The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-06

y fearful cyclone NisIleU tuc
town of Wellington, Kansas, on the
9th. Thirty lives were lost and
the town was levelled.
Foreign News.
Deacon, who killed his wife's /
paramour at Cannes and was SEN
fenced to one years Imprisonment,
will it is said be pardoned in July. |
He will prosecute his wife for inf
deity unless she gives the children
to him.
A London dispatch says that the
Emperor of Germany is very sick
man and is mentally deranged.
His physicians say that he will die
unless he temporarily resigns con-
troll of the government.
On April 29th a hurricane of
great violence swept over the ISL
and of Mauritius, destroying a
great part of the capital and kill
ing 1900 people. Details are not
at hand.
In the English Commons on
May %, Balfour defeated Glad
stone and his followers by passing
the Irish local government bill by
a majority of 90. Gladstone spoke
against the measure for over an
hour but could not break Balfour's
forces.
Denmark celebrated the golden
wedding of her King and Queen
on May %.
The war in Venezuela still drags
along, and the tide of success
seems to be entirely with the revo-
lutionists. Their latest victory was
the capture of four government
men-of-war and securing control of
the river Arinaca. The entire
country is in a deplorable condi-
ton.
The birthday of Queen Victoria
was celebrated with due ceremony
in London on May 25. The mill
tary display was magnificent.
A Vienna dispatch says that it
is announced that a new CONNER
cial treaty has been negotiated be-
tween Austria-Hungary and the
United States on the basis of a
reciprocity clause of the Mckinley
bill. According to the provisions
of this clause, the United States
comedies to this country the bene-
fits contemplated by this clause,
and admits sugar, molasses and
hides duty free Austria-Hungary,
on the other hand, comedies to the
United States the right of the
most favored nation, thus practi-
cally following Germany in allow
ing the United States the advan-
tages granted by her to the mem
bers of the Central European Zoll-
verein. The treaty is received
with great favor by industrial in
terests here, though much bitter
ness is felt against the trainers of
of the Mckinley bill, which has
caused idleness and starvation,
especially in the mother of pearl
industries.
A cloudburst in Hungary on
May Is flooded mine and drown
ed 100 miners.
Two wealthy Chinese merchants
of San Francisco are in the city OF
Mexico, endeavoring to secure land
for the establishment of a great
Chinese colony.
The London Times scores Lord
Salisbury for consenting to take
part in the silver conference. II
says the meeting can accomplish
no good results, and is scheme o.
the Washington politicians.
Deeming, the murderous fend
was hanged on May 23d in Mel
bourne. He died like a miserable
dog. He could murder his own
flesh and blood and dismembel
helpless women, but he could no
go to the gallows like a man. HI
wept and prayed, and had to b'
supported by the guards.
At Melbourne, Australia, on May
22d, an open boat in which ffteel
members of a foot ball team were
being taken across the Bay of Por
Phillip by two fishermen, wa
found bottom up and all are sup
posed to have been drowned.
Sporting.
At the Park way handic cap rae,
in New York, Major Domo won
and made a record of 147. He
made the first quarter in "a seconds
The fight between Peter Jackson
and Slavin will take place in Lon
don on May 30th. Slavin is the
favorite there and in New York
The fight should be short one.
George Godfrey, the colored pu
gilist, defeated Joe Lannon, in fou
blows at New York.
Frank Ives, "the young Napo
leon of billiards." has defeated
Slosson, the ex-champion, twice
The contest was for the champion
ship cup $1,000 and the gate re,
ceipts. Ives won easily, his aver
age being 263 against Slosson's
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