The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-26

history of the State. 1t occurred on
the eight # the 18th inst, at Roscoe,
a small station twelve miles north of
Los Angeles. The robbers, two in
! number threw the switch and ditched
the train, when it was running thirty
miles an hour. The fireman was
! slowly crushed to death, and tramp,
who was stealing ride on the pilot,
was instantly killed. One robber kept
up hot fire along the train windows
and prevented the passengers from
getting out while the other compelled
the second fireman to blow open the
! express car and accompany him while
| the safe and boxes were looted. The
! two deSperadoes secured $4,000 and
| carried it away on light wagon. A
reward of $1,000 has been offered for
| the capture and conviction of each of
| the men. The robbers were trailed for
/ several miles but for the time being
escaped. 1t is thought that they will
be captured. The penalty for the
! crime of train robbery in this State is
/ death.
The Trans Mississippi Congress has
been well attended and has given the
! Western delegates a better idea OF the
| possible scope of their work by being
| held in this city. Among the inter
/ esting subjects of discussion were Ha-
waiian annexation and the Nicaragua
canal. The next convention will be
held in st. Louis.
DIR. It. L. James, of Hahnemann
| College of this city, has been deposed
! because of his leanings toward alo-
pathy.
A cave in a coal mine in Pennsyl-
vania on the 18th cost the lives of fif-
| teen men.
Miss Maud Burke, of Oakland, Cal,
is to wed Prince Poniatowski, of Po-
land.
Carlo Tirmann, lion tanner. was
fatally mangled in Col. Boone's circus
at the Midwinter Fair on the 18th.
He was literally chewed to pieces,
but lived until the 18th. The electric
lights went out during performance
in the arena of the circus and three
lions sprang upon him.
Foreign News.
Paris has had another startling sem
sation provided by an anarchist on
the 18Th. He threw bomb into
cafe at the st. LaZare depot, wrecking
it and injuring twenty eight people.
The fiend was caught and acknowl-
edged the crime, declaring he was
glad his effort succeeded. He was
found to be Emile Henry, son of one
of the leaders of the Commune, who
was beheaded. There is great excite
ment in Paris, as it is feared that
there will be a general outbreak of
anarchism. In London placards an
nounce that the principal buildings of
the city are to be destroyed at an
early date.
The Nicaraguan Government has
violated its treaty obligation with
MOsQuit and England and seized the
country. 1t is a very rich territory,
and there is no doubt that Great
Britain will raise row and dispossess
the Nicaraguans.
A dispatch from Russia says that
at Helsingfoes on Tuesday night an
Germanland and carried off 500 fish |
ermen, with their wives and children,
who were on the ice at the time of the |
accident. Food, clothes and fuel are |
being sent and their rescue is proba- |
BILE.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says |
that the rebel admiral, De Cana, is |
seriously wounded and may die. |
Yellow fever has appeared on board |
the American men-of-war and the !
ships have been ordered out of the |
harbor.
A scheme has been moOted by the |
Niagara Falls Park and River Rail- |
road to construct q bridge from the |
Canadian side of the Niagara river to |
Navy island and thence to the United
States shore. 1t has also been decided |
by the Grand Trupk Railway to build |
a singIe-arch bridge across the
Niagara near the present structure.
The new bridge is to be of steel and to
rest on two rock lodges midway be-
tween the top of the banks and the
waters edge. 1t will be 600 feet long
and it is estimated to cost 100000.
Work will begin in the spring.
John Barrett, young journalist OF
Portland, Or, has been appointed
Minister to Siam.
On February 18th a French an
archist, while passing through Green
witch Park, London, was blown to J
pieces by bomb which he had Sc
GREETED under his coat. 1t is supposed
he was about to use it on some of the
principal buildings.
"Billy" Deutch, the man who broke
the bank at Monte Carlo, died in
Denver on the 18th. He was desti-
tute.
De CANA, the Brazilian rebel adj
miral, has been forced to apologize to
the United States through Admiral
Benham for firing upon a United
States launch.
A STRANGERS Death.