The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-08-04

nave received a thorough airing in sui
now on trial in the Superior Court
brought by George Taylor to get divi
sion OF the spoils. Many members are
shown to have taken brides.
James McCudden, the Mare Island
Navy Yard coal contractor and politi-
! clan, has been exonerated from the in
dlctments against him by the United
States Attorney. The swindling of the
contractor was shown up by the Ex-
amlner, but politics forbade prosecution.
American News.
a tornado swept over northern Min
nesota on the 10th, and five men were
killed.
Italy has announced that she will not
officially take part in the Worlds Fair of
1893, though Italian exhibitions will be
given every encouragement.
Blaine has gone to Bar Harbor, Me.
He is described as L very sick man, and
says himself that he is suffering from
nervousness, though the New York
papers have it that Bright's disease ais
him. He expects to return soon to
Washington.
j. 3. Campbell. the present Governor
of Ohio, has been re-nominated by the
Democrats to run against William Nc
Kinley, Jr. The campaign is now fair
ly on.
The physicians who witnessed the
electrocution of Smiler, Slocum, Wood
and Juglro have filed certificate stating
that the men were rendered unconscious
the moment the current was turned on
and that in each case death was mani
testify painless.
Samuel J. Dixon, a Toronto photo
grapher, has emulated Blondin and has
crossed the Niagara gorge below the falls
over tight rope. he proposes to give
exhibitions this summer.
monument to Stonewall jackson
was unveiled at Lexington, Va, on the
Dist inst.
Dispatches from New York indicate
that Venezuela may not ratify Blaine's
reciprocity treaty.
George Francis Train has made new
trip around the world in sixty-one days.
He started from Seattle.
The President Of Hayti has issued a
formal protest against the occupation of
Mole st. Nicholas by the United States
Government. He thinks it is step to-
ward annexation, and charges Blaine
with entertaining plans enumeration.
The town OF Boulder Greek, CAL, has
been burned out. Loss, 100000, par
italy insured.
John II. Steinberger, who is connec-
ted with the Nevada Bank, OF California,
has been sued, by Chicago parties, for
s., 800, 900, on Il dispute over some min
ing properties in Mexico
\ Chinese leper has been found in a
New York wash-house, and there is the
usual outburst in the New York papers
in consequence.
a story of cannibahsm comes from
Minnesota. It is that a Swedish woman
and her eldest daughter, who settled in
the Snake River County, north OF Pine
City, were so driven by hunger that they
ate the bodies OF three younger children
to keep alive all winter.
Several fishing smacks have been
seized in Canadian waters, and the usual
summer wrangle between Great Britain
and the United States, over the fisheries
question, is on.
U. j. Glave, once of the Stanley party
in Central Africa, and Jack Dalton have
lett Seattle, TO explore the central por-
ton of Alaska.
A tribe Of Central African dwarfs is to
be exhibited at the Chicago Fair. The
agent at Zanzibar announces that he
can get the pygmies.
Work on the Grant Memorial has be-
gun at Riverside, n. Y.
Further tests Of the new American
armor plate, of nickel and steel, have
been made at the Annapolis Md
proving grounds. The tests were very
successful.
Immense asbestos deposits have been
discovered at Mediord, Or
Bob Ingersoll has been interviewed on
politics. He thinks that Mckinley is
the coming man and that il he carries
Ohio this fall in the Gubernatorial fight
nothing can prevent his nomination in
1892
The Fish Commission OF the United
States has published report on the
pearl fisheries of the Gulf of California.
The industry gives employment to 500
men.
The census office has issued bulletin
on the gold and silver production of the
COuhli III luc CdicIludT year 1OOJ. IL 10
placed at l 800, 500 ounces of gold, coin
ing value $32, 1856, pa, and 81, 1854, 851
ounces OF silver, coming value sos 1885,,
9SS. This is 2S per cent. of the worlds
gold product and Al per cent. of the sill
yer product.
Dispatches from New York state that
private letters have been received there
TO the effect that Mrs Langtry has been
disfgured for life. She was knocked
down and kicked in the lace by Abing-
don Baird, the Englishman who sup
planted Freddy Gebhardt in her favor
Gebhard has ordered all her stock from
his ranch in Lake County, Cal
E. Il. Il. Green, the son oi the famous
woman millionaire Hetty Green, OF
Chicago, intends to publish a triple city
daily, using the Chicago Times as a
bases on which to build. 1t will have a
page of New York news and a page of
Boston news telegraphed verbatim from
news papers OF each place.
Foreign News.
Report comes from Hayti that Hip
politics rule is becoming more despotic
and bloody. Tho e who do not support |
his administration or who are suspected !
Of heinz urf,iapdtv arc shot u-ithont |