The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-09-25

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of it. The Egyptians received re-
endorsements from Wady Halfa and
finally succeeded in driving out the
dcrvishes, killing more than 100 of
them. The Egyptian loss was six
teen killed and "a wounded.
The testamontary notes of the
late Kaiser William, abstracts of
which have just been made public
by the present Emperor, although
of merely historic value, have been
scanned with the deepest interest, as
revealing the light in which he de-
sired to be viewed by posterity.
A dispatch from Afghanistan says
that Ishak Khan has 1000 men at
Taskurgam, and that in small en-
gagement at Maimena the Ameer's
troops were defeated. Later adviccs
from Afghanistan say that lshak
Khan and his followers are advanc-
ing on Cabul. Abdurrahman Khan,
the Ameer, is very ill.
1t is reported that the French
Embassy is trying to persuade the
Queen of Patagonia to accept French
protection. Chiefs Mangata and
Ailutaki of neighboring islands are
alarmed, and, it is reported, have
asked to be annexed to Great
Britain.
The cold wet season of Europe
and accompanying floods have to-
gethcr affected the crop of wheat so
seriously that the price of this staple
has gone up rapidly much to the ad-
vantage of Californian farmers and
still more probably to that of the
few shipowners who have vessels on
hand at or near San Francisco. A
number of vessels that were expect
ed to have arrived at that port with
coal have been tied up in Australia
and there, is in consequence scar
city Of tonnage, and freights have
gone up faster than wheat itself.
Five Englishmen sailed for Zanzi-
bar Sept. 5th, on an expedition to
search for Stanley. Lieut.. Swayne
of the British Army, is in charge,
and nearly eight hundred hired
natives are waiting for the party at
Zanzibar.
Seven old wooden warehouses at
Steinwarde, Hamburg, containing
cotton, rice, sugar, and salupeter,
valued at 100000 marks, burned
August 29th. Six persons perished
in the flames.
1t is reported company of
French and Russian capitalists have
formed an organization to construct
a canal from the Caspian to the
Black sea. The estimated cost is
40,000,000 rubies.
Advices from Lorenzo Harquez, a
Portuguese town in Africa, say a
mutiny has broken out among the
soldiers of the garrison. Mariners
were landed from the war ships to
quell it. Fighting is expected.
An Imperial decree has issued.
ordering the Austrian army to be
increased by fifteen new batteries
of artillery and four new companies
of Bosnian infantry.
, AT Tarnobrzeg Galcia, Austria,
August 30th, so houses were des-
troyed by fire, and 200 families are
homeless. The loss is 2,500,0
, marks.
: Sir w. A. White and the Count
of Montebello, English and French
ambassadors, have made a collec-
tive demand upon the Porte to sign
: the Suez Canal convention.
= The German Government has sent
a note to England requesting that 9
settlement of the Niger dispute be
5 hastened.
l There are rumors OF a split in the
l Carlist party in Spain.
7 1t is reported that Princess Gle
mentina of Belgium is TO be betroth
ed to the Crown Prince of Italy.
The Sugar Bounties Convention
has finally adjourned.
r Phillip Henry Gosse, +. r. S.
A the English naturalist, is dead
: aged Is.
The Queensland Ministry resign
a ed, Sept. 4th.
e Floods in Bohemia have reached
alarming proportions. AT Budwei
$4,000 homeless inhabitants hav'
: taken refuge in the hills. Th
s Danube is rising steadily.
Two express trains collided nea
Dijon, France Sept. 5, one from
) Marseilles, the other from Turin
and both going at full speed. lively
5 persons were killed and many injur
u ed. Several died before they coul'
:, be rescued from the wreck. Th
u locomotives and cars were piled VI
in great heap.
: The Pope, assisted by Abbo
Pessut as editor, is writing histor,
n of Rome in the Middle Ages. Par
u ticular attention will be paid to tn
period of Gregory the Great.
+ A cyclone struck the Island o
= Cuba near Sagua, and reached Ha
vana about midnight of Sept. 9th
Several vessels foundered off tn
J. coast, and two sailors were drown
IS ed and many persons were injured
II M. Ferry, in speech Sept 9th
# at Remiremont, admitted that tn
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