The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-23

prisonment in San Quentin.
George La Blanche, 1.-The marine"
who puts IN his time between prize
fights and running a saloon, is in
business troubles.
Glenn Flint. an eleven year old son
of W. T.. Flint an attorney, commit
ted suicide on the Sth inst. after
being away from home all night,
rather than be punished for his pee
cadillo.
General American News.
Congress has done little or moth
ing as yet The number of meas
ures which have been introduced is
large. Among them is bill pro
viding for the fertilization Of Pacific |
Coast ports.
The contest for the Ohio Senator
ship in the Democratic caucus has
ended in the selection of Calvin 5. |
Brice, who managed Cleveland's |
campaign.
William D. Kelley. member of
Congress from Pennsylvania, aud
familiarly called Pig Iron" Kelley,
died of cancer of the throat on the
10th. He was the Oldest member OF
the House, in point of service, hav-
ing been member for thirty years.
Up to the 18th inst. the winter in
the East was remarkably open. On
that day, however, blizzard swept
over the Middle States and the win
ter is at last on. The snow in the
West is already of unusual depth.
On the summit of the Sierra Ne
vadas it is "a feet deep on the level
and the rotary snow plows have had
great difficulty in keeping the line
open.
A tornado passed over Southern
Illinois on the night of the 18th.
Eleven people, as far as known, were
killed and Sc houses were demol-
ished.
A motion for a new trial has been
made in the Cronin case.
Governors Hill of New York and
Campbell of Ohio have recommend
ed the Australian ballot reform to
the attention of the legislatures.
The chances are that in two years
more the Australian law will prevail
all over America.
On the evening of the 18th Billy
Murphy, the Australian light weight,
defeated Ike Weir, the Belfast
Spider, in IA rounds, winning the
ght-weight championship of the
world. Murphy was fearfully cut
up in the fight, Weir having it all his
way until knocked out.
Foreign News.
A cable dispatch from Melbourne
says: The Federation Conference
will open here on February 3. Del
egates will be present from all the
Australian colonies, New Zealand and
the Fiji islands.
Captain O'Shea's charges against
Parnell seemed to have dropped
temporarily out of sight. Gladstone
, has come to the support of Parnell:
Nordenfelt, manager OF the Nord-
, enfelt Gun Company, IS bankrupt,
with liabilities of $25O,00O.
A Belgo-American syndicate has
been formed to lay a submarine
cable between San Francisco and
Samoa.
a MISUNDERSTANDING exists be-
tween England ana Hv-.-r.lauar
, the East African possessions of each
!, country. The English claim that
Serpa Printo, the Portuguese trav
eler and army officer, has hoisted the
j., Portuguese flag over English pos
sessions and pulled down the Eng
:, lish flag. English men-of-war have
been ordered to Lisbon and the feet
on the East African coast is being
strengthened while negotiations are
: pending.
A report comes from London that
I Mary Anderson is engaged to An
= tonic Navarro, wealthy young New
I Yorker. She will neither affirm mol
: deny it.
! Hundreds of people were drowned
at Marking by waterspcut.
= Bismarck, after reading the proof
3 of Emperor Williams New year
7 address to the generals, prevented
its appearance in the official Gazette
: Viscount Temple died at San Reno
3 January 9Th.
t Great preparations are being made
l in London to welcome Stanley. He
l nau arrived at OuoZ.
The west bound Union Pacific fas
mail train was wrecked at Sidney
4 Nebraska, January 10th. OF the
t seven cars five were burned. Two
4 mail cars were among those burned
Q and contained nearly fifty tons O.
postal matter for Idaho, Wyoming
r Oregon, California, Montana, Nevada
0 and Washington Forty pouches O.
= registered mail far San Francisco
were lost.
f Another scandal in the west end O.
! London, has been unearthed by thu
9 police. Two notables have alread,
}, fled the country on account Of thu
S disclosures.
:. The Prince Of Thurn and Taxis ii
: dead.
t Queen Victoria is troubled will
Q rheumatism, and will not open Par
lament in person.
There was a mutiny at Rio d,
S Janeiro December 22d. Two regi
: ments of artillery pulled down Re
: publican flag and hoisted an old I'm
: perial one. A fight took place and
q hundred or more Of the mutineer,
e were killed and wounded before sur
0 render.
Shipping News.
] The Coast Seamen's Union has t.
: all appearances abandoned the at
tempt to force Union men on all YES
sale in tho Houaiion @r.1o III,