The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-19

MADRID, March 11.-Further re-en- /
forcements of troops have sailed from
Santander for Cuba
LONDON, March 10-The Dowager /
Countess OF Elgin, mother Of the Vice
roy of India, IS dead She was daugh-
ter Of the first Earl Of Durham.
London, March 5.-The six remain
ing Irish political prisoners lying in
the English jails convicted of dynamite
ofenses, will be released in June.
VICTORIA, Marcn Hon. Theo-
dore Dayie, Chief Justice of British
Columbia, died this morning. The
cause of his death was heart disease.
LONDON, March IA dispatch TO
the Daily Mail from Singapore says it
| is reported from Hongkong that the
American squadron has sailed for Ma
Mia.
BERLIN, March S-The Budget
Committee of the Reichstag today una
| hAAhCuS4s pdSSSu the SIIllIe SulpbuIIu-
ing program included in the estimate
| for 1898.
LONDON, March 1O.-sir George
Lawson, K. c. B., the Assistant I'm
der Secretary Of State for War, is dead.
He was born in 1888 and entered the
| War Office in 1885.
! PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-John
| Wanamaker will be the candidate of
the Business Mems Republican League
for Governor. He gave out his letter
Of acceptance tonight.
FRESNO, March 10.-A heavy rain
fell here last night, which settles the
question of the wheat crop. Wheat is
in excellent condition and has not ac-
tually suffered for want of rain this
season.
HOUSTON, Tex, March 6.-The Post
will in the morning print letter from
Senator Mills in which he formally
withdraws from the race for re-elec-
ton, which leaves the field to Cover
nor Culberson.
LONDON, March 1.-THE New
York correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph says: I have it on the highest
authority that triple alliance between
Great Britain, the United States and
Japan is pending.
LONDON, March 11.-The st. James
Gazette says this afternoon that it I'M
derstands that Lord George Hamilton,
Secretary of State for India, will sue
coed the Earl of Aberdeen as Cover
nor-General Of Canada.
VANCOUVER, B. c., March S.-A
fire causing widespread destruction has
swept through the city of Manila, at
lacking the richest and most populous
sections. The total loss was $4,000, 900
and the total insurance $SS9,000.
TACOMA, Wash, March 1.-THE
North Pacific Steamship Company has
contracted to carry 5000 tons of steel
rails from Tacoma to Japan, and, as
the regular boats have all the freight
they can carry, the company will en-
gage two more boats to carry the rails.
LONDON, March S.-The British ma
val estimates were issued tonight.
They increase the expenditures by H.
440 400 (S7, POP, 000; increase the per-
sonnet of the navy by $40 men and
provide for the building of three new
four sloOps Of war.
OTTAWA, Ontario, March s.
James McMullen, member of Parlia-
ment, has given notice Of bill which
provides that only British citizens can
hold mining properties in Canada. and
they must have been residents of Can
ada at least twelve months prior to
the recording of their claims.
VANCOUVER, B. c., March Cap
tain Veal widely known on the Paci-
fic coast, was washed overheard from
the ship General Fairchild, from this
port to Sydney, Australia, and drown
ed. There is a suspicion of foul play
as the crew were arrested for mutiny
on the ships arrival at Sydney. :
p NEW YORK. March 4.-CorresS Son
dence from Paris says: An island it is
: announced here, has suddenly appear
ed on the northwest coast of Borneo
opposite the town of Labuan It's APP
pearance is believed to be due to the
earthquake which occurred in Septem-
Der in British Borneo. The island is
composed Of clay and rock 1t meas
ures 200 yards in length by so in width
and it has gone on increasing since its
first emergence.
Prince Leopold in New York.
NEW YORK, March S-Prince AL