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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1606, 12 January 1886, Page 2

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'n \ ' 'GENERAL ijJFMMAfoYv ; ■ • k Mt William H. Vanderbilt, of New. Xjorky died .suddenly of paralysis ;of> tho = bl"fiin.atihis i niansion,t.N.ew; Ypirk^on the. night of -Depeinber, Bth;. , His . total m; c(>me f ger, annu m is • stated^ • , at 10,0Q0,Q.0p dollars. 'Tiie money ' and 'stock .market' ■wjiU not he affected by %& death; l ' J iVi V • ; The authorities of ' New York are takJngiiotice of tb!e fact that 1 desperate' box- - : iiig matches are the -rule now among the jjypiing aristocracy; :d£ that .placetijfflhere was a set to at the rooms of tiie Athletic ,Olub, tiie richest m the/ cityj onrDec. ! 11th, between^ Etlingswortn ' and * McMahon, two gilded tlte bloody details of which are sickening. McMahon vfas punished nearly to death, and the furniture, oarpetsy and- clp\hesof the spectators wefor'sprjLukled -wjlht blood of the conibatafit^SrOggihg niatche§ m the clubs -are, als.Q.beiug r reYived4a Boston. ! Mr Varideroilt's deathM's' altribuMto overwork.- Suspicious charucters .have, been found hovering near his tomb, and it is believed theft of tiie body is contemplated, aa m the case of the millionaire Sta\vart: :i ' ■'• ' : ' ' '"'■'■' ■■• '*-'■' o < The Bey. C. H. Spurgeon, the eminent preacher, is suffering from heart disease, t and is periiianently broken m health. ':; The fund for the benefit of James. Stephensi ex-Head Centre of the Fenian Brotherhood, now amounts to ±'1700. „ .' ; The D.uke of Wellington re presentod the Queen at.the Requiem. Mass' for the", repose of the soul oi the late King; Alfon--so on 6th Decetnber. " There is a mad dog. scare m London, and policemen, are provided with, long .iron rods having slip, nooses, at the end. There have been 66 cases of rabies reported this year m the city. • '"" . ■ ../ > The Irish cattle dealers assert that they have successfully boycotted ' the Cork Steaigygacket Company, which has .paid | its last dividend, and its collapse is considered certain.; ' • ,". \ ! Advices received .from the various counties of Ireland staW that hundreds of Irish landlords are m tlie;deepest distressj and some of the smaller landlords are on the eve of starvation,; owing to the fact that they-, have, not received -.their rents for some time past. . It \i estitnated ; tF)at not .as much^as^AQOlP. Ip }rejntß has been , paid m the ag'ricuJtum^rt-itictssincVthe' beginning.of, November. . t j : In the interview 1 at! Dublin' oii 16th Dacpmber^Mr Harrington aajd^that 160 ft National , League Srancheß» i. aVesragirig| 300, members, had . '^l^OOO^to, the, p£. the .Xjeague "during; tiie 1 prfifent year,;} the hew Nationalist . niembers. of Parliament would receive salaries * ffoin .the League. £he extmction of the Liberals,,, he thought, wortld in^mensply beuefit fl»e-i Irish cause. , Mr s.aid that boycotting was outside the Liberal's pfqgramuie and^ V^ractjce, " and.' was.c^n-' fined: to a, few branches. The executrvei he said, would stop boycotting whene'vex such .power, -was misused....' .iVlichaei, Pavitt, speaking m Dublin on thesaiiie day, said, the League would open special ; industries if the workmen .would cooperate. . He announced that he would forthwith commence an .agitatioii 'to abolish landlordism m the towns, and to secure to the tenants the benefits the farmers enjoy through" the working of the Land Act. He, denounced the. Earl .of: Pembroke and the Earl of Meath for drawing i large sums of money from pub-, lin that rightfully belonged to tiie i people. . Chplera is reported .to be epidemic at , Brittany, being worse at Audieme than, it was at Marseilles. •"....' Bismarck was injured on the 13th by falling oif his horse, and is confined to his residence. ..'":. A?, despatch . from . Rangoon of 16th" December says.:— " Eleven ' EJuropeaiis ' jwho were working for^theßbpiibay.Tr.adf fing Company, on hearing of the' rupiure [between the Buruiah the Indian Government tried to "reach " ' Manpoor. On the 20ch of Novem'ber -. they were OT¥rtaken and murdered by Buruiese troops in 'a steamer belonging' to th4'Eihg,''andcdmmanded by ! 'a ; Palace officiul. It is alleged that -' Tyftedeli, the Burmese Prime Minister,- was' implicated m the massacre, and the inhabitantsof lianqoon are therefore indignant that he should be allowed to' retain his 'office. 1 ' 1 : >' The estimate of the ; final' resiilt of the elections 'give the coalition -of Tories and Parhellites* : a majority of/ 10 o veV : th'o Liberals;* 'Apart from tKe Parnellites the Lib'eralrhaye a majority of 72., i The 1 Irish Coriservativesj headisdby Mr < Lewis, are forming an independent sec. \ ;ionV and opposing 1 ! any? coalition Vwitß >y Rarnelhi.-t L .: [: „, v : :ii ,:, ,u> , r | i{ Mr Burt replaces Sir Wilfred Lawsqn ( is^the.leader^of^the, Local Optionists. ' i'l Mr B'radlaugn has entered into negoiations. with the ■LiberarleUders. ' a - Xi J<> ] The number of the members of th« ' ( jew House of Commons who never be- ( lore were elected to Paliament is 832. 1