Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-15
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The Captain of a PaciHc Mail steamer
Has Trouble with the NicaraEuan
Government.

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Jose de Guatemala and arrived at
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua,
April Goth. The Government of
Nicaragua demanded of the
captain of the steamer that he
should deliver the rebel captain,
but he refused and the Govern
ment prepared its guns to bonn
bard the vessel. The United
States Minister, Mr.. Lewis Baker,
was called on in regard to the
matter and he advised that the ar
rest of the rebel should be made
in legal form. Finally, Captain
Dow, of the Costa Rica, gave up
Ouinoninez and thus avoided great
damage, or the loss of his vessel
and the sacrifice of lives. The
rebel is now in prison but his life
will be saved.
The steamer Costa Rica and
Captain Dow became famous at
Amepalia several years ago, when
Senior Policarpo Bondilo, now the
President of Honduras, was on
board the ship. Capt.Dow refused
to give him up and his life was
saved although his steamer was
under fire for several hours. The
United States Minister, Mr..
Baker, was at that time a pas
senger on Capt. Dow's ship and
on that account the incident was
the subject of investigation by the
United States Government.
The United States Ambassador,
Mr.. Thomas f. Bayard, was the
chief guest at the annual dinner
Of the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers in London on April
30th. Lieut.. Commander W. S.
Cowles, naval attache to the
United States Embassy, was also
guest. The Secretary of the
Institute said this was the first
time that a foreign ambassador
had been the chief guest of any of
the annual dinners.
By a vote of 331 to 156, the Bri-
iish House of Commons has pass.
ed the second reading of the Ag-
ricultural Rating Bill.
Senior Labra, deputy for Cuba,
speaking at Seville, declared that
Spain's natural policy was an
alliance with France against Am
erica. The Cuban war, he said, if
prolonged, meant ruin for Spain,
and there would be renewed strug-
giles unless reforms for Cuba
we're conceded. Local autonomy
he said was indispensable.
Crops in Spain are being ruin
ed by the prolonged drought.
The Turkish Government has
consented to pay sum Of 1900
as an indemnity for the outrages
on the foreign Consuls at Jeddah
in Arabia.
A strike for higher wages has
taken place in the building trade
of London. 10000 hands have
stopped work.
General Baldissera, the italian
commander in Abyssinia, has been
directed to retain Kassala until
the autumn, when a final decision
with regard to the retention or
abandonment of the town will be
come to. eds TO -i.a.. aaI @a
Princess Beatrice, youngest
daughter of Queen Victoria and
widow of Prince Henry of Batten-
berg, has been appointed Govern
or of the Isle of Wight, the office
previously held by her husband.
This is almost the first time that
such an appointment has been
bestowed upon a lady.
In addressing gathering of
members of the Primrose League
in London on April 30th, Lord
Salisbury referred totheBritish ex-
pedition to the Soudan. He said
that it was England's duty to re-
cover the lost Southern Egypt,
which was now under the most
6endish despotism that had ever
cursed the earth. Without at
tempting to foreshadow the i'm
mediate advance of the expedition
into the Soudan, he might say
that the expedition was in accord
with the trust that England had
been fulfilling and also with the
pledges she had given.