Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-03-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

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metal Nr. Reels assis1ie On
silver Is diminishing his chances
for nomination for the Presi-
dency. which ara said not 70 hare
been ssropg at anv time since his
stand on silver lzss fall.
The impression grows that
Willis ari ThurStoa will each
soon be called upon TO leave their
respective posts OF duty. oonsign-
ing their legation TO the care u
a charge d affairs
The intination brought BY the
last Australian steamer tha.
movement was on foot to change
the tripartite agreement relative
10 Samoa Is news 10 officials at
Washington
/ No credence is given at Wash
ington to the report that Puug,
( the late first Secretary OF the
Chinese legation at Washington
/ has been beheaded 10 China as
the result Of his Official conduct.
( The news Of the seizure Of
6reytoV n by troops of the Mica
rlguan Government, is not believ-
ed to indicate that American in-
terests have been placed in
jeopardy.
The greatest speed attained by
sailing ships, according to
Mulhal. was By the James Baines,
40 miles in twenty four hours,
and Flying Cloud, 4l2. The Red
Jacket ran 2260 miles in seven
days. averaging 325 miles a day.
Lieutenant j. 4. Smith, United
States navy, has presented to
/ Senator Chandler and Represen-
tative B air a plan for rescuine
the guns and armament of the
Kearsarge.
A petition to the Tariff com
mittee has been circulated in
Boston and signed by many lead
ing Democrats, asking the reten
ton of fourth of cent duty
on refined sugar. provided in the
original Wilson bill. but stricken
out by the House.
Unless all signs fail March Is
will see the beginning of one o
the bitterest railroad wars in re-
(! cent years
Fred May. the clubman and
ex-New Yorker, who once horse.
whipped James Gordon Bennett
and Colonel Buffalo Bill Cod,
met for the first time in six years
in Washington, and blow was
struck by Cody in settlement oil
an old grudge. Friends inter,
fered.
General Lord Wolseley declin-
ed to attend a dinner of the
Lond,n Thirteen Club the other
day, because, be explained, be
not 0ly believes in many super.
stitins, but hugs them with the
warnest affection. He believes in
ghots and amulets, and Is prone
to ADOPT any superstition which
he fnds that others believe in.
Common superstitions. he says,
linlIhim with picturesque past.
Eli Nye is reported to be dy-
ing. de Is lying Ill at the II 1tel
ImEeiial, Niagara Falls. and his
, marhler has cancelled all his
engagements for next week.
OolsClaus spreckels came to
the resef of the unemployed of
, Ssr Fhncisco. He read in the
monitg how the fund for pro-
vidng the unemployed With
labir sas going lower and lower.
, ans at the force of men would
haze 10 be correspondingiy re-
dued 1t excited his sympathy
, anal wrote q few words on
pie,e OF PAPER and sen. it to
Dsald Myer. treasurer Of the
Cfizets Committee. The paper
in ISL looked worthless enough.
bu wih the name OF Mr.. Spree
kss omit ii became as valuable
asgold Suffice it to say that
tbs chek was for 5000 and the
fulsl JUMP from SIS. 600 $50 900.
In Investigation shows the
recent lazzard totally destroyed
sb peak and plum crops in
SsathernIllinois- Currants and
rixrriss a. hailr dnmara.i