ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1923, 20 August 1888, Page 3

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS

Mr Samuel MoOaugherty, of Melbourne ' was interviewed In- New York on July ' 220 d, and gave an Interesting account of ] the etitns of the wool business In the ■ Australian colonies. He la represented as ' the owner of a million of Bhefp. The ] wind up of his remarks w»b to the effect < that if the American tariff ifl taken off ' wool the Australian product wIH ba worth j 5s mere pec lb at onoa, and Amerloan ' wool will fall 50. Our chief ooatce of profit, he added, ia m the sale of surplua ' stock, for whloh there Is always a .'good ' market. ' The State Department at Washington la daily expecting the new* of theratifioa- ! tlon of the Chinese treaty by the Imperial - authorities at Pekln, There are rumors, ! however, that China will not^ ratify tie treaty as amended by the United States Senate. ! An offer has been made to take a Yale I College crew to England this summer, aud ' i get up a race with Cambridge, ,and it is ' probable the offer will be accepted. ' The 4th of July wbb celebrated m San ' Francisco with more than usual ectet£. An \ interesting inoident of the day was the ; unveiling m the Golden Gate Park of a monumental statue erected m memory of Francis Scott Key, author o£ " The Star I Spangled Banner," the American national Jyric. ' Robert "W. Fladck, an Englishman, ' undertook, on July 4th, to go through the ' Niagara whirlpool rapids. On that day m , a small boat, m the presence of probably 10,000 people, ho was drowned. As the craft entered the whirlpool it was thrown on end, and then the mighty waters closed over it. Again it righted itself, only to be tOBBed and thrown about ; but the spectators were inspired with hepe as the plucky fellow flew past those near, but when nearly through the worst of it he was lost. The* craft floated away, but Fladck was not m it. The Portuguese Government ere preparing an expedition to the coaatry north of Zambesi River, Africa, to secura and extend the Portuguese possessions m that region. A messenger who arrived at Suakirc. from Handoub, on July lltb, reports that he saw a letter written by Kallfa to Oaman Dlgna, dated Jane 22nd, which stated that the "White Pasha" m Bahr-el-Gszeloe has advanoed three days marob near Khartonm, and was building a railroad. Khalifa had ordered assistance. Details have been made known m Chicago of a plot by three Bohemian Anarchists belonging to the "group" of four who had banded themselves to avenge the death of Spaera : Parsons, and other Haymarket bomb-throwers executed three years ago. The persons selected for vengeance wore Judges Grinnel and Gary and Inspeotor Bonfield, of the police fordl, who were Instrumental m bringing iSpaers and his fellows to the gallows. The discovery of the plot was due to a fourth member of the group, vrho became conscience stricken aB the time for the consummation of the plot drew near. He waited on Inspector Bonfield and made a clean breast of the whole business. The date fixed was July 18th, and whoelsale murder and destruction of property «vas to be done by means of dynamite. The contract for the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepeo awarded to the Atlantic and Pacific Construction Company, wbb signed m New York on July 11th. Construction bonds have been Issued and will be placed on the European market. Recent surveys on the line of the proposed Nicaragua canal reduce the length of the excavation, leaving the necessary construction leas than thirty miles. An extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia has been signed. The Columbian Government has also made a convention with the Papal See concerning the educational and religious control of the country, De Leeaeps and the Governor of the Credit Foncier, whose persistent opposition was the principal cause of the great difficulty lately ia placing m Paris the Panama lottery bonds, are reconciled. The Credit Froncier will now receive 120,000,000 francs, the sum which is necessary for the Company to meet its regular payment*. Oppo&ing interests are harmonised, and there wilf be no mqre trouble with the new loan, The Chamber of Deputies decided on July 18th to postpone till next session the Government measure assuming the deposit of rents as guaranteed for the redemption of this loan.