Additional Mail News.
AMERICA.
X I PUPPrp 6 ? tfa e mail steamer. peßhnhght; is,thr6w^6n the St^Lcmia : tragedy, and great excitement •, prevails m some quarters va America, as itis currently reported that PreUer, the supposed victim, has been seen 'm Canada. When thisi became known, especially m St. Loms, where the murder wag supposed to have been committed, it caused int?n # and. further revelationa were b^ngan^ouslyjpqked for. Among other ■nmPSXkym m Jtmericadfor Pwller,s^sappe.ar a^Bjsthat:both--MaxweU ! and Ereller . were/membera l of some secret society,.aiid.thati)Qth^nien had entered in^o a conspiracy fa defraud- some insurance companies with whom, Preller had insured his life taa large amount; and it •was part of the programme for PreUer to disappear, and then eiflier Maxwell or I H?,f^? tp^aiathe insuranceV Itia ,Baid the IpsuEance Company referred to Above so far believe m the ,&et of PwHer being, ahve, that they refuse to pay over any money whatever ; pending a satis- ■ factory solution of the- mysterious occurrence., .•;-;;; i-^T A schnoner has sailed fcom Philadel..phiaifor Yigo, m Spain, to endeavor to raiseaSpanish treasure gaUeon, sunk in' Vigo; Bay m 1702: The/ Government . has granted a, concession oh condition sof ™pemng aiquarter of aU" treasure re- ; covered.- - ... .,' " . ': . H 4 " i'^ch^feigate.^e.aringj Barthoidi^ .coWlvstetue & Libert/enlightehing " the_ worid,-a gift- from Prance^ to the UnitediStates arrived m new" York on June ; l-^j; and was received with great ceremony.- ..■■*! the Panama Canal abate :.fiirniaheß- most' 'a&'-jfo-machuiery r The laborers .are largely ?r^^ ed of J" am aoia negroes: Between 15,000 and 20,000 are employed on Sa canal.-' A strong opinion has been ex pressed ;that ; M. de Lessep's expectation ' that the canal will be finished inTB9Q cannot be realized. . * y wIK? i a m arr^ g ?f five «ces between A stornr occurred ! ai New. fo^dland f on; June 7. An enorS amount -of shippnie- was destroyed; and
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 51, 29 July 1885, Page 2
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