'Frisco Mail Summary.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 98, 3 April 1883, Page 2

'Frisco Mail Summary.

[PEB UNITED PER3S ASSOCIATION.! Auckland, April 2. The Board ot Trade of this city has memorialised the legislature to ask Congress to continue the Australian and New Zealand mail steamship service through San Fancisco, as the Atchison Topeka and Bante Fe railroad management is seeking to divert it to their wertern terminus at Guaymas, a Mexi<an pacific coast port. Brannan, a former Californian Mormon millionaire, is at present at Garayinas, m Mexico, m want and misery. The Saints' organ at Salt Lake, mpntioning the fact on March Bth, adds that it is a fu filment of prophesy »nade by apostle Pratt m 1£54, that Brannan, who is a Mormon recusant, should not die till he was m want of ten cents to buy a loaf of brea ■'. Mrs John Towence (stage name Mrs Judale), one of the oldest actresses on the American stage, And for thirty years a resident of San Francisco, died m that city on March Ist, aged 75 years The papers m the Eastern Statas, and iilso on the Pacific Coast, have been making merry over a prophecy by a Professor Wiggins, said to be an attache of the Finance Bureau of Canada, to the effect that a fearful btorm would ravage the country some time between the 9''h and 15th of March, the effects ot which would be felt m Australia, whee a tremendous tilal wave was to wash the shore line for several miles landward, while elemental disturbance was prophesied. The stoim did not occur m as great a degree as was looked for on this side of ihe ocean. There was. considerable trouble along the eastern coast. At !St. Johns, N.B , Boston, and Halifax, the worst storm known foryears prevailed, and at several places m tbe inferior of the United States tbe roads and railway tracks were impassable on account of the suow. '1 he prophesy creat d a widespread scare. Many. vessels .wer« detained m different ports fearing; to put to uea, and the loss to the fishing interest of Gloucester, Mass., by the delay is not far short of 125,000 dollars. 'f rade ; between Germany and Italy is is growing bo fast that extra trains are now running on the St. Gothard Railway. It has been ascertained ; that; the rumour of, Mr ParnelFs intended resignation of bis seat for the purpose of proceeding to America is untrue. • There was a Socialist outbreak m Paris on March 10th, at Ksplai ade Des Noales, which at one time assumed jdisquieting proportions. Louisn Michel climbed tbe ladder of the hill porter near Rue Tavern, and harangued the crowd. She was arrested. Six others were also taken by the police, among them De fkeratry, formerly police prefect. Later m tbe day the crowd formed before the Palais Bourbon, and, refusing to disperse, were' charged by the military. An attempt was made to ' erect a bar dead h, but it failed, and the ;mob fled before the cavalry. The London grain market is reported (March 10th) dull and receding . < ' 1 An experiment was made with an electrical tram-car m London on the110th instant. It- ran a distance of four miles satisfactorily, and fulfilled the requirements of the Board of srade. ■ The " Invincibles"' ranks are increasing m Dublin, notwithstanding the readiness of men now m prison to betray each other. . It is understood, that* if Patrick Fgan had appeared as a witness m the • breach of promise case of Miss Hylnnd, against i Mr Biggar, M.P., counsel for defence would have asked him whether j he had used any of the funds of the Land League for Misa Hyland's case. iMr Parnell states that he does not know where Egan is, but th»*. balance of ;th« Land League fund, £25,000, is. quite, safe. Wrotham Park, the country seat of the. Earl of Stafford, was burned on March 7th ; but a valuable collection of pointings, plate, and furniture wab ■ say- d. The Prince of Wales has ben created a Field-Marshal of the German Empire. Frank Byrne waß released by the French authorities, on the ground that his complicity m the attempted murder of the juror Field and Judge Lawson amounted merely to introducing arms into Ireland. It was claimed that, even if the arms were intended for purposes of murder, the offence was a political one. i The Times of March 10th says : — " We have good reason to beiiev* that the inquiry now proceeding will implicate the i. nd League beyond doubt m the immediate patronage ofcrimeinlra'and, .even if it does not establish its direct connection with the Invincibles. The flight of Patrick Egan, unless explained, is a moral acknowleHgrnent of guilt, from the damning consequences of whiah none of his associates can escape, unless Egan can clear his own and their characters. We shall not be surprised to learn that the leaders of the Land League who still remain m the United Kingdom may sbort!y find it convenient to fullow Egan's example. Egan eluded the vigilance ef the police by shamming i sickness. Dr Kennedy maintained the deception by visiting F.gan, who left Dublin disguised as a priest. Eight dagger knives were found m King's End Basin, Dublin, on the 9th A? arch. Two hundred girls left Limeiik on the Bth March for JNew Hampshire. Almost tbe entire population assembled to bid tht*m good -bye. Lady Florence Dixie, m a letter to the Times of the Bth March, charges Mr Bigfr'ar and Mr Parnell with failure to account for £42,000 of the Land League funds; She ! claims that, while this money remains unaccounted for, tbe parties named and their followers have no iight to' mock the suffering of tbe distressed m Ireland by their sham championship of the starving peasantry. Miss Hyland, who brought a suit again tMr Biggar M.P., for breach of promise, recovered, on the Boh March, m a London Court, £400 damagß. The parties were introduced m Paris by Patrick Egan, Treasurer of the Land League, who, according to the com-

