The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-30
THE UNITED STATES TREASURY
Has TOO MUCH GOLD.
Death OF Jules Ferry-A Van
derbHt Dead-Clevelandps
New Party.
The Honduras Revolution.

Honduras give an account of a bat
tie which took place week ago at a
place called Santa Lucia, near Yusa-
caran. The battle lasted the greater
part Of two days. The Government
troops, commanded by General Vii
leila, attacked the position held by
Policarpe, Bonilla's chief General
Terrencio Sierra Villela was forced
to surrender. The battle was the
bloodiest one which has taken place
dnring the revolution. One hundred
and fifty men were killed on the
field, Of whom 100 belonged to Vii
lela's army. General Bonilla has
occupied Juticalpa, meeting no re-
sistance. He also captured 500 rifles.
Fire at Boston.
BosToN, March 19.-Fire broke out
about Z O'Clock this morning in the
fremont Temple, and before noon
the entire structure had been Quilted,
entailing loss, roughly estimated,
at S475,000. Fireman Patrick Dunn,
of Engine rs, had leg broken, and
another man, name unknown, is re-
ported to be seriously injured.
Voyage of the Shenandoah.
New YORK, March 19.-After pro-
longed voyage of 1862 days. during
which she twice rounded the Horn
and twice crossed the Atlantic met
and vanquished the fast British ship
Kensington on an ocean race, and
finally fell in with whole family of
waterspouts, the American ship She,
nandoah arrived in port yesterday.
The waterspouts were sighted five
days ago about 500 miles off the
coast.
Salisbury Has Relapse
LONDON, March 19.-Lord Salisbury
is again confined to his bed, and has
been forbidden by his physician to
attend to any business whatever.
Too Much Gold.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The Trea-
sury Department is receiving offers
of gold for small notes in such num-
Der that it cannot accept them all.
To day it accepted an additional offer
of 81, 100000 from Chicago. 1t is
thought by next week the free gold
in the treasury will aggregate be-
tween 100000 and S7,0O0,000. A
gain of S900,000 in gold was made at
New York yesterday. No gold was
taken for export.
New YORK, March 18.-The bank
statement is as follows Reserve in
crease, $1,396,000; specie, decrease
$211,00 The banks now hold
So, 1893, 600 in excess of requirements.
End of Jules Ferry.
PARIS, March 17.-Jules Francois
Camille Ferry, the French statesman,
is dead. nj. Ferry's death was caused
by heart disease. The affection of
the heart, from which he suffered,
was due to the effect of bullet strik-
ing rib near the base of the heart
at the time he was attacked by Au-
bertin in 1887. He was seized with
spasms early in the morning, and
despite every effort made by the
physicians who were hastily sum-
moned, the commissions continued to
grow in violence until 6 o'clock in
the evening, when he expired in
terribly severe spasm.
Armor for the oregon.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, March 10. "A
shipment of eight tons of armor,
forming the diagonal plates of the
battleship Oregon, left the Bethle
hem Iron Works yesterday for the
Union Iron Works, San Francisco,
where the Oregon is now building.
A Vanderbilt Dead.
New BRIGHTON, s. l., March 10.
Jacob Hand Vanderbilt,
brother of the late Commodore Van
derbilt, died at his home at Grimes
Hill, Staten Island, at 6 o'clock this
evening He had an attack of con-
gestion of the lungs two weeks ago,
and for several days his death has
been expected. His son, j. FL. Van
derbilt, Jr., was alone at his bedside
with a nurse at the time of his death,
his daughters and nephew, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, having left the house a
short time before the end came.
Explosion OF Locomotive.
BUTTE, Mont, March 1S.-A fifty
five ton Grant locomotive exploded
to-day, instantly killing Conductor
2. j. Winkenyon of Watertown,
Wis, and Switchman John Kane of
California. Engineer Paul Feather
kite of Missouri was fatally and
Fireman James Mulligan seriously
injured.
Crispi in the Deal.
PARIS, March Isle Rappel,
radical journal, has created sensa-
ton by publishing a statement to
the effect that the liquidator of the
estate of Baron Reinach has told the
Panama investigating committee OF
a document which gives the names
and dates of various Panama pay
ments, including one Of 10000
francs to Crispi, the former Prime
Minister of Italy.
In the trial of Charles de Lesseps
and his associates today Waldeck
Rosseau made an eloquent appeal to
the jury for mercy to his client, Bal
haut. Barnett, in his argument in
behalf of ex-Deputy Sans Leroy,
sought to sustain by documentary
evidence the story that Sans Leroy,
at the time he deposited the amount
alleged to have been given to him by
Arton as a bride, was simply rein
vesting his wife's dowry.
ROME, March 10.-It is stated that
Signor Crispi acted in Italy for Ba
ron de Reinach's firm from 1866 until
the time of his accession to power,