The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-03-14

which will give Us ample nome sup
plies Of the best powde. for light
power guns, Of suokeleSs powder, OF
arncr piercing projectiles superior to
the best foreign make, aud also OF
first class torpedoes OF the White
head type. Important improvements
I have also been made III the ms1ufSc
ture OF high explosives at the torpedo
school. Main batteries Of rapid ire
and machine guns are now being
supplied IN abundance, all of domes-
tie manufacture and superior IN
quality, /; Is belived. to any got else
where"
The Reading company has gone to
pieces as the result of g panic on
/ Change iu New York, and bad man
agement. Three receivers have been
/ placed in charge Of the affairs of the
/ corporation 10 see what can be saved
from the wreck.
TIE Bethlehem Iron Company's
officials hare received notice that q
contract has been awarded them for
over 100000 worth OF heavy armor-
plate, the entire contract being S.
/ 100000. The Carnegie Works at
Pittsburg. secured the rest Of the
contract.
The strike Of railroad men in
I Chicago Is growing more serious,and
not only are trains being dersiled,
/ but the non union men assaulted.
The military Will probably be called
out 10 protect property and lives.
Truxtcn Beale, a Californian, has
been appointed Minister TO Rou-
mania, Servia and Greece.
Foreign News.
/ 4 despatch from St. Petersburg
/ shows that cholera Is not the only
pest that Europe viii have to deal
with this year. IL Russia the Gov
erument Is now having struggle
with an epidemic of what is common
" called the BLACK DEATH" which
/ has recently appeared in the Caucg-
sus. Thence It has spread with
frightful rapidly all over Southern
! Russia. The number of deaths Is
increasing daily. and all measures TO
check the trightjul calamity have so
far proved useless. Whether the au-
thorities viii be able to suppress the
plague or not remains to be seen.
1t is said that the Ribot Gov.
eminent in France is about to col
lapse. and bring on another crisis IN
the affairs of the nation. The Royal
lists and Socialists are hard at work
TO bring about anarchy. and it is
alleged that England is engaged,
through secret agents. in attempting
to embroil the Republic
DR.. Cornelius Herr, the man most
seriously implicated of all ID the
Panama scandals, is still i'll at the
hotel at Bournemouth, which he has
bought up entirely for himself. An
English detective sits beside his door
in the house and two French detec-
tives hover in the distance outside,
but are not allowed within the hotel.
A reporter managed to get into the
hotel. and to have brief talk with
Mrs. Herr and a few words with DR..
Herr. Curiously enough both seem
ed more disturbed about the charges
OF being spy than about anything
else. He is afraid that the Chamber
will resort to extreme measures in
dealing with him.
Another revolving crime has been
committed by Sicilian bandits near
/ Palermo, Italy. Eleven Of the vii
laius have been sentenced to penal
servitude for life. The crime for
which these men were arrested was
most atrocious, although it has had
many parallels in Sicily. In August
last they captured wealthy land
owner named BiIlotto and demanded
for his release the sum of 100000
lire. In letters written from his
place Of captivity, Billotto called
upon the members OF his family to
forward the money to his captors,
stating that Il it was not sent the
brigands they intended to kill him.
This money was raised, but it failed
to reach the robbers at the time they
had set for its delivery to them, and
they therefore proceeded to put their
threats to kill Billotto into execution,
and the testimony showed that be
was tortured and then burned at the
stake.
The Tribunal of Arbitration on the
Behring Sea question met in Paris
on February %, and adjourned to
March 90. They will decide the case
between England aud the United
States.
/ u. Jules Ferry has triumphed
over his enemies and is again presi
dent of the French. senate He was
well received.
Another duel has been fought in
France in consequence Of the Psna-
ma scandal, in which one was wound
ed in the side.
The editor Of the London Times
the "Thunderer," has been called
before the bar of the House to apollo
gize for comments upon the Home
Rule bill
The newspapers are again figuring
out the amount of the Queens
wealth and the sum Ia placed at be-