The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-09
LATE NEWS FROM ABROAD.
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Finance Committee was was present
at the time.
Royal Arthur at Santa Barbara.
SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 26.-H. M.
>. 5. Royal Arthur. flagship of the
Pacific squadron, Rear-Admiral Ste
venson in command, arrived in the
harbor at $50 O'Clock this evening
from Esquimalt, B. c..
Mohican VIII Not Sail Yet.
VALLEJO, Dec. 26.-The Mohican
will not leave mare Island for a week
or ten days yet at least. Engineer
Arnold, one of her officers, is on the
Olympia's trial board, which will not
be through work for a week yet.
Miscellaneous Items.
The Standard Oil Company's tug
Brilliant sunk in New York harbOr
during a heavy gale. All hands were
saved with the exception of the fire.
man.
The city of Orleans has been thrown
into a state of terror by anarchists.
The latter started a riot and ran
through the streets shouting, "Long
live anarchy" and breaking every
thing within reach. They have also
written threatening letters to many
of the prominent residents of the city.
The baggage of all travellers in and
out of Paris is being subjected to
close search by the police owing to
letters received by the authorities,
informing them that plot had been
formed to blow up several of the rail-
road stations.
The concessionaires of the Midwin-
ter Fair have organized club for their
mutual protection.
The Midwinter Fair was informally
opened on the 1st of January, but the
ceremonies of dedication and the
grand celebration will be deferred un-
til a few days later, when the exhibits
will all, or nearly all, be in place.
Although the event of that day was
purely informal there were plenty of
attractions to draw people to the Fair
grounds. Good music, lots of bunting
and wide open buildings were the
order of the day. The date of the great
gala day will be duly announced. 1t
is intended to make that an occasion
to be forever remembered by the peo-
pie of California.
The Rev. Edward Bell, the editor of
the Weekly Flag, of New York, and
his wife have been arrested, charged
with brutality maltreating their thir-
teen year ola son.
W. F. Whittier, of the big Califor-
MIA firm of Whittier, Fuller & Co.,
has sold his interest in the concern to
his partner, w. p. Fuller, and will re-
tire from business.
The trial of Prendergast, the MUIR
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plying the Chicago courts.
Lieut.. John Howard, a son of Gen.
o. o. Howard, u. s. A, was married
on December 26th, to Miss Emily Brit
ton, of San Francisco.
Train robbers held up an express
train at Roscoe, California, lately, and
got only S13 for their pains.
LONDON, Dec. 26. = Sculptor and
Painter Woodington is dead. He exc
cuted the bas-reliefs of the Nelson
monument.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-William Wat
kins Lloyd, the archeologist, is dead.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-If legal APP
pearances count for anything, the suit
of Mrs. leila Nicholaus against George
Gould is still pending.
HAVANA, Dec. 26.-The cargo on
board the New York and Cuba Mail
Steamship Company's steamship
Seneca, which was scuttled in this
port Sunday night after putting back
on fire, will prove almost total loss.
GLASGOW, Dec. 26.-Watson, the
designer of the Valkyrie and Thistle,
is building yacht for an American
to compete with the new forty-rater
ordered by Victor Montague.
WHATCoM (Wash.), Dec. 26.-Ex-
Deputy City Clerk Il. Y. Grassett,
against whom the Grand Jury found
eighteen true bills, most of them for
forgery and obtaining money under
false pretences, has been convicted on
enc charge of forgery, and will be SEN
fenced this week.