AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1631, 10 February 1886, Page 2

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

: „ . San Francisco, j»n\fi7««» John Kedley, a leading New\?ork Tammany politician, was reportfiTto b* near death on 16th Jan. Miss Kate Bayard, eldest^daaghter of the Secretary of State, dropped dead m Washington on January 16th, whi'ft about to attend the Presidential reception. A suit against the United BUitA)GMj yernmbnt by Bassith and Son,toiSN«w* York, for duties collected on Australian wool entered as woollen 1 waste, but which the Collector assessed as wbol'atr 30 cento per lb, was decided on January 14. A verdict was returned for the Government The District Attorney showed it w „ fine wool mixed with threada*got up aa k* subterfuge to evade the payment "of;; higher duties. ' Swindling colonising gcheuiei hi?**; been exposed both m California; va<L L ' ; Florida. Immigrants were induced /by . speculators to leave Great Britain to settle on lands m those States. After having been fleeced of their monejr^ they have been left to shift 1 6r|ll£u£X sefves. " '" " ' ■ iv•*•3. Jl I_ Cold is so exoessiva m the Western States that many persons,] particularly ia Nebraska, have Been frozen to death. The British steamer Hylston Caitl* foundered on Fire Island on January 10th m & terrible gale. Captain CoK^ ville and nine of the crew m a^boai) 'artiw ! reported. lost. The reat reached, the lajßd.^. | The Hylston Bastle was.a •teame^iq^i^ v . ; loaded with corn for Rouen, F'ranef,^ Later despatches report the captain and boat's crew safe. . . The city of Cleveland/ Ohio, had tto water 1 supply out off, on the 'l&ths £inu<j ary. It is impossible to remove the obstruction by aoy mech»aical,prpe«Ba, mni. the deprivation must continue unttf warmer weather overcomes it.~^~ — -^-* i It is proposed to begin work at onoe on the coast defences and fortificatieu of New York, Boston, PhiladelpEit, San Francisco, Savannah, and other large seaports m the United Stawi.' _ ' I Fanny Kemble (Butler) hai Returned to the United.States, and will-reside at liannoy, Mass. D. M. Lndlowi, Am oldest actor m America, and perhaps'in t^e wtoHil, dnd'atfeti Louii ] }<f J/ <f 1 Paddy Ryan, the pugilist, if matcHe3 to fight John. L. Sullivan for i»sob dol. lira a-sjde. 3 • f • , j> /» ; | A' terrible cyclone passed -over j \llft Maria, m the Argentine Repulie t ,rtJ» aim. on the 22nd December, doiot^ damage to the extent of 50,df10 dollati. ThefPat^icpne^ 'Railway (Sjfcation-riwMs-. - ; razed, and ho building escaped damafe# 1 | Earthquakes hare been frequent oi . late m Valparaiso and adjacent localities The 'moat alarming, however, h|(v { e^baen| A at Iquique. On December. 11th, toe Ma was greatly atritated for two Bays, and fears of. a tidal ware were , felt. The Spanish city of Amatillan, aWdfc^O i mfl?e>A south of Gualavalles, was badly injured :by shocks of earthquake on December 18, "and they were repeated! for ; »e,pifgl days:; A train conveying/ a; .mlli^r^^j company was completely wrecked <on the ; 13th January, at VafdiviaT«nl MU thirty, soldiers and eleven ,oflUera>wem. , kUled. ':, jr "- : '' '■■UA