The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-04-28

The Mauipuris have revolted in 1ndis
and have massacred Lieutenant Grant
OF the English army and many soldiers
The revolt has not been quelled.
A new republic is being set up on the
Serrana banks, lbs miles east of Hon
duras.
The Gar has just escaped another
effort to assassinate him.
George w Williams, colored, formerly
member of the Ohio Legislature from
Cincinnati, and now at Stanley Falls,
Africa, is the latest man TO attack STAN
ley. He has written a letter to King
Leopold of Belgium attacking the Congo
Free State and Stanley in unsparing
terms.
Great dissatisfaction is being expressed
by the London dock laborers at the fire.
quent changes which are being intro
duced into the administration of the
docks, another alteration in the classif-
cation of permanent and preference men
having been made to-day. The men at
most of the docks are anxious for an ex-
tension of the cooperative method Of
work which is proving so successful at
the Albert and Victoria docks.
piercing the dam OF the North Sea canal
took place to-day. Emperor Wilhelm
made the breach, and the water poured
IN in immense volumes.
Emperor William has bought the
Scotch yacht Thistle and will sail her
this summer She is the yacht which
was beaten in the race for the America
cup two years ago.
BY the will the late Prince Napoleon
Plon-Plonn Prince Louis, his second
son, succeeds to the Napoleonic claims.
Ii the French authorities permit, Plon-
Plon's" remains will rest in Paris near
those OF the first Napoleon.
The Australian Federation Convention
has adopted resolutions providing that
the Federal Parliament shall fix and
control customs.
There are many rumors that the Mex.
lean Congress will create the office of
Vice President Of the republic. Ex-
President Gonzales, General Pacheco,
ex-Minister of Public Works, land Manuel
Dublan, Minister of Finance, are each
mentioned as likely to be appointed to
the post. The Government authorities
will give no information on the subject.
Ell Universal says the Minister of Posts
and telegraphs is to be created.
Robert Underwood johnson of the
Century and ex-Congressman William
E. Simonds are to receive the Cross OF
of the Legion OF Honor of France for
their success in pushing the lnterna-
tional Copyright Laws.
Advices from Gran are TO the effect
that an enormous reservoir of water 120
feet below the surface was discovered at
Ell Golea, small caravan station in the
midst of the Sahara desert. The discov-
cry was made while workmen were
sinking a we'll. The shaft already gives
forty gallons of water per minute, and
the amount can easily be increased. The
discovery is of the highest importance
and will tend to develop the caravan
trade. This is the first time water has
been found at so slight depth in the
Sahara.
In connection with the Chilean affair,
the S. F. Chronicle says: "The cruisers
Animate Condella and Lynch have
left the Brazilian coast for Chile via the
Straits OF Magellan. They will be es-
corted by the corvette Pilcomayo, which
is almost the only ship of the old navy
which remains in Balmaceda's hands.
The Dictator will send several officers
over the Andes to sail the ships to the
Pacific The Condella and the Lynch
are new torpedo cruisers built in Eng
land on the order given by Chile two
years ago. They are long. lean, active
looking crafts with immense steam
power and equipped with the most ad-
vanced offensive weapons. They can
steam twenty knots an hour. The
Chilean feet will be met in the Straits
of Magellan by the Blanco Encalada, an
ironclad in the hands OF the Opposition. ]
She will endeavor to capture the two
torpedo cruisers. They will run for
safety, and their commanders expect to
escape by their superior speed. The
Pilcomayo will be caught if she goes
near the Blanco Encalada."