Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-04-08
SATURDAY PRESS.
Foreign News Items.
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inc iolIowing late foreign news items.
There have been heavy snow storms il
the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountain,
lately which made the trains irregular
The blockade is now over for the season
Henry Wadsworth Lonpfellow. the noted
poet diod Mt his home in Cambridge, Mass.
March oath
Tho Anti-Chinoso Bill has passed both
houses of Congress, and it is thought will
receive tho Presidents signature soon
The Chinese will crowd into the country
before the law takes effect The people OF
the Pacific Coast are iubant.
handsome sum has been subscribed II
the various Government Departments for
Sergeant Mason's family. Petitions for
Executive clcmency arc coming in from all
quarters.
Ching Boa Joa, the Chinese Minister tc
tho United States, who is also accredited
to Spain. will leave for that country about
the middle of April with several members
of the Chinese Legation.
The Auti-Polgamy bill has become law
and there is great rejoicing throughout
Utah by all except those who will be affected
by the enforcement of tho law. It debars
persons guilty of bigamy or polygamy
from holding Office and provides for the re-
construction Of the territorial Government.
Haverly, the greatest theatrical manager,
has met with disastrous failure in his latest
amusement speculations.
Portions Of Mississippi, Arkansas and
adjoining states along the Mississippi river
and its tributaries are overhowed and great
damage has been done to property, and
several lives lost. Thousands OF persons
are destitute and are being assisted by the
Government and private contributions.
The water Mt latest advices was recedng.
1t is said that Newton Booth or Horace
Davis of California, or possibly Teller, will
be appointed to the Cabinet to succeed
Krkwood.
Members of the Chinese Legation at
Washington repeat the assertion that the
passage of the bill virtually ends CONNER
cial relations between China and the United
States.
Advices from Havana are MS follows :;
Ten men nre on trial in Santo Domingo
for the attempted assassination of Presi.
dent Merino.
Smallpox rages throughout Hayti. In
Port au Prince and its environs alone ,478
deaths have occurred.
In the Commons, thd Secretary to the
Admiralty submitted an estimate of the cost
of the navy for 1882 and 1888, placing the
amount at el0,493,901. He stated that it
was also proposed to spend on the navy
100000 more than last year, which in.
crease would be made by further sales of
old ships.
A correspondent at Berlin telcgraphs
that he learns from tho best sources that
Austria has finally determined to annex
Bosnia and Herzegovina for good and all :;
that during his recent visit Count Won
Walkenstein made overtures to Bismarck
concerning the question and that Bismarck
favors such annexation, and is using con-
siderable pressure to induce the Porte to
acquiesce.
A meeting of the electors of Northamp-
ton has approved Bradlaugh's conduct in
tho House of Commons and authorized the
officers of the Liberal and Radical Union
to sign petition to tho House praying to
be heard at the bar in support of their
claim of the right to be represented in the
House by the speech and vote of their duly
elected members.
Herr Ruff of Newell, Prussia. writes to
the Je,oish World saying that the decision
of the st. Petersburg Commission on the
jewish question, in favor of compelling the
Jews to quit Russian districts, etc., al
though ostensibly aimed at the present
complication, may have the immediate
effect of depriving million of people of
their homes and render their lives unbeara-
bic.
Three columns of French troops will
shortly march to suppress the instruction
in Southern Tunis.
Intelligence from Tashkend states that
the protocol providing for the surrender of
the lii territory to China has boon signed.
Inhabitants wishing to emigrato to Russia
will be under tho protection Of Russian
troops for year.
Lieutenant De Long of the Arctic Expe-
dition has not been found yet, but the men of
Melville's party have found some of his
records that had been put into cache.
Natives also found notes left by De Long
Mt different places where he had stopped
with his men. The men have suffered ter
ribly since landing in Siberia. They have
been short of food and in need of clothing,
and nearly all have been severely FROST
bitten; ono had to have his leg amputated
and has since died. Every effort is being
made to find and succor the missing men.
When last heard from Do Longs party
were existing on three ounces of alcohol
per day for each man. An extract from
De Longs record reads as follows:
"My boat having wsathered the gale,
made land on the morning of the 10th in.
slant, and after trying to get in to the
shore for two days, and being prevented by
shoal water, we abandoned the boat and
waded to tho beach, carrying our arms,
provisions and records. This was at a
point about twelve miles north and cast OF
this place. We had all suffered somewhat
from cold, wet and exposure, aud three OF
our men were badly famed; but having
only four days provisions left, we reduced
our rations. We were forced to proceed to
the southwark, and on Monday, September
10Th, we left a pile Of our effects near the
beach, erecting a long pole, where will be-
found everything valuable the chronoms-
ter, the ships log books for two years, q
tent, etc,,-which we were absolutely un.
al