The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-06-08
Late FOroign News.
(Per s. s. MuripoSG, Jone Sth. }
AMERICA.

A fearful disaster has happened in
Pennsylvania. The largest reser-
voir in the United States, stu
ated in the Allegheny mountains,
burst and the water rushed down
the valleys sweeping whole towns
and hamlets before it. The loss of
life is impossible to calculate, but
some estimates are as high as 1900
souls. In the track of the deluge
we're Johnstown, with its suburbs
containing 80, 900 population; South
Fork, 1900; Conemaugh, $500;
Woodvale, 1000, and Mineral Point
300. The greater part of each of
these towns was under water.
Scores of dead bodies were floating
down the rivers, and many survivors
clinging to driftwood were rescued.
The reservoir that burst was about
81 miles long and from mile to a
mile and q quarter wide, and in
some places 100 feet deep. This
vast body Of water was held in
check by a dam 700 to 1000 feet
across, 80 feet thick at the base and
ITO feet high. 1t was 200 to 800
feet above the level of Johnstown.
Kilrain has come over to fight Sui
Ivan and there is a toss-up, June
9Th, for place of meeting.
A desperate fight between White
caps and citizens at Yinton, Ia, has
been followed by several arrests of
Whitecaps.
State Department officials decline
to talk about the Samoan conference
or the Behring Sea matter. The
United States does not admit the
latter as a subject for negotiations,
as Congress has declared jurisdic-
ton of that country over waters on
the Alaskan side.
Three men arrested in Chicago
for the murder of DR.. Cronin plead
ed not guilty. The murder is be-
lieved to have been in revenge for
Cronin's evidence at the Parnell in
quiry in London.
Congressman Gay of Louisiana,
wealthy planter elected to attend
to sugar interests, is dead.
A war of rates has been started
among the lines centring at Chicago
from the West and Northwest.
Laura Bridgman, the famous
deaf, dumb and blind girl of Boston,
is dead.
Chae Chan Ping, over whom the
United States Supreme Court de-
clared the exclusion law valid, has
been discovered by Chronicle re-
porter in San Francisco where he
was hiding.
Boodler McGarigle has returned
to Chicago, paid $1,000 fine and
costs and been allowed to go free.
People in the northern part of
Nebraska are alarmed at prospects
of an Indian outbreak.
Sir John Macdonald, the Cana
dian Premier, says the British
squadron has gone to Behring Sea
on marine picnic, and that it has
no more significance than if the
ships went to Valparaiso.
Admiral Kimberly reported to the
Navy Department under date OF
Auckland, May 9th, as follows
'The Samoan natives have disband-
ed. Peace prevails.
1t is decided that Bishop the
mind reader died naturally of coma;
EUROPE.
Twelve thousand men are still on
strike at Saar, Germany.
John HI. Lawler, manager of the
Bullymena branch of the Provincial
Bank of Ireland, and Murray, as
sistant manager, have been shot
dead on the road a short distance
from Bullymena. 1t is supposed
that Murray shot Lawler and then
committed suicide.
Earthquake shocks were felt in
England, France and the Channel
Islands, May 80.
VIM. O'Brien, the Irish member
lately released from prison, has
gone to Nice to recuperate.
The Valkyrie has been badly
beaten by the Irex and has no show
for the America cup.
The Cunard steamer Servia ar
rived at Liverpool May 28th from
New York in flames. Passengers
were landed safely and the fire put
out. 1t was in the cotton cargo.
THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE.
The Samoan conference agreed
to protocol and adjourned tt
await advices from their respective
Governments. 1t is said that the
original proposal of Secretary Bay.
ard and the instructions of Score.
tary Blaine to the American com
missioners have been adopted. Sa
moa Is to be governed by native
king, vice-king and ministry, Thu
only foreign control will be that O
an advisory council to the king, con
sisting of one representative each o
the United States and Germany
with an Englishman to act as UNI
pire in case of disagreement be
tween the American and German
Malietoa Is to be restored to tn
throne. A land court or commits
sion is to settle the land claims
Each of the three Powers will b,
allotted separate coaling station
The German and English nlnn q