The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-12

to allay apprehension il never sue
ceeds, for suppression of news always
results in the circulation of exagger-
ated reports. The exact truth is the
best, and then people know what tc
| prepare for and are not unnecessarily
alarmed.
Hundreds Killed.
! RIO JANEIRo, \ pril 3.-Detail.
have been received of the battle al
Legreto, March 9th, in the State ol
| Rio Grande do Sui. The slaughter
was frightful. Fifteen hundred troops
were engaged on both sides. Five
hundred were killed and large num-
Der were wounded. The State troops
were defeated and the revolutionists
have full sway there. 1t is said the
State forces will be reinforced and an.
other attempt made to dislodge the
| insurgents.
Needs Guardian
CHICAGO, April 3.-Arthur Libby
Jr. filed a petition in the Probate
Court this afternoon asking that a
conservative be appointed for his
| father, the senior member of the we'll
known packing firm of Libby, Nc
| Neill d Libby, it being charged that
Mr.. Libby IS mentally disordered. He
is sixty years of age and very wealthy.
| Prince Roland Bonaparte.
NEW YORK, April 3.-Prince Ro-
| land Bonaparte, grand nephew of Ma
| poleon Bonaparte, arrived here tC
pursue his favorite study of archie
olOgy, On which he is an authority.
The Prince will remain in New York
few days, then go to Washington
and renew his acquaintance with the
President and Mrs. Cleveland whom
he visited in 1888. From Washing
ton he will go to San Francisco.
The Combined Typewriters.
NEW YORK; April 3.-The Union
der the laws Of New Jersey, has pur-
chased the plants, factories, goodwill,
etc., of Wyckoff, Seamans & Bene-
dict, American Writing Machine
Company, Yost Typewriter Company,
Smith Premier Typewriter Company,
and Densmore Typewriter Company.
Clarence T.. Seamans of WyckOf, Sea-
| mans d Benedict, is mentioned as
probable President.
A Japanese Palace.
CHICAGO, March 21.-The Hooden
palace, dainty in design and ex ,cuted
with al the grace of Oriental art, is
completed. The gift of the Empel or
of Japan to the city of Chicago stands
within the exposition grounds on q
wooded island, whose budding tulips
and dahlias and sweet scented shrubs
from the sun-kissed lands will make
the spot a rival of the King gardens.
It will be the headquarters of the Jap
anese Commission during the fair,
| and when the fair is over it will be
the property of the city of Chicago.
BaIfour's Tour.
BELFAST, April 3.-The Right Hon.
A. j. Balfour, Conservative leader in
the House of Commons, formerly
Chief Secretary for Ireland, arrived
at Belfast to-day to deliver addresses
in support of the opposition of the
Ulster Unionists to Home Rule.
A vast cOncourse greeted him, and he
was cheered loudly as he made his
appearance. The multitude was so
enthusiastic that they took the horses
out of the carriage and eagerly sought
the honor of drawing the vehicle
through the sti eets. Numerous depu.
Secretary, dwelling upon the loyalty
of Ulster and extolling the services of
Balfour. Balfour replied with an
earnest declaration of thu resolution
of the Conservatives to resist Home
Rule to the utmost.
At Larnof, seventeen and q half
miles from Belfast, Balfour also had
enthusiastic greeting, and listened to
an address in behalf of Ulster Union
lists, to which he delivered a reply
appropriate from the Conservative
standpoint.
Possibilities Of War.
On March 18th the London Spec
tator, in careful and conservative
article relating to listers attitude,
said Whether the Protestant coun-
ties of Ulster will rebel against an
Irish Catholic Parliament seated in
Dublin is, of course, doubtful, quiet
industrials being slow to take up
arms, but we should say, looking at
| the whole matter as historians, and
without prejudice in favor of any
party, the balance Of probability lies
on that side.
Satisfied with Bayard.
LONDON, March 3l.-The STANDARD
saws of the appointment of Mr.. Bay
ard as ambassador to Great Britain:
.'The strong line of opposition which
Mr.. Bayard took against Great Brit
ain in that unfortunate temporary
Misunderstanding between the two
countries Will not prevent him from
eXerting an influence to maintain the
strength of the existing cordiality of
| their relations. He comes with g
prestige which has not been enjoyed
| by any of his predecessors"
A Score of Buildings Burned.
FLORENCE Is. CO., April ga fire
| broke out early this morning in the
grocery store of D. f. Parker. At least
q score of buildings were destroyed
including the Central Hotel, bank
CITY Hall, knights of Pythias Hall
| and the Derrick Machinery Building.
| Several firemen were injured by fall
| ing walls. The loss was $3.50, 600.
| Young Lady Murdered.
CHICAGO, April 1.-Miss Effie Clarke
of Spokane, WASH, a member of The
freshman class of the Northwestern
University, tonight was shot and in.
stantly killed by E. Ross Smith, aged
twenty.six years, until lately also 8
resident of Spokane. Smith, after
shooting Miss Clarke, shot himself il
the head, infiicting a fatal wound
The cause of the murder was the re-
fusal of the young lady to entertain
Smiths proposal of marriage. Smith
has been an ardent sutton for the
hand of Miss Clarke, but his atten'
tions were repulsed by her parents
and herself.
SmokeIess Powder Tests.