plainant, was responsible for brin?in? the suit. The lady further stated th it Rgan left Dublin to avoid being called as a witness. Mr Jenkinson, Director of the Irish Criminal Investigation Department, s*ys, on tbe contraiy, that he left on account of a complication with the Invincible conspiracy, which will be brouerht to light if Sheridan is extradited by the American Government. Mr Gladstone declined to give a day for the discussion of the Kilmainham treaty negotiations. Sir Stafford Northcote dec'ined to proceed further, but said that the inferences to be drawn from the declaration were obvious . Sati Morse, known m Melbourne m early days, has not only been prevented from producing his passing; piny m New York, but has been anested for contumacy m seeking to evade the order of the Court, and held for trial. Bail m 5000 dollars was accepted. The latest iaformation m regard to this important work is contained m the New York's World correspondence of February 25. The writer says that a despatch had arrived recently from the company's office at Paris, fixing the Pacific mouth of the proposed canal somewhat to the east of the site previously selected at the mouth of the Rio Grande. It is saW that the Franco-American Trading Company had signed a contract tor cutting Reven miles of the Punaraa aide from the now outl«t to Paraiso. Charles (? Ferdinand) De Jessops is expected on the 28th to inspect the work done. This visit, no doubt, will lead up to another call for 15,000,000*. m gold. Of 30,000 ,000f. already paid m, it is said but little remains, and not a foot baa been cut for tbe . canal . proper. An English dredger has bivn deepening the canal m the Fox River. James Elliott, a pugilist, and Jere Dunn, a weH kuown pporting man, had a difficulty m a Chicago restaurant on March 1, growing; "out of the Mace and Slade visit, which- resulted m. Elliott being so severely wounded that he died next day. Dunn himself was badly hurt. The affair created much excitement m sporting circles. T ' Mrs Quinquivet, wife of a cook of that name m New York; *as arrested on Feb. 28, for the murder of a man named Bounette, who attempted to take liberties with her. When t£ld to stop, he replied with an oath, and the woman seized a cook's knife, and plunged it into his heart, killing him instantaneously. She was born m -Sydney, N.S.W., and has had eight children ; al dead. T Parnell, Brennan, Fgan, and several of the Irish agitators are expected to arrive at New York soon. Their intention is to give a full account to tbe Irish m America of the way m which the funds of the Land League have been disposed of. The Mormon influence is being felt so extensively ou the Pacific Coast States and territories, as to lead to a belief that the Saints intend eventually to control al) tbe country ' west of tbe Kockv Mountains. Pneumonia has assumed an epidemic form m New York. A despatch of February 26 (7) says that many men, prominent m business aud society, were fatally attacked during the preceding week. . An effort is being made by the managers of the Atchison, Tapeka, and and Santa Fe Railrotd to divert tbe « >riantal traae from San Francisco to Guaj mas, Mexico. It is proposed to ] have wharves and warehouses con- j structed there for the reception of freight j from China, Japan, and Australia, and the cargo of steamers plying between these places. ■ In G. De Belleville's divorce case, the plaintiff is allowed 30 do'lars a week alimony, and 250 dollars counsel fees. -Judge Donahoe described defendant's (Do Belleville^ answer to the complaint as being disgraceful. De Belleville declared that the party m action had never been his legal wife ; that at the time he formed an intimacy with her at Mrs Hurst's m Melbourne, he was a married man. His wife was formerly Julia J. Josephs, of London, from whom he procured a divorce somewhere m the States, and married a girl named Ferdner, au actress* The Depatment of State m Washington received an application on February 26 tor extradition of P. J. Sheridan, suspected of complicity m the Phoenix Park murders. Sheridan has been employed m the office of the Irish World sincfl his arrival m New York. The crop reports up to March 26, from various parrs of the States ot California, were encouraging. Grain was generally m good condition, but rain was needed. A large acreage than here» tof ore is under cultivation. Baltimore, February 24. During the set-to between Jem Mace and the Maori, Slade, the men lost their temper, and went to work at each other m earnest. Mace came out with a black eye and battered nose. The Marquis of Lome, presiding- at a meeting of the Artillery Association fof Ottawa on the 22 nd, promised to assist m sending a team to Shoeburyness. George W. Foote, the editor, and W.. J. Ramsey, proprietor, nnd Kemp, the printer of the Freethinker, were found guilty of blasphemous libel, and sentenced as follows :— Foote twelve months' imprisonment, Ramsey nine months, and Kemp three months,. Foote's sentence provoked storms of yells from the Society f r Suppression of Blasphemous Literature, and it proposes to get up cases against Professors Huxley and Tyndall, Herbert Spencer, the publishers of John Stuart Mills' works, and John Morley, and others who by their writings Luve sown widespread mischief and m some cases rank atheism. Mr Gladstone said, m the House of Commons, on Monday, March sth, that the recent surmise of Lord Hartington, that the evacuation of Egypt might be completed m six months, was merely an expression of a hope founded on circumstances. When lie entered the House, the Premier was received with cheers from all quarters . Oscar Wilde is studying for the stage. His first essay will be " Borneo,"

Mr Herbert Spencer, answ ring 1 a cr.tiqne m the Edinburgh Review, denies having any sympathy with communism and land robhery. He repels the Review's attempt to connect him with Mr Henry George, whose book, entitled " Progress and Poverty" the philosopher contemptuously dismisses as filed with visionary ideas. Wiggins, the independent weather prophet, Ottawa, adhered to his predict tion of a storm some time m March. He promised a tidal wave m the Bay of Bengal and on the coast oi Australia and m the Gnlf of Mexico. The Dominion Government, sup- j ported by the English Admiralty, is to put a cruiser on for Hudson's Bay this summer to ascertain how much of thp year the Hudson's Straits are open to navigation. <)n the settlement of this question depends the construction of one or more railr ads running north from the Canadian Pacific to some port on the shores of Hudson's Bay, and the establishment of a line of steamers be* tween Canada and Great Britain by the Hudson's Bay route.