The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-11-25

| are interested. Inc nnanClefS Will
run it fifty years, paying rent TO
Bismarck.
The YoSSisehe Zeitung of Berlin
confirms the report from Warsaw
that a number of persons leaving
Russia for Brazil were fired upon
by a Russian frontier guard at
Slupca. The Warsaw report stated
that nrne persons were killed, and
the Zeitung says that four were
shot.
The State Department al Wash
ington has Just received from the
United States Legation at st.
Petersburg an English translation
of the imperial ukase, issued August
2S,raising the customs tariff twenty
per cent on some and forty per
cent on other articles of commerce.
The steamer Umbria was caught
in = water spout on her last trip
across the Atlantic, and narrowly
escaped founding.
Austria IS wrestling with the
question Of 4 gold or gold and
silver standard money. There Is
little chance for the gold standard
beng adopted.
The Canadian Fisheries Depart
ment has been notified Of the
formation at Victoria Of s seal
hunters union. the object be-
ing TO double the price to
be paid hunters for every skin
they get. Heretofore the sealing
owners paid $3.50 4 skin, and they
resent the increase, and threaten
unless the hunters moderate their
demands, 70 transport men from
the Atlantic Coast TO take their
places.
\ row has broken out among
SANKEY'S ieutenants, showing that
much bad blood existed on the
recent African trip.
Sir Richard Burton, the dis
coverer Of Lake Tanganyika in
Central Africa, died 1t Trieste,
Austria. on the 20th inst.
J bulletin regarding the coGdi-
ton Of Grand Duke Nicholas, the
uncle Of the Gar, says that since
he was taken to AIupka, IN Crimea,
he has been subject to convulsions
and loss Of memory. The action Of /
his heart Is feeble. His temperature |
Is s. degrees centigrade and his |
pulse 90.
Owing to the successful compile /
ton Of the St. Clair Railway tunnel I
the Dominion Government has been I
asked TO assist Senator Howland's I
project for = tunnel across the /
Straits of Northumberland to
Prince Edward Island. The cost Of
the work Is estimated at seventeen
millions. An English syndicate has
offered TO construct the tunnel if
the Canadian Government guaran-
tees 6 per cent. interest on the
bonds for 100 years.
The Mexican Government has
signed . contract with French
syndicate for the improvement of
the harbor Of San Bias. on the
Pacific. The sum provided is
$500 900. Seuor Varilla, late direc-
tor of the Panama canal, is the
director for the French syndicate,
Ind Is now on his way to Paris to
complete arrangements for the i'm
mediate commencement of the
work
shipping News
The schooner Argonaut, from
Coos Bay for this port, went ashore
on November 4th, one-half mile
southwark Of Point MOutara- near
The crew were
saved The schooner is Of 1S5 tons
net. was built in 1880, and was
owned by the Simpson Lumber Co.
Her hull was insured for s, 600 in
the FIreman's Fund and $4,000 IN
the California Insurance Company.
The schooner American Boy from
Grays Harbor for this port was
wrecked on the North FaralIones
On November 3D. The crew were
saved The American Boy was
1889 tons. built in 1882 and owned
by the 5. 81. Harmon Lumber Co.
The hull was insured for $1,000 in
the FIreman's Fund Insurance
The British ship Earl Of ZetIand,
Captain Cunningham, sailed from
ProboIingo, Batavia, for this port
on September 9TH, with : cargo Of
sugar consigned to J. D. Spreckels
E Bros She put into Singapore
with the captain insane and most of
the crew down with the Java fever.
Captain Cunningham, it appears,
soon after leaving ProboIingo got
IN idea into his head that his Off
GERS we're Indians, and were con
spring against him. He tried to
shoot them, and they had to place