The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1884-08-12

department Ardeche, MarseiIles.
The port of Puelva, in Spain, has been
delared infected with cholera The ports
between Cadiz and Ayamente, both in
elusive, are suspected of being infected
At Marseilles it was reported that there
had been four deaths from cholera since
noon, and two deaths at Toulon-same day
No serious cases are in the hospitals
there, and the fears that the epidemic
would break Ont again are subsiding.
Six thousand persons are detained in
various lazarettos on the frontier and
along the coast of Italy.
1t seems likely that the Australian feder-
alton will soon become an active question
of British politics. In London a meeting
to consider the subject in the interest of
federation was held yesterday, and it
proved meeting of much importance.
Forster, Lord Rosebery, w. III. Smith.
and various others, including members of
Parliament, made speeches 70 an Imperial
Parliament for the Colonies in the near
future. A resolution was passed declaring
that federation was indispensable to pre-
vent disintegration. The New Guinea
question was the real cause that produced
the meeting, and this will doubtless serve
to keep the attention of the Government
fixed on this question. Lord Rosebery
took leading part in the meeting, and
the fact that he has SO often played the
part of forerunner to Gladstone leads to
the supposition that this meeting fore
shadows new feature of the Liberal
policy.
A dispatch from Foochow to the Lon
don Times states that there is great ten
sion in the excitement in that city among
foreigners and citizens The French
men-of-war of the port are under steam
and cleared for action. High authority
in Foochow, however, declares that peace
will certainly be maintained.
Advices from Shanghai state that Pate
notre is pressing the Viceroy of Nankin
to obtain from Peking the confirmation of
special commercial rights of France with
the southern provinces. The French
Minister offers to withdraw the indemnity
claims if privileges for the French are ex-
tended
Minister gave audience yesterday to Ii
Tong Pao, Chinese Minister, who re-
quested an extension of time for China to
reply to France beyond August 1st. Ferry
refused to accede to the request.
The Bartholaa Statue of Liberty, en-
tightening the world, has been formally
presented by President Ferry to the
United States. and will shortly be packed
for shipment to New York harbor.
The details of the construction are
curious Something light was wanted
for transport to the other side of the
globe, and something stron g as well, to
enable the statue TO resist the wear and
tear of the elements, for at Bedloe it will
stand in very exposed place. 1t was de-
cided therefore to make it of plates of
very thin copper-only an eighth of an
inch thick-forming an inner and outer
skin about foot apart, and to I'LL the
space between them with sand, especially
toward the base. so as to give the statue
the requisite solidity. The colossal
statues of the past were either of solid
metal or were filed up with masonry or
woodwork 1t was impossible to adopt
that plan IN the present instance: the cost
of the metal would have been too great,
and the difficulty of transporting insupera-
BILE. AS it is, the small plates can be
easily unriveted, packed on board ship,
and riveted together again when they
reach their destination. The sand can
as easily be poured in or drawn off for
repairs for any particular part. The two
skins are to be kept in their places by
gigantic skeleton framework in iron run
ming four-square from the basement to
the very crown of the head, exactly like
the framework of lift, and meant to
serve that additional purpose when the
statue reaches its destination. This solid
iron frame is to be carried up into the
extended arm, which has all along pre-
sented mechanical problem of peculiar
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