Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-19
THE LiTESr FOREIGN NEWS.

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THE LiTEST FOREIGN NEWS.
A Chinese consulate is to be established in
New York city.
There is an epidemic of diphtheria in Tomb.
stone, Arizona.
The glimmer OF the Star Route verdict
dawn is yet afar off.
Many of,he Chippewa Indians are said to be
starving.
Green X. Raum, United States commits
soner of internal revenue, has resigned.
The Chicago Railway Exposition will open
on the 24th instant.
Yellow fever is raging in Buenos Ayres,
South America, and is threatening to become
epidemic in Lima.
Irish emigrants are being sent to Minnesota
and Canada. They are in object poverty and
are practically paupers.
The dynamite Irish party threatened to blow
up the Brooklyn bridge if it is opened on
May 24th, the queens birthday.
The captain of the ship Newsboy from New.
castle was lost overheard two days out from
San Francisco,
New York horsemen want to exclude from
the spring races Californian horses, because of
new and underlined disease said TO exist
among them.
One hundred vessels loaded with an aggre.
gate of four and quarter million bushels of
grain, chiefly wheat, were waiting for the
Straits of Mackinaw to open the last of last
month.
Congressman P. b. Thompson of Kentucky
shot and killed eWalter Davis, merchant of
Hauodsburg. Jealousy was the cause. Davis
is the fifth man Thompson has killed-the
others, in self-deiense."
AT least two United States Senators, who are
closely watching the relations OF the railroads
and the government, say that they are deter
mined that effective amendments shall be made
in the Thurman act by the next congress
kilograms from Picking state that the envoy
from the King of AMMAN arrived there to OBJ
tain the consent of the Chinese Government TO
the opening of the Red River to foreign trade
and to induce China to afford such diplomatic
and material assistance as may be necessary.
II has been decided between the English and
American governments that hostile Indians
who raid across either line should be arrested,
their arms, carts, tents and horses confiscated,
and themselves sent across the line to be dealt
with by the government from which they es-
capped.
| 1t is reported that Auditor Dunn is about to
bring suit against the Southern and Central
Pacific railroads for $2,o44. 80 and $2,oSo. 70,
delinquent taxes of 1882. The property Of
these companies was put up for sale at the
usual delinquent tax sale, but no bids could be
obtained. The Southern Pacific was assessed
~. .,.E 30
900 on their franchises, rolling stock and road
bed in this country.
The last United States public debt statement
shows decrease during April Of $2,S5I,4o2
cash in the treasury, $3I9,I59,4oI gold Ger
tihcates, S33,362 silver certificates, S6,77I,
All; certificates OF deposits outstanding, $40,
Io5 900; refunding certificates, $368,95o
legal tenders outstanding, $346, 6SI ,oI6 (; frac
tional currency outstanding, 500, S97; tota
Production for ten months Of the fiscal year
$II4,S34,575.
The sum Of $26, ooo, 600 has already beer
spent on the Panama canal, according to tn,
San Francisco Call: "The Consul Of III,
United States of Bogota states that the com
pletion OF the canal will be attended with
frightful loss Of human life. The promoters o
the enterprise will be fortunate il the stock
holders do not get tired of putting in none,
before the work IS completed, especially il tn
Nicaragua canal promises to do the SAINT
work.
A New York dispatch to the San Francisco
Call says "The Hawaiian delegation to Rus
/. sia leave tomorrow on the Pavonia. Ate
the Cars coronation they return home VII
Suez. Secretary Poor said to-day. we hav
, no fears Of danger from dynamite during tn
coronation. When We received the invitation
to attend, We were told that every precautioI
had been taken to guard against the doings O
, the nihilists. The kremlin is CAREFUL
guarded, and the only possible danger woul'
. Be to the czaI himself and TO those immedaiel
, around him, from the throwing Of bombs. w
: are not in the least reluctant to go. We hav
been told it is to Dc the grandest affair OF tn
kind that ever occurred.
The gradual decline Of trade with the Paci
: fic Coast via Cape Horn is reflected in the fo
, lowing figures Of the tonnage movement for tn
/, past month Of April, il being the smallest "
/, noted in the annals Of this trade. The effort
OF the railroads are still directed toward III
: final absorption Of the whole business, escep
!, perhaps, enough to give employment to abor
/ half the number Of vessels now annually di,
" patched. The movement for April amounte
4 to three vessels, Of which two were geners
. cargoes registering S,37I tons, against min
!, vessels Of I2,774 tons in the correspondent
= month las, year, and fifteen vessels. fegisterin
/. a5,619 tons, against twenty vessels
: 1888 tons in the corresponding period la
= year. The vessels loading and under engag'
" ment to load number twelve, registering in Il
aggregate aI,647 tons OF these all but ~
load a, San Francisco, Of which Il is pa
bable five may &c, off the current month. III
h freight marke, remains very quiet.
& A recent New York cablegram from Londe
:. says; "Public and professional persons and q
II sorts and conditions OF men have come TO y
. and acknowledge that there mus, be somethir
e behind the earnest resolves, prudent counse
Of and unexpected union of the Irish race
&c America The British Cabinet is also scare
is and when matters TO frghten il from is PC
h prieiy occur. the saiety-yalye Is in the exhii
nc ton by the ministers Of unwonted temper
m parliament The improved facilities for d
se transportation Of troops now being organis
CO by the government attract attention, as pio
No ably indicating danger Of the necessary foI
more active policy in Ireland, although I
G. London journak which receive iniormati
y, from official sources do not make the pfopos
q. radical change local to Ireland, but allude
Of il In the following fashion, " The var Off
he will very shortly order considerable increz
a Of the land TRANSPORT corps both in knQla