The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-26
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.

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The grave of John Jacob Astor is
kept guarded, the family fearing
the body will be stolen.
Sprcckels wants new refinery at
New Orleans, TO place him on an
equal footing with the trust.
The increase in the earnings of
the Missouri Pacilc system over the
previous year Is 81, 23,97l.S3.
Bankers and real estate men
generally do not favor Senator Stan
forUs real estate mortgage scheme.
The Lottery bill was finally de-
feated in the North Dakota Legisla
ture by vote Of "a to 23.
A report comes from Pittsbnrg
that English capitalists are trying
to buy the Columbia river canneries.
An illicit dstilery with capa-
city of 240 gallons of whisky day
has been found in the heart of
Chicago.
A useful gift is that Of Miltos
George to the city of Chicago, by
which 800 acres of valuable land
are transferred 10 the city for the
use of an industrial training school
for boys.
A Russian officer has invented
luminous prejcctilc to be fired from
a gun. 1t is claimed that it will be
extremely useful for discovering the
movements of an enemy in naval
contest at night.
-Four members of the present Con-
gress were born in Scotland, four in
Ireland, one in Sweden, one in Ger
many and one in Canada, making in
all thirteen foreign born, two in the
Senate and eleven in the House.
The Rev. Anna Shaw made an adj
dress before the Maryland Legisla-
tnrc on Feb, lS, in opposition to
the pending high license bill. The
use of the legislative hall was grant
ed for the purpose, and Miss Shaw's
able address was listened to with
close attention.
Leon Poppers,a Washington flower
peddler, has not only made living
for himself and family by selling
boutonnieres, but has accumulated
a handsome fortune, estimated to be
in the neighborhood of 100000. He
is an orthodox Jew and the son of 4
rabbi.
The costliest book in the world Is
Hebrew Bible in the Vatican
library. Rich Jews of Venice offer
cd Pope julius III. its weight in
gold, but he refused to sell it al
though hard pressed for money.
The book weighs 325 pounds, and
the Pope would have cleared $780,
600 by its sale.
DR.. Amelia b. Edwards is report
ed to have broken her arm recently
but she did not break her lecture
engagements on that account. The
accident took place in Columbus,
o., and. was due to a fall. Miss
Edwards had the arm set, and i'm
mediately afterward delivered her
| lecture.
Stepniak, the cxiled Russian nihi.
list, lives quietly in London with his
gifted wife, and the two spend mucl
time in the British museum, ran
sacklng books and making man,
notes. Stcpniak is an industrious
writer, and is rarely seen at thu
clubs or in society, although he has
a host of friends.
The library of Columbia Colleg,
is to have a stained glass window
designed and made in Munich, t
commemorate Miss Mary Hankey
who was the first woman to receive
diploma from that university
Miss Hankey was graduated in 1888
and died in 1888, from the effect
of an accident.
1t is estimated by a correspondent
in the Chicago "rribune" that n
least sixty per cent. of the multi
tude of type-wrilers in the city ar
women, as are twenty-five per cent
of the type-setters, fifty per cent. O
the telegraph operators, and abou
seventy per cent. of the employees /
dry-goods stores.
Mr.. Gladstone is not only voru
cious reader of newspapers and mt
gaines, but also of their advertise
ments. lie expressly subscribes fc
American magazines in order th:
he may obtain from their advertiser
pages any new ideas to be gleane
thercfrom as to American industrie
and enterprises.
Maurice Grau, speaking of I'll
Patti Tomagno combination, says
. sour season has thus far been
phenomenal success, and before
, closes we expect that the grand tt
, tai receipts will reach $1,000, 00'
which in point of financial success
, surpasses all previous achievement
in the theatrical business.
4, The Kansas Farmer Alliance OF
l. poses any further immigration fro
Europe. The Alliance claims TIL;
things are bad enough now, and
more people are induced TO come Il
condition of affairs will be eve
worse.
A new etching of 'Thc Angelus
i has just been completed in Pari
: Only very limited number of co