The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-29

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He is a member of the company in
terested in the Samoa village on
Midway Plaisance, and collected the
company of natives on exhibition
there. MIR. Jobs business at Wash
ington is to urge Secretary Gresham
to ask the English government to
haul down its flag on these two isl
ands and release them from its chain
of sovereignty.
American News.
The financial stripgency still con-
tinues, but better feeling exists in
many matters. Banks continue to go
by the board all over the country.
All eyes are now directed towards
congress for relief.
The National Cordage Co. (eordage
trust), now in the hands of re-
ceiver, is to be re-organized.
John Cudahy. the Chicago million
aire and pork packer, was ruined
recently by a collapse of corner in
bacon and other hog products which
he was engineering.
A desperate attempt to repeal the
Geary Act is to be made by Eastern
pro-Chinese advocates at the present
session of congress.
Whitecaps tried to drive Samuel
and William Conrad from Harrison
county, Indiana, on the 9th. The
Conrads gave the intruders battle
and wcrsted them, killing five raid
ers.
Astronomers are discussing the
question whether one of the spots on
the sun recently observed was a
comet and not an ordinary sun spot.
The steamer Annie Faxon blew up
near The Dalles, Ore, on the 14th.
Eight lives were lost.
The Northern Pacific railway has
gone into the hands of L. f. Cakes,
II. W. Payne and Henry Cranse as
receivers.
Over a million dollars worth of
property was destroyed in a lumber
fire at Minneapolis on the 18th.
Standard Oil checks are being re-
fused by New York and other banks.
Scarcity of currency is the cause.
Riots are believed to be imminent
in several eastern cities, where there
are thousands of unemployed men.
New York had such a riot on the
18th.
Congressman W. G. p. Brecken-
ridge is defendant in breach of
promise suit, the complainant being
Miss Madelaine B. Pollard.
. An operation for appendicitis was
successfully performed in New York
on John W. Mackay, on the Sth.
Meacham's gang of outlaws was
wiped out by the sheriff of Clark
County, Ala, on the 11th. Thirteen
men were killed in the pitched battle
which ended as stated.
L. T. Neal, silver man, has been
nominated for governor by the Ohio
democrats. to make the race against
Mckinley.
Foreign News.
A treaty of peace has been agreed
upon by the warning factions in
Nicaragua.
Siam having conceded everything
to France, the Siamece trouble has
passed into history. 1t is reported |
on good authority that when the re
lations of England and Siam were |
most strained, the emperor of Ger
many rubbed his hands and said: |
GAIL right now The dance will be-
GIN"
The reported marriage of the duke
of York to an English woman at
Malta prior to his recent wedding is
being canvassed by the gossips. The
belief is general that such wedding
was solemnized.
Religious riots, which the police
and British Troops were for the time
powerless to qnell, broke out in Bonn
bay on the 10Th and 18th. The city
was in the hands of mob on the
18th. The Hindoos attacked the
Mohammedans wherever they could
be found, burning and sacking
mosques, dwellings,, etc. The dis
turbances we're finally ended by the
troops.
Russia and Germany are engaged
in a retalitory tariff struggle, which
is greatly aggravating the i'll feeling
already existing.
Elections are soon to begin in
France and the feeling runs high.
Several duels are promised, of course.
Sporting.
A. B. Spreckels' great mare Hulda,
by Guy Wilkes dam by Bull Pup,
trotted mile in 2:O8s at Buffalo on
the 3rd. This is the fastest mile
made this year. And after Martha
Wilkes 2:0S is the fastest mile ever
made in race
All the horses of the Paio Alto
stock farm are to be offered for sale
shortly. 1t is believed that about
200 of the best will be reserved for
Havey won the American cham
at tennis in Chicago on the
9Th: defeating Neel, the Californian,
IN the final.
Alec Greggains, middleweight, was
defeated by Dan Creedon, of Aus