The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-19

CHICAGO, April 9.-The remains OF
Miss Francis E. Willard were cremated
today.
COPENHAGEN, April S.-The SOth
birthday of King Christian TX of Den
mark was celebrated today, the day
being Good Friday.
LONDON, April 9.-The Marquis of
Exeter (Brownlow Henry George Cecil
died this morning as the result of a
bicyling accident.
NEW YORK, April S.-Henry Stat
ford Little, formerly Clerk in Chancery
in New Jersey, has given 100000 to
Princeton University. This gift will
complete the quadrangle upon the
campus.
NEW YORK, April Gold is being
shipped from Cuba to this city. AL
ready 100000 has been received and
s4OO, 900 more was engaged for ship
ment. This gold is shipped from Ha-
vana because war is imminent.
MADRID, April 1O.-Dispatches from
Manila say that the insurgents cap
tured Ceba, but were expelled later by
the Spanish garrison with an insurgent
loss of 500. The Spanish losses are de-
scribed as insignificant.
LANSING, (Mich.), April S.-Gover-
nor Pingree's bill for increasing the
taxes on railroads failed to pass the
Senate today by two votes. 1t had
passed the House by an almost unani-
nous vote.
WASHINGTON, April SENATOR
Morgan made speech today in which
he said he was willing to make a de-
claration of war against Spain because
of the blowing up of the Maine. He
believed the cause a just one.
LONDON, April S.-The Picking cor
respondent of the Times says: The
extension of British territory at Kau-
lung, opposite Kongkong, will follow
Immediately after the French occupa-
ton of the new coaling station at
Kwang-chau-wan.
CHICAGO, April 9.-Jockey Tod
Sloan arrived in Chicago today from
California on his way East. Sloan has
agreed to give Featherstone & Bromley,
the Chicago racing men, the second call
for his services. He leaves for New
York today.
OMAHA, (Neb.), April S.-The Unit
ed States Government has filed petit
ton for deficiency judgment to the
amount of $6,5SS,9 800 against the Union
Pacific Railroad. The suit grows out
of the sale of the Kansas Pacific. The
matter is set for hearing before Judge
Sanford at St. Paul on April 10th.
WASHINGTON, April S.-The Am
erican colony and Consul Hanna have
fed from San Juan, Porto Rico, 10 the
Danish West Indian Island, st.
Thomas. They spent last night on
board the British steamer Virgfnus.
Excitement is intense, and an outbreak
against foreigners is momentarily ex-
pected.
LONDON, April S.-According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai advices
have been received there from Shun-
king, province of Se-Chuen, that the
region around the city is in a state of
open rebellion. The local authorities
are powerless to arrest the men who
recently murdered the American mis-
sionary, and mob is sacking French
mission in the neighborhood.
LONDON, April 9-The Picking cor
respondent of the Times says: China
has voluntarily declared Woo-sung a
treaty port and given England formal
notice of desire for revision of the
tariff in accordance with Article q of
the treaty of Tien-tsin.
About $50 japanese who arrived in
Tacoma on April 9Th are bound for the
Klondike.
SACRAMENTO, (Cal), April O.
The Pattern storehouse of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. a large
three-story building, was entirely gut
ted by fire last might and the loss is
anywhere from 100000 to $1,000, 600.
There were at least $4,000 patterns in
the building and were all consumed.
It is estimated that it will take 20 men
% years to duplicate the patterns de-
stroyed.
OLD POINT COMFORT, va.), April
9.-The hurry and hustle of war pre-
paration was interrupted for a short
time today, when, in the little chapel OF
Fort Monroe, navy and army officers
attended the wedding of Miss Elizabeth
Mccall, the daughter of Commander
Mccall of the Marblehead, and Lieut.