The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-11
NEWS AND NOTES
All Sorts Of IT. ms From Lands Be-
yond the Seas.

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Both h buses OF the Nebraska legis.
lature passed the bill providing that
bounty shall he paii on sugar.
The Supreme Court Of Peunsylva-
mia has decided that electric compa-
nies have no right Of eminent do
main.
The Gar. has ordered 100000 ru.
bl.s to- bs devoted tn fund for the
relief cf newspaper m-u aud suthors.
He is "a brick" after all.
The attempt of Great Britain to
secure the .xtradition Of James Bal
four, .x-uen,ber Of parliament. from
Argentina, has thus far cost fiO,OOO
An order has been issued by the
Grand Duke Vladimir. in command
Of ST. PetersLurp's military district,
forbiddipg all officers attending the
sters during Lent.
At an ann versary OF Coxey fol.
lowers Carl Browne told of a plan
that existed to lynch newspaper
correspondents who followed the
army to Washington.
An appeal for an additional $1,000
TO complete the international me-
mortal to Tennyson in the Isle OF
Wight has been issued by the Amer
|, au committee in London.
An active propaganda is at work
in France carrying on a movement
for decentralIziug power and giving
more influence N public Affairs Ia
the commuuas, departments and
other administrative districts.
The English lord chancellor has
appointed Newton Crane, an Amsri-
can barriSter practising in l. 'ndon,
to seat gu the executive council of
III. Society 81 Comparative L.si-ls-
ton TO represent the United S at.s.
Extreme longevity is common In
Pos.n. the Polish province. OF Prus
s'a. Ors woman died last year eyed
liz years, another, aged los, died
recently, and over dozen people in
the province are known 10 range
from lOO to l06 years.
Drought and locusts have caused
widespread famine in eastern ,qus-
toiial Africa. Villages have been
d-populated, and mission schools
aud churches have bspn closed.
Many natives are selling themselves
aud their children into slavery to
obtain food.
Members OF he house Of commons
have heretofore reserved their seats
in the house by leaving their hats in
them during prayer time. The
speaker has introduced an innova-
ton by allowing n seat to be res-rv-
ed by leaving on it a visiting card,
provided that the member has at.
tended prayers"
When a young man Bismarck
saved a soldier from drowning. He
WAS rewarded with a medal, as are
all Germans who perform similar
deeds Of bravery. 1t was arranged
that all holders OF such medals
should give he ex-chancellor an ova-
ton ON his S0th birthday.
Just before he died the late czsr
directed that $1,000 run es be set
aside fer the beu-fit OF artists who
would lose their income from the
closing Of ,hearers during the period
at mourning. The numbar Of clam
ants subs. qusntly proved SO great
that IL all had been considered, they
would have received only 5 rubles
apiece.
The recruiting business. as might
be expected, has been looking up in
Great Britain during the recent
hard times. Major General Green
fell, he inspector general, reports
that the number of enl,.tments last
year Was 33,69S in the regular army,
which il up TO the full establish.
ment. He rays that the social posi-
ton OF recruits is steadily improv-
ing.
A Cambridge, England, lady has
determined to start lodge oil free
masons on her own account, and she
ii ates that the number of applica-
tions she has received from sisters
anxious to bees me acquainted vii,
the ancient secrets Of the mystic
order testify to an earnest desire on
the part Of many women TO assist
men in the working Of the craft.