ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1504, 11 March 1887, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS

Trouble ia apprehended m Behring's Straits between the British seal-hunters m Alaskan waters and the United States revenue cruisers. Several sohooners for the seal trade have been fitted oat at Victoria, British Columbia, all heavily arnud, and a hostile oollision is expeoted.

The United States Congress passed, on February 11th, a Chinese Indemnity Bill, appropriating 147,000d01s to pay losses alleged to have been Buffred by Chinese subjects at Rook Islands, Wyoming, from an antl-coolie outbreak about two years ago. The Chinese of San Franoieco gave a fra?t on the reception of the newj.

The steamship Wyandotte, which sailed from Now York for Norfolk on the afternoon of Jan blst, returned to (port on the same night, having been damaged by an explosion of dynamite secreted on board when 08. Long Branch, A hole about 15ft square had been made through the main and hurricane docks, and much damage was done to the saloon and outside joiners' work. The affair was evidently due to the coal-heavers and longshoremen on strike. A reward of 10,000 dollars h»8 been offered for the arrest of the party who seoreted the infernal machine on board the vessel.

Although the great strike of long-Bhore-men and ooal handlers is practically over desperate men vth> were refused to be taken back are committing many and grievous aßsults. , Steamship and pier proprietors express great apprehension of trouble to come.

Raymond Belmont, son of Anguat Belmoot, a well-known New York banker, shot himself m that city on January Slst. There is doubt if the aot waa suicidal or accidental.

Charles Ogden Jervis, who claims he ia Sir Roger Tiohborne, was ooovioted on January 31st, m the United States Oourt, for fraudulently obtaining a pension from the United States, and remanded for sentence.

Vanderpool, the war correspondent of the Paria "Figaro, has been, by despatches from agenta of that paper, summoned from New York, where ho has been staying for some time past. He was ordered to leave for Paris not later than February let. The cablegram Vanderpool received stated that a European war is inevitable and Imminent.

Ouo of the most exciting debates of the aeaalon occurred m tho United Slates Senate on January 24:h, ovar the Edmunds retaliation measure, denying to tho Oarudian vessels and railroads la the United States treaty privileges, when A m r.can vessels are excluded from their treaty rights m Canadian por a. Senator Ihgal.'s thought these fishing d fliculties muit bo settled ultimately Either by Hi&j;ooiatio3 or by war. an! denounced $ eat Britain as "a rufljanand a ooward, HImI a bully aiu ng the nation* of the irtith,"a sontimu i- whlon evidently found a>mpathy with li's fellow Senator!. The iii I paaaod by 4$ aye« to 1 no,