The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-05-29
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
AMERICAN,

possible to enforce, at the port Of
New York, that portion of the immi
grafton laws which prohibits the i'm
portation of alien contract labor.
He detained eleven Austrian emf
grants of that kind who, according
to their own statements, had been
brought to the States under contract
to work for two companies in Chi
cagO. Their passage had been paid
by an agent or contractor, who had
agreed with them that they should get
certain fixed rate of daily wages in
Chicago. As in these cases there
seemed to be clear violation of the
law, Weber gave orders for the de-
tention of the men. They were not
shipped back to Austria at once.
The Secretary of the Treasury was
notified of their arrival, and of the
advisabllity of keeping them as wit
nesses in a suit to be brought against
the violators of the Alien Contract
Labor law. Arisled Cronenberg, an
ordinary-lool<ing emigrant, landed at
the Barge Office Ell route from Bel
GUM to Asheville, N. g., and when
asked if he had any money, produced
roll of $50 and 500 bills amount
ing in all to $4,000.
The Light Infantry was called out
at 2 O'Clock in the morning of May
II, at Wilmington, North Carolina,
to disperse a crowd of negroes
who had gathered near the Jail for
the purpose of releasing Kit Hug
gins, an omnibus driver, who the
previous day ran over and killed a
little white boy. Upon hearing the
military alarm the negroes immedi-
ately dispersed. Fifteen negroes
were arrested and everyone was
found to have pistol in his posses
sion. The infantry were under
arms all night, but further service
was not needed.
A fire in Muskegon, Michigan, has
caused loss of $500,000 and made
1900 people homeless.
Duke Alphonse lie Thierry of
France, for five years past book
keeper of the Conrad Tanning Com
pany, louisville, KY, has left that
city several thousand dollars short
with the tanning company.
The Latin American department
of the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
ton have received special cable
gram from Special Commissioner
Tisdell announcing that he had re-
ceived unofficial assurances that the
Government of Ecuador would ac-
cept the invitation and erect a build
ing of its own at Chicago,
Papal bulls, one creating the dio-
cese of Salt Lake City, and the other
placing Bishop Lawrence Scanlon in
charge of it, were read III St. Mary's
Cathedral at Salt Lake, amid much
rejoicing. The new Bishops mitre
was presented by the Cathedral Tenn
perance Society.
Thomas A. Edison was lately IN
Chicago, and, speaking about the
Worlds Fair, he said he had Dov-
city in view, although the details
were yet hazy. His intention is to
have combination of photography
and electricity, so man can sit in
his parlor, see depicted on a curtain
the forms of players in an opera or
drama on distant stage and hear
the voices of the performers.
AS result of the recent whitecap
sensation near Ducktown, Penn,
the young bride who was whipped by
women whitecaps has since died
from the effects of her terrible tor
ture. Three of the men fired on and
wounded in a subsequent fight over
the affair, will die of their wounds.
The women who did the whipping
are under arrest, but their friends
say they will never go to Jail, and
fight was imminent between mob
and the officers.
The police of Los Angeles, CAL,
captured eleven boys from eight to
fourteen years of age and locked
them up on charges of petty larceny.
From the confessions of the boys it
appears that there was a regular Or
ganized band, with thirty or forty
members, for the purpose of stealing
small articles, such as lawn mowers,
garden hose aud chickens. The
stolen articles were sold to second
hand dealers, and warrants are out
for the arrest of them. The confess
sions of the boys clear up numerous
petty thefts which have been annoy
ing the police for some time.
LARGE TREASURY SURPLUS.
Commissioner Raum has written
to Secretary Noble, calling attention
to a very material decrease in the
payments on account of pensions
during the present fiscal year. The
entire payments for army pensions
during the present fiscal year will
not exceed SIG, 100000: The total
appropriation was Sl25, 7G9,093, and
it now seems probable that there
will be left of this appropriation at
the end of the fiscal year 50, ,769, 900.
The surplus in the Treasury is
gradually creeping up, and at the
close OF business May Y the net
surplus was Slj 900, 600. The Treas
ury officials say there is no doubt it
viii increase by June 4th to an
amount sufficient to meet the
pension draft Of $50 900, 900 without
the ntcA s.ilN OF withdrawing IAn