$5,000 Reward
Chinese enmlty against Kinj? Kalakaua of Hip Sandwich Islands is very bitter. It ta siatcd chat a certain Chinese flnn paid a bribe of ?7l),000 to a nativo oflicer holding a high position to secure liis intluence in obtainlng the exclusive right to scll opium in the Ihiwaiian Ungdom, and that the Chinese lirm in questlon failed to secure the pri.o. They then denianded a return of the biïbe, whlch was refused. It is furthcr Btated that the Chinese have decided not to sulmiit to what they considcr an outrage, and the walls of Honolulú are covered with handbills, in Chinese, offcring a reward of S5,000 for the head of King Kalakaua. It issaid that the guards liave been doubled about the palace.
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