The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-09-18
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
Continued from Ist Pdge.)

panlc-Strlcken ana are leaVlnB inc
towns in droves.
Senator Dolph has presented
petition from the Methodists Of
Oregon, praying for the repeal Of
the Geary Act.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
The silver men are fighting hard
in the Senate against the passage OF
the Wilson bill, reported last mail
as having passed the House. Sena-
tor Pugh says unconditional repeal
of silver coinage is impossible. The
opponents of the Wilson bill will
flibuster until the administration
forces are willing to yield in favor
of compromise.
In the Senate yesterday Stewart
submitted a resolution for COM
mittee of five to report whether any
Senator is interested as a stockhold-
er or otherwise in any national bank.
Hill objected to it on the ground
that it was reflection on the Sena-
tors, and it went over till to-day
Senator Stewart says it i'll becomes
Senators interested in national bank
stocks to find fault with any Sena-
tor because it is asserted that the
latter may be interested in mines, or
has friends who may be interested
therein.
The administration has ordered
its friends in both Houses of Con-
gress to transact little or no bus-
ness outside of the repeal of the
silver law, consequently the House
was in session but few minutes
yesterday. Senator Stewart pro-
misses music in the Senate to-day
when his resolution comes up for
debate.
At the silver congress in Chicago,
Governor Waite of Colorado deliver
ed an address, in which he character
lied the banking system as failure
and bankers as rascals.
A convention of between 1000 and
2000 representatives of 1850 boards
of trade will meet in Washington
to-day to discuss the financial situa-
ton.
BICYCLE RECORD BROKEN.
. A. A. Zimmerman broke the
worlds bicycle record for one mile
in an unofficial trial at Hamden
Park, Springfield, Mass, yesterday,
his time being POI 3-5. This beats
Windle's worlds record by one sec
ond. The start was flying one.
, L. S. Meintjes broke the three,
four and five-mile records, his time
being officially taken. The time by
miles was: Mile, 2:19 3.5; two miles,
4:3l; three miles, 6:45 Is; four
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CONTINUOUS QUAKING.
) Central New Mexico, has been
subject almost daily for more than
three months to violent earthquakes
Five connections Thursday threw
down a score of old adobe buildings
already shaky from previous earth.
quakes. No lives were lost, but Il
peculiar feature is that there are
numerous cases of nervous sickness
even commissions, among the inha-
bitants as soon as the rumbling com.
mences. The center of the disturb
: ance is Sabinai, where d spring has
I appeared in a place which always
!, had been dry and barren.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Charles NJ. Shortridge, editor oi
the San Jose Mercury, has won q
victory for the freedom of the press
He was fined 500 for contempt oi
= court in publishing proceedings in {
| divorce suit tried with closed doors
: He appealed to the Supreme Court
which has decided in effect that the
report, having been an accurate one
=, and containing no matter prejudi
= cial to either party in the case, wa.
within the constitutional liberty o
i the press. The order of the cour
!; below was therefore annulled.
The Lucania, the new Cunarder
r arrived at New York on September
& 10, after having made the fastest
maiden voyage across the Atlantic
. on record
One hundred Italian coal miner.
r caused a reign of terror for nigh
at Beading, little town near Pitts
burg, Pa. They went round bowling
and firing guns all night. Miner:
z were driven out of the mines by
them, and citizens were with diff
r Guilty restrained from firing on tn,
!, disturbers. In the morning thu
y police arrested 32 rioters, the res
i escaping to the hills.
The Oceanside bank has bee,
> closed by the commissioners. !
a was involved with the broken Con
+ solidated National of San Diego.
= Thomas Rhodes committed suicid
f at Los Angeles. He was wei
!, known mining man and partner O
. Major H. M. Russell. They had pu
c a large pile in Colorado mine
: which was closed in the late fnan
9 cial smash.
= The State Department is tele
+ graphing to United States represent
!, atives abroad for information as t,
what Great Britain and Russia ar
willing to do in the matter of pro
e tecting the seals. The Paris deci
d sion is imperative until the coun
J. tries interested take positive action
:. Baby Ruth has a little sister. !
( daughter was born to the wife O
President Cleveland at noon of Sept
8 in the White House. The bab
h was weighed on the 1lth, tipping
i, the scales at nine and half pound.
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