American Summary.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 278, 21 October 1884, Page 2

American Summary.

; Richard M, Hoe, printing -press manufacturer, died at Tarry town, New' York, aged 70, , , ' Rev, Dr Newman Hall, of London, preached to crowded asseiiiblagus m Freeniont temple, Easton, on September 21. He strongly urged the practice and viitue of temperance. , The' Bank of Ne\v Brunswick, New , Jersey, stopped payment on St*pt;enxbet 6 at 12.45. <; kpd the cashier committed aniciile t]je same day. ; The president., Mr lie\vyon, followed his example on the Bth. Tlie «iaua;l.ter of the latter when she heard . of her father's 'death, attempted . to drown herself m a well. The bank did nearly all the financial busihess'df: the ci»y, and its failure has worked Incal cnlable mischief to its customersl It perished through the manipulations of a ring of political and flanaucial tick-

sters. One curious feature of the affair was that the ti^oli. blockading the door ol the defunct institution caught a New York Times' reporter, *nd wanted to lynch him, asserting that all the trouble arose from his paper call ing attention to the rottenness of the bank. He had difficulty m sav-iug-hix life. J. H. Squier, a private banker, of Washington, and John Woscosnei, a prominent banker of Corpus Christi, Tayos, also " suicided " on September 10th, on account of financial diiliculties. •A heated tent^eoimncneed' m NewYork <m September,- 10 with disastvous cousequeuces. 'The tempemtute .ranged from 75deg to ,l,o(We^. Nine deaths occuiied at Bellcone Hospital on « he 10th, and twenty-five deaths on the I lth, all from heat. Business had to be suspended m a great decree and the street car routes were lined with dying and dead horses. In Pittsburgh where- t6e r |he|iAometer waR 99dvgy the jflibiie^scbonAj were disiuLssed. In Philadelphia, tnanr pers«»ns died Irom'the heat ; and froili Vyasbingtpn all 1 who couhi get awayleft, among others CommodoreSchley, who said that «tter hin/veceat experience m the Arctic such a high degree of temperature infant d^ath. The remains of a part^ of American miners massacred' by Auadhes were recently discovered iti mountains, Mexico. Amon^tue party killed were Bob H(Sn^y^hS[r£j wall( j B. Carroll, old prospectors, 'who discovered the celebmted Pilgrim's Rest They were placeY mtneiS m South Africa, and al s o-were the firiiVto discc>ver silver; !»/ 18f9, on Jf th?'!»ordei» of New South ,Wulca anU "Queens7 ■"•• : •'-■ •-"'■'^•f* /. . A case of genuine yellow 'fever developed m New York on* September 21, creating eraat excij^ment among the health authorities*; v l "Sitting BulVhith^^naan chief wLo gavo bo miich' troubw 'to the United States troops, is now, with some othet' redskins, on exhibitiou at the Eden Muaeuuij -New* Ytn-k; The whole party* 'accompanied by gome priests, attended St Javier's Catholic Church on Sunday, Sept. 21. The butinow depression m the iron and steel trade of Pennsylvania i« deeper than ever, and^where a large reduction of wages is hot submitted to by the operatives the establish* men is are closed al together. Onff one-half oi" the mills aUd^las^ flctorieH are m opetatiorf'ui ''^fttsbnr& and there is great distress amo'Sg" iho poor inconsequence. J._ ,„ The Panain,a Canal jQf»mpajay ha* . «igue4 a. contract ; wUb, , )b|e, ;^ft^ York Dredgiiig Cqnipany^qr ifo cutting of the |aat . section qf • : tf}*, canal.' The contract provides that ,sh>,.*roric shall be finished m 183?. ,De Le&jeps will visit Panaiuaeariy.in 188 C ; - ■ Miss ' Lucy ' Jbhnson, ii Salvation Army girl was' murdered by a 'crowd of ybnng roughs at- Albany;! New York/ The Salvationists; wewjienturing the Hull, when the attack wa» made, j ; ■■:■!'. ;r<v > : ..:'.•=.■ ['■ ':••';<»• Isaac Newton, chief .enjgineer of • the Cobton (New- Yofrk)' Water Departmeiii "JpiucideA'' 1 o'd"SepVeinlHjr 15, by 1 ' ciit?ting his "thrpati; "lievvton ! was iii * : ;hia' j'u>bfesß'i^>n, and managed tliemQhitbrih'h'er tight with the Memniac. •;;••»•■ 'v . The steamshjp jOce^h,^ Einjf left Montreal on September 14 with a party ot 500 Canadian voyageiire on board, as afoiee to navigate.. tho Nile under General Wolseley's^ordera. - • Despatches froni'St. Join's, Newfoundland, on September 23, stay that m White Bay 3000 persons are starving, and transient aid v given bypassing "vessels. £%, j[ifeless^^dy^fJjfie^Hon. Gillies Leigh," M".P., was found on September 23 aU the base 1 of alpr&fpitoua cliff on the> Big. Horn i-atfge ol moun - tains, -Wyoming ■ ttrritory*.- Leigh was one of a party- of toamts, and leftrcamp on the 14th for a stiull. He was not heard of latter wards, till ei^ht days'; t*tiarch revealed his corpse. The remains were carefully coffined and.seht to Knglandi : Hettry Cluy; grandson of the celebrated American 'MafceMatf,' Was killed m a bar robin rdVat LoHtsvilU, Kentucky^ oh September 28^-Bhot by a barkeeperi ';: : ' : -•■■• ' ' The Secretary, of the 'Treksury has. dii ected the Ne^r York' "Collector of of Cnstoriis to adniit ! dtaty 1 free th» Ascot Cup, won by Ja'ines Rj Keene'a Foxhall. The cirp Jiks ( feeeti ( ,in cmtody, of the Collector neajjly 1 threei years, K.eene ' i-efusin^' t6;pay tha j Reports from Seattle, '^ugei Sound» of September 23, say / ho^> gat boring is in^progress, but^^ the^ea(|ter is un- ' favorable, and pickeW scaroe. A considerable portion ' of the pvop- will rot on the vines m, consequence.' Xhe estimated Viela is 2,0b6,000fu. '~ Sarah. Bernhardt, the actress, intends ,to mHk^.a tour.,o^ Jtlift including ; rAiißjbratiii; 'ff^nd^ California. She is paying up her debts m instalments to avoid the sale of her eflects. John L.iiSjillivan, the American champion; prize lighter, proposes to box Billy Fa vnuu v ithe, Australian chanipion,. and Alfredi)Gireenfield. A wedding party of seventeen, tn>. eluding the bride and officiating clergyman, were- poisoned, at Bloom-* ington, Illinois; by eating canned^ fruits. Three died immediately, . The Rev. Av%/Bio94eil, anlrish.^ man, recently; «j(rrive>l at Castle Gai** den, Kew Yoi'k, among 500 Mormon lumugi-ants. lie is rheffirs).] txiehmaq who has come over a.s a Mormon m, | fifteen years. . ' Lawless jnmets in^be coal district^ of Pennsylvanfa', kaoirtn a*jie " Mol ly Marguirea," have ,» i eoi < ganj»»l, and are no* waging qtiie ( t ; but deaiiy way against , Hungarian and ojljher^Enm* pean operatives xiec€|ntly";t^ii on% A number of the { latter weire found stabbed to death', ? '! . f : The Uit^nsofLetwisyGouqtyj Tennessee, : where v tbet t Mofnion.,iijlderß were j-eoently mwnlere^, ordered all ot that faith to leave the place within thirty tlayg; or shWttf tnd murdered ones' ftltfe, -« «?>^<i:3l.