The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-01
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
tBv the s. s Aust alia.)


No referee has yet been selected
for the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight.
The British Consul at San Frau
cisco has been raised to the rank OF
Consul General.
China has withdrawn it's consent
to the commission to investigate
the missionary riots at Cheng Tu.
Professor Paateur, the discoverer
OF incubation as a cure for rabies,
is suffering from paralysis of his
legs
General Nelson A. Miles will sue
coed Lieutenant General Schofield
"a Commander-in Chief OF the U. S.
Army.
The anti gambling law in Mon
tana has been declared unconsti,u-
tional, and all the old gambling
-hells will be re-opened.
President Cleveland has extended
the civil service rules to all consular
Offices whose compensation ranges
from $1,000 to $500 year.
The Duke of Marlborough has an
noupced his engagement to Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter OF
the multi-millionaire w. X. Wander
bilt.
1t is stated that Charles D. Rose
Of the Royal Yacht Squadron has
sent challenge to the cup COM
mittee OF the New York Yacht Club
for the Americans Cup.
The Hawaiian Steamer Kahului
has been chartered by the Hawaiian
Commercial Company, to take
cargo Of general merchandise, to the
port Of Kahului on Maui.
Professor James @. Kennedy, prin-
cipal of the San Francisco Normal
School, died on the 23d inst, while
ate nding readings in the auditorium
OF the Girls High School.
All political prisoners in Italy
we're pardoned by King Humbert
in honor Of the commemoration OF
the 25th anniversary OF the Italian
army's entrance into Rome.
Many accomplices of the French
spies arrested recently at Cologne,
Germany, have been captured. Many
foreigners have been expelled from
Berlin, including eleven Frenchmen.
The congregation OF the First
Presbyterian Church of Washington
Of which President and Mrs. Cleve-
land are members, have extended q
call to Rev. Ds Witt Talmage to be-
come associate pastor.
The hunting season in Europe has
opened we'll as far as accidents are
concerned. Prince Lsdislas Of Aus
tria, Prince Ernest r ban and Lord
Beaumont have all fallen as victims
the deadly shotgun which is never
"loaded."
Colonel North, "the Nitrate King,
has purchased mile of the sea
front Of Ostend from the King of
Belgium. The price paid was ST..
100000. The colonel intends to
found an international sporting club
on the land.
At the international athletic con-
test which toox place between the
New York Athletic Club aud the
London Athletic Club on Manhat-
tan Field, the American beat the
English at every event and broke all
previous records.
General Enrique Collazo has sue
ceeded in leaving Florida with a
flibustering expedition for Cuba.
A 700 tons steamer was chartered
and on her was slowed away $500
rifles, 100000 rounds of ammunition.
600 machetes and 400 pounds OF
dynamite.
King Alexander OF Servia is BRIDE
hunting at present. The Hesse
family seem unwilling to give him
one Of their numerous princesses
and he will probably have to be
satisfied with a daughter of Princess
Dolgohrouki, the morganatic wife of
the late Emperor of Russia.
The Spanish gunboats Sanches
and Bacastequi collided on, the 18th
ult. with a merchant steamer in
the canal at the ent rance to the har-
Dor of Havana. The steamer sank
Immediately. Rear-Admiral Perejo,
four officers and thirty seamen were
thrown overheard from the gun