The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-04-22

over two weeks elapsed before their
frail open boat made landing on
the island. First mate Louderback
was accompanied on the Umatilla by
Second mate Granger and seaman.
American News.
Whitelaw Reid, the American
Minister to France, has returned for
a brief visit to America. He thinks
war is inevitable.
Kemmler the first man to be exc
cuted by electricity, has been SEN
fenced to die the week beginning
April 28th.
The Senate has passed special
Notifications bill which sets aside
S3,500,000 for works at New York,
Boston and San Francisco, and ST.
100000 for a heavy ordnance factory
at Benicia, Cal. Rock Island, ILL.,,
or Indianapolis, Ind.
Vice Admiral Stephen e. Rowan,
U. S. n, retired, died on the 31st
ult., aged IS years.
Secretary Tracy approves the
proposed plan for a review of the
navies of the world in New York
harbor in 1892.
Ex-Sheriff Flack of New York, has
been sentenced to two months in jail
and to pay fine of $500 for conspir-
ing to get divorce from his wife.
General D. e. Sickles has been made
sheriff.
The homestead of Horace Greeley
at Chappaqua, n. Y, was burned on
the Sd inst.
The Mississippi river is still ex-
ceedingly high and the levees are
broken in many places. Vast areas
of land are covered with water.
Trans Atlantic steamer fares are
to be advanced by all the companies
this summer.
Henry w. Elliott has been ap-
pointed to make a thorough investi-
CATION into the Alaskan fur indus
tries. The Behring Sea dispute
which is still unsettled may depend
largely on his report.
1t is reported from Mexico that a
probable deal will be made with Jay
Gould for the Chamlia Railroad.
The report is doubted, as the railroad
concession is now in the hands of a
European syndicate. Another rumor
has it that Gould will establish a
steamship line from the United
States to the Mexican and Central
and South American ports.
The Morrow Chinese Enumeration
bill which provides for the enumera-
ton of all Chinese at the coming
census is being met with serious OPP
position from the religious sects in
the East. The New York Chamber
of Commerce also sent in a memorial
against it.
The House Committee on Railways
and Canals has ordered a favorable
report on the bill providing for the
construction by the United States of
a ship canal around Niagara Falls.
A million dollars are appropriated to
begin the work under the direction
of the Secretary of War, and the
total cost is to be $23,600,000.
The Olympic Club has given j. j.
Corbett, who is now in New York,
permission to box John l.. Sullivan
for four rounds. A match is ex-
pected
The racing and baseball seasons
are now in full swing.
The man-of-war Charleston is
down from the Mare Island Navy
Yard, and is ready for a cruise. She
will first go to Honolulu.
A dispatch from Boston says that
company is being organized there
to build twenty American steamships
for the foreign trade as soon as the
Farquhar Tonnage Bill passes Con-
gress. The steamers will fly the
American flag, and some will engage
| in the South American trade.
| Foreign News.
A new conspiracy has been discov-
cred among the students of the uni
versity at st. Petersburg and it and
the Institute of Technology as we'll
as all universities in the empire have
been closed by the Gear.
Emin Pasha has accepted the
proposals made to him by Mayor
Messman and has entered the Ger
man service.
The City of Paris has arrived at
Liverpool after a detention of sew
veral days. While at sea an explo-
sion of one Of her boilers occurred
partially disabling her. 1t was
feared at one time that she would
sink.
Stepnick the Nihilist exile is soon
to visit the United States.
A rupture between Servia and
Bulgaria is imminent The trouble
is said to have been fomented by
Russia.
Great honors were paid to Bis
marck on the LIST inst on his birth
day. Thousands of people called at
his residence at Frederichsruhe.
The periodical story about the
abdication of Queen Victoria has
appeared and has been denied.
Sir Charles Dixie is shortly to re-
turn from his retirement and stand