Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-30
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LONDON, June 24-In the house of commons today the parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, Cur zon, replied to the question of Beckett conservative, regarding the annexation of Hawaii. Rockets question whether the government was aware that Queen Liloukalani had been deposed by a small body of Americans who, without right or title, assumed sovereignty over Ha- waii, and now to save themselves from the resentment of the people have requested the American gov ernment 10 annex Hawaii, and if Great Britain proposes to allow this most important coaling station to pass into the hands of the United States without a protest.
 Curzon said her majesty's gov ernment did not feel called upon to express an opinion relative to the circumstances out of which the pres ent situation in Hawaii has arisen. The government was aware that a proposal to annex Hawaii to the United States had been submitted by the president of the United States for the consideration of the United States senate, but no decIS- ion had been reached. Curzon ad- ded that it would be an object Of her majesty.s government to see that whatever rights according to inter national law belonged to Great Britain and British subjects, were fully mainl aimed.
 SALIVA, Kansas, June PA ter rible tornado passed fifteen miles northwest of this city about l0:3O last night. As far as heard from three are dead and number badly injured. Mrs. Anna Geezy, aged 3i, Noia Geez ', aged l3 and Ida Geezy, aged 9, are dead, aud four other members of this family are badly hurt. Mir. Geezy was away from home. The remainder of the family had retired and when the storm struck all made for their cyclone cave. Before they got out of the house, however, the tornado de- stroyed it. The work of destruction was not known till this morning, when neighbors found the dead and injured members of the family lying about in the debris. The three dcad were found about fifty feet east "f the house and near them !he hody of a girl, alive, but buried io the waist in dirt. The other threa weTe found some distance from the house. A two by four scantling was driven through one of Mrs. Geezy's limbs. At Story's,- a half mile east of the Geezy place. the family was siee ping in basement with frame uprights, A part of the frame work was blown away and timber was blown onto the family below. but none were killed. The stone work was un- injured.
 BRUSSELS, June 25.- Reforme says | il learns from good sources that the entire Dhauis expedition to the headwaters Of the Nile, including | Baron Dhanis lad been assassinated ! Baron Dhauis last year enlisted 5000 in the Congo free state to take part in a secret expedition. The British government allowed a nun Der of its kussars troops to join the expedition. but it was officially de nied that an Anglo Belgian move ment had been concerted against the Mahdists. The general i'm pression, however, was that this force would act in conjunction with the Anglo Egyptian expedition uI the Nile and take the Mahdists be tween two fires and eventually com plete the entire conquest of the Soudan.