The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-08-25

suo" It's operations 10 the world.
Foreign News.
People interested in the importation
OF American beer into England have
held a meeting, and passed resolutions
opposing the bill now before the House
OF Commons, intended to shut out the
American product.
Russian Jews that have lust arrived
IN Boston assert that the only punish
ment imposed in the Cars domain Tor
killing Jew is q fine OF twenty rubles.
They tell tales Ca dreadful cruelty prac-
Used upon themselves and Hebrews
generally.
William O'Brien and John Dillon, the
IRISH agitators, have heen released from
prison, alter serving their sentences of
SIX months. They say they VIII no
longer submit to Parnell's leadership.
De Blowitz, the famous Paris cores
pendent OF the London Times, declares
mat his story regarding the dismissal Of
Bismarck was true.
France Is taking active interest in the
Worlds Fair, and viii make a great
exhibit.
1t is reported that Italy has concluded
loan OF el0,00O,000 with q British
syndicate. Italv's debt is now &, 49,
000, 1000.
The alliance between France and
Russia is regarded as y menace to the
peace OF Europe, and as check to the
power OF England.
A Berlin despatch makes the assertion
that the Emperor is confirmed NOR
phine fiend, and that he is physically
and morally succumbing to the habit.
Dispatches from Foo Choo, China, of
August L, states that great riots are ex-
pected and that the natives threaten to
kill all the foreigners. The United
States government has ordered the
cruiser Charleston to proceed to China
ut once Tor the protection OF American
subjects. Other war vessels will follow
as soon as possible.
Mrs. James Brown-Potter is in Paris.
She denies that she has been divorced,
or that she is married to Belew.
\ collision between Japanese vessels
oil the coast of Japan, on July IL, re-
suited in the loss of 26O Japanese.
Hall savage natives of Paraguay have
attacked an isolated village in that coun-
try and killed $50 men, women and
children. The massacre was followed
by wild orgie.
On August ., Queen Victoria prorogued |
Parliament and expressed satisfaction |
with its labors.
The famine in India is so severe that |
many deaths are occurring from starva-
ton.
French bankers are to erect an astron-
omical observatory on Mont Blanc.
News comes from China that the
leaders of the recent riots are all to be
executed under royal decree.
The Government OF Salvador has
seized the Pacific Mail steamship Pa
mama, for the alleged violation of mari |
time laws.
A dispatch from Berlin on August 9th |
says that Emperor William is in very |
poor health anG that bis condition is |
serious.
1t is rumored from Hayti that the |
rebel general Prophetic is about to- in |
wade Haytian territory with an armed |
force.
Yellow fever is prevalent in Ecuador |
and smallpox is raging in Lima, Peru.
The dory, Sea Serpent, has success
fully crossed the Atlantic from Boston
to London.
Reliable information from European |
correspondents is to the effect that !
Europe will need 2S0,0OO,00 bushels of |
American wheat this year.
Shipping News.
The British ship City OF Florence has
arrived from Antwerp in dismantled |
condition. She was all but wrecked in |
storm off Cape Horn.
The schooner Ellen, which arrived |
recently from Mexico, has been seized |
under a musty old navigation law which |
forbids vessels under so tons from bring
ing cargo from foreign port.
The missionary steamer Morning Star |
is attracting much attention here.
The D. S. S. Alameda, Captain Morse,
has just completed her fiftieth round |
trip.
The American Steel Barge Building
Company of West Superior, Wis, has |
decided to build two more ocean-going
steel barges. Some Of their vessels are
on the way now from New York to San
Francisco.
The Cramps have been awarded the
contract for building Cruiser No. Is at
81 600, 900. The Bath Iron Works, of
Bath, Me-, underbid the Cramps, but
could not give guarantee as to tune.
This vessel must make Il knots an hour |
at sea.
The North Pacific Coast Railroad Co.
is to build steel ferry-boat for service
on the bay. She will be go feet long,
and will have a speed OF 19 knots.
The whaling bark Mars has returned
from the North with broken rudder.
She had captured nine whales up to the
time that she met with her mishap.
The total catch, up to July 18th, was 80
whales.
The Charleston is back in port, after
cruising a total Of q 200 miles. She will
soon be sent to China, as an outbreak is
there in September.
There seems to be but little hope for
he safety of the schooner Pannonia. She
eft Jalult, in the Marshall group, 50
lays ago for this port As this is 30 days
onger than the longest trip on record
ne underwriters have concluded that
he is resting at the bottom OF the Paci-
ic Ocean. The Pannonia had made a
good cruise, from a business point of
lew, among the Seath Sea Islands, and ,
vas returning home. She had on !
'oa7d several missionaries as pas
engers. Captain Londall was one OF
ne most experienced captains in the
sand trade. and the only ray of hope is
hat the schooner was wrecked and that
er crew and passengers are on an island
ut Of the track Of ships.-[S. +. Exam
Ter.
The White Star Line steamer Majestic
as reduced the record from Roch's
ONT, Queenstown, to Sandy Hook, New