Frisco Mail Summary.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 146, 29 May 1883, Page 3

Frisco Mail Summary.

dBNERAL SUMMARY!- * TO; MAY 6th. ! [UNITED PRESS iSSOCIATICN.I ; ; - ATJOKt^D, May2Bi The project of a second Suez Canal is rapidly taking shape, and unless delayed -poliiidal reasons will undoubtedly be developed at an early date. The capital is forthcomine m London withont the slightest dela^ ; The 61d ; Canal shareß have fallen in-pricei Prince Batthyny, who" fell dead on the Newmacket racecourse .recently, left greater part of his prbperty to his mistress. The relatives will : contest his „ Both London and Paris are waiting „ for the return of Mrs Lanigtfjj from Amerioa to engage her /or a professional „ ; The.tPwni ofiLabrees m P^ia has ' beentißitedrby an earthc]tiake^ 'Many , houses < >weie destroyed,* VSnW people ~"m&'isi>rt £■-■ -.••.•:.■..( An exploßion^-occurirSdi'ini'Pjeters-borough, -Bngland, by the blowiiig^up; . pft»«etwer; in:the principal'streeti It caused groat alarm. It was belieyed^te be thefWork of aidyn&mitist^ but it was 1 "..^l^ I fduiid:to>ibtf:S-lßaßi v bf > ''igiiition of. ,gasi^!thesßewer.i C;^ ; ' !i "' y:UV ; r ' ~i'i \ U^' : .'.... ./.jA^^ London :Uyndid6ttf"ha& 1 brdught itkree.iiinirtidn dollars "first' 'mortgage * bonds of ithe' :Oregoo k aiid ;t dalifqrnia ; rail roads,! which -will secure its jcoin--' .^pktidn^i'T vM" ' j The Marquis of Lome will probably Bucceeci the Marquis, . of , , Ripoh as ■■{ T ';,^'^' ' /MriGladstone, ih> replying to a question'in the House of Cemmons, said' thatjie dip! not..thit:kiit -i£ accordance Public interest to make -k ? - state/ment'aßjto^the negotiations -with ,the American Government. ion. : ih > e'i : ' ! siibject of.Lrish" outragee, H-' r.y ■■• y-- r =; \ jgb Sir ( Stafford INoi-fhcote unveiled the Btatue of Lord Beacotisn'eldi m Parliament Square, . London, A great asaemblagej -was. present.- ;.-'■■- . The G ambetta Monumen t Fund \ has reached £4000.. . \ . . The jFranph^.'exp&ditidh'tib ; .T^niquin caused great excitemerit"-in J ChTDa,iand it was deemed- prudent to retain several of th« ironclads of the French' Squadron at'Shanghai-and Hong Kong. ,\ i r Five caseißjcl yeprosy^have occu)rred at ChWgo r a- T^e /k(j%aseiiiC alsoj re--po^ed^n^Ne^ York. Medical men are of opinion that it is spreadingj m the United-Sfatesr"' A lazarette is proposed to be erected. . \ The Hawaiian, -Government have protested Against tb> embarkation'] of Chinese, frpm Hongkong and o|her ports, from, the Sandwiph::f e|ands, and ' hate'giveSi 'nbtice-t&at will! be taken to prevcnfr their. Jand^gw^.? i ; h ffi^faMtoti^p^^VT^ieiipomX of Maine BhosfSj*,thati spruce trees ;are dying otf' at a fearful rate./j.Jjtj i» BUggestpdtiijrbne lunitierinan that "they are dying of oldage. . „ ., r< R - !<; '^563 pack^geB Lbf;;adUlter^d^in-i- - fjptiiy tsa^wefe ; i«toprjed irom ; ißale : bj ;an - injunotidnP ; Twenty*siit jnnplei ; , fam amiued werfef : stttted- 'ta 'fie prejridicjial!^ . heaWu— ... _ ■' J/ L California .n^taes^. ,ta^en r to the East are sufie'nng from an tnde'fihed epidemc,'i tne ravages of are like scrofula btt; the human 4^ systems !A favourite mare,^ Wild Foyers, ; attacked by it. j- ' "•The'heV inchistry of manufacturibg 1 glucoße or grape sugar that was atroW time threatening to assume a vast pr!oportion m the- United States is com-' plecely prosirat|d,^ and there is jxv prospect of i% feviyal. ; A worn on nameji Flaherty, while as-' cending an. elevator m Nevada bank, had, through of the machinery^ her -head .^nearly severed, from her bi)dyV^3 ; waß mutilated bo as to defy ident^catfpn>^^ ».; i,.\j-M ; ; ; 'Hi^ ; ti^oliar^ % 'w£b J ''oime*£> California from ten years agb, and has 6inceled-a dissipated life, died ' aj ; San Franoisco prison from exhaustion.^ - i-^ j" A tremendous cyclone . passed; over| a portion of the Mississippi, .reducing the towns of WeßSon^' ; anlr^Bauregard to ruin. 13 were killed; a.nd 75 wounded : 'in ; Wesson; 'and' '23 killed and 9»0 wounded in j ßeaut ( egrfrd. ' ■ . The Apache-Indians of New. Mexico hare mutder ; ed Professor Bandolid, ot the American Archaeolcgical Institute and twpjpthejr; persons^ u r?« J j The Connecticut Arms Company t have.receivetLan ! order- from GKlna for. 250,000 repeating; rifles, m view of with : France .o? er Tonquin. i W^' Mrs Langtry v v reported ;to ihave ' 'netted 230^,000 dollars. d,unng her 24 week's American engagements. ! ..^;.;Adelina-Pattrhad heTTlift : threatened m Philadelphia jin, a letter written by si member of the chorus, a black-haired Italian. He was dischargfid^and his passage paid back to Europe. > Ihe -great susppngijon bridge over; the East River, joining, Brooklyn and! New^York, -is fished*, and" the opening! net. for 24th -Mayi --The Irish " partyj threatened to ,blowy up ithe bridgefif; opened on th 6 Queen's, ..^irthday, fThe) Brooklyn Board 'of Aldermen have m \ 'conseaueribe postponed Hii^ opening the bridge r the,3ot^i; ji^ A gre*t number of Irish immigrants Benfr'by the -tßntißh : 'Goverument are anivinjgjinrNetfYork:."' ; rJ , ; >i .; The ship railway jn . Nicaragua was begun at Minahilan on April 50, m presence of " the ; federal and local authorities.^ J.-.-A;--: b^'- '*'■':'■■' r- ; " The ! Star J andlHerald of . Panama refer to theiumpupabpjjtiiavcontract to cut the' oß^B.l^6^.,^ let,, no foundation in 1 fact, and agaertg . thz»t no contractor dare undertake excavation m any part . of the 'route* \ at' ; -the figjarb estiniated— ?a million dollars per mile i; The old Purljament House m Quebec was.burnedion* ther lflth April 'The only loes beiidea.the building: waß : abbut 25,000 dollars on. the.. library. .». - „. . .. Mitchell fiasr gone into training at Saratoga for his. fighit ;With. fefade^^e Kew Zsalanderj on September liVj .'".' The /yellow. fever is increasing ; m Buenos Ayreg. There v^ere 40 aeaths otf-Aprills't; v ' !;i ••••- : '-«^' ■<■ ; ';;;:\;V, A desperate j. i|ttenipt >^was J itia'de" by convicts m St. Paul's Penitentiary \o ewapc, Tiie skull of t|w le*d«r f Le-

