The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-02-28

GuStaV Elnel, two years lmprls
onment and 10000 francs fine.
There was great excitement il
Paris over the sentence of Ferdi,
nand de Lesseps, and almost the
entire French press has protested
against its severity. A great effort
is being made to secure the old
mans pardon, and it is not thought
that he will ever 60 to prison al
though he Is now a convict.
Italy is now having its scandal
| growing out of the over issue OF
bank notes and the bribery of Off
cials to prevent the passage Of a
law to regulate the issue of cur
rency. The king has paid 4,000,-
600 lire out Of his private fund to
save some Of the great men who
were bribed, but the others viii be
prosecuted.
The island of Zante is still shak-
ing. A dispatch says that the
people have been ruined by the
damage and many lives were lost.
A correspondent of the World
cables an alarming report regard
ing the coming Of the cholera
plague this year;
From ST. Petersburg comes the
news that ten persons died of
cholera with the cessation of the
frost. The Marseilles people are
trying hard to cover up the dead
and quiet the fears of the living.
But worst of all, as directly
affecting America, is the news
from Hamburg, in the suburbs of
Altoona. 4 prisoner in the Jail has
just died and five other cases are
being closely watched. The port !
of Hamburg itself was not allowed |
to escape. On board the steamers
Ecso and Australia four sailors |
were stricken with the disease. |
The weather is moderating all over
the continent and the warm sun
shine is bringing back to life the
cholera germs.
Meanwhile Vienna is sending
invitations to all nations to an In
Health Congress to
some plan of fighting
he common foe, and in England
ind Southampton the people are
begging Parliament to vote money
o keep up a rigid quarantine.
MARsEILLEs, Feb. 12.-Between |
o'clock last evening and 2 o'clock
his afternoon eight persons died
" the cholera epidemic and several
resh cases were taken to the hos
,ital. The patients were discharg-
d as cured from the hospital.
The Swedish Consul has refused
o issue clean bills to vessels sail
ng for Swedish ports. A FIVE days
quarantine has been established
" the Greek Government for all
rivals from this port.
The reports from Argentina state
hat the country is on the verge of
revolution. In the Humboldt col
ny 5000 colonists, nearly all for
igners, are in arms to force the
overnment TO reduce the exces-
i've export tax on wheat. The {
overnment is condemned on all {
.des and a general uprising is i'm I
liuent. !.
A London dispatch says that the /
,ramble for gold is now regarded )
5 one of the gratest signs of the !
mes in Europe. 1t is one of the
auses of a widespread but i'll L
efined feeling in political circles \
lat European peace is soon to be =
-oken- Gold in large amounts is q
ling locked up. not only in the 0
nperial treasury of Russia, but in I
lie storehouses of other continental :
The abnormal move :
ent of the precious metal is now tt
ell understood in financial circles n
i'd the baneful effects of the stu :
ion are foreseen. ii
The Statist has this significant
terance: "Not only do the mill 5
~ preparations on the continent +
reaten US with the most terrible 6
II the world has ever seen, with il
e greatest waste of life and wealth
ID with a complete breakup of u
e political systems of the contin- V,
t, but they actually put prohi- Il
ton on new enterprises elsewhere. G
obody can be sure for a week to- u =,
Their of what may happen or how m
e money markets of the world di
az be thrown into confusion and 10
how disastrous, therefore, every a. a.
dertaking may be made. The sa
furious effect will continue even da
war itself is still postponed. q
lere is naturally very much un- ~
siness all over the continent and al
every war Office throughout the
rid, yet there is hope at the same