The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-05-26

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Guild Hall will, n far a. can be
forcscen at present, take place on
Friday, July l0lb, the day after his
arrival IN London.
II l., batelyplssihlc that the Queen
viii accompany her imperial grandson
though IL She does The enthusiasm OF
the demonstration will he the most
memorable IN all her royal progress
through the metropolis.
In any case, the Emperor will be
accompanied by the Prince and
Princess Of Wales and every member
If the royal family then in England,
and the proceedings will be conduct
ed with all pomp and ceremony.
The abdication of King Charles of
Portugal may, | hear, be expected
at any moment. Although not yet
80 he has grown 50 unweldly as to
be almost unable to move, and he
wholly lacks the energy and peculiar
tact which made Don Luis, his father,
so popular.
King Charles has deeply offended
the Portuguese by what they des-
cribe as his unseemly levity during
the pompous funeral ceremonies of
his father, and they entertain root.
ed belief that the present sovereign
is entirely under the influence and
sway of his near relative, Queen
Victoria.
The Russian Imperial family are
at the present moment prey to
ever increasing anxiety. Not only
does the news about the Czarowitz
and his brother cause serious appre-
hension at st. Petersburg, but the
Grand Duke Constatine Nicolaovitch,
Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephine
and the Grand Duchess Alexandra
Petrovna are all more or less danger
ously ill.
Dom Pedro, who has returned TO
his residence at Versailles after
soiourn of several months at Cannes,
is coming to England in the middle
of June for two months, accompanied
by the Comte and Comtesse d'Eu.
His majesty will reside during his
stay at Bushey Park, which the Duke
of Nemours has placed at his dis
posal.
Andrew Carnegie is to arrive in
England this week from the United
States for stay of several months.
He has rented Cluny Castle, the
family place of the Cluny- McPher-
sons, tor the summer and autumn.
Julian Story and Miss Eames are
to be married in New York in the
autumn. Mr.. Story proposes to take
a studio in New York and paint port
rats while Miss Eames is fulfilling
her operate engagement.
NJ Hunckel de Herculais, French
naturalist, was attacked in Algiers
by myriads of Iocusts, while he was
sleeping on pile of brushwood. He
was awakened by them and beat
down and killed thousands by firing
the brushwood, making minute of
the fact in his notebook. 1t is sup
posed he finally became exhausted
and was suffocated by the insects, as
his skeleton was subsequently found
under heap of locusts, together
with his beard, hair and cravat.
Swarms of young locusts are APP
pearing in Upper Egypt. The Gov
ernment is issuing instructions on the
best means of coping with the plague
and preventing the utter destruction
of the cotton and maize crops.
Madame Blavatsky, the famous
theosophist, is dead. A London des-
patch says: "No sooner had Nine.
Blavatsky's spirit left the body than
she went over to Paris and made an
afternoon call on the Duchess de
Parma The Duchess had another
caller, Nine. Aman, at the time, and
was greatly surprised to see Nine.
Blavatsky enter the room dressed in
black silk, remain there silent for
half a minute and then fade away.
The Duchess did not know until
three hours later that the madame
was dead. 1t was consequently be-
vond question a spiritual call from
Nine. Blavatsky's astral body, and
anybody who does not believe it is
referred to the Duchess.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Times says marriage has
been arranged between the Czarowitz
and Princess Helen, the fourth
daughter of Prince Nicholas of Mon
tenrgro. Commenting on this event,
the correspondent says: "Such a
marriage would be of great political
importance, and could not fail to
give the highest possible satisfaction
TO the pan-Slavist world. p"
The Paris La Presse announces
that a contract was signed early dur
ing the present month between the
Russian Government and the Chatel-
lerault Arms Factory, by which the
plant, factory and employees are at
absolute disposal of Russia, whose
Government has given an order for
5000, 600 new rifles.
The Ghetto quarter of Corfu is
still surrounded by the military for
the protection of the Jews. The
total number of victims of the Corfu
riot is fifteen killed and twenty-five
who died from privation.
The long-expected encyclical OF
the Pope upon the social question
has been distributed among all the