Blance Was broken with a padlock, and the rest were secured. - ] ■t Tbe Quebec Central Railway Company lost 250,000 dollars by the failure of its' English agents, Messrs Cooper, Hull, andi Company. ; \ A monster meeting of Irishmen tand their: sympathisers was hnld m .Chicago on May 5, to ratify the proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention; informing the National: Land League of America. A despatch from London, April 28, says that the British Government has asked the United States for the extradition of twelve Irish conspirators now m America. Mr MosscrL Premier of the Quebec Cabinet, has been compelled to i resign , his seat for bribery and corruption of vdterg at his last, election m Jasqued, Cartier Country". The affair has caused great political Scandal. ■ ,r* The Rev Joshua Hanseny Mrs Stowe's.or^g|n;alfllncle Tom, died at Bresderi, Ontario, otfMay 5, aged 94, , ADDITIONAL MAIL'JnEWS. The warehpufe ot Sir Edward Bates; ,and..the ship chandlery of G/arrrcck, Bible &j Co., of Liverpool were destroyed •by fire on the night of April 22nd. The ' loss ris estimated at £250,000. Ai • The Marquis Of Queensbury, brbther of Lady Florence Dixie, m a letter-to the Daily. Telegraph on April 21, appeails to the Eton 1 gentleman said to hnye been m the vicinity at the time of the alleged attack on his sister, to come ffo;rward and make a full iahd direct Btatement. ; When the Queen left for Osborne on April.ll,, she .was unable to walk dwiiig to her spYaihed tnee, and Her ■ Majesty had to be^ lifted; mtb heiv carriage. The, route was carefully guard* d. ' ; A gigantic attempt at land swindling has been thwarted m New York by an inquisitive Scotchman; The proposer of the scheme was James Madison Hogg 1, of Chicago, who represented that he w«s owner of .600,000 acres of mineral and limber land m South-western Virginia, for which 450,000 dollars was. asked. A syndicate was formed to buy it, with; Captain B. Cunningham, of Glasgow, at the head, and several English capitalists and noblemen. Tt was -found, on 'examination, that the propeitybelcnged to other persons than--Hogg, and that the sisinatnre of the .Qounty official had been forged. But before this Cunningham had paid Hogs: 600 dols; for the Syndicate*: as first instalment of the purchase money. Hogg, ;aridi. rSyndhamy his attorney, were arrested for fraud and perjury. : '' ~~