Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-03-14

Is now setting last behind black AMI
lurid cloud, gloomy and awful con
trast 90 the "splcndors of the new dlN
the dawn of which was So toudly hailed
IN 1900
The Prohibition party OF Rhode Is
land met ln Convention February 10th
Tor the purpose ct nominating a State
ticket There was a good attendance
The following ticket was selected
Governor, I'd II Sladc.- OF Providence,
Lieutenant Governor William b. Fnnka
In. Of Newport, Attorney General, Ed
win Mctr5IG Providence. Secretary Of
state. Frederick A. Warren, of Bristol,
General Treasurer John 6 Perry, Of
South Kingston
The announcement made IN the
British House ut Commons February
18th. b, Lord Fitzmlurse, Under
Secretary OF the Foreign Department,
that France ha, been notified los Eng
land that She could not assent to
Frances declaring against rice as
conrlhlnd oi war n China, Is proving
ANNOYING t1 the French Government
II Is believed that the attitude taken 10y
the British Government will produce q
tension boz the present relations between
France and England.
The time houorcd Mardi Gras com
mcuUed NJ New Orleans, February 18th,
the weather WAS partly cloudy and cool
At the hour of 100 the streets were
filled with spectators, the galleries and
windows being occupied all along the
route announced for the carnival page
meant The leading feature OF the dis
play will consist OF twenty tableauS, re
presenting beautiful scenes from SCOTS
romance Of Iy1nhoe" There were
only few maskcrs on the street, yet
the number was increasing rapidly.
A colony OF about one hundred
Japanese people OF various trades have
established complete japanese vii
lage in London The object is to
familiarilc English people with their
customs, arts and industries Visitors
are shown through the little streets,
whose shops are filed with workmen
engaged IN cmhroldering fan making,
china painting metal working, screen
painting, umbrella making, etc The
village possesses a theatre and Bud.
dhist temple, with its priests and idols.
The following awards have been
made in the Agricultural Department
of the Worlds Fair at New Orleans
Fleeces Thomas Taylor OF Waynes-
vile, H., took the first premiums for
best ewes. washed. best Southdown,
best merino and best middle c. 7.
Bailey OF San Jose, Cal, took the first
and second premiums for Angoras.
Fruits w 5. Plummcr OF Leaven-
worth, Kan, took the first and second
awards for the largest and best collec-
ton Of evaporated fruits by any process.
The japanese Legation at Washing
ton, has received a telegram from the
Japanese government announcing the
appointment OF Count Ito, rs embaS-
sador to China to negotiate and settle
the differences between the two gov
ernments with reference to the diStn-
bance in Corea early in December last
The telegram added that the mission
was to leave Toxic March Ist Tor lien
tSn, via Shanghai that it would be
pacific in its nature and the demands
OF the Japanese government would be
moderate.
General Grants throat trouble which
commenced last June, has become so
seriously alarming tina, his physicians
declare that his life will end inside six
months. He has not left the house
since the 18th OF February and his beard
is grey and his hands thinner than
when last seen on the street. The dis
ease has been pronounced by DR.. Bar
ker to be cancerous growth in the
throat at the root OF the tongue, which
is so located, however, that a surgical
operation is out OF the question. There
is little or no hope for his recovery.
The Worlds special from New
Orleans says Official returns OF the
gate receipts at the Exposition during
the week have just been published and
are causing considerable comment
Some OF the officers claim a mistake in
the returns, while Others boldly assert
that there has been clean steal Many
OF the exhibitors and some OF the State
Commissioners say they expect final
crash to come in few days. 1t is all
nonsense to talk OF holding the exhi-
bition over for another season, as not
one exhibitor will remain a day longer
than he is compelled to.
Secretary Frelinghuysen has written
another long letter to Senator Miller of
California, chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations This letter is in
explanation and support OF the Near
guam treaty, and the secretary holds that
II does not conflict with the Clayton
BulweT treaty. He enters into long ex-
PLANTATION OF the provisions OF the latter
document and recites at length the OBJ
jects Of the Nicarguan treaty, and makes
an extended argument to show the
necessity OF the canal and the impor-
lance OF the American Government
keeping control OF ii il built
The Archbishop OF Paris is about to
issue pastoral against the excessive
use OF morphine. The morbid fashion
has spread so widely that small-and-
early morphine parties are now com
mon in the most aristoora,ic society
and the instrument OF injection has
passed from the surgicalinstrument
maker to the jeweller and is made in
Paris in daily increasing beauty. The
custom is for the hostess and guests to
SIT IN circle and while listening TO a
concert in dis,an, room they apply