Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 11, 29 September 1893 — LATEST FOREIGN NEWS [ARTICLE]

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

THE TORKTOWX IX CHILE. New York. Sept 12.— Tho HeraUt i c rrespuulent «t Valparaiso oables: The //rroW*correspomieut in Soti telegntphs tbat the t nited States warship YorkTown arrivt*<l there to-d.y and is coaling. Washinotox, Sept. 15. — Wonl comes that the Charleston haa broken her steenug g« a r. How serious the dainage is does noi appearat this eud of the line. C aptaiu P.ckiug. in acknowletlg mg the receipt of the cable mes sage directmg the Ch rleston to proceed to 1*īo with «11 possibld dispatch, simply states th .t he cannot sail until ho has coaled an.l had his steoring gear repaired. fhe department hardly or pects now to hear of her departore for Kio before Snnday or Momlay. and as tbree or fonr d»ys will be conanmed in the voyage, Americans and Americ.ir> interests in Brazil will be at tbe mercy of other governnients for nearly a week. l’he naval authorities eonolmle.1 to-day to give tho Detroit ber fiual forty-eight-honr sea triil before her departuro for Brazd hen tbe necessary orders wero telegraphed to Fort Monroe. tho Detroit had «lre»dy sniled. Tho mossage was telegraphe<l to tbo obstrver at the capes, uho sign aleil the orders as sue was pass ing tbat point. The result is tbat the Detroit is now haek ir» the harbor at Hampton Koads where she will remain uutil the inspection board goes dowii tO condnct the forty-eight-hour sea trial. It will probably be a fortnight before a)I this is throngb and the vessel rea<lv to sail. The United States steamer

— AIert. in eommaml of Captair» G. M. Book arrived yesterd«/, after a passage of thirty-seven diysfrom Yokoharaa. The home-ward-bonnd pennant, 36ō feet iV length, was Hying frora ihe main trnck and the officers and crew of 180 were deligbteil at gett:r;g back onee more. This morniugit is expectetl that the Alert wiU g*> to Mare Isiand Xavy Y>»ril, whero she will teuiporarilv go out of coramission.

AU9TKU’» KCf.KK IX r»A.\r.FR. \ ienna, September I*.—The Magynf Hxr(ap, a newspaper j>ublished in Buda Pesth, Mangary; gives the details of a plot to »jsassinate Emperor Franci» Jo5ep* of Auatria-Hung»ry. The story ls to the effect tbat » Konmanian boy overheard two m«n di<cussing the plot The> were arranging to have the spikr# r»moved from the raila at a certai:> point on the r> ad over whieh the Emperor wa> to travēl on his way to the army maneuvers. thus wrecb ing the train, when in the confu-j-ion the conspirotora wonld kiil th--Empero and his suit. Having bear-l so mneh th* bo/ • bec.me frightened. ran away told his p*renis. They, atler eon- , sulting. inf>rmed the polioe. investigatiens developed the tbat spibeg had recently heen loos-

ened. Thereupon Ihe nwd *n cartfullv guarded and iii.<»pected througbouU and made to <end a private engine in advance <rf every tram. Tiie boy and hia parents were arrested and beld as witnes?€8. One tbeory of the pioi ia that it was halehnl by ihe anti-Anstriau preaching of a 'oeal pri«8t of the village in TranBylvania in whieh the boy and hi8 parents ree:de, where mn?t of the iuhabitauts are Roumani;ir.s and oppres!>ed by the Magyans. Anotber theory is it ia the result of the r«vnt agit»tion «*f the your.g Czech9, who have vvorked up an anti-German feeling anel spread revolntionary ideas. T. e poliee are keep:ng the detaiis secret. Toe luil f:tcts will probably never be known. valkywe sighted. New York, Sept. 18—The British raciug v*utter Valbyrie may be in port to-morrow eveniug, but it is bardly probable th:»t sho will sail throngh tbe narrows until Wednesday morning. She was sighted on S:»turday last by |tbe British steamer Sf>ain, whieh arrived at quaran tine at -4:30 o’elnek this afternoon and went to her dock at the Natioual line wharf in the Nortb river half an bour later. Althongh no signals were exchanged between tbe big steamer and the j'acht, it is presumed that all are well on board the smaller craft. At the tirae the yacht was sigbted tbe wind whs blowing freshly from the sonthsoutheast. “If I had known that the Valkyrie had not been reported ainee she left the other side, said Captaiu W. A. Grifliths of the Spain to-night, “I woald certainly have borue dowu on her and gone alongside. But of conrse I had uo idea that tbere was any uneasiness about her, aud so I kept 011 ray course. I hardly think tbe Valkyrie will get in untill Wednesday morning. bnt she inight make it tomorrow evening.” SYMPATHY KOR BISMABCK. Beblin, September 20.—Emperor William sent a telegrara from Gnens t > Pnnee Bismarck expressing sympathy with him in hisillness and offeriug him the use of the impenal castle, whieh he tbooght might prove beneficial, in view or the trying elimale at Friedrichrube, the Prince’s plaee of residence. Prince Bismarck replied in a long telegram, in whieh he cordially thanked bis majesty for his syrapathy and use of tbe eastle, but said he was oblige<i to decline tbe Emperor’s kind ofler, as his physician, Dr. Schweninger. was opposed to his making the chauge. FA8T TIME BY A WAK SHIP. Victoria (B. C.), Sept. 19.— The British war ship Melpomene, jnst returned from South America, reports having steamed from Callao to Victoria. over 5.000 mi!es, in twenty-two days, without stopping to eoal. Naval officers pronoanee this performance seldom paralleled and never snrpassed in naval history.