The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-19
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took out certificates IN Massachusetts
Secretary IIerberis visit TO San Fran.
cisco is only 10 inspect the navy yard.
There is trouble In British India reg.
iment over an infringement Of the caste
system.
There has been an official denial Of the
story that the armor plates Of the Mon
terey are defective.
IL is stated the efforts Of the socialists
to abolish the death penalty in France
may be successful.
The Federal authorities expect to pros
secute more than 1000 Cinnamon in SAN
Francisco for perjurcd registration.
There are now about thirty cases of
smallpox in Atchison, Kan, and the
citizens are becoming frightened.
Chinese in Chicago who have com
piled with the registration law are max
ing application to become citizens.
Sebato Saito, japanese resident of
Boston, has applied for naturalization
papers in that city, the first of his race
to do 30 there.
Passenger and freight trains collided
at Eau Claire, Wis, on May 10th, kill
ing a messenger and mail clerk and in
Juring several others.
The Portuguese Consul in London an
nounces that meteorological examina-
ton proves that the epidemic prevailing
in Lisbon is not cholera.
1t is suspected that of the $3.50 China
men who have registered in New York
fully 1000 made false affidavits. About
1900 did not register at all.
A heavy rain and hail storm at Still
water, Mimi, undermined buildings,
tore up the streets and made so many
washouts that trains ceased to run.
Representative Cummings in charge
of the Naval Appropriation bill thinks
it as necessary to build war vessels as to
put in hydrants in anticipation of fire.
A fire at Norway, Maine, May 9th
destroyed seventy dwellings and num-
Der of business places. Several persons
were injury. The loss will reach $780,
900.
In the vote on the budget in the Brit
ish House OF Commons the Government
had a marrow escape. The motion 10
reject was negatived by vote of 30S to
294.
James E. Head, noted outlaw, was
killed in thicket at Lexington, |. T.,
Wednesday, by one of posse of Off
GERS. The officer was also shot and died
later.
Some attention will soon be given by
the House. Committee on Pensions to
the Cummins bill granting pensions to
certain persons in the Life-saving Ser
vice.
Emigration to Canada from Great
Britain, which fell off Ga per cent last
March, as compared with the same
month last year, is still continuing to
decline.
A Venezuela dispatch says: "An
earthquake on the eth of April destroy
ed the cities of Egido and Merida and
several villages. The loss of life is sale
to be heavy"
On May 18th, Jake Rudolph attempted
to kill j. B. Elliot, business manager OF
the San Francisco Chronicle whose life
was saved by a silver dollar which
stopped the bullet.
Professor 7. C. Mendenhall, Chief OF
the Coast Geodetic Survey, has declined
the Presidency of the Ohio State Uni
versity, which was offered him a few
days ago by the trustees of that institu-
ton.
The new cruiser CINCINNATI is now in
the drydocks in the Navy Yard, where
her bottom is to be cleaned and painted
She may be put into commission at al
most any time after she comes out Of
the dock.
At the convention of sugar men held
at New Orleans on May 18th the con-
servatlves were in majority. During
the session protest against the contin
uance of Hawaiian reciprocity was en-
tered on the minutes.
more houses fell into the river May 9th
Two hundred men are at work trying Il
save the big Canadian Pacific Railroad
bridge, which it is not expected will b.
| OIL 20 Al
At the Sharon Springs, Kan, one o
the most determined mobs that eve
congregated in that portion of the State
on Monday linched William McKinle.
and his son Lewis for the murder o
Charley Garley, committed May Sd.
A severe windstorm passed over
part of Indiana yesterday. The steame
, Eugene was overturned at Mount Yer
non and is total loss. Many buildings
were unroofed at indianapolis and sew
eral persons injured by falling walls.
Seven men armed with Winchester
and revolvers rode into Southwest City
No., and robbed the bank, getting al
the money the bank ontained-betweel
$1,000 and "a 1000. They evidently cam
:. from the Territory and were experts.
Gus. Meeks his wife and two childre
, were murdered at Browning, NO., b
the Taylor brothers, May 10. Meek
was witness against the brothers OF
. charges of forgery, arson and larceny
Five hundred men are after the nun
J, derers.
The Government of France will pros,
= cute NJ. Touissaint, the Deputy who il
. terfered in the strike of the workme
employed at the Trignac Iron Work.
. by melting the men to continue tn
strike and who il also nccnsed Of In