The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-10-06
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
ON S. F. papers to 22d Sept.


Constitution.
An increasing number of mari
time disasters are reported from the
North Atlantic.
Rochefort has seriously irritated
the Italians by charging that King
Humbert has misappropriated the
funds for the Italian sufferers.
Lord Lorne and the Princess
Louise have returned to Ottawa.
The Government of Batavia has
voted $4,000, and the Government
of Java f10O0 for the relief of suf-
fere.'s by the volcanic eruptions.
Brussels, Sept. 4th.-The village
of Baltincourt, near Arlon, was to-
tally burned yesterday, 116 houses
being destroyed.
Steamers arriving ia England from
America report very severe weather.
One of the queer incidents at the
Java disaster was the sudden rise of
fourteen new volcanic mountains in
the Straits of Sunda, forming d com
pletc chain in almost a straight line
between Point st. Nicholas, on the
japanese side, and Hoga Point, on
the coast of Sumatra, almost on top
of what had been Merak and Mid
die Islands, which went into the sea
last Monday.
The Alta California has been
sold for $4,000
Colonial dispatches from Austria
liza exhibit the highest indignation at
the conduct of the government with
regard to New Guinea and the Pa
citic islands. 1t is hard to say
whether Gladstone or the governor
of Noumea is at this moment the
most abused person in the colonies,
Gladstone for refusing and the GO
vernon for proposing to take posses
sion.
The rivers of Tonquin will soon
fall, and the French forces in Hanoi
may then be placed in a dangerous
position, as their gunboat will be
unable to steam up to town.
Prime Minister Ferry has for
warded request for English media
ton in the case of the pending nego-
tiations with China. Granville, the
English Foreign Secretary, is in
cllned to accede to the request.
Reports are received in London
from Montreal that another Cana
dian bank is in difficulty.
The war in passenger rates be-
tween Chicago and Louisville has
resulted in reducing the fare to one
dollar.
Advices from Prof. Nordenskjold's
Expedition to Greenland are received.
They state that the expedition star
ted from Antleikvich the Alb of Sep
TENDER, and reached a distance of
$50 kilometres inland, attaining a
height of 1000 feet above the sea.
This is the first time human beings
have penetrated so far into Green
land. The whole region is a desert,
proving open water inland. Very
valuable scientific data was obtained.
There has been considerable ex-
element in San Francisco about the
arrival of Miss Marie Nicholas, a
leper who went there by the City of
New York. She has been sent to
the Pest House.
Adolph Hartmann, secretary and
cashier of the Humboldt Savings
Bank, being $4,000 short in his
accounts, has committed suicide in
San Francisco.
Mace wants to try boxing match
with Sullivan.
The Oregon, a new steamer of the
Guion line, made 20 knots an hour
on her trial trip. RI.
Laycock, the Australian sculler,
has broken his leg.
MARINE CASUALTIES.
The steamer Proteus was crushed
by foe of ice at the entrance to
Smiths sound July 23d. Captain
Pike, his crew and the scientific
party are passengers by the Yantic.
The sidewheel steamer Queen Vic
toria, which has been running be-
tween Chatham, Ont, and Detroit,
was burned at Clemens wharf. The
flames spread so rapidly that the
crew had barely time to escape with
their lives. The loss is estimated at
$13, 800; insurance, $4,000.
The schooner Wild Gazelle is q
| total loss Craw Savad