The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27

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Pshsslsvist policy inpolyleg critical
Developments which are bound 10
have violent end.
The city of Lu-chow, China, liz
reported burned with loss of
10000 lives.
1t is said the murderers Of DR..
Cronln will certainly be unmasked
by a special grand jury just empan-
slled in Chicago
Stanley has been heard from at
Ururi, southeastern shore of the
Victoria Nyanza, Dec. 2. He had
sustained heavy losses, large num-
bers of men having died from dis
ease and famine. The explorer had
rejoined and left Emin Pasha at
Unyara, on the northwestern shore
of the lake.
An excursion train filed with
Methodist Sunday school children
was wrecked June 18th, between
Armagh and Warrenport, County
Down, Ireland, and nearly q hum
dred persons were killed outright,
while many others were terribly
mangled. The majority Of the vic
tins were adults about twenty years
of age, who occupied the last car
which was completely smashed.
Disease has broken out among the
survivors of the Johnstown calamity
in Pennsylvania, and ruins are be-
ing burned to prevent epidemics.
Sir Julian Paunoefote presented the
President message of sympathy
from Queen Victoria on the disaster.
The city of Dublin has contributed
$1,000 for relief, and San Francisco
over $50, 900. The loss of life is
now reduced on conservative esti-
mates to 5000 people. Survivors
are being registered so as to reach
an approximation Of the dead. 1t
is clear the calamity was due to
criminal negligence, as the reservoir
had been long reported as unsafe
but nothing done.
SAMOAN ITEMS.
The steamer Lubbock arrived at
Sydney June 7th from Apia with
advices of May 2Sth. Everything
is quiet in Samoa. The truce is
being maintained between the con-
tending natives. Owing to the re-
! ports that an additional German
man of war is on the way to Apia,
Mataafa has recalled his followers.
1t was expected that 5000 of his
followers would assemble in one
camp shortly. Tamasese and 5000
of his adherents remained encamp-
ed at Atua. All the men-of-war had
left Apia. The British man-of-war
Rapid sailed for the Fiji Islands.
German residents of Samoa have
presented DR.. Knappe, late German
Consul, with a fiatterlng address, in
| which they express their confidence
in him and praise his vigilance in
behalf of German interests.
The Cologne Gazette regards the
reinstatement of Malietoa as proba-
BILE. 1t says that Germany considers
the question of ruler Of Samoa as
secondary to that of the security OF
the lives and property of foreign
residents depending upon independ,
ent foreign officials.
There is said to be hitcht
in Washington over accepting the
Berlin agreement.
HONoRING FATHER DAMIEN.
The Prince of Wales is taking tn,
lead in movement to commemorat,
the labors of Father Damien. AL
influential committee, including thu
Archbishop of Canterbury, tn,
Bishop of London, Cardinal Man
ming, DR.. Spurgeon, Gladstone, Nor
ley and Lord Randolph Churchill
has been named.
| The object is the erection of
monument over Father Damien
grave at Molokai, and the establish
ment of leper ward in the Hospita
for Skin Diseases. The Londo
committee will also institute full in
quiry into feprosy in India.