The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-27
FRIDAY, FER %, 1888,
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

to improve, through slightly, and
but little business may he looked for
before next month. The same
paper says that experience in fruit
and vegetable canning has been any.
thing but satisfactory during the
past year.
1t is stated, as thing unprece-
dented, that Lake Ontario, Canada,
is frozen ten miles out from shore,
and the ice is strong enough for
teaming. Schools in the city of
Hamilton were dismissed on Feb.
18th on account of the cold.
The iron-workers of San Francisco
are on strike to the number of 800
TO 1000, against n 10 percent reduc-
ton in wages.
The management of the New
Orleans Exposition is 5000 be-
hind, and the Exhibitors Association
is memorializing Congress for an
additional appropriation.
The British War Office has or
ganized corps of balloonists, for
experimental service in the Soudan.
Osman Digna is reported as in
tending to make Il supreme effort to
capture Suakim before the British
can re-enforce the garrison there.
He has 10000 warriors far better
equipped than when he was routed
by Gen. Graham at Tamanicb, and
is expected to give trouble to the
British expedition being fitted out to
open the route between Suakim and
Berber.
1t is reported that Western and
Northwestern American steamboat
men are going to make proposition
to British Minister West in Wash
ington, to furnish steamers and man
age them for the transportation OF
the proposed English Relief EXpe-
dition to the Soudan. The men who
are willing to embark in this enter
prise have had years Of experience in
navigating some of the toughest OF
Western and Northwestern rivers.
They contend that the Nile, with
steamers properly built, can be moro
easily navigated than some of tho
rivers of America which are rcgu
larly navigatcd. The plan of these
men is, in the event that they cal
get the contract with the British
Government, to take a large number
of skilled workmcn to some point OF
the Nile where the materials can BIZ
most easily procured and which
would best suit the British officers
and commanders, and there built
light draught steamers adapted tt
the navigation of that river. Ih'
project in all its details will, it il
said, be submitted to Minister West
backed by men Of means and cXpe
rience, who will pledge themselve
to have the steamers ready in a yer,
short time to transport the Britisl
troops and munitions of war to sucl
points along the Nile as is deemed
necessary.
At convention of Masons, parti
cipated in by representatives o
twenty-three States, held in Boston
in December, Union Sovereign
Sanctuary was established, embrac
ing all the mysteries of the rites O
Memphis or Mizraim, and of til
Ancient and Primitive Rite, froI
the fourth to the ninety-siXth degree
A special meeting of the Sovereig
Sanctuary, Egyptian Masonic Rit
of Memphis, convened, subsequent
ly, when it was voted to turn over
the Sovereign Sanctuary of tn
Royal Masonic Rite all property
etc., belonging to this corporation
and authorizing it to work all dc
grees above the third degree hereto
fore worked or controlled by thi
Sovereign Sanctuary. On motion,
was unanimously voted to dissoly
the Sovereign Sanctuary of tn
Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis
The New York Herald'S CORES
pondent in Vienna, Austria, III
interviewed the Count Won Taaf
who said he did not consider con
mon measures between Europea
countries and the United States fl
protection against Anarchists nece
sary. He considered America woul
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