Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-16
FOREIGN.

cular, publishing for the information of
all concerned, the recent decision of
Second Controller Maynard in regard
to the compensation due the Central
Pacific Railroad for services rendered
for the Government and announcing,
in accordance Herewith, that the De
partment circular Of June a7, 1883 and
the circular letter of June II, 1884,
are revoked and that all compensation
now due, or which may hereafter be-
come due that railroad company, be
covered in the Treasury, and one-half
thereof applied to the extinguishment
of interest which has meanwhile ac-
crued on the Government subsidy
bonds, and the other half credited to
the Sinking fund as required by the
Thurman Act
LONDON, Sept. 2o.--The following
additional particulars Of the recent
calamity at Stockholm have just been
received; Nine. Nilsson had just
finished and was bowing her adieux
when the enthusiastic crowd began
rush toward Carlos XIII Square. The
police vainly tried to break the rush,
but women and children screamed,
causing panic. A horrible scene en-
sued. For fifteen minutes the air was
filled with groans of the dying, aud
dresses were torn from women, and
many persons were trampled under foot,
while fighting for their lives like mani
aces. The night was clear and the
moon was shining bright A large staff
of physicians we're busy all night caring
for the sufferers. Many persons are
still missing, and it is feared they were
drowned in the canal. Nine. Nilsson
has disbursed thousands of kroners in
behalf of the wounded, and pays the
funeral expenses of those who were
killed. She gave concert last even
ing in behalf of the sufferers.
PHILIpPoPoLIs, Sept. 3o.-The mer
clients here have suspened payments.
The Bank Of Phiippopolis has closed
its doors, and general anarchy prevails
in commercial circles.
VIENNA, Sept, 3o--A Servian loan
has been consolidated in this city. The
revenues from the Government tobacco
monopoly having been given security
for the same. 1t is the opinion here
that war is inevitable. Business on
the Bourse is flat.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 3o.-Indi-
cations to-day point to active war pre-
parations by the Porte. Eighty battal
lions of first-class reserves are being
moblilized in districts bordering on the
Black Sea, at points which will facili-
tate the transportation of troops for
duty in Roumelia, in the event of the
Sultan being compelled to adopt ex-
treme measures to settle the Roume-
liam difficulty. The Transportation
Department is actively engaged in fur
nishing means for the concentration OF
troops at the most available points for
an advance on Roumelia.
September 3o.-A dispatch from Con
stantinoble, received this afternoon, says:
Considerable CONSERVATION prevails in
official circles over an important dis
covery just made by Alibi Sahub
Pasha, new Minister of War. Imme-
diately on being installed in his new
position Alibi Sahub Pasha ordered
all the various department commanders
to report the strength of their respective
commands, and their present condition,
and detailed several officers to inspect
the various posts. Their reports have
been received and show under Ghoze
Osman Pasha, late Minister of War,
who was dismissed September 25th,
the army was almost entirely neglected,
and the large sums OF money voted for
military purposes were used in other
ways than those for which they we're
meant Inquiry has revealed that the
Adrianople army, which was supposed
to be $1,000 strong, contains not half
that number. The soldiers have no
uniforms and are shoeless. The
cavalry is unable to march, owing to
the lack of horses and the necessary
accoutrements Four hundred horses
and 1900 men, who have been fully
equipped, are under orders to march
at an hours notice.
MALTA, Oct. 1.-The rumor is cur
rent here that the British squadron in
the Mediterranean has been ordered to
Turkey.
Capital Notes.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 3o.-The Presi-
dent sent for DR.. Hamilton, Surgeon
General of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, this morning, and informed him
that he thought the best interests of
that service would be served by making
no changes in its chief, and therefore
he had decided not to accept his resig-
nation, which had been rendered, to
take effect October 3Ist.
The President to-day appointed
Dudley o. Watson Collector of Gus
toms at Grand Haven, Michigan.
John McSweeny, who has been here
for some time, will leave here for San
Francisco tomorrow. He says he has
been promised an appraisership in the
Custom-House there.
The Treasury Department to-day