The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-27
San Francisco News.

San Francisco News.
st. Patrick's Day is being celebrated
today by the Irish-Americans at the
Midwinter Fair. The celebration is
the largest ever arranged in the city.
The Chronicle is arranging School
Children's Day at the Midwinter Fair.
All the children in the public, par
ochial and private schools OF San
Francisco, Alameda, Marin and San
Mateo counties are invited.
A movement is being engineered in
Los Angeles for the unemployed" to
march to Washington. The scheme is
being fostered by one Fry, rascally
agitator from San Francisco The
agitator's plan is to take trains on the
Santa Fe road.
1t is authoritatively stated that the
Pacific Mail will not get possession of
the Panama through-freight line to
New York after the lst of May, max
ing low freight rates after that date.
American News.
Cover Waite, the cranky chief
executive of Colorado, has created an
other sensation and made a fool of
himself. A few days ago he removed
two members of the police and Fire
Commissioners and appointed others.
The incumbents declined to vacate
Office and had the police force and
Sheriff to support them The officers
0arricaded the City Hall and defied
the Governor. The latter called out
the militia and bloody fight was in
prospect, but was stopped by the
timely arrival of the United States
troops under General McCook. The
Governor wanted the militia to attack
the City Hall, but was afraid to leave
bis home, where he was protected by
a strong guard. He finally backed
down and agreed to settle the matter
in the courts, as first proposed. He
has disgusted the whole country.
General o. o. Howard will retire in
June, and it is stated that he will run
for Congress from a Maine district.
General Nelson Miles is TO succeed
Howard.
Admiral Benham, with his flagship
San Francisco, has been ordered to
Bluefields, III Nicaragua, to see that
there are no more aggressions of the
British on that soil.
character of the late war, died in
Washington March 18th. He was a
clerk in the Pension Department. He
was private in the famous Ellsworth
Zouaves, stationed at Alexandria, Va.
When the ordinance of secession
passed, a man named Jackson, pro-
prietor of the Marshall House, ran up
a Confederate flag. Ellsworth went
to the hotel and hauled it down.
AS he was descending the stairs after
doing so Jackson shot and killed him.
B,ownell, witnessing the act, prompt
ly slot Jackson. For this Congress
awarded him q medal and he became
quite hero.
The advance guard of the Army of
Industry started from Los Angeles on
its way to Washington on the 10Th.
There were 500 and they expect To be
10000 strong before they reach their
destination. 1t is believed that this
gang of buns will not hold together
long. The other branch of the army
is being rapidly recuited in Ohio.
The Senate fight on the tariff bill
has not yet begun, but it is expected
TO be a bitter one when it starts.
Probably the biggest battle will be
over the income tax, against which
Senator Hill will lead the attack. If
this feature is defeated it is believed
that the POpulists will refuse to vote
for the tariff bill and thus prevent its
passage. The Democrats are in hard
place, and are getting nervous.
Freddy Gebhard, the notorious, New
York millionaire dude, married Miss
Louise Morris, Baltimore belle, on
March 14th.
The breach of promise suit of Miss
Pollard against congressman Breck-
enridge is in progress, and the young
lady is making out a strong case.
There is a plan on foot to dig
canal to connect the Mississippi River
and Lake Superior. 1t is to be 120
feet wide and twenty feet deep.
A Washington dispatch says: In
formation received by the Bureau of
American Republics is to the effect
that a project for Mormon colonial
tiOn in Northern Mexico has just been
perfected, which, it is stated, rivals in
size and importance the first migra-
tion to Utah. A contract has been
drawn up for the purchase by the Nor
mon Church of 100000 acres OF land
for the settlement of 10000 Mormon
cOlouists. The movement is said to
be the elimination of plan by which
the MOrmOns are to remove i'll large
numbers from Salt Lake City to this
portion of Mexico. The tract is stu
ated in De Gollado district of North
ern Chihuahua, about 120 miles south
of New Mexico. The land is part of
the highlands of chihuahua, and lies
at an elevation of 1000 feet above the
sea 1t is said TO be fertile and es-
pecially adapted for grazing purposes.
1t is also rich in timber
1t is stated that President Cleveland
will not sign the seignerage bill, but
will permit it To become law with
out his signature.
1t has been decided to report a bill
favorably providing for the election
of United States Senators by the di-
rect vote Of the people.
Foreign News
The Radicals III the House of Com
mons gave the government and nobil-
ity great shock on the 18th by pass
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