The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-08-18
GREAT EARTHQUAKE.

Sonora and Lower California, Many
old landmarks have been obliterated,
prominent natural objects wiped off
the face of the earth and new ones
in unexpected places turned up. The
damages done has been principally
to the stocIlmen, who have lost many
cattle. The Cocopah Indians are
heavy losers. a small stream, four
miles north of Lerdo, which, prior
to the earthquake, was readily forded,
seems to have become impossible
owing to its depth. 1t is now neces-
sary to cross the watercourse six
miles back from the Colorado.
At Washington Heights, Chicago,
the heat has been great enough to
bake apples on the trees.
A mass meeting at Kansas City,
Missouri, denounced the Mayor and
City Council for proposition to buy
the plant of the Electric Light and
Power Company for S340,0O0. A
committee of fifteen was appointed
to present a protest. An excited
crowd followed the committee, and
as they marched cries began of
"Lvnch them !" Hang them !" The
Council hastily adjourned. When
the crowd found the chamber empty
they held another meeting, at which
in several speeches the Mayor and
Council were denounced as thieves.
1t WAS the belief of the citizens that
improper inducements had been Of
fered the Council.
New York has passed the third
day OF torrid spell. The heat is
unexampled in the record of twenty
years at this season. 1t was ex-
pected the temperature would touch
the 100 mark the fourth day. Am
balances were busy carrying people
to the hospitals.
Letters will be sent to Australia
for five cents postage at once, with
out waiting for Australian countries
to adopt the Postal Union rates. The
new treaty will 60 into effect July l,
1892. 1t requires every Postal
Union country TO issue double post
cards at four cents, which every
other country in the Union must for
ward as directed.
Patti is going to make q concert
tour of America, beginning next jan
uary.
Fred Douglass has resigned the po-
sition of Minister to Hayti. His rea-
son is increasing age. He denies
that the administration found any
fault with his course. He has writ
ten strong article in his own de-
Tense for the North American Re-
view. Douglass was born a slave
and, as he says, has led an eventful
life.
The August returns of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture give generally
favorable reports of grain crops. A
favorable season from this time on
is, however, regarded necessary.
The potato yield promises to be I'M
usually high.
Capt. Aicock of the schooner c..
D. Rand, returned to Victoria by or
der of the L. $. revenue cutter Rich
ard Rush, tells a remarkable story of
what he saw on st. Paul's Island. A
stretch Of three miles of beach from
80 to 100 yards wide was swarming
with seals, and the water in the cove
off the beach was alive with them.
The air was in a fearful state,
however, from the stencil of thous-
ands Of seals killed for sport and
their carcases left to rot. The cap
tain considered the efiluvia from all
the animal corruption did more in
jury to the seals than all the sealers
that 90 to Behring Sea.
The San Salvador authorities have
seized the p. NJ. S. s. City of Pa
mama, Capt White, at La Libertad.
The cause given is that she left port
without the requisite permit. The
steamer has been confscated. The
Minister of Commerce claims that
they are carrying out the same doct inc
which the United States have applied
in the case of the Itata of the Chill
can rebel squadron. This is the first
open rupture in a quarrel of long
standing between the Central Ameri-
can republics and the steamship
company. Commanders of steamers
have been subjected to systematic
annoyances by small officials
A German who few years ago
kept a hootblack stand in San Fran
cisco, has received word at San Fran
cisco that he has fallen heir to for
tune and the title of Count Bales
from in the Fatherland. He was dis
tinguished in San Francisco by his
drinking capacity, and once knocked
man down for denying his claim to
noble rank.
Judge Hoffman, for more than 40
years District Judge of California, is
dead.
The yacht clubs of San Francisco
are organizing a naval reserve, with
the hearty sanction of the Secretary
of the Navy.
EUROPE.
EMPEROR WILLIAM.
The Freisinnige Zeitung says that
Professor Esmarch, the distinguished
surgeon, has been called to Kiel from
Berlin to attend Emperor William.