The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-05-16
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The militia IN England Is 10 Dc
mobiized.
The Sultan of Turkey is annoyed
at the diplomatic victory of England
in Egypt.
The Jamaica Legislature has in
creased the grant for the Chicago
Exhibition from $4,000 to $50 900.
The government methods of Rus.
sianizing colonists is likely to lead to
the wholesale emigration of Germans.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
practically has declared himself in
favor of opening museums on Sun
days.
The yellow fever has extended
into the interior towns of Brazil and
many small places have been aban-
doned.
King Humbert has minated his
readiness to accept reduction of
100000 lire (about $500, 000) in the
civil list.
Count de Leopoldina (Henry
Lownes) prominent Spectator at
Rio de Janeiro, has been declared
bankrupt.
British copper magnates have de-
clined to accept proposal by Amer
lean mine owners for 10 per cent
reduction in outputs.
1t is proposed to unite all of the
Islands of Japan by system of SUBJ
marine telegraph cables, at an esti-
mated cost of S2,000,O0O.
The news from the Blight of Benin
settlements is that the King of Da-
honey is approaching Porto Novo
and an attack lis imminent.
Mrs. Gladstone has an orphanage
at Hawalden with thirty-five or forty
boys, five or six years old, in it, and
she gives the lads her personal atten-
ton.
Applications for space in the Ex-
position buildings now aggregate
more than 1000, 900 square feet,
little over one third being from for
eign applicants.
The Marquis of Sligo, who owns
1922, SOP acres in county Mayo, is the
largest landowner in Ireland. His
rent roll is about $4,000 from this,
not very much from each acre.
Preparations for the proper observ-
ance of the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America by
Columbus ere going forward in Mad
rid under the auspices of the Queen
Regent.
Negotiations are taking place be-
tween Switzerland and Italy for the
modification of the frontier of the
Canton of Ticino, with the view of
preventing the difficulties arising
from smugglers.
Nsws from Venezuela shows sue
cesses Of the rebels under Crespo,
who is moving slowly on Caracas.
Palacio is aware of his perils and
will, if closely pushed, take fight
from the Republic.
The recently published story about
fighting in Uganda, East Africa, be-
tween the Protestant natives and
Catholic converts, led by King
Mwanga, is confirmed. The casual
ties are said to be heavy.
The Pope, who is eighty-two, wears
spectacles only when reading; for
ordinary uses his eyesight remains
good. He could see better at seventy
than he could at twenty, for when
young he was very near-sighted.
The estimates of revenues of the
British government for the current
year is $3.50, 100000. These reye-
nues come chiefly from tariff duties,
which prove Englands claim to the
title of Free-trade country a mis-
homer.
Among the curiosities of the North
Carolina department of the Worlds
Fair will be shown some of the al
legged fragments of the chain which
held Columbus in his prison, the
property of Robert S. Moore of New
Berne.
Rains have flooded the cities of
Sac Paulo and Santos, Brazil, and
caused much damage. In Santos
thirty or forty persons are said to
have persisted and the damage to
property is estimated to be over
81, 500,0 900.
According to the Paris Gaulois the
number of people in France who died
OF hunger was $1,000; the number
who went mad in consequence of
misery and privations of various
kinds was 1900 and the number of
crimes committed was 247, 900.
According to statistics just pub
lished, the production of gold in Rus
STA in 1890 amounted to 2406 pools,
81 pounds, (the pood equals 40 Rus
sian or SO English pounds), COM
pared with 227l pools, 81 pounds, in
1889. The increase is said TO be due
to tue development of Siberian gold
fields.