The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-23

Foreman, John I. kahler, Sheridan /
L. Jones and George a. Schaefer /
managed to escape, but these five /
were roasted TO death.
After unroOfing and knocking /
down many residences, the cyclone /
struck the Reading Silk Mill, where /
about 175 girls were working. The /.
building was a huge structure, most /
substantially built, four stories in I
height, with basement. It Occu- |
pied block Of ground. The size Of |
the building itself was nearly 300 /
feet n length and about 80 feet /
wide. It was surmOunted by a mas
, sive tower, built 100 feet from the
| ground.
The funnel-shaped storm cloud
/ struck the building directly IN the
/ center on its brOadest side, which
/ faced west. It fell to pieces as if
| composed of so many building blocks.
! The walls gave way, the floors fell
down one on top OF the other and
/ carried their great mass Of human
beings TO the bottom. The bricks
were piled up in the greatest cOnfu-
! sion, while amid the hurricane terri
BILE cries for succOr were sent up.
At some places the bricks were
/ piled twenty feet deep, and under
meath are lying tonight many human
bodies. About $50 girls and young
women are usually employed in the
mill, but at 4 o'clock about eighty
were relieved from duty for the day.
They returned to their homes before
the storm came.
Az oil i,,,y,,nIi
ateIy sent out, and il a short time
thousands of citizens arrived to help
get out the dead and dying. The
cyclone left the entire city in dark
ness, relieved subsequently by cleo
trio lights and huge bonfires, which
shed lurid glare on the scene OF
death. All night long brave and
willing hands assisted in the work Of
rescue. The city soon became one
vast hospital, for over 100 persons
were seriously injured, and hardly
one who was IN the building escaped
without injury Of some sort. The
list of the dead is as follows: Emma
Nestor, John Reber, Eva Leeds,
Laura Kershner, Sallie Uarner, lille
Grow, Mary Fitzpatrick, Saliie Faust,
Henry S. CrOcker, Amelia Christ
man, Sailie c. Beckel, Ella Reid
nauer, Title Z. Schaeffer, Sallie
Schaefar, Barbara A Seiliiemer,
Sarah Shade, William Snyder and
Sophia f. Winkelman.
In a railroad collision on the Il. Y.
P. & o. railroad at Akron, Ohio, on
the l4th INST, eight people lost their
lives.
Foreign Affairs.
a meeting Of the Panama Canal
shareholders Will be held IN Paris on
the 31st inst The American Senate
having passed resolutions which de-
clare that the United States would
regard with concern any proposed
infringement of the Monroe doctrine,
the shareholders have given mp any
ideas Of having the French Govern
ment complete the canal and take
possession of it. The action of the
American Government has created
much i'll will iu Paris. The Petit
journal" states that the Panama
Canal bondholdars have addressed a
letter to III. De Lesseps Offering him
the Craftsmanship Of the new Canal
Company to be formed by the share
holders Of the present company.
TIE Journal says the new company
will have a capital of several million
francs, and viii take over the con-
Germ from the old Panama Company.
At Panama and Colon much IN
easiness prevails over the situation.
Work on the Canal is being lessened
daily and total suspension is feared.
This would throw thousands of men
I ! = l,o I'll -
ernment has, in anticipation of
: trouble, addressed a circular to
Consuls from foreign countries re-
questing them to obtain instructions
for the transportation of citizens of
their several countries from the 18TH
| mus, il case of the total collapse OF
, the work
The King of Uganda has been de
posed and fighting continues in Fan
: zibar. The Germans are gong to
send more troops there.
The King Of the Netherlands has
! suffered a relapse, and is now con
J sidered in a dangerous condition.
It is reported that Gorilla left
5 Paris Wednesday for England, and
that he had secured two vessels, il
: which he and q number Of his fol
t lowers intended to proceed to some
| point IN Spain and raise a revolt
against the government. The author
: tiles at Madrid were advised of tie
= movement, and Immediately took
} steps to Illustrate the attempt.
: Sporting.
Sullivan and Kilrain met at To
ronto on the 7th inst. and signed
? articles to fight for $4,000 and the
: belt now held by Kilrain. The fight
is to take place within 100 miles of
/, New Orleans, on the 8th Of July.
a ! The referee is to be chosen at the
5 side of the ring A deposit of $4,000
t was made and 5000 more Is due on
= April 18Th at the Office of the New
! York Clipper. This precludes the
possibility of a fight between Jack
= son and Kilrain Thus far Jackson
, has paid no attention to GIcAuIife's
, challenge to fight a return battle for
: q stake Of $4,000 a side.
Spalding's Australian tour closed
= on the It'll INST. The combination Is
} now on the way TO Ceylon ana
: thence it will 90 10 Calcutta, Delhi,
/ Bombay, Alexandria, Cairo, Con