Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-04
PONPEH UP TO DATE.
five Villages are Utterly Wiped Out in New
Hebfides.
susawtS OF NEW GUINEA on RAMPAGE


vancouver. II. c.. Nov. 3-The Hoyal
Mai steamer Aorangi arrived this even
ing from sydney. Wellington suva ana
Honolulu.
Another massacre has occurred W
New Guinea. Reports from SainAr"'
say bushmon Twins On Che slopes OF
Mount Sucking have faidcl villages
near Mas.na. Colliugwcld bay nnu
Killed n government chief and hi'een
other men. Thcy ula1 threatened the
Anglican mission ut sInnpa
Another volcanic eruption has oe-
CURED In the Sew ltcbudca, mure
alarming than 90 predecessor lhe
volcano G.opcira,aftcr remaining qul.s
cent for twenty years, broke OUT, anu
the burning lava thrown w couln pc
seen twelve miles away. Five villages
were huddlcd nt the base oi the Nn'-
cam aud the houses were buried deep
ia rcnrla az the nrrt outbreak Ihe
sra Tor miles around boiled ana letH OF
water ienpcd hifh lu the ulr furtu-
natoly none of the inhabitants ~ the
i've destroyed villages were buried un-
dor tho moitcd lava. A Few days after
the outbreak the natives went up %
the top ~ the Htill smoking volcano
carrying punches Of c0cuanuts, when
thoy offered up as Hacrinccu 10 make
the flrc dead"
News from pitcairn island state that
n man named christian. who WAS ace
cused Of the murder ~ Die p1rum1ur
and child by throwing th0m over "A
cilff. has been found guilty and con-
dumned 10 death. Christian desired 10
marry and hlH rnramour ana child
stood IN the way.
The defense forrc " the colony Of
Queensland now consists NJ NJ officers
and 3 as men. The COmmnudnnt rcc-
ommcnda that u be- increased.
a Eold rush has occurred nt knnow-
ma. Australia. a rpeCk " gold was
town and Immediately the district
around. including rcHldcncc arcnH,town
blocks and railway lines, were taken
up.
Tho New South Wales government
has gone into the stud farming bual-
ness
The Victorian legislature council
threw out by majority ~ 10 10 10. the
woman.H suffrage bill sent ~ BY the
assembly.
Tho Australian governments have
decided o. experiment with inohrintra.
The New South wales and Queensland
government have oct aside special
buildings for their treatment.
In Australia most 81 tho railway
arc owned by the government AMI az
conference rrcCnily 70 was q determined
90 put down "acalpora." Tho confer.
cncc decided % alter the form ~ return
uckciH and 20 allow rtduud 90 per-
sons who d1lnot useihu return hif
A very dinmccable scene occurred
10 the Queensland assembly October
blh. Several members WIRE suspended.
Mcutra. Mcdonald ana lioofau Violent
y resisted attempts 20 remove them
from The chamber. iiunlnu STYLED che
speaker Of the assembly aa "a c1n-
trmptiblt little nlgErr driver"
a proclamation has been Issued
brinrnF Santa Cruz ana other Islands
under the British solomon lalariin proc
tectorate
Napoleon Jean t'aaon WIS found
guilty AZ Sydney of numbering Mrs
Edith Ourrick The jury recommended
him 90 mercy. but Lianon expressed a
desire 10 be- harscd ~ soon a. pnaalhic.
justice owen vas greatly affected In
pronouncnE the death sentence. but he
was urged by the prisoner rot 90 cry"
Sydney papers dated octobcr sih say
Heavy dust Storms have ragged through
the country. doing serious damage 90
crupa and In some eases 90 huiliinra.
The drought ln the country still CON
flnucH and crops arr being Wlihnr0d up
IN al directions Some halves" farm
err IN RIycrna have abandoned their
crops and returned 90 Victoria owing
60 the drputh. unlrrs rain Soon falls
many wheat crops WIN not be wurih
cutting even for hay.
There o. distress also IN she Pacific
islands. ON her recent trip from iAra-
tonga IN the Cook group 90 Auckland.
H. NJ. a. TuurauFl called lu at sun
day island ami found all the live stock
on the island dead aud people living on
what they could Trpw
n y announced from Sydney thaf
minister for lands intend1 20 rcnerve
"a plrco o. land NJ Kurucu. whore Capt
Cook nrHt landed. aud have 70 pro-
claimed puhlc reserve. The phhn-
a1nhleai sncirty ~ Australasia has
nfixed a brazsn tablet with q commrn-
orative inscription nrnlra tiho rock on
which Cant Cook ami Sir Joseph
Hanks Nrst landed,
H. wainFcntt. ofnclal receiver or
coolgardle. wenirnua, haa been re-
iieyrd from ONCE ON account ~ a
speech IN which he said the country
was rotten and condemned the premier
Tor not protecting public officers,