The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-07-26
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From Exchanges Received by the 8.
s. Rio de Janeiro.

s.. Rio de Janeiro. ... ..
It is said that the island of SAINT
in the Gulf of Siam, alleged to be
occupied by the French, has for
several years been claimed by them
as belonging to Cambodia.
There was great fun in the Native
City on Sunday, says the Shanghai
Celestial Empire, when the "a anti
quated Chinese fire engines were
solemnly reviewed by the Taotai and
several other civil and military Off
GERS.
By new regulation the Chinese
New Years day, which falls as a rule
in February, is to be regarded as an
additional public holiday at Her
Majesty's naval establishments at
Hongkong.
The Celestial Empire hears that
the commanders of the German
gunboats Wolf and Iltis received
telegraphic instructions direct from
Berlin to hold themselves in readi-
ness to proceed to sea at moments
notice. 1t is surmised that they will
be sent down to Bangkok, where
! lIleTS Is UTOuDle Will rance.
Telegraphic advices received from
Chungking on the 10Th June say
that a very serious fire occurred
there on the 25th June. 1t started
at 5 o'clock in the morning in a
small house just outside the Taip-
ing Gate and in short time spread
into the city and wrought great des-
truction. 1t ragged for eight hours
and destroyed. 400 houses. The tele-
graph station very narrowly escaped;
five poles were burnt down, which
for time interrupted telegraphic
communication. So great fire had
not occurred in Chungking for the
previous half century.
According to the Jiyu, every effort
was made by the japanese Govern
ment to reject the demands of Por-
tugal for consular jurisdiction, but
finding that the representative of
the little Power was not to be
denied, Mr.. Mutsu was obliged to
confess to his colleagues that his
diplomacy had been entirely unsuc-
cessful, and therefore the Portu-
guese demands must be admitted
Count Ito thereupon attended at
the Palace and informed His Maj,
esty of the fact. Nothing remained
therefore but to grant an audience
to Portugals representative, the
Governor of Macao, which was &C
cordingly done. The Japan Herald
remarks that the report needs con
firmation.
According to the native papers
the premises belonging to wealthy
opium guild at Kelung, Formosa
was broken into on the night O.
June Is, by some 30 armed men, who
succeeded in carrying off a consider
able amount of money and large
quantity of the precious drug. Three
military camps we're pitched in thu
neighborhood, but as the officer
we're all away making official calls
the assistance of the soldiers coult
: not be obtained till late the mex
day, by which time the robbers wer'
leagues away with their booty.
Merchants in the Indian trade a
, Hongkong sent the following tale
gram to tho Viceroy of India: "Al
, merchants engaged in Indian trad
: Hongkong earnestly urge Vicero,
, take no steps calculated to injur
' Indian trade with China. At pres
ent it is impossible to get remit
tances to India, banks fearing clos
, ing mints, protected rupee and un
. protected dollar. Indian bushes
at standstill in the meantime"
t A waiter on board the Empires
: of China is said to have resorted t.
novel method of secretly exportin
= women for immoral purposes. O
April 25th, when that vessel wa
leaving Yokohama, he had brough
f on board seven empty casks, and pu
=. the women he had enticed, seven i
v number, into the casks. Thus oscar
I ing detection, he took the women t
n Vancouver, but there the cask
n were seized by the police, an
+ Fujiwara, as the waiter is called, ha
a to make off as sharply as possibl
q through the crowd of coolies, lea,
ing his living treasures in the hand
of the police. His ingenious pla
IS had been made known to the polio
n at Yokohama, and telegraphic r.
!, quest for the seizure Of the wome
o in casks had been made by the Jap;
u nese authorities; hence the quic
6 detection OF the questionable cash
.; by the Vancouver police.
q Singapore has an epidemic of sicl
$ ness combining influenza, malari
n fever and rheumatism. 1t catcht
g whole families. The only eau.
medical men can assign for tt
&c malady is the great variation {
n temperature.
"a Joseph Byrne, sailor from the I
20 S. S. Marion, was found dead in
w lagoon at Hankow, with his sku
y fractured. His shipmates belie'
= he was murdered and thrown I'M
10 h the lagoon. 1t is with difficulty the
- are restrained from pulling down
~ teashop, in which they believe tt
II murderers are harbored, and IL
~ surrounding houses.