The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-09-23
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
Samoan Matters.


lected site for the proposed Amer
lean naval station on the Samoan
Islands. 1t is on Pago Pago Bay,
facing south, and is surrounded by
highlands. The site is located upon
broad tract of land at the western
side, and to the north of an arm of
the bay. There are 121 acres in
all. There is a deep water-frontage
suitable for wharves and docks, and
good anchorage ground. Store
houses and other necessary build
ings will be erected, where guam
tity of supplies will be kept on hand
for use of vessels in the South
Pacific.
Concerning the Samoan treaty
Minister Phelps recently said: at
really is not working formally at
all yee At least, its influence so
far is not what its provisions intend
it to be. As yet they are not ope-
rative; they cannot be until the
Chief Justice gets here, his decision
being the center and power of the
simple machinery. But the mere
moral influence of the treaty's pro-
visions has kept the natives peace
full for more than year, and that
is pretty good test"
Mind Reading Feat.
P. Alexander Johnston. the
mind-reader, performed a feat in
Chicago, Sept. 10, which eclipsed
all similar records. He has been
doing many remarkable things there
and finally his manager decided to
attempt the same test which result
ed in the death of the well known
mind-reader Bishop in New York
that of finding name in Il re-
gister and pronouncing it. A COM
mittee of well-known newspaper
men and physician drove in a
hack from the Auditorium to the |
Grand Pacific Hotel by tortuous
route, and, going to the register,
selected a name. Leaving one of |
their number in charge of the re-
gister, they returned to the Audi
forum, where tombstone had re-
manned in custody of another COM
They bandaged his
eyes securely. tombstone instantly
rushed downstairs, mounted the
box of the carriage, and drove,
to the Grand Pacific,
avoiding cable-cars and thousands
Of vehicles on the way. He rushed
to the register. turned the leaves
rapidly, found the name, repeated
it, gave the number of the page and
date of the month. On his way
back to the Auditorium, tombstone
was taken with Il severe chill
which threw him into a cataleptic
it. The physicians at first pro-
bounced him dead, but after work
ng over him two hours life was
again perceptible. At night the
nind-reader was resting comfort
ably, but was exceedingly weak.
General News.
The Duke of Portland's Memoir
Won the st. Leger stakes at the
Ooncaster September Meeting, Sep
ember 10th. Blue Green second,
third.
At the Maple Avenue Driving
Park, Elmira, NY, September Sth,
he worlds record for high jump
ng was broken by the horse Rose
Jerry, owned by Moorehouse K
Pepper of Toronto, who cleared the
'ars at seven feet and fve-eights of ;
n inch. The best previous record
lso made by Roseberry, at Chiea- !
%, was six feet eleven and three
uarter inches.
Ethel Curtis, 10 years old, a type g
writer and stenographer, was smok-
ng cigarettes in bed at her home
n Lexington avenue. New York,
eptember 9Th, when she fell asleep
nd the cigarette dropped from her :
and, and ignited the bed clothes. :
he girl was so terribly burned .
bout the body that she afterward
led of her burns at Bellevue Hospi- I
al L
A fatally destructive hurricane
1 the North of Italy, September
tn, did much damage at Bellune.
nd destroyed many bridges and
ouses in Zolda Valley. Twenty
NO bodies have already been re-
oyered from the debris of ruined .
and it is feared the re-
lains of other victims of the storm v
re still buried under the ruins of 4
wellings. e
The SerFian newspaper Sioboda q
'ateS that all Austrians are to be q