The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-04-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Aucllut dlll bduS pClOAO eONNN
II 900 people IN Mechanics build
ing, Boston, recently.
The Dominion Parliament has
authorized the construction OF a
bridge across the Detroit river.
1t cost New York $4,000 to as
certain through the Supreme Court
that it is legal to execute its Grim
inals by electricity.
Heavy damages to the tobacco
plant by frost is reported for West
ern North Carolina.
The coffee crop in Java is said to
have failed this year.
A new Egyptian loan for lrriga-
ton purposes is spoken of.
An epidemic resembling influenza
is spreading in India.
The Prince of Wales is beginn-
ing to express opinions on public
affairs.
Insanity in Paris has increased
80 per cent. within the last sixteen
years.
Teleglaphing money by the pos
tai telegraph has been instituted IN
England, beginning with March
LIST, after number of experiments.
The limit is $50.
The Bulgarian Government is
about to expend S15,O00,000 upon
the construction of railroads.
A medal has been struck in com
memoration of the fiftieth ami
versary in England of the penny
postage.
The price of coal, especially
bituminous, was never SO high in
England as now. 1t has advanced
from go to 100 per cent. within a
year.
During a storm which recently
ragged IN the Canton of Neuchatel,
in Switzerland, a shower of living
caterpillars fell on the hills of
Cretets.
English farmers are beginning to
offer bounties for the destruction of
the sIarrows, whose damage to the
crops has become unbearable.
1t is stated that Andrew Carne
gle has decided to increase his gift
for a library to Pittsburg from
s1,0O0,000 to 100000.
The silver plate belonging to
Dom Pedro was recently deposited
in the mint at Rio de Janeiro.
There were nearly five wagon
loads. The Emperor lived well
when he had the opportunity.
Marshal MacMahon, twice Presi-
dent of the French Republic, sent
his hearty congratulations to the
young Due d'Orleans upon the
step he had taken in going to
France in defiance of the law.
In Kent, England, farm of 500
acres that had been let for $4,000
per year has just been re-let to the
same tenant for $4,000. This is
said to be fair illustration of the
decline of farm values in England
of late years.
The n. Y. Herald says that
rich British Government contractor
is privately building near London
an air ship which is expected to
carry a crew of several men at
speed of $50 miles an hour.
While Father birmingham, as.
sistant pastor of st. Joseph's Cath
Ollie Church, Baltimore, was per-
forming a funeral service March
10Th, Sexton Richard McNichols,
without a word of warning, fired
FIVE shots at him, three of which
took effect and seriously wounded
him.
Government officials have had a
Fairport, N. Y, beverage, known as
hop soda, analysed, and thus ascer-
tanned, what its thousands of
drinkers had found out unscien-
tifcally, that 1t is lager beer. 1t
had big run in no-license counties
until a temperance society. repre-
sentative got upset on it.
Editor Stead, formerly of the
Pail Mall Gazette, is now going to
attack the London Times. He has
begun with a sensational article in
his Review of Reviewers, on the
diminishing circulation, advertise
ments and dividends of The Thun-
derer. He says this loss amounts
to more than 100000 annually. He
submitted the article before he pub
lished it to lawyer, who informed
him that it was libelous. but he took
the risk of printing it.
A large section of the Cardinals
are advocating the idea that the
future Pope to be elected at the
death of Leo XIII. shall leave Italy
Immediately upon his election.
They declare that the position of