tariff with the United States, was re-
! jected.
Mary Anderson, the beautiful and
accomplished tragedienne, has been
| placed in a private insane asylum
in England.
Rev. Mr.. Taplin lost his life try
ing to rescue a lady from the burn
ing Coffee Palace, Adelaide, Aus
tralia, March 22d.
A steam tramcar was overturned
while going round a curve at Wigan,
Lancashire, G.. B., and twenty per
sons were killed or injured.
Lord Salisbury has complained of
"a cataract of falsehoOds" against
his administration. Perhaps the
cataract is all in his eye.
j. l.. Carew, a political prisoner in
Ireland, was stripped in Jail, but
rather than wear jail dress remained
naked in his cell for four days.
An aeronaut named Spencer made
an ascent from Calcutta, India, March
! 22d. He forgot his parachute, and
it is believed he has been carried
to sea.
The steamer Remus struck rock
within two days sail of Manila, was
foated off and then sunk in deep
water. Out Of 169 people on board,
~ were drowned.
The Chinese at Cheefoo are said
to be plotting the destruction or ex-
pulsion Of foreigners, and a British
corvette has in consequence been
despatched to the scene.
Creagh, a landlord, was shot dead
while driving to church at Quin,
| County Glare, on Sunday, March
10th. His sister, who accompanied
him, had the tip of her nose shot off.
The Due dAumale has returned
to Paris, where he was warmly well
coined. He publicly expressed his
gratitude to President Carnot for
the permission extended to him to
return from exile.
Calvert, a yarn spinner of Halifax,
England, has been sentenced to
term of fifteen months imprison-
ment for obtaining 100000 worth
of goods Immediately prior to his act
of bankruptcy.
O'Brien and Harrington, members
of Parliament, have refused release
from Jail to prepare their defense, as
they will not accept the condition
that they refrain from political agi-
tation whilst free.
Inhabitants of Shantung province,
! China, are committing suicide to es-
cape starvation. Contributions are
being made in the United States and
Canada, with the intimation that %
cents will save a life for month.
Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Chamber
lain have arranged a Unionist pro-
gramme for next session. 1t in
| cludes municipal self-government
and facilities for occupation Of land
in Ireland by small owners when or
der is restored.
The native laborers gathered by
the schooner Northern Belle, when
that vessel fOundered at the Banks
group lately, attacked and looted the
survivors, who were only rescued
with difficulty. Sixteen of the twenty
lives lost We're kanaka.
The reason given for the relief of
the British warship Calliope by the
Rapid at Samoa, which was decided
upon weeks before the hurricane, is
that it Is not considered desirable to
keep the crows more than a couple
of months in hot climate.
Chief Marshal Count Won Moltke
March 10th celebrated the SEVENTEEN
anniversary of his entrance into the
Prussian army, and was on the Occa-
sion the recipient of gifts from the
Emperor and Empress, and numer
Gus other presents and addresses.
DIR. Dale, the well-known indie
pendent minister of London, in
magazine article dealing with the
religious and moral aspect of
Australian life, doubts if secular
education has at all impaired the
religious faith of the colonists of
Victoria. The doctor has lately
paid an extended visit to Australia.
Sir John Lubbock, speaking at
meeting Of the London Chamber of
Commerce, strongly urged that the
Government should negotiate with
the European Powers for any agree /
ment whereby the present practice
OF capturing private vessels in time
of war should be abandoned. He
advocated the establishment of a !
permanent international Court of /
Arbitration for the settlement of in |
ternational disputes. Sir John ought |
TO have been at the Honolulu Debat- |
ing Society the other night