The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-19

Foreign Affairs
The New York Herald has pub
lished a London edition. There was
/ great excitement over its delivery on
Sunday morning when every avail
able hanson cab in London was used
for its prompt distribution. An
/ enormous edition was circulated.
Prince Bismarck Is said to be
threatened with paralysis. An arti-
Gle cnticising him, published in the
| Contemporary Review has been sup
/ pressed IN Germany.
A caucus to nominate SIR Charles
| Dixie for Alderman of London was
met with a protest from 1900 ladies
of the Social Purity Society. His
/ name was dropped.
/ 4 bridge near Brussels collapsed
/ in railroad accident; fourteen per
sons were killed and fifteen seriously
/ injured.
/ 4 bill has been introduced in the
! Reichstag for q German loan Of
/ 60,0O0,00O marks on account Of the
/ army, navy and state railways.
| The dissolution of the old Panama
| Canal Company has been decreed.
/ England and Germany are said To
/ have formed an alliance for the pro
! lection Of northern seas and ports.
The Ameer Of Afgbanistan has col
lected 10000 men on the frontier
/ with the intention Of pursuing Ikaah
/ Khan. He has made futile attempts
! 10 secure the co operation Of the
/ Amer Of Bokhara in a. movement
/ against Russia. Russia notified
| England that it was to the interest
I IF both powers TO prevent the AmeeT
/ from taking any precipltaSe steps.
The West Noodles Gold and Ez
/ ploration Company, q South African
/ enterprise, has failed Stocks and
+ bonds were hoated and $3.50. 600 paid
for land which was reported 10 be
/ fabulously rich In metal, but it now
! turns out Ubat not a single ounce OF
/ gold has been discovered.
i Ere occurred in the military hos
/ pItal at Madrid, causing d panic but
no loss Of life.
Pasteur has discovered the germ
! Of diphtheria, but has not yet found
an anhdote. Rabbits have been
/ killed by the virus.
/ Europe has been visited by severe
| storms interrUp6ng all cOmmGnica-
lions. At Derby the Salvation Army
barracks we're blown down and
burned. Al Badsley, Yorkshire, the
! spire Of the Congregational Church
was blown down. At Berlin there
| have been severe storms, and three
/ HeUgOIand pilots We're drowned IN
! the North Sea.
Ten Thousand unemployed Of the
/ laboTDg class riOted IL Rome. The
mob looted banks and shops, smashed
/ windows and street lamps, and at
tempted to build barbados to pro
! tect themselves against the troops.
| In the fight that followed scores Of
/ rioters were wounded, and also a
/ dozen policemen. The military was
/ finally successful IN dispensing the
mob. The cause Of the riot is due to
! the recent activity Of the Socialists
! who have been spreading their doc
! trines among the Iaboring classes,
especially those actually without
/ work.
Foreign Shipping News.
San FRANCIsc0: Arrivals: Jan. 80
/ Z. S. S. Adams 49, days from Homo
J l.
days from Mahukona; Feb. 2, bark
/ Lady LampsoD, 235 days from Hon
/ oluIu; Feb. I, Haw. bark Fo9hng
/ Suey. 1913 days from Glasgow; Feb
! ), schr. R0salind. % days, and schr
J. @. North. % days from KahuIui;
/ Feb. 6, bark c. D. Bryant 20 days
( from Honolulu; Feb. Z. schr. ". S.
/ Bovine, IL days from Honolulu,
schr Rosario, Is days from Kahn
/ lui, schT. Ida Schnauer, Is days
from AIGhuhOna; Feb. S, brig Con
| suelo, Ii days from KahuIui, brig ".
/ G. Irwin. ID days from Honolulu;
/ Feb. 9. bark S9nOma, Is days from
/ Honolulu
Departures: Jan. %. S. S. Aus
/ tralia FOR HOnOluiu: Feb. :, brig j.
/ D. Spreckels for Honolulu, schr
/ Anna for KahuIui; Feb. Z, bark Cey-
( Ion for HonoIuIu; Feb. 8, brig Lur-
/ line for Hilo
/ NEWCASTLE. \. S. ": Feb. 1st,
/ Bktne Robt. Sudden for Aahului.
AUCKLAND: Feb. 6th, 5 5. Lealan-
+ dia from Honolulu.
Sporting Notes.
/ SearIe, the Colonial oarsman, de-
/ clines to row for the championship
/ OF the world outside Of Australia
Dempsey and Mccartney viii meet
at the California Athletic Club in
/ San Francisco for q purse Of $4,000.
/ The baseball teams played a game
under tie shadow OF the Egyptian
pyramids on February 9th. They
play IN Rome on February oath.
John NJ Ward telegraphs to the
World on Feb. d from Alden: - We
arrived here today. after a rather
stormy ten days journey from Co
l0mbo. owing TO the monsoon. Al
though there has been considerable
suffering among the members of the
teams from se8sjckUass. Yet al are
in excellent health We leave this
horrible and dasoIa5e place tonight
for Suez ana Cairo, where We shall
arrive on about Friday next NLlie
at Cairo we shall play q match on the
border Of the great Lyb5an desert,
within & few hundred yards IF the py-
ramlds As IN tie case Ct Nap03eon's
famous Battle Of the Pyramids, forty
centuries VIII look down IN silent
admiration on the battle OF the