The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-26
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
Attempt to Kill Two Prominent
Men in Chile.
Steamship Subsidies-EIection Riots in
Japan-A Greek Mob and
Other News.
Down in Chile.

cables the following: Plots to Kill
both President Mont and General
Canto have been discovered and
thwarted. The attempt on Presi-
dent Months life took place last
Sunday night. The miscreants
engaged in it removed the rails
three kilometers north of Maule
station. Their intention was to
wreck the train which Montt was
announced to take. Fortunately
Montt stopped off at CHILEAN, and,
moreover, the removal was discov-
cred by railroad officials before any
damage was done.
Canadian Reciprocity.
1t is said that the work of nego-
tiating a treaty of reciprocity be-
tween Canada and the United
States has been suspended until
Canada gets a new grant of power
from the Home Government 1t is
probable that the work will end
about where it began. Great Bri-
tain will never consent to a treaty
which gives American manufac-
tured goods an advantage in the
Canadian market over British
goods of the same kinds, and the
American Government will not
consent to an exchange of natural
products only. The advantage of
such a treaty would be altogether
with Canada. Blaine is still at
the head of the State Department.
Japan and Hawaii.
The attraction of Japan for those
who have once visited her is like
that of the Hawaiian Islands. Sir
Edwin Arnold was only drawn
away from his retreat in Toxic by
the most urgent calls from London,
and now he is on his way back to
his Oriental love. Lafcadio Hearn,
the man who has written the best
book about the West Indies, is an
other victim of the Orient. He
went to Japan for a short vacation
and has ended by marrying a ma
tive lady and settling in a small
interior city.
Douglas and Blooms Safe.
The iron safe, piano and four
teen cases of furniture sent up
from Tahiti on the brig Galilee by
Douglas and Bloom, the bold buc-
cancers on the yacht Beagle, were
removed yesterday from the hold
of the brig at Mission pier 1 and
sent to the bonded warehouse for
unclaimed goods at Broadway and
Battery street. It is thought that
there is lot of silverware in the
safe, which bears the name of a
Honolulu firm, and was probably
purchased there during Douglas
and Blooms visit. 1t weighs about
Il ton.
The freight from Tahiti was paid
at the office of the briggs consignees
by a yelled woman, but neither
Joseph Byrne, to whom the goods
are addressed, nor any one else, has
tried to pass them through the
customs. By making an export
entry the safe could be sent out of
the country without its being
opened. Should it be delivered
here the customs officers will in
sist on taking a peep inside.-S. F.
Chronicle, Feb. II.
Election Riots i'll Japan.
YOKOHAMA, Feb. 16.-The cleo
toral campaign for members of the
Japanese Chamber of Representa-
tives, to succeed the body recently
dissolved, is in full swing. The
| luminosity of the contending parties
has reached fever heat and find
expression in blows, as in more
civilized countries. Riots are OF
frequent occurrence. A serious dis
turbance is reported from the island
of Kioo Sioo. on the Strait OF
| Shikoku. 1t is feared there has
been great loss Of life.
A Greek Mob.
ATHENS, Feb. 16.-The Protes-
tant Church at Pirpus, which was
pillaged and partly burned by a
fanatical mob on Sunday last, was
built by Englishmen and Amer.
leans, but the ministers connected
with it are Greeks. The mob also
attacked and wrecked the parson
! age. The British Foreign Bible
Society intends to claim compen
sation for the outrage from the
Greek Government.
Will Have Sugar.
ANAHEIM, Feb. 16.-A telegram
has been received here from Mr.
Captain, who went to St. Louis
that the desired amount of capita
for building and equipping the bi!
sugar factory here is all ready to g,
ahead and put up the building, 5,
our citizens may have the satisfac
ton of seeing sugar made right il
our midst before six months.
Steamship Subsidies.
WASHINGTON, February l6.-l
resolution to-day introduced int
We House by Fithian, gave warn