The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-28
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interests From All Parts
OF the World.


seats by the police acting under the
orders of Mayor Phelan. Further
contests before the Supreme Court
are anticipated.
1t is reported, but with some hest
tation as to accuracy, that General
Woodford, the American Minister
to Madrid, has notified Spain that
unless tranquility is restored in
Cuba 10y the end OF October, the
United States will recognize the in
dependence OF Cuba.
A Tribune special from Washing
ton says: President Mckinley APP
parently narrowly escaped being
made the Victim OF another Guiteau.
A man with a loaded revolver was
arrested in the White House grounds
Sept 20, after he had sought in vain
to secure an interview on alleged
important business with the Pres-
pent He was evidently crank, but
his presence in the grounds, his pre-
paration for hostilites, and above
all, his actions for the last few days,
lead to the belief that the man was
much more dangerous than the aver
age lunatic.
Yellow fever continues to increase
its ravages in New Orleans. Eight.
cen cases were reported in one day.
Every precsution is being taken.
Lieut., Peary on the bark Hope
has safely returned from the North
Greenland expedition. He brought
with him the largest aerolite yet
discovered.
The United States has informed
England that it is desirable that
Russia and Japan should be repre-
sented at the Seal conference Eng
land suggests Washington as the
meeting place.
A dispatch from Hammerfest, the
northernmost town OF Europe, in
Norway, dated Sept. Goth, says that
the whaling ship Falk has brought
there the third pigeon dispatch from
Professor Andree, who left the island
of Spitzbergen in balloon on July
IL in an attempt to cross the polar
regions, The message reads: July
Is, 1890 p. M, latitude 80 deg 2
min. north, longitude IL deg. 5
min. east. Good voyage eastward.
All we'll"
1t is officially announced that the
troops of Chief Samory, the African
chieftain whose territory adjoins the
kingdom of Ashantee, surprised and
routed on August 20 French de-
tachment OF troops sent to occupy
territory which Samory had offered
to evacuate.
The accounts from the Klondike
district are very gloomy, but syn
dictate has been formed to build a
railroad from Skaguay to Lake Ben
nett. 1t is anticipated that 10000
people will rush in next summer.
The road will be opened next May.
A detachment OF rs men of the
9Th U. S. Infantry has been des-
patched to Circle City to reach that
point in the Spring.
| An attempt is contemplated to
oust the Board OF Education of San
Francisco on the ground of NAL
feasance in Office
The U. S. Government is rushing
food supplies iuto the Klondike dis
trict,
Great Britain is moving fleet to
the West Indies.
| The U. S. S. Marion arrived in
San Francisco on the 10Th inst,
after a passage of "a days. She
proceeded to Mare Island to be put
out OF commission for repairs.
The ship Indiana from Hilo has
safely arrived at New York after a
passage of 1913 days,
The Guatemalan insurgents have
captured Quezaltenango and de-
posed President Reona Barrios
Prospero Morales and his victorious
forces are marching to Guatemala
with an army of'10,000. 1t is rumor-