Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-07


officers now on furlough have been
ordered to return to their regiments
The same paper is authority for the
statement that several large Spanish
mercantile houses have cancelled all
their outstanding orders for German
goods.
AT Kremser, August a6th, Emperor
Francis Joseph conferred the Order Of
the Grand Cross of St. Stephen upon
Grand Duke George, the second son of
the Gar, and appointed him to Lieu
tenancy in the Imperial Austrian Uh-
lans. The Grand Duke is in his six
teenth year.
The Spanish Government has closed
the doors of the Army and Navy Climb,
at Madrid, because the officers belong.
ing to the club have returned their Ger
man decorations, and because the club
has struck from its list of honorary
members the names of German officers
and that of the Crown Prince of Ger
many.
The Borsen Courier has a dispatch
from Constantinople which says that
Russia is making overtures for an ALI
ance with Turkey and holds out as an
inducement the prospect Of Turkeys
recovering possession of the Balkan
Passes and fortress. The Turkish
Ministry, the disdatch says, are divided
as to the acceptance Of the proposals.
Oriental Nc,cs.
Nagasaki is at present stated to be
suffering from an extreme and unusual
depression of trade.
The Ajikawa river police rescued
1913 men, women and children from
drowning in twenty days during the
floods.
The Austrian Minister will proceed
to Corea in an Austrian man-of-war
expected to arrive there about the end
of this month, in order to conclude a
treaty with the Corean Government.
The tobacco produced in Yashiu is
soft in leaf and fit for making cigars,
and has acquired high reputation in
America. Fifty thousand bales are to
be exported to that country at an early
date.
The tea and silk trains from Sar
Francisco to New York are reported as
having reached their destination in the
guaranteed time Of eight days. The
value of one of the trainloads oil
twenty-five cars is placed at 81 600, 900
Aletter from General Stahel stated
that he intended leaving Shanghai or
the 18th Of July, and that during his
absence G. H. Scidmore, United States
Vice Consul General, will be in charge
Of the Consulate General IN that city
Mr.. Ashton. the British Consul
General in Corea, is reported to have
obtained leave of absence. Since his
return to his post he has been suffering
from the unhealthy climate Of the
peninsula, and he is said to have APP
piled for leave on that account.
The Kyoto Blind and Dumb School
has received gold medal from the
International Sanitary Exhibition in
London, for the excellent system OF
instruction as shown by number OF
articles made by the inmates which had
been forwarded to the exhibition.
The Pekingese are decidedly "cheek-
eri " and more impertinent than they
used to be. Foreigners going through
the streets of Peking receive far more
annoyance than formerly. 1t seems
impossible for any group of natives to
refrain from insulting passer-by in one
way or another.
All the cargo and passenger boats ply
ing between Canton and the coast
ports went on strike on account of
the officials having levied a tax amount
ing to 100 taels per annum for small,
and higher sums for larger boats The
tax was levied to raise funds for liquid
ating the expenses of the late war. The
result was compromise, the authori-
ties agreeing to reduce the amount OF
the tax whereupon the boats recon-.
menced running.
China has experienced the most
serious food known there for thirty
years. The greatest destruction is in
Canton and vicinity. Over 10000
people have persisted and a larger
number are starving. Entire villages
were engulied and the rice and silk
crops around Canton are ruined. The
streets of Canton were flooded over a
week. The rivers have broken through
in the vicinity and drowned thousands
of people. Those who have escaped
the general destruction are in a deplor
able state.
THE CHOLERA ON LIND AND SEA