The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-07-23

been definitely arranged, but the
price Is said to be SL500,000, of
which S1.00l000 VIII be in stock ard
the balance Is supposed to be the
amount Of the receivers certificates.
The Oregonian Railway Is 8 narrow
gauge, and, through connection
with another narrOw-gauge, gives
entrance into Portland.
The late Washington Irving
Bishops personal ownings did not
exceed 500, and this includes the
property in his pockets at the time
Of his death
The recent election in Pennsyl-
wanna and Rhode Island proved big
sst hack to the urohibiuonists. In
Pennsylvania the majority against
prohibition was $4,000.
Nina Van Zandt the proxy widow
OF Anarchist Spies. devotes herself TO
piano practice, and seems TO have
recovered from her attack of the
simulps. which led her to become the
champion female fool Of the country
The Navy Department directs that
on and after July L 1889. the national
flag Of the navy shall consist OF
forrv-tw2 stars. In honor Of the new
States. The War Department takes
different action, and Will no, alter
the flags till the formal admission Of
the four new States
In the mining statistics Bureau Of
the United States Geological Survey,
the following are the totals Of the
productions Of the United States for
1885: Pig iron (spot valueI, Sl0T,
100000: silver. S5900Qt1J: gold.
S33.175.U00; copper. S33,sS8,954;
lead. Sl5,924.95l; quicksilver, 81
+3l.I25: bitumin0us coal. SI22.+9I,-
81: petroleum. S241.59S,559: lime.
S2+.5z3.500: natural gas, 50. 662, 12S;
borax. S455.3+0; salt, S4.377.2
mineral waters, S1.709.300; mangan-
isa ore. S255.000: chrome iron. So
900. The total mineral production
of the United States for 1855 Is
placed at S591,659,931. This Is an
increase Of nearly fifty millions over
1887.
General R0secrans. President Of
the Society Of the Cumberland. has
received from the Committee Of
Arrangements at Chattanooga the
programme Of the next annual meet
ing Of the society in that city in Sep
TENDER. Fourteen local committees
have been organized. The prepare
tons now IN progress ara on a great
scale A very large reunion Of Con
taderata veterans VIII occur at the
same time.
The press Of the entire Territory
Of Arizona, Is up in arms against the
proposition Of returning Geronimo
and his Apache murderers from the
East to Arizona. The people all
stand by General Miles pOlicy.which
has given the Territory peace for
three years.
Foreign Affairs.
TIE Car Is to be crowned King Of
Poland.
DhuLaep Singh, the Indian Prince.
has been privately married TO Miss
Ada Wetherell in Paris.
s Russian naval officer has in
vented q method of searching tie
sea or coast by night. which does MT
reveal the position Of the ship. A
mortar fires a bouyant shell contain
ing d compound which iguites On
reaching the water and lights up tie
surrounding area.
The trial Of Boulanger has been
postponed till August.
Cholera Is raging to an alarming
extent at Canaan. In the Madras
district the dead number one thou
sand weekly.
The women employed in the rice
fields in Medicine, Italy, are on q
strike They have pilIaged q num-
Der Of bakers shops Troops have
b5en ordered out.
The Suez Canal Directors recon-
mend an annual dividend for 1889 Of
IS per cent
Nonsignor Persico, according to
thePalI Nall Gazette, reported to
the Pope that he had proofs Of the
intention Of the Irish to kill him
should he return to Ireland
The total length Of the submarine
cables at present in use Is given by
an Austrian paper at ll3,O3I miles.
Of this length, l02,53I miles belong
to various cable companies. and TO-
500 miles are Government property. /
Lord Charles Beresf0rd, speaking
at Nottingham said the Government /
had mIsled the country by making
out that the addition to the feet met
the full requirements Of the case.
because they had not allowed for
which amounted to two bat
tleships per year. Still he con
graduated the Government on the
splendid instalment they had voted, F..
for the loss Of these ships might cost I
her Empire. The arma
ments ofItaly, Germany, and France /
were superior to those Of Britain.
The Portuguese government has
cancelled the concession it had
for the building OF a
railroad at De Lagoa Bay The
British Consul at De Lagoa Bay
has asked that a man-of-war
be sent there to protect the in
tere-ts Of British subjects. 1t I.
Is reported that Germany Is backing
Portugal in an enGeayor to counter 4
act British influence IN Africa. Lord /.
IN the House of Lords, I