Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-01-29
Latest Foreign News.


The arrival of tho steamer Zealane1ia,
from San Francisco, on Wednesday last,
bringing dates Of California papers to JAN
nary 18th, enables us to give the following
late items of foreign news:
COLUMBUS, January 17th.---Leading Ohio
Republicans say Garfield is really troubled
about finding satisfactory man to take
the Treasury portfolio. The pressure for
Sherman has been renewed since his cleo.
ton as Senator, aud if rendered the port
folio now he would accept it. But the gen.
eral opinion is that he will not be rendered
it.
NEW YORK, January l8th.-The Herald's
Washington special says: A singular mis-.
apprehension has got abroad concerning
one part of the new treaty with China. It
is asserted in some journals that before any
law changing the present statutes Of inn
migration can 90 into effect it must be
sent to China for the Emperor's approval.
There is no provision Of this kind in the
treaty; the error has arisen from the care
less reading of the correspondence between
the Chinese and American Commissioners.
The Chinese proposed that the regulations
adopted here should not 60 into force until
they had been submitted to the Chinese
Government. To this the American Com.
missioners replied at once that such an
agreement was entirely out of the question.
Secretary Evarts reveals the fact that
Blaine will be the next Secretary of State,
by the statement made in diplomatic docu-
ments that Blaine will carry on the CORES
pondence hereafter.
General Walker sent to the House to-
day the complete census returns of the
whole country. Tho census of the States
shows the population to be 49,369,595 and
the Territories 1921, making grand
total of so, 1884, 1866. General Walker furn-
ishes official figures of the population of
the following States: Colorado, 1914, 649;
Florida, 266, $50; Louisiana, 940, 1868 Ken
lucky, l,649, 599 California, 1886 Con-
nccticut, 622, 683; Idaho, S2,6l1 Georgia,
1,538,9S0.
The Apportionment bill introduced by
Representative Cox to-day fixes the number
of Representatives at 3Ol, and apportions
them among the States as follows: Ala
bama, 8, Arkansas, 5, California, 5, Colo
RADIO, /, Connecticut, 4, Delaware, l,
Florida, l, Georgia, 9, Illinois, 49, Indiana,
IL, Iowa, 10, Kansas, 6, Kentucky, 10,
Louisiana, 6, Maine, A, Maryland, 6, Massa-
chusetts, IL, Michigan, 10, Minnesota, 5,
Mississippi, 2, Missouri, Is, Nebraska, 3,
Nevada, l, New Hampshire, 2, New Jersey,
2, New York, 81, North Carolina, 8, Ohio,
-, Oregon, l, Pennsylvania, 26, Rhode
Island, 2, South Carolina, 6, Tennessee, 8,
Texas, 10, Vermont, 2, Virginia, 8, West
n
with the present number of members, this
bill makes the following losses and gains ::
Arkansas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Mis-
sissipp, South Carolina, and West, Virginia
gain each, Kansas gains 3, Te1 Min
nesota and Nebraska gain each, ennsyl-
vania, 6, New Hampshire, Main Indiana,
Tennessee, Florida and Vepl - lose l
each. and New York loses 2.
TORONTO, January 17th,LThe Globe
says that since the formation of the new
syndicate SIC, 000,0 900 have been subscribed
in England toward the Pacific Railway
project, and it is now perfectly certain that
the whole amount of capital required can
DO obtained.
EDINBURGH, January 17th.-The county
barracks have been burned, possibly by an
ties received threats of an incendiary char
.acter.
- MANCHESTER, January l7th.-The police
have found clue that may lead to the
discovery Of tho perpetrators Of tho explo-
sio& at Stafford barracks.
LONDON, January l7th.-The thermome
tor, last night, was two to seven $gree,
aboye zero to-day about twelve above. IL
Wales the thermometer registered I've de-
gress below zero. A heavy snow-storm in
Wales to-day.
LONDON, January lOth.-Sir Donald
kStewart has been appointed to the supreme
Scommaud Of the troops in India.
BOMBAY, January lOth.-A plot to de-
4. pose the Rajah, aud massacre all the Eu
ropean Residents while in church has beer
. discovered at Kalapore, and twenty-sevel
= natives have been arrested.
ST.. PETERSBURG, January 10th. - Al
Official telegram announces that Genera
DSksbelof has completely invested Geek
tepe. General Skobelof reports that Geek
tepe is invested, except on the northern
side, by 5000 mon, with tify-eight guns
ST.. PErERsBuRo, January l7th.-Gen
Uroi okOootou oetimotcn tuo 1C8Ao AuIco
mans at 10000. They have excellent ri
6es but only few old cannon. The Rus
sian artillerymen captured with their gun
were oil massacred.
CALCUTTA, January l7th.--The plot 4
massacre the English residents Of KolApor
was wild and certain of failure, bat it we
ssriously contemplated.
DuRBAS, january l7th.--It is rumore'
that the British troops made two sortie
from Petsrro, and were both times repul
esd by the Beers.
-, LONDON. January l7th.-The cost Of Ii
Afghsuistau war is estimated officially .
Sl7S00. 900.
PsrERsnuRo. January 18TH - tn
An Grand Duke Michael tels
q y - follows relative TO General Sks
bsioe's investment Of Gsoktsps; On Ii