The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1892-01-05


son Electric Light Company is one of
the certainties in the near future.
Edward NJ. Field, the son of Cyrus
W. Field, who wrecked the firm of
Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. has
been indicted for forgery by a New
York Grand Jury. He is insane, and
his father is Just recovering from
severe illness. due to the shock of the
failure and the loss of his wife.
There has been an almost general
strike of the telegraphers in the en-
ploy Of the railroad companies all
over America. The Southern Pacific
was not affected.
Stephen B. Elkins, of West Vir-
ginia has been appointed Secretary of
War, to succeed Redfield Proctor,
who becomes Senator from Vermont.
Elkins is a great personal friend of
Blaine.
There i evidence of volcanic activ-
ity in the Twin Sisters Mountain,
near Whatcom, Wash.
The new stockyards of Armour,
Swift and Morris, who are designed
to drive out the English who control
the Union Stockyards of Chicago, are
nearing completion. The English
are in great trepidation lest they be
driven out altogether.
United States Senator Preston B.
Plumb died at Washington on the
10th. 1t is generally believed that
ingalls, will be his successor. The
Governor of Kansas will make the
appointment
The business portion of Truckee
was destroyed by fire on the 21st inst.
An English company is about to
undertake the development of some
so-Called ruby mines near Helena,
Mont.
y movement is on foot TO reduce
Yosemite Park by one-half. There is
no reason for so doing, and the
scheme is headed by men who want
the land for sheep pasture. There is
no chance of success, fortunately.
The Postmaster-General has re-
newed the contracts with the Pacific
Mail Company for carrying the China
mail.
An electric system of which much
is hoped, is to be tried on the ores of
New Mexico, which have thus far
been difficult to reduce.
The grippe is spreading all over the
eastern cities, and many hundred
thousand people are down with it in
New York.
Foreign News.
During the elections in Ireland on
December 18th, Michael Davitt, the
famous Irish leader, was seriously
beaten by followers of the opposition
candidates.
The recent expulsion of a French
correspondent from Bulgaria has re-
suited in the cessation of diplomatic
relations between the two countries,
and France has demanded satisfac-
ton. Thus far Bulgaria has refused
TO grant it, and there is great uneasi-
ness among the European powers lest
this situation develop into war.
1t is reported that Russia has an
nOunced her intention to declare a
protectorate over Corea, and that Port
Hamilton will be selected as a naval
station from which to enforce her
position.
Mrs. John w. Mackay, formerly OF
this city, has sold her Paris residence,
and will henceforth reside in London.
The funeral of Dom Pedro, the de-
posed Emperor of Brazil, was held at
Lisbon on December u.
The wedding of the Duke of Clar-
ence and Princess Victoria of Tech
will take place on February 10, the
tifty-second anniversary of the we'd
ding of the Queen. This date was
fixed upon at the Queens special re-
quest. The British Silk Society, of
which the Duchess of Teck is presi-
dent, has begun the manufacture of
the wedding dress. 1t is to be of the
softest white damask, brocaded in a
design of lilies of the valley, with
roses, shamrocks and thistles en-
twined in the border, thus combining
the symbols of the three countries in
the kingdom. The train shows silver
lilies and other designs on a silk
ground. Ordinarily it would take at
least three months to complete the
dress, but the looms have been or
dered TO be run night and day in order
TO insure its readiness for the day of
the wedding.
The Tahitian government has final
" granted general amnesty to poll
teal offenders
According to the reports of the
French and Spaninh ministers at
Tangiers, Muley Hassan has repudi-
ated his own Endorsement of the
Brussels agreement by authorizing
the sale of negroes in his empire.
Moreover, it has been discovered that
the Sultan of Morocco has counten-
anced the foundation of a settlement
at Marakesch, one of the imperial
residences, in which male and female
slaves brought from the interior are
compelled to marry in order that the
children born of these unholy unions
may be sold for the sultan's benefit.
In fact slaves are being bred in Mo-
rocco in much the same fashion as
horses. Europe cannot tolerate so
gross violation of its decisions, and
all the signatory powers seem virtu-
ally in accord as to the necessity of
an expedition.
Honduras has another revolution,
which began on the day that President
Leiva was inaugurated. The rebels
were soundly whipped and driven into
Nicaragua. They were prevented
from retreating into Salvador by
troops massed along the border of
that country. More trouble is ex-
pected.
The revolution in Brazil is still I'M
settled, and there are strong indica-
lions of an UDrisinp in ARGENTINE