The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-02-14

appropriation of the Company's
sinking fund.
Kelly Brothers, retail dry goods
merchants, have failed for $50, 600.
The Nevada Bank will shortly
establish a savings bank and trust
company in the Old Hibernia Bank
building at Montgomery aud Post
streets.
The Edison Electric Light Com
pauy, and the Electric Improve
ment Company, rival electric light
concerns, have combined and rates
for lighting have been raised so per
cent
The contest of ODonnell for the
Mayorality is petering out. He has
made 10 substantial gains on Ellert
during the recount.
Jacob Renhart, ii young barber,
recently snatched a box containing
$1,000 from Mrs. a. n. Towue. He
was caught before getting far and
will undoubtedly do long term in
San Quentin.
Ex-ATayor George H. Sanderson
died of Pneumonia on the LIST inst.
Aged 6S years. He was ill only a
few days.
Foreign News.
The canal scandal in France is
still occupying the attention of that
country. The trials are progress
ing and thus far NJ. Farqueville
has finished his examination of
eighteen persons connected with
Panama scandal. He has decided
that Ferdinand de Lesseps, Charles
de Lesseps, Henry Cottu, Marius
Fontaine, ex-Deputy Sans Leroy,
ex-Deputy Gobron, NJ. Arton and
VI Blondin are culpable. He has
also found q true bill against Deputy
and ex-Minister OF France Rouvler,
Senator Albert Grevy, a brother of
the late President of the republic,
Senator Reral, Senator Deves and
Senator Leon Renault, on charges
of corruption in connection with the
Panama canal committee. Cornelius
Herr has been arrested.
\ mine explosion in Bohemia
caused the death OF so men, their
bodies choking the entrance to the
mine.
The fearful cold still continues in
Europe and England, and many
deaths are occurring from freezing
and starvation. The condition of
the poor in London and Berlin is
terrible.
France has passed a severe law
against people who circulate false
rumors regarding the solreney of
banks.
The British Parliament opened on
January 31st, and Gladstone took
the oath of office. The Queens
speech contained no special point of !
interest. Lord Salisbury appeared
in opposition and touching upon
home rule for Ireland, said, that |
one object of the Government in the |
past six months had been to get the
support Of class of men who, |
no politicians in England |
had tried to conciliate. The key
note of the Irish policy of the gov
eminent was to get the support of
the criminal classes. The prerOga-
tive Of the crown had been used to
shield murderers and release dyna-
miters. All acts Of the government
,aused an impression that they were
much more in sympathy with GRIM
mails than DESTROYS of indicating
the law. lCries of % Hear, Hear"
Reference in the Queens speech
o home rule was the most peculiar
sentence he had ever seen in a pub
ic document. 1t seemed to indicate
hat the Governments opinion of
he whole Irish question with which
Parliament had to deal was that it
vas right for one portion of the
IRISH to place their heel upon the
leck of the Protestant population of
With regard to other
measures indicated in the Queens j
peech, Lord Salisbury declared that j
obody believed they will ever be
Undertaken. This is simply the
epetition of programme adopted :
Y the Liberal conference at New }
astle. Lord Salisbury alluded to
be agricultural depression, and said !
griculture had suffered most from
amt of confidence.
Political partisans now preached I
octrines that were filling the +
Kinds of owners of capital with b
apprehension. There was no coun- a
y in the world, Lord Salisbury t
dded. where property was now so s
lsecure as in Great Britain, in con-
,quence of erroneous legislative I
.tion. [Cries of I" Hear" 90 Hear "
The Earl OF Kimberly mildly re-
with Lord Salisbury for
,cusing the Government of SYM Il
,thV with irish criminals He