The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-07-15
8aluaiiall 6azette.
WEDNESDAY. JULY Is 1885
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
p.ro. S. S. Maripo.a. Date. to July LIST.
AMERICAN.

i morning opened cloudy with temperature 5s
al the cottage and the air damp and chilly.
The sick man is spending the morning at
case in bis room, without being dressed.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The President has
appointcd William W. RockhiH Of MareIsland
Seerefart OF the Legation Of The United States
j to China, and Charles DENLY Jr. of Indiana
Second Secretary Of the Legation OF the United
States TO China.
New York, July 1.-The Times says: The
gentlemen who went 10 Washington on behalf
| Of the American Steamship Companies that
/ carry the United States mails between New
I York and foreign countries, to induce the
| Postmaster-General TO divide up the $780,
600 appropriated by Congress for the payment
Of such mail charges, returned yesterday in q
very disappointed frame Of mind. Vice-Pres-
| ident Jauterbach of the Pacific Mail Steamship
/ Company was perfectly willing TO express his
\ opinion, and to state probable action OF his
associates. He said "The Dingley law,
which took effect April LIST, removed from the
steamship companies any obligation to carry
/ the United States mail previous to that date.
We had to carry it OF be refused clearance pa
] pers. At present we receive two cents for
each letter we carry; whether it is large or
small, whether it was 10 go to Cuba or all the
way to the Sandwich Islands. We think we
ought to receive pay for the mileage, and
Congress appropriated for that very purpose,
stipuiating that no more than so cents per
mile, should be paid. We offered the Post
master General yesterday at our conference to
carry il for 25 cents a mile, SO that some
would 60 around. As he would not give a
positive decision we wait until August LIST,
carrying the mails as usual until that time.
If no agreement is then arrived at no United
States mails will be carried by our COMPANY
The steamship men will probably hold an
other meeting in a few days and adopt course
Of action.
NEW YoRK, June 3O.-The jury acquitted
Mrs. Dudley charged with assault to murder
o'Donovan Rosa, on the ground of insanity
The jury was only IN consultation about FIVE
minutes. When they rendered their verdict
motion was made TO send Mrs. Dudley to the
State Lunatic Asylum. Her counsel asked that
their client be permitted &c return to her ma
tive country and be placed in an institution
there. The Court will listen to the arguments
on this motion next Thursday.
BUFFALO, June 3O.-The Police Census was
finished at noon to-day, and shows a popula-
ton of 2O2,9O9. The heaviest increase was
in the fifth, German ward, which shows
gain of 10000. Many people thought the
enumeration would show 100000.
WASHINGTON, June 3O.-Secretary Whitney
has revoked the following naval orders, issued
July 5, 1854: "Naval officers attached ocruis-
ing war-vessels, especially commanding Off
GERS, are expected TO leave their families at
their usual or fixed places of abode, and not
attempt TO transfer them 10 moro convenient
visiting points. officers disregarding this in
struction will be liable TO be relieved from
duty"
NEW YoRK, June 3O.--Ex-Senator Gwin,
has returned from Washington. He says
there is no change in California affairs at the
Capital.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Secretary Of
the Navy has issued a circular to all officials
connected with the Navy Department in which
he calls attention to the regulation of the de-
partment governing the transmission of tele-
grams. He says: THE telegraph should not
be rosorted to unnecessarily at the public ex-
pense, nor when communication would an
swer all purposes. 1t is observed that in
many instances no care is taken to reduce a
message to its lowest, clear and Ineligible
limits and much unnecessary verbiage is used. |
kilograms strictly personal or for convenience,
or in the interests of the sender, must not be !
transmitted at the Governments expense. |
LUIS 10 nyk lubGuuGu 10 lOIDlu the |
use Of the telegraph in announcing the arrival, |
departure or movements of vessels, or TO COM |
municate TO the department information which |
it should possess as early as possible"
New York, June 3O.-The City Directory,
issued to-day, shows the population of the |
city 70 be about l,553,73O. Allowing one |
maine in the Directory to represent FIVE per- |
sons, il increases at the rate Of 81, 00o yearly
IL contains the names and addresses of $40, |
746 citizens-an increase of 1917 over last |
years Directory. Census returns show |
Paterson, NJ J., to have $4,000 people; Jersey /
City, 100000; Newark, III, 900, and all taken |
together, with Brooklyn, Hoboken, Long Is /
land City and other near suburbs, show the |
American metropolis to have 2, 750, 0Oo or half |
a million more people than any town in Christ |
sndom except London.
WASHINGTON, June O.-To-morrow letters
one ounce or less may be sent
through the mails for two cents, and the rate
on newspapers mailed by publishers will be
reduced from two cents to one cent per pound.
From the reduction in newspaper rates a large
dehclt IN the revenue is expected to result.
HAVANA. June 3O.-The authorities have
adopted strict quarantine and other precau-
ilonary measures against the cholera.
NEW ORLEANS, June 3O.-Andrew Dumont.
Officer of this port, committed
suicide this afternoon Duuiont was one of
he best known colored men in the State, one
If the organizers ofthe Republican party here,
md its most earnest, energetic and continuous
supporter.
PORTLAND, June 2g.-To-night a pumber
VI citizens of East Portland who wanted to
Jet rid of lot of Chinese inhabiting a num-
of CahTne fha 4 .
md Navigation track ordered them to leave. {
This the Chinese refused to do. Thereupon
me of the fire engines and a hose cart belong
ne to the City Department were run out and !
tationed near the cabins to prevent con.
agration, and the cabins were then fired and
flowed to burn to the ground. The loss is
ot heavy. The Chinese occupants fled. !
ause of the attack was that the Chinese were ,
nuisance on general principles, and very un-
esirable.
SAN JOSE, June 29.-Last Friday white
roman so years of age, afflicted with tuber-
ulous leprosy, was discovered by DR.. Robert /
aldwell in hotel in this city. The disease \
Ias in an advanced stage and she presented a 4
ldeous appearance. She stated that she con- /
racted the disease in the Sandwich Islands,
nd OF late had been an inmate of hospital in !
an Francisco and that she was advised TO | !,
ONE here by the physician of that institution. 4
he has kept her face closely yelled and her =
ands gloved, and was very reticeDt before \
iscovery. When the proprietor of the hotel 4
as told the nature Of her disease she was a
Dlged TO leave. She then went TO another n
otel, where she was seen by DR.. Caldwell a
sxt day, and she was ordered to leave there !,
the hotel keeper. Her present whereabouts il
not known, but it is thought she is yet in /,
IIs city or in Santa Clara. She claims to have y
daughter at the latter place.
MONTEREY, June 29.-Major J. NJ. o'Noin. Al
ell and widely known in San Francisco. who IL
ed here yesterday. was born in New York b,
ID was 81 years old. He left New York in IT
46, arriving here in 1917. He was Militia a,
'neral Of California under Governor John G. ir
'wney, and was Major in the regular army
der General Counor during the late Rebel ri
N, being stationed in Utah for four years. m
CHICAGO. June 29.-Jack Burke and Chas. @,
tchell fought SIX well contested rounds with el
lall gloves, QueensDerry rules, at Battery D of
-mory tonight. The men appeared to be 80 m
emily matched that the affair was declared m
lw. Neither was severity punished.
June 29.-The last of the navy si
I'd foremen were discharged to-day, and the W
and is now in a condition for efficient reor- Al
uization. fllt te
CLEVELAND, June 29.-Maxy Cobb has ar W
ed here from New York and Maud s. is IN
pected o-morrow The race belyeen Cobb o9