The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-07-01

m0lderS TO leave the employ OF tht
Union Iron Works. The strike
still continues, but numbers of mol.
ders are constantly arriviEgto work
in the various iron manufacturing
establishments.
There is rumor current to the
effect that General John McComb
had been relieved of the warden
| ship of San Quentin, and that NJ. NJ.
Drew had been appointed to fill the
vacancy.
The report of the experts APP
pointed to examine the brickwork
executed under the Mccarthy con-
tract in the new City Hall fully
sustains the published accounts of
the job. Expert Wright says:
"There have been up to the present
time about forty-three openings
made in different parts of the struc-
ture. Of these about one fourth
have been found filed with rubbish
in greater or less quantity. In
about one-fifth defective brickwork
was revealed, while the rest of the
work examined appeared to have
been properly laid"
The Supervisors have prepared
an ordinance opening Market street
straight through to the ocean.
Another proposition is to extend
the Pan Handle of the Park to
Market street.
A movement has materialized
to unite San Francisco and San
Mateo counties, by which San
Mateo, as a separate county, will
surrender it's individuality and an
mex itself to her neighbor on the
north.
Christopher A. Buckley, known
to the country as the blind politi-
clan of California, was led to the
altar of the cathedral chapel in
Boston at noon on the 18th by
Miss Annie Hurley.
Thousands of people attended the
reception at the new Chronicle
building on the 18th inst. when
the twenty-ffth anniversary of its
existence was celebrated. The
building was brilliantly illumin-
ated. As far as it was possible,
the great crowd made an inspec-
ton of the facilities of the new
establishment, and the general
opinion was that the Chronicles
new home was a marvel of perfec.
ton and completeness.
A mass meeting of citizens was
held at the Chamber of Commerce
| on the 18th inst. and it was deci-
ded to raise 100000 by subscrip-
ton, for the increase of the Fire
Department.
American News.
The Senate has followed the ex-
ample of the House in passing the
bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to purchase $4,000
900 worth of silver every month
and issue bullion certificates on it
which are to be legal tender for the
payment of all debts.
A dispatch from Victoria says:
The full Victoria sealing fleet will
enter the Behring sea to hunt for
seals and take their chances of be-
ing hauled up by United States
cruiser. The British war ship Am
phion will leave her dock in few
days, and it is believed she will
cruise in the Behring sea. Exciting
news is looked for from there about
the latter part of July.
Josiah Potts and his wife were
hanged at Elko. New, on the goth
inst, for the murder of Miles Faw-
cett. Mrs. Potts was the first
woman legally strangled in New
ada.
Foreign News.
Great fears are entertained for
the safety of st. Paul's Cathedral,
London, in consequence of the new
underground railway to be con-
structed within a few hundred
yards of the building. Christopher
Wren wrote a memorandum to the
effect that the foundations were not
so good as he could wish, conse-
quently it is feared that the vibra-
ton caused by the trains will en-
danger the dome, even if the pre-
liminary work does not imperil the
entire fabric.
Stanley has been rendered and
has accepted the Governor-General-
ship of the Congo Free State. He
will not enter upon the duties until
the beginning of 1891, unless called
upon to assume them earlier by
King Leopold. After his marriage
he will go to the United States and
remain there until he assumes his
new duties.
BouIanger, it is announced, will
shortly lead an expedition into
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