The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-03
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY.

revised and appear in full in the
WEEKLY BULLETIN OF Tuesday
next.
FOREIGN.
The past year has been eyentiul
in some parts, although the great
expected European war has held off.
Gen. Boulanger, the "inan on horse.
back +" was victorious hero in the
Paris elections of January. soon
after he was an exile in Belgium,
England, the Channel Isles, prose.
cuted in his absence for political
crimes and misdemeanors, finally let
down by the populace with a thud
to a position where none is so poor
as to do him reverence. The rcpub-
lie still holds brayely on its way, in
spite of disaster promised on the
tlckleness of the French nature.
Parnell, the Irish agitator, de-
manded royal commission to in
yestigatc the London Times charges
Of criminalitv against himself and
associates of the National League.
Judgment has not been given, but
in the midst of the trial a big piece
of the bottom fell out Of the "Thun-
derer's" defense, when letters pub
lished 10y it, purporting to be fac
similes OF Parnell's handwriting,
proved TO have been forgeries.
Gladstone, the grand old man."
is working the Irish cause for all it
is worth, confident that on that
issue he will live 10 WELD the
power enabling him to give "home
rule" TO Ireland. The British Par
lament voted f2l 100000 for in
creasing the navy. \ railway acci-
dent in County Down, Ireland, kill
ed about hundred Sunday school
eXcursionistS. The largest and
most peaceablc and orderly labor
strike the world ever saw was car
ried to successful issue by the
London dock laborers. Australasia
has agreed to hold conference on
a scheme of Confederation. Canada
is in a politico-religious furore over
the Jesuits' Estate Bill, passed by
the Quebec Legislature and refused
to be vetoed by the Dominion Gov
ernment, which voted 100000 as
compensation to the Jesuits for
lands coniiscatcd by the British
Crown at the cesson of Quebec by
France. A terribly bad social scan
dal duplicating some of the most
aristocratic scions vies with the pc
rennial fogs in beclouding London.
The Earl of Fife married Princess
Louise of Wales, grand court
pageant sgnalizing the event.
There was an attempt to blow uT
the royal palace in Madrid. The
Portuguese authorities made trouble
not yet settled by alleged violation
of rights of American and British
capitalists by tearing up the track
of the Delagoa Bay railway in Afri
ca. King Leopold of Belgium ha'
been leading an international move
ment to wipe out the African slave
trade, and arrangements are com
plele for an early congress on the
! subject. Capt. Wissman has con
! tinucd his aggressive work OF colo
nization for Germany in Africa. DR.
Peters, an eminent German cNplor
er, was massacred with his party il
the same dark continent" Stan
ley, the indomitable American, aite
three years absence looking for hi
fellow explorer, Emin Pasha, turn
up safe and sound at Zanzibar il
, the end OF the year, having an en-
: thusiast,c reception accorded hir
+ and Emin, to be Immediately cloud
ed by a serious accident TO the lat
, ter. Stanley besides rescuing Emi
: made important discoveries, amon
{ them an increase of nearly 600
! square miles of water to Nictori
Nyanza. Major Pinto at last &C
counts was doing his best to get hi
country, Portugal, into fresh trou
BILE in Africa by harsh treatment c
, the natives.
An epidemic of influenza wa
over all Europe the last month
which Prof. Zeokaner, the leadin
g Russian medical authority, declare
5 to portend a visitation of cholera
Emperor William of Germany visit
) ed Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
! tria, the Car of Russia, and tn