The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-20
NFNS OF EAST and WEST
PRESIDENT FNtRE'S LIFE Is
THREATENED.
General Garcia and His Band Of Gu
bans Win a Decisive Victory China
Refuses Russian Silver.

EN-King Milan of Servia is thought
to be dying.
touring the West.
Monseignor Monsoiloy Niso. Arch
bishop of Toledo, Ohio. is dead.
Ethan Allan Hitchcock of st. Louis
will be the new Minister to Russia.
Emperor William and Empress Vic
toria have left Russia for their home
Durrant has asked for further de,
| lay. He was to have been hanged OH
June Q.
| Senator Stewart of Nevada has de-
| serted silver to join the great wave
| of prosperity.
There is good sized rush of for
! tune hunters to the Coffee Creek re-
| gion in California.
The furniture mandatory of Brus-
chie & Miller in San Francisco has
been destroyed by fire.
China will not use Russian money,
! though offered, for the building of
her railways in Manchuria.
John Il. Gentry reeled off mile in
| Poughkeepsie on August II in 2:02H
on a track fully two seconds slow.
\ state banquet to Emperor Will
liam at st. Petersburg was given on
August -. The Gar gave a toast to
the Germans.
Senator Mark Hanna and some of
his friends had close call for their
lives on August ~ while out yachting
on Lake Superior.
/ Tho Of Con
have testified that Hoffman. the San
Francisco business man, could not
have murdered himself.
There was Il strike among the rivet
ers at the Union Iron Works in San
Francisco on August IL that caused
a temporary suspension of work on
three war vessels. Another crew was
engaged.
The town of Oporto, Portugal, is in
a state of open rebellion. The authori-
tives have only maintained the upper
hand by proclaiming martial law and
arresting eighteen army officers who
were ringleaders in the revolt.
The coal operators made a general
renewal of their efforts to break the
strike on August II, but it was of no
avail. The persistent work of the
strike managers is bearing fruit. New
strikers fall into line with the march
erS.
The activity of the Cuban insurg-
ents around Havana arouses general
fear that the city may be attacked at
any time. Weyler has retreated be-
fore the invading forces of Gomez and
, Carrillo from Mantanzas TO Havana
province.
News arrived in New York on Aug.
ust II of sever fighting at Muang
Locus, on the right bank of the Me-
kong, between the French and Sia-
mese. Several were killed and wound
ed on both sides. The French captur-
ed some Siamese officers.
!. In Paris 10000 Carlist volunteers,
have been organized and are being
rapidly armed in various provinces OF
Spain ready to rise at the signal OF
Don Carlos. The pretender is restrain.
ed by patriotism and will await the
issue of the Cuban difficulty before
making a bid for the throne.
There has been a reaction in the
rush to the Klondyke gold fields, and
very shortly the steamers which ar.
rive in San Francisco from Juneau
Dyea and Skaguay will bring a large
part of the humanity that already adj
NIT they made a mistake i'm leaving
for the north before spring.
The greater Republic of Contra
America has waived objections to the
| new American Minister, Captain Mer
| ry of California. 1t was claimed thai
Merry was agent in San Francisco fol
a steamship line suspected of convey
ing contraband goods to the revolu
= tionists in Central America.
President Felix Faure is said to b,
= the next to die at the hands of the
anarchists. The French authorities
are taking extraordinary precaution
] to protect him. On August II he re
} turned to Paris from his summer villa
and in proceeding from the railwa,
station to the Elysee was precede,
and followed by company of cuiras
sers.
Captain Mortensen, of the Danisl
bark Ansgar, which arrived at Omega
! a port of Russia, sent brief dispatcl
h on July 10, two days after Andre
started from the Danish island in hi
balloon in his attempt to reach thu
North Pole, saying that he passed a
Y a distance of one hundred Yards
! black balloon which had collapse,
from loss of gas.
General Garcia has won great vic
, tory over the Spanish troops of tn
| town. of Santa Resale near Gibara
Santiago de Cuba province The tow
l was surprised by the insurgent troop
J while a big ball was in progress a
which nearly all the Spanish officer
were in attendance. In the height O
the gaiety the ball room was fiercel
h attacked on all sides by the insurgent
It and the Spanish officers had no tim
to prepare any plan of defense.
o few other officers in charge of tn
nrriS and II tho nntnnctc Ind n