The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-02
President Cleveland Appoints
Another Cabinet OMcer-The
Mikado's Salary is DOcked
Mrs. Whitney's Will.
per bark R. P. Rithet.)

armed men are to be seen about
the capitol, while force has been
used on persons and buildings by
the Republicans, and the Governor
has called out the militia.
Tonight the situation is one of
the utmost gravity. Ten thousand
armed men will be on the streets
of Topeka tomorrow, and the
slightest spark of trouble will pre-
cipitate a civil war, the bloodiest
in the history of Kansas.
AS fast as the militia companies
arrive they are being stationed in
a Gordon around Representative
Hall. The avowed purpose of the
Populists is to starve out the Re-
publicans by not allowing any food
to be taken to them in Representa-
tive Hall, and not allowing them
to pass in and out until they are
willing to surrender. If they try
to prevent breakfast being taken in
to the Republicans in the morning
there will be battle. The streets
are filled with Republicans, many
of them grizzled veterans of the
war, and they say that if the mill
tia attempts to stop supplies from
going into the House they will
simply sweep the militia into the
Kansas river.
Another effort was made by the
Republicans tonight to get the
Populists to agree that both Houses
should adjourn until the Courts
had decided which was the legal
BODY, but the Populists would not
listen to it, and there is no longer
a chance for peace.
Another Cabinet Officer.
LAKEWOOD, IN. J.), Feb. 10
Mr.. Cleveland announced the name
of the fifth member of his Cabinet
this evening. 1t was that of Hoke
Smith of Georgia for Secretary of
the Interior. All the positions ex-
cept those of Secretary of the Navy,
Acknowledgement and Secretary of
Agriculture are now filled.
Docked His Salary.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. 15.-The
steamer Empress of China brings
advices that the Budget Commit
tee of the Lower House of the Jap
anese Diet struck off large sum
of the Emperor's allowance, to
which the Cabinet refused to as
sent. The House adjourned for
five days, but at the expiration of
that time matters were unchanged.
The leader of the opposition, Mr..
Kano, who was recently released
from prison under an amnesty
granted in connection with the
PRONUNCIATION of the constitution,
was about to move an address to
the throne, which would practi-
cally be an impeachment of the
government, but before the compile
ton of his opening sentence the
House suspended the sittings for
fifteen days by imperial rescript.
1t is not known what will be the
sequel, but it is probable that the
Ministry will resign.
Swept by a Hurricane.
LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch
from Zanzibar tells of frightful
hurricane that swept over NADIA
gascar on January 2Sth, doing i'm
mense damage, both in the interior
and on the coast. At Tananarivo,
the capital, buildings were wreck
ed and many lives were lost, and
at Port Mahoori, on the east coast,
a number of vessels have been
missing since the storm, and it is
feared that they have gone down,
with all on board. A vessel laden
with wheat was wrecked at Ma
hala. The hurricane wrought
great destruction throughout a vast
area.
The Panama Scandal.
Henry Cottu, one of the Panama
defendants, under sentence, is in
London, and will go thence to
Vienna, afterward returning to Pa
ris to meet the penalty imposed
upon him, provided his appeal
against the sentence is not sus-
tanned.
M. Lequay, adjudged guilty OF
completely in the Panama Canal
frauds, was to-day sentenced to five
years imprisonment and fine OF
5000 francs. Provost, convicted
on the same charge, was sentenced
to three years.
Committed Suicide.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 15.-Edgar
J. Atkinson, traveller for George
S. Knapp & Co., furniture manu-
facturers of 267 Wabash avenue,
Chicago, was found dead on Viii.
lard street, between Fulton and
McAllister, by some children short
ly before 6 o'clock last evening. A
pistol lay by his side, and there
was a ragged and powder-burned