The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-09-10

The encouragement of maritime
commerce and increased energy in
the construction of navy.
American Affairs.
Four nnurderers of women, Patrick
Packenham, Jack Lewis (colored),
James Nolan and F. Carolan were
hanged in the yard Of the Tombs,
New York on the 23d. Packenham
and Nolan were hanged on one scat
fold. They died easily being dead
eight minutes after they were jerked
into the air. Lewis and Carolan
were hanged on another scaffold.
Their execution was a horribly bung-
ling job and they slowly strangled
to death, their bodies being horribly
contorted. These are probably the
last executions in New York under
the old method, electricity having
been adopted as the mode hereafter.
An anti-Chinese agitation has
started among the laundry en-
ployes of st. Louis. A parade of
$500 white girls is being arranged.
Once fairly started, the agitation
will grow with the growth of Chinese
population.
1t is reported that a book trust
will be organized with English capt.
tai, the amount necessary being
S10,OOO,O00. The New York Sun
says the plan mapped out is that an
English syndicate shall buy outright
the business of the leading publish
ers of cheap novels in New York and
Chicago.
Jimmy Hope, the noted bank
burgler, has been released from the
Auburn, New York, penitentiary, and
has gone to New York city. Bank Off
cials there have good reason to ex-
anime their safes and vaults.
1t is announced that the South
Fork Fishing Club will reconstruct
the dam at the lake, head of Cone
maugh Valley. The people of Johns
town will resist to the end any such
scheme.
At the annual meeting at Niagara
Falls of the American Electric Light
Association, the fact was developed
that in the United States there are
in use 237 OF arc lamps and 2, 704, 768
incandescent lamps. The growth of
this industry is simply wonderful.
1t seems but a couple of years since
Edison was engaged in perfecting
his incandescent lamp and hunting
through the entire field of nature for
suitable filament, and to day nearly
100000 lamps are in almost con-
slant use.
The business portion Of Selma,
Cal, was burned out on the morning
of the 18th inst. The damage is
$4,000, and insurance $4,000.
Foreign Affairs.
The Grecians have failed to get
the consent of the Powers to their
acquisition of Crete. England will
probably get the island.
The betrothal is announced at
Berlin of the Duke of Nassau to
of Emperor William of Germany.
Sir Edward Watkin proposes, if
ever he gets his channel tunnel cut
through, to run trains direct from
London to Gibraltar, transfer by
boat to Tangier, and thence along
the north coast of Africa, through
Egypt, down the Persian Gulf to
Kurrachee, and so on to Calcutta
without change of cars.
According to reports Haytian
affairs have taken another turn, and
Legitime is again in the ascendant.
A more important rumor is that
France is furnishing him with funds.
If he finally gets on top French in
fuence will be in the ascendant
We may yet have to intervene in
Hayti in behalf of American inter
ests and humanity.
1t is said that English capitalists
have, within the past two years, in
vested over $320,0O0,00O of their sur
plus capital in foreign countries.
A large portion of it came to this
country; S122,000,000 was sent to
Buenos Ayres.
A special envoy of King Humbert
of Italy has presented Thomas A.
Edison with the insignia of Grand
Officer of the Grown of Italy. Edi-
son thus becomes a count and his
wife a countess.
Sir Robert Thorburn, Premier of
Newfoundland, has informed Sir
John Macdonald that he cannot
accept his proposition to submit the
question of that colony entering the
Dominion, at the polls at the ap-
preaching Newfoundland elections.
Sir Robert says the movement is
not popular, and that the people of
the island are afraid Of Canada's
debt, which in proportion to the
population, or per capita, is six times
as large as their own.
Eiffel Tower shares are now nego-
table in the European stock mar
kets. They are 10,200 in number, of
500 francs Tor f20 each), issued at
par, entirely paid up and negoti-
able by bearer. According to re-
port issued, the receipts of the
tower from May 18th to July 18th
amounted to 1,899,S60 francs. From
July 18th to July 23d the receipts
were 293,3S francs, the grand total
being, therefore, 2,193,24 francs, or,
in English money, 667,730. This
gives an average of more than
tl,274 for each day between the
periods mentioned, so that so far M.
Eiffel under rather than over esti-