The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Yours,
II. +. GLADE.

II. II. bLADts
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Cholera is spreading in Russia.
ten tons, and is said to have been very
palatable.
A heavy gale is reported on Lake
Superior.
France will eventually annex Tunis
and Madagascar.
England is in great fear OF another
outbreak in India.
Republicans expect to elect three Con-
gressmen in Maryland.
A new Indian loan OF $4,000, 900 $780,
600 ,000) is offered in London.
a great drought is prevailing in the
semi-arid region OF Western Nebraska.
Breckenridge friends advise him to
Withdraw from the Congressional race
The Italian Chamber has approved
the army estimates by a vote OF 229 to
SO.
Austria contemplates revising her
trade laws and establishing labor tribun-
ais.
Two hundred thousand men are now
out in the big miners strike in the
States.
Holland has a new Cabinet whose
policy is moderate extension OF the
suffrage.
There is falling off OF sixty per cent.
in foreign immigration since last
October.
Harry Smith and Will James, ne
groes, were linched near jackson, Miss.
for burglary.
A dispatch from Honduras says that
Bonilla has raised $500, 900 to be used to
pay the army.
In the earthquakes which recently
shook Athens the Parthenon sustained
some injuries.
In Holland an attempt is being made
to pass bill allowing women to be
elected to Parliament.
| After being abolished for twenty-five
years, the death penalty has been re-
sumed in Switzerland.
English Liberia wi. meet at Leeds OIL.
| June goth to formulate plan OF cam
pai,n against the Lorls.
The bill has pass / The Dornini IN
House of Commons Incor, iorating the
st. Clair and Erie Ship Canal.
The Italian Governn ent will econom-
ize by abolishlng more than two hun
bred courts OF all grades.
A rapture OF diplomatic relations be-
tween Italy and Persia is impinent, ow-
ing to a commercial dispute.
European Powers seem to think this
is the time to stand together behind
Portugal in her quarrel with Brazil.
The Worlds Fair cheese contributed
by Canada was recently cut and eater
in Kensington, London. 1t weighed
The Spanish Government has issued 3
proclamation declaring that the town o
st. Nazaire, France, is infected Will
cholera.
Though Queen Victoria is suffering
from no distinct malady, it is known
that she is far from well. She has ageC
rapidly of late.
KIoTA, Japan, May 4.-The Diet will
open on the 18th inst. The usual ex
) citement before its opening is not noticed
in political circles.
Count Sollogoub and four other per
sons, including two lawyers, have beef
bannished to Siberia from St. Petersbur,
for forging a will.
w. C. p. Breckenridge says he is il
the race for Congress and no petitions
or protests or resolutions OF condemna
ton will keep him out.
Official reports to the Austrian Gov
eminent show that Mannlicher riff
wounds are more deadly than those @
the large bore weapons.
A strong feeling against Barrios il
: Guatemala is springing up even anon
his old friends, and there is more quie
s talk OF starting revolution
: The rates the Manchester Ship Cans
Company have made between Liverpo,
and Manchester show reduction owe
A rail rates OF over 70 per cent.
1t is reported at st. Petersburg tina
the Czarowitz will shortly visit the Brit
: ish Court and meet the Princess Alix
Z Hess, to whom he is betrothed.
England is not afraid to tackle I'll
II negro question. She has just absorbe
e the ten Uganda provinces in AfriC
with population of 100000.
The stockholders of the Elgin Watc
Company have decided to accept a
' offer of S7,OOO,OOO for the plant. A
English syndicate is the purchaser.
q Professor Lakin, at the Galesburg, III
% Observatory, says there is storm G
10 the sun, the greatest that he has Sc,
during his career as an astronomer.
Is The strangest strike on record is tn
al OF the wet nurses in Vienna. The fina
We cial side of the question is that the l
gistry offices get too large commission
IN Canadian independence" is the pli
I'd form on which f. z. Bouteiller is ru
ne ing in Essex county, Ontario, as
he candidate for election to the Legislatu
X Snow fell all over the eastern part
a. Kentucky and as far south as Chat
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