The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-04
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
san Francisco, February IL, per Brig
Geo. II. Douglas.

The following summary of foreign {
news per brig Geo. II. Douglas is
two days later than last mail advices:
Mount Vesuvius is in a violent
state Of eruption.
4 female bicycle match was in pro
gross in New York.
Seven cases of smallpox were dis
covered at Carson, Nevada.
Quiet has been restored at Chin
Kiang Foo, China, the scene of the
late riots.
The Hamburg Nachrichten says
Herbert Bismarck will never be
Chancellor.
Thomas A Robertson, of Missouri,
l. $. Consular Agent at truth, Ger
many, died February 4th.
f R. Morrissey charges members
of the Nebraska Legislature with
taking brides on the prohibition
J amendment bill.
c. p. Huntington bought Meis-
sOnier's . Game Lost for S26,3OO, at
! the sale Of the late James II. Steb-
/ bins collection of paintings.
Ex-ConsuI Greenbaum will read
paper on Samoa and the SamOans" /
at the next meeting of the GeOgra- /
phical Society Of the Pacific.
Discussing the Naval Appropriation !
bill IN the Senate, Hale declared that |
IL five years, not ten, America would |
have the finest navy IN the world.
O'Brien, NJ. P, has been arraigned
at Killarney under the Crimes Act.
He was escorted to trial by the mill
tary, and crowds were prohibited on
the route.
The Myers McAulifre fight was
, about to occur in Chicago at latest
accounts. 1t was generally believed
. that Myers would be knocked out in
seven rounds.
B. c. Holly sold his great stallion,
, Philadelphia for $4,000 At the
: "Woodnut" earned a record Of 2:164.
A Berlin dispatch of the 18th to
! the London Standard says Bayard's
, statement that America requested
: truce in Samoa pending the confer
ence causes much surprise IN Berlin,
as the SamOans continue to occupy
land belonging to the Germans.
; "A Confederate General will be in
0 HarrisOn's Cabinet" was the sensa-
/ tional statement made on February
! 18th In Detroit, Michigan, by one Of
: the leading Republicans in the State
. 1t is said that General Harrison told
;, Mcmillan Confederate officer must
n be given place IN order To break up
4 the solid South.
S In the Washington House, Town
send introduced a bill appropriating
$4,000 for a display Of American
corn products at the Paris EXPOSE
ton; also bill providing that Can
ada shall be invited to join the Inter
& national Conference with the South
American Republics, soon to be held
n in Washington.
d Blaine, in an interview with Col
Julian Allan, of South Carolina
% showed sympathy with the South
8 spoke about his acceptance of the
5 position in Harrison's Cabinet, and
> said that Harrison rendered HIM the
! Secretaryship Of State a few days
after the election. He did it so cor
l daily that he at once accepted it.
I Labouchere, editor of London
Truth, discredits the stories Of Arch
duke Rudolf's suicide, and declares
that he and Baroness Marie Veczerf
I were probably murdered by jeal
4 Gus woman, for both the cOrpses
3 were mutilated and the whole trag
> edy showed traces Of feminine hanC
3 and insane jealousy. The Baroness
1 was shot in the back, and the Grown
. Prince behind the ear. Attempt;
~ are being made to prevent worse
scandal becoming public.
Japan under her new constitution
will have a House Of Peers and
House Of Commons. The Peers vii
As be partly hereditary, partly elective
A and partly nominated by the AIikadO
The House Of Commons will b.
IS elected by men % years old, who pa
- giOn. freedom Of speech and tn
Is right of public meetings are estab
hshed. Parliament possesses legis
lative functions ana the control G
o finances. Judges cannot be removed
except by special legislation.
Bismarck's neuralgia is compn
plicated with rheumatism, want o
appetite and insomnia. He continue
to work against the advice Of hi
&c doctors Lately he was so enrage(
. at being kept waiting in an ante
chamber, when he went to the SchlOs
to protest against the prosecution o.
the Kreunz Zeitung (newspaper)
which the Emperor had sanctioned
- that the latter, hearing the broiI, lef
~ the room hurriedly, apologized, an,
Gu gave the Chancellor his assent to al
abandonment Of the prosecution.
lie Caron's examination befor
the Parneu Commission in Londol
brought out startling statements
'm He was paid $4,000 by the British
us Government between February
&c 1868, and August, 1870, but this Wa
IN all expended for public service. L
la Caron was the trusted messenger O
~ the Fenian Brotherhood between tn
81 United Kingdom and United State
d; and the sexiIed patriots in Paris
I Only the security Of the seals pre-
Id vented his opening Of confdentia
Ou documents carried to Paris Tn