The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-20

HltLOut lTUuple.
Foreign.
The man Deeming, who is now
in custody at Melbourne. and who
claims to be "Jack-the- Ripper"
will be tried at Melbourne for his
crimes committed there and will
undoubtedly be hanged. He has
set up the insanity plea as defense.
If Deeming is, as he claims, Jack
the-Ripper," his number of known
victims is fifteen-nine in White
chapel, five in Liverpool and one
in Australia. There is no doubt
about his record in Liverpool and
Melbourne.
1t is stated on the best authority
that Count Won Gutenberg, now the
head of the Prussian Ministry, will
succeed Won Caprivi as Chancellor
of the German Empire at an early
date.
All of the plans of the Fortress
of Malta have been revealed to
French officials by a man named
Holden. The British War Office is
correspondingly alarmed and many
changes will be made in the fort
ress.
There is almost panic in Chile.
The Government is all but bank
rupt and there are engagements in
Europe amounting to 100000,
which must be met. The country
is almost on the verge of a fnan-
cial panic. At the same time the
chief journals and writer's of the
Republic are engaged in hurting
defiance and insults at the United
States.
Lieutenant Arastay the French
Army was guillotined at Paris on
the 9th. He met death bravely,
albeit he was trif1e nervous. He
murdered his benefactor in the
most cold-blcoded fashion.
The revolution in Venezuela is
abous over. At one time Caracas
was threatened by the revolution
lists under Crespo, but the uprising
has been put down by Palacio, the
President and Dictator, and the in
surgents have been dispersed and
are in hiding.
A proposition is on foot in Van
couver to establish colony of Ca
madam fishermen in British Column
bia.
The Argentine Republic is in a
state of turmoil. The Cabinet at
Buenos Ayres has declared state
of siege and many opponents of the
Government have been deported to
Staten Island, near Cape Horn.
Saens Pena has been elected Presi-
dent.
Bismarck celebrated his 18th
birthday on April LIST. There was
great celebration at his retreat at
Fredricksruhe.
Cable dispatches from Yokoha-
ma state that Lieutenant Hether-
ington, of the Navy, who shot and
killed George Cover Robinson for
having been too free with his at
duttiteeaas t by his Wis 9hhEaaab been ae
Hetherington stated in his dispatch
that his wife was vindicated. It is
thought that the two have made
up and that Hetherington will
soon be ordered to California.
A statue to the memory of the
late Duke of Clarence is to be
erected in the chancel of the San
dringham Church.
There was great warehouse fire
on the Kaiser Quay, Hamburg, ON
the I'd. The warehouse was stored
with cotton, coffee and oil and
spirits. The loss is placed at 3d.
100000.
A war is imminent between
France and Dahomey. The King
of Dahomey is mastering his Anna
IONS to repel the invaders.
The salt mines at Carmen ISL
and, Lower California, have been
sold to a Chicago syndicate for
100000.
Europe is apparently shoulder
ing over dynamite. Three or four
explosions have occurred of late in
Paris, and Ravachol, the chief dy-
namiter, is under arrest. The DO
lice are in dread of more explo-
sions. In Berlin there is a great
feeling of unrest and a plan has
been discovered in Spain for blow
ing up the Parliament buildings.
For this, Philip Munroe, an an
archist leader, has been arrested.
The authorities in Spain are so
badly frightened that they forbade
the observance of Palm Sunday
and all unlicensed handlers of ex-
ploslves will get a life sentence.
Sporting.
Oxford defeated Cambridge in
the race from Putney to- Mortlake
on the Thames on April 9th. The
time was 10 minutes and 90 Sec
onds, the fastest ever made over
the course which is something over
four miles in length. Oxford led |
from the start, and won by two
lengths and half. The best pre-
yiOus time was 20 minutes and <