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

ork on Ine Nicaragua canal enter
prise, in which the author declared
that the work had brilliant future.
The German Government has de-
cided to establish complete tele-
graph system on the German East
African coast, and officials have
started from Berlin to Africa, where,
Immediately upon their arrival, they
will proceed to organize the system.
President Carnot's chateau at
Presles has been ransacked by burg
lars, who got away with everything
valuable the house contained, includ-
ing the plate. The Presidents
mother was the only occupant of the
house at the time of the robbery.
The seventh annual session of the
international Congress of Hygiene
and Demography opened in st.
James Hall, London, on the 10th.
Among the prominent delegates were
Professor Pasteur of Paris and Pro-
fessor Koch of Berlin. The Prince
of Wales, who presided, discoursed
learnedly on hygiene in his opening
address and was loudly cheered. An
immense number of papers are to be
read and the number of foreigners
who have promised to speak or read
is such as to show that the congress
will in the fullest sense be interna-
tional. Among the many important
subjects is the general question of
means of preventing the spread of
epidemic disease from country to
country. The subject of tubercuIo-
sis will be widely discussed and
papers will be read on the means of
comforting immunity from bacteria
logical affections. The subject of
rabies will receive close attention.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Vice
roy of India, has confirmed the death
sentences of Senaputty, brother of
the regent of Manipur, and com
mander of the Manipur army, and
Tongal, the general who gave the
order for the massacre of British
officers at Manipur in March. In the
cases of the regent and Prince
Anango the Viceroy has committed
the sentences to transportation for
life and forfeiture of their property.
Several concerned in the massacre
have already been executed.
The statement is made on what APP
pears to be good authority that,
owing to the critical condition of af-
fairs in the East, England will add
ten warshps to her Mediterranean
feet and hold the Channel squadron
in readiness to reinforce the Mediter-
ranean feet at moments notice.
1t is said treaty of alliance has
been signed between Russia and
France.
Bulgaria is reported to be making
great war preparations.
The Sultan of Turkey has adj
dressed a note to England, asking
her to fix q definite time for evacuat-
ing Egypt. Russia is supposed to
he behind the interrogation point.
Lord Salisbury declined to reopen
negotiations on the subject, on the
ground that the time was inoppor-
tune.
The White Star line steamer Ma
jestic arrived at New York ON the
9th, breaking the transatlantic rec
ord. Her time from Queenstown was
) days, Is hours, s minutes.
The dory Sea Serpent, Captain
Lawlor, arrived in the English Chan
mel from Boston on the 9TH. The
rival dory Mermaid, with Captain
Andrews, was reported by the steam
er Queen as being 10 miles behind
the Sea Serpent the middle of July.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PROTECTION TO CHRISTIANS BY THE
EMPEROR OF CHINA.
The Department of State, Wash
ington, has received a copy of an
imperial decree of China issued June
18th last. In it is embodied this
order: "Let the Governors-General
and Governors of Liang Kiang, HUI
Kwang, Khan Su, Ashui and Hopek
issue without delay orders to the
civil and military officers under their
respective jurisdictions to cause the
arrest of the leaders of riots, try
them and infict capital punishment
upon them as warning and example
to others in future. The doctrine of
Christianity has for its purpose the
teaching of men to be good. Chi
nese converts are subjects of China,
and amepable to the local authori-
ties. Let the Tartar Generals, Gov
errors General and Governors issue
proclamarions warning the people
not to listen to the idle rumors or
false reports which lead to Trouble"
An epidemic of yellow fever is
raging at Porte au Prince, Hayti.
The grip has renewed its appear
ance in Moscow, taking down 500
persons daily.
Cable orders from London have
been received at Halifax to stop work
on the Chignecto ship railway. The
reason is difficulty of raising money
in the present state of the market
Ed. Hanlan and William O'Connor
won the worlds championship double
scull race easily at Hamilton, Cana
da, defeating Jake Gaudaur and
William Mckay by six lengths in
1926. When within quarter of
mile of the finish the leaders stopped