The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-02-26


bonds were foated and S3S0,000 paid
for land which was reported to be
| fabulously rich in metal, but it now
turns out that not single ounce of
gold has been discovered.
/ A fire occurred in the military hos
pital at Madrid, causing a panic but
no loss of life.
Pasteur has discovered the germ
of diphtheria. but has not yet found
an antidote Rabbits have been
killed by the virus.
Europe has been visited by severe
storms interrupting all communities
tions. At Derby the Salvation Army
barracks were blown down and
burned. At Budsles, Yorkshire, the
spire of the Congregational Church
was blown down. At Berlin there
have been severe storms, and three
HeHgoland pilots were drowned in
the North Sea.
Ten thousand unemployed of the
laboring class rioted in Rome. The
mob looted banks and shops, smashed
windows and street lamps, and at
tempted to build barricades 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 laboring classes,
especially those actually without
work.
Adyices from Burmah announce
that Mandalay was recently visited
by two immense fires. In the first
the flames destroyed 632 houses, the
bazaar and Buddhist monastery, and
In the second 500 houses were burned.
The workmen in the glass works
at Charleroi have gone on a strike
A number of collisions have occurred
between the police and strikers, and
many persons have been wounded.
The severity of the winter is in
creasing the distress caused by the
famine in Shan Tung and Manch-
uria. 1t is estimated that 100000
persons are freezing in Chen Kiang.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt in Canada at Grand Metis com
ing from the west, and lasting few
/ seconds.
A storm of exceptional severity
has ragged throughout Holland. The
rivers were greatly swollen, and Rot
terdam, Dordrecht, Schledate, Zwolle
and Kampen were inundated There
have been many shipwrecks and
great loss of life is reported
Heavy snow storms have occurred
in all parts of Germany The snow
was foot deep at Berlin and six feet
in the Bavarian Highlands. Thunder
and lightning accompanied the snow
fall in the west and northwest.
Traffic was nearly suspended at
Schleswig and Jutland.
Death of Prince Rudolf.
me Sudden death of Prince Ru
dolf, the Austrian Crown Prince
and eir-apparent to The throne. has
been shrouded in mystery. At first
natural causes were assigned as the
cause of death, but it leaked out that
he died from large bullet wound in
the head. This was said to have
been accidentally inflicted while
hunting 1t is definitely asserted,
however, that it was the result of
iaison with the Baroness Marie Yes
cera Prince Rudolf had asked the
Pope to procure a divorce, and he
had asked the Emperor to allow him
to renounce his rights to the throne
IN order to marry her. One story |
states that the Prince was shot by |
the lady's husband, but the following
seems to be the more correct.
On January 18th the pair started
for Meyerling, where they passed
the next day together.
On the morning of January Both.
the two were found dead in bed.
Marie had been shot through the
forehead. Rudolf also had been
shot on the side Of the head.
1t was evident that the two had.
resolved to die together. The coy
erlet was strewn with flowers.
The body of Marie was secretly
taken to the cottage and thence re
moved for interment.
Two letters which appear in Fl
caro- go to confirm the version of
the double suicide. The first is a
short note to the Duke of Braganza.
which is as follows.
Dear Friend [ must die. can
not do otherwise. Keep well and
happy. RUDoLF.
The other letter is from Baroness
Yescera to her mother, and saws:
Dear Mother I die with Rudolf.
We love one another too-rnuch. For
give me and farewell. MARIE.
Sporting Notes.
Searle, the Colonial oarsman, de
lines to row for the championship
If the world outside of Australia.
Dempsey and Mccartney will meet
It the California Athletic Club in
San Francisco for a purse of $1,000
The baseball teams played a game
lnder the shadow of the Egyptian
pyramids On February 9th. They
LAY in Rome on February 9th.
Ohm NJ Ward telegraphs to the